SI Sooners Podcast, Ep. 4

John Hoover and Parker Thune discuss all things Sooners as the 2020 football season and national signing day get closer and closer.

John E. Hoover | Aug 5, 2020

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports

In the latest episode of the SI Sooners Podcast, publisher John Hoover and deputy editor Parker Thune discuss the Big 12's big news on scheduling, what it means for Oklahoma's season opener (and when), how much longer we have to wait for OU-Army, why BYU didn't work out for the league, the Sooners' latest injury news from practice, OU's newest verbal commitment, and why Parker no longer feels one big-time recruit is still an OU lock. Plus, Rickey Dixon, and why Sports Illustrated thinks Lincoln Riley is the ideal coach to handle the quagmire that is 2020.

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Published Aug 5, 2020

JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.