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For the Monday Oklahoman, I wrote about OU fans’ acquaintance with 11 a.m. kickoffs at the Cotton Bowl. It was our Capital Accident package, which you can apprehend here. But I acclimatized a ton of responses, including all kinds of absorbing stories. I anticipation I would allotment them.
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O-Ring - The Home Depot | Corny Keg O Rings Home DepotTURNING BACK THE CLOCK
Chad Taylor, Edmond
"I got affianced at halftime of OU-Texas. I apperceive what you're thinking, it was all about her. Our aboriginal out-of-town date was with addition brace to OU-Texas aback James Allen and the Sooners won in overtime. All bold continued we heard 'T-C-U is bigger than you' and '0-and-5' from the Texas fans. Aloof adamant taunting. Jarrail Jackson threw some Sooner Magic at them with a punt acknowledgment and the blow is history. The girls LOVED it.
"Now why was 11 a.m. significant? The girls we took had never been to OU-Texas before, or the Texas State Fair. My associate and I knew the rigors of aggravating to accept them up and accessible to get to the fair in time to absorb Fletcher's corndogs and adore the pre-game atmosphere. We had taken all Commerce Street had to action the night before. I set the anxiety in the auberge allowance advanced an hour and bisected to get them action and didn't acquaint the girls. We had a abundant time at the Fair. A year later, the aforementioned babe sat with me in the aboriginal morning rain cutting a debris bag and watching the Sooners struggle. I knew this babe ability be appropriate if she could bear that horror.
"The abutting year, I got up ablaze and aboriginal and arranged a aback backpack with two albino glasses and a algid canteen of Dom Perignon and an assurance ring. She had no idea. Got to the fair too aboriginal because I had BIG plans. Sunny day and the Sooners looked acceptable early, afresh Joe Dickinson happened. Halftime the Sooners were down, but my alcohol were sky high. She capital a Coke. I said, 'You don't charge a Coke appropriate now,' but she was persistent. I had to go get the Coke. I gave her the Coke, afresh I caked out two glasses of champagne. I managed to clasp my 6'5 anatomy in amid the too-narrow seats aloof almost abundant to accomplish one knee blow the arena and I proposed. The Sooner admirers about us were ecstatic. So cool. The Sooners faltered in the third division and we left. Went to go ride the big Ferris caster and booty cool account on the amid with her new ring.
"The aboriginal morning kickoffs are become so connected you can accomplish your assurance affairs about them. This OU-Texas we bless our 15-year bells anniversary. If we can get tickets, we are action to booty the kids. Ability accept to set the anxiety advanced and hour or so to get there on time."
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO FLORIDA STATE-MIAMI?
Chad Marler, Oklahoma City
"I abundant adopt the 2:30 alpha times. I bethink aback Miami and Florida State acclimated to comedy on the aforementioned day and they active the morning spot, and appropriate afterwards the anniversary wide-right or wide-left gave the bold to Miami, our bold would bang off. The Friday night partying was a lot added abiding during those canicule than they are now -- and we consistently spent a lot added time at the State Fair, it seemed. Aftermost year, I took a cab aback to the hotel, hopped in my car and collection beeline home afterwards the game, but that was primarily due to my disappointment with the game. However, I do anticipate we go home beforehand aback the bold starts at 11 a.m., admitting we sometimes still break until Sunday morning. Aback the bold was in the afternoon, we’d consistently break until Sunday and usually able-bodied into the day."
TIME TO TRY THE TRAIN
Jerry Joern, Oklahoma City
"Have been action to OU/Texas on and off, aback we could get tickets, aback OU apprentice in 1965. Now we go to Dallas on Friday and break until Sunday, but if I'm smart, will leave Saturday afternoon and go east, afresh arctic to hit I-40 and abstain I-35. Actual aboriginal Sunday morning is not a bad time either. But Sunday afternoon is a daydream action arctic up I-35. The State Fair is not accessible for some contest early, so if you appetite to see things, it has to be afterwards the game. If you are on a appropriate alumni bus, it leaves an hour afterwards the bold so, no time is aloof for the State Fair, which we enjoy. It takes an hour afterwards the bold to action the army and get aback to the bus. So aftermost year, not abundant State Fair. So will try the busline alternation this year to get aback to the hotel. Best partying is done Friday at one of the contest such as OU/Dallas Club accident at Hilton Lincoln Center. We approved the West End a brace of years ago, and it is dead. It acclimated to accept a crowd. Hope we don’t get Ebola from visiting Dallas."
MORNING CORN DOGS UNDERRATED
Lynn Brewer, Houston
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O-Ring - The Home Depot | Corny Keg O Rings Home Depot"Mentally, I’m acclimatized to the 11 a.m. alpha by now and don’t get as affronted with it as I acclimated to a few years ago. But I still don’t like it one bit. My change in accepted can be summed up this way: I don’t absorb as abundant money in Dallas as I did before, and I don’t accept as abundant fun, either. I don’t break out as backward in Dallas the night afore accomplishing the weekend 'festivities,' so I don’t bead as abundant banknote at restaurants and sports bars. I hit the State Fair early, but there’s not abundant time to actually adore all that the Fair has to action afore the game. I accept pregame time is added advantageous to the Fair vendors than postgame time, because afterwards every game, 50 percent of the admirers are in a bad affection and apparently don’t absorb as abundant at the Fair. You don’t accept that botheration afore the game, so a 2:30 alpha would accomplish bread-and-butter sense. Lastly, I don’t absorb as abundant money with Dallas hotels because sometimes (not always) I go aback home Saturday evenings and don’t break in Dallas for that additional night auberge stay.
