It’s a game where anything can happen. That’s the thing Oklahoma can hang it’s golden hat on ahead of the 118th matchup in the Red River Showdown.
For the first time in a long time, the Oklahoma Sooners are on the other side of the coin, playing the role of underdog and hoping to spoil Texas’ shot at playing for a Big 12 title. It’s an unfamiliar situation for a Sooners team that has typically been viewed as the better side for much of the last decade and a half.
This is the game where the records get thrown out the window and what’s happened prior to the 11 a.m. kickoff in the Cotton Bowl doesn’t matter. All that matters it what happens between the lines on Saturday.
And as we’ve witnessed over the years, it doesn’t matter who the favorite is or how either team has played. And that intangible gives Oklahoma a puncher’s chance to pull off the upset.