Mason Young

Tulsa World OU Sports Reporter

NORMAN — John Mateer isn’t quite the partier that former Texas A&M Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel was known to be in college.

“I’m going to church in the morning,” Mateer said Saturday night.

But the Oklahoma quarterback does think it’s nice that people are starting to call him “Money Mateer,” in the mold of “Money Manziel.”

“It's cool to have a nickname, to have something that people can root for, and I’m honored to have it,” Mateer said.

The Washington State transfer earned it Saturday in his Southeastern Conference debut, as he steered the Sooners to a 24-17 win over Auburn. Mateer wasn’t perfect, but he was money when it mattered most, epitomizing what OU will need to be throughout the rest of its Southeastern Conference slate, if

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