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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 3h
Rocky Beers has been a bright spot for a struggling Oklahoma offense, and the veteran tight end has been the most productive transfer addition of the offseason for the Sooners. But what about the rest of those portal pickups? Let's check in on each through the first month of the season:
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Bye week check-in: How Oklahoma's transfers have performed through 1st month of season
Checking in on the contributions Oklahoma has gotten from its offseason transfer additions through the first month of the season.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 8h
Omigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him.
From DISCVR blog's Facebook page, a momma bear & a yearling cub on her back in the shallow water.  I think the background has been swapped out, and I can't rule out some AI use there?  God, Facebook has become the social media for AI slop : (

The title of the article, which I link below, is "How Bear 89 earned the name Backpack"
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Cole Wagoner 🦆 🏈 @colewagoner.bsky.social · 20h
When Lincoln Riley says he’s bringing barbecue
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 20h
The Florida Panthers are back, baybeee. You’re hearing it more and more.
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Statistically Speaking: Oklahoma's offense has a pressure issue through four games. John Mateer has been sacked nine times and pressured on 36.2% of his dropbacks (the second-highest pressure rate among SEC QBs). He's also got a turnover-worthy play rate of 10%, highest in the SEC, when pressured.
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Statistically Speaking: Oklahoma's offense has a pressure issue through 4 games
A look at where Oklahoma ranks in various statistical areas offensively, defensively and on special teams after its Week 4 loss to Georgia and heading into the bye week.
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Ryan McCrystal @ryanmccrystal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
John Mateer thru 10 career SEC games: - 9 INTs - 5 fumbles - 23 sacks
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New episode of the Sooners Illustrated podcast is up with our weekly Monday review, as we discuss the Georgia game and whether Oklahoma needs to make a change at QB after the bye week. I've got some thoughts. Watch here or listen wherever you get your podcasts:
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Monday Review: Does Oklahoma need to make a change at quarterback? | SIP Ep. 301
YouTube video by Sooners Illustrated | Oklahoma on 247Sports
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“It's pain all the time playing this sport; it's a violent sport."
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When David Stone saw his dislocated kneecap “in (his) quad almost” last Monday, he feared his season and maybe his career would be over. After promising test results the next day, he was determined to play again. Five days after the dislocation, Stone started for OU against Georgia. How? ⬇️
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'You can't keep me off the field': How David Stone returned to OU's lineup 5 days after dislocating kneecap
David Stone dislocated his kneecap in practice last Monday and feared his season, and potentially his career, might be over. Yet he avoided serious injury and returned to start at defensive tackle in ...
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Creighton ⚒️ @creightonote.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I've had this exact same injury and I don't think I've ever experienced anything quite as freaky as feeling my patella flying around in places it shouldn't be and then looking down and confirming that it's exactly where it feels like it is. Horrifying.
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“It's pain all the time playing this sport; it's a violent sport."
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When David Stone saw his dislocated kneecap “in (his) quad almost” last Monday, he feared his season and maybe his career would be over. After promising test results the next day, he was determined to play again. Five days after the dislocation, Stone started for OU against Georgia. How? ⬇️
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'You can't keep me off the field': How David Stone returned to OU's lineup 5 days after dislocating kneecap
David Stone dislocated his kneecap in practice last Monday and feared his season, and potentially his career, might be over. Yet he avoided serious injury and returned to start at defensive tackle in ...
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It’s Sunday. It’s time for another edition of The Morning After™️, with 13 things I’m thinking about after Oklahoma’s 41-13 loss to Georgia. — If Georgia is “the gold standard,” what does that make OU currently? — Don’t pin this one on Ben Arbuckle — David Stone: tough as nails — More ⬇️
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The Morning After: 13 things on my mind after Oklahoma's loss to Georgia
Thirteen morning-after thoughts about Oklahoma's 41-13 loss to Georgia in Week 4.
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Still in awe of this a day later. I’ve covered some bad offenses and bad college QBs over the years — Sean White, John Franklin III, Jeremy Johnson, John Brantley, Jackson Arnold among them — but this is some special stuff.
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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
PJ Fleck is our most “thinks Predator is a motivational film” coach
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It’s Sunday. It’s time for another edition of The Morning After™️, with 13 things I’m thinking about after Oklahoma’s 41-13 loss to Georgia. — If Georgia is “the gold standard,” what does that make OU currently? — Don’t pin this one on Ben Arbuckle — David Stone: tough as nails — More ⬇️
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The Morning After: 13 things on my mind after Oklahoma's loss to Georgia
Thirteen morning-after thoughts about Oklahoma's 41-13 loss to Georgia in Week 4.
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Will Oklahoma make offensive staff changes after more struggles in a blowout loss to Georgia? Brent Venables is "not there right now" as his program heads into the bye week at 2-2 and searching for answers
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Will OU make offensive staff changes after loss to Georgia? Brent Venables 'not there right now' entering bye
Oklahoma's offense struggled again in a 41-13 loss to Georgia, with four turnovers drowning out some positives for the Sooners on that side of the ball as the team hits the bye week looking for answer...
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
John Mateer's confidence is "bruised" after three first-half turnovers derailed any hope Oklahoma had against No. 2 Georgia. Mateer has six turnovers in the last three games. They've cost OU in its two losses. Now the Sooners hit the bye week with a decision to make -- and maybe no better option.
