It’s safe to say Texas Longhorns athletic director Chris Del Conte and Oklahoma Sooners athletic director Joe Castiglione have a somewhat complicated friendship between them.
But does the Red River Rivalry each year impact it?
“It’s unique, but I think one of the things is that it is a hate rivalry between the two schools in terms of a game. … But they respect each other. Oklahoma is great people. Texas has great people,” Del Conte told the The Paul Finebaum Show earlier this week, per On3. “On the playing fields it’s OU’s culture against ours.