(4/25) OU-Texas rivarly in Dallas in Jeopardy
Oklahoma Sooners Notes/Articles
OU-TEXAS Shootout in Cotton Bowl appears numbered: You can all but hear time running out on the Texas-Oklahoma football game, as we know it. And we knew it for 77 consecutive years as one of the top attractions in all of sports. Maybe, it will remain as such. Probably not in Dallas. "I think it's 80-20 that Texas will leave," said someone with connections to both Texas and the Cotton Bowl. Personally, I take a real-estate agent's tack to this scenario. It's all about location, location, location. And I like it where it is. And barring a change of heart by Texas — or firm, credible promises that the City of Dallas really will renovate the stadium with more than a Band-Aid and maybe even add a dozen luxury boxes — I believe sadly that the location will soon change. Come 2009, I expect we will see the Texas-Oklahoma game for the last time at the broken-down Cotton Bowl. But that might not be the end of a marquee football matchup involving the Longhorns in the Metroplex. It seems Texas is slow-playing the issue long enough so that the bond package may be removed for lack of any assurance from the Longhorns. An Oklahoma official said the Sooners would consider playing another team (not A&M) in Dallas if the Texas series there ends. Texas doesn't want to be the villain in this episode, and it doesn't want to totally snub Dallas, a fertile recruiting area for the Horns. DeLoss Dodds, Texas' athletic director, says, "We've got three more years left on the (Cotton Bowl) contract, and we're looking at all our options." He added that the school expects to take a final stance on the issue by the end of May. "They really want to make it work," Dodds said Monday. "My guess is we're trying to make progress." (In part from Austin Statesman)
Draft Prospects Prepare for Big Weekend: SoonerSports.com
Spring awards: The Oklahoman
Position moves now a luxury for Sooners: The Oklahoman
OU-TEXAS Shootout in Cotton Bowl appears numbered: You can all but hear time running out on the Texas-Oklahoma football game, as we know it. And we knew it for 77 consecutive years as one of the top attractions in all of sports. Maybe, it will remain as such. Probably not in Dallas. "I think it's 80-20 that Texas will leave," said someone with connections to both Texas and the Cotton Bowl. Personally, I take a real-estate agent's tack to this scenario. It's all about location, location, location. And I like it where it is. And barring a change of heart by Texas — or firm, credible promises that the City of Dallas really will renovate the stadium with more than a Band-Aid and maybe even add a dozen luxury boxes — I believe sadly that the location will soon change. Come 2009, I expect we will see the Texas-Oklahoma game for the last time at the broken-down Cotton Bowl. But that might not be the end of a marquee football matchup involving the Longhorns in the Metroplex. It seems Texas is slow-playing the issue long enough so that the bond package may be removed for lack of any assurance from the Longhorns. An Oklahoma official said the Sooners would consider playing another team (not A&M) in Dallas if the Texas series there ends. Texas doesn't want to be the villain in this episode, and it doesn't want to totally snub Dallas, a fertile recruiting area for the Horns. DeLoss Dodds, Texas' athletic director, says, "We've got three more years left on the (Cotton Bowl) contract, and we're looking at all our options." He added that the school expects to take a final stance on the issue by the end of May. "They really want to make it work," Dodds said Monday. "My guess is we're trying to make progress." (In part from Austin Statesman)
Draft Prospects Prepare for Big Weekend: SoonerSports.com
Spring awards: The Oklahoman
Position moves now a luxury for Sooners: The Oklahoman
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