A first grade teacher in Austin, Tx, explains to her class that she is a Longhorn fan. She asks her students to raise their hands if they, too, are Longhorn fans. Everyone in the class raises their hand except one…
In reality, the Red River Rivalry has not been a series of games. It is one game.
Each contest is a continuation of the year before — another engagement in a border war that has been waged for 107 years.
A run here. A pass there. A big play. A turnover. A kick.
They are jabs and cuts and headbutts in a slugfest to gain the momentum. To battle for the lead.
To go at it with reckless abandon for 60 minutes in order to gain the lead on the scoreboard, followed by a 364-day time out, then followed by another four quarters of the same struggle.
And it is the way it should be — the best rivalry in college football.
Oklahoma Athletic Director Joe Castiglione best summed up the state of the Oklahoma-Texas game.
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