*** The 113th annual Red River Showdown (or Shootout/Rivalry, whichever you prefer) is here. Texas-OU is an experience like no other. The Cotton Bowl Classic is one of the best rivalries in all of sports, but it is truly a special experience when both teams ranked and considered to be good.

*** Oklahoma’s Marquise “Hollywood” Brown may be the most explosive player in college football. On the second play of the game, 5-Star FreshmanSafety Caden Sterns got a quick glimpse of that speed and a lesson on taking angles in space, on a 16- yard gain by Brown.

*** Oklahoma made the first drive versus the Texas Defense look effortless, as they’ve done to every other defense they’ve faced this season. Todd Orlando and the Texas Defense did a great job making adjustments. After some missed tackles early, the open field tackling improved vastly as the 1sthalf wore on.

*** It was imperative that Texas win the turnover battle today if they were to have any chance to stay in this ballgame. Mission accomplished after 2 quarters as they hold a 1-0 lead in the turnover battle at the half, thanks to a poor decision by Kyler Murray that led to an easy interception for Brandon Jones, who has had an excellent Junior season to this point.

*** Someone made a tremendous play call on the Pop Pass out of the Wildcat Formation. Texas has done NOTHING but run with Lil’ Jordan Humphrey out of this look this season, prior to that score. They caught the Sooner Defense completely off guard. Great job.

*** I thought that Kris Boyd played a very solid 1st Half. He had two big plays early in the first quarter: Breaking up what would have been a big play by jarring the ball loose from an OU TE on the first drive and did something not many people can say they’ve done, got a flush shot in on Hollywood Brown for a TFL.

*** You want to score touchdowns against this Oklahoma offense and not have to settle for Field Goals, but Texas will gladly take a 10-7 lead after the first two possessions for each team.

*** BJ Foster, another 5-Star Freshman safety from that class, was a demon on 3rd Downs today, coming up with 2 TFLs, a pass breakup, and a sack of Kyler Murray. He’s going to be a special player before he leaves the 40 Acres.

*** A nice catch by Andrew Beck sets Texas up for their first 4th down conversion of the game, which they convert a 4th and 1 on a 3-yard swing pass to Grad Transfer RB Tre Watson. This was followed by yet another tremendous play call, for the second Texas touchdown of the game. Texas utilized RB Tre Watson’s receiving ability, as he won on a one-on-one wheel route out of the backfield against OU Linebacker Mark Jackson, Jr. to put the Horns up 17-10 early in the 2nd Quarter.