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Social media buzz ahead of Red River game

Things are heated on the field ahead of Texas and Oklahoma.

Things are heated before kickoff in Dallas ahead of the game between the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners. Longhorns and Sooners were talking as both teams entered the tunnel for the final minutes of pregame rituals.

There’s plenty of fire on social media as well. College football’s most animus rivalry has been at its best this week leading up to the game.

This game is as big as Red River has been in several years. Both teams enter the game undefeated with the opportunity to earn home field in the Big 12 championship game and get a head start toward the College Football Playoff.

Here is a look at what both fanbases are saying prior to the big game between the two heavyweight blue blood programs.

Oklahoma vs Texas Prediction, Game Preview

Oklahoma vs Texas prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, October 9

Oklahoma vs Texas prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, October 9

Oklahoma vs Texas How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 9
Game Time: 12:00 ET
Venue: Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX
How To Watch: ABC
Record: Oklahoma (5-0), Texas (4-1)
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Oklahoma vs Texas Game Preview

Why Texas Will Win

Oklahoma’s offense needs a tune-up.

It’s fine by normal standards.

It’s averaging 433 yards and 38 points per game, the passing attack is adequate, and the team has done something right to get to 5-0, but outside of a scrimmage against Western Carolina, the pop just isn’t there.

Texas is the one coming into this with the hot offense the kids are all slamming to.

No. 1 in the Big 12 in scoring, yards, ruining, and passing efficiency, everything that was supposed to happen with Steve Sarkisian taking over is actually kicking in.

The Longhorns figured out that Casey Thompson was the right quarterback fit for now, Bijan Robinson is close to becoming the best running back in college football, and it’s all leading to lots of big plays, lots of third down conversions, and the ability to come through in tight games like the 32-27 win over TCU.

Oklahoma’s problem is the inability to run with any consistency. Without a Jalen Hurts or Kyler Murray under center, and Rhamondre Stevenson off being a New England Patriot, the ground game is okay. It’s not good enough, though, for Oklahoma to be Oklahoma.

If Texas gets out to a quick lead, then OU will have to press for the first time all year, but …

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Why Oklahoma Will Win

The team has figured something out.

So Oklahoma isn’t ripping through teams with frightening precision. So it’s having way too hard a time putting games away. So all four games against FBS teams were decided by a touchdown or less.

There’s a little too much playing with fire, but the Sooners have been able to pull off several solid wins with defense, not screwing up, and enough offense to get the job done without taking any unnecessary chances.

The running game isn’t that bad. Kennedy Brooks and Eric Gray are combining for over five yards per carry.

Spencer Rattler doesn’t rip off big runs, but that’s not his job. He’s not making the big plays through the air he did last year, but he’s more accurate – hitting 76% of his passes – and he’s not making the killer mistakes.

The D is getting the job done, too, when it absolutely has to.

The Sooners aren’t allowing much of anything on the ground – Bijan Robinson isn’t going to find a whole lot of room to move – and the pass rush is good enough to be a bother. And then there’s the other key to the new and not-really-improved-but-different Sooners …

Turnovers. There really aren’t any.

Last year at this point there were nine. This year after five games there are four, and two of them were in the opener against Tulane.

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What’s Going To Happen

Is this still going to be as much fun when the two are in the SEC and not playing for Big 12 world domination? That’s for another day.

The real question is this. Is Oklahoma really playing so many tight games because it’s being relatively conservative – and sputtering in a play-not-to-lose sort of way – or is it because it can’t do what it’s supposed to.

We’re about to find out.

This probably goes one of two ways. Either the Oklahoma defense rises up and rocks – and that becomes the storyline – or the Texas offense gets hot and the OU O really doesn’t have the extra gear.

Or it might be a little of both. The Texas offense plays better, the Oklahoma defense keeps this in range, and in the end, Rattler and the attack doesn’t quite come through with the one clutch scoring drive it needs to pull this out.

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Oklahoma vs Texas Prediction, Line

Texas 31, Oklahoma 27
Line: Oklahoma -3.5, o/u: 63.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 1.5

Must See Rating: 5

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Oklahoma vs Texas Prediction, Game Preview

Oklahoma Sooners vs Texas Longhorns prediction and game preview.

Oklahoma Sooners vs Texas Longhorns prediction and game preview.

Oklahoma vs Texas Broadcast

Date: Saturday, October 10th
Game Time: 12:00 ET
Venue: Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX
Network: FOX

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Why Texas Will Win

There’s no problem scoring.

For all of the issues Texas might have, at least the points are coming in bunches. The Oklahoma defense doesn’t have much of an answer for decent offenses, much less once averaging 518 yards and a nation-leading 51 points per game.

There’s no Sooner pass rush, which meant Kansas State’s Skylar Thompson was able to go off in the clutch, and Iowa State’s Brock Purdy was able to come up with a decent day. Texas QB Sam Ehlinger has 14 touchdown passes in the first three games, and now this is his game to take over.

It’s his fourth shot at OU, winning the 2018 game, but not doing enough last year in the 34-27 loss. He’s the senior, and Oklahoma’s Spencer Rattler is the fantastically-talented redshirt freshman who’s playing like exactly that.

Rattler hasn’t used his running ability yet, and he’s throwing well enough to crank up the yards, but he’s 0-for-2 at coming through with big late drives in close games, and the four interceptions have been a killer.

However …

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Why Oklahoma Will Win

Oklahoma, if you were ever going to channel your inner Adrian Peterson, Billy Sims, Steve Owens, Joe Washington, Samaje Perine, Quentin Griffin, and on and on and on, this would be the game to give it a shot.

The Sooner running game wasn’t been right, with Kennedy Brooks opting out and Trey Sermon leaving for Ohio State. There’s talent in the backfield, but the line isn’t generating a push for a ground attack that’s averaging a mere 3.6 yards per carry.

OU almost had more rushing yards in the 2019 opener against Houston than it did over the first three games of 2020.

The Texas defensive front had problems when Texas Tech tried to run, and TCU managed to run it 51 times to stay alive long enough to take advantage of its late opportunities.

Rattler is doing a great job with the passing attack – at least when he doesn’t have to press. If the offensive line can take over early, the main man won’t have to do as much.

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What’s Going To Happen

Really? The Red River Showdown is an elimination game? Not quite, but it would take something magical for the loser of this to get to the Big 12 Championship.

Both teams are still the most talented in the conference – really, they are – and both teams are this close to being 3-0. But they’re not playing well, and they’re not unbeaten.

Expect a whole lot of offense, and a whole lot of penalties between two teams that have each been flagged a whopping 28 times in three games.

Neither side has shown the ability to do much of anything clutch, but in a desperation game for both programs, take the one with the senior quarterback looking in a legacy moment over the superstar freshman who’s just getting started.

To go cliché, throw the records out. This is going to be a whole lot of fun.

Oklahoma vs Texas Prediction, Line

Texas 38, Oklahoma 34
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Oklahoma -2, o/u: 72.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2

Must See Rating: 5

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