Friends, the 102nd Red River Shootout** is now history and, well, WE WON! Since Mrs. Angus and I arrived in Norman in August of 1999, OU has beaten Texas in 6 of their 9 meetings though Texas leads the series 57-40 (with 5 ties).
The game is a huge recruiting tool for OU as many, many, many of our players come from Texas. Only one OU starter, QB Sam Bradford is an Okie. At least one star Sooner, Malcolm Kelly, openly admits that OU's recent success against Texas caused him to spurn UT in favor of OU even though he is from Texas and his older brother played for Texas and Texas recruited him:
Kelly, who grew up going to games in Austin to watch his brother, Chris Smith, play for the Longhorns, said earlier this week the only reason he decided to cross the Red River was because the Sooners had won five straight before it was time for him to choose a college.
These kinds of Texans are pretty much the only ones welcome in Okieland.***
** in a David Foster Wallace moment, the series has been officially re-named "The AT&T Red River Rivalry". Holy Crap.
*** well, hard drinking Texans with deep pockets are welcome in our casinos too!
5 comments:
...it's a stupid sport. Stupid.
Damned last-minute games.
Gator fan??
5th amendment.
Bad year for teams in orange!
Hey, isn't OU still 0-1 against non-BCS conference teams in BCS bowls? Go Broncos!
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