... weekend’s Red River Rivalry means crunch time for the no. 21 Texas Longhorns.

The annual showdown with Oklahoma at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas is usually the Horns’ biggest game of the season, and this year is hardly different.

But this time, the result can mean so much more.

After a humiliating 34-12 loss at the hands of Rick Neuheisel’s UCLA Bruins last weekend in Austin, the Longhorns were left with a disgustingly bitter taste in their mouth just a week before their meeting with the eighth-ranked Sooners.

Texas put out a strong defense, but was dealt a blow to its normally intimidating swagger after getting pounded by UCLA’s run game. The Longhorns’ offen...

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