OU and College Football in Oklahoma kicks of the 2024 season Friday August 30th at 6pm! This is the Sooners 1st season in the SEC!
Here’s the complete Gameday schedule plus previews from The Animals! All Gameday coverage is LIVE on 98.1 FM, ESPN 640AM plus streaming on the Sports Animal app, website and the iHeartRadio app. Matt Meyer is the Executive Producer of Gameday coverage on WWLS and keeps you up-to-date on all the action from across College Football with Scoreboard updates served up by Twin Peaks.
FRIDAY AUGUST 30TH
5a-9a: The Morning Animals with extended Unsportsmanlike Conduct coverage of Oklahoma’s season opener
9a-12p: The Drive with Matt Ravis, Matt Meyer, Coach Pat Jones from 10a-11a
11a-3p: The Middle of the Day show with Mark Rodgers and Gideon Hamilton
3p-6p: OKLAHOMA Countdown to Kickoff/Bud Light GameTime LIVE from historic Campus Corner in Norman inside the Dobson Fiber Mobile Studio all driven by Eskridge Lexus of Oklahoma City. Jim Traber and Al Eschbach anchor our pregame coverage with in-depth analysis along with special guests like Berry Tramel, Dean Blevins and more!
Kickoff @ 6pm – TEMPLE OWLS vs. OKLAHOMA SOONERS TV = ESPN
6p-9:30p: ESPN Radio
9:30p-11:30p: OKLAHOMA Football Feedback/Bud Light GameTime LIVE from historic Campus Corner in Norman inside the Dobson Fiber Mobile Studio all driven by Eskridge Lexus of Oklahoma City. Jim and Al deliver instant reaction to the game plus take your calls and texts at 405-900-WWLS (9957).
11:30p-1a: College Locker Room Show produced by Matt Meyer along with Carey Murdock giving you postgame analysis and interviews with players coaches and more!
Game Previews from The Animals
“The Legend” Al Eschbach: It’s a new season and a new era. That’s what Oklahoma faces as they open their 2024 football campaigns this weekend. OU hosts Temple in a rare Friday night game. Sooner fans are nervous heading into this season. Why? Well winning conference championships in the Southeastern Conference will not be quite as easy as it was in the Big 12. OU heads into the encounter ranked 16 in the first Associated Press poll.
Matt Meyer/Gameday Producer: One of the most interesting and anticipated seasons in the history of Oklahoma football is upon us as the Sooners get set to host the Temple Owls this Friday inside Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. OU is a preseason top 20 team with plenty of reasons to be optimistic, but the Sooners also have some questions to be answered. Will Jackson Arnold protect the football better than he did in the Alamo Bowl loss to Arizona? Can an offensive line with five new starters gel and be a productive group? Has Oklahoma turned the corner defensively with All Americans Danny Stutsman and Billy Bowman anchoring that side of the ball? Will a young group of defensive linemen help the Sooners pressure opposing QB’s better than in recent seasons? Then there’s the schedule, which features six opponents ranked in the top 15. Oklahoma has three non conference games to gear up for their first season in the SEC, starting with Temple on Friday. The Owls have had four consecutive losing seasons, the last three of which have ended with a 3-9 record. Sooners have had some injuries this preseason in a deep receiving corps and a not so deep offensive line, but Temple shouldn’t provide much resistance for OU in week 1. Oklahoma 45 Temple 17.