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Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Oklahoma Defeats Texas 27-24

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Texas 7 10 0 7 24
Oklahoma 0 7 3 17 27
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u/LDQQXDJ Utah Utes 7d ago

Difference was Mateer didn’t choke when it matter most.

Manning did

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u/BobStoops401K Oklahoma Sooners 7d ago

Honestly that's all our offense needs to do: not choke. Our defense is good enough to win any game when our offense makes positive plays and doesn't turn it over

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u/R1v Oklahoma Sooners 6d ago

It's still infuriating that were, at best, the same team as last year

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u/BobStoops401K Oklahoma Sooners 6d ago

Well last year we hosted a home cfp game and came super close to a first round win.

The frustrating part is we should have beaten Michigan this year for sure.

But I think most people thought we'd drop 2 games out of the first five since we played at Michigan, then played UGA and Texas. Still a tough slate to go, but we've played all the best defenses we're going to face and arguably are through the toughest part of our schedule

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u/R1v Oklahoma Sooners 6d ago

Right, but a first round playoff win is basically the ceiling of a defensive team that can't move the ball to save their lives

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u/BobStoops401K Oklahoma Sooners 6d ago

I don't think our offense will be like this forever. I think it just hasn't been as good as anticipated. If we had the 2023 offense with the 2025 or 2026 defense, we'd be a top 5 team. I truly think it's BV's goal to get us that type of offense, it just hasn't panned out like he thought.

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u/R1v Oklahoma Sooners 6d ago

I'm sure it was Lincoln's goal to get us a good defense. Just didn't happen either

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u/BobStoops401K Oklahoma Sooners 6d ago

I actually disagree there. Riley has been a coach for 9 and a half years now and hasn't produced a single good defense. I'm not sure he is all that interested in truly having a good defense.

BV has been the head coach for 4.5 years now he had a top 5 offense in 2023 and had a top 5 defense in 2025. He saw the formula at Clemson: keep reloading on elite defense and try to lure a solid offense. He's working towards it

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u/oneplusetoipi Texas A&M Aggies • TCU Horned Frogs 7d ago

Last week I posted that if Mateer balls out OU has a chance. I got blasted especially by butt hurt Longhorns.

Yes, yes. A&M sucks balls. I predicted we’d lose as well.

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u/LikeHemlock Oklahoma Sooners • SMU Mustangs 7d ago

Just for the record, Mateer did not ball out today.

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u/Plastic_Pursuader Michigan • Nebraska 7d ago

He played a perfectly on-brand Mateer game until the last throw of the game

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u/philleferg Arkansas Razorbacks • Oklahoma Sooners 7d ago

Last two throws. Incidentally that was also the first time this season with back to back completions over 10 yards!

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u/flint-hills-sooner Oklahoma • Oklahoma State 6d ago

I guess it kind of is balling out then?

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u/R1v Oklahoma Sooners 6d ago

The bar is incredibly low

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u/LDQQXDJ Utah Utes 7d ago

In rivalry games form pretty much goes out the window as both teams will be up for it

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u/interested_commenter Oklahoma Sooners • LSU Tigers 7d ago

All week I said we just needed some defensive scores and to not turn it over ourselves. We got that.

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u/Turbulent_End_6887 7d ago

It was like he bottled up all his good and unleashed it under the greatest pressure possible.