OU fans…. OU-Texas Set for 11 a.m. on ABC

[ou48A]

http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m...062211aal.html

The 106th edition of the Red River Rivalry will be broadcast to the entire nation.

NORMAN, Okla. -- ABC has announced that the Oklahoma-Texas football game on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011, will be a full national telecast at 11 a.m. (CT). This will be an exclusive ABC telecast window on this date.

The game will be played in the Cotton Bowl at Dallas, the site of the contest every season since 1929.

The Sooners will be gunning for their second consecutive win in the series after posting a 28-20 win in 2010.

This year's meeting with the Longhorns is the fifth game of the season for OU, which plays three of its first four games at home.

[ou48A]

The best part about an 11:00 AM kickoff is that I can drive home that night.

An 11:00 AM kickoff should cut back on the numbers of people at the Fair who have no or limit rooting interest.
This might make things a little less congested.

[ljbab728]

The best part about an 11:00 AM kickoff is that I can drive home that night.

An 11:00 AM kickoff should cut back on the numbers of people at the Fair who have no or limit rooting interest.
This might make things a little less congested.

I've been to every OU - Texas game since 65 and never noticed that having an earlier kickoff changed anything about those concerns.

[ou48A]

I've been to every OU - Texas game since 65 and never noticed that having an earlier kickoff changed anything about those concerns.

I have…. People who are not going to the game are more likely to seek a party that starts at 2:30pm than 11:00am

[ljbab728]

I have…. People who are not going to the game are more likely to seek a party that starts at 2:30pm than 11:00am

Maybe you've been going to a different game than I have. The crowds are still huge and rowdy at 11AM and traffic and parking are just as bad. I also prefer the later start though. I just like to let my breakfast settle a little before I have my first beer and corny dog.

[ou48A]

Maybe you've been going to a different game than I have. The crowds are still huge and rowdy at 11AM and traffic and parking are just as bad. I also prefer the later start though. I just like to let my breakfast settle a little before I have my first beer and corny dog.

I have been to about 20 OU Texas games and other Fair Park events.

I usually leave my hotel at about 7:45 for an 11:00 am kickoff.
There are not near as many people out and about in the city of Dallas at that time of day compared to several hours later. At that time of day as long as I stay off the interstates 4-5 miles from Fair Park I never had any traffic problems until I’m about a block or 2 away from a Fair Park parking lot.
I know a back way out of the Fair Park traffic jam after the game that saves me a good amount of time.
We always drive home to Norman after the game. We grab a quick bite to eat and make a pit stop along the way. Once we are out of the stadium it takes us about 4.25 hours to do this for an 11:00am kickoff. It takes us about 5 hours to do this for a 2:30 kickoff. This increase is caused by more people at the Fair and by more traffic though out the Dallas area.

[Lord Helmet]

Ugh. I've never liked 11am kickoffs.

[Easy180]

Ugh. I've never liked 11am kickoffs.

Agreed. Too early to start on the beers at my age

[bluedogok]

Ugh. I've never liked 11am kickoffs.

I hate the 11:00 games, especially that one.

[jstaylor62]

Smell that? You smell that?

What?

Corndogs, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that.

I love the smell of corndogs in the morning. You know, one time we had a game played, for 4 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' longhorn body. The smell, you know that corndog smell, the whole fairgrounds. Smelled like...victory. Someday this rivalry is gonna end...

[ou48A]

11:00 AM or 2:30 is always too early to for me to drink.
But then I don’t drink at all during OU football games. Never!

[Bill Robertson]

Pertty much every future OU-Texas Game will be at 11:00 unless A) the game falls from national coverage prominence or B) a new television contract is reached. ABC has 11:00 and 6:00PM national games. 2:30 games are regional. I don't want to see OU-Texas fall to only deserving regional coverage and everyone involved refuses to consider night games due to the Texas State Fair and related availability of alcohol afterward. So 11:00 it is. Get used to it.

