ESPN College Gameday heading to the Cotton Bowl for OU-Texas

ESPN College Gameday will be joining the Oklahoma Sooners & Texas Longhorns at the Cotton Bowl for the 117th meeting in the storied rivalry.

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One of the great rivalries in all of college football will commence again this week for the 117th time in the history of the two programs next Saturday as the Oklahoma Sooners and the Texas Longhorns will meet at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, TX.

The Sooners and Longhorns will play host to another great tradition in college football when ESPN’s College Gameday joins them at the State Fair of Texas for the Red River Showdown.

The Oklahoma Sooners have won three games in a row against Texas, including the 2018 Big 12 Championship. The last time the Longhorns took home the “W” was the 2018 Red River Rivalry game.

In that game, Oklahoma was down 21 points entering the fourth quarter before Kyler Murray led them on a furious comeback that helped them to tie the game with just over two minutes remaining. That was more than enough time for Sam Ehlinger to lead Texas into field goal range for Michael Dicker’s game-winning field goal as time expired.

Last year’s game played out similarly, but it was Texas coming back from 14 points down in the last four minutes of the game to tie it and send it to overtime. Oklahoma would eventually win in the fourth overtime period after a 25-yard scoring strike from Rattler to Drake Stoops and sealed by a Woodi Washington interception in the end zone.

That game marked a turning point in the career of Spencer Rattler at Oklahoma. Rattler had entered the Red River Rivalry game with four interceptions in three games and had thrown another one before halftime against Texas. From the start of the second half through the rest of the 2020 season, Rattler threw just two interceptions.

Interestingly, through the first five games of the 2021 season, Spencer Rattler has thrown four interceptions. His interception against Kansas State was a “throw it up and hope your guy makes a play” type of throw that amounted to nothing more than a punt on third and long.

With a win this week, the Oklahoma Sooners can match the longest win streak in the Red River Rivalry game since 2010 at three.

It will be a raucous atmosphere as it always is and ESPN College Gameday will bring another level of fun and excitement to the Red River Rivalry this Saturday at the Cotton Bowl.

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