Social media reactions from Oklahoma's 34-24 loss to Alabama

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Oklahoma delivered in all the ways a team hosting a College Football Playoff game should, except for getting the win. The Oklahoma Sooners jumped out to an early 17-0 lead against the Alabama Crimson Tide in the College Football Playoff. And then, in the second quarter, disaster struck.

Oklahoma had scored on three consecutive drives after opening the game with a punt. They were moving the ball well. But then mistakes reared their ugly head, and the Sooners' lead was swallowed up like it was in quicksand over the remainder of the second quarter.

Alabama capitalized on Oklahoma's mistakes: A dropped punt by Grayson Miller and an interception return for a touchdown led directly to points that tied the football game and changed the complexion of the evening. Even though the Sooners had chances to stay in the game, it felt like they were struggling for every yard the rest of the way.

The Sooners had been living on the edge. They couldn't afford this type of game. A team that was really good on special teams throughout the season was let down by it in the loss to Alabama. Mateer was largely pretty good throughout the night, but the pick-6 was a killer. To add injury to insult, Tate Sandell missed a pair of late field goals that would have cut the lead to seven in the final few minutes.

It wasn't that the Sooners lost the game that was so surprising. Alabama's a good football team with elite talent on both sides of the ball. Losing was certainly a possibility. It was the self-inflicted way they lost the game that wasn't on the bingo card.

The Sooners are now 0-5 in College Football Playoff games and are the only team to blow 17-point leads, and they've done it twice. The Sooners haven't won a bowl game or playoff game under Venables, going 0-4.

Oklahoma showed marked improvement, but with an opportunity to make a deep run, the Sooners made too many mistakes and couldn't recover.

For the last time during the 2025 College Football season, let's see how social media reacted to the Oklahoma Sooners loss to Alabama.

This was the game

Had been clutch all year

From the Second Quarter On

Just a bummer of an ending

Too Many Mistakes, but Lots to Build On

Don't Love Making this History

The Decision of the Season

What a Ride it was

Makes No Sense

Story of the Game

We All Love Tate

Hard Truth

Brutal

Tough Pill to Swallow

Just how it goes

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