"In the Weeds": Top Plays in OU Football's 23-6 Loss to Texas in the 2025 Red River Rivalry

Gabe Ikard and Teddy Lehman break down the X's and O's of some of the top plays from Oklahoma football's 23-6 loss to the Texas Longhorns on October 11, 2025. While the Sooners defense played well enough to win against Arch Manning and the Texas offense, the Sooners offense failed to score a touchdown at the Cotton Bowl for the 3rd time in 4 years against their rival.

0:00 Intro
1:25 OU creates a light box look and Tory Blaylock rips off a nice run for 11 yards
6:38 Another effective 10 yard run for Tory Blaylock into a 5 man box for the Longhorns defense and a discussion on how Ben Arbuckle & OU's offense can build RPO & play action off of it
13:18 John Mateer's 1st interception in the Red River Rivalry
22:14 John Mateer's interception right before halftime after some poor clock management
33:50 Quintrevion Wisner breaks a tackle from R Mason Thomas and rips off a 37 yard run on a split zone play that was dead in the backfield
40:06 Sooners secondary busts a coverage and Arch Manning finds DeAndre Moore for a wide open touchdown. It was the only offensive touchdown scored in the game
46:09 Arch Manning checks down to Quintrevion Wisner who makes Robert Spears-Jennings miss and turns what should be a 0 yard play into a 19 yard gain
50:02 Officials missed a blatant lock in the back on Taylor Wein on Ryan Niblett's punt return touchdown

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