New plan should improve transportation experience for attendees at OU-Texas football games, DART offi cials say

SPENCER POPPThe Oklahoma Daily

DART officials have rearranged routes and added more buses to minimize de-lays for fans using the metro service in an effort to move passengers more efficiently through the Dallas Area Rapid Transit sys-tem and improve capacity at this year’s Red River Rivalry.

Fans going to OU-Texas now have the option of riding air-conditioned buses that will pick them up at one of four locations around Dallas to take a direct shuttle to the fairgrounds, DART spokesman Mark Ball said.

These supplemental bus shuttles will leave from Victory Park in west Dallas, Bush Turnpike Station in Plano, Forest Lane Station in north Dallas and Pearl Station in downtown Dallas, according to a DART press release.

“We think a lot of people will take advan-tage of that,” Ball said.

Last year, approximately 3,000 people on board the Trinity Railway Express from Fort Worth and Irving overwhelmed the Green Line train, which is only able to hold

400 riders. This left the entire system overloaded before the first train even left, Ball said.

But this year, DART officials hope 15 buses waiting to pick up people arriving at Victory Station in downtown Dallas from

Irving and Ft. Worth will ease the burden on the entire system.

In addition to the bus service, DART routes have been altered so more trains will be able to flow through the fairgrounds before and after OU-Texas.

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Beer, fines bigger in TexasAlcohol rules, penalities stricter than in Sooner stateand enforcement likely to increase around stadium

KATHLEEN EVANSThe Oklahoma Daily

Before driving to Dallas for OU-Texas, students should be aware that Texas alcohol and alcohol laws are different than those of Oklahoma — and they will be enforced, ac-cording to law enforcement agents.

The national legal limit for the blood alcohol concen-tration is .08 percent. Anything above that limit is consid-ered intoxicated, and law enforcement can issue a ticket for driving under the influence, said Sgt. David Benavides of the Texas Alcohol and Beverage Commission. Although

Texas officials observe this, they also issue tickets for driv-ing while intoxicated.

Police will ticket people for driving while intoxicated with a blood alcohol content lower than .08 percent if a person’s physical or mental abilities are affected, Benavides said.

“When you introduce any alcohol, it slows reaction time and is considered losing faculties,” he said. “It alters your reaction.”

This is at the discretion of law enforcement officers, and the minimum penalty for driving while intoxicated is confinement for 72 hours, according to the commission’s

SEE ALCOHOL PAGE A2

SEE TRAIN PAGE A2

ROTC runs game ball to Texas

SEE ROTC PAGE A2

MORE INSIDEDriving to Dallas for OU-Texas? Be sure to plan your travels ahead.PAGE A3

BY THE NUMBERS

OKLAHOMA

3.2 Percent alcohol content in beer

from the store

$349Maximum public intoxication

fine in Norman

180 Days license is suspended following first DUI offense

BY THE NUMBERS

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4.0Percent alcohol content in beer

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$500Maximum public intoxication

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Annual event raises awareness of Toys for Tots toy drive

CHASE COOKThe Oklahoma Daily

OU Naval ROTC kicks off the OU-Texas game ball’s journey to the Cotton Bowl with its 10th annual Toys for Tots spon-sored the Red River R u n a t 7 : 3 0 a . m . Wednesday inside the Armor y. Toys for Tots sponsors the run each year.

The event begins w i t h c o a c h B o b Stoops placing the first toy in the spon-sored Toys for Tots donation bin. The ROTC raises awareness for this program each year by wearing T-shirts during the

For complete coverage of the rivalry, see page B1

The Daily’s sports desk debates if OU-Texas should stay at the Cotton Bowl or move to Jerry World. See B8

To help

Donate toys at the Armory, 1000 Asp Ave., at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Sources: TABC, ABLE, Oklahoma & Texas DMV, Texas DMVs, City of Norman

Student prices have raised sharply over the decades, tempting some to sacrifi ce their ticket for cash

CHASE COOKThe Oklahoma Daily

In 1929, $1 could buy you a pair of men’s coveralls, four gal-lons of milk or an OU-Texas student game ticket.

After 105 years of the Red River Rivalry, ticket prices have adjusted according to inflation and popularity.

OU-Texas tickets cost a cool $110 this season — that’s 61 per-cent of the student season ticket value, which was $180.

The price didn’t keep the tickets from selling out. It took nine hours for 4,700 tickets to find their way into students’ hands.

Oral Blankson, human relations senior, was offered $300 dol-lars for his OU-Texas tickets, and he is having trouble deciding on whether to go or not.

“I feel like if you go to OU, you have to go to at least one Red River Rivalry,” Blankson said. “But the thing about it is, you can make so much money off these tickets.”

Though the potential for profit is high, students are finding it difficult to part with their tickets.

“I’m in section 130, which is on the second level,” Taknesha Hawthorne, nursing junior, said. “It makes me want to sell my tickets a little bit, but I was there last year, literally on the top row. Even though it was really hot, it was still really fun.”

Whether students have tickets or not, going down to Dallas for OU-Texas is an experience anybody can partake in and have a good time, Blankson said.

— Justin Mai contributed to this report

Ticket prices increase with the times

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website.Also, the national legal

age to drink or possess al-cohol is 21 years, no excep-tions, Benavides said.

“There’s no holding it for your friends or holding it for just a minute,” he said. “You can’t consume or hold it.”

Minors caught in posses-sion of alcohol will face a fine of up to $500, a required alcohol class, at least eight hours of community service and at least 30 days suspen-sion of his or her license, according to the commis-sion’s website. These con-sequences increase for mi-nors caught driving under the influence.

Fines received in Dallas do not go away just be-cause someone is from out of town, Benavides said. If a person receives a ticket, they might have to come back to Dallas to take care of it.

“Any crime or violation is filed in the county in which it occurred, so that’s where it needs to be settled,” Benavides said.

Examples of violations in which one would have to re-turn to Dallas to appear be-fore the court include public

intoxication and theft, he said.

Texas officials should be prepared to handle the influx of people during the OU-Texas weekend, Benavides said.

“I’m sure they beef up enforcement around the stadium area all weekend,” he said.

One thing to be careful of in Texas is that the beer is stronger than that sold in Oklahoma. Texas de-fines beer as containing 4.0 percent or less alcohol by volume, according to the TABC.

Beer sold in Oklahoma grocery stories is only 3.2 percent alcohol by volume, said Roger Chandler, super-vising agent at the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission.

The higher alcohol con-centrations can have a stronger effect on those not used to it, causing people t o b e c o m e i nt ox i c at e d faster, both Benavides and Chandler confirmed.

“It varies from person to person, depending on ex-perience with alcohol and tolerance,” Chandler said. “Also, it depends on whether male or female, body weight will have an effect, the

amount of food consumed will have an effect.”

According to the scientific journal “Alcohol Research & Health,” women become in-toxicated faster than men.

“Women become more impaired than men after drinking similar quantities of alcohol,” the article, writ-ten by Stanford University r e s e a r c h e r M a r t i n S . Mumenthaler, stated. “In addition, women appear to be more susceptible than men to alcohol’s long-term health effects.”

The difference occurs because women have less

water and more fat in their bodies, even if they have the same weight as a man, according to the article. Having less water means the alcohol is more concen-trated, causing women to become intoxicated faster.

However, women can also process alcohol faster, meaning they sober up faster, according to the ar-ticle. In a study of men and women with the same blood alcohol content, women had approximately 1 per-cent less alcohol still in their systems after about an hour and a half.

unique is we are doing a circular clock-wise motion around the downtown area,” Ball said. “With this circle arriv-ing at the station a lot more frequent-ly, we’ll be able to churn a lot more passengers.”

DART has tested the new route pat-terns each of the past four Sundays to make sure the operators and control-lers know the system, as well as the unique pattern. DART and State Fair officials have spent a year making plans to deal with the rush of passen-gers expected to ride the transit service at this year’s game, Ball said.

A local day pass for people anywhere in Dallas is $4, people riding the Trinity Railway Express from Irving will pay $5, and people coming from the Ft. Worth area will pay $10, according to a release. Advance tickets may be pur-chased at the DART website.

Other means of transportation

to the game are possible, including parking around the fair or taking a taxi, but State Fair spokeswoman Sue Gooding says DART is the best travel alternative.

“Arrive early and car pool when possible,” Gooding said by e-mail. “DART’s plan is very strong and will have buses to support their train ser-vice. Two DART stations are located at Fair Park.”

Parking on official fair lots costs $15 and is expected to fill up quick. Take Exit 48 off of Interstate 30 and follow the signs to the fair, Gooding said. There also is parking in private lots around the fairgrounds, but prices may be more expensive, she said.

The cost of a taxi in Dallas is the same for every company with a flat rate of $2.25 to get in the cab, $1.80 per mile and $2 for each additional passenger.

“Usually the whole city is pretty crazy that weekend,” said Joe Arnold, Star Cab dispatcher in Dallas.

Arnold recommended making

reservations in advance, but warned that fans leaving the game will prob-ably have to find any taxi they can get due to the chaotic game-day atmosphere.

At last year’s game, many people riding DART waited in long lines and ended up late to the start. OU alum-nus Jeff Collins, who left for the 11 a.m. kickoff around 7 a.m., said he didn’t arrive at the gates until the first quarter was almost over.

“It kind of sucked,” Collins said. “Bradford was already out and I was like ‘you’ve got to be kidding me.’”

Collins thinks this year’s 2:30 p.m. kickoff time will make it easier for peo-ple to get to the game on time.

DART and State Fair officials still recommend all attendees plan to ar-rive three hours early.

“If you come early, enjoy the State Fair and then stay a few minutes extra after the game instead of everyone hit-ting the station at one time, we think this plan ought to work,” Ball said.

run and organizing a toy drive on campus. Midshipman Nick Chappell said the run only lasts

a few days, but boxes will be available for students to donate into until the middle of November.

Chappell, aircraft traffic management senior and event organizer, is running in this year’s event and is excited to be a part of it.

The 215-mile run is broken into different running shifts. The first two days of the run have two five-hour shifts, and the last day has one shift that lasts about three hours. Runners pick a shift and run as far as they can.

Anyone wishing to break personal records or try their hand at winning tickets to the OU-Texas game can join as many shifts as they like, Chappell said by e-mail. There is one ticket up for grabs this year.

Once two shifts are over, the runners mark their spot and return to OU.

“We have two vans filled with runners following the current runner,” Chappell said. “When a runner stops, he gets into the van and the next runner takes the ball and his place.”

There also are two more vans shuttling the finished runners from their current location back to OU, so they can continue their academic obligations while preparing for the big game. Chappell said there is extra effort placed on making sure everyone stays healthy, even though they don’t run the distance continuously.

“There are defibrillators and first aid kits in the vans,” Chappell said. “We also have a lot of water, Gatorade and food with essential nutrients lost on the run.”

He said runners are tired, but no one has been seri-ously injured.

“We all keep an eye on each other,” Chappell said. Alex Meron, University College freshman, said he is

running for the first time this year.“It’s a great tradition that has been going on for a

while,” Meron said. “It feels good to start now ... and pass it on to the incoming freshman.”

University of Texas’ Naval ROTC also runs 215 miles to the stadium, and once both groups meet up, they have a friendly game of flag football. Texas won last year.

Blaise Greer, economics sophomore and center for the flag football team, played last year and said it’s great competition.

“We compete and get to share camaraderie with fel-low midshipman from the Texas Naval ROTC,” Greer said.

