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From: dht@druri.UUCP (Davis Tucker)
Newsgroups: net.college
Subject: Re: THE game - TEXAS-OU
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Date: Fri, 7-Dec-84 11:05:09 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  7 11:05:09 1984
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As much as it pains me to have to agree with an Okie, he's right.
TEXAS - OU (he got the order wrong, but what else can you expect
from an Okie?) is THE GAME!

In fact, it's so much THE GAME, so obviously THE GAME, that no-one
in either state even has to refer to it as THE GAME! It is often
just called "the game" as in "the game of football" or "the game of
life". Or sometimes it's just called "THE", as in the great new
English band, The The. Sometimes it's not even called any of these
things - it's called "The Weekend", sometimes without capitals. You
see, in the Lone Star State we don't HAVE to capitalize things which
are so obviously paramount. Stanford my hinie! I have to agree with
that Okie again - Oregon - Oregon St. - HAH! They don't play football
in Oregon, they play ring-around-the-rosy! 

Basically, the Texas-OU game is a intrastate rivalry, because so many
Texans are on the OU squad, and what ones there are are all starters.
As the bumper sticker says, "OU - The best Texans money can buy". And
as further evidence, look how long little Freddie Akers has hung in
at Texas even though he hasn't even heard the word "offense" since
Earl Campbell left - he remains because unlike Darrel Royal, he can
beat OU more often than not, and ole Darrel never really could - 
Barry "Clench-My-Jaw" Switzer always gave him fits. Hell - Freddie
couldn't even beat A&M this year, the S**THEAD! All he's going to
get Texas to is the damn *Bluebonnet* Bowl - how pansy! I gotta
go now - my blood pressure's boiling...

Davis "Please God Let OU Lose So They Can Be The First Powerhouse To
Get Beaten Out For Number One By BYU" Tucker
AT&T Information Systems
Denver, CO