World News – US – Concerns over OU-Texas experience overblown for quarterback

This year’s edition of the Red River Showdown is unique in more than one way Perhaps the least impactful is this: the quarterback on one side will play in his fifth installment of rivalry, while the other will play in his first

Despite a few attempts, Sam Ehlinger of Texas was only 1-3 in this game, losing once each to Baker Mayfield, Kyler Murray and Jalen Hurts That being said, he gets some relief this year in the form of a freshman in a red shirt lining up on the other side

In stark contrast, Oklahoma quarterback Spencer Rattler is brand new to the scene Saturday will only be the fourth full college football game of his career, but you wouldn’t be able to tell based on it of his game Along with a few more interceptions and sacks (both of which are fair considering the relentless pressure he is under), Rattler’s play picked up where Hurts left off.

But as a result of this game and everything that comes with it, a lot of attention is paid to the noticeable difference in experience.There’s surely something to be said about your first appearance in the Cotton Bowl, but does it really make a difference in the end?

First, our comparison group We want to be sure that we don’t just measure the difference between rookie and veteran quarterbacks, so I’ve charted the season stats for every starting quarterback in OU-Texas since 2000. (on both sides) Players who made their first OU-Texas start this season are in orange, while returning starters are in blue

In essence, this graph gives us a basic expectation for the difference between experienced and inexperienced quarterbacks As you can see, this is pretty important Experienced quarterbacks are much better, but we already knew that

And just to give you an idea of ​​how amazing Oklahoma’s quarterback play has been over the past four seasons: see this group on the right? These are the last four seasons for Oklahoma’s starting quarterbacks

Now on to the experimental group: the same players, the same seasons, but this time we only look at their performances in the OU-Texas matches

As you can see, the relationship is still there, but it is much less pronounced.It actually appears that both groups have almost identical stages, while the return starters have a higher cap Compared to the full season, experience actually means very little in this arena

What does this mean for Saturday? As we see more and more each year, this game tends not to make much sense

Put some stock into the Ehilnger experience, of course, but don’t put Rattler back just because he’s missing some.And considering how he’s played so far this season, that could worth throwing the notion of « experience » out the window completely

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