Texas Upsets No. 6 Oklahoma 23-6 in Red River Rivalry

"...finally figured some things out..."

"...quiet the chorus of skepticism around them..."

"...perhaps most importantly..."

"...gut-check coming out of last week's game..."

"...frustrating first half..."

"...inability to get out of their own way..."

"...vulnerable offensive line again struggled..."

"...methodically strung together..."

"...looked more the part of the behemoth preseason expectations thrust upon him..."

"...put the exclamation point on the afternoon..."

"...made things tough on Oklahoma quarterback..."

"...could give the Longhorns the momentum boost they need..."

"...Well, that wasn’t on my Bingo card..."

"...just goes to show what happens in rivalries..."

"...struggled with his ball placement all afternoon..."

"...at least some of that has to be pinned on his health..."

"...has had issues with processing all year long..."

"...did again Saturday against a very athletic and motivated Texas defense..."

"...guilty of throwing into a crowd without really reading the field..."

"...aggressiveness has bordered on recklessness all season..."

"...interesting NFL Draft prospect..."

"...arm talent and rush ability are impossible to ignore..."

"...question how ready Mateer is for an NFL offense because of his sloppy processing..."

"...Poor processing has also been the main issue for Manning this season..."

"...had his share of rough moments in the first half Saturday..."

"...second half featured some of his best football to date..."

"...hardly scintillating..."

"...took care of the ball..."

"...kept Texas out of problematic situations..."

"...great on third down..."

"...probably better viewed as a 2027 NFL Draft prospect at this point..."

"...Mateer played the game with a brace on that right wrist and thumb..."

"...injured hand was further damaged in the game when he got cut by a helmet on a hit in the first half..."

"...Blood was seen on his pants..."

"...cleaned it up with a towel but didn’t miss a play..."

"...hard to know how much the surgically-repaired thumb played into Mateer’s performance..."

"...mistakes were costly for the Sooners..."

"...first two interceptions were forced throws and poor decisions..."

"...second one, late in the first half, came after poor clock management from the coaches and may have cost the Sooners much-needed points..."

"...third turnover in the second half was simply a bad throw that was behind his receiver on a third down..."

"...marked the fourth time in five games this year he’s thrown an interception..."

"...backward swing pass throw in the fourth quarter that became a fumble sent an Oklahoma drive way back..."

"...ensuing punt was returned for a Texas score, all but closing the door..."

"...battle of two much-hyped quarterbacks for different reasons..."

"...Oklahoma didn’t have the better one..."

"...Manning played a good, clean game after last week’s loss at Florida..."

"...numbers weren’t eye-popping..."

"...played smart football and didn’t put the ball in harm’s way..."

"...committing no turnovers and taking only one sack..."

"...game could have gone awry quickly because the offensive line struggled heavily in the first quarter..."

"...Oklahoma’s defense suffocated Texas with its speed by flying to the ball..."

"...had to settle for short passes and punts on Texas’ first two possessions..."

"...Texas did not punt on its final eight drives..."

"...Six of those possessions ended in scoring opportunities, the other two in kneeldowns to end each half..."

"...accurate with the ball and used his legs effectively when needed..."

"...not the explosive offense that we might have expected to start the season..."

"...Manning and the Longhorns grew up and showed some progress on Saturday..."

"...Texas offense matured on Saturday..."

"...awful start, filled with penalties and three third-and-long situations..."

"...picked themselves up and methodically began moving the ball..."

"...Quintrevion Wisner was elusive, finding his way through the Sooners’ defense and breaking some tackles along the way to give Texas the consistent ground presence it desperately needed to keep OU’s defensive line keying on Manning..."

"...converted nine of its next 12, including six in a row to start the second half..."

"...didn’t panic..."

"...stayed patient..."

"...took what Oklahoma gave them..."

"...didn’t put the ball in harm’s way..."

"...played winning football..."

"...offensive line played much better in the second half than it did in the first..."

"...giving Wisner running lanes and Manning the time he needed to find open receivers or scramble..."

"...didn’t force much but created plays outside the pocket when needed and even ran for a pair of first downs on the ground..."

"...aren’t going to wow anyone with their skill talent this year..."

"...not quite the Texas offense we saw when Bijan Robinson, Xavier Worthy, Adonai Mitchell or Matthew Golden were suiting up for the burnt orange and white..."

"...if the defense continues to play the way it has shown it’s capable of, the offense can do enough to win games..."

"...defense showed up in a big way on Saturday..."

"...after getting pushed around a week ago by Florida..."

"...bounced back by pressuring Mateer early and often..."

"...pressures contributed to some of Mateer’s interceptions by speeding the quarterback up, which resulted in errant throws..."

"...did a superb job of corralling Mateer in the run game and not letting him create explosive plays with his legs, which he can do..."

"...one big play Mateer generated on the ground — a 33-yard run — was negated by a holding call..."

"...sophomore edge rusher Colin Simmons had his second consecutive big game after breaking out last week against the Gators..."

"...back end of the defense, Manny Muhammad (two interceptions), Michael Taaffe, Jelani McDonald and Graceson Littleton (one interception) played disciplined and got to the football consistently..."

"...third time in four years of the Brent Venables era that Pete Kwiatkowski’s Longhorns defense has held Oklahoma without a touchdown..."

"...came into the game leading or in the top five in the country in almost every major stat..."

"...after the first quarter and especially in the second half, Texas’ offense was better..."

"...Both head coaches call the plays in this part of the game, and Sark was simply on top of Venables..."

"...head Longhorn played it safe with Manning early with short and outside passes, but that opened up the middle of the field more..."

"...Texas runs that went for nothing in the first half began to consistently pick up three, four, five yards in the second, creating manageable third downs..."

"...punted on the first two drives of the game and then didn’t punt again..."

"...next six drives ended in scores or field goal attempts..."

"...hit the road for two more weeks, going to Kentucky and Mississippi State before returning home Nov. 1 to host Vanderbilt..."

"...saved their season..."

"...chance for them to build some momentum in the coming weeks if they can continue to grow..."

"...able to win the next two, the Longhorns can keep themselves in the College Football Playoff conversation heading into November..."

"...After a 5-0 start, the gauntlet has begun for the Sooners..."

"...travel to South Carolina next week, then play five consecutive teams that were ranked in the top 15 entering Saturday: Ole Miss, Tennessee, Alabama, Missouri and LSU..."

"...path to the SEC Championship Game and the College Football Playoff is still there, but the margin for error has shrunken dramatically at the midway point of the season..."