RED RIVER RIVALRY

ALCOHOL: Beer stronger in Texas, offi cials warnConitnued from page A1

ROTC: Runners try for personal records during rivalry run Conitnued from page A1

Red River Run by the numbers

215 Miles the run covers

25 About how many hours the run lasts

85 People participating in this year’s run

10 Years the event has been held

42 Miles run at last year’s ROTC Run to the Red River by sociology senior Dylan Sharrock, which

was the longest distance run by any participant in 2009

4 Vans moving runners

*Source: Nick Chappell, aircraft traffi c

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TRAIN: Transit to run smoothly Saturday, DART saysConitnued from page A1

Texas alcohol penalties

» Minor in possession or intoxicated: fi ne of up to $500; mandatory alcohol awareness class; eight to 40 hours community service; 30 to 180 days loss of license

» Minor driving while intoxicated: fi ne of up to $500; mandatory alcohol awareness class; 20 to 40 hours community services; 60 days loss of license

» Driving while intoxicated: confi nement for 72 hours; fi ne of up to $2,000; 24 to 100 hours of community service

» All penalties for fi rst offense; these increase for second and third

*Source: Texas Alcohol and Beverage Commission

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Tuesday, September 28, 2010 • A3The Oklahoma Daily | OUDaily.com RED RIVER RIVALRY

Traffi c to game alleviated by cleared construction areas, alternate routes

DHARA SHETHThe Oklahoma Daily

Getting to Dallas for the big weekend can be half the battle, but Oklahoma and Texas authorities offer one piece of good news: no con-struction, guaranteed.

The two construction projects under way along Interstate 35 in Pauls Valley and Ardmore are on track to finish before Red River Rivalry traffic hits this weekend, said Oklahoma Department of Transportation spokesman David Meuser.

“We have construction provisions with the people working the projects that they will have the highway open on that week,” said Meuser, in the case the construction projects are not completed as scheduled.

Once in Dallas, it may be beneficial to take I-35S t o 1 2 1 E t o U S 7 5 S, i n -stead of I-35S to I-30E, said a public information

officer for the Dallas district of the Texas Department of Transportation. This route connects to Interstate Highway 30, which leads to the Cotton Bowl Stadium at Fair Park.

Although the direct path from Norman to the Cotton Bowl Stadium does not re-quire driving on toll roads, students may end up tak-ing some throughout the weekend.

According to ntta.org, the Dallas North Tollway still ac-cepts cash payments, while the President George Bush Turnpike, the Sam Rayburn Tollway and the Lewisville Lake Tollway use the elec-tronic system.

Many repeat attendees have noticed Sunday’s traffic on northbound Interstate 35 is heavy.

Music education senior Greg Curtiss said he has been to every OU-Texas game since 2005, and has left as early as 9 a.m. to get back to Norman.

“On Sunday, it never seems to matter if you leave early or late; the traffic is normally pretty bad,” Curtiss said.

A lack of construction should help the traffic situa-tion, thousands of Sooners at once can still keep the lanes pretty packed.

Curtiss said he and his friends have alternative routes for just that reason.

I-35 construction complete; open road to Texas

1 From North Dallas, Richardson, Plano and other northern areas:

Go south on US 75, exit onto I-30 east, then take Exit 47(Second Avenue/Fair Park) and continue straight aheadto Fair Park. Alternate route: Go south on the North DallasTollway and exit onto I-35E south. Take the left lane exitto I-30 east, then take Exit 47 (Second Avenue/Fair Park)and continue straight to Fair Park.

2 From Flower Mound, Lewisville and other northwest areas:

Go south on I-35E, take the left lane exit onto I-30 east,then take Exit 47 (Second Avenue/Fair Park) andcontinue straight to Fair Park.

3 From West Dallas, Arlington, Irving, Fort Worth and other western areas:

Go east on I-30, then take Exit 47 (Second Avenue/FairPark) and continue straight to Fair Park.

4 From Oak Cliff, Cedar Hill, DeSoto and other southwestern areas:

Go north on I-35E, exit onto I-30 east, then take Exit 47(Second Avenue/Fair Park) and continue straightto Fair Park.

5 From Downtown Dallas:Go east on Commerce St., turn right onto Second Avenue

and continue straight to Fair Park.

6 From East Dallas, Mesquite, Rockwall and other eastern areas:

Go west on I-30, take Exit 47C (First Avenue/Fair Park),turn right on Exposition and continue straight toFair Park.

7 From South Dallas, Ferris, Ennis and other southeastern areas:

Go north on I-45, exit onto I-30 east, then take Exit 47(Second Avenue/Fair Park) and continue straightto Fair Park.

*Source: Fair Park

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ASHLEY WEST/THE DAILY

Cars drive past the southbound Interstate 35 sign Saturday near Main Street in Norman. The two construction projects along Interstate 35 in Pauls Valley and Ardmore are on track to finish before Red River Rivalry traffic hits this weekend, Oklahoma Department of Transportation spokesman David Meuser said.

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Driving directions to Fair Park from around Dallas

A4 • Tuesday, September 28, 2010 The Oklahoma Daily | OUDaily.comGUIDE TO DALLAS

There’s more to the Fair than football

Besides this weekend’s exciting rivalry game at the Cotton Bowl, the Texas State Fair offers something for everyone. From fried beer to Big Tex, it’s certainly a sight for all. You’ll want to get there early because there’s nothing like heckling more than 45,000 Texas fans before kickoff.

What you need to know• Admission to the fair is free with a ticket to the game. General admission tickets can be purchased for $15 at the gate.

• Offi cial State Fair parking is fi rst come, fi rst served and $15 per space. Tailgating is allowed, so come prepared for pre-game festivities.

• Coupons are needed to purchase drinks, food and rides. They’re 50 cents each and sold at booths throughout the fair. Cash, American Express, Visa and MasterCard are accepted.

• Forget diets on game day and indulge in the fair’s fatty fried foods. Since 2005, the fair has

awarded Big Tex Choice Awards for the most creative and best tasting foods. Winners have always been fried, with Fried Beer and Texas Fried FRITOS pie clinching the prizes this year.

What you need to do1. Stroll down the Midway for some carnival games and rides. The Texas Star Ferris wheel is a favorite, and even if you don’t do anything and save your coupons for beer and fried foods, the carnies will provide prime people-watching opportunities.

2. Since it’s October, it should be fun to watch Farmer Mike carve pumpkins from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Greenhouse on the Midway.

3. We have the ponies and Texas has Bevo, but we should show other four-legged friends some love. Check out cows at a milking parlor demonstration occurring nearly every hour from 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Pan Am Barn.

4. Things really are bigger in Texas and the 52-foot Big Tex does an excellent job welcoming everyone to the fair and acting as a focal point when you’re trying to meet up with lost friends. Be sure to check him out!

5. If thoughts of Texas’ daunting secondary give you butterfl ies in your stomach, fi nd them some friends at the Texas Discovery Garden. A noon butterfl y release and 1 and 3 p.m. Monarch demo are get your mind off the game.

6. Spend high noon at the Red River Biscuit Rivalry cooking contest at the Contest Kitchen.

7. Although we hate most things UT, it might be neat to see the UT Ballet Folklorico at 1 p.m. on the Mundo Latino stage.

8. We’re not quite sure what “Pirates of the Caribbean Dive Show” means, but it makes us think of Johnny Depp so you should check it out at noon, 2, 4 or 6 p.m. in the Gateway Plaza.

9. If you like wine and you like talking, join in the Texas Wine Talk at 1, 2, 4 or 7 p.m. in the Wine Garden. Everyone loves a little vino.

10. Oklahoma native Mat Hoffman may not be there, but a BMX bike stunt show will occur at 2, 4 and 6 p.m. at the Thrillway.

11. Everyone’s favorite ogre, Shrek, will take the Music Hall stage at 2 and 8 p.m. for performances of “Shrek The Musical.” Tickets start at about $88, but the show is sure to please.

12. The U.S. Marine Corps marching band will perform at 4 p.m. at Marine Corps Square.

13. Even though we’re not all fans of the state of Texas, you should check out 100 years of North Texas football in the Century in the Making pavilion.

14. They’re not all as cute as Babe or Gordy, but the pigs will race at 6, 6:45 and 7:45 p.m. at the Pan American Arena.

15. It wouldn’t be a fair without a parade, and the StarTex Power Starlight Parade will kick off at 7:15 p.m.

16. The fair is famous for its nightly pyrotechnic shows, and Illumination Sensation will begin at 8 p.m. along the renovated 700-foot Esplanade refl ecting pool.

17. Texas guys looking to fall in love with an Oklahoma girl are sure to be lurking around the Chevrolet Main Stage for the 8 p.m. Eli Young Band concert. It’s standing room only though, so come early.

Saturday is just around the corner. Make sure you enjoy the game, fair and a Bevo bashing.

— Meredith Moriak/The Daily

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1. Sara Bareilles8 p.m. SaturdayPalladium Ballroom1135 S. Lamar St.972-343-2444Tickets $25, parking $10

God forbid we lose, drown your sorrows with Sara Bareilles — the singer behind “Love Song” — and acoustic favorite Greg Laswell. Bareilles released her new album, “Kaleidoscope Heart,” in early September, working with artists like ?uestlove, Weezer and Pharrel.

2. Bassnectar8 p.m. SaturdayPalladium Ballroom showroom1135 S. Lamar St.972-343-2444Tickets $18, parking $10

Get the celebratory party started with the heavy, thudding sound of Bassnectar. The brotastic DJ and producer — whose real name is Lorin Ashton — is an underground favorite who recently found acclaim with bigger audiences that love his eclectic mix of electronica and Dubstep beats.

3. Poor David’s Pub1313 S. Lamar St.214-565-1295

4. West End Pub1801 N. Lamar St.214-748-5711

5. Lee Harvey’s1807 Gould St.214-428-1555

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1. Shakira7 p.m. FridayAmerican Airlines Center, 2500 Victory Ave.214-222-3687Tickets $39.50-$149.50

You can’t catch this Colombian songstress “Whenever, Wherever,” but you can catch her live this weekend. Bilingual beauty Shakira has been going strong for 15 years, buoyed by catchy, seductive singles like “Hips Don’t Lie” and “La Tortura.” She releases her newest album Oct. 19.

2. Citizen Cope7:30 p.m. FridayHouse of Blues, 2200 N. Lamar St.214-978-2583Tickets $25-$75

Chill out the night before the big game with Clarence Greenwood, better known as Citizen Cope. The notorious touring act behind songs like “Sideways” and “Let the Drummer Kick” is playing in support of his latest album, “The Rainwater LP.”

4. NorthPark Center8687 North Central Expressway214-361-6345Hours vary depending on store

Urban Outfi tters, Seven for All Mankind, Sperry Topsider, Betsey Johnson, Anthropologie and Forever 21 are some of the stores frequented by Dallas shopaholics at NorthPark. The mall features a movie theater in case you’d like to catch a fl ick before your three-hour adventure back up I-35.

5.Tyler’s5710 Lovers Lane214-353-0068Monday to Saturday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The Austin-based sporting goods store is famous for its “Tyler’s” T-shirts. They’re perfect for both guys and girls and were the fi rst ones to start selling the iconic Nike shorts like crazy. In addition to T-shirts and shorts, Tyler’s carries Toms and athletic equipment for various different sports.

6. Cotton Island6601 Hillcrest Ave.214-373-1085Monday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Winning a “Best of Dallas” shopping award in 2007, this store is popular with the college crowd due to its prime location near the Southern Methodist University grounds. With light, cotton clothing, purchases here will fi t in perfectly when Norman is plunged into 90+ degree temperatures again in the spring.

