When Oklahoma initially listed John Mateer as questionable for its massive Week 7 matchup with Texas, many felt it was merely a stunt ahead of one of the biggest rivalries in college football. Mateer, however, would make his surprising return in the game, which pleased Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian .

Despite the rivalry, Sarkisian was happy to see Mateer recover from his hand injury and return so quickly. But more than anything, the veteran coach was glad that Texas beat a complete Oklahoma team to remove any potential excuses.

“First of all, I'm glad the quarterback played, and John Mateer is a heck of a player,” Sarkisian said, via On3 Sports. “But I didn't want to come up and hear and answer, ‘What if he would have played?' The fact that we created three turnovers [and] w

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