The Oklahoma Sooners will not be 100% in their rematch against the Alabama Crimson Tide, after all.
On the evening before the No. 8 Sooners host No. 9 Alabama in the first round of the College Football Playoff, OU starting center Jake Maikkula was downgraded from questionsble to doubtful on Thursday's availability report, meaning the Sooners will likely be without him on Friday night.
Jake Maikkula downgraded to doubtful for Sooners' rematch vs Alabama
Thursday’s availability report ahead of Oklahoma-Alabama in the CFP: pic.twitter.com/joU4b8jgTM
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Maikkula missed the Sooners' regular-season finale against LSU on Nov.