Mateer thumb injury?

[MBHORNSFAN]

I suppose their is a chance he could return but I doubt it and if he does our defense was always gonna cause him major problems. 

Edited September 24 by MBHORNSFAN

[PaulieD]

16 hours ago, Zachery Nelson said:

Wonder if they try to push him for the Texas game ?

I don't think so.  The risk for re-injuring it plus his compensating for the injury for one game is too much.

[Dread-headed Texan]

1 minute ago, PaulieD said:

I don't think so.  The risk for re-injuring it plus his compensating for the injury for one game is too much.

The part that sucks is they haven't been able to get Hawkins any meaningful gametime reps in this new offense. 

[PaulieD]

2 minutes ago, Dread-headed Texan said:

The part that sucks is they haven't been able to get Hawkins any meaningful gametime reps in this new offense. 

sounds familiar......👀

 

[harveycmd]

6 minutes ago, PaulieD said:

I don't think so.  The risk for re-injuring it plus his compensating for the injury for one game is too much.

Criminal fans are adamantly saying they think Mateer will play against Texas. I would be shocked if he does, but I wouldn't put it past them to try it. 

I don't get the Mateer hype. He hasn't exactly lit it up against good competition. Criminals can play him all they want.

[General Grant]

Either way they’ll be intentionally vague gameweek.  Whatever.  We’re taking those punks down. 

[MBHORNSFAN]

1 minute ago, General Grant said:

Either way they’ll be intentionally vague gameweek.  Whatever.  We’re taking those punks down. 

 

Food court me 

[TexasDeathStar]

I hope some can understand the joke here 😂

[Dread-headed Texan]

4 hours ago, TexasDeathStar said:

I hope some can understand the joke here 😂

You've been hit by. You've been hit by. A smooth criminal 🤣

[Jc Dobbs]

On 9/23/2025 at 6:54 PM, ArizonaLonghorn said:

For some reason while reading this I flashed back to 1977 (hopefully not one of the three you missed lol).  The cleat was on the other foot that year as our # 1 QB (Mark McBath) suffered a season-ending injury on the 7th play of the game, then our # 2 QB (Jon Aune) came in and HE was injured (season-ending) after 9 plays (those Sooners were a tough bunch on defense).  I remember thinking "we are screwed now".

Randy McEachern, who had barely played, came in and played well enough, 4-8 passing for just 57 yards but handing off to Earl Campbell, who scored the only TD, and avoiding getting injured himself.  And we won 13-6 on our way to an undefeated regular season.  (Still too soon to speak about the ensuing Cotton Bowl game)

You never know.

Thanks for posting... excellent historical note from one of the more interesting games in the series. A great memory.

Indeed I WAS in attendance at the '77 OU game at the venerable old Cotton Bowl Stadium. I was a graduate student at UT in '77 and '78, having graduated from Texas in '76 ( the Bicentennial Year seems so long ago now! ). Speaking of the Bicentennial Year, my roommate sat down on the sofa to watch the Cowboys -Redskins Monday Night game that year and his gametime "snack" was a one-half gallon of Blue Bell Bicentennial Vanilla, and can of Hershey's chocolate syrup and a soup spoon. The young man could eat! He was a grad student at Texas and had been a pitcher for UTEP baseball and was 6'3"and 225 lbs.

My student "Blanket Tax" tickets for the OU games in '77 & '78 were the best seat locations I've ever had for the game. In '78, East side lower bowl Row 33 (about halfway up) and my left foot was on the 50-yard line. The kid seated beside me on my left was an OU student and my roommate was on my right. Perfect seat location.

For the '77 game you recalled and detailed, we drew student tickets on the East side Upper Deck Row 3 on the North end 40-yard line. Almost perfect, but I do prefer the lower bowl.

I know there used to be 66 rows in the lower bowl because in 2004 I got the worst seat location...Row 66 Lower bowl (top row) West side extreme North end under the overhang of the Upper Deck. In that year of '04 my left shoulder was pressed against the chain link safety fence. My wife and kids were unhappy...kids said they couldn't see and my wife asked several times "tell me again how much $ you gave to the Longhorn Foundation to get season tickets just to get OU tickets... and you've been giving for years and the University makes you sit HERE?!" I don't know if those lousy tickets were contributing factors in the divorce, but that '04 game was my last as a married man.

1984 was the tie game played in a downpour and I sat in the West Upper Deck and I could see the sheets of rain illuminated by the stadium lights on that dark and dreary afternoon. My Ex-wife was my fiancee in '84 and she never got over sitting through that tie game in the rain. She was a George Mason U alum and they don't care about football!

