Texas-OU weekend — the greatest rivalry in sports, the Red River Showdown — kicks off on Saturday at 11 a.m. Central at the Cotton Bowl following ESPN’s College Gameday with the nation watching with bated breath to watch these two undefeated juggerknauts of college football square off for the 119th time.
In a rivalry that dates back to 1900, this is the first year since 2011 that both the No. 3 Texas Longhorns and the No. 12 Oklahoma Sooners come to Dallas undefeated on the season. As Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian and second-year Oklahoma coach Brent Venables face off for the second time, the tides seem to be turning in favor of the Longhorns in a matchup that has been dominated by the Sooners over the last two decades.