1. Mockingbird Station5331 E. Mockingbird Lane214-452-7180Hours vary depending on store

While this development has stores such as American Apparel and a massive Urban Outfi tters, the real beauties of Mockingbird Station are the tiny boutiques hiding between the chain stores. The Angelika Theater and various bars are also nearby.

2. Buffalo Exchange3424 Greenville Ave.214-826-7544Monday to Saturday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Buffalo Exchange may be the ultimate thrift store. Offering fashion ranging from Forever 21 cast-offs to Manolo Blahnik heels, this store is a shopping destination for anyone prepared to hunt for the gems underneath all the awkward attire.

5. The Cavern Bar1914 Greenville Ave.214-828-1914

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4. Gator’s1714 N. Market St.214-748-0243

5. Trees2709 Elm St.214-741-1122

8. Twisted Root Burger Company2615 Commerce St.214-741-7668Sunday to Thursday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Named one of the top 15 burgers in Texas by Texas Monthly, Twisted Root is a Dallas tradition. Located in the funky arts and entertainment district Deep Ellum, this burger joint offers pretty much everything made from scratch, including homemade ketchup and mustard. And it’s, you know, delicious.

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3. Blue Goose Cantina2905 Greenville Ave.214-823-8339

1. Bliss Raw Cafe & Elixir Bar6855 Greenville Ave.214-987-0204Monday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Featuring an all-raw and vegan menu, Bliss Raw Cafe will fi ll you up while giving you that warm, fuzzy feeling from knowing that you’ve eaten something that wasn’t fried/processed/drowned in butter. The elixir bar is another Bliss specialty; drink one of these potions if you want to not only eat raw, but drink it too.

2. Sprinkles Cupcakes4020 Villanova Drive214-369-0004Monday to Saturday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Be prepared to wait in line for the magnifi cent indulgence that is a cupcake from Sprinkles. They offer a myriad of delicious cupcake fl avors, all composed of moist cake; thick, buttery icing; and the trademark Sprinkle dot on top. Enjoy a bite while you’re in the Big D; only seven Sprinkles locations currently exist across the country. Each cupcake is $3.25, a small price to pay.

3. Wild About Harry’s 3113 Knox St.214-520-3113Sunday to Thursday 9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.

You can’t miss the large ceramic hot dog statue that stands guard over this Dallas standby. Harry still hangs around this eatery, entertaining children with jokes and quality-checking his two famous products: hot dogs and frozen custard. Hot dogs come adorned with guacamole, pickles, cole slaw and the traditional ketchup and/or mustard. It’s the perfect spot to grab a bite.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - Not everything can be accomplished single-handedly, so don’t be too proud to accept the assistance of another. You have several associates who will be happy to help.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Conditions are extremely conducive for advancing your ambitions. All you need are a couple of ingredients to get you rolling, such as ambition, motivation and single-ness of purpose.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - Close involvements with friends can produce some peripheral benefi ts for both you and them. Get the ball rolling by checking out what you can do for them. They’ll follow suit.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - You are likely to fi nd out that some kind of change you’re been strongly resisting could actually be fun and good for you. Don’t become an impediment to your own success.

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Tuesday, September 28, 2010 • A7The Oklahoma Daily | OUDaily.com RED RIVER RIVALRY

There will be 91,999 peo-ple celebrating my birthday with me this year, along with the thousands more flood-ing the streets of downtown Dallas. I’ve asked everyone to wear crimson for the spe-cial occasion, although I’m sure some will deny my wishes and sport a hideous shade of orange instead.

I’ll receive “oohs” and “ahs” and enjoy the cheers of thou-sands all rejoicing the day I was born. The OU football play-ers might even make a special guest appearance.

That’s right. On Saturday, the only thing on everyone’s mind will be wishing me well on my 20th birthday with nothing else to distract them, except maybe one of college football’s most-anticipated games of the year.

And I do mean OU-Texas, people. This is the blessing and the curse I have to look forward to on my birthday this year — my very first OU-Texas weekend experience.

THE BLESSING — How can a day of pre-game fried delights at the Texas State Fair ever be bad? Halfway through the deep-fried s’mores Poptarts and the fried Coke, I’ll slip into a sugar coma so heavy that either of the game’s possible outcomes will be OK with me.

Also, we haven’t won the game since 2007 and I, being an optimist, think that this year is our year to return to our win-ning ways. I’m not actually that sports savvy, so I can’t say there’s a rhyme or reason to why I think that, but it’s like one of those fated feelings in the movies where it just takes that one hopeful person to start the “slow clap” to encourage our team into the end zone. I’m talking a real “Remember the Titans”type moment, minus the severely injured player and racial tension.

THE CURSE — While I am over the moon about going to the game Saturday proudly wearing my princess birthday tiara, I don’t know how one can fully mentally prepare to be caught amidst a dense crowd full of OU haters and cocktailed-out tailgaters ready for their chance to yell “OU sucks” at the birthday girl.

Another downside is the overall sensitivity to the day. Everyone’s mood depends solely on the performance of our team. With every pass made and yard earned, there’s hope for a pleasant ending to my birthday.

However, in the slight chance we do lose, I can’t say that an evening full of “we were robbed” and “we should have made that catch” commentary is really how I imagined spending my first day in my twenties — or any day for that matter.

So, Bob Stoops, listen up. Here’s my final plea: Win.Because there’s no better present for an OU fan than a

victory over those dirty Longhorns. And finally, just so you know, it’s my birthday and I’ll cry if I want to, but please don’t let it come to that. I am the birthday girl after all.

— Margo Basse,

professional writing sophomore

A Cotton Bowl birthday bash

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Texas alumni split allegiancesTexas-Exes, OU professors engage in rivalry antics leading up to OU-Texas game on Saturday in Dallas

TREVOR SHOFNERThe Oklahoma Daily

Many University of Texas alumni now work as professors north of the Red River. For much of the academic year, their Longhorn statuses are gra-ciously tolerated, but as Oct. 2 nears and excitement over the impending game escalates, loyalties are ques-tioned as burnt orange descends.

One of OU’s most outspoken UT alumni, as evidenced by his longhorn-themed school e-mail address, burnt orange lanyard and office bookshelf-turned-Texas-shrine, is Kevin Kloesel.

The College of Atmospheric and G e ographic S ciences associate dean and meteorology professor re-ceived his bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas in 1984.

While he refuses to make any bets about the outcome of the Red River Rivalry, Kloesel said he has some plans for the week following the game.

“In the past when UT has won, I’ve been known to bring longhorn-shaped turtle candies from Lamb’s Candies in Austin,” he said. “They’re just a conso-lation gift, but very well received.”

He said OU staff and faculty mem-bers keep their pre-game antics in the realm of good fun, but off-campus Sooner fans are another story.

“Around town, it’s harder to drive in my vehicle without being flipped off or getting the horns down thing,” Kloesel said. “When we moved here, I had to

explain to my daughter that the mid-dle finger is not the OU sign.”

While he’ll always be proud of where he got his undergraduate degree, his co-workers will always be there to keep him in check.

“I try to imagine if I was a Sooner in Austin, then I would probably be like him,” said Amy Buchanan, College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences spokeswoman. “But there is a lot of teasing flying around. There’s a little bit of tension when he starts blaring the Texas fight song from his office and we have to respond with ours. It’s fun the week before, but who wins dictates who gets to have fun the week after.”

O U C o l l e g e o f L aw p ro f e s s o r Michael Scaperlanda, who got both his bachelor’s and law degree from Texas, is equally unabashed about which col-ors he’ll wear game day.

“I don’t censor myself around cam-pus; the Longhorns have my alle-giance,” he said. “I will eat crow if they lose and gloat if they win, but I think

it’s going to be a close game.”Scaperlanda said he has worked to

try to instill in his students some sense of respect for his alma mater.

“In January of 2006, [my wife and I] had a house full of seniors over to watch the national championship,” Scaperlanda said.

But even those Longhorns who don’t partake in the hype surrounding the rivalry still receive some uneasy looks.

Chuanbin Mao, chemistry profes-sor, said he asked about the rivalry after he was hired at OU, and was as-sured it was purely athletic.

“But I have an umbrella that has a Longhorn on it,” Mao said. “And every time when it rains and I use it, people stare at me.”

Joe Foote, dean of the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication, grew up surrounded by the excitement of the OU-Texas ri-valry in Durant.

Though Durant’s media outlets cov-ered Texas news, Foote attended OU for his bachelors and masters degrees before attending UT for his doctorate degree.

“The hype surrounding the game just brings me back to my childhood, when my father woke me up and told me we were going to the OU-Texas game. We lived 90 minutes from Dallas,” Foote said.

Despite his attendance at both uni-versities, Foote has never questioned where his loyalties lie.

“I’m Sooner born and Sooner bred, and when I die I’ll be Sooner dead,” Foote said.

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Joe Harroz Law Tuesday, September 28 4:00 - 5:00 pm Andrew W. Coats Hall, Classroom 1

Rich Taylor Fine Arts Thursday, September 23 2:30 - 3:30 pm Catlett Music Center, Pitman Hall

Ken Evans Business Thursday, September 23 3:30-4:30 pm Price Hall, Room 3040

Joe Foote Journalism and Mass Communications Wednesday, September 29 3:30 - 4:30 pm Gaylord Hall, Room 1140

Doug Gaffin University College Thursday, September 23 4:00 - 5:00 pm Lissa & Cy Wagner Hall, Room 135

Charles Graham Architecture Tuesday, September 28 6:00 - 7:30 pm AOM, Room 100

Larry Grillot Earth and Energy Friday, September 24 3:00 - 4:00 pm SEC 340 Tower Plaze Level

Tom Landers Engineering Friday, September 24 4:00 - 5:00 pm Devon Energy Hall, Room 120

Zach Messitte International & Area Studies Tuesday, October 12 4:00 - 5:00 pm Hester Hall, Room 160

Jim Pappas Aviation Wednesday, September 22 11:45 - 12:45 pm Dept. of Aviation Terminal Classroom

Joan Smith Education Wednesday, October 13 3:00 - 4:00 pm ECH, Room 229

Berrien Moore III Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences Wednesday, September 22 3:30 - 4:30 pm National Weather Center, Room 1350

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A8 • Tuesday, September 27, 2010 The Oklahoma Daily | OUDaily.comRED RIVER RIVALRY

And they lived happily ever after, except during that one weekend

JANNA GENTRYThe Oklahoma Daily

There have been instances in history in which love has overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles. The great poet Elizabeth Barrett was a reclusive invalid, grief-stricken by her brother’s death when Robert Browning swept into her life, and they became arguably his-tory’s most famous poet power couple. Mark

Antony was co-ruler of the Roman Empire and left it all behind to pursue his love for the exotic

Cleopatra. And OU student Adam Love and OU graduate Mary Nan Huffman would not let an obvious

conflict of interest deter them from chasing after their heart’s desire. They are in relationships with those who shall not be named (Jackie Hensy, a University of Texas student, and UT graduate Eli Huffman, respectively), and have lived to tell their stories of forging an alliance amid one of the most embittered sports rivalries

ADAM LOVE AND JACKIE HENSYBoth Texas-born and Texas-bred, Love and Hensy

attended the same Dallas high school and first met the summer before their freshman year of college. Hensy headed south to Austin, and Love headed north to Norman.

Before long, the high school friends began sharing college experiences via phone, including the difficul-

ties they both encountered with being at such large universities.

