Chapter Forty-Four: Context Is Everything
In the amount of time it took the words “NCAA Investigation” to enter Roger Denny’s cellphone while seated at his desk in the Barry Switzer Center in Norman, Oklahoma, travel the phone lines 654 miles, and float out of the speaker of my phone in Starkville, Mississippi, I already knew the culprit.
“It was Smith, wasn’t it?” I more so stated than asked, interrupting Denny mid-sentence.
“Did someone tip you off?” Denny’s question sounded more accusatory than I believe he meant at the time, but seeing as how he’d just caught wind of the Oregon State Beavers’ official grievance to the NCAA two minutes before calling me, his surprise was understandable.
“The writing is kind of on the wall, Roger. I did nab four of his recruits and nearly get two more, just in the last two years.” I paused, weighing if the extra clarity behind Smith’s intentions were pertinent to the conversation.
“And, I didn’t leave Corvallis exactly on the best terms with Jonathan Smith,” I added with a sigh. “I’m sure there’s more malice than integrity behind the accusation.”
Denny was silent on the other end, long enough for me to quickly glance at my own iPhone to see if the call had been dropped, before his voice suddenly boomed back into my hotel room.
“You didn’t exactly divulge that information when you were recruiting former Oregon State players left and right in the portal, Armando.”
“I didn’t think it would be an issue,” I said, raising both my hands in the air defensively. By this point, I’d flipped the small television in the hotel to ESPN on mute, where they were already talking on air about the NCAA Investigation.
“Besides, I didn’t think these things got announced until we had at least been contacted. How is ESPN already running a segment on it?”
“If Jonathan Smith is doing this strictly for revenge, my guess is him or his people leaked it to the media.”
Denny paused again, prompting another awkward silence as I sat on the edge of the bed, ESPN muted on the TV, and my boss muted on the phone.
Before Denny resumed the conversation, I could briefly hear a luggage cart being hurriedly pushed down the hall before it unexpectedly stopped outside my own hotel door. For a split second Denny’s dramatic pause on the phone was forgotten as I turned towards the door, half expecting another plain-white card stock envelope to fall through the mail slot, my name written in bold red ink across the front. Then, as suddenly as it stopped, the cart began rolling again, unknowingly taking my sudden moment of panic with it.
As the sound of the cart slowly faded down the hall, the tension that had built in my body slowly released, along with it a breath I hadn’t realized I’d been holding since the cart began rumbling down the hallway.
“A letter would show up today, of all days,” I breathed to myself, finally breaking the silence on Denny’s end as he cleared his throat.
“Armando, I have to ask. Did you contact any of the players that left Oregon State this offseason before the window opened? If you did, we have to get in front of this, because otherwise-“
“Are you asking me if I broke an unwritten rule, and violated an imaginary ‘window?’” I mimed air quotes around the word, even though the only audience was myself and my paranoid thoughts, “To recruit players that were begging to leave Oregon State and actually win something?”
Again, silence from Denny, which told me, he did indeed, want me to answer the question.
“No, Roger. Not a single one of those recruits were contacted before Oregon State’s compliance office entered their names into the database.”
Denny, who had apparently been holding his breath, let out a long, heavy sigh. “That’s good, at least. We can work with that. What about your agent, Harvey? The report states that he made contact with a player about joining the program first?”
“With NIL deals today, who knows how many college athletes in Corvallis Harvey has talked to about how much money they can earn. Seriously, think about that Roger. Do you really think I would use Harvey, to poach Oregon State players of all things?
“I mean, let’s be real, Roger. If I was going to be that bold, why not have him saunter up to Eugene and recruit some real players? The only guys I poached from Oregon State were my guys, guys I picked three years ago, guys I know can handle what we’re building here. Smith’s guys? There’s a reason the winning stopped when I left, Rog.”
Denny took a moment to ponder the idea that maybe, just maybe, one of the players had been in contact with Harvey for a litany of other reasons, none of which included the transfer portal or Oklahoma. By the time his voice came through the phone again, his disposition was clearly on the cheerier side.
“That does make sense, Armando. And would track with Oregon State jumping at straws if Smith is really leading a witch hunt. We’ve got your back on this, so long as you’re straight with us.”
“Scout’s honor, Roger. Neither Harvey nor I contacted anyone in the portal.”
I was never a Boy Scout, and it would turn out that my “Scout’s honor” meant jack shit.
As we continued to defend our National Championship, the story started to die out. By the time we rolled into Dallas, Texas as the No. 1 ranked team in the country, with a perfect 6-0 record, it felt like the NCAA Investigation was in the rearview mirror.
