Ep. 184 - As Bookie Enters the Transfer Portal, Lee Begins a Rewatch

West of Everest: An Oklahoma Football Podcast

In the opening take, Lee talks about a project he's working on that involves Bookie and reminds us all about how bad the 2018 OU defense was. Then Grant joins to talk more about the terrible 2018 Sooners' defense (5:30). We move on to specifically talk about Bookie entering the transfer portal. We go back to the beginning when the hype was as high as ever -- and even some of the OU coaches were saying that he was really good before he ever took a snap (16:15). Did OU's coaching staff fail Bookie by not playing him at corner? When Alex Grinch came in, did Bookie ever get a look at corner? If Bookie transfers to a team that lets him play corner and he does well, that will be an indictment on Mike Stoops and Alex Grinch (22:20). Lee says it's perfectly okay to criticize college kids as long as you're being fair and have the evidence to back it up. We talk about Bookie being a great teammate, plus Lee has found an interesting stat regarding Bookie's 2018 season so far. Also, Bookie didn't really play nickel right away at OU, he was playing free safety (31:40). Lee noticed so far through his rewatch that Bookie missed out on a lot of chances at potential big plays in 2018 (38:45). Caleb Kelly is a 5-star player who didn't live up to potential. Why does he not get as much criticism as Bookie (52:40)? Eric Gray is officially with the Sooners and he could be OU's best running back this fall (56:35). OU is very high in the 2021 preseason SP+ rankings, which Grant loves (1:02:25). The defensive line should be fantastic in 2021, plus a listener wants us to provide an update on what we should be able to expect from Jalen Redmond(1:12:30)? Grant wants to clarify some NFL comments he made a couple of weeks ago that relate to Sunday's Super Bowl. Plus Grant does what every single sports show has done this week and praises Tom Brady. Lee tries to take another angle on Brady because he's bored by all the Brady GOAT talk (1:17:30). | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9