Merry Christmas everyone from the SchwabMeat.com Unofficial 40 podcast! A very early podcast this week as we get set for Christmas and then on to Ft. Worth for the Armed Forces Bowl. We're talking about expectations for the Sooners in the bowl game with a depleted roster and how the roster could be reshaped in the portal. We also talk about the latest portal news as the Sooners have landed their first tight end. And why does it seem like OU is not competing for bigger names in the portal? Why are they evaluating guys and paying less? Are we back to a money issue? Where does Josh see the high school recruits fitting in best with this portal class getting more and more full? And back to the bowl game, we'll all get a good look at Michael Hawkins, Jr. again as he will be the guy at QB. Ben Arbuckle was in studio this week talking about how impressed he was watching him in bowl practices.

THE FULL RUNDOWN FOLLOWS BELOW:

0:00 - Welcome back to the Unofficial40! George got a fiancé for Christmas! 

16:00 - Sooners get a TE commit from the Portal - Kennessaw State’s Carson Kent

21:00 - What does OU get out of the bowl game? 

29:00 - Ben Arbuckle really likes Michael Hawkins Jr 

40:00 - Josh highlights Portal commits vs. 2025 signees

47:00 - Sooners got a 2026 OL commit Will Conroy 

52:00 - OU’s NIL efforts

1:10:00 - CFB Playoff Thoughts

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