What would be a miracle for most teams almost seemed expected from the Oklahoma Sooners.
Georgia led 6-1 in the third inning before the Sooners put up seven unanswered runs that were capped with freshman Gabbie Garcia's walk-off three-run home run to send her team to Saturday's SEC championship game. All of OU's runs came via home run.
WALK OFF WIN AFTER A 5 RUN DEFICIT 🤯#NCAASoftball x 🎥 ESPN2 / @SEC / @OU_Softball pic.twitter.com/yfg0Wx2BwY
— NCAA Softball (@NCAASoftball) May 9, 2025
Before the Sooners' epic comeback, teams were 0-80 in the SEC Softball Tournament when down by five or more runs. Now, they're 1-80.
Between Sooner Magic and Patty Gasso's touch, Sooner Nation didn't even seem shocked by the comeback, and other college softball fans are also starting to learn to never count out the Sooners.
Social media reactions from Sooners' epic comeback
Jayda Coleman knows better than anyone.
WHAT A GAME🤩🤩 NEVER OUT OF IT!!
— Jayda Coleman (@jaydac00) May 9, 2025
Love OUr girls…No quit-No dOUbt = ALL FUN…LETS GOOOOO!!!! @OU_Softball BOOMER!!!
— Brian Bosworth (@GotBoz44) May 9, 2025
Jen was a huge fan of what she witnessed.
One thing about a Patty Gasso coached softball team is they are NEVER out of the game.
— Jen Schroeder (@jen_schro) May 9, 2025
Winning a game like that knowing without a doubt you weren’t ever going to your ace- that just means more.
— Jen Schroeder (@jen_schro) May 9, 2025
My gawddddd does Oklahoma know how to win softball games.
— Jen Schroeder (@jen_schro) May 9, 2025
Again, somehow expected, though.
In the fourth inning I had already started writing about OU accomplishing the biggest comeback in SEC Softball Tournament history because this stuff just happens for OU softball. https://t.co/l2166CGbct
— Dekota Gregory (@dekotagregory) May 9, 2025
Damn what a rally by Oklahoma. Gabbie Garcia is just clutch. So much poise from Pickering/Parker and Nelly Mac too. Geez, this program
— John E. Hoover 🌮 (@johnehoover) May 9, 2025
Oklahoma is going to Oklahoma! ALWAYS!
— Kendall Beth Sides (@SidesKendall) May 9, 2025
They done did it again. It’s #Nattys4Patty szn
— Eddie Radosevich (@Eddie_Rado) May 9, 2025
Holy hell this OU softball team has some fight in it.
— Carey Murdock (@CareyAMurdock) May 9, 2025
So just when the regular-season conference champions and top seed were down for the count, now they're playing for a SEC championship in their first season in the conference. The Sooners will play Texas A&M at noon CT Saturday on SEC Network. The time and network were changed because of weather.
Oklahoma softball, man. Just when you think they might get upset, that happens.
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) May 9, 2025
(For those of you junkies watching.)
“The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated” - @OU_Softball
— Travis J Davidson (@TravisSkol) May 9, 2025
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