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Sooners On SI Podcast, Ep. 264

Hoover and Chapman take one last look at Maine, discuss the injured Sooners coming back and break down a full preview of Missouri with Missouri On SI's Joey Van Zummeren.

John E. Hoover

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Sooners On SI's John Hoover and Ryan Chapman present episode 264 of the Sooners On SI Podcast: how beating Maine helps move OU forward, the health of two returning wide receivers this week at Missouri, why OU needs to run the ball first, a full preview and deep-dive breakdown on the Tigers, including QB Brady Cook's health situation, with Missouri on SI's Joey Van Zummeren, what a win means at this point of the season, the real importance of going to a bowl game, another bye week coming up, plus a quick look at OU basketball.

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John E. Hoover
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.

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