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Wait What Did Kirby Smart Say About John Mateer and Brent Venables Defense? | Oklahoma Sooners | · Sooner or Later Sports

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  Speaker 1: So Kirby Smart talked about Oklahoma in his press conference
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  Speaker 1: earlier this week while I was traveling. And when I
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  Speaker 1: went back and listened to it and went through my
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  Speaker 1: notes on it, he ain't listening to all of us
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  Speaker 1: talk about how Oklahoma sucks. More so because one, he's
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  Speaker 1: a coach and he understands that things can happen. But two,
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  Speaker 1: his respect for Brent Venables and the defense, I don't
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  Speaker 1: think this is coach speak. I actually think Kirby's letting
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  Speaker 1: his team know, hey, don't overlook them because you never
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  Speaker 1: know what might happen. So I'm going to play a
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  Speaker 1: couple of clips that Kirby said that got your boys' attention.
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  Speaker 1: And we'll talk about it. Before we do that, welcome
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  Speaker 1: I'm your boy, Jay. Thank you all for pulling up
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  Speaker 1: Kirby, first off, I think his statement about John Mateer
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  Speaker 1: was probably the most interesting. Again, I don't think this
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  Speaker 1: was coach speak. I think he was being straight up
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  Speaker 1: in telling not only us, but his players. Yeah, there's
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  Speaker 1: a possibility things can change. I did a video earlier
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  Speaker 1: today and it was anonymous coaches saying, I think Oklahoma's
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  Speaker 1: in a rut. I don't think this is 100% them. Look,
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  Speaker 1: Either direction you feel on it, I feel like the
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  Speaker 1: offense needs to get their heads out of their behinds,
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  Speaker 1: but whatevs. Kirby kind of sees where the threats are,
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  Speaker 1: and I think he's really pointing this out because of
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  Speaker 1: what happened against, for Bama against Oklahoma in 2024, where
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  Speaker 1: everybody's like, oh yeah, there's no chance. Top team, they're
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  Speaker 1: going to beat the dog out of Oklahoma, and it
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  Speaker 1: did not look anything like it. Granted, this is Kirby
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  Speaker 1: Smart's team. They do play a much different brand, But
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  Speaker 1: they did lose to Bama at home last season. This
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  Speaker 1: is what he said about John Mateer that I thought
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  Speaker 1: was interesting.
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  Speaker 2: Coach, what are some of the challenges you see when
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  Speaker 2: you're facing a quarterback like John Mateer? Run the ball,
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  Speaker 2: throw the ball. Yeah, obviously his athleticism pops out at you.
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  Speaker 2: He's hard to tackle. He breaks a lot of tackles.
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  Speaker 2: And he's tough. You know, when you talk about the
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  Speaker 2: run game, he runs inside, he runs outside, he runs
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  Speaker 2: the pass. He scrambles to throw. He's made explosives with
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  Speaker 2: his legs. You know, I think back to last year,
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  Speaker 2: his growth, because we didn't play him, but you saw
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  Speaker 2: his highlights and you saw the things he's done. He's
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  Speaker 2: become even more that way this year in terms of
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  Speaker 2: understanding our conference, when to run, when not to.
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  Speaker 1: And, of course, he's right in talking about that because
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  Speaker 1: that's really the biggest thing about Mateer is– As much
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  Speaker 1: as we want to really dog how things have gone
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  Speaker 1: with him, the dude, when he's on, is still a threat.
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  Speaker 1: And he's proven himself to be a threat when he's on.
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  Speaker 1: He just ain't been on in a.
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  Speaker 2: While, right?
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  Speaker 1: So it's hard to... believe for us as fans that
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  Speaker 1: you're going to get a good product out of him
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  Speaker 1: when he hasn't shown us that he has how he really,
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  Speaker 1: what he's really capable of. And I think that's the
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  Speaker 1: thing that gets the most old for us as fans.
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  Speaker 1: But again, Kirby's not buying into the, Oh, Oklahoma, they're trash.
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  Speaker 1: You should go. We're going to dominate them. you know,
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  Speaker 1: this is that and the other. I think Kirby's like, nah,
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  Speaker 1: we need to make sure that we're focused because what
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  Speaker 1: Oklahoma did against, what is that, Bama and all of that,
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  Speaker 1: that could be us. And we don't want that to happen.
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  Speaker 1: He also talked about the media and their perception and
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  Speaker 1: how he coaches his kids. And he really dug into how,
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  Speaker 1: you know, he's got to focus his guys on not
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  Speaker 1: listening to the outside noise. Regardless of people like myself
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  Speaker 1: saying things is trash, things stinky. Nope, can't listen to
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  Speaker 1: it because you never know how it turns out. But then,
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  Speaker 1: of course, he praised Brent Venables, his relationship, and really
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  Speaker 1: talked about how Oklahoma is on the deepest side of
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  Speaker 1: the ball. We're going to talk about that part. Before
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  Speaker 1: that game. I What do the picks say? John Mateer, 189.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to take less. Watch him do more. Gunnar
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  Speaker 1: Stockton on the touchdown pass. Oklahoma hasn't given up one yet,
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  Speaker 1: that you please gamble responsibly. So this is what Kirby
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  Speaker 1: had to say when he was talking about Oklahoma's defense
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  Speaker 1: and why they're so good. They had some good questions
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  Speaker 1: that came from this.
