Oklahoma beat Auburn 24-17 on Saturday night in what looked like a classic SEC dogfight. But underneath the Sooners’ gritty win lies a controversy that’s now going through every corner of college football. The play in question is Isaiah Sategna’ s 24-yard second-quarter TD catch that should not have been a touchdown at all. And here’s where the story takes a hard left.

On September 21, OU insider Toby Rowland reported on X that the Sooners actually asked officials of the game about the legality of that very play. “ According to a source, in its regular pregame meeting with game officials, the OU staff brought up the planned play (Sategna TD) and sought confirmation it was legal, ” he wrote. If that’s true, it’s a premeditated move straight from Brent Venables’ playbook.

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