It’s that time of year again and the Texas State Fair is going on. Your probably asking yourself what does that have to do with anything? The second weekend of October and the Texas State Fair hold home to the Red River Rivalry, formerly known as the Red River Shootout. Texas and Oklahoma meet for the 103rd time in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. This game could very well end up being a shootout. The number one ranked Oklahoma Sooners bring the fourth ranked scoring offense with them and the fifth ranked Longhorns bring the sixth ranked scoring offense along. This is the highest ranking between both teams in this matchup since 2004. This year’s matchup has BCS complications as well. Whoever wins this matchup is likely to win the Big 12 South and play for the Big 12 Championship. The question is which team is going to step and shutdown Sam Bradford and Colt McCoy, two of the best quarterbacks in the country?
The Sooners and Longhorns not only have great offenses, but they have some pretty impressive defenses as well. The Sooners defense was supposed to be their downfall this season, especially after there were only six starters returning on defense. You could also say the same for Texas who returned only four starters on defense. Through the first six weeks of the college football season Oklahoma leads the first Big 12 in total defense and is second in scoring defense to you guessed it, Texas. Looks like the winner of this game is going to come down to who plays better on the “other” side of the ball.
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