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October 10, 2025 • 9 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Tyler McComas, who joins US covers the Oklahoma Sooners hosts
of the Rush on the REF Radio, and a pleasure
to be joined by you, Tyler here and appreciate your
time this afternoon. I spent much of the week wondering
out loud, how in the heck are is the money
not telling you otherwise? And are all the odds makers

(00:20):
making the Longhorns a favorite? They waited all the way
until John Mattei was made probable in the latest update
on the injury side to finally make the Sooners the favorite.
Did you find that as hard to believe as I
did all week?

Speaker 2 (00:34):
Sounds like you and I have the same week, because
in a big game like this, you're looking for anything
to make you worried, right, and it was, Well, the
majority of the money's on Oklahoma right now, everyone seems
to think that Oklahoma is the better football team. But
why is it Vegas re hacking to this? Why does
Vegas still have Texas as a one and a half
point favorite. We know that Vegas, you know, normally nails

(00:57):
games like this, but it did make me take a
big side relief last night when I saw some books
start to adjust Oklahoma's a one and a half point
favorite and go into this game really my entire life
like that is a sign. But I feel like I've
seen so many times and last year is actually an
example of a few hours before kickoff, this line will

(01:17):
swing significantly one way or the other. I don't know
if it's necessarily going to do that tomorrow, but I've
seen it before. Climb three or four points on the
day of the game. So Vegas has been money on
this game for a while, and I am interested to
see how the line shifts over the course of the
next twenty four hours because I think that this is

(01:38):
probably is even of two teams if we seen in
this game in the past several years.

Speaker 1 (01:42):
Interesting and easy for me to keep the conversation on
the line, but be more specific to football at the
line of scrimmage. It's the reason I think the Longhorns
had so much trouble with Florida. Both lines, their offensive
line and their defensive line did not have the type
of games that I expected them too against the Gators.
How do you think that matchup lines up in this
game for the Sooners, who's obviously have statistically played a

(02:05):
pretty good defense A couple of reasonable opponents on their schedule.
Same thing for Texas, only a couple of reasonable opponents
five games into their schedule. But just the matchup in
the trenches of both sides, where do you think that
edge lies.

Speaker 2 (02:19):
I think the biggest mismatch on the field tomorrow will
be ou'sed defensive front against Texas offensive line. I think
the second biggest match in this game will be Texas
defensive front against OU's offensive line. I think OU's defensive
line really is that legit. And it's still crazy to

(02:40):
think about the identity shift that this program has had
over the past few years of what you knew. Oklahoma
has for so long all offense and no defense, and
for now the past few years, it's been all defense.

Speaker 3 (02:53):
And no offense whatsoever.

Speaker 2 (02:55):
But their d line really is that good. Their front
line starters are big NFL guys, which they haven't had.
They've got true depth upfront. I mean, they really dominated Michigan.
Outside Michigan popping a seventy five yard run first play
the third quarter, they did nothing. Auburn really didn't do
anything on the ground either, And it's just hard for
me to believe that Texas is going to find any

(03:17):
sort of a run game tomorrow afternoon. Now, the problem
is I could say the same thing about Oklahoma because
their worst offensive line performance came last week against the
worst team that they've played and maybe the worst college
football team that I've ever seen before. Like, that's a problem.
They're banged up, they can't find any continuity. And what

(03:38):
we say every single year leading up to this game, well,
whoever runs the ball better is going to win this game,
which I do laugh at because I feel like that's
any big game and any level of football, But it
is the line that's always thrown around here, Who's gonna
be able to run the ball better? And I don't
really know. I don't really have that answer right now,
because what's fascinating about this Who's going to run the

(03:59):
ball better tomorrow? Well, let's look at the best options
for both teams. What's Texas best option running the ball?
Stars Manny, he's their leading rusher. What's Oklahoma's best option
running the ball? Well, the one game this year where
you felt like, okay, they were fine in the run
game was against Michigan. But it's because John Matteir really
ran the ball the entire game. So I think Mateer's

(04:20):
going to play, but how much are they going to
run him with that injured thumb? Do they want to
put him in situations where he gets beat up coming
off of an injury like this. Oklahoma's going to have
to find some sort of a run game. And I
almost look at this like the Battle of the Trenches.
To answer question, maybe Oklahoma as a slide edge. At
least their offensive line can pass block. I can't say

(04:42):
the same thing about Texas, but both teams are going
to have a really, really difficult time running the football tomorrow.
I do know that, all.

Speaker 3 (04:49):
Right, Tyler.

Speaker 4 (04:49):
So we've clearly established that both quarterbacks are going to
potentially get killed tomorrow in the vein, In that vein.
I'm interested to hear, especially from an Oklahoma perspective, just
your thoughts on this weird winding path that has been
the season for arch Manning, starting with the insane amount

(05:10):
of hype which I never understood personally before the year,
to where he is now and getting maybe an inordinate
amount of being.

