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Sooners On SI Podcast, Episode 246

Recapping Temple, OL solutions, WR options, BV on the iPads craze, two big-time DBs, so many takeaways, previewing Houston, the SEC's first big week and lots more.

John E. Hoover

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Sooners On SI's John Hoover, Ryan Chapman and Randall Sweet present episode 247 (not 248!) of the Sooners On SI Podcast: a quick look back at Oklahoma's season-opening win over Temple, what solutions might the OU offensive line have, what options the wide receivers have, what Brent Venables really thinks about iPads and gameday tech, two DBs who have been super so far, can the Sooners keep up the takeaway pace, what we know about this week's opponent, Houston, and a quick look around the SEC and Oklahoma's upcoming opponents.

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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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