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Michigan game key to a winning season

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The pre-season game last Saturday provided some spectacular results, and some not so spectacular results. 

John Mateer showed up and showed out.  With little semblance of a running game to lean on, the new Sooner QB proved he is worth whatever NIL money he is being paid. 

Throwing for almost 400 yards in his Oklahoma debut and breaking a record set by none other than Sooner great Baker Mayfield, Mateer catapulted himself into at least the top 5 of the Heisman discussion.  (Even though any Heisman discussion this early is silly…but still…) 

Mateer can’t just throw the ball, he can throw it with great accuracy.  And he can throw his receivers open.  He doesn’t need them to be wide open without anyone near them. 

Add to that his running ability, and it’s not out of the discussion that Oklahoma could be looking at another statue on the east side of the stadium.

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Second year in SEC pivotal for Sooners’ coach

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Oklahoma football in the SEC…take two. 

Season one was for lack of a better term, awful.  It resulted in the second losing season in the past three years for the Sooners.  And that would also be the second losing season out of three total for head coach Brent Venables. 

Fourth time is the charm?   Brent had better hope it is.  With the amount of money involved in college football these days, championships are expected at a program like Oklahoma.

To be fair, Venables was dealt a lousy hand when he took over.  Maybe worse than we were led to believe.  During his press conference this week, Brent made comments that highlighted how bad it really was.  No culture.  A bunch of individuals out for themselves rather than a team.  A recruiting system in shambles that ignored positional needs. 

And maybe most concerning of all, multiple failed drug tests. 

Being someone who takes the high road, he stopped short of saying who was to blame for all this.  But of course, we all know who it was.  (Hey USC…how is that working out for ya?  Hope you’re getting your money’s worth. Because you sure opened the check book for that one.)

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Dave: Criticism of QB play misplaced

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Oklahoma went to Columbia, MO a few weeks ago and played well enough to win…for 58 minutes. And
this time it was actually the defense that folded in crunch time allowing the Tigers to escape with a win
on their homefield.

I realize it was the defense that gave the Sooners the lead on a scoop and score, but then with only two minutes left they allowed Missouri to drive the field and tie the game.

After that Jackson Arnold of course made a colossal blunder fumbling the ball allowing Missouri their own scoop and score to take the lead and eventually win the game.

A lot of people are piling on Arnold for that awful play saying that caused us to lose the game. But again, I am laying the blame at the feet of the defense. The defense is supposed to be the strength of this team.

We know the offense has been hampered by injuries to the wide receivers and inexperience in the offensive line all year. Both OU starting quarterbacks have had to run for their lives most of the season. You can’t tell me that they wouldn’t have performed much better this year with a healthy stable of wide receivers and a more experienced O-line.

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