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Having a hard time getting excited about TX-OU this year.  The Longhorns just look so... inept, so futile... on offense.  And the defense seems broken too.

Even a thumbless Mateer has enough juice to put away this sad-sack Longhorn team.

If Mateer doesn't play, I guess it's a tossup.  Sort of.  Maybe.  

It's weird one for sure.  I've seen some crazy things in this series.

The Horns could win by 30, or lose by 30.  Just totally unpredictable --- so it should be entertaining, for the non invested folks, like me.  For you, take a handful of Aspirin, and Pepcid before kickoff.

Watching the game is probably going to be a lot like this:

I'd imagine so.  The season thus far cannot be pleasant for you.

There is time to turn it around however, but uhhh.....now would be a good F'ing time to do it.

Why Texas is the choice in Red River
Oct 6, 2025 Updated 14 hrs ago  0
Berry Tramel
Tulsa World Sports Columnist

Most everyone involved in OU-Texas has their Dallas traditions.

Early-morning turkey leg. Dinner on Friday night at a favorite restaurant and/or with your favorite people. Secret parking spaces and traffic workarounds.

Here’s my tradition: I pick a winner based on who won the year before. The Red River history shows a series of streaks. The Sooners and Longhorns have spent a century dominating for long stretches.

Texas won eight straight from 1940-47, OU nine of 10 from 1948-57, Texas 12 of 13 from 1958-70, OU five straight from 1971-75, Texas five of seven from 1977-83, OU four straight from 1985-88, Texas 8½ of 11 (counting a tie) from 1989-99), OU five straight from 2000-04, Texas four of five from 2005-09, OU 10 of 13 from 2010-22.

My dime-store analysis of such results is that Red River is a no-excuses rivalry. Neutral field, so teams aren’t expected to win or lose based on homefield (dis)advantage. Winners are flooded with more confidence than in more-traditional rivalries. Losers are saddled with more doubt than in other series.

But two developments are prevalent. Player turnover is so much greater, even on stable rosters like OU’s and Texas’, past results don’t carry nearly as much weight. And we’re starting to see a bunch of one-game winning streaks end in Dallas.

From 2012-16, winners were OU, Texas, OU, Texas, OU. Fast forward to 2021. It’s been OU, Texas, OU, Texas and 2025. A Sooner victory would give us a second ABABA rotation in a decade, after never having happened before in the ancient rivalry.

So I don’t know. Let’s get to the predictions:

Oklahoma versus Texas in Dallas: Longhorns 17-16. I’ll stick with my traditional one last year. It comes down to this for me. If John Mateer plays, I like the Sooners. If Michael Hawkins quarterbacks OU, I’ll take the Longhorns. Hawkins just didn’t look good at all against Kent State. And I’m guessing Mateer doesn’t play. . . .

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I think that the defenses will dominate. One big offensive play, or a defensive score, or a big special-teams play will likely decide the game. BOOMER!

College football is still an emotional game.  Probably not as emotional as it once was,  but certainly more emotional than the NFL.

So I think the one thing Texas has going for it, is that they're going to have to live all week with that terrible taste in their mouth from last Saturday's loss.  And the Sooners, are not.

I don't think it's going to determine the outcome of the game, but maybe they'll play with a little more passion and energy than they have since the Ohio State game.  

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This is sort of amusing.

OU fans have nothing but opinions about when Mateer returns. Really, nobody knows anything. Brent Venables says he "doesn't expect" Mateer to play in Dallas.

Meanwhile, Steve Sarkisian says that he's "preparing" to face Mateer.

We'll find out Saturday.

You don't want holes in your OL vs Venables.  That may make everything else moot.