Alabama players can’t stop giving the Sooners all of the bulletin board material they need for a playoff win on Friday
Alabama defender Deontae Lawson is just trying to get in Sooners players heads.
When the Oklahoma Sooners and Alabama Crimson Tide play one another, there’s usually some fireworks involved. The last two matchups have featured some Sooner Magic, whether it’s at home in 2024 or on the road in Tuscaloosa this season. And yet, Alabama players cannot stop giving the Sooners bulletin board material.
“We know it’s going to be a hostile environment just like any other road game that we’re playing in,” Alabama’s Deontae Lawson said. “We know that it’s everyone’s Super Bowl. We’ve got to go in there with a warrior mentality.”
Yes, the team that’s beaten you twice in the last two seasons has just as many playoff appearances as you do in the last two seasons, is the higher-seeded team than you, and beat you on your home turf six weeks ago, is treating this game as its Super Bowl. Make that make sense.
I get it, but these teams feel like they’re being doubted big time, and both of them are. However, Oklahoma is not the team you should be trying to play that little brother stuff on. I guess if anyone can talk, it may be the guy calling the shots on defense. That will only get his team even more ready to play.
Who is Alabama’s Deontae Lawson?
Deontae Lawson returned to Alabama after an injury-riddled 2024 campaign, and it has been a mutually beneficial decision for his draft stock and the Crimson Tide. Lawson has played with a tone-setting mentality that Alabama missed down the stretch of last season. His ability to scrape and shed, his coverage backer functionality, and his pass-rush upside as a blitzer make him one of the more well-rounded and versatile backers in the country.
But the intangibles might matter even more. The defensive signal caller and leader, Lawson, plays with an intensity that radiates throughout both the front and back seven. When Alabama is firing on all cylinders defensively, it’s because Lawson is playing with his hair on fire. – Rob Gregson, A to Z Sports Alabama
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