Then, the floor fell out.
I’d developed a routine by now, five years into my college coaching career. Without the creature comforts of home, I’d developed my own ritual to keep my mind at ease the morning of an away game. Up at six A.M., study the last bit of film—typically the key packages we wanted to stop defensively and the ones we wanted to exploit offensively—then I hit the gym to clear my head one final time before the show started. Thirty minutes of cardio, one hour of weight training, then another hour of basketball—if time allowed. Jessica had once joked that I trained harder now, than I did when I was a personal instructor.
“I never respected those coaches who were 100-pounds overweight and were out there telling athletes in peak physical-form how they were not executing something,” I told her, “So I’m going to make damn sure I don’t become a walking contradiction.”
Thirty minutes into my weightlifting on the morning of October 13th, 2030, I was just finishing my first set of three on the bench press when my phone rang: Harvey. I let it and the two others that followed go to voicemail, surely nothing could be that important at 8AM on a Saturday.
Midway through my second set, the phone rang again: Jessica. “No ignoring this one,” I muttered to myself, re-racking the barbell and cutting my second set short.
“Hey, babe,” I answered huffing, “I’m midway through my workout. What’s so urgent?”
“You need to call Harvey,” she began, before the call waiting notification interrupted her mid-sentence. I pulled the phone away from my ear for a brief second, losing Jessica’s voice in the process, to peek at the screen, expecting another call from Harvey.
Roger Denny.
“Hey, sorry I lost you for a second with another call coming in,” I admitted, putting the phone on speaker.
“Armando. Turn on ESPN, then call Harvey. Or Roger. Okay?”
Still unaware of what was going on, Jessica and I said our goodbyes as I made my way to the wall-mounted TV across the gym, dialing Harvey at the same time.
I had the TV on before the first ring. ESPN turned on by the second.
Harvey picked up before the second ring ended, just as the ESPN headline re-appeared at the bottom of the screen:
“Breaking News: Manu Hasty Reveals In Resurfaced NFL Combine Audio That Armando Leon’s Agent Stated He’d Be “Welcome” In Norman If He Returned For Senior Season.”
“Armand-“ Harvey began, clearly in a panic, before I cut him off,
“What. The. Fuck. Harvey.”
“Listen, Armando, this is being blown out of proportion, man. Hear me out for a second.”
“It seems pretty cut and dry to me, Harvey. Why the hell was my name, or Oklahoma for that matter, brought up in a pre-draft interview by a former player who I haven’t spoken to since leaving Corvallis almost three years ago?” My voice had steadily risen to the point I was nearly yelling into the phone before I caught it and with a deep sigh regulated my tone. Thankfully, there was no one in the hotel gym at that hour to see the quick outburst, or that might have been the next segment on TMZ the way things were going.
“It wasn’t even like that, Armando. I’m still based in Corvallis, I deal with a lot of Oregon State athletes across all sports, not just football.”
I sighed again, testing the limits of my self-control by ensuring my voice stayed regulated: “Then explain how Manu Hasty is apparently name dropping Oklahoma in an interview at the combine. I never spoke to him about coming to Oklahoma, because he was never in the portal, Harvey.”
“The only conversation I had with Manu about you, or Oklahoma, came when he reached out to me about representation going into the NFL. He called my office, said he knew I was your agent, and wanted someone local that he could trust. He said if you trusted me, it was good enough for him.”
“My trust is wearing thin, Harvey. Get to the part where you somehow told him he was wanted in Norman,” I hissed, beginning to lose my composure as another Denny call appeared on the screen. “Roger is blowing me up right now, and I’d prefer to have some answers for him before I find myself on the unemployment line because of your fuck up.”
“That’s the part, I didn’t tell him he was wanted in Norman. Listen,” Harvey was clearly getting to the end of his patience as well, the professionalism had slowly faded out of his voice during the conversation and the best way to describe his tone now was pure panic.
“I drew up representation paperwork, had him come down to my office. I explained that once he put pen to paper, he had a limited amount of time until there was no going back. He said he was sure, that it was time to move on. Then he added, ‘Besides, I don’t know where I would go if I left Corvallis.’ Then, as he was signing his name on the underclassman declaration, I simply made a joke.”
“Apparently the NCAA doesn’t think it’s much of a joke, Harvey. What the hell did you say?” My voice had begun to raise in volume again, despite my best efforts, as Harvey’s long-drawn out explanation was fraying on my last nerves.
