Oklahoma and South Carolina both enter Saturday's Southeastern Conference game in Columbia, S.C., with a need to bounce back.

The 14th-ranked Sooners (5-1, 1-1 SEC) are coming off their first loss of the season, a 23-6 loss to Texas, where quarterback John Mateer struggled for the first time all season.

Mateer, who was coming off a surgery to repair a broken thumb just 17 days before the loss to the Longhorns, threw three interceptions.

"Decision making," Mateer said of where he needed to improve most. "Taking another breath and really seeing the field, knowing the situation, not guessing and doing too much. That's what came up and I'm obviously not happy about it. Nobody is, nobody should be."

South Carolina is coming off a 20-10 loss to LSU, the Gamecocks' third loss in their last fo

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