"After all four home teams won by demonstrative margins in last year's first round, Alabama became the first road team to prevail in a playoff game with a stirring comeback against Oklahoma and a 34-24 win. Here are the main takeaways. We will update this with each completed game. What just happened? Oklahoma's offense only had 20 minutes in it. The Sooners were perfect out of the gate, bursting to a 17-0 lead against an Alabama team that looked completely unprepared for the moment."
"We use the word "momentum" far too much in football, but this was an extremely momentum-based game. 1. Over the first 19 minutes, Oklahoma went up 17-0 while outgaining Bama by a stunning 181-12 margin. It could have been worse, too, as the Sooners' Owen Heinecke came within millimeters of a blocked punt that might have produced a safety or a touchdown."
"2. Over the next 21 minutes, Bama outscored the Sooners 27-0, outgaining them, 194-59. Freshman Lotzeir Brooks caught two touchdown passes -- the first on a fourth-and-2 to finally get Bama on the board (after he caught a huge third-down pass earlier in the drive), and the second TD came on a 30-yard lob that put the Tide up for good."
Oklahoma opened explosively, building a 17-0 lead while outgaining Alabama 181-12 in the game's first 19 minutes and nearly blocking a punt for a score. Alabama adjusted and mounted a comeback, outscoring Oklahoma 34-7 from that point and winning 34-24. Over a 21-minute span, Alabama outgained Oklahoma 194-59. Freshman Lotzeir Brooks caught two touchdown passes, including a fourth-and-2 conversion and a 30-yard lob that put Alabama ahead. Defensive pressure disrupted Oklahoma quarterback John Mateer, and Zabien Brown returned an interception 50 yards for a pick-six to tie the game.
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