Oklahoma, Alabama clash in CFP opener
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Coach Brent Venables and the OU football team survived LSU for a 17-13 win Saturday that will all but lock up the Sooners’ first trip to the CFP since 2019.
The Sooners' coach shared a practice anecdote that has him ready to see his team square off with Alabama in Norman on Friday night.
The Sooners could get a major defensive boost Friday night in Norman, though new CFP player availability reporting rules may soon clarify who’s in — and who’s not — against the Crimson Tide.
Before Alabama heads to Norman for a first-round CFP date against Oklahoma, I let EA Sports College Football 26 determine the Crimson Tide's fate.
Oklahoma head coach Brent Venables offered an update on John Mateer's surgically-repaired right hand Wednesday, saying the quarterback was able to practice without a wrap on it ahead of Friday's matchup against Alabama in the first round of the College Football Playoff.