Column: Why Oklahoma QB Michael Hawkins is Much More Equipped to Handle Texas This Year

After news of John Mateer’s injury broke on Tuesday, the Sooners will turn their offense over to Hawkins, who had an up-and-down freshman year.

John E. Hoover |

The news out of Norman was disastrous on Tuesday: quarterback John Mateer will have surgery Wednesday for a broken bone in his right hand.

And two weeks from Saturday, No. 7-ranked Oklahoma will line up in the Cotton Bowl against the Texas Longhorns.

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