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The excuse of he was just joking with his friends can make sense. However, that excuse falls apart when when you look at the two Venmo transfers from Nov 20. One is just "sports gambling" and the second is "sports gambling (UCLA vs USC)." What joke makes sense that you need to specify a matchup in a transaction? Or is it most plausible that he is adding specificity to a transaction to make sure his buddy knows which transaction is for which bet?

Use Occam's Razor here, folks. 

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2 minutes ago, Danimal said:

The excuse of he was just joking with his friends can make sense. However, that excuse falls apart when when you look at the two Venmo transfers from Nov 20. One is just "sports gambling" and the second is "sports gambling (UCLA vs USC)." What joke makes sense that you need to specify a matchup in a transaction? Or is it most plausible that he is adding specificity to a transaction to make sure his buddy knows which transaction is for which bet?

Use Occam's Razor here, folks. 


It is obviously a lie but a lie he knows cannot be disproven. His 7 figure NIL deal depends on it so he is going to say whatever he needs to say. 

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10 minutes ago, Danimal said:

The excuse of he was just joking with his friends can make sense. However, that excuse falls apart when when you look at the two Venmo transfers from Nov 20. One is just "sports gambling" and the second is "sports gambling (UCLA vs USC)." What joke makes sense that you need to specify a matchup in a transaction? Or is it most plausible that he is adding specificity to a transaction to make sure his buddy knows which transaction is for which bet?

Use Occam's Razor here, folks. 

He also sent the same guy money for soccer gambling. All we have to do is determine who the recipient was. Too bad the NCAA doesn’t have subpoena power. (Do they?)

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8 minutes ago, Newy25 said:


It is obviously a lie but a lie he knows cannot be disproven. His 7 figure NIL deal depends on it so he is going to say whatever he needs to say. 

If the recipient is a known bookie, he’s in deep shit. If not, you’d need the recipient’s bank and credit card records. Recipient was probably a buddy who was placing bets for him. 

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6 minutes ago, Chili dog said:

If the recipient is a known bookie, he’s in deep shit. If not, you’d need the recipient’s bank and credit card records. Recipient was probably a buddy who was placing bets for him. 

The Ohtani defense 

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I am sure there are other people that paid this same guy for gambling who are lazy enough to have and keep those transactions as public. Hopefully the internet can find those.

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He must hate his son to want to get him more playing time so he can embarrass himself on tv.  He's a terrible qb.

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4 minutes ago, kevwun said:

He must hate his son to want to get him more playing time so he can embarrass himself on tv.  He's a terrible qb.

You cant bet against your son with prop bets if he's not on the field. I believe this is whats known as priming the pump

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Welcome to the SEC

The teams in the SEC all try and rat each other out to fuck with each other.

Got to stay squeaky clean because your bull shit will get out lol

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{Not a rules violation because it attacks people from both sides}

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So let me get this straight…we are gonna turn USA into a lawless free for all with large sums of money flowing to pedophiles who can be fly poiticians to islands twice a year…but then gasp about three legal depositions from 2002???  WHAT ARE WE DOING?!?!?

 

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Not that I defend a Sooner with any regularity.  But if the screenshots of Mateer's payments are true, and they really had the tag "Sports Gambling" attached to them, I can see that as a really poor attempt at humor, and not evidence of illegal sports betting.  Or, he's one of the dumbest mother fucking gamblers to have ever been awarded an athletic scholarship.

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38 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Not that I defend a Sooner with any regularity.  But if the screenshots of Mateer's payments are true, and they really had the tag "Sports Gambling" attached to them, I can see that as a really poor attempt at humor, and not evidence of illegal sports betting.  Or, he's one of the dumbest mother fucking gamblers to have ever been awarded an athletic scholarship.

Yeah all those jokes where the name of a specific game from that day is included for extra hilarity

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1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

I’ve rolled my eyes about the Mateer stuff and do not want it to become a thing. As much as I despise OU and want them to lose every game forever into the future, I’ve endured a full 11 months of OU staff and media honks pleading their case about the injuries last year, ands Venables getting credit for living through it, that I’d rather them not get another asterisk season. They have their hopes ridiculously high and I want to see that crushed through normal shit happening, including injuries and on the field freak shit, fine. 

However, your post does intrigue me. I can get behind the notion of this guy being the next Art Schlichter/Pete Rose type and completely buttfucking and corrupting the OU program from the inside. 

I have to part company with you here. A total collapse of a season that they can blame on the Mateer scandal might mean we get to watch them in the dirt AND keep the current staff in place. Plus, what is bad for OU is by definition good.

