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Then sophomore running back Samaje Perine gets tackled by a UT defender during the Red River Showdown in October 2015 at the Cotton Bowl. The teams will play again Oct. 8, and kickoff is at 11 a.m.

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he southbound lanes on Interstate 35 w ill be brought to a crawl F r i d ay a s O k l a h o ma fans make their annual sojourn south of the Red River, descending upon Dallas for the fair, the fried food and a football game against the Texas Longhorns. When the sun begins to rise over the Dallas skyline on Saturday, one thing will be abundantly clear: It’s time for the Red River Showdown. “All across the state, people look forward to this game,” said Jordan Evans, senior linebacker and Norman native. “Students are going crazy; high schools don’t have school and stuff like that. So it’s just a great atmosphere to be a part of, and it’s a lot of fun.” But while the game still captures the imaginations of Okies and Texans, it has fallen by the wayside on the national stage. The rivalry featured a matchup of ranked teams 10 times from 2000 to 2010, and the programs combined for six national title appearances during that stretch. As each team limps into Saturday at 2-2 in the season with fans on each side less than pleased with the performances

I get to my phone, my dad just texted me and said, ‘Welcome to OU-Texas.’” Oklahoma and Texas may not be competing for a national title this year, and there may not be as many future NFL players on the field as in years past. But it’s still the Red River Showdown. “From an emotional standpoint, it’s a street fight. That’s absolutely what it is. There’s no hiding that,” Mayfield said. “This is the biggest rivalry in college football. You get in that tunnel, there’s nothing nice to be said. They don’t like us, and we don’t like them.”

Even though the teams are not currently in college football’s elite, the game still holds extra importance for Oklahoma’s players. “It’s huge. It’s one of the reasons you come to this school, to play Texas,” sophomore receiver Mark Andrews said. “It’s just one

of those things. When you come here you kind of circle that game on the board.” With more than 40 Texans on the Oklahoma roster, the game holds a little more juice for those who grew up in the Lone Star State. “Huge, huge,” said Dimitri Flowers, Texas junior fullback and San Antonio native. “I get asked that all the time, why I’m not at Texas ... I just felt like this was the place for me, and I’m here now, and hopefully I get to prove why I’m here.” “There’s no beating around the bush,” said Baker Mayfield, junior quarterback and Austin, Texas, native. “But at the same time, our guys are going to have to harness all that (emotion) and go out and do their job.” The spectacle at the Cotton Bowl, with the crowd equally divided between crimson and burnt orange, has a special place in college football lore and the potential to make local legends out of the players on each side. Evans, whose dad played at Oklahoma, learned quickly what this rivalry was all about. “My freshman year, I was playing on kickoff ... Dude blew me up,” Evans said. “After the game,

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of the coaches, the game won’t have the same stakes that it did a decade ago. On Saturday, you could forgive the casual college football fan for being more excited about games between Alabama and Arkansas or Tennessee and Texas A&M than an 11 a.m. kickoff between two seemingly mediocre teams. The game may have even lost a bit of its on-field intensity. “Those games were so intense back when I was there before I left (to go to Arizona),” said Oklahoma defensive coordinator Mike Stoops, who held the same position from 1999 to 2003. “It’s just different, but it’s still intense when you walk on the field and through the tunnel. You can still feel it, but some of those games were beyond; both teams came at each other ... But still, there’s no love lost when both teams get to Dallas.” Oklahoma began its season with national championship aspirations but was smoked by Houston and Ohio State. A season opening win for Texas over Notre Dame has lost its shine as the Longhorns and Irish have struggled in the following weeks. Much of the chatter coming into this year’s game centers around

the early season disappointment of the Sooners and the uncertain job status of Texas coach Charlie Strong. “I think we’re both kind of fighting for our survival right now,” Stoops said. “We’re in the same situation they are.”

