SubscribeOklahoma State beat Alabama in the Independence Bowl 34 to 31. It was Oklahoma State’s first bowl game win since 2002. In the 4th quarter Oklahoma State almost gave away the game. Javier Arenas of Alabama returned a punt 86 yards for a touchdown to pull them within a touchdown. On the kickoff Grant Jones of Oklahoma State fumbled and Chris Rogers of Alabama recovered. Andra Smith of Alabama caught a lateral pass and ran 2 yards for the touchdown to tie the game. Dantrell Savage of Oklahoma State caught a screen pass and ran 26 yards to Alabama’s 15-yard line. Jason Ricks of Oklahoma State was about to take a field goal but Alabama iced him with 3 timeouts. He then came back on the field and nailed the field goal to win the game. Alabama’s late 4th quarter run wasn’t enough to win the game so Oklahoma State came away with a sloppy 4th quarter victory.
Alabama is still looking for their man as Rich Rodriguez of West Virginia has decided to turn down the job offer from Alabama. Even though Alabama has made some great offers to some great coaches they have been turned down by everyone. Alabama is one of the better jobs in the country and it is surprising to me why they haven’t filled it yet.
Looking over the job one of the reasons i thinkmany have turned it down is expectations by Crimson Tide fans are real high. They expect a stellar team ever year and alot of coaches may not want to go through that. Alabama may have a better shot of getting a topline coach if they keep it out of the media until they hire someone.