“Well…I simply said ‘Leon could use someone like you to kickstart his career in Norman.’ We laughed, he signed, and that was that. It’s not like I called a board meeting to pitch him on the idea of entering the portal, not the Draft, to solely recruit him to you. It was a joke, with MY client, that is being taken out of context.” The panic in his voice had been replaced by a somewhat righteous anger as he realized that during the interview at the combine, Hasty was no longer a student athlete. He was an NFL Draft entrant and entirely out of the NCAA purview.
“Armando, I promise you. There was no actual talk between Hasty and myself about you going to Oklahoma. I don’t know what context the supposed Combine Interview paints that conversation in, but I promise. The NCAA can conduct whatever investigation they want, the story doesn’t change, because there is no story.”
How many other agents, I thought to myself, had the same conversations. I wasn’t the only coach whose representation handled players who were also draft entrants. How many one-off comments were made by other agents, to other players, and nothing came of it. But, because Jonathan Smith had to open his mouth, suddenly I was under fire for something that was entirely out of my control.
“Alright, Harvey, alright. I believe you,” I acknowledged, “I’ve got to brief Roger on this now. Try and track down this interview, see what the context is, okay?”
The gym had begun to fill in with people by the time the short call between Harvey and me had reached its conclusion, so I decided to head back up to my room before calling Roger, anticipating a much more animated conversation once Denny got worked into a frenzy.
Much like I expected, Roger Denny was less relieved than I was about Harvey’s story, but ultimately believed him as well.
“Does he realize the absolute clusterfuck he’s put us in?” bellowed Denny into the phone for the second time this season, “I get it was an innocent comment, but come on. Have more fucking common sense than that.”
“Rog, I get it,” I stated, trying to calm him down in the process, “He swears it is being taken out of context. I’ve already got him trying to get a source on the interview to see how it is said. But, I still think this is entirely a narrative being driven by Smith. Couldn’t you call Scott Barnes over in Corvallis and try to smooth this thing over? Don’t all ADs have some code of honor or something?”
Denny snorted a laugh, briefly breaking the tension, “With an NCAA Investigation underway that was kickstarted by his office? I doubt at this point he isn’t at least privy to Smith’s disdain for you. Me calling him would just be painted as me trying to strong-arm him into dropping it. The Ravens drafted Manu Hasty last year, right? I’ll reach out to Steve Bisciotti, see if I can get an off-record conversation with Manu to see what the real story is. If Harvey comes up with anything, you tell me first. Got it? Until then, nothing to the press. I’ll talk to our media department and make it known, no questions about today’s ESPN report. I can’t promise Texas will do the same, but I’ll call Del Conte and ask. We didn’t let our media hound Kiffin about the Kappa Delta scandal that played in a role in him leaving LSU, I’ll remind him about that. Maybe it’ll get us some grace.
“Oh, and Armando? Not to put any more pressure on you, and I think it goes without saying, but I’ll do it anyways. We could really use a win today. Keep the positive vibes going, on the field at least.”
“Boomer Sooner, Roger. We’ll get it done.”
I rubbed my temples with both hands, feeling the dried sweat that had pooled there after my workout was cut short. I briefly considered returning to the gym, finishing my workout to get the rest of the pent up aggression out of my system, but decided against it. The rest of the staff needed to be briefed, the players who hadn’t already seen it on ESPN. There would be no more relaxation before we took the field against the Longhorns tonight.
Three notifications from Jessica were stacked on my lock screen, received during the conversation with Denny and left unopened.
‘Everything ok?’
‘I’m guessing you’re on the phone with Rog. Or Harv. Or Both. Call me when you can.’
‘Okay, don’t call me. We’re going to Tara Lydia’s gymnastics and I have shit reception. Text me that everything is ok?’
The third one ended with a kissing emoji, then a prayer emoji, then a hug emoji. Subtle, but comforting.
‘Everything is good as it can be, we’re figuring it out. Have to get to the facility. Tell Tara Lydia I’m proud of her, even if she doesn’t do her hip-over today. I’ll call tonight.’
A picture of Tara Lydia mid hip-over quickly came back, followed by another of her graduation certificate for beginners gymnastics.
‘One Leon is a winner today, go make it two’ read the next text, with the flexing emoji.
“Can’t let the family down,” I half joked, half sighed to myself, gathering my Oklahoma branded button up to begin getting ready for the Red River Shootout.
“Time to make it two in a row.”
