Oklahoma QB John Mateer subject to social media firestorm

The Oklahoma Sooners, an opponent of Michigan football in Week 2 of the college football season, were ranked 18th in the AP Poll on Monday.

However, that's not what Oklahoma fans were talking about on Monday evening. That was John Mateer, the former Washington State quarterback, who will be the Sooners' starting quarterback this season.

However, Mateer has been embroiled in some controversy as some Venmo transactions were discovered that appeared to show Mateer gambling on other college football games.

The post that caught everyone's attention is from Bryan Aguada, who reports on X that he's an insider for Deadspin.

"Oklahoma QB John Mateer has allegedly engaged in sports betting, including on NCAA football games such as UCLA vs UCLA, according to Venmo transactions. NCAA rules prohibit athletes from wagering on NCAA-sanctioned events," Aguada wrote on X.

You can't trust everything you read on the internet. However, Oklahoma fans probably started to get nervous when Mateer deleted all of his Venmo transactions, which seems to give credence to the report from Aguada.

Who knows if anything will come from this. Likely nothing. We don't even know if the Venmo account is actually related to the Oklahoma quarterback.

It's only somewhat relevant to Michigan fooball fans because Mateer will be starting against the Wolverines, who were ranked 14th in Monday's AP Poll.

Other college football quarterbacks have started to have their Venmo accounts investigated, too. You don't know what's real or not, but it's fascinating to see where offseason fodder will go.

All I know is that Oklahoma fans are sweating a little bit, and not about Bryce Underwood or the elite Michigan football defense they will see in Week 2, which is what they should be worried about.