DALLAS – Robert Stark and his son-in-law, Tyler Wanek, dressed in their normal orange-and-white striped overalls for this most unusual version of the Red River rivalry between Texas and Oklahoma.They just weren't getting their typical requests for photos with OU fans who like to do the “Horns Down” sign.
And Wanek knew what awaited inside the Cotton Bowl on Saturday in those usually electric moments before kickoff in one of college football's most unique settings.“The goosebumps won't be there, if that makes sense,” Wanek said.It does, with a crowd normally approaching 100,000 limited to 25,000 by the pandemic, which also shut down the Texas state fair outside the 90-year-old stadium for the first time since World War II.Still, there were.