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re: Can someone explain the Texas/Oklahoma rivalry? Not sports
Posted on 2/26/24 at 9:13 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Posted on 2/26/24 at 9:13 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I’m from Oklahoma but have lots of family in Texas. My dad is from Texas, my mom lives there now, my Grandma wore burnt orange at the RRS in the Cotton Bowl while sitting on the OU side.
There are a lot of similarities between the two states, and a lot of differences. Texas has more money, but they have lost some of their identity because so many people moved there from other parts of the country/world.
I had a friend who is not from the USA visit Oklahoma once. He had some family living in Texas and had spent quite a bit of time there. After being in Oklahoma for a weekend he said, “Oklahoma is how I always imagined Texas based on watching movies.”
Anyway, plenty of families are split across the Red River, so lots of shared culture, values, and traditions. Red Dirt and Texas Country have different sounds, but they are pretty damn similar at the end of day.
There are a lot of similarities between the two states, and a lot of differences. Texas has more money, but they have lost some of their identity because so many people moved there from other parts of the country/world.
I had a friend who is not from the USA visit Oklahoma once. He had some family living in Texas and had spent quite a bit of time there. After being in Oklahoma for a weekend he said, “Oklahoma is how I always imagined Texas based on watching movies.”
Anyway, plenty of families are split across the Red River, so lots of shared culture, values, and traditions. Red Dirt and Texas Country have different sounds, but they are pretty damn similar at the end of day.
This post was edited on 2/26/24 at 9:26 pm
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Posted on 2/26/24 at 10:36 pm to RedDirtPoke
For those who don't remember this gripping account, Beckett was charged in 2007 after a bar fight in which he is alleged to have torn a man's scrotum by latching onto it during the brawl.
According to the AP, Texas fan Brian Christopher Thomas, 36, walked into a Henry Hudsons Pub wearing a Texas Longhorns T-shirt, eliciting football "trash talk" from Beckett.
Thomas' original account stated that he decided to leave and went to pay his bar tab.
However, according to the AP, Thomas said Beckett set upon him with would-be holding, grasping his testicles so hard that he ripped the man's scrotum.
"He could see both of his testicles hanging on the outside of his body," said Thomas' attorney, Carl Hughes. "He was wearing a pair of white shorts, which made it that much worse."
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According to the AP, Texas fan Brian Christopher Thomas, 36, walked into a Henry Hudsons Pub wearing a Texas Longhorns T-shirt, eliciting football "trash talk" from Beckett.
Thomas' original account stated that he decided to leave and went to pay his bar tab.
However, according to the AP, Thomas said Beckett set upon him with would-be holding, grasping his testicles so hard that he ripped the man's scrotum.
"He could see both of his testicles hanging on the outside of his body," said Thomas' attorney, Carl Hughes. "He was wearing a pair of white shorts, which made it that much worse."
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Posted on 2/27/24 at 7:27 am to RedDirtPoke
Nice reply.
And I do get envious of this. The tax revenue that state gets is insane. They will undertake massive infrastructure projects and get them done in no time whereas it takes Oklahoma 27 years to resurface 80 miles of I35.
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Texas has more money,
And I do get envious of this. The tax revenue that state gets is insane. They will undertake massive infrastructure projects and get them done in no time whereas it takes Oklahoma 27 years to resurface 80 miles of I35.
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