Hook'em!
Posted on 10/06/2007 1:50:25 PM PDT by TRY ONE
The annual Texas-Oklahoma football game has been know for the last 100 years as the ‘Red River Shootout’.
But now, thanks to the ABC PC police the new name is: 'The Red River Rivalry’
When nicknames for rivalries are outlawed....
“The first battlefield is the rewriting of history.” — Karl Marx
This was actually changed a couple of years ago. Nothing new here.
*media-borne tradition eradication device
You are correct.
I’m not so sure that ABC had anything to do with it.
Texas and Oklahoma will meet in what is now called the SBC Red River Rivalry. The name change was announced Wednesday as part of a new three-year sponsorship agreement between the two schools and SBC Communications Inc.
ABC had nothing to do with the name change.
Note: The article cited is from 2005
There’s a hefty reward for a longhorn with a white patch on the head that looks like the outline of the State of Texas.
They don’t fly the Stars and Bars at Ole Miss games anymore either.
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