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Social media reacts to the Oklahoma Sooners loss to Texas Tech

The Oklahoma Sooners had an opportunity to pull out a win but couldn’t come away with the top 25 win at home.

It’s never good when you go 0-2 in a week in the Big 12. Especially when you’re a top-15 team, and both games were at home.

In this most recent loss, the Oklahoma Sooners struggled at the free throw line. The Sooners shot just 62.5% from the line in a game they lost by one.

Oklahoma shot well from the floor, hitting 47.5% from the field and 42.3% from three. Good teams are able to execute the little things, and unfortunately, this week, Oklahoma hasn’t looked like a good basketball team.

The Sooners have a two-game winning streak against West Virginia and Cincinnati sandwiched between a pair of two-game losing streaks. They’re currently 3-4 in the Big 12 and still in a strong position to make the NCAA tournament. However, they have some questions to answer in the second half of these games after Texas outscored them by 16 on Tuesday and they let this one slip away.

Here’s how social media reacted to the Sooners loss to Texas Tech.

Social media reacts to the Oklahoma Sooners loss to the Kansas Jayhawks

Social media reacts to the Oklahoma Sooners 78-66 loss to the Kansas Jayhawks in Allen Fieldhouse

It was an all too familiar feeling as the second half played out and the Oklahoma Sooners finished on the wrong end of another game inside Allen Fieldhouse.

The Kansas Jayhawks made the right adjustments to take the Sooners out of their game in the second half. Turnovers killed Oklahoma’s efforts once again and they couldn’t shoot themselves back into the game when it came to crunch time.

Still, this is just Oklahoma’s third loss on the season. They’ve lost to two top-10 opponents and a TCU team that was able to hang with Kansas to a two-point loss just a week ago.

Oklahoma is a good team, but they’ll have to figure out how to get some wins on the road in a Big 12 conference that isn’t going to give the Sooners anything.

After being down by just one at halftime, this loss is a tough one. However, there’s a lot of basketball left to be played down this season to put Oklahoma in a favorable position to make the NCAA tournament with a top-eight seed in March Madness.

Here’s a look at how social media reacted to the Sooners’ loss to Kansas.

More: Best photos from Oklahoma’s 78-66 loss to Kansas.

Social media reacts to the Texas Longhorns’ loss in the Sugar Bowl

The Texas Longhorns lost in devastating fashion in the College Football Playoff and here’s how social media reacted.

In what many are calling the best College Football Playoff semifinal ever, the Texas Longhorns walked away empty handed.

After it looked like they weren’t going to get another significant chance to try to win their semifinal with Washington, the Longhorns moved the ball to the Huskies 15-yard line with a shot to win the game.

Four plays later, the Longhorns’ season ended in defeat. Steve Sarkisian inexplicably threw a swing pass to Jaydon Blue on first down, which gained zero yards but took time off the clock. On second down, Ewers threw the ball out of the end zone with Adonai Mitchell well covered. On third down, the Texas quarterback felt the pressure on the blitz and had to get rid of the ball. As he did, the clock nearly struck zero.

The officiating crew rightfully put one second back on the clock. On the final play, Ewers threw a jump ball to Mitchell in the end zone, which was knocked away by Washington cornerback Elijah Jackson to seal the win for the Huskies.

Washington moves on to take on the Michigan Wolverines in the College Football Playoff national championship, and Oklahoma fans can breathe a sigh of relief.

Here’s how social media reacted.

Social Media Reacts: Danny Stutsman announces return to Sooners for 2024

Danny Stutsman broke the internet with the announcement of his return to the Oklahoma Sooners for 2024 and here’s how social media reacted.

The Oklahoma Sooners got huge news on Monday when Danny Stutsman announced his return for the 2024 season. With Stutsman and Billy Bowman returning for 2024, the Sooners have their two best defenders from 2023 coming back.

Stutsman, a first-team All-Big 12 selection and AP third-team All-American will anchor a defense that improved dramatically in 2023 and has the young talent that could help it take another step in 2024.

In his announcement, Stutsman fully leaned into his relationship with Sooners legend [autotag]Brian Bosworth[/autotag], who made a cameo in his announcement video that took social media by storm.

As the Sooners prepare for the [autotag]Alamo Bowl[/autotag] and then the offseason, they can feel even more confident about the direction the team is heading as it embarks on its first season in the SEC.

Danny Stutsman was one of the best linebackers in college football in 2023 and will be on the shortlist for every major defensive award in 2024.

As we revel in Stutsman’s return, let’s take a look at some of the best social media reactions from his announcement.

Sooner Nation, social media reacts to Big 12 championship game

Sooner Nation and social media reacts to the Texas Longhorns win over Oklahoma State in the Big 12 championship game.

The Big 12 championship didn’t provide the theatrics we saw on Friday night in the Pac-12 title game. The Texas Longhorns dominated the Oklahoma State Cowboys, 49-21, to win their fourth Big 12 title.

Quinn Ewers was the player of the game, winning the inaugural Big 12 MVP title belt co-created with the WWE. Ewers threw for 452 yards and four touchdowns, and the Longhorns defense held Ollie Gordon to 34 yards rushing.

This game had some big plays and controversial officiating decisions. Both have been prevalent in the Big 12 this year.

At the end, Horns fans serenaded Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark with boos and chants of “S-E-C” as he presented the Big 12 title to Steve Sarkisian.

It was Texas’ fourth Big 12 championship, 10 behind the Oklahoma Sooners as the Red River Rivals head to the SEC in 2024.

Though Oklahoma wasn’t playing in the game, it generated significant interest in Sooner Nation watching their two biggest rivals go toe-to-toe.

Here’s how social media reacted to the game.

Sooner Nation reacts to Lincoln Riley, USC’s loss to Notre Dame

Lincoln Riley and the USC Trojans were blown out by Notre Dame and here’s how Sooner Nation reacted on Social Media.

The USC Trojans have been playing with fire the last couple of weeks in wins over Colorado and Arizona. But Lincoln Riley and the Trojans were  burned in their prime-time matchup with Notre Dame.

It was only a matter of time.

USC’s defense had struggled at different points this season. In this one, not only did the defense struggle, but the Trojans’ offense and special teams units struggled as well. The Trojans lost 48-20 in South Bend.

It’s been nearly two years since Lincoln Riley abruptly left the University of Oklahoma just hours after the Sooners lost to Oklahoma State. Since then, there’s been a great deal of talk about the direction of the two programs.

After the Oklahoma Sooners walked out of the Cotton Bowl with a gritty, hard-nosed win over their biggest rival, and USC suffered a beat down at the hands of the Irish, it’s clear this has worked out very well for the Oklahoma Sooners.

Sooner Nation was tuned into the big-time matchup, and here’s how the fan base reacted on social media to Lincoln Riley and USC’s loss to the Fighting Irish.

Defense is Back: Social media reacts to the Oklahoma Sooners 20-6 win over Cincinnati

The Oklahoma Sooners got a strong performance from the defense in their win over Cincinnati and here’s how social media reacted.

The Oklahoma Sooners look like they’ve found a defense. After holding Cincinnati to six points, the Sooners are now allowing just 8.5 points per game this season.

That’s the lowest number through four games since 2009.

They received strong performances from several big names on the defense as they held one of the best running teams in the country to less than four yards per carry in the win.

Once again, the Sooners won the turnover battle, picking off two Emory Jones passes to stymie potential scoring drives.

It was a game that never really felt in doubt despite the offense’s inability to run the ball or sustain drives. And that should be a scary thought that this team can still get better.

As we revel in the Sooners win, here’s how social media reacted.

Social Media Reacts: OU, Texas only ranked Big 12 teams and fans let Brett Yormark know about it

The Oklahoma Sooners and the Texas Longhorns were the only ranked teams for the Big 12 in both polls this week and fans let Brett Yormark hear about it.

After Kansas State lost to Missouri by a field goal, the Wildcats dropped out of the US LBM Coaches Poll and the AP Top 25. That left only the Oklahoma Sooners and the Texas Longhorns in the polls following Week 3.

The future of the conference has been one of the biggest talking points across the college football landscape, and commissioner Brett Yormark has been vocal about his league’s future without OU and Texas.

As he should be. The commissioner’s No. 1 job is to promote his league. Yormark has done a really good job at revitalizing a brand that looked like a league left for dead in the aftermath of the announcement by Oklahoma and Texas of their pending departures.

At the same time, when you publicly talk about how you’ll be fine without the two blue bloods, you have to know those words will come back at you from college football fans.

And that’s what happened on Sunday after the latest polls were released. Only the Red River Rivals represented the conference, and fans let Yormark have it. Here’s how social media reacted.

Social media reacts to the Oklahoma Sooners’ 28-11 win over the SMU Mustangs

The Oklahoma Sooners beat SMU behind a strong defensive performance and here’s how social media reacted.

The game grew a little hairy in the second half when the SMU Mustangs broke through for their only touchdown of the day and a two-point conversion to make it a three-point game.

Then the Sooners’ defense did something we’re not quite accustomed to. It kept the Mustangs from gaining any more momentum. The defense did that.

It was a game where the offensive play-calling was conservative and the offense struggled to find a rhythm in the second and third quarters. But the defense stood tall, allowing only 11 points to an SMU team that has a really good offense.

With the win, the Sooners move to 2-0, and here’s how social media reacted: