After Oklahoma defeated Alabama at Bryant-Denny Stadium in November, several Sooners took time to go back onto the field after the game to take pictures. They specifically crossed over a thin rope to stand and take photos on the Alabama logo.
Crimson Tide players saw it, and they remember it as No. 9 Alabama prepares to face No. 8 Oklahoma on Friday, Dec. 19 in Norman, Oklahoma in the first round of the College Football Playoff.
“We understand the disrespect,” Alabama receiver Ryan Williams said after practice Friday. “We’ve just got to handle it with a grain of salt and get ready to go play next Friday.”
An Alabama staffer saw it happening and shooed the Oklahoma players off. She told them to “be respectful.”
“We won that B—-,” wide receiver Jer’Michael Carter said in response.
Alabama linebacker Justin Jefferson said Friday if he was out there when it happened, “that still wouldn’t be going on.”
“That type of disrespect will be addressed on the field,” Jefferson said Friday. “We’ve got to go give it to them. We’ve got to take the ball off them and bring it home for Alabama.”
If Alabama can beat Oklahoma in the postseason, the Crimson Tide will advance to the Rose Bowl to face No. 1 Indiana. In doing so, Alabama can also make a statement after Oklahoma’s antics on the logo on Saban Field
“It’s definitely disrespectful, but like, that’s kind of what you expect when Alabama loses,” offensive lineman Wilkin Formby said. “People are going to act that way. It’s not something that happens every day.”
