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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Longhorns Daily News: Oklahoma QB John Mateer accused of sports gambling
Texas Longhorns rival Oklahoma has had an uncomfortable week. That's mostly a result of the recent allegations of sports gambling aimed at Oklahoma quarterback John Mateer. NBC News recently reported on the story. From NBC News: '… screenshots from [Mateer's] personal Venmo account surfaced on social media showing two transactions labeled 'sports gambling.' Both transactions were from Nov. 20, 2022, when Mateer was a freshman at Washington State University, and they are alleged to have been sent to a Venmo account for Richard Roaten. One transaction was labeled 'sports gambling [UCLA vs USC]'; UCLA and USC played each [the previous day.] … The NCAA prohibits student-athletes and staff members from betting on sports, no matter whether it is at the collegiate, professional, or amateur level, and breaking those rules can cost athletes their remaining eligibility.' Mateer denied the allegations. WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT THE LONGHORNS Austin American-Statesman: Three things to watch in Texas volleyball's scrimmage vs Utah Dallas Morning News: 10 key Texas Longhorns to know in 2025: Arch Manning surrounded by key returners 247Sports: The Insider: How Quintrevion Wisner became one of Texas' most important leaders Inside Texas: Dear Texas: A letter from Longhorn Jackson Jeffcoat Inside Texas: Tell Me Where I'm Wrong: Answering 40 rapid-fire questions on the Texas Longhorns Inside Texas: Steve Sarkisian's strategy to save up for the playoffs Inside Texas: Texas doesn't lack for options in its competition at Star Inside Texas: ITYT: Midweek takeaways from Texas' fall camp practices ICYMI IN BURNT ORANGE NATION What happened in the first preseason scrimmage for Texas Steve Sarkisian provides updates on injuries from the first Texas scrimmage RECRUITING ROUNDUP 247Sports: 28 in '28: Names to watch in the in-state 2028 class 247Sports: Football recruiting intel on initial top 32 players in 2028's debut rankings, from Jayden Wade to Jaylen Addai Inside Texas: Texas class highlighted by Dia Bell, impact players and Sarkisian and company aren't done in 2026 Inside Texas: 2027 Texas EDGE target Kaden McCarty sets Austin unofficial visit SEC SHOWDOWN Austin American-Statesman: Texas soccer: Can the Longhorns defend their SEC crown in 2025? Good Bull Hunting: Every Aggie player on an award watchlist Rock M Nation: Football Preview: Meet your defensive ends Red Cup Rebellion: Report: Pete Golding signs extension, now highest paid SEC assistant coach Rocky Top Talk: Danny White talks Tenneessee-Adidas deal Roll 'Bama Roll: Predicting the 2025 Alabama Football Season: South Carolina Gamecocks A Sea Of Blue: College football insider says Mark Stoops' seat is warm WHAT WE'RE READING SB Nation: Simulated pressures are helping NFL defenses fight back SB Nation: This NASCAR mom can make history at Daytona's Xfinity race SB Nation: Taylor Swift knows more about football than the people who want her off their NFL screens NEWS ACROSS LONGHORN NATION AND BEYOND All gone.
The Herald Scotland
3 days ago
- Sport
- The Herald Scotland
Oklaoma, John Mateer gambling story latest SEC rivalry saga
Or two: somewhere in these amber waves of grain and purple mountains of majesty, is a Texas fan who spent time investigating the rival team's quarterback, found his Venmo account, saw the alleged "inside jokes" and dumped them in the social media world of shoot first, aim second. And away we go. "My previous Venmo descriptions did not accurately portray the transactions in question," Mateer wrote on X. "But were instead inside jokes between me and my friends." Which, of course, means absolutely nothing in the social media sewer of guilty until we say you aren't. We don't know if Mateer gambled on college games, and was twice dumb enough to pay off bets via Venmo with memo lines that read - I swear I'm not making this up - "sports gambling." We don't know, and frankly the NCAA will never know unless the benefactor of those two Venmo payments ("Richard Roaten") drops dime. Or maybe - and I'm just spitballing here - Mateer and his friends played a stupid joke as freshmen, and word eventually got out. Because if there is no there there, the exposure of it all is the story here. The Iron Bowl. The Egg Bowl. The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. Welcome aboard, Red River Rivalry. You've finally earned your SEC stripes. It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a wonderful day in the neighborhood, won't you be my ... rival. To be fair to the SEC, this fun OU/Texas sideshow less than two weeks from the start of the season doesn't hold a candle to Harvey Updyke and "I got too much Bama in me." Or Tennessee coach Phil Fulmer refusing to attend SEC media days for fear of being served legal papers from a hoity-toity attorney who just happened to be a huge Alabama fan. The visual of media hovering around a speaker phone to hear Fulmer say he can't discuss legal proceedings gave new meaning to media days carnival. Or a fired Tennessee assistant coach faxing ball plays to Florida coach Ron Zook days before the annual rivalry game. Or Hugh Freeze's - ahem - exposed log of calls to "massage therapists." All of those wild and true stories originated and were exposed, in one form or another, from the rival school. Or in Updyke's case, from sheer stupidity. Which brings us all the way back to Mateer. You'd have to be pretty dumb to not only gamble on games, but pay off bets using one of the world's largest payment apps. With, you know, a memo explaining exactly what you did. Because when you're balancing your checkbook (Google it, kids), you need to know where that cash went. "I have never bet on sports," Mateer wrote on X. "I understand the seriousness of the matter but recognize that, taken out of context, those Venmo descriptions suggest otherwise. I can assure my teammates, coaches and officials at the NCAA that I have not engaged in any sports gambling." There, that should do it. Especially considering the NCAA's ever-evolving stance on gambling, once the ultimate sin of amateur sports. That's sarcasm, everyone. Because now you can gamble on your phone inside stadiums during games. Heck, LSU and Caesar's Sportsbook signed a multiyear sponsorship agreement in 2021 for - again, I swear I'm not making this up - naming rights to the Caesar's Sportsbook Skyline Club at Tiger Stadium, and signage displayed throughout the stadium. The SEC just last year began distributing weekly injury reports for games because, you know, fans need the info. So yeah, if Mateer did gamble on games (allegedly), you better believe they're going to throw the book at him, baby. But have no fear, Netflix will turn it into a three-part series glorifying the unfairness of it all, so Mateer will at least recoup some of the lost wages. And somewhere above the fruited plain, from sea to shining sea, a Texas fan will get a 10-gallon belly laugh. Then take the Longhorns and lay the points in the Red River Rivalry. Matt Hayes is the senior national college football writer for USA TODAY Sports Network. Follow him on X at @MattHayesCFB.
