U40: We can't figure out if Mateer will play, much less who will win

Oklahoma Sooners Unofficial 40

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🗓️ 8 October 2025

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

We're halfway through the week and the John Mateer news continues to confuse. Indoor practices, interesting press conference answers, good-on-good, hiding in bushes, it's part OU-TX part media frenzy this week in Norman. The guys all get together to try and make sense out of the nonsense while also trying to figure out whether OU can win this game. Expect the unexpected, but we're trying to predict off the expected. Which never seems to work out in this game. Who are some players we could see stepping up that aren't really expected? What about the Venables/Sarkisian matchup? Is Texas doomed because of its offensive line? Or is Arch Manning ready to have his breakout moment in Dallas? Some recruiting talk as Milan Paris decommits from Iowa State. Does OU want to play in the money sandbox with Miami and Oregon to secure his services? THE FULL RUNDOWN FOLLOWS BELOW: 0:00 - Welcome back to the Unofficial 40! It’s OU-Texas week. The best week. 25:00 - Regardless of QB, is there concern with OU offensively? 37:00 - Can OU dominate the game defensively? 58:00 - Recruiting; Texas is the home team and responsible for invite(s) 1:04:00 - 2026 WR Milan Parris recommits from Iowa State on heels of Norman visit 1:18:00 - CFB Roundtable Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	News team, assemble!
0:07.0	It's back and bigger than ever. It's the unofficial 40 from Soonerscoop.com.
0:28.4	Now, here's the entire Soonerscoop crew, Carrie, Josh, Eddie, and George.
0:31.6	All right, welcome back. It is another edition of the Unofficial 40.
0:33.7	It's the OU Texas weekend version of the Unofficial 40 podcast.
0:38.4	The gang is all here.
0:39.7	Josh McQuistion is in Texas, Houston, Texas, that is, from his home studio and Studio B.
0:46.6	Eddie Radasovich, George Stoya, is here.
0:49.2	He's finished off his Wednesday SEC teleconference call with Brent Fidibles
0:55.2	where he was once again hit up with questions about John
0:58.4	and here.
0:58.7	We'll talk about that here in just a moment.
1:00.4	But fellas, how are we doing today?
1:03.6	Good.
1:04.6	We're here.
1:05.5	Ready to roll.
1:06.3	You're okay.
1:07.8	I think I asked you this yesterday,
1:09.9	but you've come to terms with the fact that the Cubs just aren't a very good offensive team, I think.
1:15.2	Yeah, I mean, the season's probably going to be over the next couple days.
1:18.4	Thanks for bringing it up.
1:22.3	So anyway, well, I apologize for bringing it up.
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