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Watch the Sooners On SI (Postgame) Podcast After Oklahoma's Win at South Carolina

Ryan Chapman and Carson Field were in Columbia on Saturday as the Sooners dominated the Gamecocks.
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Oklahoma defensive end Taylor Wein (44) and defensive tackle David Stone
Oklahoma defensive end Taylor Wein (44) and defensive tackle David Stone | SARAH PHIPPS/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

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Sooners On SI's Ryan Chapman and Carson Field were ringside Saturday for Oklahoma's 26-7 victory at South Carolina and present the Sooners On SI (Postgame) Podcast.

Chapman and Field break down everything from the game, including OU's newfound running game, how Ben Arbuckle dialed back to maximize quarterback John Mateer's strengths and minimize his weaknesses, how the offensive line played its best game of the season, and how running backs Tory Blaylock and Xavier Robinson tormented the Gamecocks' defense all day.

The guys also recap the dominating performance of the Oklahoma defense, from the defensive line's domination of the South Carolina front, how the Sooners' front seven corralled and shut down quarterback LaNorris Sellers and why the USC running game never got going against Brent Venables' stingy OU squad.

OU's special teams also delivered a handful of game-changing plays.

Up next for the No. 14-ranked Sooners are last week's No. 5-ranked team, the Ole Miss Rebels, who suffered their first defeat on Saturday with a 43-35 setback on the road to No. 9 Georgia.

To listen to episode 306 of the Sooners On SI (Postgame) Podcast on Apple Podcasts, click here: To listen on Spotify, click here.

Or watch the video version on YouTube (below):

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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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