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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
...Southwestern Bell has re-upped its $$ sponsorship of the annual Texas-Oklahoma showdown in Dallas. And it has changed the name slightly of what used to be the SBC Red River Shootout. For the next three years, the game will be called the SBC Red River Rivalry.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Oklahoma; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: gunshy; pc; redrivershootout
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Can teams still fire their cannons after they score?
To: WestTexasWend
I think they can. I seem to remember it last year.
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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)
To: Asphalt
Oh, make me puke! Indiana and Kentucky used to play for the Bourbon Barrel. No longer. Ugh.
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posted on
08/10/2005 10:31:02 AM PDT
by
cdga5for4
To: WestTexasWend
Can teams still fire their cannons after they score?Unfortunately, that'll probably only be an issue for the Sooners...
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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)
To: WestTexasWend
Arrgh! Makes this longhorn wanna go down to Scholtz's and drown myself in Ziegenbock.
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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")
To: WestTexasWend
"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....
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To: Diddle E. Squat
Heyheyhey!! none o' THAT yet! My sooner friends are giving me enough trouble already!
'78
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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")
To: jagusafr
Probably should ban football because of the physical contact.
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posted on
08/10/2005 10:36:36 AM PDT
by
cdga5for4
To: WestTexasWend
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.)
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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.)
To: WestTexasWend
I can't figure out why Oklahoma and Texas want to play in an old obsolete stadium in a rough part of Dallas.
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posted on
08/10/2005 10:39:54 AM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(France is an example of retrograde chordate evolution.)
To: Asphalt
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.
To: WestTexasWend
Hmmm... I thought it was called "The Shutout", not "The Shootout".
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posted on
08/10/2005 10:42:53 AM PDT
by
So Cal Rocket
(Proud Member: Internet Pajama Wearers for Truth)
To: Paleo Conservative
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.
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posted on
08/10/2005 10:44:12 AM PDT
by
cweese
(Hook 'em Horns!!!)
To: cdga5for4
Indiana and Kentucky used to play for the Bourbon Barrel.At least Ga & Fla are still playing "The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party".
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posted on
08/10/2005 10:47:25 AM PDT
by
PAR35
To: WestTexasWend
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.
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posted on
08/10/2005 10:47:31 AM PDT
by
JohnBDay
To: WestTexasWend
Mississippi State and Ole Miss play the "Egg Bowl" every year. Surely someone, somewhere, is offended.
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posted on
08/10/2005 10:50:09 AM PDT
by
TheBigB
(Gum would be perfection!)
To: TheBigB
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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")
To: TheBigB
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
To: jagusafr
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.
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posted on
08/10/2005 10:55:39 AM PDT
by
al_c
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