(4/20) Texas remains silent, Cotton Bowl Future Unclear
Oklahoma Sooner Football Articles/Notes
Cotton Bowl Future is unclear: The silence coming out of Austin, Texas, is deafening. It sends a loud and clear message that the long-term future of the Oklahoma-Texas football game remaining in Dallas is in serious trouble. The current contract runs through the 2008 season. There is an escape clause to leave after the 2007 game, which would be the 78th consecutive year at the Cotton Bowl. The issue of the game's future was supposed to be settled in January, when OU officials confirmed they wanted to continue the storied tradition instead of going to a home-and-home series. Dodds said in December that he needed 30 days to get a report from engineers on the condition of the venerable stadium. Dallas officials said they will make massive renovations to the Cotton Bowl if both schools sign a long-term contract. More than four months after Dodds said he needed a month to reach a decision, the Texas AD remains noncommittal. "We made our statement in January," Sooner AD Joe Castiglione said. "It's really now just Texas figuring out what it wants to do." Dodds was unavailable for comment Wednesday. But UT senior AD for communications Nick Voinis, who said he discussed the OU-Texas game at length with Dodds on Tuesday, said, "We're in no hurry." (In part from Tulsa World)
Still time for a detour in Peterson's road: The Oklahoman
Cotton Bowl Future is unclear: The silence coming out of Austin, Texas, is deafening. It sends a loud and clear message that the long-term future of the Oklahoma-Texas football game remaining in Dallas is in serious trouble. The current contract runs through the 2008 season. There is an escape clause to leave after the 2007 game, which would be the 78th consecutive year at the Cotton Bowl. The issue of the game's future was supposed to be settled in January, when OU officials confirmed they wanted to continue the storied tradition instead of going to a home-and-home series. Dodds said in December that he needed 30 days to get a report from engineers on the condition of the venerable stadium. Dallas officials said they will make massive renovations to the Cotton Bowl if both schools sign a long-term contract. More than four months after Dodds said he needed a month to reach a decision, the Texas AD remains noncommittal. "We made our statement in January," Sooner AD Joe Castiglione said. "It's really now just Texas figuring out what it wants to do." Dodds was unavailable for comment Wednesday. But UT senior AD for communications Nick Voinis, who said he discussed the OU-Texas game at length with Dodds on Tuesday, said, "We're in no hurry." (In part from Tulsa World)
Still time for a detour in Peterson's road: The Oklahoman
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