Finally to the game you mentioned... the game we'd all prefer to forget. We were so sure Earl and the Horns would obliterate Notre Dame. What a time to play the only uninspired game of the entire season. Those awful green jerseys for ND. I almost didn't go because I had a migraine episode and when I found my seat location...top row West Upper Deck and my left shoulder resting against the Cotton Bowl Stadium Press Box. And on top of it all, it was really cold. A lousy day.

But the '77 victory over OU was a great day and a great effort by the Longhorns and their THREE quarterbacks who played well after the starter and QB 2 were injured. Still one of the darndest things I have ever seen in a college football game.

Thanks so much for indulging me and Hook 'Em Horns!

PS my seat location should be good for the upcoming Florida game. I'll be on my sofa!

 

[Jc Dobbs]

On 9/23/2025 at 5:59 PM, Waxahorn said:

Regarding OU spying: As I recall Royal accused Switzer of spying on his practices and offered Switzer his yearly salary if Switzer could pass a lie detector test. There were reports of the coaches seeing a man watching practice from a distance. Switzer refused the lie detector test and called Royal an old man that spent too much time listening to country music. Their feud came to a head in 1976. Gerald Ford was running for president, and somebody convinced him to appear near midfield during pregame alongside Royal and Switzer. The entire stadium booed loudly, and Ford's pregame move backfired largely. The game ended in a 6-6 tie, and it sucked for everyone involved. Any of you old farts with a better memory feel free to add corrections.

I'm an Old Fart now, but I was at the OU Game in 1976 as a senior at UT. I remember Gerald Ford at midfield for the coin flip and all the security people surrounding him. A big deal was made of his days playing Center for the Wolverines.

I remember the tie score and the other tie score in the 1984 game played in a Monsoon.

Was the OU Switzer "spy" his assistant coach Larry Lacewell? 

There was some genuine bad blood in the rivalry during those years and I remember the Okie fans being a lot jerkier in their behavior back then. Maybe I have mellowed in my advanced years, but it seems to me the fans are more humorous nowadays.

Hook 'Em!

[Jc Dobbs]

On 9/23/2025 at 6:54 PM, ArizonaLonghorn said:

For some reason while reading this I flashed back to 1977 (hopefully not one of the three you missed lol).  The cleat was on the other foot that year as our # 1 QB (Mark McBath) suffered a season-ending injury on the 7th play of the game, then our # 2 QB (Jon Aune) came in and HE was injured (season-ending) after 9 plays (those Sooners were a tough bunch on defense).  I remember thinking "we are screwed now".

Randy McEachern, who had barely played, came in and played well enough, 4-8 passing for just 57 yards but handing off to Earl Campbell, who scored the only TD, and avoiding getting injured himself.  And we won 13-6 on our way to an undefeated regular season.  (Still too soon to speak about the ensuing Cotton Bowl game)

You never know.

Thanks! I missed the 2000 game (mercifully) and the 1985 and 1988 games.

I'm one who hopes Mateer misses this year's game. I've built up enough sooner karma over the years to think we deserve a "break," whether the break is their QB's thumb or something else!

Hook 'Em!

[Waxahorn]

32 minutes ago, Jc Dobbs said:

I'm an Old Fart now, but I was at the OU Game in 1976 as a senior at UT. I remember Gerald Ford at midfield for the coin flip and all the security people surrounding him. A big deal was made of his days playing Center for the Wolverines.

I remember the tie score and the other tie score in the 1984 game played in a Monsoon.

Was the OU Switzer "spy" his assistant coach Larry Lacewell? 

There was some genuine bad blood in the rivalry during those years and I remember the Okie fans being a lot jerkier in their behavior back then. Maybe I have mellowed in my advanced years, but it seems to me the fans are more humorous nowadays.

Hook 'Em!

I was also at the 1984 monsoon tie game. Ranked #1 before the game and it felt like a complete loss to me. Fred's conservative play calling was on display that day, or maybe our offense just wasn't up to rain game against a good defense. A forgettable game in my book.

[Dread-headed Texan]

5 hours ago, Waxahorn said:

I was also at the 1984 monsoon tie game. Ranked #1 before the game and it felt like a complete loss to me. Fred's conservative play calling was on display that day, or maybe our offense just wasn't up to rain game against a good defense. A forgettable game in my book.

🤣 I'm no spring chicken, but I tip my hat to you guys. Hell I can't remember what happened last year without going back and watching. Most of that is by design, it's a good thing that makes me an optimist until the outcome forces a change. 

[ImHooked]

14 hours ago, Jc Dobbs said:

Thanks! I missed the 2000 game (mercifully) and the 1985 and 1988 games.

I'm one who hopes Mateer misses this year's game. I've built up enough sooner karma over the years to think we deserve a "break," whether the break is their QB's thumb or something else!

Hook 'Em!

See, I'm the opposite.  I hope he does play.  A weak/painful grip should lead to some timely picks for our defense.