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Breaking News: Leaked Audio Reveals Agent Harvey Ross Discussed Oklahoma Transfer With Former Oregon State Player
ESPN • Published: October 13th, 2030
Audio obtained by ESPN appears to show former Oregon State linebacker Manu Hasty discussing a conversation with agent Harvey Ross—who also represents Oklahoma head coach Armando Leon—in which Ross "suggested" Hasty could transfer to Oklahoma before ultimately entering the 2029 NFL Draft.
The audio, which ESPN has not independently verified, surfaced early Saturday morning on social media and allegedly comes from Hasty's interview session at the 2029 NFL Combine. The timing of its release—hours before No. 1 Oklahoma faces Texas in the Red River Rivalry—adds another layer of scrutiny to the ongoing NCAA investigation into Leon's program.
In the clip, Hasty is asked why he chose to enter the draft as a junior rather than use his final year of eligibility.
"I don't feel like I have anything else to prove at the college level, short of going to Norman to reunite with Coach Leon and win a National Championship, like Harvey suggested," Hasty says in the audio.
The statement appears to reference a conversation between Hasty and Ross that occurred while Hasty was still enrolled at Oregon State and theoretically eligible to enter the transfer portal for the 2029 season, the same cycle that saw two of Leon's former Oregon State players transfer to Oklahoma.
Sources with knowledge of Hasty's draft decision told ESPN the conversation with Ross occurred during the process of preparing paperwork for Hasty's draft declaration in early 2029. However, the exact timing of the exchange, and whether Hasty had already committed to entering the draft when Ross made the comment, remains unclear and is expected to be central to the NCAA's investigation.
NCAA rules prohibit third-party representatives, including agents, from facilitating contact between coaches at one school and players enrolled at another institution. If Ross's comment occurred before Hasty finalized his draft declaration, it could constitute an impermissible inducement, as Hasty would have still had the option to enter the transfer portal rather than declare for the draft.
If the conversation happened after Hasty had already committed to the NFL, the comment would likely be considered harmless speculation about a path Hasty had already declined.
"The question investigators will be asking is simple: When exactly did this conversation take place, and what were Manu Hasty's options at that moment?" said Tom Mars, an attorney who specializes in NCAA eligibility cases. "If he still had a realistic decision to make between the portal and the draft, this becomes very problematic. If the decision was already made, it's just an agent talking."
The alleged audio comes nearly three weeks after the NCAA announced a formal investigation into Oklahoma and Leon following a complaint filed by Oregon State. The complaint centered on a pattern of transfers from Leon's former programs—four players from Oregon State and two from Maryland—all of whom followed Leon to Norman after his hiring in December 2028.
Hasty, who played linebacker at Oregon State from 2027-28 under Leon's coordination of the defense, was not among those who transferred to Oklahoma. Instead, he declared for the 2029 NFL Draft following his junior season and hired Ross as his agent.
Ross has represented Leon since the coach's days at Oregon State and negotiated Leon's contract at both Maryland and Oklahoma. Leon has previously stated he has "never and will never actively recruit former players" to his new programs.
The surfacing of Hasty's alleged combine comments adds a new dimension to the investigation by potentially documenting a specific instance of Ross discussing a transfer to Oklahoma with a player who was still enrolled at Leon's former school.
Oregon State athletic director Scott Barnes declined to comment specifically on the audio Saturday morning, but released a statement through the university.
"We have been consistent in our position that there appears to be a troubling pattern of player movement from our program to Oklahoma," the statement read. "We trust the NCAA's investigative process will examine all available evidence, including any statements made by involved parties during that recruitment period."
Barnes and Oregon State head coach Jonathan Smith filed the initial complaint in September, citing what they called an unusually high number of transfers to Oklahoma from programs where Leon previously coached.
Oklahoma athletic director Roger Denny issued a statement Saturday morning addressing the leaked audio.
"We are aware of unverified audio circulating on social media," Denny's statement read. "The University of Oklahoma has fully cooperated with the NCAA's inquiry and remains confident in the integrity of our program and coaching staff. We will not be commenting on anonymous leaks or unverified materials."
Leon, reached by phone Saturday afternoon as his team prepared for today's game against Texas, declined to comment on the specifics of the audio.
"I've said all I'm going to say about this investigation until there's an appropriate forum to address it," Leon said. "My focus is on the game today."
When pressed on whether he was aware of conversations between Ross and Hasty, Leon reiterated he would not comment on an active investigation.
Ross, a now-prominent agent based in Corvallis, has represented Leon throughout the coach's rapid ascent from Oregon STate to Maryland to Oklahoma. He also represents several NFL players, including multiple former Oregon State and Maryland players who competed under Leon.
