Lincoln Riley explains yelling at referees in final moments of Oklahoma loss

Baylor fans were so excited by Saturday’s win over undefeated, No. 8 Oklahoma that they literally just couldn’t wait one more second, much to the frustration of Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley.

Riley and Oklahoma entered the Big 12 matchup with a perfect, 9-0 record, and with a win, the Sooners had an opportunity to make a leap in the College Football Playoff rankings after the committee put them at No. 8. But Dave Aranda and Baylor had other plans; the two-loss Bears held a 24-14 lead over the favored Oklahoma Sooners with seconds left on the game clock. Baylor fans, of course, emptied the bleachers to rush the field — the only problem, however, is they rushed with seconds left on the clock.

As Baylor fans took to the field before the game had even ended, Riley lost his cool at the referees. He sent his entire team and most of the coaching staff to the locker room, despite Baylor’s offense needing one last play to end the game. Before Riley’s players re-emerged from the locker room, he had a minute-plus-long episode in which he yelled at the referees, all of which was caught on television, and Riley explained the encounter after the game eventually ended.

“It was a safety issue,” Riley said after the game. Oklahoma trailed by ten at the time, so even if the fans hadn’t taken to the field prematurely, the Sooners had no chance of mounting a comeback. “I care about the safety of my players and I watched David Ugwoegbu get bum rushed by three guys while I’m pulling them off, he’s pulling them off.”

Riley went ballistic for at least two minutes while Baylor security cleared fans from the playing field. Eventually, the Oklahoma Sooners’ team came back from the locker room. But instead of lining up 11 men for a quarterback kneel, Aranda instead decided to kick a field goal and extend its lead with no time left. The somewhat disrespectful move gave Aranda a 27-14 win over Oklahoma, ruining the Sooners’ playoff hopes. And of course, it ended with a second field rush.

“I know why Dave [Aranda] kicked the field goal,” Riley said. “I don’t agree with it. I still think above all else, there’s a code of sportsmanship that I believe in. I wouldn’t have done it. But that’s his decision, it’s his football team.”

Baylor fans troll Oklahoma after increasing fourth-quarter lead

Baylor fans had plenty of fun watching the No. 13 Bears destroy No. 8 Oklahoma’s College Football Playoff hopes, and the field rush was just one instance.

Minutes before clearing the bleachers, Baylor fans in McLane Stadium erupted into chants after the Bears second fourth-quarter touchdown, yelling in unison, “S-E-C! S-E-C!” to troll Oklahoma, which a few months ago announced its impending move from the Big 12 to the SEC.

It’s not the first time Baylor fans have broke out the “S-E-C” chants for an outgoing Big 12 member, either. Just a few weeks ago, Texas took to Waco with hopes of upsetting then-No. 16 Baylor, but instead, Steve Sarkisian and the Longhorns blew a double-digit lead for the third consecutive game, losing to Baylor 31-24. As Texas Longhorns players took to the locker room after the game’s final whistle, Baylor Bears fans let them hear it, trolling the Longhorns with “SEC” chants.