Some head coaches even at the highest level take the opportunity to put the blame on someone else, but after the worst performance of his career on the biggest stage yet, with a list of excuses handy to choose from, Oklahoma quarterback John Mateer only blamed himself.
The No. 6 Sooners suffered their first deficit of the season with a 23-6 loss to an unranked Texas team on Saturday in Dallas.
Leading up to one of the most anticipated rivalry games in all of college football, even with the preseason Heisman Trophy favorite playing quarterback for the other team with a famous last name and the best defense in the country sharing the same locker room, it was still Mateer who stole the headlines for 17 days.