I need to be winding this OU football thing down on Wednesday as Sooner Nation prepares for nationally ranked Missouri on Saturday in Norman at 11:30am on ABC.
This is a good interview from OU QB John Mateer. He knows he and the OU offense have to start being better if the Sooners are to continue to advance to the College Football Playoffs.
With OU’s defense and excellent kicking game they’ve already proven they can beat pretty much anybody in the country on any given Saturday on the road if they create turnovers and don’t kill themselves with turnovers. That’s already been proven as OU is 4-0 on the road this season and 3-0 on the road in SEC games.
The Texas loss ( neutral field) is an outlier in that Mateer should not have played. If you were paying close attention you would have noticed that when running the ball in that game he put the ball in his left hand and not his right hand. That is the only game this season he did such. Watch this week-end and the ball will be back in his right hand when running. John Mateer threw four of his seven inteceptions in that game alone.
Putting that aside…John Mateer and the offense need to be more productive offensively if they wish to continue advancing in what in my mind are already playoff games for any of the two loss teams. Texas Tech in my mind as a one loss team in the passive-submissive Big 12 probably cannot afford another loss.
On the season…John Mateer has 8 TD passes and 7 interceptions….that ratio needs to improve moving forward.
Do I think OU can beat Notre Dame at home? Yes I do.
Do I think OU could beat Ohio State on a neutral field with the OU offense under 375 total yard in a game? I don’t think so. But I do think OU would create quite a bit of havoc for the Buckeye freshman quarterback who has seen nothing remotely close to the OU pass rush pressure.
I would think for OU to win that game they would need 31 points or so to take down the Buckeyes who have to date played a very soft schedule given the obvious fact Texas isn’t that good.
I love Mateer. He’s a tough-minded young man and from Day 1 has never shirked his leadership role. He knows and understands what comes with the territory when you’re the starting QB at OU.
John Mateer knows he needs to be better. Period.
I think tonight I’ll cover two NBA games I want write about tomorrow. OKC hosting the 3-11 ‘Russell Westbrook led’ Sacramento Kings and the Houston Rockets on the road versus the Cleveland Cavaliers.
I’m outta here and off to the first workout since last week’s 14th chemo this calendar year. Three miles in thirty minutes is the standard. Get it done. Ride like a champion. Followed by eights sets of twelve in five various weight room exercises. No excuses.
Yo, Adrian.
MJ