It was these differences and struggles that Love asserts helped him move beyond friendship with Hensy. “Being at different schools actually brought us closer to-

gether because we talked about things that wouldn’t have been an issue if we were together,” Love said.

Despite their obvious school pride difference, Love and Hensy have a lot in common. Both are self-described “artsy people” —

Love majors in English, and Hensy majors in architecture.They say they prefer attending concerts rather than regular-season

football games, but they both admit the OU-Texas game is the excep-tion to their otherwise nonchalant attitude toward football.

Despite limited knowledge of the subject, Love and Hensy will take their jabs when they feel necessary.

“He gets a little smug look when UT is doing bad,” Hensy said. “I tried to check the score for the UT game, and he was like, ‘Oh no, they lost?’”

Love clearly has the upperhand in football savvy, describing the reasons he believes OU will win in terms of quarterback quality, but

ignorance does not stop Hensy from employing the use of that Longhorn bravado we Sooners all know and love.

“I think UT will win,” she said. “I don’t know why, but I just feel like UT should beat

Oklahoma all the time.”

ELI AND MARY NAN HUFFMANIt’s safe to say Eli and Mary Nan Huffman’s OU-

Texas rivalry is something that has successfully bled over into the most personal aspects of their lives. Eli describes himself as “a die-hard Longhorn,” and this devotion led him to pursue his under-graduate degree at Texas. Mary Nan followed in her sister’s footsteps and attended OU.

Although becoming a UT student gave Eli an intense hatred of OU by default, this was compounded by the fact that throughout his undergraduate years, OU consistently beat Texas.

Mary Nan considers this to be a key factor in the intense negativity her husband displays to-ward OU.

“When I was going to OU, we won every year, so I don’t have the kind of animosity toward Texas that he has towards OU,” she said.

After Eli and Mary Nan obtained their undergradu-ate degrees , they both attended law school at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, where they met, dated and later decided to become legally married as an OU-Texas couple.

Their wedding took place around Christmas time, and it was because of this fact that Mary Nan chose crimson and cream colors for her wedding.

Eli’s response to the idea was unsurprising.“Crimson and cream? No way! Most of my groomsmen are going

to be Longhorns. I’ll never live it down,” he said.Determined not to be upstaged by his soon-to-be wife, Eli chose

burnt orange ties for his groomsmen.And then it escalated. A bevy of OU-Texas themes were included in

the wedding.Mary Nan had OU-themed water bottles in gift baskets at the wedding,

so Eli included burnt orange M&Ms in the mix. Mary Nan had a bartender with an OU hat, so Eli had a bartender don a UT hat. Mary Nan had a white cake with red roses on it, so Eli set out to make his groom’s cake a burning Sooner Schooner. Eli’s mother didn’t let him go through with this idea, but he did end up having a Longhorns cake.

Though the aesthetic elements of the wedding boasted an OU-Texas rival-ry, the most memorable element of the wedding happened when the couple took their first bites of cake. Perhaps inspired by the cutting of the Longhorn cake, Eli’s Longhorn friends yelled out, “Texas Fight!” to which Mary Nan’s OU friends promptly responded with “Boomer Sooner!” The bantering went back and forth until the 300 guests in attendance were divided in loyalty to their respective school.

“My mom says that her friends are still talking about that part of the wedding,” Mary Nan said.

Going strong after two years of bi-university bliss, Mary Nan ex-plained her philosophy for treading the often-treacherous waters of being married to a Texas fan.

“Marrying a Longhorn is like a Republican marrying a Democrat,” she said. “You are never going to agree; you just have to decide that you are never going to talk

about it.”

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Ready to break the streakRed River Rivalry about bragging rights

JAMES CORLEYThe Oklahoma Daily

Michigan-Ohio State. Army-Navy. Cowboys-Redskins. Yankees-Red Sox. All the great

rivalries in sports are at their best when the teams are at their best.

The same goes for OU-Texas.While rivalry games are generally competitive

no matter the teams’ rankings, the best matchups have come when both teams

have a lot to lose. This year’s Red River Rivalry isn’t the highly an-ticipated top-10 rivalry of national championship contenders everyone expected before the season.The Sooners, though coming into

the annual battle at the Cotton Bowl undefeated for the sixth time in the Stoops Era, still have a lot to prove this season.

The wins against Utah State, Air Force and Cincinnati did little to bolster the Sooners’ confi dence, showing exploitable weaknesses on both sides of the ball.Although Landry Jones showed im-

provement playing on the road Saturday in Cincinnati, the Sooners’ problems away from Norman aren’t gone, just different.

Jones showed composure against the Bearcats, putting up 31 points and keeping OU in a position to win. The trouble came from the defense, which allowed Cincinnati to stay close.OU’s defense has only played one complete

game this season, holding Florida State’s potent offense to just 17 points. However, the Sooner de-

fenders have folded under pressure in the other three games, nearly undermining the offense’s solid perfor-

mances. The Longhorns, after an embarrassing 34-12 loss to UCLA

in Austin, limp into the game with one loss. This bodes well for the Sooners, since the only time in the last fi ve years

Texas lost in its game prior to the Red River Rivalry — 2007 — the Longhorns also lost to OU.

The Bruins ran at will against Texas, allowing

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UCLA to keep the ball from the Longhorns’ talented secondary.

Sam Bradford and Colt McCoy are gone; Gerald McCoy and Jordan Shipley are, too. The players who remain lack some of that national luster their most-recent predecessors had, and the stakes aren’t quite as high for either team.

Still, even when both teams’ national cham-pionship hopes aren’t on the line, the Red River Rivalry is about bragging rights.

OU coach Bob Stoops holds a 6-5 record in the game, but Texas has won four of the last fi ve since Vince Young’s break-out season in 2005. Only a select few of the Sooners this year can say they’ve beaten Texas.

The Sooners can chalk up some of the blame for the past two losses to injuries — line-backer and “defensive quarterback” Ryan Reynolds in 2008, Heisman Trophy-winner Bradford in 2009. In the end, though, it came down to the Sooners being outplayed by the Longhorns.

Throughout the illustrious history of the rivalry, entering the105th contest, each team has won in streaks. For OU, this year is about ending its slide against Texas and starting its own streak.

It’s about winning one more for broadcast-ing legend Bob Barry Sr., who will call his fi nal OU-Texas game as the “voice of the Sooners” Saturday.

It’s about creating new, great moments — like Roy Williams’ “Superman” play or OU’s come-from-behind win in overtime in 1996 — that Sooner fans can talk about for years to come.

It’s about showing whether the Sooners’ Texas-born players are better than the Long-horns’ own home-grown talent.

It’s about beating Texas.

B2 • Tuesday, September 28, 2010 The Oklahoma Daily | OUDaily.comRED RIVER RIVALRY

RED RIVER: Sooners, Longhorns both have a lot to prove in DallasContinued from page 1

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In this Oct. 17, 2009, file photo, then-redshirt freshman quarterback Landry Jones (12) throws the ball while trying to avoid then-sophomore defensive tackle Kheeston Randall (91). Jones is heading in to Saturday’s Red River Rivalry looking to have a better game after finishing 24-of-43 for 250 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions in 2009’s loss.

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OPINION Jared Rader, opinion editordailyopinion@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-7630

‹‹ THUMBS DOWN Texas

OUR VIEW/THEIR VIEW

POINT/COUNTERPOINT

We would like to extend our sincerest condolences to you, University of Texas.

While we relished in UCLA’s 34-12 utter stompdown of your usually decent foot-ball team, we couldn’t help but feel a little sorry for you.

There’s no doubt we’ve had our own problems and many of our players are still inexperienced, but there’s a crucial difference:

We’ve won all of our games this year.What happened, Texas? When the un-

derdog comes biting, you roll over and die like a little punk-ass bitch?

Please don’t die on us like that Saturday; at least make it a good game.

We love the Red River Rivalry. It sucks a little bit because we have to go to Texas, but at least the game is a lot of fun to watch, be-cause no matter who wins, both teams are often on the same level of play.

During the previous de-cade, the games have usually been within 10 to 20 points, providing some great en-tertainment — excepting our 2000 and 2003 thrashings we delivered to you (63-14 and 65-13 respectively). Those games just got old.

So please, UT, make our forced exodus to your cesspool of a state worth it, be-cause there’s really no other reason to be there.

Here are just a few developments out of your state that prove it could be fairly titled the “scrotum of America.”

Take the Texas State Board of Education, which wants to replace public school teachers with little “Führers.”

The board’s latest attempt to reshape history to fit its xenophobic worldview is its approval to strike out “pro-Islam” bi-ases in world history textbooks.

The resolution says textbooks that de-vote more lines to Islamic beliefs and practices than to Christian ones should no longer be used.

Come on Texas, how could you let Islam gain an edge over our nation’s domi-nant religion? In place of the lines about Islam, Texas ought to add more about

Christianity’s brutal smackdown of Islam during the Crusades. No other time peri-od displays Christianity’s superior status. As Jesus said, “Let he who is without sin kick the first ass.”

You wouldn’t think Texas would have such a bigotry problem, given the fact that UT only accepts the top-10 percent of high school graduates. But this elitist mind-set just fuels the state’s blatant “brain drain” problem.

Obviously the best and brightest flee the state in droves, leaving only those who

ought to readily admit their KKK membership.

Even your very own state Sen. Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso, has admitted Texas is the worst state in the nation.

In his report, generously titled “Texas on the Brink” ( w e w o u l d ’ v e p r e f e r r e d “Texas – What Else Could You Expect?”), Shapleigh gives a few statistics on your state’s utter failure at existence.

Here are a few favorites:• How’s that abstinence-only education

working out for you? At least 80,050 teen moms, as reported by the Guttmacher Institute in 2004, no longer believe storks deliver babies. Congratulations, you rank first in the nation in teen pregnancy!

• Democracy? Why bother? Citizens of Texas don’t have any hope things will change: The number of registered voters who actually vote is last in the nation. And Texas ranks third in the nation for number of convicted public officials.

• Obamacare won’t kill your citizens; Texas politicians are happy to do it for you. Those who voted against the federal health care bill weren’t worried about death panels; they just didn’t want to abandon their state-of-the-art, citizen-killing health system. A whole quarter of the Texas population is uninsured.

We disagree with all of those who fought to make sure Texas didn’t secede from the Union. The U.S. would have been better off without you.

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There’s nothing Sooners look forward to more than a season of football.

The program here at OU is undoubtedly one of the most prestigious in the na-tion. Since World War II, the Sooners have seen plenty of success, includ-ing the most prolific offense ever, seven na-tional titles and the longest win-streak of all time. Add in tradition and the mass follow-ing spanning several states across the coun-try, and Norman becomes a definition of the term “football town.”

The accomplishments listed above are why the waiting list to obtain season tickets is measured in years, but doesn’t explain why so many students dismiss the game as just a social gathering rather than a specta-tor’s dream, and leave the game before the end.

Unless the guy in Section 31, Row 3, Seat 12 dies, we’ll never have an opportunity to sit there.

Some students don’t realize we have two things that the thousands on the ticket wait-ing list don’t have: priority and access. And when it comes to the OU-Texas game, we’re pretty lucky. All students who purchase sea-son tickets the previous year have the oppor-tunity to get OU-Texas tickets. Most donors and alumni don’t. This is why you should remain in your seats for all four quarters,

despite how alluring the Texas State Fair may be.

Football is a sport driven by spectators. The evi-dence is clear every home game. Students can create numerous and valuable

offsides penalties and missed receiving cues. It’s true our players play for the love of the game, but you should want to be a part of it too. Football personifies our nation’s com-petitive nature, our school’s commitment to excellence and our fans’ desire for individu-alistic superiority.

