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John Mackovic
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Oct 7, 2026
Jeff HoweHOST
It would be the program's first three-game winning streak over Oklahoma since the mid-'90s.
Jeff HoweHOST
That would be John Mackovic's last year, the first two years under Mack Brown, and it would be the first time Texas will have won four out of five over Oklahoma since that run when they did it from 2005 to 2009.
Jeff HoweHOST
Rod, obviously you wanna win a rivalry game, no question.
Jeff HoweHOST
A loss for Texas, all things considered, would be catastrophic.
Erin HoganHOST
One of the first times we went up there and did the show live for the pregame, 'cause I remember, remember I told you I went up and called in to the pregame show that was still back here.
Erin HoganHOST
Well, and, and we weren't going because, gosh, quite honestly, in the '90s when I started in radio, the game wasn't that big because John Mackovic didn't have the Texas program where it needed to be, and Gary Gibbs and John Blake.
Erin HoganHOST
I mean, it ...
Erin HoganHOST
And this was back when Texas was starting the Big 12, and the game was relegated to a 2:30 kickoff because that was ...
Erin HoganHOST
And by my research, the last time one of these sides won three straight, three straight, Jack Ferrell, was when I first was getting into radio, 1997, '98, and '99.
Erin HoganHOST
That was John Mackovic's final season and the first two for Mack Brown against Bob Stoops head up.
Jack FarrellHOST
I disagree because they definitely won four straight when I was a student.
Erin HoganHOST
Who did?
Erin HoganHOST
You've gotta go back nearly 30 years, to 1997 through '99.
Erin HoganHOST
That was the final year of John Mackovic, and that was the first two years of Mack Brown head-to-head with Bob Stoops.
Erin HoganHOST
That's the last time in this rivalry game, 122nd meeting, that, uh, one side has won three in a row.
Erin HoganHOST
And that's, that's, uh, and I think the Mac- the, the 30 years ago went on longer than three years if memory serves, um, because Mackovic lost and Mack lost the first two, and he didn't turn it over against Bob Stoops until, you know, Vince Young and company rolled in.
Dari NowkhahHOST
Texas fans left the stadium.
Dari NowkhahHOST
And as, uh, as it were, even though they weren't a bad football team, they were, they were giving OU fans high-fives saying, "Man, I think you finally got John Mackovic out of our lives." But, uh, what a day.
Dari NowkhahHOST
We were 20, what? 2, 23, 24, something like that, point underdogs.
Dari NowkhahHOST
So yes, anything is possible, I guess.
Jeff HoweHOST
You know? And, and we, we've seen that at Texas before.
Jeff HoweHOST
Uh, you know, go back to 1996, '97, John Mackovic allegedly had a blank check to go get a defensive coordinator.
Jeff HoweHOST
He hired Bobby Jack Wright, and John Mackovic wasn't the head coach of Texas very long after that.
Jeff HoweHOST
So I mean, a- and that's one of many examples, but we've seen it.
Jeff HoweHOST
But, you know, it, it, it's interesting.
Soren PetroHOST
No, I'm sorry.
Soren PetroHOST
I said John McAfee.
Soren PetroHOST
I meant Frank Gans.
Soren PetroHOST
It was a McAfee, yeah.
Soren PetroHOST
Oh, it was? But Frank Gans did like a 4-11.
Soren PetroHOST
They won with Christian Okoye and Paul Palmer in an opener and then only ended up, I think, went 4-11 and won.