The Alabama Crimson Tide took their second loss of the season in Week 12, the first home loss of the Kalen DeBoer era in Tuscaloosa. Their best player suffered an individual loss that he might not be able to recover from.
The Oklahoma Sooners defeated the Tide 23-21 without EDGE R Mason Thomas at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Ty Simpson, with the game on the line, came up short. Just as he did in the first half, when he threw a pick-six to Sooners DB Eli Bowen.
The Birmingham News' Kevin Scarbinsky believes the dud was Simpson's last hope of winning the Heisman going down the drain.