Overview

• Oklahoma took a 10-3 lead when John Mateer hit Isaiah Sategna III for a 24-yard score with 10:45 left in the second quarter.
• Broadcast replays showed Sategna strolling toward the Sooners’ sideline before stopping near it, lining up unmarked and catching the pass.
• Sideline reporter Molly McGrath relayed referee Jeff Heaser’s comment that officials verified 11 players and that Sategna never left the field, so no flag was thrown and the touchdown stood.
• ESPN rules analyst Matt Austin said the act should have been penalized as unsportsmanlike conduct under the NCAA’s ban on simulated substitutions, which would have erased the score and cost 15 yards.
• Bob Stoops said on the Sooner Sports broadcast that Oklahoma practiced the deceptive play during the week and that it “paid off.”