Click here for linkThe Texas-Oklahoma game, one of college football's greatest rivalries, used to be one of the high holy days of the year. The game took a back seat only to the notoriously raucous party the night before in Dallas.
"The city comes under siege of drunks, wanderers, rooters, shouters, music makers and pranksters," Dan Jenkins wrote in Sports Illustrated in 1969. "They jam side streets, thoroughfares, hotel lobbies, restaurants and bars and try to see if they can break the NCAA record for arrests.''
This week, when the neighbors meet for the 106th time in the Red River Rivalry, it might not be a bad idea for the schools to officially license Purell. Selling out should be square in the Longhorns' wheelhouse these days -- assuming the price is right and everyone else suffers financially as a result.
TROCCHI: Red River is game of the week
While "Hook'em Horns U" doesn't quite match the "Harvard of the Southwest" moniker of its fan base, Austin is still a cool place to hang. The school even has an immensely likable, very successful and universally respected coach in Mack Brown.
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