NORMAN — l coach Brent Venables is standing by r for now.
After Venables mentioned backups r and y took "so much" of reps throughout Wednesday's follow, he was requested if both of them will play in opposition to Texas in they subsequent weekend.
"I don’t know," Venables mentioned. "We're not there proper now. John's our beginning quarterback."
Venables mentioned he has preferred how Mateer has responded in the course of the bye week after turning the ball over thrice within the first half of the s to Georgia final weekend, a recreation through which the coaches weighed benching Mateer.
With Mateer seemingly shifting on as OU's starter, the teaching workers might want to search for methods to construct again up his confidence, which Venables admitted final Saturday isn't "sky excessive" in the mean time.
"How he responds — all of these issues have been actually good," Venables mentioned. "Most likely so much higher than you or I, or any of us may ever to be sincere."
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As for Newbauer and Bentley — listed as "ORs" on the depth chart — Venables is happy with the progress he's seen them make. Mateer and Newbauer have largely cut up nearly all of the snaps this season with Bentley getting round 20% of them every day, Venables mentioned.
Venables mentioned every has their power and weaknesses however pointed to their lack of expertise in video games.
Moreover, Venables shared his ideas on why most colleges lack established backup quarterback this present day in school soccer.
"The cash, the chance to go someplace and play to earn cash," Venables mentioned. "After which a faculty prepared to to pay for 2 actually costly quarterbacks is one other layer to it. However someone prepared to go someplace and perhaps not be the man, assured, immediately. It's a little bit more durable than you need it to be."
Bye weeks are a time for reflection and reevaluation. The Sooners' coaches have undergone in depth reevaluations of each side of this system this week throughout a disappointing season up to now.
For now, Venables is hitching his wagon to Mateer. That might at all times change however he's preferred the response from the whole offensive unit this week as they put together to face the Longhorns subsequent weekend.
"We need to be a extra constant unit, clearly," Venables mentioned. "That aspect of the ball has needed to work a little bit more durable, and typically it appears like we're going upstream. Issues have been a little bit choppier than you need them to be. Good play, destructive play. First down, have a delay. First down, deal with for loss. We would like to have the ability to play in a greater rhythm that comes from a number of various things.
"It's a number of little issues. … We've bought to do a greater job general of executing extra persistently."
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