According to sources familiar with the agent-coach relationship, it is not uncommon for Ross to discuss career options with draft-eligible players he is recruiting as clients, including the possibility of transferring for a final college season versus entering the NFL.
However, NCAA rules regarding third-party involvement in recruiting are clear: representatives of a coaching staff—including agents with close ties to coaches—cannot facilitate player movement between institutions.
"The agent-coach relationship creates a gray area that the NCAA has struggled to regulate," said one Power Four compliance director who requested anonymity. "If an agent represents both a coach and a player, and discusses that player joining the coach's program, where does permissible career advice end and impermissible recruiting begin?"
Hasty, who was drafted in the second round by the Baltimore Ravens in 2029, declined to comment through a team spokesman Sunday evening.
The 6-foot-2, 235-pound linebacker started 11 games as a rookie and recorded 78 tackles and two sacks. He was a two-time All-Pac-12 selection at Oregon State and served as a defensive captain during Leon's final season in Corvallis in 2027.
The timing of the audio's release—the morning of Oklahoma's highest-profile rivalry game—has raised questions about the motives behind the leak.
"Someone clearly wanted this to be a distraction for Oklahoma today," said one SEC head coach who requested anonymity. "Whether it's a legitimate piece of evidence or gamesmanship, releasing it on game day tells you something about the intent."
Several college football insiders suggested on social media Saturday morning that the leak could have come from parties invested in Texas's chances today, though there is no evidence to support those claims.
Others noted that Oregon State and Oklahoma do not play each other this season, making it less likely the leak originated from Corvallis.
NCAA investigations typically take months to complete, and the organization's enforcement staff has been tight-lipped about the Oklahoma inquiry since its announcement in late September.
If the audio is authenticated and investigators determine Ross's comment constituted impermissible contact, Oklahoma could face penalties ranging from recruiting restrictions to scholarship reductions. In severe cases involving coaches, the NCAA can issue show-cause orders that limit where and how a coach can work in college athletics.
However, several compliance experts cautioned that the case may hinge on factors difficult to prove, including the precise timing of conversations and the intent behind Ross's comments.
"Unless there are text messages, emails, or other documentation showing when this conversation happened and what Hasty's decision status was at that moment, this becomes a very difficult case to prosecute," said John Infante, a former NCAA compliance officer. "You're essentially asking investigators to reconstruct a timeline from memory and potentially conflicting accounts."
Leon, 38, is in his second season at Oklahoma and led the Sooners to a national championship in his first year. His team enters today's game against Texas as the No. 1 team in the country with a perfect 6-0 record.
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Sooners' Block Out the Noise To Secure Second Straight Red River Shootout Victory
Boone Tillman // Sooner Born • Published: October 13th, 2030
The Oklahoma Sooners and Texas Longhorns may have played in a fall storm in Dallas, Texas in the latest iteration of the Red River Shootout, but the weather wasn't the only thing hanging a cloud over the usually electric atmosphere at the Cotton Bowl.
Yet, despite the events of this morning, Oklahoma buckled their chinstraps and ground out a needed 37-21 victory over the Texas Longhorns to keep their undefeated record intact. While the final score would suggest the Oklahoma Sooners made easy work of their oldest foe, that would be far from the story of the afternoon as Texas fought valiantly in the first half, before the Schooner ran them over in the second half.
Oklahoma opened the game with a bang, quickly marching the length of the field behind a steady diet of Brad Thorne and Dillon Slye, but in what would become a troubling theme in the otherwise solid game for Oklahoma, were held to a field goal on their opening drive. It would be the first of four field goals for Brian Rowe, who managed to overcome the weather and keep his footing, hitting all four of his field goals as well as two extra points in the contest.
While Oklahoma's offense would struggle in the red zone for the majority of the contest, there was one exception to the rule: drives after turnovers.
Oklahoma converted two of the three turnovers in the contest into the only two touchdowns for their offense in the game, the first of which came on the Longhorns' opening drive as Nick Westerman was stripped from behind by Vai So'oto and Gordon Paul scooped up the gift.
Oklahoma found themselves leading 17-7 late in the first half and looking to put more points on the board in the final two minutes, but Texas' defense had other plans. SS Najee Lyles, the cousin of Oklahoma wide receiver Darren Lyles, plucked an overthrown crossing route by Markelle Nickey, stiff-armed the receiver, and turned on the jets to put a touchdown on the board after he churned out 51 yards on the return.
