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I never want it to leave the Cotton Bowl, it's the best game and best atmosphere in all of sports.

I'm not going to argue the point, because I used to share the same view.  And it is still a great tradition.  But the Cotton Bowl has been outgrown by DKR, and the pre-game festivities in Austin (thanks to CDC) are pretty nice.

And I've never been to Norman.  I've even been to Stillwater, but not Norman.

I want it to stay in the Cotton Bowl until that grand old relic crumbles to dust.

I suspect in 2025 it's over.  Realignment.

I want it to stay in the Cotton Bowl until that grand old relic crumbles to dust.

Maybe make it home-and-home then.

I heard a podcast yesterday that included OU and UT mediots.  A point of discussion was what it would take in the way of improvements to the Cotton Bowl, short of demolishing it and starting over, to keep the RRS game there "forever."

It was a sobering discussion.

Amen, brutha.

The renovations they've made to the Cotton Bowl over the past 10-15 years have been great.  Capacity is up around 92K.  Upper deck endzone seating is easy to access, endzone concourses are wide open and fantastic.  Major improvements to entrance and egress.

And this year they're going to have 20+ beer vendors inside the stadium, so you don't even have to duck out to the Fair to get your suds at halftime.

I won't say anything is going to last "forever" but the city of Dallas continues to do its share to keep the game planted in the Cotton Bowl.  I don't see it leaving any time in the next decade and a half.

What is that they say, "archived"?

I'm confident in my prediction.  Archive away. All of the reasons for Texas and OU to stay will still exist in 2025, and few of the reasons to leave in 2010 or 2011 will exist.  The B12 is financially in better shape than the ACC and the PAC, and the revenue gap to the SEC and B1G won't get any worse than it currently is and will begin moving the other direction, as the cable subscriber model dies off. 

I never want it to leave the Cotton Bowl, it's the best game and best atmosphere in all of sports.

Put down the Tito's and get out of the Sun you're not making any sense

Don't get me wrong, I still love the idea of being in the same conference and division as OU, A&M, and Arkansas.  And a move by Texas and OU to the SEC West is realistically the only way that would happen.  But at this point, there's just no impetus to make a move anymore.

Don’t misunderstand me.  I really like being in the SEC.  But I could see a few schools leaving their current conference and making a new one before I see OU and Texas joining the sec West. 

Can you say SWC reincarnated?  What would that look like?  

Here's the solution, which must not have occurred to the Horn and Aggie leadership: Texas and Texas A&M should play an annual OOC game, as the Sooners and Horns did for almost 70 years.

Hey I got an idea
why not play them on Thanksgiving