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re: Who would you like to see scheduled as the first SEC game opponent for OU and Texas?
Posted on 8/19/21 at 1:57 pm to BigRedNewKingOfSEC
Posted on 8/19/21 at 1:57 pm to BigRedNewKingOfSEC
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Alabama.
I remember the last time Alabama played at Oklahoma. It was in 2002 when Fran was the coach at Bama. The game was closer than a lot of people thought it would be with Bama scoring 21 unanswered points to take the lead in the second half, but ended up losing. The thing I remember the most about that game was it being mentioned by the announcers that the Oklahoma fans were amazed that the parking lots near the campus started filling up with Alabama fan RVs about a week before the game. They were use to people showing up a day early before a game, but they were quite astonished at the number of fans and how early the showed up.
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Posted on 8/19/21 at 2:02 pm to Ramblin Wreck
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I remember the last time Alabama played at Oklahoma. It was in 2002 when Fran was the coach at Bama. The game was closer than a lot of people thought it would be with Bama scoring 21 unanswered points to take the lead in the second half, but ended up losing. The thing I remember the most about that game was it being mentioned by the announcers that the Oklahoma fans were amazed that the parking lots near the campus started filling up with Alabama fan RVs about a week before the game. They were use to people showing up a day early before a game, but they were quite astonished at the number of fans and how early the showed up.
Coach Fran and a sanctioned team, not a great combo
Posted on 8/19/21 at 2:06 pm to Ramblin Wreck
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They were use to people showing up a day early before a game, but they were quite astonished at the number of fans and how early the showed up.
That's typical for most of the SEC teams, especially for big games. Oklahoma & Texas aren't used to this SEC fanaticism....but, they'll get used to it.
**When UGA visited Notre Dame in South Bend a few years ago, our fans began to flood the town a full week in advance. Notre Dame fans commented that they'd never seen this before and that not even Nebraska fans came that early. UGA had 40,000-50,000 fans at that game.
For SEC opponent games, usually the Wednesday or Thursday before the game one will begin to see some visiting fans show up, though.
This post was edited on 8/19/21 at 2:11 pm
Posted on 8/19/21 at 3:34 pm to Ramblin Wreck
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The thing I remember the most about that game was it being mentioned by the announcers that the Oklahoma fans were amazed that the parking lots near the campus started filling up with Alabama fan RVs about a week before the game.
We heard about this and left work (couple miles down the road) the Thursday before the game to go check it out. The basketball arena's parking lot is huge and it was almost half-full of RVs. Walked around chatting, all were super cool and looking forward to the game. Bama fans travel.. in style
This post was edited on 8/19/21 at 3:35 pm
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