If there was any query about who would begin for the s subsequent s, head coach Brent Venables supplied some readability on Wednesday night time.
Venables mentioned Whitt Newbauer and Bowe Bentley took plenty of reps in observe Wednesday, and reporters requested whether or not both backup would play towards Texas within the Cotton Bowl.
"I do not know," e. "We're not there proper now. John's our beginning quarterback."
Venables did say that Mateer and Newbauer have been splitting a majority of the "good" reps with Bentley getting about 20% of these in observe.
Mateer's play this season, significantly the three turnovers towards the s, led Oklahoma's decision-makers to think about a change at quarterback. However they opted to roll with Mateer within the second half of their loss in Athens.
Whereas Mateer has struggled, he's accomplished greater than 75% of his passes over the past couple of video games. He's at present ninth within the SEC in passing yards and tied for fourth in passing touchdowns, alongside s' Trinidad Chambless, Alabama's Keelon Russell, and Kentucky's Kenny Minchey.
Mateer will get his shot at turning the Oklahoma offense round towards a Texas protection permitting simply 13.3 factors per recreation in 2026.
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