NORMAN — OU football coach Brent Venables briefly addressed quarterback John Mateer’s Venmo activity Friday after the Sooners ’ practice.

“In his mind it was nothing to be seen here… Thankful for the powers that be that got us to a good place quickly,” Venables said.

Screenshots showing Venmo activity from Mateer’s account surfaced earlier in the week, showing transactions from Nov. 20, 2022 referencing “sports gambling.”

The Oklahoman verified the transactions appeared in the account linked to Mateer though the Venmo transactions on the account have since been deleted.

“The allegations that I once participated in sports gambling are false," Mateer wrote in a statement on X following the revelation. "My previous Venmo descriptions did not accurately portray the transactions in

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