I know this probably won’t stop the fair-weather fans from disappearing at halftime, but maybe you’ll see the bigger picture; you’re a part of a major athletic event that represents values of our society and our school.

When your four years at OU are up, your immediate access to tickets will vanish.

Also, consider this: it’s OU battling Texas, state versus state, our crimson against their burnt orange. Stay the whole time and, most importantly, give them hell.

— Luke Atkinson,

broadcast and electronic media senior

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I’m sure this year’s OU-Texas game will be a good one, and most students will probably stay for the whole thing.

But if they leave early, don’t worry about it.

It’s popular view among some die-hard football fans that leaving games early is tantamount to blasphemy against OU.

Give it a rest. We’ll readily admit we’re not as hardcore of fans, but students who have no problem leaving games early are still fans nonetheless.

I know it must not feel good for the players to see a spotty student section, but they should know I still fully support how hard they work.

This is coming from a former athlete who experienced the same issue.

I wrestled all four years of high school, working my tail off, and attendance at our duels was always low. I didn’t care, be-cause I understand watching a wrestling match isn’t everyone’s idea of a fun time. And it wasn’t the reason that I wrestled; I wrestled because I loved the sport.

Our football team plays for the same reason. they don’t consider a game a waste if attendance is low or if people leave early; they play for the love of the game.

When the game is close, most students,

myself included, typically stay.

If our team is kicking the snot out of the opponent, I don’t care to stay and watch for another two and a half hours, because it’s

not my nor many students’ idea of enter-tainment — just like watching wrestling wasn’t entertaining to my high school.

If you want fans to imprison them-selves for the full five or six hours, they’re not going to be fans.

Plus, when the less enthusiastic fans file out at halftime, it makes it more com-fortable for the fans who want to stay. You’ve got more space and you can enjoy the game with the students who are as hardcore as you.

I don’t think we’ll have to worry about this issue much on Saturday. I expect the game to be an entertaining battle.

But if, God forbid, we start falling far behind and I see there’s no hope, I might leave and enjoy the Texas State Fair.

And if I do, please don’t get mad at me.

— Jared Rader,

opinion editor and journalism and Chinese junior

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Editor’s note: In preparation for the OU-Texas football game Saturday, The Daily Texan, the University of Texas’ student newspaper and The Oklahoma Daily agreed to exchange editorials and run them side by side today.

If you are reading this, congratulations. You’ve already surpassed what we thought to be the mental capacity of an OU student.

We at the Daily Texan think it’s just ador-able that your football team would care to play us once again despite losing four out of the past five seasons.

While A&M is our disappointing little brother, always trying so hard but laughably failing to be significant, we feel that your uni-versity is more akin to our awkward uncle — he used to be really buff in the 1980’s when he was taking steroids but now is a shell of his former self and constantly asking others to pull his finger for attention.

I’ll level with you — we’ve never really taken the time to consider the idea of Oklahoma, so we figured we’d just Google it. What we found was a Broadway play and a bunch of public urination arrest warrants.

We would comment on the inferiority of the members of your team individually, but we can’t seem think of any of note. Plus, we hate to criticize our fellow Texans.

Regardless, we don’t understand why you feel so much hostility towards [sic] our school — after all, we did send Kevin Durant on a mission trip to Oklahoma City to attempt to make your state relevant. God bless his chari-table heart.

It’s just not in our nature to be combat-ive. Longhorns are lovers, not fighters. After all, Men’s Health Magazine recently named Austin the most sexually active city in America. We tried to find Norman on the list, but then we realized farm animals weren’t accounted for in the study.

We feel it’s unnecessary to constantly hold your horns downward while playing against

other teams, regardless of how flattering we may find it. It’s a cute gesture to always sym-bolize your status below us in the conference rankings, but the obsessive acknowledge-ment of our superior University isn’t neces-sary. Plus, we already get plenty of media exposure as it is, as you will learn once “tele-vision” finds its way to Oklahoma.

Really, it’s not that we hate OU or anything; we’re just hurt that your state has yet to issue an apology to the nation for producing Toby Keith. Shame on you.

I suppose this is the part where we compare the world-class academics at the University of Texas to whatever you have at OU. We could discuss the breakthrough research done in Austin, the competitively-selected

student body or the dozens of nationally renowned pro-grams at our University, but this would all be a waste of time. Comparing the educa-tion quality of UT-Austin to the University of Oklahoma would be like pitting Heidi Klum against a microwave in a beauty contest.

We’re sure you’ll poke fun at our disappointing loss to

UCLA last weekend. Perhaps the tough-est part of the upset is that it ended our 36-week streak of being ranked in the top 10. Admittedly, our fans took the defeat pretty hard. We wish we could have taken it in stride like your fan base does, but we just aren’t used to losing big games. As sad as we are, we realize all streaks must end. After all, y’all won a bowl game last year.

Honestly, we’re sure that you’re all kind, hard-working individuals, but this simply does not detract from the fact that on an em-pirical level, you suck.

Good luck at the game and hook ‘em horns!

Love always and forever and ever,The Daily Texan

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Red River Rivalry trash-talking exchange

Should Sooner fans stay for the entire game, even OU-Texas?

Texas, give us a reason to be there

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B4 • Tuesday, September 28, 2010 The Oklahoma Daily | OUDaily.comHISTORY OF THE RIVALRY

OU-Texas series history

1900 — Texas 28, OU 21901 — Texas 12, OU 61901 — Texas 11, OU 01902 — Texas 22, OU 61903 — OU 6, Texas 6*1903 — Texas 11, OU 51904 — Texas 40, OU 101905 — OU 2, Texas 01906 — Texas 10, OU 91907 — Texas 29, OU 101908 — OU 50, Texas 01909 — Texas 30, OU 01910 — OU 3, Texas 01911 — OU 6, Texas 31912 — OU 21, Texas 61913 — Texas 14, OU 61914 — Texas 32, OU 71915 — OU 14, Texas 131916 — Texas 21, OU 71917 — OU 14, Texas 01919 — OU 12, Texas 71922 — Texas 32, OU 71923 — Texas 26, OU 141929 — Texas 21, OU 01930 — Texas 17, OU 71931 — Texas 3, OU 01932 — Texas 17, OU 101933 — OU 9, Texas 01934 — Texas 19, OU 01935 — Texas 12, OU 71936 — Texas 6, OU 01937 — OU 7, Texas 7*1938 — OU 13, Texas 01939 — OU 24, Texas 121940 — Texas 19, OU 161941 — Texas 40, OU 71942 — Texas 7, OU 01943 — Texas 13, OU 71944 — Texas 20, OU 01945 — Texas 12, OU 71946 — Texas 20, OU 131947 — Texas 34, OU 141948 — OU 20, Texas 141949 — OU 20, Texas 141950 — OU 14, Texas 131951 — Texas 9, OU 71952 — OU 49, Texas 201953 — OU 19, Texas 141954 — OU 14, Texas 71955 — OU 20, Texas 01956 — OU 45, Texas 01957 — OU 21, Texas 71958 — Texas 15, OU 141959 — Texas 19, OU 121960 — Texas 24, OU 01961 — Texas 28, OU 71962 — Texas 9, OU 61963 — Texas 28, OU 71964 — Texas 28, OU 71965 — Texas 19, OU 01966 — OU 18, Texas 91967 — Texas 9, OU 71968 — Texas 26, OU 201969 — Texas 27, OU 171970 — Texas 41, OU 91971 — OU 48, Texas 271972 — OU 27, Texas 01973 — OU 52, Texas 131974 — OU 16, Texas 131975 — OU 24, Texas 171976 — OU 6, Texas 6*1977 — Texas 13, OU 61978 — OU 31, Texas 101979 — Texas 16, OU 71980 — Texas 20, OU 131981 — Texas 34, OU 141982 — OU 28, Texas 221983 — Texas 28, OU 161984 — OU 15, Texas 15*1985 — OU 14, Texas 71986 — OU 47, Texas 121987 — OU 44, Texas 91988 — OU 28, Texas 131989 — Texas 28, Texas 241990 — Texas 14, OU 131991 — Texas 10, OU 71992 — Texas 34, OU 241993 — OU 38, Texas 171994 — Texas 17, OU 101995 — OU 24, Texas 24*1996 — OU 30, Texas 27 (OT)1997 — Texas 27, OU 241998 — Texas 34, OU 31999 — Texas 38, OU 282000 — OU 63, Texas 142001 — OU 14, Texas 32002 — OU 35, Texas 242003 — OU 65, Texas 132004 — OU 12, Texas 02005 — Texas 45, OU 122006 — Texas 28, OU 102007 — OU 28, Texas 212008 — Texas 45, OU 352009 — Texas 16, OU 13

» Texas has a 59-40-5 series lead over OU.

» The game has been played in Dallas since 1914, with the exception of 1922 (Austin) and 1923 (Norman).

» OU and Texas have tied fi ve times: 1903, 1937, 1976, 1984 and 1995.

» In 1901, 1902 and 1903, the game was played in November. It has been held in October every other year.

Since the time of the ‘shootout,’ battle for supremacy has defi ned universities’ reputation and spirit

RJ YOUNGThe Oklahoma Daily

It’s not a fight. It’s not a battle. Only one word can accu-

rately describe the ongoing football feud between OU

and Texas: war.

The Red River Rivalry is a war that will extend into its

105th skirmish this season. Since the year 1900 — 21 years

after the first recorded college football game ever played, be-

tween Rutgers University and Princeton University — OU and

Texas have found reason to vehemently hate each other at

least once a year (with a few skipped years here and there).

About 500 miles of Mississippi River basin separate the state of Texas from the state of Oklahoma; if you ask the ma-jority of citizens from either state, they’d like to keep it that way. Before the Sooners and Longhorns decided to take out their yearly frustrations on each other, the Red River had not been the site of any battle, war or apocalyptic pro-ceeding since the invention of the Gutenberg press. Then someone got the bright idea to put a football in between 11 Okies and 11 Texans and watch the ensuing carnage.

For the entire 20th century, and at least the first decade of the 21st century, the Red River has been the center of at-tention for 102 Octobers and three Novembers (the rivalry was played in November in 1901, 1902 and 1903).

In 2005, the Red River Rivalry took on the decidedly more gentle and corporate name of the “SBC Red River Rivalry.” In 2006, it became its current name, the “AT&T Red River Rivalry.” However, for nearly 100 years before that, it was simply referred to as the Red River Shootout.

And yes — “Shootout” is the correct word. This is probably the only game on the schedule each year where both teams’ fans are packing.

According to a 2005 poll by the Dallas Morning News of al l 119 Division 1 college football coaches, only the Michigan-Ohio State and Army-Navy games ranked higher as the top rivalry games in all of college football. Since 2000, only one of those four teams has won a BCS National Championship (Ohio State in 2002), yet both OU (2000) and Texas (2005)

Rivalry’s legacy rooted in tradition

SOONER YEARBOOK ARCHIVES

Top: OU defenders Kurt Burris (51) and Bob Herndon (36) tackle a Longhorn running back for a 2-yard loss during a Red River Shootout in the 1940s.

Left: OU defensive tackle Tommie Harris (left) wears the Golden Hat trophy, while running back Tashard Choice (right) celebrates Oct. 11, 2003, in Dallas. The Sooners beat Texas 65-13, setting the series record for the largest margin of victory by either team.SEE HISTORY PAGE B5

Th e Daily’s top 5 OU-Texas games of all time

It looked like OU would own the matchup in Dallas for the decade after going 7-1 in the past eight years. At least until Darrell Royal crossed the Texas border.