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51 minutes ago, Magus Ossis said:

I have to part company with you here. A total collapse of a season that they can blame on the Mateer scandal might mean we get to watch them in the dirt AND keep the current staff in place. Plus, what is bad for OU is by definition good.

Oh, it would be great (although it probably won’t happen). 
 
A 6-6 OU where Venables gets to say, “Mateer was a Nagy/Stephenson hire”? Delicious. 

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4 hours ago, Magus Ossis said:

I have to part company with you here. A total collapse of a season that they can blame on the Mateer scandal might mean we get to watch them in the dirt AND keep the current staff in place. Plus, what is bad for OU is by definition good.

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7 hours ago, Js1 said:

Klatt is better than this

So because players can be paid, they can participate in sports betting?

Even if it was a joke, CFB players need to understand optics. A lawyer can't send a cheeky, joking Venmo payment to a friend with the description "BRIBE FOR A JUDGE" the day before a hearing.  That would 100% warrant an investigation.

Sports betting for collegiate players is still 100% against the rules Joel, so yes, it warranted an investigation.  

Sports betting/gambling is very far removed and unaffiliated with players being paid and the transfer portal.  That is why it is still not allowed.  MLB, NBA, NFL have huge contracts and free agency and they still aren't allowed to bet on games within their sports.

That's pretty disappointing coming from Klatt. I would expect that from Stephen A Smith or Skip Bayless but like you said, Klatt is better than this take. 

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On 8/11/2025 at 8:08 PM, fellside said:

I highly doubt he would actually Venmo someone and put the title as "Sports Gambling". Sounds incredibly fake. 

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A well timed joke. USC and UCLA played on the November 19th in 2022.

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11 hours ago, South Austin said:

Not that I defend a Sooner with any regularity.  But if the screenshots of Mateer's payments are true, and they really had the tag "Sports Gambling" attached to them, I can see that as a really poor attempt at humor, and not evidence of illegal sports betting.  Or, he's one of the dumbest mother fucking gamblers to have ever been awarded an athletic scholarship.

What if I told you he willingly chose to transfer to OU?

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9 minutes ago, Lou_Sassle said:

Mateer is going to go hog wild on our shitty front 7...

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It’s utterly hilarious how much that article triggered Sooners and aggys 

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While ESPN investigative journalism is a shell of its former Outside the Lines glory days, Dinnich and Budden took the Mateer news pretty seriously and described possible penalties today on College Football Live.

Dinnich is kind of a half assed journalist. She started at the Baltimore Sun. 

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12 hours ago, Lou_Sassle said:

Mateer is going to go hog wild on our shitty front 7...

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This sort of talk is why I just roll my eyes when people claim Texas is the most arrogant fan base in college football.

 

Ive seen maybe 2-3 people saying Texas WILL win the SEC, much less win it all this year, I see hundreds of examples of shitbag Sooners who claim Texas is worse than last year and OU destroys Texas without question.

”on paper (OU) is better”, etc.

 

 

Sooner fans think that because a player or coach is at OU, he’s automatically better than anything at Texas. They believe ou will win because, OU.

 

it ludicrous and they deserve decades of mediocrity or worse.

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Interesting note on OU’s prospects based on Vegas over/under. A lot of sites had them set at 6.5 earlier in the summer. That got bet a good bit and now a lot of sites have moved the line to 7.5 but it’s juiced pretty heavily to the under, around -140 or -150. In other words, the betting public pretty clearly has them tabbed to go 7-5. 
 

One hilarious aspect to this is there’s a decent chance OU starts 5-0, meaning they could easily end the season 2-5 and finishing towards the bottom of the SEC. I would love nothing more than to have OU be 5-0 and ranked in the top 10 before they face us in the Cotton Bowl. 

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11 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

While ESPN investigative journalism is a shell of its former Outside the Lines glory days, Dinnich and Budden took the Mateer news pretty seriously and described possible penalties today on College Football Live.

Dinnich is kind of a half assed journalist. She started at the Baltimore Sun. 

Huh? She started as a student at the school newspaper for Indiana and covered the Knight story as it unfolded. He famously called a meeting with her and bullied her, threatening to get her expelled and other shit. She keep investigating and writing the story anyway. She’s taken very seriously and for good reason. 

2 minutes ago, Burt Macklin said:

Interesting note on OU’s prospects based on Vegas over/under. A lot of sites had them set at 6.5 earlier in the summer. That got bet a good bit and now a lot of sites have moved the line to 7.5 but it’s juiced pretty heavily to the under, around -140 or -150. In other words, the betting public pretty clearly has them tabbed to go 7-5. 
 

