Texas will meet Oklahoma in the 2010 Red River Rivalry in Dallas at the Cotton Bowl. Neither Texas or OU have looked like world beaters this year. The Texas Longhorns are coming off a disappointing loss to UCLA, and the Oklahoma Sooners have struggled against a few unranked opponents in recent weeks. It will definitely be an interesting matchup this year because of the way the teams strengths and weaknesses match up:
- Longhorn Offense (weak) vs Sooner Defense (weak)
- Sooner Offense (strong) vs Longhorn Defense (strong)
Oklahoma Sooners #8
The Sooners had an impressive win over Florida State (17) this year, but the results in the other games make you scratch your head. In recent weeks the Sooners have squeaked out wins over Air Force by 3 and Cincinnati by 2. These are opponents that the Sooners usually blow out, but defensive struggles have kept that from happening. The Sooners are the favorite for this years Red River Rivalry, especially if they can get it together defensively.
Texas Longhorns #21
The Longhorns offense is definitely feeling the effects of losing several star players on offense to graduation. Teams always seem to struggle while they are breaking in a new quarterback, and it will take some time for Garrett Gilbert to mature as a passer. The running game hasn’t offered a safe haven for Gilbert to hide behind either, the team doesn’t appear to have an all purpose back to power the offense. However the Longhorns shouldn’t be completely written off in this game, if the Sooners struggle on defense look for Garrett Gilbert to gain some much needed confidence.
Texas – Oklahoma | Spread & Over Under
The University of Texas is looking to win their fifth Red River Shootout in the last six years, the Longhorns also hold a 59-40-5 series lead. However it looks like Vegas is choosing the Sooners to win this one by 3.5. History is on the Sooners side as well, the team holding a higher national ranking has been victorious in 9 of the last 10 Red River Rivalry meetings. That said bet cautiously this is a rivalry game.
Texas OU Game Information – TV Channel – TV Time – Kickoff
Texas – Oklahoma Day/Date: Saturday – October 2nd
Texas – Oklahoma TV Kickoff: 2:30 PM
Texas – Oklahoma TV Channel: ABC
Texas – Oklahoma Location: Cotton Bowl – Dallas, TX
Texas – Oklahoma Tickets: Red River Shootout Tickets at StubHub.com!
