Ep. 425 - OU Football Breakouts, Red Flags, and SEC Predictions

Ep. 425 - OU Football Breakouts, Red Flags, and SEC Predictions

Lee and Grant open with a look at OU’s second-year players heading into the 2026 season. Which young Sooners will contribute, and which players will disappoint?

Lee and Grant also discuss Oklahoma’s SEC Media Days representatives — John Mateer, Eddie Pierre-Louis and Taylor Wein — and whether there is any real meaning behind who Brent Venables chose to bring to Tampa.

Then the guys finish their SEC team-by-team predictions ahead of SEC Media Days. This episode covers Florida, Alabama, Ole Miss, Texas A&M, Arkansas, Mississippi State, LSU and Texas.

The show closes with Lee and Grant unveiling their full predicted SEC order of finish, SEC Championship Game picks and SEC champion predictions.

Chapters/Timecodes

00:00 — Welcome. Lee’s sunburn advice 02:15 — Which second-year Sooners could contribute in 2026?06:32 — Lee picks Darius Afalava as a possible offensive contributor 09:15 — Why Oklahoma’s offensive high school recruiting track record is concerning  12:24 — Omarion Robinson and Trent Wilson as obvious defensive breakout options17:36 — Marcus James, high school recruiting and the modern transfer portal era 22:02 — Nigel Smith and whether 2026 is his make-or-break year24:51 — Lee picks Elijah Thomas as a possible offensive non-factor27:03 — Grant’s concerns about Emmett Jones and wide receiver development 30:45 — J.J. Hester’s strange Kentucky stat line 33:47 — John Mateer, Eddie Pierre-Louis and Taylor Wein heading to Tampa41:54 — The Athletic’s All-SEC team and Kip Lewis being left off43:17 — Lee’s Florida breakdown: John Sumrall, Buster Faulkner, Aaron Philo and Jadan Baugh45:35 — Grant agrees on Florida going 7-547:18 — Florida’s skill talent and offensive line concerns48:43 — Could Florida have the worst quarterback situation in the SEC?51:25 — Grant predicts Alabama at 9-3 55:36 — Could Kalen DeBoer struggle with the Alabama culture fit?56:32 — Ole Miss prediction. Crossfire here. 01:02:15 — Texas A&M prediction01:02:54 — Grant’s hesitation with the Aggies and Marcel Reed 01:07:34 — Arkansas prediction 01:09:16 — Mississippi State prediction01:11:40 — LSU prediction. Grant’s skeptical, but still high on LSU.01:14:54 — Lee predicts LSU at 11-101:17:40 — Lee’s hopefully wrong Texas prediction 01:20:09 — Texas red flags: offensive line, Arch Manning and portal questions01:22:47 — Full SEC predicted order of finish01:23:34 — Grant’s Oklahoma prediction in the SEC standings01:24:21 — Georg