Big 12: Will history repeat?<br/><span class='hl2'>Sooner fans flood the River Walk</span>

SAN ANTONIO — Danny Badiola doesn't know what a Sooner is. But he's sure glad a whole bunch of them traveled to San Antonio's River Walk this weekend.

Charlotte Waggner of Yukon and Rex and Shirley Lykins of Oklahoma City check out the Alamo on Friday night. They were in San Antonio for tonight's Big 12 Championship football game between the Sooners and the University of Missouri. BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN With the Sooners

and Tigers meeting

in historic San Antonio for tonight's Big 12 football title game, there's one question on OU fans' minds: Can their team duplicate the success of nearly two months ago, when Oklahoma

handed Missouri

its only loss of

the season?

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"Anytime you have a big game like this, it's always busy,” said Badiola, general manager of Mad Dog British Pub. "It's definitely good for business.”

Crimson and black blanketed the sidewalks of the River Walk as fans from Missouri and Oklahoma traveled to San Antonio for tonight's Big 12 Championship football game.

Badiola said Friday night was Mad Dog's second-busiest night of the year, behind St. Patrick's Day.

The first floor was flooded with Sooner fans. And the second level filled with Missouri faithful.

Badiola said he estimated his pub would do 25 percent more business than on a regular weekend night.

‘More than we've seen'

Pablo Hernandez, who has waited tables at The Republic of Texas steakhouse for almost seven years, said he can't remember when more fans from one team visited the River Walk before a game.

"I believe there are more than we've seen,” he said.

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