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Throwback to the only other time Oklahoma visited Tuscaloosa - September 2003
Posted on 11/12/25 at 12:15 pm
Posted on 11/12/25 at 12:15 pm
#1 Oklahoma came to Tuscaloosa to play Alabama in week 2. Alabama was in the midst of the worst 24 month period in the history of the program - crippling probation announced in February 2002, Fran bolts for A&M in January 2003, Mike Price fired for strippergate in Spring 2003, Mike Shula hired in May 2003.
This was Shula's first game in Bryant Denny (Alabama beat South Florida 40-17 the Saturday before at Legion Field, the last game they ever played there). While the season began to fall apart 2 weeks later in a loss to Northern Illinois and ending in a 4-9 year, Alabama played about as well as they could in this one and it was an exciting game. Oklahoma slammed the door shut with a classic Bob Stoops balls on the table fake punt call after Alabama had cut the lead to 13-10 and forced a 3 and out late in the 3rd quarter.
Oklahoma cruised into the Big XII Title Game that year as possibly the greatest team of all time only to get blown out by Kansas State and then lose to Nick Saban and LSU 21-14 in the Sugar Bowl, giving LSU it's first national title since 1958.
This was Shula's first game in Bryant Denny (Alabama beat South Florida 40-17 the Saturday before at Legion Field, the last game they ever played there). While the season began to fall apart 2 weeks later in a loss to Northern Illinois and ending in a 4-9 year, Alabama played about as well as they could in this one and it was an exciting game. Oklahoma slammed the door shut with a classic Bob Stoops balls on the table fake punt call after Alabama had cut the lead to 13-10 and forced a 3 and out late in the 3rd quarter.
Oklahoma cruised into the Big XII Title Game that year as possibly the greatest team of all time only to get blown out by Kansas State and then lose to Nick Saban and LSU 21-14 in the Sugar Bowl, giving LSU it's first national title since 1958.
This post was edited on 11/12/25 at 12:18 pm
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Posted on 11/12/25 at 12:22 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Bonus : Ron Franklin, Mike Gottfried and Adrian Karsten on the call 
Posted on 11/12/25 at 12:26 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Oklahoma was talked about as being the best team ever that year
Posted on 11/12/25 at 12:29 pm to MizzouTrue
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Oklahoma was talked about as being the best team ever that year
Alabama was the only single digit win they had the entire regular season
Alabama by 7
Colorado by 14
Missouri by 21
Fresno State by 24
Texas Tech by 31
North Texas by 34
UCLA by 35
Baylor by 38
Oklahoma State by 43
Iowa State by 46
Texas by 52
Texas A&M by 77
Posted on 11/12/25 at 12:31 pm to SummerOfGeorge
OU owns Alabama and will beat them down again Saturday
Posted on 11/12/25 at 12:31 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Bill Snyder kneecapped that squad
Posted on 11/12/25 at 12:32 pm to dallastiger55
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dallastiger55
You are the strangest poster on these boards
Posted on 11/12/25 at 12:36 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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Texas by 52
Texas A&M by 77
Posted on 11/12/25 at 12:37 pm to dallastiger55
Owns them kinda like 58-27-5?
Posted on 11/12/25 at 12:40 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Even the bad Bama teams had good players
Posted on 11/12/25 at 12:43 pm to MizzouTrue
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Even the bad Bama teams had good players
That one didn't have many, at least not on offense. A couple of OL, some decent college RBs, Brodie was talented.
The defense had a bunch of good players who were young - they were the backbone of the 2005 defense which was excellent. And a ton of those guys had great NFL careers - DeMeco Ryans, Roman Harper, Antwan Odom, Anthony Bryant, Mark Anderson.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 12:47 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Great game right there 
Posted on 11/12/25 at 12:47 pm to dallastiger55
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OU owns Alabama and will beat them down again Saturday
This is great to hear. Thank you!
Posted on 11/12/25 at 12:49 pm to dallastiger55
quote:Maybe. We know for sure that Alabama OWNS lsu and just beat them down again last Saturday.
OU owns Alabama and will beat them down again Saturday
Posted on 11/12/25 at 12:51 pm to SummerOfGeorge
I was there. Forgot which Bama receiver, Caddell maybe, made a catch down the sideline late in the game that was called out of bounds. I was sitting parallel to that sideline. Looked like a catch to me from the upper deck.
eta: At 7:50 mark, pass to #80. He was definitely in bounds.
eta: At 7:50 mark, pass to #80. He was definitely in bounds.
This post was edited on 11/12/25 at 1:03 pm
Posted on 11/12/25 at 12:52 pm to SummerOfGeorge
That was the game that A&M's players gave a massive middle finger to Fran. He never really recovered from that.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 12:52 pm to LittleJerrySeinfield
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I was there. Forgot which Bama receiver, Caddell maybe, made a catch down the sideline late in the game that was called out of bounds. I was sitting parallel to that sideline. Looked like a catch to me from the upper deck.
Zach Fletcher I think
Posted on 11/12/25 at 12:56 pm to McNet
As embarrassing as it was for A&M that day, that was the worst Aggie team in decades, and Stoops was butthurt that Fran ran it up on Baylor (and that their season was ruined at Kyle the year prior).
The horns' loss by 52 is arguably worse considering they won 10 games that season.
The horns' loss by 52 is arguably worse considering they won 10 games that season.
This post was edited on 11/12/25 at 1:02 pm
Posted on 11/12/25 at 1:00 pm to SummerOfGeorge
All i know is we have a great history. Here is to another good one Saturday afternoon
Posted on 11/12/25 at 1:02 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Ron Franklin and Mike Gottfried inject that shite right into my frickin' veeeeiiiiinnnnsssssss
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