287. OU- Texas

Red River Rivalry!
The OU - Texas game rolls into the Cotton Bowl each October.  If you aren't a fan, it's hard to explain the sheer size of this rivalry.  To give you an idea, the game is never played at either school, but instead they meet half way between the universities in Dallas to play on a neutral field and is always scheduled during the Texas State Fair.  An equal quantity of tickets is sold to each school, splitting Sooner and Longhorn fans on the 50 yard line   Many fans travel to Big D whether or not they have a ticket to the game... the city swells and everyone shows their team spirit, some more appropriately/reserved than others.  Everywhere (restaurants, bars, streets, hotels, the stadium) is split down the middle by color- Crimson on one side, burnt orange on the other.

Friends + Food + Football

63-21 Boomer Sooner! 

It's a family affair.

It turned into a full-blown football day.  As one set of friends headed home after the Oklahoma game, another set came over to catch the LSU-South Carolina match-up.  Joe cooked us homemade pizza using a creamy garlic sauce instead of a tomato base sauce.  It was out of this world!  Ayla and Trevor (new friends who recently moved here from Hawaii, but are originally from the KC area- whoop whoop!) brought secret-recipe cookies for dessert.  I want the recipe, but you have marry into the family to receive it... maybe it's time to start hooking Baby J up.