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“From an emotional standpoint, it’s a street fight. That’s absolutely what it is. There’s no hiding that. This is the biggest rivalry in college football. You get in that tunnel, there’s nothing nice to be said. They don’t like us, and we don’t like them.” BAKER MAYFIELD, JUNIOR QUARTERBACK

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Concert costs $150,000 CAC shells out for star-studded event, views price as deal ANDREW CLARK @Clarky_Tweets

O U w ill pay more for t h e u p c o m i n g Ca m p u s Activities Council Homecoming Bash concert than the previous two CAC-sponsored concerts combined, according to the contract for the concert. The university will pay $150,000 to bring in Flo Rida, Mike Posner, Tinashe, Jojo and Kent Jones to perform at the Lloyd Noble Center Oct. 26. The payment is more than what OU gave to both rapper YG in September 2015 and Grammy-winning rocker Jack White in February 2015. OU spent $40,000 to bring YG to the McCasland Field House and $80,000 to bring Jack White to the field house. The money to pay for the Homecoming Bash concert and previous CACsponsored concerts comes from a portion of the organization’s budget, student activity fees and money that CAC has saved from previous years, said Quy Nguyen, senior associate director of Student Life at OU. Nguyen said he thinks the $150,000 price point is a sweet deal. In May 2014, Degy Entertainment released a list showing the range of how much it would cost to bring the different artists it represents for a show. Flo Rida was listed at $100,000 to $150,000 alone. Mike Posner was listed at $40,000 to $50,000.

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The Pride of Oklahoma marches in the homecoming parade Oct. 24, 2015. The Campus Activities Council will receive all of the ticket sale earnings from the Homecoming Bash slated for Oct. 26.

CAC will also earn 100 percent of the event’s ticket sales, according to the contract. The tickets are $18 for OU students and $35 for non-OU students. Furthermore, the $150,000 payment covers the services the concert’s p ro m o t e r w i l l p rov i d e. These services include security, transportation for the artists and catering for the stage crew, volunteers and artists, according to the contract. Aimee Schnebeck, CAC, said she is excited not only for the concert but all of homecoming week. “This is a great event,” she said. “It’s something that will bring hopefully a lot of people together, seeing as that’s what our campus

weighed in on as what they wanted to see.” Schnebeck said the artists for the homecoming concert were chosen based on a survey on OrgSync. Participants picked what genres of music they were interested in, and the top two genres were Top 40 and hip hop, she said. Based on those results, Schnebeck said CAC looked for artists who fit the

survey’s results and the organization’s budget, sent out bids to different artists and ended up with its artist list from there. The concert is also the first-ever home coming event with no competitive facet. Andrew Clark

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OUPD investigating rape on campus after third party makes report Oct. 3 A third party reported Oct. 3 that a rape took place Sept. 18 at an unknown campus location. According to an OU Police Department report, the suspect in the incident is known to the victim, but no information about the suspect was reported. The police department is currently investigating the incident. Information about the incident was also reported to Title IX, the report says. OU Police investigated 17 forcible sex offenses on campus in 2013, 12 in 2014 and nine in 2015, according to the 2016 Sooner Fire and Safety Report. Two OU professors of counseling and psychology conducted research that was released in April 2016, reporting that 152 of 823 students surveyed were sexually assaulted during their time as OU students. Of the 152, 63 said the sexual assault occurred on-campus or at an OU-sponsored event, and 47 of those 63 students said they had been sexually assaulted either in OU-affiliated housing or in fraternity or sorority housing. Researchers said in an early article by The Daily that they sent the report to the Office of the President, Title IX and other administrative offices, but only the Gender + Equality Center acknowledged it. Staff Reports

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AGD house reopens after fire Sorority members look forward to transfer from hotel ABBY BITTERMAN @abby_bitterman

The house of OU’s Alpha Gamma Delta’s chapter will reopen the weekend of Oct. 8, allowing the sorority’s members to finally move in after 2 1/2 years of unexpected rebuilding. After AGD’s house was badly damaged in an electrical fire in January 2014, the members could no longer live in the house. After the fire, the sorority members were forced to move — many of them living in the Cate Center dorms, Traditions Square or The Cottages. The members who were supposed to live in the house this year have been staying at a hotel, the Marriott Conference Center at The National Center for Employee Development, while construction was finishing up. Sydney Patrick, the AGD president and a construction and renovation design senior, said the house was supposed to be finished in time for recruitment this summer, but some issues caused delays. “They had to re-dig the basement like three times because of the weather last summer,” Patrick said. “They found asbestos in the basement, which is normal for that age of a house, but obviously they had to take care of that.” AGD’s housing corporations chose the center for the OU chapter’s imminent house residents to live in during the rebuilding. It is a nine-minute drive from the