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John Mateer's confidence 'bruised,' as OU enters bye week with decision to make at QB
John Mateer committed three first-half turnovers in a 41-13 loss to Georgia. Oklahoma's coaches discussed benching Mateer in the second half but stuck with the veteran at QB. Now the Sooners hit the b...
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Brent Venables was asked if he foresees making any staff changes or restructuring during the bye week. Venables: “I’m not there yet.”
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Brent Venables says Oklahoma's coaches discussed benching John Mateer after the three first-half turnovers. Adds that "everything" will be a conversation during the bye week. As for Mateer's confidence? "It's bruised. It certainly isn't sky-high."
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Does it* Creed? *the Tide
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Oklahoma averaged 1.9 yards per carry for the second week in a row. The longest run was a 9-yarder by John Mateer. The longest by a running back was 8 yards. Dwight Phillips Jr. had more rushing yards on his 54-yard touchdown run than Oklahoma's running backs had COMBINED (52).
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
FINAL: No. 2 Georgia 41, Oklahoma 13. John Mateer's three first-half turnovers bury Oklahoma in an SEC-opening loss to Georgia. Takeaways here:
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Instant analysis: John Mateer's turnovers sink Oklahoma in 41-13 loss to No. 2 Georgia
Takeaways from Sanford Stadium, where Oklahoma lost its SEC opener to No. 2 Georgia, 41-13.
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Georgia's up 38-6 midway through the fourth quarter, and Kirby Smart is still going for the jugular. Ruthless.
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Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Update: Georgia now out-gaining Oklahoma 254-211 and winning 38-6.
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Everything non-defense related is broken for Oklahoma. The reigning Lou Groza Award winner Tate Sandell goes wide left on a 54-yard FG attempt. He has missed each of his last two attempts.
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Oklahoma's defense is doing everything it can to try to make this a game. Second forced turnover by the Sooners gives the offense the ball inside the Bulldogs' 40-yard line.
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Breaking: Oklahoma's offense. A fourth turnover, this time a fumble by Rocky Beers.
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
There's still Rocky Beers, Oklahoma.
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Omarion Robinson (with an assist from Kip Lewis) gets an interception -- the first of the season thrown by Gunner Stockton. Oklahoma ball at the Georgia 35-yard line. How will this end for the Sooners' offense this time around?
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Jon Hamm @jonhamm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
...but in the meantime I need Pablo Torre to Find Out why Mateer is still out there
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Well, John Mateer's back out there to start the second half
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Some halftime takeaways from Athens, where things have gone from bad to worse for John Mateer and Oklahoma's offense.
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Halftime takeaways: John Mateer's 3 turnovers spell disaster as Oklahoma trails No. 2 Georgia 28-0
Halftime takeaways from Sanford Stadium, where Oklahoma trails Georgia 28-0 at the break thanks to three brutal first-half turnovers by John Mateer.
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
John Mateer has committed six turnovers in the last seven quarters of football: -- Fourth-quarter interception against Michigan -- Two first-half interceptions against New Mexico -- Two fumbles and a pick in the first half at Georgia
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
John Mateer turned it over a third time. Another fumble. Another fumble recovery for Chris Cole.
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
John Mateer picked off. Back-to-back turnovers for the OU QB.
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This had some shades of Jackson Arnold's late fumble against Missouri two years ago.
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
And that's the John Mateer Experience in a nutshell. Third-and-goal from the 2-yard line for Oklahoma, John Mateer rolls left, cocks back to throw and fumbles. Georgia recovers for the scoop-and-score. It's 21-0.
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Oklahoma's offense just had its first red-zone snap since Week 1 against UTEP. It went for a 2-yard loss.
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Gunner Stockton got absolutely hammered by Danny Okoye but still hit Talyn Taylor for a long touchdown. Oklahoma trails 14-0 with 14:20 to go in the first half. It's getting late early here in Athens.
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Oklahoma had 13 total yards of offense in the first quarter. I've covered some bad offenses. This is a bad offense.
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Oklahoma has burned two timeouts in the first quarter, both before third-and-long plays.
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Oklahoma's offensive line needs those reps more than Georgia's defensive line needed them last week against Arkansas tbh
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Taking a page out of Georgia's book: Oklahoma's offensive line is doing one-on-one drills during a TV timeout after the last kickoff.
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Georgia has taken an insurmountable 7-0 lead on Oklahoma with 3:16 to go in the first quarter.
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
David Stone is not only playing. He's starting at defensive tackle for Oklahoma against Georgia just five days after dislocating his kneecap.
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Monitoring the situation in Knoxville
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Pregame observations from Athens, with the latest on Oklahoma defensive tackle David Stone (knee) and a shakeup to the Sooners' offensive line before their SEC opener against No. 2 Georgia
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Pregame observations: The latest on David Stone, Oklahoma's O-line before SEC opener against No. 2 Georgia
Pregame observations, including the latest on defensive tackle David Stone and a change along the offensive line, before Oklahoma takes on No. 2 Georgia to open SEC play in Athens.
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
David Stone and Jayden Jackson are leading defensive tackle drills during warmups. Stone -- who, again, dislocated his kneecap five days ago -- very much looks like someone intent on playing.
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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Oklahoma defensive tackle David Stone (knee) is dressed out and going through stretch. He's got a heavy brace on his right knee and will be a game-time decision.
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