A decade earlier, under the direction of then-OU coach Bud Wilkinson, Royal played quarterback and defensive back for the Sooners.

After OU went up 14-8 in the third quarter, Royal replaced Texas quarterback Bobby Lackey with Vince Matthews in the fourth quarter. Matthews engineered a 13-play, 74-yard drive that allowed Texas to take a one-point lead.

Although the win itself didn’t help the Longhorns to a national championship, the win was a milestone in the Royal Era, as Texas went on a six-game winning streak in the rivalry.

Subsequently, Wilkinson never won again in Dallas before retiring in 1963. The student bested the master.

Result: Texas wins 15-14

1958

This OU-Texas game ended in a tie, but it was the allegations that OU was spying on Texas that defi ned the matchup.

During the 1972 season, Texas coach Darrell Royal had suspicions OU was spying on his football team, which stirred up tension between the teams — as if it wasn’t already high enough.

The Sooners were coming off back-to-back national championships in pursuit of a three-peat, but the Longhorn defense was prepared, holding OU to only 95 yards rushing.

The Sooners remained scoreless until OU stripped the ball on the Texas 37 yard line with fi ve minutes to go. All the Sooners needed was an extra point to win.

However, the ball was snapped over kicker Uwe von Schamann’s head and the game ended in a tie.

Coach Barry Switzer admitted to spying, but said he stopped after Texas “threw a fi t.”

Result: 6-6 tie

1976

This game was make or break for the teams, both looking to make their way to the national championship. Texas was No. 1, and the Sooners were No. 2.

But one controversial call prevented a winner.

The Sooners, who held a 10-point lead at halftime, could only watch as Texas pulled to within three points, 15-12.

With 10 seconds left in the game and Texas in fi eld-goal range, the Longhorns took one last shot at the end zone.

OU defensive back Keith Stanberry came up with the ball and seemed to have clinched the game for the Sooners.

The interception was curiously called incomplete and the Longhorns kicked a fi eld goal to tie the game.

Current Texas coach Mack Brown was in his only year as OU’s offensive coordinator for this game.

Result: 15-15 tie

1984

This Red River Rivalry was the fi rst overtime game in the newly formed Big 12 Conference, the fi rst time the rivalry was part of the school’s regular conference schedule.

It remains the only overtime game in the series’ history.

The Sooners orchestrated a come-from-behind win in the fi nal seven minutes of the game.

A kickoff returned for a touchdown by Jarrail Jackson, a two-point conversion by freshman quarterback Justin Fuente and a fi eld goal by Jeremy Alexander allowed the Sooners to deadlock the game at 24-24.

OU’s James Allen won the game for the Sooners after the running back punched in a touchdown from two yards out in overtime, giving him redemption for being stopped on fourth and inches two years before which let Texas win 17-10.

Result: Sooners win 30-27 (OT)

1996

How could the Red River Rivalry get any better after the Sooners devastated the Longhorns by 63-14 the year before? Try one of the closest games played between the two teams which–– was won with a single play.

Both defenses held each offense to under 100 yards rushing, and OU was leading 7-3 late into the fourth quarter.

With two minutes left in the game, the Longhorns looked to rally behind quarterback Chris Simms and march from their own three-yard line for a touchdown.

The rally would be short lived.During the fi rst play from

scrimmage, Simms dropped back to pass. Then, OU safety Roy Williams leapt over Texas’ offensive line and knocked the ball out of Simms’ hand. Sooner linebacker Teddy Lehman caught the ball and scored to seal the game.

Result: Sooners win 14-3

2001

With bragging rights and national championship hopes on the line nearly every year, the viscosity of the Red River Rivalry provides a plethora

of gritty gridiron memories. This list seeks to highlight the best from the annual pilgrimage to the Cotton Bowl.

— Tobi Neidy/The Daily

have won national championships in that same span of time.

Texas and OU also have played in the past two BCS Championship games. As of 2010, it’s hard to argue the Red River Rivalry is not the current king of college football rivalries.

Going into Saturday’s clash, the official record reflects a decided tilt toward the Longhorns with a 59-40-5 record. Texas won the first eight of 10 meetings between the two universities — hardly the makings of a real rivalry.

In the first ever matchup of the Red River Rivalry — back in good ol’ 1900 — the Austin-American Statesman made the game sound like Texas was in the middle of a spirited walk-through, refer-ring to the Longhorns as the “Varsity.” The article calls to be quoted at length:

“The game of football yesterday after-noon at the Varsity athletic field was an interesting contrast, notwithstanding the rather one-sided score of 28–2 in favor of the Varsity. The Oklahoma men played a very good game, but they had weak points and the Varsity men found this out, and proceeded to take advantage of them. For instance, the visitors’ tackles and ends were weak, and the Varsity men made most of their gains through these men. Their guards and center, though, were stiff enough, and the Varsity’s attack at these points never netted large gains, and were frequently futile.”

Cocky reporter, wasn’t he? However, he was right. For the Sooners, the Red River Rivalry got lopsided quickly — really quickly.

In the 1930s and 1940s, the Sooners lost 13 of 20 Red River Rivalries. These games looked less like an annual clash of equally matched twin brothers and more like a much older sibling bullying and battering his 6-year-old kid brother.

But then came the 1950s, and with it, the Bud Wilkinson Era.

Wilkinson — the man who laid the championship-winning foundation at OU on which Barry Switzer and Bob Stoops have built their legacies — beat Texas nine times in his 16 years as head coach. During that span, he also won three national championships and 14 Big Six/Seven/Eight Conference titles, including 13 conference titles in a row at one point.

In 1963, Wilkinson left OU and with him went OU’s decade-and-a-half of dominance in the Red River Rivalry. One of Wilkinson’s former pu-pils, Darrell Royal, took over the hated rival and picked up where Wilkinson — his former head

coach — left off, albeit for the wrong team.Royal won three national championships, 11

Southwest Conference titles and 12 Red River Rivalries in his 20 years at Texas. The most mem-orable Red River Rivalry game of Royal’s career was his last.

The game was drenched in ill-will between Royal and Switzer, because of allegations of spying on one another’s practices. President Gerald Ford attended the game and met with each head coach at the center of the field. The story goes that Ford spoke with both coach-es, but neither coach spoke to the other. The game ended in a 6-6 tie.

In 1984, Switzer contribut-ed to the fourth tie in the history of the Red River Rivalry. He and his offensive coordinator that year, Mack Brown, went into the contest with the No. 3 team in country, and Texas was the unani-mous No. 1. The game ended in a tie only because the athletic brilliance of Keith Stanberry — who intercepted Texas quarterback Todd Hodge’s pass in the end zone — was immediately over-turned by the officials. Texas kicked a field goal to end the game 15-15.

In 1996, the only memorable win of John Blake’s forgettable time at OU came in the Red River Rivalry. Down 13-24 in the fourth quarter, Blake and quarterback Justin Fuente engineered a drive that cut the lead to three after a touch-down and two-point conversion. After forcing the Longhorns to punt, Fuente again led the Sooner offense to within field goal range and Jeremy Alexander nailed a 44-yard field goal to tie the game at 24. The Sooners held the Longhorns to another field goal on their first and only posses-sion during overtime. Once in possession, Fuente and running back James Allen hooked up for a

screen pass to get the ball to the Texas two yard line. Allen walked into the end zone in a come-from-behind victory that ended in favor of the Sooners, 30-27. Thus ends the highlight reel of Blake.

The 2001 edition of the Red River Rivalry is by far the most significant and dramatic in re-cent memory. On first down, with only two minutes and six sec-onds left on the clock, down 3-7 and on their own 3-yard line, the Longhorn offense got set for the

snap. OU safety Roy Williams literally went ca-reening over the offensive line to hit Texas quar-terback Chris Simms as he was dropping back in the pocket. The ball came loose and the Sooners’ clairvoyant linebacker, Teddy Lehman, was in perfect position to snatch the ball out of the air and run it into the end zone for a touchdown.

That play is now affectionately referred to as “The Play” by Sooner fans and begrudgingly by Texas fans.

In 2005, the Longhorns got one back after five-straight years of losing the Red River Rivalry. On the strength of what is now known as the “Texas Spread Option Attack,” senior quarterback Vince

Young and freshman run-ning back Jamaal Charles led the Longhorns to a decisive 45-12 win on the 100th anniversary of the Red River Rivalry. Young threw for 241 yards and rushed for 45 yards, and Charles rushed for 116 yards on just nine carries. OU’s star running back, Adrian Peterson, was

held to just 10 yards on three carries because of an ankle injury.

The Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, didn’t play host for the Red River Rivalry until 1937. The game has been played at the Cotton Bowl during the Texas State Fair for the past 72 years, enter-ing its 73rd. In 2007, the 70th anniversary of the rivalry at the Cotton Bowl, both OU and Texas got into a public spat about the dilapidated state of the stadium and jointly threatened to make the rivalry a traditional home-away affair. Naturally, the city of Dallas caved to the pressure to the tune of $850,000 apiece to OU and Texas to keep the Red River Rivalry in Dallas through 2015.

Over the years, this rivalry has witnessed seven eventual Heisman Trophy-award winners, 11 eventual national champions, triple-digit con-ference titles and more than 200 All-Americans. However, the single greatest honor of the Red River Rivalry is actually the sum of three distinct awards all given to the victor. No other college football rivalry hands out so much hardware in addition to bragging rights.

The first and oldest award given to the winner is a bronzed 10-gallon cowboy hat simply called “The Golden Hat.” It is given to the winning ath-letic department and is, no doubt, currently on display just outside of Texas Athletic Director DeLoss Dodd’s office. The second is the “Red River Rivalry Trophy,” which has been given to the winning team’s student government since 2003. The final, the “Governor’s Trophy,” is given to the winning team’s governor.

Without question, the Red River Rivalry is a marquee game on any sports fans calendar, but it has special significance for all those who truly bleed crimson and cream or burnt orange and white.

Sooner fans have no choice but to beat Texas, and Texas fans have no choice but to beat OU. This is the game they stake their pride on and place their faith in. One fall day every year de-cides what kind of mood OU and Texas fans are in for the next 364 days.

The Daily’s all-time Sooners from OU-Texas

Quarterback —» Steve Davis (1973-75)Davis was the second quarterback in OU history to go 3-0 against Texas.

Running back —» Quentin Griffi n (1999-’02)Griffi n scored a school-record six touchdowns against the Longhorns in 2000.

» De’Mond Parker (1996-98)Parker rushed for 491 yards and scored three touchdowns against Texas in his career.

Offensive line —» Anthony Phillips (1985-88)OU went 4-0 against Texas with Phillips on the line.

» Bill Krisher (1955-57)Krisher was an All-American on two national title teams and was 3-0 against Texas.

» Jammal Brown (2001-04)Brown helped lead the way for Quentin Griffi n’s 248-yard rushing performance in 2002.

» Kurt Burris (1951-54)Another consensus All-American for OU, Burris went 3-1 against the ’Horns.

» Jim Weatherall (1948-51)Weatherall was a two-way star who ended his career with a 3-1 record against Texas.

Tight end —» Keith Jackson (1984-87)Jackson averaged 34.3 yards per catch against the Longhorns.

Wide receiver — » Tinker Owens (1972-75)Owens had a four-catch, 163-yard performance in the Sooners’ 1973 win.

» Mark Clayton (2001-04)Clayton ended his career with 18 catches for 287 yards and one touchdown, and with a 4-0 record against Texas.

