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I have multiple bama buddies that also rave about that OU series, but I'm afraid to tell you it has nothing to do with "understanding history". You paint a picture of classy folks with monocles smoking cigars and sipping champagne with a pinky out talking about how wonderful life is. The actual fact is that when you don't have a long history wiht someone it's easy to be friendly. It also helped that at the time bama was not very good. Compared to present day they were practically dog shite on a shoe.

It was beer and RV's and dip instead of monocles and cigars, but fair points otherwise. I get it, neither of us were very good at the time, though we respected Bama's rich pre-Saban history, and thy were GREAT visitors and great hosts as well. I can imagine facing them now every year may come with a different vibe, or maybe not. But it was nice to have a peer whom we mutually respect, even if it was just for a home & home series. The Nebraska-OU rivalry was like that every year. They hated losing to us and vice versa, but mutual respect transcended all of it.

Hey - whether it's Bama or someone else, I'm thankful we keep our rivalry with the Longhorns and have the opportunity to grow more rivalries with SEC teams.