Oklahoma football fans were all fired up this week, and for a change, it didn’t involve something done by the seventh-ranked Sooners on the field.
Instead, it was all about the operating room, not the gridiron, and the man who performed successful surgery for Oklahoma star quarterback John Mateer. OU is off to a 4-0 start, but all is not right suddenly in Norman, with Mateer breaking a bone in his right throwing hand during last Saturday’s victory over Auburn.
On Wednesday, Mateer had surgery. The belief is that he could miss around a month, which is not what OU fans had planned for late September after such a great start. But let’s talk about that surgeon, Dr. Steven Shin, one of the country’s leading hand/wrist surgeons, who performed the surgery in Los Angeles.
Mateer is an early Heisman Trophy candidate who’s already thrown for 1,215 yards and 6 touchdowns this season. He’s also OU’s leading rusher with 190 yards and 5 TDs on the ground, so this is 1 precious right hand that Dr. Shin was operating on. The surgery was successful, and the Oklahoma faithful were going crazy not for Mateer but for the doctor who just might have saved OU’s season.
Mateer posted to social media on Thursday, thanking Shin for his services.
But that didn’t hold a candle to the outpouring from OU fans toward Shin. The reaction to Dr. Shin on social media was rampant. Even the state’s Attorney General, Gentner Drummond, officially issued a commendation for Shin.
I hereby issue this official commendation of Dr. Shin for single-handedly saving John Mateer's season. BOOMER! pic.twitter.com/fU5dgOUrgh
— Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond (@Okla_OAG) September 25, 2025Between Wednesday and Thursday, Sooner fans went wild on social media. Here’s a hilarious sampling.
Dr. Steven S Shin walking into the operating room to operate on John Mateer today pic.twitter.com/32xAGHXaKU
— Jacob Jordan Enthusiast (@OUEnthusiast) September 24, 2025Sooner Nation – Reporting live from Cedars Sinai Orthopedic Center #Sooners @GeorgeStoia @Eddie_Rado @JoeCJr29 @PlankShow @soonersonly @QB1TATT00 pic.twitter.com/T0waJKq1BR
— Carson Grane (@jcgrane) September 24, 2025Dr. Shin after saving ou’s season pic.twitter.com/HRGTbqxrQO
— isabella regalado (@isabella_lynn32) September 24, 2025Dr. Shin on October 4th if John Mateer’s surgery goes well today: pic.twitter.com/rkCjvioHlm
— JAYTEE (@210Sooner) September 24, 2025BREAKING: Dr. Shin says the river is running red after successful John Mateer surgery. pic.twitter.com/7CW7EYOJvV
— VenablesMuse (@TheBoomerRadio) September 24, 2025But wait, what if we just pic.twitter.com/c8SpjoYus6
— Seth Oliveras (@SethOliveras) September 24, 2025Oklahoma has to find a way to get Dr. Shin to Norman for the Ole Miss gameIntroduce him in the starting lineups and everything, would be an all-time crowd pop
— Josh Callaway (@JoshMCallaway) September 25, 2025If Dr. Shin gets Mateer back by the Red River Shootout we will name this Shin Tower. pic.twitter.com/bmYDgGdlEa
— The Main Line Podcast (@TheMainLinePod) September 24, 2025I’d just like to express my gratitude to the Oklahoma fan base for the absolute cinema yesterday on all the memes about our beloved Dr. Steven Shin. May he have a long blessed life.
— Johnny OU (@OUFball218) September 25, 2025t.co/ZglZqN9CFB pic.twitter.com/gwFg2WUIRS
— The Main Line Podcast (@TheMainLinePod) September 25, 2025If Mateer returns for OU/Texas pic.twitter.com/WZRv4hYwwu
— ????? ?????????? (@soonersonly) September 24, 2025t.co/fADfKmHnos pic.twitter.com/iIonbBYbjq
— SoonerSource (@Sooner_Source) September 24, 2025You know what to do, Dr. Shin. pic.twitter.com/ld2Nxmn6dU
— Travis J Davidson (@TravisSkol) September 24, 2025Shinsanity: Oklahoma fans turn doctor who performed surgery on QB John Mateer into internet sensation Saturday Down South.
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