Nickey would get right back on the horse, however, leading a defiant drive back into the Texas Longhorns' red zone with just thirty seconds left, but would once again come up empty. Nickey would attempt to float a ball to Brad Thorne on a wheel route, only for MLB Kristian Trahan to read the throw the whole way, easily undercutting Thorne for the drive-killing interception.
Oklahoma had found themselves in the Longhorns' red zone four times, yet had only tallied one touchdown on the board, and were clinging to a minuscule 17-14 lead at the break.
Texas came out of the half with possession and looking to make a play to officially swing the score, and momentum, their way when Nick Westerman tried to connect with Greg Gooch on a go ball on the third play out of the halftime break.
Instead, Ja'Darius Pleasants beat Gooch to the ball, snagging his third interception of the season. Oklahoma would be stifled in the red zone once again with Brian Rowe ultimately kicking two field goals in the third quarter. With Oklahoma nursing a 23-14 lead, it felt like the Longhorns still had a paltry window to strike back and surge into the contest.
Then the elements came into play.
Return man Manu Catanzaro took the kickoff looking to spark Texas, spinning his way out of a pair of tackles, but the third time would not be the charm. Catanzaro was rocked coming out of his second spin, losing the ball as he fell into a Crimson and Cream sea of defenders. Oklahoma would recover, Nickey would find Maurice Lucky on the RPO, and suddenly the Sooners had taken a 31-14 lead following the two-point conversion.
Texas would save face with a late fourth-quarter touchdown, but it was far too little, too late as they ultimately fell 37-21, putting the Longhorns dangerously close to missing the playoffs for the second straight season as they fall to 4-3.
After the game, Leon praised his team's resilience, despite not talking about what they overcame, in a shorter than normal Q&A session.
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Oklahoma Moderator: "We're only taking one question tonight, ladies and gentlemen, from OU Daily's James McDavid. Coach Leon will be the only Sooner to participate in the Q&A before Texas Head Coach Lane Kiffin will come to the mic with his usual entourage of players."
James McDavid (OU Daily): "Coach, you were down Terrance Butcher going into the game, and lost Dillon Slye midway through the contest. After recent events, how vindicating does it feel to get this win despite the odds continuing to pile up against your team?"
Armando Leon: "They're just a special group of young men, from top to bottom. They knew what the talk would be about if we went out there and laid an egg, and they made sure it was a non-story. The conditions were against us, injuries were against us, and frankly, it feels like all of college football is against us. But, they didn't care. They went out there like it was the Coliseum and took care of business exactly like I knew they would."
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Listen, before anyone starts bellyaching about my silence on this morning's events, let's just say there's a reason the press conference was held to a single question. Get the picture?
That conversation aside, these Sooners keep stepping up to the plate and putting runs on the board. The national media may have sacrificed them with a loss, but back in Norman we knew what they were battling against; it was more than the Longhorns.
Yet, they came in, fought, and survived. They earned the right to keep that Golden Hat and for one weekend, that's the only thing we can ask.
Tough questions may have to be answered next week, but for the moment, we're 7-0 and the best damn team in the country, bar none. #BoomerSooner.
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
| Texas | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Oklahoma | 10 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 37 |
| Q | Team | Time | Play | Texas | Oklahoma |
| 1st | Oklahoma | 3:39 | Brain Rowe, 46 Yd FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1st | Oklahoma | 0:56 | Isaac Adcock, 18 Yd Run | 0 | 10 |
| 2nd | Texas | 7:06 | Amar'e Angel, 7 Yd Pass From Nick Weserman | 7 | 10 |
| 2nd | Oklahoma | 1:56 | Johnny Chubb, 16 Yd Pass From Markelle Nickey | 7 | 17 |
| 2nd | Texas | 1:23 | Najee Lyles, Returned Interception 51 Yds | 14 | 17 |