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Members of OU’s Alpha Gamma Delta throw their signs up in front of their house on Wednesday The house has been under construction for 2 1/2 years.

sorority house. “It’s been our best option because it’s all of the girls that are going to be living in the house together,” Patrick said. “They have a place that we can have chapter and we can hang out in the lounge and they have free breakfast, so it’s been good.” Mati White, AGD’s vice president of campus relations and a political science junior, said while the women are living on the fifth floor of the 964-room hotel, it still feels like living in a sorority. “The hotel has done a lot to accommodate us,” White said. “We’ve been able to still live as a sisterhood.” D a r by S e w e l l , A G D ’s philanthropy coordinator and an early childhood e d u c a t i o n s o p h o m o re, said staying in the hotel has been fun — and they get their rooms and towels

cleaned every day. “It’s like the ‘Suite Life of Zack & Cody,’ but like sorority edition,” Sewell said. Patrick said the sorority’s housing dues were adjusted for the women, so they pay less while living in the hotel since their meals are not provided. But this adjustment does not cover the cost of the hotel for the sorority, so AGD’s fraternity housing corporation is paying the extra cost, she said. Patrick said the women living in the hotel got to pick three days a week each to park at the house so they can be close to campus during class time. She said this is so they can leave room for the construction vehicles. “Some other girls park at a friend’s house or have an on-campus parking pass,” Patrick said. Jenna Henderson, a human relations senior

and vice president of member development for AGD, said she doesn’t mind the commute from the hotel to school. “There are plenty of students here at OU who commute every day from a lot farther,” Henderson said. “So for me having to add an extra five minutes on to my drive, it’s OK.” Pa t r i c k s a i d t h e n e w house will have a mirrored chapter room that can be used for University Sing and homecoming practice, an exercise room, a craft room a n d m o re s t u d y s p a c e. Sewell said the third floor of the house will also have a coffee bar and a study room. AGD also has a new house mom, who has been staying at the NCED, as well. The house’s new chef is in training at AGD’s headquarters in Indianapolis. “ We h av e a b u n c h o f things we didn’t have

before, so we’re really excited to be able to use those,” White said. Henderson said she was a member of AGD when the house caught on fire, and she is excited for it to reopen. “It’s just gotten me emotional a couple of times, because everything I’ve hoped

for and waited for is finally here,” Henderson said. Editor’s note: Sydney Patrick is a Daily staff member. Abby Bitterman abbybitt@ou.edu

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The University of Oklahoma Alpha Gamma Delta sorority meets for chapter on Sunday in the National Center for Employee Development Conference Center and Hotel. The house will reopen the weekend of Oct. 8.

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victims, and the university responded positively. I hope that we can again have that productive dialogue. Last month, I celebrated my ninth year at the OU Gender + Equality Center, f o r m e r l y t h e Wo m e n ’s Outreach Center. During that time, I have seen many changes on our campus Kathy Fahl kfahl@ou.edu that have improved services for victims of sexual assault The past 48 hours have al- and other gender-based lowed us to reflect on many violence. issues related to sexual assault, the pervasiveness of “Part of my the problem, the impact reflection has been on victims and their famion how far we lies and friends, the cultural myths that are still so prev- have come. I know alent and how we as a comit may not feel munity can come together to end this traumatic crime. that way for those After the publication of who are victims the recent article in the OU of gender-based Daily, President Boren and I discussed these issues. We violence, as many believe that we can continare constantly ue to move forward to improve our sexual assault reminded of prevention and response on that traumatic campus. President Boren remains committed to supexperience.� porting the important proKATHY FAHL, GENDER + grams and services that alEQUALITY CENTER DIRECTOR ready exist on campus. Back in 2011, students organized Part of my reflection has and asked for more services and changes to how we serve been on how far we have

“I realize that we live in a world in which people try to interpret what others are attempting to say. Let me make it 100% clear I emphatically believe that it is wrong to ever put the blame on a victim of sexual assault or misconduct. It is a core value of all of the many programs on our campus put in place to combat sexual misconduct, to never put the blame on the victim. It is also a violation of my personal values and beliefs. We have stretched resources at OU to support programs aimed at minimizing sexual misconduct. I could not more strongly support these efforts in minimizing sexual assault and misconduct on our campus.� Staff Reports

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see is the financial, emotional and institutional support from administration, but the Gender + Equality Center could not do our everyday work without it. I’m a bridge-builder and a problem-solver, and we need to find ways to work together for the sake of our campus community. Of course, we have more work to do. Together, through active bystander intervention, shifting and challenging the cultural norms that we are programmed to believe at an early age and making sure we all understand consent and incapacitation, we can work to end sexual assault.

