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    Kirk Herbstreit compares Oklahoma fans who rush to the field prematurely to sheep

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    With their team holding a commanding 24-3 lead over No. 7 Alabama on Saturday night with less than a minute remaining, Oklahoma fans began storming the field at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium to take part in a much-needed celebration against the end of the match. what a difficult 2024 season was.

    The urge was understandable, but there was just one problem: there were 28 seconds left on the clock.

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    For Kirk Herbstreit, who announced the game with Chris Fowler for ESPN, the scene playing out before him looked more like something on a farm than a college football stadium, with the veteran analyst likening the fans to sheep.

    “Do you think they don’t see the clock?” Herbstreit said. “They just see other people running and they just take off, like sheep? Do they just go away?”

    His confusion was justified.

    Although a win was assured for the Sooners, coach Brent Venables’ team still had a third-and-six and more time on the game clock than on the play clock.

    The field was eventually cleared and Oklahoma took one final knee to seal by far the program’s biggest win of the season. The moment of euphoria will cost the Sooners – literally – as the school will have to pay Alabama $100,000 as the first violator of the SEC’s “entry to competitive area” policy.

    Strangely enough, it was not the only match on Saturday with a premature field storming.

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    In No. 22 Arizona State’s 28–23 victory against No. 15 BYU, Sun Devils fans ran onto the field, believing the game was over after an incomplete pass on fourth down that they believed would have ended the remaining seconds of the clock was lost. However, the officials determined that there was one second remaining, meaning BYU took control of the ball and had a chance to make a desperation move to win the game.

    It took 15 minutes for the field to clear and the Cougars’ Hail Mary attempt fell incomplete a few feet short of the end zone.

    With the win, Oklahoma improved to 6-5 and became bowl eligible for the 26th consecutive season.

    The loss continued a maddening season for Alabama under first-year coach Kalen DeBoer, who took over for the legendary Nick Saban in January. With their latest loss, the Crimson Tide fell to 8-3, putting their College Football Playoff aspirations in serious jeopardy. It is the first time since 2010 that Alabama has suffered more than two losses in a season.

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