National media thoughts on Sooners' defense heading into Kstate game?|Emaw's defense toughest that Sooners could face all season? | Salmon Bros statue reveal & legacy discussed|HUGE recruiting weekend & HUGE visitors| MORE

OUinsider.com/247Sports: Under the Visor Sooners Podcast

National media thoughts on Sooners' defense heading into Kstate game|Emaw's defense toughest Sooners could face all season?| Salmon Bros statue reveal & legacy discussed|HUGE recruiting weekend & HUGE visitors| MORE

Topic Timestamps:

00:00 - Podcast intro

03:00 - What time slots for kickoffs do media members prefer?

06:00 - What's the pulse nationally on Sooners after three games? What's their pulse on the defense, and what are our thoughts on those two things as well?

10:00- Offense vs arguably the toughest defense they will face this season, at least on paper| What's the Sooners' defense going to do, and will the fact the fan base be hyped up after a whole day to get all barley and hopped up? Add the LED lights and a good conference matchup, and the stadium should be rocking| Shane Beamer saying Sooners' Walk of Champions is not up to snuff when talking to SEC/South Carolina media, but BV has seemingly changed that in a few weeks during the season| Is the stadium more vibrant these days?

20:00 - How has defense changed so fast| Drumm and Thune give examples of players developed under the previous regime, and talk about how it's noticeable with just about everyone on defense already| Drumm goes in-depth on a prime example of how cheetah position player, Dashaun White, has blown up since BV and his staff arrived.

26:00 - Will we know how good this defense is before the Texas game? Or even Kansas (yes, that is what we said... KU... and we discuss it) on October 15th? Not saying KSU can't challenge OU. Just going off of what we have seen in the first three to four weeks.

30:30 - How has KSU QB Adrian Martinez changed his game since arriving in Manhattan and playing for Chris Kleiman?

33:00 - Parker and Brandon give score predictions for OU/KSU game| Is there a world where OU blows out Kstate? Or does Emaw take the air out of the ball like they have in years past?| Is Brent Venables & Ted Roof's defense much more set to stop them on third downs and get off the field, unlike years past? What's different overall that could change?

40:00 - What is our prediction on the national media's reaction if the Sooners beat Kansas State soundly?

42:00 - Selmon Brothers statue reveal and their legacy in Sooners lore.

44:00 - Recruits on campus this weekend, and how big is the visit weekend for the Sooners? Updates on five-star DL David Hicks, four-star DB Ryan Yaites, five-star DB Peyton Bowen, 2024 four-star DL Nigel Smith, and big-time California/Mater Dei visitors in 2024, 2025, and 2026 classes| Safety recruiting and where they could go if they miss out on Yaites and Bowen? What about safety targets like Marvin Burks Jr., or TCU ATH commit, Rohan Fluellen?

51:50 - How good can this team be, and after three games, what are our expectations and record predictions?

59:38 - Podcast over

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