One hilarious aspect to this is there’s a decent chance OU starts 5-0, meaning they could easily end the season 2-5 and finishing towards the bottom of the SEC. I would love nothing more than to have OU be 5-0 and ranked in the top 10 before they face us in the Cotton Bowl. 

If that happens, every weak contrarian in the media will be picking them to win. It would be outstanding. 

I don’t think they beat both Auburn and Michigan though, maybe neither. 

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12 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Huh? She started as a student at the school newspaper for Indiana and covered the Knight story as it unfolded. He famously called a meeting with her and bullied her, threatening to get her expelled and other shit. She keep investigating and writing the story anyway. She’s taken very seriously and for good reason. 

If that happens, every weak contrarian in the media will be picking them to win. It would be outstanding. 

I don’t think they beat both Auburn and Michigan though, maybe neither. 

Part of me wants them to win 8 or so.  To keep Venables around.  Part of me think it probably does not matter much who coaches them given the move to SEC and their second class status in recruiting given their poverty.

I do think Mateer is a hell of a lot better than the garbage they had last year but not some Heisman contender like OU fans think he will be.  If they run him enough to get Heisman type stats, he likely won't last the season.  As a passer, he is nothing special.  He kind of reminds me of Ehlinger

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13 hours ago, Lou_Sassle said:

BlowU is "better on paper"... we're fucked! 

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I thought it had to be a typo that they only play 3 games away.

But nope. Before the Texas game, they only leave the state to play Temple. That hype train will be rolling

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9 minutes ago, Professor Chesney said:

Before the Texas game, they only leave the state to play Temple. That hype train will be rolling

On paper, that Temple game kinda stands out to me as a potential trap. It's a sandwich game (between Michigan and Auburn) on the road with an early start in Philly. Temple hired KJ Keeler to replace our beloved Stan Drayton. Keeler is old but the guy is the all-time winningest coach in FCS playoff history and the only coach in FCS history to win a national championship at two different schools. The QB is in his 6th year of college football and they brought in about 10 transfers. And OU had the ugliest 51-3 blowout in Norman against them last season. They got 6 turnovers so the game got out of hand. But I watched that game, and play in and play out, Temple didn't look overwhelmed. Especially if OU ends up beating Michigan and gets an earful of how good they are, I can at least see that game being interesting. Or at least making a first half wager on the Owls until OU wakes up.

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2nd Scrimmage update spoilered below. 

Highlights:

-The offense is now awesome. 

-Fasusi running first team. That’s mostly due to an injury to their starter and no depth, but they’re all spinning it that the guy is their Kelvin Banks. 

-Similar update for Fodje. He’s going to have to play this year, but that’s awesome news. 

-Still holding a bunch of guys out due to injuries. 

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Notes and intel coming out of Oklahoma’s second scrimmage of fall camp (8/14)

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    Fall camp continues to roll on as we are now just 16 days away from the 2025 season opener. 

    On Wednesday night, Oklahoma held their second scrimmage of fall camp under the lights at Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. 

    Let's dive in:

     
    • Let's start right at the top with the obvious question: Was it a better showing for the offense this time around? As we reported on Saturday, the Oklahoma defense led the way in the team's first scrimmage. On Wednesday, things went significantly better for Ben Arbuckle's side of the football. Big plays were made with far less mistakes than the first time around. 
    • Once again, John Mateer was sharp. Mateer has not let the off-field stuff affect him at all this week, as he has put together quite possibly his best week of camp yet with Wednesday night being a part of that. So far, Mateer has been really impressive this month. 
    • Elijah Thomas continues to impress. The freshman has had a great camp and was dynamite on Wednesday night. Thomas had multiple highlight plays including a pair of scores. Second-year wideout Ivan Carreon also did some nice things, including a touchdown from Mateer
    • Jer'Michael Carter again made some plays. He's learning rapidly as a guy who transferred in after the spring. Very intriguing name to continue to monitor as the season approaches. 
    • Tory Blaylock is having a good camp. Blaylock has made the most of his reps with some other guys in and out of action this month. Wouldn't expect much of a role for the freshman this fall, but the future looks very bright there. 
    • Michael Fasusi is going to play. Bill Bedenbaugh said as much his week, but his performance is warranting it anyway. He got first team reps at left tackle on Wednesday and did a nice job. Logan Howland got some run at right tackle, as well, as Derek Simmons still works his way back from a concussion. 
    • Defensively, some key names were held back on Wednesday but there were still some positive things to take out of it despite it being a much better day for the offense. In particular, it was good day for the Sooners safeties. I'm told Peyton Bowen and Michael Boganowski, in particular, had nice nights on Wednesday. 

    Continue to stay plugged into Sooners Illustrated as more intel comes from fall camp and Wednesday night's scrimmage. 

 

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