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come. I know it may not feel that way for those who are victims of gender-based violence, as many are constantly reminded of that traumatic experience. Today, we have a Title IX and Institutional Equity Office, online gender-based violence awareness training is mandatory for all students, staff and faculty, the majority of our first-year students receive in-person bystander intervention training, key student leaders receive education on changing the cultural norms on campus, monthly media campaigns challenge myths and promote healthy definitions of consent and our 24 hour/365 day OU Advocates program is more visible than ever and better equipped to handle a full range of reports and crises related to sexual assault. While I know we’ve come a long way, I know there is still so much to accomplish. All of this has happened through the support of the Office of the President, Student Affairs and our Student Government Association leaders. While our work is visible with posters, yard signs, programs and stickers on residence hall room doors, what we don’t

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Fair offers fried food, live music The “Giant Swing� at the Texas State Fair October 2015. The fair gates open at 10 a.m., complete with fried food such as deep fried nachos and live music on the Chevrolet Main Stage.

The Red River Showdown takes place at the Cotton Bowl, aka the middle of the State Fair of Texas. Here are some tips on the meals, entertainment and ways to save you can ďŹ nd in Big Tex’s backyard. DEVIN HIETT • @DEVINHIETT

FOOD

Some of the new fried food includes: •Southern fried chicken and dumplings •Deep fried nachos •Deep fried cannoli bites •Deep fried bacon-wrapped hot dogs •Dallas’ fried bacon-tilla Fried Jell-O and the state fair cookie fries both took home 2016 Big Tex Choice Awards. For all you traditionalists, never fear, the classic fair favorites — Fletcher’s corny dog, caramel apples, funnel cakes and cotton candy — will all be present. The main Fletcher’s corny dog stand is located by Big Tex, and other Fletcher’s stands, along with the rest of the fair’s food stands, are spread throughout the fairgrounds.

SCREENSHOT FROM THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS FAIR FOOD WINNERS VIA YOUTUBE

A screenshot of fried Jell-O from The Dallas Morning News’ fair food winners video for 2016. Some other food offered will be deep fried cannoli bites, deep fried bacon wrapped hot dogs and state fair cookie fries.

ENTERTAINMENT

The Chevrolet Main Stage headliners for this weekend include: •Prophets & Outlaws: 5:30 and 8:30 p.m. Friday •Cody Johnson: 8:30 p.m. Saturday •Bobby Bones & the Raging Idiots: 3 p.m. Sunday •Ben Rector: 5:30 p.m. Monday

A few of the more permanent entertainment options include:

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Ben Rector will perform at this year’s Texas State Fair on the Chevrolet Main Stage at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 10.

•The Taylor Swift Experience: a display of memorabilia composed to tell the story of Swift’s rise to stardom, located in the Hall of State •The Budweiser Clydesdales: returning for the ďŹ rst time in a decade, you can ďŹ nd them at the Chevrolet Park Plaza •The Lords of Gravity Basketball Slam Dunk Show: the Harlem Globetrotters of Hungary will be performing in the Chevrolet Park Plaza •Milking demonstrations: animals get milked for all to see at the Kids’ Boardwalk

WAYS TO SAVE

Here are some ways you can save a few bucks: •Buy tickets online: Save $2 plus the hassle of waiting in line the day of. Online tickets are $16 for general admission and can be purchased at bigtex.com. •KISS FM:You can get $5 off general admission on Fridays — Oct. 7, 14 and 21. Just go to the 1061kissfm.iheart.com, and print the coupon. •Group tickets: Groups of 20-249 people can get in for $12 each, which is the best offer the fair gives. •Thirsty Thursday: Admission is only $6 Thursdays — Oct. 6, 13 and 20 — if you bring an empty 20-ounce Coke bottle to the ticket booth. •McDonald’s deals: The bottom of McDonald’s bags and trays have $5 off general admission coupons and half-price tickets for kids when an adult pays full price. Gates at the state fair open at 10 a.m. State fair building exhibit hours and midway hours are 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. The State Fair of Texas’ ofďŹ cial website releases a video every day of the top ďŹ ve things to do. Watch them at bigtex.com.