Defensive line —» Lee Roy Selmon (1972-75)The Outland and Lombardi winner went 4-0 against Texas. Selmon had 14 tackles in 1974. He had 31 total tackles against Texas.

» Dewey Selmon (1972-75)Not to be outdone by his younger brother, Selmon notched 17 tackles against the Longhorns in 1974.

» Jimmy Wilkerson (2000-02)Wilkerson fi nished his career as OU’s Red River Rivalry sack leader with four.

» Kevin Murphy (1981-85)The 1983 Big Eight Defensive Player of the Year went 2-1-1 against the Longhorns.

Linebacker —» Jerry Tubbs (1954-56)With three interceptions, Tubbs helped lead OU to a 20-0 victory in 1955.

» Brian Bosworth (1984-86)“The Boz” helped limit Texas to 29 total yards in a 35-point win in 1986, and 17 rushing yards in 1985.

» Rod Shoate (1972-74)Despite an injured shoulder, Shoate had 21 tackles, broke up two passes and forced a fumble in 1974.

Secondary —» Derrick Strait (2000-03)Strait recorded 34 tackles, one interception and two fumble recoveries in his career against Texas.

» Rickey Dixon (1984-87)Dixon went 3-0-1 against the Longhorns, with 11 tackles and three interceptions.

» Roy Williams (1999-’01)Williams’ game-turning hit forced an interception returned for a score in 2001.

» Andre Woolfolk (1999-’02)Woolfolk was the fi rst two-way player at OU since ’79.

Coach —» Barry Switzer (1973-88)Switzer was 9-5-2 against Texas, with two four-game unbeaten streaks.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 • B5The Oklahoma Daily | OUDaily.com HISTORY OF THE RIVALRY

SOONER YEARBOOK ARCHIVES

The OU offense lines up before the ball is snapped against the Texas defense Oct. 12, 2002, in Dallas. The No. 2 Sooners beat the No. 3 Longhorns 35-24.

HISTORY: Sooners, Longhorns help defi ne college footballContinued from page B4

Darrell Royal

Texas and OU also have played in

the past two BCS Championship

games. As of 2010, it’s hard to

argue the Red River Rivalry is

not the current king of college

football rivalries.”

We just have to realize that this is a real

big money game and each week is big, but

everybody knows that this is a really big one

not just as far as national title hopes.

— JONATHAN NELSON, SENIOR DEFENSIVE BACK

I’m so excited. Last year being hurt I

was on the sidelines and I could feel the

energy and I was excited then but now I

actually get to play.

— TOM WORT, REDSHIRT FRESHMAN LINEBACKER

I’ve always wanted to play in it because

it’s one of the biggest games that people

will look at and talk about all year so it’s

meaning a lot to me to actually get to start

and play in the game period.

— STACY MCGEE, SOPHOMORE DEFENSIVE LINEMAN

It’s not so much just because it’s them,

this is a big game anyway. This has been a

big game for years and longer than I have

been on this Earth.

— JAMARKUS MCFARLAND, SOPHOMORE DEFENSIVE LINEMAN

Current Sooners sound off on Rivalry’s historical signifi cance »»»

B6 • Tuesday, September 28, 2010 The Oklahoma Daily | OUDaily.comRED RIVER RIVALRY

As Saturday draws near and another Red River Rivalry game is played, another season fades away for the games’ Cotton Bowl contract. In 2015, the Red River Rivalry will have the opportunity to do a plethora of things.

One of most obvious actions would be to move the game to Jerry World — the Dallas Cowboys’ new stadium. But at what cost to the fans?

Some of us know very well that to attend a game in Cowboys Stadium is very expensive. The parking itself is often the same price as a ticket to an OU home game, so the price of the OU-Texas ticket could very easily soar.

The stadium can hold a maximum of 110,000, which includes that standing-room-only party section. The Cotton Bowl, on the other hand, caps out at 92,000; and who doesn’t want an additional 9,000 crimson and cream fans?

With a move to Cowboys Stadium, oppor-tunity for advertisement also would greatly increase. By 2015 the Red River Rivalry will be the top rivalry in the country, with Michigan-Ohio State becoming a cross-di-vision matchup in the newly organized Big “Ten.”

These factors will definitely come into play when the OU-Texas rivalry committee sits down to decide on the next plan of action.

I believe the committee should strongly consider moving the game to a home-and-home scenario. The money Norman and Austin could generate would be vast. However, the lack of “rivalry” at the games would shoot this idea down.

The committee will really have to break down its options to see what will soothe the mind of the fan.

With that said, the rivalry could easily convey a more luxurious atmosphere in Arlington, Texas, versus the Texas State Fair. However, many will miss being able to walk right out of the game and celebrate a Sooner victory with a beer and funnel cake.

— Jordan Marks,

public relations senior

I would like to defend the funnel cakes.In the minds of almost everyone — fans, coaches, play-

ers, administrators, ESPN commentators — the OU-Texas rivalry game is synonymous with the Cotton Bowl around Texas State Fair time. Why go and change that just to make a few people’s pockets a little fuller?

What does Jerry Jones have to do with college football? Sure, his stadium is at the spaceship level of awesome, but it lacks everything that makes college football stadiums great.

Retractable dome? A high-definition screen almost as long as the field? Pizza that al-most costs more than my car? These things have no place in college football, especially not a game like OU-Texas.

OU-Texas is about going to a place that has housed every Red River Rivalry since 1937, when our great-grandparents were our age. The history is ocean-deep at the Cotton Bowl; you can see it, you can feel it, you know it.

College football isn’t about modernization or radical, unnecessary change. Tearing down Yankees Stadium — the house of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio — to build a new one, knowingly throwing away decades of history, is not the way it works outside of the pros. It’s all about renovation.

The Cotton Bowl, built in 1930, has been renovated and expanded four times, most recently in 2008. It’s not a dump. It is more than adequate to house the game.

Fortunately, the atmosphere of the rivalry has not been completely dictated by the stadium, or Jerry World would surely be the new destination. The thing the Cotton Bowl has that Cowboys Stadium doesn’t is the Texas State Fair.

It’s hard to argue against the fair. I mean, come on — there’s going to be fried beer this year. Tell me that isn’t awesome.

The problem is the powers in charge seem to only care about money. They don’t care about the fan experience, the atmosphere, the history or the tradition. So, sadly, the game might leave the Cotton Bowl in a few years for “greener pastures.” However, since the spirit of the rivalry resides in the Cotton Bowl, the Cowboys Stadium version would be a soulless shadow of what once was.

— James Corley,

journalism senior

When Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones built his new stadium in Arlington, Texas, rumors started that the Big 12 might move the Red River Rivalry to the new Cowboys Stadium. The Daily’s Jordan Marks and James Corley debate the pros and cons of moving to Cowboys Stadium versus staying in the Cotton Bowl.

STAFF COLUMN

James Corley

LUMN

orley

Where does the Red River Rivalry belong?

POINT/COUNTERPOINT

Left: OU fan Angie Nelson of Dallas (right) taunts University of Texas fan Jeff Shamburger of Tyler, Texas, after OU scored a touchdown to tie the score at 14 during the 2007 Red River Rivalry at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. She was one of the few OU fans sitting amongst UT fans.

Below: The Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, opened in fall 2009 and was a $1.15 billion project. The stadium is 3 million square feet and covers 73 total acres.

TOM FOX/DALLAS MORNING NEWS

TONY GUTIERREZ/AP

Move to Jerry World may come with deep pockets

No change needed, 72 years of tradition just fi ne

Everyone knows all there is to know about the OU-Texas rivalry, don’t they?

At The Daily, our goal with this issue is to leave readers as informed as possible about the Red River Rivalry, past and present, but sometimes you have to pretend like you know what you’re talking about to fit in some circles.

So here’s what you’ll need to fake your way through con-versations about “the good old days” or “the great play-ers.” Consider it a cheat sheet — An OU-Texas guide for Dummies.

• Texas leads the overall series 59-40-5. Impress your friends by saying the rivalry is significantly closer in the “modern era” (since World War II), 33-29-3. However, Texas still holds a four-game edge that way, so you’re on your own finding a way to twist the numbers in OU’s overall favor.

• This is the 73rd year OU-Texas has been played at the Cotton Bowl. If anyone mentions that the game should move to the new Cowboys Stadium — usually called Jerry World — be sure to slap them with history and tradition. Throw in something about funnel cakes and how Big Tex would be sad if we all left him.

• In 1976, President Gerald Ford came to the OU-Texas game. He met with Texas’ Darrell Royal and OU’s Barry Switzer before the game to discuss allegations of spying on each other’s teams. Apparently Ford said he was going for Texas. Dismiss this by saying Ford was a Michigan fan and had no idea what he was talking about. Also, throw in a bit about how Switzer’s OK because New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick did it too, and he’s an alright guy.

• If you don’t know what the “Superman” play was, Sooner Roy Williams leapt — nay, flew (thus, Superman) — over Texas’ offensive line to knock the ball out of Longhorn quarterback Chris Simms’ hand and into OU linebacker Teddy Lehman’s for a touchdown that sealed the game for OU. If you feel extra ambitious, say Texas might have won if they’d kept Major Applewhite as starting quarterback in-stead of putting in that little wussy upstart Simms kid.

• A pair of Texas coaches has an OU connection. Longhorn-great Darrell Royal played for OU under Bud Wilkinson before going turncoat and jumping the Red River. Current coach Mack Brown was an OU offensive coordina-tor under Barry Switzer, then spent a few years at Tulane and North Carolina before taking the head job at Texas and making cameo appearances in the “Friday Night Lights” TV show. Make sure to say OU never needed them anyway four or five times throughout your Saturday afternoon.

• If you find yourself in a verbal scuffle with a Texas fan, just know that you’ve got the hardware to back yourself up. Texas has four national championships and two Heismans. OU has seven and five, respectively. Plus, the Sooners have those great statues. What does Texas have? Bevo?

• Most the years, a huge percentage of OU players have been from the state of Texas. That would be more stuff the Longhorns could throw in your face, right? Wrong. Think about that hardware I just told you about. All you have to say is, “Our Texas players are better than your Texas play-ers.” Argument won.

An education: What you need to know to impress your football savvy friends

The stadium can hold a maximum

of 110,000, which includes that

standing-room-only party section.

The Cotton Bowl, on the other

hand, caps out at 92,000; and

who doesn’t want an additional

9,000 crimson and cream fans?”

• The OU-Texas rivalry is the only series of 10 or more games where the Sooners aren’t on the winning side of the series record. The rebuttal to this one is completely up to you. Good luck.

In addition to these, it’s always safe to say the rivalry was more fun in the ‘50s (Wilkinson won six straight from 1952-1957), the ‘70s (Wilkinson and Switzer combined won five straight from 1971-1975) and the early 2000s (Bob Stoops won five straight from 2000-2004).

And if all else fails, yell “Boomer!” twice, followed by a “Texas...” and you’ll be fine.

— James Corley,

journalism senior

STAFF COLUMN

Jordan Marks

COLUMN

n Marks

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Bob Barry Sr., the play-by-play voice of the Sooners for 30 seasons, will retire after this year. The Daily’s Zack Hedrick sat down with the broadcasting legend to talk about OU-Texas.

ZACK HEDRICK: This is your last OU-Texas to call. How would you describe your experience calling the rivalry?