[Lord Helmet]

I think an OU/Tx night game would be epic. I love watching night time SEC games. Rowdy crowds and a party like atmosphere.

[ou48A]

I think an OU/Tx night game would be epic. I love watching night time SEC games. Rowdy crowds and a party like atmosphere.

In the past the leadership at both universities have said they are strongly against an night OU - Texas game.
The stadium would need better lighting (they could rent lights) and a large expansion of secure onsite parking. An expansion of DART’s light rail hourly capacity would also help. They would also need to crack down on over drinking.

[bluedogok]

I think the only way a night game would happen is if the game were moved to Arlington, I don't think it will ever happen at The Cotton Bowl.

[Soonerus]

11:00 start favors the best team...

[blangtang]

i like the evening games myself

[ljbab728]

i like the evening games myself

You wouldn't like it at Fair Park where you might need an armored car to get home after the game. LOL

That area of Dallas can even be scary during the daytime.

[SOONER8693]

You wouldn't like it at Fair Park where you might need an armored car to get home after the game. LOL

That area of Dallas can even be scary during the daytime.

Amen. I've been to 25 consecutive OU-texass games. I wouldn't dare venture into that part of town after dark. I have a buddy that goes with us every year that refers to that area around fair park as the "ghettoplex".

[bluedogok]

One year we stayed late, Garth Brooks had a free show that evening (this was right around the time that he went big time, 89 or 90) and had no problems. We went back to the car to change out of shorts (it was hot that day) into some jeans for the cooler night weather and stopped and got a 12-pack along the way to the car. We hung out around there for awhile and gave the rest of the 12-pack (I think 4 or 5 were left) to a couple of older gentlemen "working" the parking lot and the empties to a lady picking up cans. When we got back to the car after the show those guys were sitting not too far from my car and thanked us for the beer again and said they kept any eye on my car.

I went to some shows at the Starplex and a Blazers-Freeze game (the inaugural season for the reformed CHL) never had any issues but we did park on-site.

[ljbab728]

One year we stayed late, Garth Brooks had a free show that evening (this was right around the time that he went big time, 89 or 90) and had no problems. We went back to the car to change out of shorts (it was hot that day) into some jeans for the cooler night weather and stopped and got a 12-pack along the way to the car. We hung out around there for awhile and gave the rest of the 12-pack (I think 4 or 5 were left) to a couple of older gentlemen "working" the parking lot and the empties to a lady picking up cans. When we got back to the car after the show those guys were sitting not too far from my car and thanked us for the beer again and said they kept any eye on my car.

I went to some shows at the Starplex and a Blazers-Freeze game (the inaugural season for the reformed CHL) never had any issues but we did park on-site.

I'm sure it is possible to have a safe nightime experience but it is still a scary looking place. I remember once many years ago my father went to the game with me and several other people. He wasn't sitting with us and got lost going back to the car after the game That was before cell phones. We waited for a couple of hours but he never showed up at our car. He finally found a pay phone to call where we were staying and told them that because it was getting dark he was taking a taxi instead of waiting around any longer. We also called where we were staying and found that out so we left. He was alone and not feeling safe.

[bluedogok]

I don't think that area is as bad as it was 25 years ago, it still isn't a "good" area but nowhere near what it was in the mid-80's.

[ljbab728]

I don't think that area is as bad as it was 25 years ago, it still isn't a "good" area but nowhere near what it was in the mid-80's.

It's still not a good idea to mix beer, booze, and OU-Texas passion in a late night setting. That's why they shut down the Friday night Commerce Street scene many years ago.

[skyrick]

I hope the Texas Rangers make it to post-season again. I loved it last October 2 when, after the OU win over TX, I pulled into the season ticket holders parking lot to watch C.J. Wilson hammer the LA Angels, with OU flags flying from both widows; all the LongWhore fans booing and giving the devil horn symbol while I held up my down-horn through the sunroof.

[bluedogok]

I have never felt threatened in that area, day or night....unlike some areas of Cleveland that I was working in the daytime that just had a creepy feel about them.