Brent Venables Is Defending John Mateer. Now He Has to Fix the Offense Around Him
Brent Venables made one thing perfectly clear this week. John Mateer is still Oklahoma’s quarterback. “John’s our starting quarterback,” Venables said during a Wednesday media…
Friday Locks Week 5: We Really Need October to Be Better
The poor continue to get poorer. After a Week 4 that saw all four of us struggle, the Heartland Sports staff somehow found a way…
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The Mateer Debate Is Missing the Bigger Problem
At some point during Oklahoma’s miserable Saturday afternoon inside Sanford Stadium, the question stopped being whether John Mateer could save the Sooners. The more important…
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The Bye Week Audit: What Oklahoma Must Learn About Its Roster Before Texas
The Georgia loss exposed more than a bad afternoon. Now Oklahoma has two weeks to determine which personnel decisions can actually change the trajectory of the offense.
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2026 Big 12 Week 5 Power Rankings: Utah Makes A Statement, While the Middle Remains a Mess
Welcome to October in the Big 12, where preseason projections go to die and the only constant is total chaos. If you thought September was…
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2026 SEC Week 5 Power Rankings: Georgia Is Surging as Florida Also Storms Close to the Top Three
Week 4 was a pure, unadulterated meat grinder that fundamentally broke the conference hierarchy. We saw a top-five powerhouse get completely dismantled on the road,…
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Notes & Quotes: Oklahoma’s SEC Opener at Georgia Reveals the Margin for Error
Oklahoma’s first trip to Sanford Stadium ended with a 41-13 loss to No. 2 Georgia, but the final score doesn’t completely explain what happened between…
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Five Takeaways From Oklahoma’s 41-13 Loss to Georgia
There are ugly losses, and then there are losses that force a program to confront uncomfortable questions. Oklahoma’s 41-13 loss to No. 2 Georgia certainly…
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Oklahoma State @ West Virginia | How to Watch, Storylines, Odds, and Predictions
The Oklahoma State Cowboys (2-1) open up conference play on Saturday against the West Virginia Mountaineers (3-0). Both teams already have a win against a top-25 team so far this season, but they have taken very different roads to get to this game.
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No More Layups: Oklahoma Faces Ultimate Litmus Test at No. 2 Georgia
The 14-6 win over New Mexico accomplished the most basic objective: Oklahoma got back into the win column. But it did little to answer the…
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