WATCH: Oklahoma's Crimson Combine Spring Scrimmage Highlights

The Sooners put on a show for the fans on Saturday, and luminaries like Brent Venables, Ben Arbuckle and even Barry Switzer spent time on center stage.

2025 Oklahoma Crimson Combine spring scrimmage highlights

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Spring football has come and gone at Oklahoma, and Saturday’s Crimson Combine was by all accounts a success.

Instead of the traditional scrimmage to wrap up spring practice — previously called the “Red / White Game” — the Sooners this year sold ticket and opened the gates of Memorial Stadium to the fan base while staging their 15th and final practice.

That practice, however, also included fun breaks for competitions like defensive ends coach Miguel Chavis catching punts and more fan interactions.

The OU radio crew also interviewed new GM Jim Nagy, new offensive coordinator Ben Arbuckle and head coach Brent Venables, among others.

Sooner legend Barry Switzer made an appearance as well, interacting with strength coach Jerry Schmidt and others before spending time with the fan base posing for pictures and signing autographs.

OU finished the day with a 7-on-7 passing drill and then topped it off with a near-live 11-on-11 scrimmage that showcased new quarterback John Mateer’s passing and running skills and displayed the rest of the Sooner offense and the defense at their best.

Published Apr 16, 2025 | Modified Apr 16, 2025

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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