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Gabe Ikard and Teddy Lehman give the "Keys to Victory" for the Oklahoma Sooners against the Mississippi State Bulldogs on October 24, 2026.

Gabe Ikard and Teddy Lehman give their scouting report for Oklahoma vs. Mississippi State. Lehman breaks down Jeff Lebby's explosive offense led by Anthony Evans III under the assumption that MSU star QB Kamario Taylor will play on Saturday. Ikard breaks down MSU's 3-3-5 defense that has been up and down during the season up to this point. They are joined by ESPN CFB analyst & Cube Show host Cole Cubelic to discuss his main takeaways from being on the call of OU vs. Kentucky and to preview OU vs. Mississippi State. Ikard and Lehman preview the best games of week 8 of college football: Tennessee Volunteers vs. South Carolina Gamecocks, Ole Miss Rebels vs. Texas Longhorns & Houston Cougars vs. Utah Utes. They give their "Winners & Losers of the Week": Kentucky head coach Will Stein has the Wildcats rolling and will undoubtedly get a big pay raise as the rumors of Texas wanting to hire him swirl, Philadelphia Eagles QB Jalen Hurts will miss the rest of the NFL season with blood clots, Jason Eck continues to be the most likable coach in college football as he has assumed the role of "Joe Tickets" ahead of New Mexico's big matchup with North Dakota State & Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the OKC Thunder started the NBA season with a bang with a 116-104 win over Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs

Gabe Ikard and Teddy Lehman break down the top plays from Oklahoma football's 21-13 loss to the Kentucky Wildcats on October 17, 2026. It is the 2nd SEC loss for the Oklahoma Sooners and drops them to 3-3 on the season.

Gabe Ikard and Teddy Lehman recap OU football's 21-13 loss to Kentucky on October 17, 2026. Lehman breaks down another strong performance from Brent Venables' defense that held Kenny Minchey and the UK offense to 230 total yards and 14 points. Ikard breaks down another disappointing performance from John Mateer and an Oklahoma offense that failed to capitalize and good opportunities to create a lead. Ikard and Lehman preview the best games of week 7 of college football: Ohio State beat Indiana 19-15 but lost Julian Sayin to a shoulder injury, BYU shocked the college football world by beating Notre Dame in Provo 28-24 and Tennessee manhandled Alabama 26-10. They give their "Winners & Losers of the Weekend": Auburn knocked off #1 Georgia 27-24 in Athens, Texas drops to 4-2 after a 27-24 loss in Austin to the Florida Gators, Trinidad Chambliss and the Ole Miss Rebels DOMINATED Missouri 31-3 and Drew Mestemaker and the Oklahoma State Cowboys were out-dueled 35-32 by Conner Weigman and the Houston Cougars.

Gabe Ikard and Teddy Lehman give the "Keys to Victory" for OU football against the Kentucky Wildcats on October 17, 2026. The Oklahoma Sooners and Kentucky Wildcats both are carrying a ton of momentum into the matchup after the Sooners huge win over the Texas Longhorns and the Wildcats big OT win over the LSU Tigers.