This past weekend saw Baker Mayfield return to his electric self, something that Oklahoma Sooners know all about. The former Heisman Trophy winner also knows all about the Red River Rivalry, having beaten Texas two out of three times for the Sooners.
It appears that at this past weekend’s rivalry game, Baker Mayfield was still on the minds of Texas fans and players.
After Texas dominantly defeated Oklahoma, the Longhorns players grabbed a jersey and planted their flag on it at midfield. Following the Bucs and Mayfield’s dominant win against the Saints, he was asked about it.
He said he is, “Just a kid from Austin, Texas that went to Oklahoma, won his last two Red River games and being rent free in their heads for almost a decade.”
Texas players later explained that it wasn’t meant as a dig at Mayfield, but rather it was the first jersey Longhorn fans handed them. It goes to show that you can take the player out of the rivalry, but you can’t take the rivalry out of the player.