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Wagons east
Unlike other states, Oklahoma's football powers have no problem playing in-state foes. When the Sooners visit Tulsa, everybody wins.

 
By Berry Tramel | Published: September 21, 2007    Comment on this article Leave a comment

TULSA — Arkansas never has played Arkansas State. Alabama never has played UAB or Troy. Florida State nor Florida ever have scheduled Florida Atlantic or Florida International.

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Some college football powers will play in-state foes, so long as it's on home turf. Ohio State has played 13 games against Ohio schools since 1998, all in Columbus. Michigan has played Michigan directional schools six times since 1943, all in Ann Arbor.

But tonight on 11th Street, the Sooners play at Skelly Field for the third time in 20 years. The OU-Tulsa football rivalry, revived in 1979 for the first time since World War II, has become a mutually beneficial series, especially when the Sooners travel the Turner Turnpike.

"There's a great buzz about this game” in Tulsa, said TU athletic director Bubba Cunningham.

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