Ep. 11 - RIP Bye Week

Lee is not a fan of the Heisman Trophy, which he explains in the opening take. Then Grant joins in to discuss Baker Mayfield's play following byes, Jeff Badet's progression, recruiting during the regular season, Sam Darnold's bad year, and we try and figure out why Penn State is getting so much love? 5:25 We give Washington State some love (kind of) by explaining why Antonio Perkins was featured in the show intro. 7:00 We try something different since this is the first Monday show in a while without an OU game to recap. 8:30 Lincoln Riley gives his thoughts on how he approaches the bye week. 11:00 Lee wonders if OU feels better about that Baylor now after seeing how well the Bears played K-State in Manhattan 12:45 Baker Mayfield discusses how he's improved throughout his career after the bye week. 13:50 Grant points out that it seems that Riley has communicated well to the team about what they should be getting out of the bye week 14:55 Lee always enjoys hearing football players talk about watching tape 16:45 Riley talks about Jeff Badet and his progress 17:40 Grant thinks Badet still may be learning the offense 18:55 Lee pictures the entire offense as one happy family watching loads of film on their off time during the bye week 21:00 Riley says Will Johnson is in a good spot right now. 21:45 Grant reminds us how important Johnson has been to the Sooners when he's been available to play in the recent years 24:35 Riley explains what his plan for recruiting was during the bye week 26:25 Grant explains his philosophy towards talking about recruiting 28:00 "West of Everest" is taking the Lincoln Riley approach to recruiting 29:25 Grant was not happy about the Week 5 matchups in college football 30:05 Clemson has proven itself to be a program with staying power 30:40 Sam Darnold is having a bad season 31:50 It's obvious that Baker Mayfield is the best QB in the nation right now and it's not even close 32:40 Lee explains the deficiencies he's seen on film in regard to Sam Darnold 34:40 Grant points out that USC is lacking in the head coaching department 36:30 Lee is annoyed by the Saquon Barkley Heisman hype. He thinks people are being distracted by the shiny object while the most important thing is right in front of their face. 38:55 Grant thinks Penn State is all smoke and mirrors and it dates back to last season 41:10 Penn State has a brutal next 4 games so we will learn a bunch about the Nittany Lions in October