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Senior safety Ahmad Thomas walks down the south endzone before the game against TCU on Saturday. The players feed off one anothers’s energies before the game.

Pre-game energy fuels rivalry Cotton Bowl tunnel facilitates trash talk between players SPENSER DAVIS @Davis_Spenser

When the Sooners and Longhorns meet in the tunnel prior to Saturday’s Red River Showdown, there won’t be any nice words exchanged. In place of common courtesy, respect and general

decency will be tension, trash talk and righteous energy. “You can actually feel the hate when you’re walking in,” senior safety Ahmad Thomas said. “Our locker rooms are right next to each other, so when we’re walking out on the field in the tunnel, we’re talking shit to each other all the time. You can just feel that; you can feel the intensity and the energy coming from other people. It’s not hard to get pumped up for that game.

“Don’t nobody know what goes on in the tunnel. What goes on in the tunnel stays in the tunnel.” The Cotton Bowl locker rooms that Oklahoma and Texas use are so close to each other players say it creates an unmistakable energy before they run out to a crowd of 90,000 people split 50/50. “It was full of energy,” junior cornerback Jordan Thomas said. “That’s the only way I can explain it. There was so much tension in there, and you could feel

it even if you were in the very back. You could feel it even if you hadn’t even walked out the locker room yet. It was just a rush of excitement — that’s the only way I can put it. “It’s just a rush of energy. You can cut the tension in there with some scissors. You can literally just snip it. You do that, and it’s just a big bomb, it’s an explosion of energy. But it’s intense; it’s like no other feeling in the world.” Other players have had

similar experiences but try to stay out of the extracurricular activities. “My freshman year ... there was a lot going on,” sophomore offensive lineman Orlando Brown said. “I don’t pay too much attention to that. I do my talking when we’re on the field.” And while coaches note that it’s important to keep emotions in check, defensive coordinator Mike Stoops says he can relate to his players feeding off that energy. “I can’t remember back

that far,” Stoops said when asked if he had a similar attitude before he played in rivalry games. “I’m sure I was. I’m pretty intense in anything I do.” Stoops also added that he sees it as a positive when his players get chippy in the tunnel. “It tells me my guys are ready to play when it gets like that,” he said. Spenser Davis

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Offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley speaks with wide receiver A.D. Miller as he walks off the field during the game against Ohio State Sept. 17. According to Riley, the coaches understand the team dynamic more after the TCU game.

Riley preaches patience Oklahoma offense looks to overcome past inconsistency JESSE POUND @jesserpound

Oklahoma’s offense finally seemed to hit its highest gear in a 52-46 win over TCU, but the Sooners are still trying to overcome their own inconsistency and impatience — including that of the coaching staff. After the loss to Houston, offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley admitted that he grew antsy with his play calling as the Sooners were unable to turn yards into points in the first half. The offense sputtered early in the second half as the Cougars built a lead that proved insurmountable. H o w e v e r, R i l e y s a i d he believes the coaches have a better understanding of the team now. The Sooners trailed 21-7 early against the Horned Frogs but went on a 42-3 run that

led to the win. Quarterback Baker Mayfield, whom head coach Bob Stoops called “an extension of coach Riley” before the season, had his best game of the year, with 329 total yards and four touchdowns. “I think we as a staff are learning this group a little bit better and getting a little bit better idea of who we are and what we are and what we’re getting better at,” Riley said. “I think we’ve all taken some steps forward in that regard.” Playing against Texas, which will have an new defensive play caller, in an emotional rivalr y game presents a new set of challenges. “I hope, if there’s a temptation to get impatient, I hope it’s for the same reason it was against Houston,” Riley said with a chuckle. “I hope it’s because we’re averaging 11 yards a play.” Riley and the Sooners didn’t have that kind of success in his first time in the Red River Showdown.

