"What we’re really dealing with here, of course, is not so much a game, not so much a sport, as a territorial war which has raged at a no-prisoners intensity for 90 years. Other rivalries have grown to fierce proportions; USC-Notre Dame, Michigan-Ohio State, LSU-Ole Miss, and in its special striped-tie niche, Yale-Harvard. But for pure rawhide bitterness, for pure clenched-fisted state pride, no rivalry exceeds the frenzy of OU-texas."

"OU and texas first squared off in 1900 and have played continually in Dallas since 1929, and in Cotton Bowl since it opened in 1937.  The seating is divided equally for OU and ut fans, cutting down the 50-yard line, coloring the stadium half Crimson and half burnt orange.  The excitement, emotion and rivalry this game produces are unmatched.  This matchup is not just a college football game; it is a battle for pride between two states that are rich in football history (thOUgh OU has caputured three national titles since the last time texas won title)!"

"They claim the Red River War is played at a neutral site, even thOUgh every time I look at a map, Dallas is still in texas."

"Everything we do in OUr program is in answer to the underlying question: will it help us beat texas?"

"I mean, man, when yOU take a team down that ramp to play texas, yOU better damn well feel the emotion. When yOU hit the floor of the Cotton Bowl, there’s electricity. And if yOU don’t feel it, yOU OUght to go have yOUr saliva checked."

"When yOU beat texas, I don't care what yOUr win-loss record is, it's the biggest day of yOUr life.  We looked at it as thOUgh it were the national championship."

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