| 3rd | Oklahoma | 5:37 | Brian Rowe, 29 Yd FG | 14 | 20 |
| 3rd | Oklahoma | 1:21 | Brian Rowe, 25 Yd FG | 14 | 23 |
| 3rd | Oklahoma | 0:12 | Maurice Lucky, 3 Yd Pass From Markelle Nicky (2PT) | 14 | 31 |
| 4th | Oklahoma | 6:23 | Brian Rowe, 45 Yd FG | 14 | 34 |
| 4th | Texas | 3:28 | Amar'e Angel, 13 Yd Pass From Nick Westerman | 21 | 34 |
| 4th | Oklahoma | 0:39 | Brian Rowe, 27 Yd FG | 21 | 37 |
Texas Oklahoma Passing | Stats Passing | Stats ----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------ Nick Westerman | 21/33, 244 Yds, 2 TD, INT Markelle Nickey | 22/37, 205 Yds, 2 TD, 2 INT Rushing | Stats Rushing | Stats ----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------ Nick Westerman | 7 Att, -21 Yds Dillon Slye | 13 Att, 71 Yds Oscar Cheridor | 6 Att, 30 Yds Isaac Adcock | 11 Att, 62 Yds, TD Receiving | Stats Receiving | Stats ----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------ Amar'e Angel | 8 Rec, 82 Yds, 2 TD Maurice Lucky | 3 Rec, 39 Yds, TD Trae Morency | 5 Rec, 33 Yds Franklin Murphy | 2 Rec, 34 Yds Alfonso Peters | 3 Rec, 97 Yds Dillon Booker | 2 Rec, 61 Yds Defensive | Stats Defensive | Stats ----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------ MLB Kristian Trahan | 13 Tkl, 5 TFL, INT CB Ja'Darius Pleasants| 8 Tkl, TFL, INT SS Najee Lyles | 4 Tkl, TFL, INT DE Vai So'oto | 4 Tkl, 3 TFL, 2 Sacks, FF DT Nick Brown | Tkl, TFL, Sack DE Leon Britt | 3 Tkl, 2 TFL, Sack
SEC Week Seven Results
22 Ole Miss (4-3) @ #2 Georgia (6-0) 37
23 Florida Atlantic (4-2) @ #7 Missouri (7-1) 52
48 Kentucky (3-4) @ Vanderbilt (2-3) 50
10 Florida (1-5) @ #24 Texas A&M (3-2) 42
35 Arkansas (3-3) @ Iowa (4-1) 14
27 #3 Auburn (6-0) @ South Carolina (3-3) 24
43 Alabama (5-2) @ Mississippi State (1-5) 29
Notable Week Seven Results
16 #20 Louisville (4-1) @ #12 Clemson (5-1) 31
35 #22 Washington (3-2) @ #5 Penn State (6-0) 38
7 #17 Virginia Tech (5-1) @ #8 Miami (5-1) 29
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Investigation Be Damned, Sooners' Keep Recruiting Momentum With Historic Haul
Boone Tillman // Sooner Born • Published: October 15th, 2030
The Oklahoma Sooners have yet to fully address the new allegations that were brought to life regarding coach Armando Leon's agent Harvey Ross' comments to a former player, but it seems that the High School ranks couldn't care less about an NCAA Investigation.
"You look around and who are the ones usually getting investigated? The winners," stated No. 1 overall prospect Brian Lima in a makeshift press conference at the Denton Guyer High School gymnasium. "As far as I can tell, everyone else is just hating on the hottest coach in college football. And that's exactly why I'm enrolling at the University of Oklahoma to begin my collegiate career. Coach Leon has proven he's the best in the business, and I can't think of anyone else better to help further my dream of one day playing in the NFL."
Cornerback Brian Lima may be the No. 1 overall recruit, but he was far from the only high school athlete making noise the Monday after Oklahoma's 37-21 victory in the Red River Shootout.
Fellow five-star recruits Prince Onwenu (CB, #2), Kevin Lanning (DE, #6), and Quincy Enagbare (FS, #32) joined Lima in verbally committing to the University of Oklahoma.
"This would be a generational type of class for any program, bar none," marveled one rival athletic director, "But then you add the coaching element of Armando Leon, Patrick Surtain Sr, and potentially Kirk Ferentz still in the picture?"
"It's unfair."
And to add insult to injury for the rest of the nation, the slew of five stars wasn't the only commitments Oklahoma received. Flying under the radar were the commitments by Josh Reinbolt (FS, #38), JaMichael Rambo (MLB, #57), Nick Barnes (LB, #135), Devin Russ (DE, #304), and Calvin Gold (T, #399).
"I'm not sure what's more shocking," continued the rival AD, "The amount of guys they secured in one fell swoop, or the names still left on their board."
34th overall prospect, WR Tyrone Tompkins, is the highest-rated recruit yet to commit, but insiders report that Tompkins has narrowed his list down to Oklahoma and USC, with those close to him expecting the Honolulu, Hawaii native to choose a team before his scheduled Week 9 visit to Norman. Tompkins is not scheduled to visit USC until Week 14, with many speculating the Trojans missed their opportunity with such a late visit.
