Zabien Brown helped Alabama football flip the script against Oklahoma in the first round of the College Football Playoff.
The Crimson Tide trailed the Sooners 17-0 at one point in the first half, and that is when Alabama started to roar back. The Tide cut the Sooners’ lead to seven in the second quarter.
John Mateer and the Oklahoma offense wanted to extend their lead again before halftime by passing the football. Fresh out of a timeout, Mateer threw the football where he thought his wide receiver would be. His pass was caught but not by an Oklahoma wideout.
Brown picked it off and took it back for six to tie the score at 17 at halftime.
“We’re in a lot of cover zero, and we just ran a simulated kind of cover two,” Brown said. “I’m dropping into the flats on the zero look. I see him kind of audible over there. Reading his eyes, kind of looked like he wanted to go over there pre-snap, and I just fell into the flats, ball fell right in my hand, and my mind says I’ve got to get to that zone, can’t get tackled.”
Brown’s head-turning play put the Tide in position to win the game 34-24 in the second half.
Justin Smith is the Managing Editor and Lead Writer for Touchdown Alabama Magazine with over 10 years of writing experience & expertise. Smith has consistently delivered high quality, extensively researched information on the University of Alabama’s Crimson Tide football team that fans can trust. Smith is official credentialed media with the University of Alabama under Touchdown Alabama Magazine. He is also the Director of Recruiting for Touchdown Enterprises, specializing in scouting and analyzing high school recruits around the nation, specifically focusing on recruits within the state of Alabama.
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