BOB BARRY: I didn’t have a very good start with OU-Texas as far as the Sooners are concerned. When Bud Wilkinson named me to be the play-by-play guy in 1961, we lost all of Bud’s three years [coaching]. Gomer [Jones] came, we lost. In other words, I had done 10 OU-Texas games, we won one. Of course, the thing that Bob Stoops did — he beat them five years in a row, twice scoring more than sixty points against them. So that was a thrill. It’s a great rivalry. I love broadcasting from the Cotton Bowl. I love that stadium, the press box. It’s the perfect height; it’s one of my favorite venues. So, it’ll be tough not to do that. But I’ve had a great time broadcasting the games. Wish we had won more, though.

ZH: How do you feel about the rivalry?

BB: Well, you want to beat them. It’s a great rivalry. Texas is an enormous state. You’re silly not to recruit out of Texas. And Texas says, “Well, you gotta use our players.” Well, everybody does. Texas is a great state. It’s a natural big rivalry from that standpoint. I got a note that I really appreciated from Mack Brown, the Texas coach, congratulating me on my career and so forth. Really meant a lot to me. There is a friendship, and yet there is a rivalry. So it means something — big time — to me, better than any other game. Even better than OU-Oklahoma State.

ZH: What is your favorite memory from OU-Texas?

BB: Well, when OU scored sixty points or more on [Texas] twice in the Coach Stoops era. But one of the favorite memories after we lost all those years — hadn’t won since I had been doing them — five years in a row we lost [the game], I’m riding on the bus sitting next to Jack Mildren, the quarterback. He told me, “If we don’t beat ‘em today, we’re never going to beat ‘em.” And they beat them that day. That’s a great memory, to have Mildren the quarterback for OU say that, and then they go out and beat them. That was the first time they had won in several years.

ZH: What will you miss most?

BB: Actually doing the game. Just the actual act of doing the play-by-play, I love doing that, trying to describe and get the fans excited.

ZH: Should the Red River Rivalry stay in the Cotton Bowl or move to Cowboys Stadium?

BB: Keep it where it is. The [Texas State] fair is there; it’s a big deal. The Cotton Bowl is so much better than that Jerry World place. It is more fan friendly. The Texas

Sooner players from across Red River see rivalry little differently

AARON COLENThe Oklahoma Daily

Like a lot of America, the OU football program has been notorious for recruit-ing players from the state of Texas. Some of this year’s team’s most notable con-tributors hail from the Lone Star State.

That’s just more fuel to the fire that is the Red River Rivalry. It isn’t just a big deal to the players and schools in-volved — it extends to home-towns and high schools.

Sophomore offensive line-man Ben Habern was born in Argyle, Texas, and attend-ed high school at Liberty Christian, less than an hour away from Dallas, the site of the annual OU-Texas game.

Habern said he always viewed OU-Texas as the single-biggest rivalry in all of college sports, even before he knew he would be attend-ing OU.

“When I was a kid, grow-ing up in Texas, I pretty much was brainwashed,” Habern said. “I started watching Oklahoma football when I understood it. So when it was that OU-Texas game, it was always the biggest game of the year.”

Senior defensive back Jonathan Nelson, who is from Arlington, Texas, said that for as long as he can re-member, OU-Texas was a big deal among his peers.

“Every year, around OU-Texas time, there would always be kids that would wear their Texas shirts or

their OU shirts to school,” Nelson said.

Nelson said he never had a preference between OU and Texas as a kid, although his brother was an OU fan.

“I liked players on the OU side, and I also liked players on the Texas side,” Nelson said. “My brother, though, he’s always liked OU over Texas, so maybe that’s part of the reason I came to OU.”

Both Nelson and Habern were influenced by family preferences in the OU-Texas rivalry. However, they both were close to some people they disagreed with.

“None of my family mem-bers were Texas fans, but I know a lot of my high school coaches were big Texas fans,” Habern said. “So it was a joke when I’d come to school or go to practice.”

Nelson said some of his teachers took some shots at him when they found out he was going to play at OU.

“I always had teachers that would say, ‘Oh, you’re going to OU, but I still love you,’” Nelson said. “I don’t know how many times I heard that line.”

Even though they take some heat every now and then for becoming Sooners, Habern and Nelson said the pride of playing football for OU outweighs anything that anyone could say.

“My high school coach was probably the biggest Texas fan you’ll ever meet,” Habern said. “He is proud of me, but sometimes he gives me a hard time about it. But I can’t help it. I grew up watching Oklahoma football, and that’s what I know.”

OU football roster by the numbers

54 Players on OU roster from Texas

33 Sooner players from Oklahoma

28 OU players from other states

115 Total number of players on

the OU football roster

*Source: SoonerSports.com

Retiring announcer refl ects on fi nal rivalry game

STEVE SISNEY/THE OKLAHOMAN

Bob Barry Sr. stands outside the suites level at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium after OU coach Bob Stoop’s weekly press conference Sept. 26, 2006.

State Fair adds so much more to [the game]. I think it’s more unique than any other game in the country. And to move it to Jerry World would be a big mistake, I think.

ZH: Do you try to do anything different for OU-Texas?

BB: No, you just have a standard way of doing things and getting prepared. If you prepared well and go into a ball game, some days you can talk better than others — your tongue works better. If you’re prepared, that’s a great feeling. You get everything set up and exactly like you like it. I usually go in and talk to the other announcer from the other school. I ask if he needs anything, I get stuff from him. You go through a routine and after you do that, you’re ready to go.

ZH: What will make your final rivalry game special?

BB: OU winning would be very special. That would be neat. And I think they have the capability. It should be a heck of a game. It appears to me the teams are pretty even at this point.

ZH: Have a prediction for the game?

BB: I don’t think it’ll be a high-scoring game. I think maybe 28-21, something like that. In favor of OU, of course.

STEVE SISNEY/THE OKLAHOMAN

Bob Barry Sr. in the press box at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium during OU’s game against Virginia Tech Sept. 28, 1991.

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Wide receivers and tight ends Despite its lack of passing production, the Longhorn receiving corps is a formidable

one. True freshman Mike Davis has caught a team-high two touchdowns on the season with 183 yards, which is second on the team behind senior James Kirkendoll.

Kirkendoll made a name for himself in 2009 as a deep threat and is averaging 13.4 yards per catch this year. After those two, Texas has two more somewhat-reliable receivers in sophomore Marquise Goodwin and junior Malcolm Williams.

While they have four quality receivers, the Longhorns lack a solid, consistent playmaker like the Sooners have in junior Ryan Broyles. Kirkendoll and Davis have combined for 31 receptions, 384 yards and three touchdowns on the year, but Broyles alone has made 34 receptions for 482 yards and four touchdowns. True freshman Kenny Stills has shown fl ashes of brilliance, while senior Cameron Kenney and junior Dejuan Miller have proven reliable receivers as well.

As far as tight ends, both programs lack a consistent playmaker.

ADVANTAGE: OKLAHOMA

Running backs and fullbacks Two different running back packages will be seen in this year’s Red River Rivalry. Texas

brings a new power-run, multi-back attack, while OU features a spread-style offense that involves getting preseason All-American senior tailback DeMarco Murray into open space.

The Longhorns rely primarily on three backs who all have 27 or more carries on the year: junior Foswhitt “Fozzy” Whittaker, junior Cody Johnson and sophomore Tre’ Newton. The backs have combined for 106 carries, 419 yards and seven rushing touchdowns. Murray has handled the majority of the Sooners’ running responsibilities with 105 of OU’s 163 carries and seven of the team’s eight rushing touchdowns.

While the Longhorn backfi eld is deep, none of the three have emerged as a difference-maker. OU, on the other hand, has yet to establish a solid No. 2 back, but Murray is among the best backs in the country as a dual-threat runner and receiver out of the backfi eld.

ADVANTAGE: OKLAHOMA

Quarterbacks The statistical difference between Landry Jones and Garrett Gilbert is clear as day.

Jones (139.2) ranks fi fth in the Big 12 in quarterback rating to Gilbert’s (119.8) 11th-place ranking. Jones leads the Sooners with 1,221 yards, nine touchdowns and three interceptions to Gilbert’s team-best 885 yards, four touchdowns and four picks. Jones barely edges Gilbert in completion percentage 64.5 to 62.6 with Jones facing a tougher strength of schedule than Gilbert.

Ultimately, Jones is more experienced. Gilbert’s passing ability is brought into question after a three-interception game against Texas Tech and the Longhorns sudden switch of offensive philosophies from spread to power-run, not to mention his terrible game Saturday against UCLA.

ADVANTAGE: OKLAHOMA

Offensive line The Sooners return three starters on the line from last year and several additional

rotation players who saw serious playing time after all the injuries that took place. To put that into perspective, nine offensive linemen are in the rotation for the Sooners with two — redshirt freshmen Gabe Ikard and Josh Aladenoye — being fi rst-year players.

Texas returns just two starters from last season; however, the three new starters all saw 10 or more games of playing time last year.

Although the Longhorns have allowed just fi ve sacks to OU’s eight, Jones has dropped back to pass 30 more times than Gilbert has and the Sooners’ offense has produced more than the Texas offense has in both yards and points.

Despite the numbers, Texas’ line has been nationally attacked all season after their new “power-running game” has failed to take off due to poor blocking.

ADVANTAGE: OKLAHOMA

Defensive line This would be an easy pick if the Sooners weren’t suffering so many injuries. Senior

Adrian Taylor and junior Frank Alexander are both playing, but are still somewhat limited due to their former injuries.

That leaves a big gap with two fresh starters at defensive tackle, which was exploited by Cincinnati and could be exploited again by Texas’ run attack. Senior defensive end Jeremy Beal will be the best defensive linemen on the fi eld.

Texas features two returning starters in senior Sam Acho at end and junior Kheeston Randall at nose tackle. Sophomore Alex Okafor was a highly recruited talent and true freshman Jackson Jeffcoat made some big noise against Texas Tech.

The ends are almost equal, with Texas having a slight edge due to depth and a fewer injuries, but OU’s tackles are slightly better.

ADVANTAGE: PUSH

Linebackers This is perhaps the toughest position to call. Both teams return a star-caliber

linebacker — OU’s junior Travis Lewis and Texas’ junior Keenan Robinson. Emmanuel Acho takes the weak side for Texas and is one of the better players in the Big 12, whereas OU’s second-best linebacker remains to be seen.

Redshirt freshman Tom Wort has shown moments of promise, and sophomore Ronnell “The Hammer” Lewis has seen more time at defensive end this season as opposed to his natural strong-side linebacker spot.

Austin Box is still injured and would defi nitely improve the Sooners’ corps of linebackers, but the injury does not hurt as much because OU — like Texas — plays in the nickel more often than not and starts freshman Tony Jefferson or senior Jonathan Nelson as a hybrid linebacker-safety.

ADVANTAGE: PUSH

Secondary The Longhorns roll in this category. Texas’ secondary is one of the best in the nation with

four returning starters from a fi ve-man group last season. After the four returning players, Texas has a loaded roster of several of the nation’s top defensive back recruits during the past three seasons.

OU’s secondary struggled earlier in the season against Utah State but played lights out against Florida State. Both corners are new starters for the Sooners this season, although Nelson saw plenty of playing time last season. Senior Quinton Carter returns as a preseason All-Big 12 safety and OU’s best defensive back.

Even though the Sooners’ secondary has looked mostly good since Utah State, there is no comparing it to Texas’ defensive backs, who rank among the best in the NCAA.

ADVANTAGE: TEXAS

A look at how the OU, Texas units stack upTh e Daily’s Clark Foy compares the Sooners and Longhorns by position, evaluates which side holds an advantage over the other and highlights potential ga me-cha ng ing matchups during Saturday’s Red River Rivalry in Dallas.