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  Speaker 2: You mentioned earlier Oklahoma's defense. They're among the nation's leaders
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  Speaker 2: so far in sacks.
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  Speaker 1: What stands out to you about how they've created havoc
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  Speaker 1: through three games this year?
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  Speaker 2: The way they go about their business. Like they are violent.
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  Speaker 2: They play hard. They play with a purpose. They're very intelligent.
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  Speaker 2: They know what you're doing as well as you know
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  Speaker 2: what you're doing. And they do a great job of
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  Speaker 2: formation and things and understanding what your tendencies are. And
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  Speaker 2: they play really hard. And when you get good, talented
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  Speaker 2: players playing with fundamentals, like they don't get blocked. They
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  Speaker 2: might get blocked. They don't stay blocked. They get off blocks.
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  Speaker 2: And they're hard to block. Technique and fundamentals. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: they have great schemes. They have an awesome scheme. They've
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  Speaker 2: got an answer for everything you do, but that ain't
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  Speaker 2: what does it for them. They strike people. They get
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  Speaker 2: off blocks. They attack the ball. They play downhill. They
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  Speaker 2: don't play passive. They have technique and fundamentals. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: you can see it when people go to block them.
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  Speaker 2: They strike them and get off the block. That's what
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  Speaker 2: football is. I mean, defensive football is like, are you
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  Speaker 2: hard to block? When you turn on the tape, they've
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  Speaker 2: got a bunch of hard-to-block guys. And when you're hard
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  Speaker 2: to block, You're good. Then you put some size and
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  Speaker 2: talent with it, and then you get what you've got
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  Speaker 2: in Oklahoma, which is, I mean, you ask anybody in
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  Speaker 2: our conference, they are year in, year out one of
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  Speaker 2: the best defense.
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  Speaker 1: And that is, of course, why we praise this Oklahoma
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  Speaker 1: defense so much and why we give them so much love.
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  Speaker 1: For me, I'm hoping that this defense performs like they
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  Speaker 1: did against Michigan, but harder. 10 points is all they
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  Speaker 1: gave up. That pick six is on Mateer. Hopefully Mateer
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  Speaker 1: doesn't put them in a situation where it's harder. Hopefully
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  Speaker 1: you get Stoney back to also be able to be
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  Speaker 1: a threat. But if Oklahoma goes out there, plays a
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  Speaker 1: sound defense like they did in the second half against Michigan,
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  Speaker 1: and they stop missing tackles, which right now they're third
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  Speaker 1: in the country for the most missed tackles, It seems
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  Speaker 1: to be a thing that they do at the beginning
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  Speaker 1: of the year. And then it gets better. If they
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  Speaker 1: do a better job of not missing tackles and really
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  Speaker 1: wrap up, they could be a problem for Georgia and
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  Speaker 1: force Georgia to do things that they're probably not going
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  Speaker 1: to want to do. They have an opportunity of surprising
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  Speaker 1: everyone in this game. Will they? I don't know. It's
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  Speaker 1: 100% on them.
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  Speaker 2: Right?
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  Speaker 1: Like, they just have to want it. And me and
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  Speaker 1: Coop talked about it. We just want them to camp.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm going to be honest, I think they do.
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  Speaker 1: I do feel like they're like, yeah, we really want
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  Speaker 1: this to be a really strong outing because they have
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  Speaker 1: the talent and we've seen the defense carry them. And
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  Speaker 1: Kirby even mentioned it, right? My guy over at Locked
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  Speaker 1: On Bulldogs for the Georgia Dogs podcast even said, we've
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  Speaker 1: seen Oklahoma's defense carry them to wins against top teams.
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  Speaker 1: So you got to be careful no matter what. And
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  Speaker 1: so if this defense continues on, which statistically they're starting
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  Speaker 1: the season off better than last year's team, they keep
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  Speaker 1: this up. It's a possibility that they can at least
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  Speaker 1: keep this very close and make it a manageable game
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  Speaker 1: where they will have an opportunity. We'll see. Let me
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  Speaker 1: know what y'all think. Hop in the comments. Want to
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  Speaker 1: hear y'all's thoughts. I know most of you do not
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  Speaker 1: believe and it's okay. I am not mad at anybody
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  Speaker 1: being skeptical. I'm going to still believe. Shout out at
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  Speaker 1: Gerald McCoy for going on ESPN and fighting for the Sooners.
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  Speaker 1: He deserves a lot of love for that. So we're
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  Speaker 1: going to follow Gerald McCoy and we're going to continue
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  Speaker 1: to fight for the Sooners. Shout out to our partners
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  Speaker 1: That will be updated. We'll see if there's any shifts
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  Speaker 1: or movements. And we'll see what this team looks like
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  Speaker 1: going forward. We'll talk soon.
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  Speaker 2: Peace.