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SoonerScoop postgame podcast: OU back to the 'figure it out' stage

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OU quarterback John Mateer. (Sarah Phipps - Imagn Images)

The stage was set for OU quarterback John Mateer to become an instant Sooner legend. Of course, though, it did not turn out that way.

Mateer was off. The running game was non-existent. And Texas took over in the second half. Add it all up, and it’s a 23-6 defeat for OU in the Red River Rivalry at the Cotton Bowl.

It marks the third time in the four seasons under head coach Brent Venables where OU has not scored a touchdown.

Whew.

Where to begin? A second half to forget for the Sooners, outscored 20-0, as Texas saves its season, at least for now.

Rough day in Dallas but time to break it down. It’s time for the Eskridge Lexus Postgame Podcast from SoonerScoop.

Murdock summary:

Carey, Eddie and George are back inside the Cotton Bowl pressbox late into the night to hash out what they saw in Oklahoma’s 23-6 loss to Texas on this edition of the Eskridge Lexus Postgame. It seems like this keeps happening the same way lately!!! The offense not being able to run the football has become a huge problem. Not to mention Jaydn Ott was supposed to be a big answer to that problem. But he lasted about as long today as some employees at SoonerScoop that are never spoken of again.

Should John Mateer have played? He looked like a quarterback who hadn’t practiced in three weeks. Did all the espionage tactics work against the Sooners this week? At times, the Sooners didn’t look a lot different than last year’s Sooners. Which is scary. Where to the Sooners go from here? What do we make out to be the biggest problems on this team right now? The boys are back in Dallas. And it sucked again.

All that and all the banter you’ve come to expect from the Eskridge Lexus Postgame Podcast from SoonerScoop.

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