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Texas-OU: The game’s the same but not the name ("Shootout" no longer)
Austin American-Statesman ^ | Wednesday, August 10, 2005 | Cedric Golden

Posted on 08/10/2005 10:28:52 AM PDT by WestTexasWend

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Can teams still fire their cannons after they score?
1 posted on 08/10/2005 10:28:55 AM PDT by WestTexasWend
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I think they can. I seem to remember it last year.


2 posted on 08/10/2005 10:29:40 AM PDT by Asphalt (Join my NFL ping list! FReepmail me| The best things in life aren't things)
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Oh, make me puke! Indiana and Kentucky used to play for the Bourbon Barrel. No longer. Ugh.


3 posted on 08/10/2005 10:31:02 AM PDT by cdga5for4
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Can teams still fire their cannons after they score?

Unfortunately, that'll probably only be an issue for the Sooners...

4 posted on 08/10/2005 10:33:20 AM PDT by Diddle E. Squat (Fire Mack Brown, we all know he'll find a way to choke again)
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Arrgh! Makes this longhorn wanna go down to Scholtz's and drown myself in Ziegenbock.


5 posted on 08/10/2005 10:34:03 AM PDT by jagusafr (The proof that we are rightly related to God is that we do our best whether we feel inspired or not")
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"Can teams still fire their cannons after they score?"

The way things are going, dont be surprised if they cease keeping track of the scores..... Cant have a loser....

6 posted on 08/10/2005 10:34:48 AM PDT by texianyankee
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Heyheyhey!! none o' THAT yet! My sooner friends are giving me enough trouble already!

'78


8 posted on 08/10/2005 10:35:19 AM PDT by jagusafr (The proof that we are rightly related to God is that we do our best whether we feel inspired or not")
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Probably should ban football because of the physical contact.


9 posted on 08/10/2005 10:36:36 AM PDT by cdga5for4
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Good thing they changed it. Now people won't think they really are having a shoot out. (Of course attendance will probably drop when they now realize it is just a football game.)


10 posted on 08/10/2005 10:36:39 AM PDT by lp boonie (Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.)
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I can't figure out why Oklahoma and Texas want to play in an old obsolete stadium in a rough part of Dallas.


11 posted on 08/10/2005 10:39:54 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative (France is an example of retrograde chordate evolution.)
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Sorry...should've tagged that sarcasm. Plenty of coaches hear OUs cannon in their sleep ;)

With corporate sponsorship come the corporate PC police. Together with Miles Brand they'll we'll someday have Team A (Longhorns being offensive to vegetarians) playing Team B (Sooners being offensive to Laters) in the Natural Fiber Bowl (cotton being offensive to decendants of slaves and not inclusive of those raising sheep, goats and silkworms).

Tech fans, keep your Guns Up! That could be next.


12 posted on 08/10/2005 10:40:50 AM PDT by WestTexasWend
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Hmmm... I thought it was called "The Shutout", not "The Shootout".


13 posted on 08/10/2005 10:42:53 AM PDT by So Cal Rocket (Proud Member: Internet Pajama Wearers for Truth)
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Agreed. I've felt that since the inception of the Big12, they should just alternate between Austin and Norman every year. I feel good about the game this year, mainly because OU graduated most of their team (or rather, most of their starters have played out their eligibility). UT will definitely have to find a way to stop Adrian Peterson.


14 posted on 08/10/2005 10:44:12 AM PDT by cweese (Hook 'em Horns!!!)
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Indiana and Kentucky used to play for the Bourbon Barrel.

At least Ga & Fla are still playing "The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party".

15 posted on 08/10/2005 10:47:25 AM PDT by PAR35
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Next thing you know, they'll take the "cocktail" out of "The World Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party" because they don't want the Georgia-Florida game to be associated with alcohol.
16 posted on 08/10/2005 10:47:31 AM PDT by JohnBDay
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Mississippi State and Ole Miss play the "Egg Bowl" every year. Surely someone, somewhere, is offended.


17 posted on 08/10/2005 10:50:09 AM PDT by TheBigB (Gum would be perfection!)
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Okay, I'll cry "fowl"!


18 posted on 08/10/2005 10:53:56 AM PDT by jagusafr (The proof that we are rightly related to God is that we do our best whether we feel inspired or not")
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Mississippi State and Ole Miss play the "Egg Bowl" every year. Surely someone, somewhere, is offended.

I do wish they would remove any association of me with this barbaric display of violence

19 posted on 08/10/2005 10:55:29 AM PDT by tnlibertarian
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Arrgh! Makes this longhorn wanna go down to Scholtz's and drown myself in Ziegenbock.

Oh, man I miss that place!!! Hard to find such places living in suburban Dallas area.

20 posted on 08/10/2005 10:55:39 AM PDT by al_c
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