"When Oklahoma comes calling, they get guys in the door quick," added the AD, "As soon as we hear Oklahoma is looking at a guy on our board, we try and get a visit scheduled before them. Leon's track record of closing deals in person is lengthy, you've got to get to them before he does, or it's a wrap."
Oklahoma Sooners 2030 Big Board
| Ranking | Position | Name | Ht | Wt | Hometown | Tendency | NAT/STA/POS | Stage | OU Rank |
 | CB | Brian Lima | 6'1 | 189 | Denton, TX | Bump and Run | 1/1/1 | Committed | Oklahoma |
| CB | Prince Onwenu | 6'0 | 181 | Winter Park, FL | Bump and Run | 2/1/2 | Committed | Oklahoma |
| DE | Kevin Lanning | 6'5 | 225 | Hyattsville, MD | Power Rusher | 6/1/1 | Committed | Oklahoma |
| FS | Quincy Enagbare | 6'1 | 212 | Duncanville, TX | Coverage Specialist | 32/3/3 | Committed | Oklahoma |
 | WR | Tyrone Tompkins | 6'2 | 201 | Honolulu, HI | Physical Route Runner | 34/1/2 | Top 3 | 1st |
| FS | Josh Reinbolt | 6'1 | 190 | Abernathy, TX | Coverage Specialist | 38/4/5 | Committed | Oklahoma |
| DE | John Dallas | 6'4 | 249 | Salt Lake City, UT | Speed Rusher | 42/1/5 | Top 5 | 1st |
| MLB | JaMichael Rambo | 5'11 | 226 | Edgewood, MD | Thumper | 57/4/5 | Committed | Oklahoma |
| T | Antwan Ahmed | 6'4 | 305 | Choctaw, OK | Pass Pro | 59/1/6 | Committed | Oklahoma |
| TE | Adonis Camardra | 6'5 | 237 | Calabasas, CA | Gritty Possession | 96/6/2 | Top 5 | 1st |
| G | John Sanders | 6'1 | 294 | Houston, TX | Raw Strength | 109/16/4 | Committed | Oklahoma |
| FS | Diego Vizcaino | 6'2 | 185 | Spring, TX | Coverage Specialist | 120/19/9 | Committed | Oklahoma |
| CB | Stanley Wrotto | 6'2 | 163 | Oklahoma City, OK | Bump and Run | 131/2/188 | Committed | Oklahoma |
| LB | Nick Barnes | 6'0 | 214 | Edmond, OK | Lurker | 135/3/12 | Committed | Oklahoma |
| ATH | Danny McGraw | 5'11 | 231 | Middletown, OH | Contact Seeker | 149/6/14 | Committed | Notre Dame |
| WR | JD Isaac | 6'5 | 194 | Sacramento, CA | Physical Route Runner | 152/11/24 | Top 3 | 1st |
| ATH | Trey Heyer | 6'4 | 192 | Bixby, OK | Contested Specialist | 223/5/39 | Top 3 | 1st |
| HB | Steve Hodges | 5'11 | 206 | Moore, OK | Elusive Bruiser | 230/6/28 | Committed | Oklahoma |
| G | Emmett Silva | 6'2 | 315 | Gurnee, IL | Agile | 250/8/10 | Top 5 | 1st |
| DT | Denario Felton | 6'1 | 306 | Owasso, OK | Pure Power | 254/7/13 | Top 3 | 1st |
| G | Henry Vilain | 6'5 | 313 | Sachse, TX | Well Rounded | 266/35/13 | Committed | Alabama |
| DE | Devin Russ | 6'3 | 258 | Broken Arrow, OK | Pure Power | 304/8/34 | Committed | Oklahoma |
| ATH | Storm Roos | 6'4 | 289 | Santa Ana, CA | Agile | 391/36/12 | Top 5 | 1st |
| T | Calvin Gold | 6'7 | 284 | Celina, TX | Raw Strength | 399/53/22 | Committed | Oklahoma |
| HB | Carlos Hicks | 6'1 | 179 | Sulphur, OK | Backfield Threat | 406/9/51 | Committed | Oklahoma |
 | K | Ty Dexter | 6'3 | 168 | Humble, TX | Power | 524/68/3 | Top 5 | 1st |
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Shut out the noise and keep winning 
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NCAA gonna drop that hammer soon, brudda 
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we gonna do our thing, let the NCAA do theirs
or is this a witch hunt to distract you from the fact that Hector is going to be running three Honda civics with spoon engines
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Are we surprised that the son of a cartel member would be cheating?
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