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Sooners need to score early to take fans out of game (and watch for tortillas)

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The victory over Kansas State was one of the most nerve wracking games I have been to recently. We could never really put the game away until the late fourth quarter. So even though the final score did not look it, to me that was a close win.

But that’s all that matters. Now the OU roadshow travels to Lubbock this Saturday to take on pretty boy Kingsbury and his Texas Tech Red Raiders.

Same story this year for Tech. Really good offense, abysmal defense. Although West Virginia was able to virtually stop the Red Raider offense this past Saturday when they only allowed them to score 17 points in a blowout Mountaineer win on Tech’s home field. I hope Mike Stoops is watching that film to try and pick up anything new West Virginia might have thrown at Tech to shut them down.

If the OU defense can hold Tech to anywhere near 17 points, OU will run them out of the stadium.

The Red Raider defense has no hope against Baker and the boys. Even without Samaje, I would be shocked if the Sooners don’t score at least 40 points on those guys. But as we all know, crazy things happen in Lubbock. It’s a night game so the fans will have had all day to get liquored up which will only add to the hostilities.

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A week after squeeking by Texas, Sooners face a tougher Kansas State

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Any win over the longhorns is cause for celebration because of the history and tradition of the rivalry. Saturday’s victory was also as frustrating as all get out.

The Sooners turned a 30-point blowout into a 5-point last play of the game squeeker.

Four turnovers will do that. Although it was really three turnovers. I’m not counting the interception where our receiver was tackled by two longhorns while running his route.

I really try to believe that officials aren’t out to sway a game one way or the other. But that was getting a little ridiculous Saturday.

But again it was a win over texas and you never take that for granted. And to do it while losing several key players on defense to injury makes it that much more gratifying.

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Here we go across the Red River by the thousands once again — Beat Texas!

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In 1931 the Oklahoma governor called out the Oklahoma National Guard and declared martial law over the Red River bridge between the two states when Texas barricaded a new free bridge and forced traffic to take an older toll bridge.

The Oklahoma guardsmen took control of the south end of the bridge held by armed Texas Rangers and allowed traffic to pass without forking over any toll money.

It was Texas’ third defeat in its history. The first being to the Mexicans at the Alamo, then to the U.S. Army during the Civil War, and then to the Oklahoma National Guard.

The Oklahoma-Texas game had been played 25 times before the Red River Bridge War was declared in 1931. Oklahoma had won only eight of them and tied one. Most of the games were close.  All were well attended.  But only six of the games had been played in Oklahoma.

The Red River Bridge War really stung those Texans.  After that the Longhorns refused to cross the bridge. It was too embarrassing of a reminder that their beloved Texas Rangers had been losers yet again. And this time to a bunch of Okies.

And so, the Oklahoma-Texas game has been played in Dallas ever since. It’s the only way the Sooners could get the poor Texans to play ball with them.

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