Record crowd to watch Sooners today Renovations mean more tickets and bathrooms for fans
BY BERRY TRAMEL
Published: October 11, 2008
DALLAS — The biggest crowd ever to see the University of Oklahoma play football, 92,000-plus, will fill the Cotton Bowl today for the OU-Texas game. And that’s good news on two fronts for fans.
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The 16,000 extra seats at the expanded Cotton Bowl will make tickets a little easier to come by. And the Cotton Bowl renovations included more amenities.
"Now we might be able to find a (bathroom),” said OU fan Robert Simonton of Ogden, Utah, who was born and raised in Seminole.
Bathrooms and tickets have been in short supply over the years. High stakes have not, and this year is no different. Both teams are 5-0; the Sooners are ranked No. 1, the Longhorns No. 5. This is the 10th time in the 103-game series that both teams enter ranked in the top five.
"Oh man, I can’t wait to see it,” OU fan Gary Wilson of Kingfisher said of the Cotton Bowl. "It’s going to be great.”
Wilson on Monday had just two tickets and needed 12. He had all 12 by the end of Monday.
But tickets are still pricey. At Humperdink’s sports bar Friday, one OU fan was trying to sell a pair of tickets for $250 each. Another was trying to sell a pair of 50-yard line seats for $550 each and said they were listed at $2,250 on eBay.
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I WAS PART OF THE CROWD AT THE ROSE BOWL IN PASEDENA A FEW YEARS BACK, AND I'D SWEAR THE PLACE HOLDS OVER 100,000. ARE YOU SURE THIS IS THE BIGGEST OU CROWD EVER???
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