Oklahoma gained 278 total yards on offense and just had just 1.8 yards per r ushing attempt as the Longhorns stunned the Sooners 24-17. “ Th e i nt e n s i t y o f t h e game is hard to explain to somebody who hasn’t been there,” Riley said. “Every single snap is just such a battle.” On the sidelines, Riley is preaching to his players the patience that he wants to have himself. “(He’s) pretty calm,” off e n s i ve t a ck l e O r l a n d o Brown said. “Just letting us know we need to make routine plays and do what we do in practice and not get so rowdy. Just ... maintain our composure.” If the Sooners start slow like they did in last year’s Red River Showdown, they’ll need their offense — and coach Riley — to keep their cool. Jesse Pound

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OPINION

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The Daily Texan: OU still sucks Every year, we swap columns with The Daily Texan’s editorial board in honor of the annual OU-Texas game — read ours on page 8. Here is The Daily Texan’s editorial board’s take.

DAILY TEXAN EDITORIAL BOARD

Oh, Oklahoma, how we’ve missed you. With all the Dallas-area T-shirt fans we used to split flocking to other programs with flashier ethics violations or hornier frogs, we’ve been a bit distracted from our program’s explicit purpose: reminding the world that OU sucks whenever and wherever the opportunity strikes. Hating Oklahoma is a pleasure that we too often forget to enjoy. But it’s as natural as your state’s beer of choice, though nowhere near as lite.

Look, if Oklahoma were worth a damn, we would have gone there. We all had the chance. We have several of the fastest growing cities in America and a burgeoning tech scene in Austin. Your alumni brag that there’s always something going on down in the trailerhood. Referring, of course, to tornadoes. We fought for and won our independence from Mexico. Your state won its war on reason when Jim Inhofe brought a snowball to the Senate floor. We’re responsible for Whataburger. You have, what, Sonic? Hobby Lobby? Look, if Oklahoma were worth a damn, we would have gone there. We all had

the chance. We also just had the good sense not to spend four years of our lives in a state where the Great Depression never really ended. So on the eve of this 111th Red River Shootout, we thought it would be our job to remind you yet again that your football program — just like everything else underneath that fluorescent shitstain you call a state flag — is an embarrassment far beyond the scale that your population of beer-drinking horses should be forced to endure. Over the past several years, we’ve foregone any attempt at fielding a competent football team to impart that lesson as humiliatingly as possible. In 2013, we sent out a half-retired Mack Brown to coach a team led by the knockoff McCoy and a defense that couldn’t handle Utah’s founding grandfather, Taysom Hill. And we still pummelled you to the tune of 36–20. In 2014, we hired the defensive coordinator from the Florida team that shellacked y’all in the 2009 title game, kicked a dozen or so players off the team for doing things that players get recruited to your school for doing, and played the long game. And last year, we alternated between a wide receiver and a bridge troll at quarterback and made the pseudo-Heisman contender of a QB you swiped out from under Texas Tech’s well-defined jawlines look like Uncle Rico — or worse, Sam Bradford. But this year, you’ve done

all the hard work for us. Seriously. Letting a less-talented Houston team run a field goal back for a score to set them up to beat you? Genius. Having your backup quarterback fire up the already elite Ohio State defense? A play right out of our book. While others will blame y’all for developing a chronic case of “Big Game Bob,” we see right through that. You’re just stealing our strategy of Rubioing the expectations game. The only problem with your plan is that you’re supposed to be good, and we’re

not. We lost seven games last year! Even what was supposed to be our signature win against Notre Dame turned into nothing special after the Irish couldn’t even handle Duke’s JV lacrosse team on their home turf. But while we’ve almost certainly improved since then, y’all have crumpled faster than that coach Blake Griffin knocked out. We beat you as a 17-point underdog last year, but now that we have a quarterback with a pulse, an offensive coordinator from the Tulsa team that lit you up last year and some decent recruits, we

have no reason to think we can’t do it again. But even if y’all do stagger into a win, we’ll probably just offer Houston coach Tom Herman an annual salary higher than Oklahoma’s GDP to replace Chuck. With our expectations so low, we have nothing to lose. And with Bob Stoops having fooled your campus into thinking he’s a capable coach so recently, there’s almost no chance you leave his ass on a local dirt road in favor of a more recent model. Especially not when we’re still half a year away from Truck Month.

So as you make your annual trip into the finest state in the nation to get arrested discovering the wonders of high-speed internet and wet counties, we encourage you to think long and hard about the choices you’ve made. Oklahoma isn’t a choice you’re stuck with. Just ask Kevin Durant. Or the U.S. Geological Society. While monitoring your state’s bedrock foundation of limestone, cow chips and discarded Garth Brooks cassettes, the seismographs picked up an unmistakable signal — OU still sucks.

