Sooners On SI Podcast, Ep. 244

Inside 5-star Michael Fasusi's commitment, the latest from preseason camp, what we're looking for on the depth chart, Lincoln Riley QBs, and our fearless predictions.

John E. Hoover | Aug 22, 2024

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Sooners On SI's John Hoover, Ryan Chapman and Randall Sweet present episode 244 of the Sooners On SI Podcast: the very latest on Oklahoma's newest football commit, 5-star OT Michael Fasusi, and what it means for OU and OL coach Bill Bedenbaugh ... Inside the Sooners' final days of preseason training camp ... The biggest questions we want answered ahead of next week's depth chart release ... What's up with Lincoln Riley's quarterbacks ... We predict OU's record, CFB's conference and national champions, our BOLD Sooner predictions and lots more.

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Published Aug 22, 2024

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.