The Southeastern Conference criticized one of its officiating crews for missing a “hideout tactic” used on a touchdown pass by No. 11 Oklahoma in its 24-17 victory over No. 22 Auburn on Saturday afternoon in Norman, Okla.

The Sooners should have been assessed a 15-yard penalty for team unsportsmanlike conduct, according to an SEC statement late Saturday night. Instead, wide receiver Isaiah Sategna III was wide open when he scored on a 24-yard pass from John Mateer for a 10-3 lead with 10:45 left in the second quarter.

Sategna had jogged along the line of scrimmage toward the Sooners’ bench, seemingly headed out of the game — as if he was getting replaced with a substitution on second down. But Sategna stopped short of the sideline and lined up for the snap.

“No simulated replacements or

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