Speaker 3 (05:18):
Crushed every week.

Speaker 4 (05:20):
It's got to be fascinating for a guy who covers
Texas' biggest rival.

Speaker 2 (05:26):
Yeah, I like I was trained at birth to hate
these guys, right, and in no way am I you know, man,
I just I feel for that kid. There there is
a human side of me. If you can remove the
rooting interest out of it, which is hard to do,
there is the human side of me that says, man,
I mean, all everyone did is really set this kid

(05:49):
up for failure. And I don't think that it's the
majority of this fault. Like I'm sure you guys talked
about the athletic article that came out earlier this week
that was just awful, man. So it's like all the
blame is pinned on arch Manning. Well, his offensive line
is terrible. That's gotta be one of the worst offensive
lines in Texas football history. They don't have a run

(06:12):
game to speak of. They're okay at wide receiver. I mean,
they don't have a Xavier Worthy out running around or
a Matthew Golden out running around. So the situation around
him is just really terrible. And ultimately, who does that
fall on. That falls on the head coach that's supposed
to be this offensive guru, this offensive guru who over

(06:32):
the course of the past couple of years, in the
biggest games that they play, Texas doesn't put up a
lot of offensive points, so Arch has got to be better.
I mean, he holds on the ball too long, he
gets happy feet, he's unsure of itself. But why don't
more people point the finger to Sark when some of
their biggest games. Play calling wise comes up short and
personnel wise. Did not set up Arch Manning after that

(06:55):
great year last year to have a really successful year.
I mean, he is to blame, and clearly he's the quarterback.
It goes with the you know, it goes along with it,
but man, they just did not set him up to
succeed this year.

Speaker 1 (07:08):
It's a very interesting point, you may Kier on Houston Radio.
He's been in the system, been inside the building for
three years, and you don't think the people that are
running the program have put the right kind of offensive
line in front of him for him to succeed.

Speaker 3 (07:22):
Technically.

Speaker 1 (07:23):
We did not talk about that this week, but we
have been talking about it for three years.

Speaker 3 (07:27):
With the professional football team. That's a CJ.

Speaker 1 (07:29):
Stroud Houston Texans thing to its core, and I do
think there is a bit of a correlation. Do he
just happened to come in as a starter at Texas
as they were likely headed to a down year. I
did not expect her to be quite this down on
the offensive line. Bigger picture question as we wrap things
up here, who's the best team in the SEC as
we head into the meat of the SEC season?

Speaker 2 (07:51):
Wow? You really say the teftess question for last year?
I mean, I think really the major point. I think
that this is going to be a league that it
just beats itself up every single week. I think the
game in Colombia is a coin toss. Missouri could definitely
win that game. You got to acknowledge Missouri as one
of the true contenders if you don't already. If Olemis

(08:11):
goes to Georgia next week, you probably say they're the best.
I mean, I'm not gonna dance around this. I mean
I'm in the business like you guys are, so I'm
gonna actually give you an answer. I buried them and
I left them for dead a few weeks ago. I
don't feel great about it, but there's not another team
in the league that I can just stick my chest
out and say they're the best in the conference. I'll

(08:32):
say Alabama, I guess, because I really do look like
what they're doing in the passing game right now, I
think ty Simpson's really good, but man, my mind may
change on that in twenty four hours. This is as
wide open of an SEC as I think we've seen
it quite some time. But I'll give you an answer,
and I'll say.

Speaker 1 (08:49):
Alabama, Yeah, what you just said there is I think
what's absolutely true. I bet you we could have somebody on,
twenty people on from the nation, ten people on that
cover the SEC, and we might get a you know,
fifteen different answers in that succession.

Speaker 3 (09:01):
It is that wide open. There are that many good teams.

Speaker 1 (09:04):
There isn't the obvious Bama or Georgia or even LSU
previously totally dominant or right there at the top, no
question about it, and that's what should make it fun
the next several weeks. Obviously this Saturday, there's quite a
few games of great note, and I think everybody covering
the SEC believes this is what's gonna happen every week
all year, every year as we move forward. When you

(09:25):
have a sixteen team league like this, even with the
nine game schedule coming up next year, it's just part
of the SEC and part of why people will be
so focused on it every single weekend. On the TV
or hopefully at these stadiums where you will be this weekend. Tyler,
we really appreciate the time and look forward to the
game and look forward to catching up with you again
sometime soon. You bet, guys, anytime, Tyler Mcomas from the

(09:47):
REF host of the Rush on REF Radio. There in Norman,
Longhorns and Sooners right here tomorrow two thirty kickoff one thirty.

Speaker 3 (09:54):
We'll get our coverage started there
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