Sooners On SI Podcast, Ep. 280

The guys talk Jim Knowles, 2025 betting odds, John Mateer, the CFP, their 2024 preseason predictions, basketball, softball and lots more.

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Sooners On SI's John Hoover, Ryan Chapman and Carson Field present episode 280 of the Sooners On SI Podcast: a deep dive on what Ohio State's Jim Knowles could bring to OU as a defensive coordinator, the way-too-early 2025 betting odds for Oklahoma and other SEC teams, more on QB John Mateer, their thoughts on the College Football Playoff, how their preseason predictions turned out, plus a rundown of men's basketball, women's basketball and a softball preview.

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Published Jan 25, 2025

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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