Oklahoma quarterback John Mateer continues to swear his surgically repaired thumb is fine, but everything else says otherwise.
Mateer had surgery on the thumb of his throwing hand on Sept. 24 after injuring it against Auburn the Saturday before. He returned just 17 days after surgery to play in the Red River Rivalry, and although Mateer has struggled ever since, he has repeated his thumb is fine.
Video shows John Mateer wince in pain from thumb
“It’s definitely not my thumb, I’ll tell you that," Mateer said this week. "I’ll stand by that.