It was written in the stars for the Oklahoma Sooners to win the SEC Softball Tournament title game after the heroics against Arkansas, but this team is going to have to settle as being the co-champ instead. Wait, what? Unfortunately, that's indeed the case.
On Saturday, Oklahoma was all set to take on Texas A&M with the hardware on the line. Due to inclement weather, the tough decision was called to not play the game. However, it won't be rescheduled, with Greg Sankey and the SEC announcing that the Sooners and Aggies will be co-champs for the tournament. As you might have been able to guess, Oklahoma supporters everywhere were not happy about this:
🚨 Official statement on the 2025 #SECSB Tournament Championship game from @GregSankey:#SECTourney pic.twitter.com/smnDQZy2BP
— Southeastern Conference (@SEC) May 10, 2025
Oklahoma softball fans are not happy with Greg Sankey after the SEC Softball Tournament title game was canceled
On one side of things, we understand this decision. The last thing the conference wants to do is put any of these young women at risk due to the weather, and with the NCAA Softball Selection Show coming on Sunday, there was a race against time to try to reschedule things.
However, Sankey and his team couldn't have tried to figure things out in an attempt to have the game played on Sunday morning or early afternoon? The decision to just cancel the game outright felt like it came way too quickly. Oklahoma and Texas A&M battled hard to reach the title game and both sides deserved the chance to be the solo champs, not split the glory. Plenty of people are pretty irked with Sankey too.
Greg Sankey is the worst commissioner in all of the NCAA
— Case Frank (@C_Frank21) May 10, 2025
Greg Sankey is the WORST commissioner in ALL of sports! Yeah, i said it! Dude makes Rob Manfred look good, and thats saying something right there.
— John Michael McBunch (@j_mikecheck) May 10, 2025
On the real. This is absolutely shameful by the @SEC + @GregSankey to not have a contingency plan for this.
— Section 203 Raggies (@OlsenSection203) May 10, 2025
Just awful.
Can’t have it.
The SEC Softball Championship will not be played, and Oklahoma and Texas A&M are co-champions.
— Jaxson Callaway (AT) (@AggiesToday) May 10, 2025
Probably the most unrewarding and frustrating result you could’ve imagined. Shameful day for the entire SEC and more specifically @GregSankey https://t.co/fMJfREXD0j
Greg Sankey pretty much just said, "oh, it's Softball? I don't care, give it to both of them and get out of my office." https://t.co/fB62GMpiMP
— Joe Smith 🇺🇸 (@joe_b_smitty) May 10, 2025
Greg Sankey continues to be an embarrassment to athletics https://t.co/cvHBlnzyLz
— Reed Green (@reed_green7) May 10, 2025
Oklahoma and A&M fans getting together to roast Sankey? Yup, that's apparently on the bingo card. In all seriousness, not having a contingency plan in place for something like this is a black eye on Sankey and the conference. What Patty Gasso and her players have done this week alone has been quite special and the SEC Tournament should never end with two teams on top.
This is why we play the game. Oklahoma will look to go on a deep run in the Women's College World Series, and while being the co-champs is still a high honor, we'll be left wondering what might have happened had the Sooners and Aggies faced off.
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