Sooners On SI (Portalpalooza) Podcast, Ep. 273

The staff breaks down every position of need and who's being offered in the transfer portal, plus previews the bowl game, dives into the 2025 schedule and more.

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Sooners On SI's John Hoover, Ryan Chapman and Carson Field present episode 273 of the Sooners On SI Podcast: a deep, deep dive into all the offers Oklahoma has made in the transfer portal as well as the visits to campus, breaking it down position by position and player by player. Plus, which Sooners have entered the portal so far (it's up to 23 as of this podcast), the three levels of player who enter the podcast, how important are the portal "rankings," a quick Armed Forces Bowl preview with OU's upcoming game against Navy, pulling apart next year's schedule release, and a bit on basketball.

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Published Dec 12, 2024

JOHN 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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