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The Oklahoma Sooners defeated the Alabama Crimson Tide 23-21 Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium in a major resume-booster for the College Football Playoff.
Alabama Crimson Tide staff members wouldn't let the Oklahoma Sooners take a photo after the visitors' big win.
The Sooners' sibling defensive backs made a pair of game-changing plays in OU's 23-21 win over the Crimson Tide on Saturday.
As Oklahoma players celebrated their 23-21 win over Alabama football on Saturday, some familiar songs drifted out of the locker room. While reporters waited to speak with Sooner head coach Brent Venables, Alabama’s “Dixieland Delight” and Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama” sounded loudly through the door.
The Alabama Crimson Tide faced the LSU Tigers last Saturday and defeated them 20-9. The win brought the Tide to 8-1 on the season after losing their opening game to the Florida State Seminoles. Quarterback Ty Simpson finished the game with 277 yards and one touchdown on 21-of-25 passing.
• Gibbs leads the NFL with 41 scrimmage touchdowns since entering the NFL in 2023. Ate age 23, he's also one of five players under the age of 24 with at least 40 scrimmage touchdowns all-time, joining Barry Sanders (47 scrimmage touchdowns), Randy Moss (43), Emmitt Smith (43) and Jim Brown (42).
Alabama men’s basketball gave Purdue all it could handle, but in the end, the Crimson Tide couldn’t finish the job. The Boilermakers outlasted Alabama 87-80 on Thursday at Coleman Coliseum. Here are three takeaways from the game between No.