Red River Rivarly Week Part 2

By Brad Calhoun

Good lord am I waiting for this weekend to be here and gone. Texas/OU weekend is usually very exciting for me. Coming off a very surprising loss to UCLA, OU is the last the team Texas would wanna see. There is a lot of bragging right no doubt with a win in the Red River Shootout. Texas/OU has been over the years the most love/hate rivalry I've ever come in contact with. As Jacob wrote in his entry, all year long, we root for the Rangers, Cowboys, Stars and Mavericks and then for one game all lines are drawn in the sand. My feelings of OU fans is much different than any other sports fans. I have absolute hate for OU fans. With hate that does mean I have a great amount of respect and regard for them. OU have been a power house in the south for many years and it's hard to deny any of that. When you watch football on Sunday it's hard to not see the number of Sooners (as well the number of Longhorns).


I do believe it will be a Longhorn loss and I kind of see this being similar to the Cowboys losing the first 2 games this season. Only difference is the amount of talent on the Cowboys compared to the Longhorns, so the Longhorns have a lot going against them. Longhorns all around were horrible against a crappy UCLA football team. They couldn't run the ball and they couldn't do it in the air. So what do you do besides getting a bionic kicker? Longhorns defense last week was dismal as well but it was probably in part watching a horrible Longhorn offense.

OU just came off a close game against a nitty gritty Air Force team who had beat them at their own game. OU's offense has a chance to finally show something but it all depends on their QB, Landry Jones. I was quite impressed with him last year throwing 6 TDs in one game. This year he has just been "MEH". Nothing impressive just enough to get by. The defense is always strong out front but their secondary has some holes.

I think this will be a battle of the suck. OU and Texas both took a big hit in the draft and they just have to rebuild like any team. The problem is I think Texas might suck a little more than OU does. If I'm going to be objective I will have to say I see it's quite possible OU will come up victorious. Now don't get me wrong (here is where I become completely bias) OU still sucks balls I sure hope Bob Stoops gets a ball thrown at his nuts.

Just a side note: If you believe you need to go to a Texas or OU to root for them or be a fan of them I have a suggestion for you. Go outside, maybe in your backyard, maybe around the park, and I want you to go find a rock. Not too big to where you can't carry it but not too small. Now hold that rock in your hand and look at it deeply. As you gaze at the rock, with one swift motion, I want you to hit yourself repeatedly with the rock until you can't feel your face anymore or you can no longer hold the rock (which ever comes first). You don't have to go to Texas or OU to be a fan. That is completely idiotic. Enjoy the damn game and please talk as much crap as possible to your OU/Texas friend. Then go buy the winner a beer.