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• October 6-9, 2016

Make Texas Average Again Every year, we swap columns with The Daily Texan’s editorial board in honor of the annual OU-Texas game — read theirs on page 7. Here’s our editorial board’s take.

THE EDITORIAL BOARD

Oh, Texas. For the last six years, you’ve been a combination of adorable, harmless and amusing at one point or another. We thought things might be different this year, but it looks like college football’s golden generation might be extended after all. You’ve fallen on your ass so much in the last six years, people have started to mistake Charlie Strong for Charlie Brown. You may have managed a pair of upset wins over us in that time, but those victories were accompanied by 35 other losses — the same amount of defeats OU had from 2000-2013. The number 35 also represents the number of assistants Charlie Strong has had to fire in his first three seasons. Your latest embarrassment against Oklahoma State — a program that is entirely made up of players Texas never even considered recruiting — forced Strong to demote defensive coordinator Vance Bedford to secondary coach. So far this season, Texas’ secondary has behaved a lot like the clown problem that’s been sweeping the nation: They might be big and scary, but they won’t do anything to stop you from running around them. Worse than that, though, has been Strong’s management of the offense. After settling for Tulsa’s co-offensive coordinator, Strong was still turned down. It wasn’t until he literally begged Sterlin Gilbert from outside

his Tulsa home that he convinced him to come to Texas. But it’s not too surprising it took $900,000 and a full two-week courting process to get Sterlin Gilbert to leave Tulsa — he probably saw it as a lateral career move. Not only is Texas becoming an unattractive job for coordinators, it’s located in America’s armpit.

You were never great to begin with, but enough is enough, Texas. Austin is where you go when your two favorite hobbies are marijuana and talking about marijuana, but you don’t have the talent to make a living in Los Angeles. As a result, Austin is home to the world’s most expansive collection of white people with dreadlocks and individuals who actually pay to see live Willie Nelson performances. You’re the fake LA, and walking around with dildos in your holsters makes you fake Texas, too. Even the name is disconcerting — Austin is the kind of uninspired, generic name parents give to a child when they want him or her to grow up to be just as boring as they are, while instilling an awareness that he or she never had a choice. And it can’t be that easy to get half-decent assistant coaches when they have to look at the color of solidified nacho cheese 365 days

a year. Make no mistake: Your relevance is fabricated. Your worth is a mystery, your value is artificial and your effectiveness on the gridiron has been more fictitious than a Stephen King novel. But hey, Texas is back! Or at least that’s what everyone told us after you defeated a highly-touted Notre Dame team opening weekend. There’s only one problem: everything that has happened since then. Somehow your starting quarterback is capable of surviving a vasectomy but not adequate enough to defeat a California squad led by the third-best quarterback from Texas Tech’s 2013 team. Yo u a l s o g o t c u r b stomped by Oklahoma State, which has even more reasons than you do — about 500 million more — to fire its head coach. And the Notre Dame team you beat in double overtime at home? Got eviscerated by Michigan State. Whoops. They say everything is bigger in Texas, which is true — especially Charlie Strong’s failures. Mike Perrin, University of Texas’ athletic director, made it known last week that Strong’s job security is low. There’s little myster y about who Texas wants as its next coach: Houston’s Tom Herman. Herman would potentially be better but not enough to justify undermining the current coach right before meeting a rival. Perrin likes Herman so much he’s forced to call his doctor exactly four hours after every University of Houston game.

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Herman would have an uphill battle if he decided to take the job — the Texas football program has been in shambles for some time now. Do you know how long it’s been since Texas last won a major bowl game? Look how young President Obama looks about two weeks after the 2009 Fiesta Bowl. Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren

were still married. Jordan Spieth couldn’t even legally drive a car yet. We’ll be hoping your administration doesn’t shit the bed again in its next inevitable coaching search so Texas can finally climb out of the abyss it’s been in since before Michael Jackson died. It’s helpful for the Big 12 when you’re slightly more competitive than mid-level

AAC schools. You were never great to begin with, but enough is enough, Texas. It’s time to be respectable again. It’s time to be suitable again. It’s time to be relevant again. It’s time to Make Texas Average Again.

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