It was late in the first frame when Sooner quarterback Spencer Rattler failed to see lurking Longhorn linebacker DeMar Overshown, who picked him off, leading to Texas' first points of the game, a 34-yard field goal from Cameron Dicker. Then, the Sooners' first drive of the second quarter lasted just three plays, when Rattler, in the midst of being sacked for a 10-yard loss, had the ball popped from his grasp by Texas' T'Vondre Sweat and recovered by Texas' Juwan Mitchell. Riley's response to his quarter back's turnovers was to put back-up Tanner Mordecai into the game for the rest of the first half. The Sooners did not score points under Mordecai's direction, but they did not turn it over either. "I felt like Tanner would go play well, and I also felt l ike it would help Spencer take a step back for a minute and kind of see the whole thing and settle down."Rattler was surprised by the move in the moment, but said Riley soon told him, "Just take a breather, you'll get back in there." "My arm was b ugging me, too...I think all of us, just early, the first couple of drives, our emotions were into it, we weren't focused like we should have been," Rattler said. "I feel like after we just all settled in, we were playing really good football." That's wh at happened in the third quarter, when Rattler responded by completing 8 of 10 tosses for 69 yards. He didn't throw a touchdown pass in the frame, but he led a pair of touchdown drives. "He got hot and we started playing pretty well," Riley said. The bre ak appeared to suit the redshirt freshman quarterback. "It was a good learning experience," Rattler said. "I got a chance to sit back for a second, catch my breath and get back into the game...I just wanted to sit back, kind of get a breath of fresh air, see everything and that definitely helped." - Norman Transcript
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