"One upside of the 11 a.m. kickoff: I’ve apparent that morning banal dogs are underrated."
THE VIEW FROM THE FRAT HOUSE
Forrest Bennett, Oklahoma City
"The 11 a.m. alpha is a absolution and a curse. I anamnesis an black in my fraternity abode aback there were six of us larboard on a Thursday afore the bold because about anybody abroad had already gone down. This accustomed them to absorb allotment of Friday at the Fair and adore a continued and big-ticket night out on Friday, alive that they aloof charge to annoyance themselves out of bed in time to accomplish it to their seats afore kickoff. Some of the added committed admirers will still get up and accept a absurd something-or-other for breakfast at the fair, but abounding don’t. Depending on the aftereffect of the game, OU admirers will either analyze the fair a bit afterwards or go beeline aback to the hotel, if we lose."
DRIVING A MUST FOR EARLY KICKS
Barbara Hutchens, Prague
"Our habits accept basically been the aforementioned aback 1972 -- drive to Dallas on Friday, beforehand now, aback our accouchement are developed and we don’t accept a academy day to fulfill. We adore the sites offered, arcade and bistro on Friday. Banquet is usually at Pappadeaux’s afore action to the auberge in the black (yes, earlier, but age tends to do that to one) and aback up to drive to the Cotton Bow adequately aboriginal on Saturday.
"We accept ahead taken the abuse to the Cotton Bowl, but with the much-earlier bang off, we accept been driving. The curve for the abuse are abundant too long. We esplanade in the aforementioned lot and browse about afore the game. We usually eat at the aforementioned booth, south end of the stadium, afterwards the buses accept entered and we accept enjoyed the jawing amid admirers of both teams.
"After the game, instead of demography in the fair, we arch north, eat on the way aback to the auberge and adore the evening. Sunday morning is committed to active home. We ambition for the old 2:30 kickoff, but we are not captivation our breaths. For a 2:30 alpha we would accept the aforementioned Friday accepted but would apparently booty the DART abuse to the game. We could adore the exhibits afore the game, if it were later. We break for the two nights, regardless."
STANDING IN LINE
Larry Deweese, Houston
"I do not like the 11 a.m. alpha time. I almost accept time to adore the Fair afore the game. Of course, aback we lose, I accept no absorption in the Fair afterwards the game. Also, advancing from Houston creates a actual aboriginal abandonment time if I go up the day of the game. As anon as I get in the Fair, I accept to angle in band to get the aliment and alcohol coupons. Afresh I accept to angle in band to get a beer and a State Fair hot dog. Afterwards that I airing through the car appearance and afresh to the Chevy barter show. I acutely accept a routine. With the 11 a.m. kickoff, I don’t accept time to airing through the apparatus building. If you are aggravating to accommodated accompany afore the game, you accept to hustle. Abounding years ago I acclimated to go I Dallas on Friday and do the Commerce Street thing. I’m too old for that blazon of nonsense anymore."
PARKING BY THE HEAD
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"My routine, it rarely changes behindhand of the alpha time. I like to be able to esplanade central the Fairgrounds, so I like to get there afore 8 a.m., alike if the bold is a 2:30 kick. In '94, I accustomed afterwards than accepted and had to esplanade in someone’s yard. They were captivation a assurance that said 'Parking $6.' I pulled up and he looked in my car, saw my then-girlfriend and said, 'That’ll be $12.' Apparently it was $6 per person. Weird. But I digress.
"So we like to get to the Fairgrounds aboriginal regardless. We go bottomward every year on Thursday so we can accept a little added time afore things get crazy. And we don’t drink, so the aboriginal alpha doesn’t bother us. In fact, we actually like it. We accept sometimes alternate home afterwards the game, but we do adore blockage the night Saturday night as well. We usually bolt a cine or something. Our time at the Fair is bound to afore the game. We usually appointment the cuddle zoo and the car appearance and that’s about it. Yeah, we’re accepting old. Beforehand this year we switched over to a vegan diet, so it’ll apparently be a claiming award article we can eat this year. If not, we’ll hit the Spiral Diner afterwards the game."
MORE TIME FOR CAT NAPS
David Griffith, Edmond
"The cartage afterwards a 2:30 p.m. bold seems a lot worse, consistent in beneath time to relax afore planned black outings. Bistro banquet at a appropriate hour becomes a blend aggravating to apple-pie up accompanying herding ancestors to a restaurant. Beneath time to watch added games, too. I adopt the 11 a.m. kickoff. We usually access at the Fairgrounds 1-2 hours afore kick, which is added than abundant time to alcohol a brace beers and adore a few rides. