Dallas’ new stadium: Odd that a Red River rival will help start era
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By John Rohde
Published: January 14, 2009
It’s been a rough couple of months for Texas football.
Everything seemed in place when the Longhorns beat Oklahoma 45-35 last Oct. 11 at the Cotton Bowl, and then everything crumbled after a last-second loss at Texas Tech. The beneficiaries have been the Oklahoma Sooners, of all people. It was the Sooners who advanced to the Big 12 title game despite their head-to-head loss to Texas. It was the Sooners who won their sixth Big 12 title and played for the national title for the fourth time in the last nine seasons. And it will be the Sooners who play the first college football game inside the world’s most prolific stadium on Sept. 5 against BYU. OU will play a regular-season game inside Jerry Jones’ $1.3 billion facility before the Dallas Cowboys even do, and long before the No. 1 college program in the state of Texas ever does. It sure seems odd that a Red River rival will christen the stadium. The OU-BYU announcement got lost amidst the hoopla surrounding last week’s BCS national title game. The Sooners will not lose a home game by playing BYU in Arlington. This is a made-for-TV game, not a home-and-home or 2-for-1 agreement. OU athletic director Joe Castiglione said this game would not have happened in 2009 if it was required to be played in Norman. Castiglione said the Sooners will still have six home games, which has been his policy the last 10 years. (A home game yet to be finalized on either Sept. 26 or Oct. 3. Given that OU already has non-conference games against BYU, Miami and Tulsa, look for the 12th game to be against a lousy opponent.) Sept. 5 will be "opening day" for two Cowboys stadiums. While the Sooners open the Dallas Cowboys’ new facility, the Oklahoma State Cowboys will christen their completed stadium project against Georgia.
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Great back and forth Okie, glad you fought with some passion. This has gone far enough for me. Thanks for playing.
There are good fans and bad fans at every school. I have had great road trips to Nebraska and Alabama, and loved the interaction with a majority of the fans. Peace..
Oklahoma. I have spent most of my life around OU fans, and they are the most obnoxious people on the face of the earth. I noticed this when I went out to Los Angeles. Football season comes and goes and life continues. They are not obsessed with it. There is more important things, and they take the priority in lives and in conversations. The same is true in Austin. I have made several business trips down there, and I have noticed that you see more upside down Longhorn emblems in Oklahoma City than you see Longhorn emblems period in Austin. Even in 2005. People are just not obsessed with it. And living in Warr Acres and working downtown, all season long I have listened to it. And now I get to hear excuses everyday as to why OU lost. I mean EVERY SINGLE DAY. I am like “Get over it.” So that is my beef with OU fans. I know that there are some good OU fans, and I am sorry for those who are. But I am sick of it.
UT Chattanooga 84715
Cincinnati 84476
TCU 85158
Kansas 85241
Nebraska 85212
Texas Tech 85646
(Now, let's use your limited rational) How come did you run 85,646 for Tech but only ran 84,476 for Cincinnati if you have sold out every game over the past 10 years.
Again, another reason you should be mad at YOUR A.D. The same person who signed off on using BCS as a tiebreaker.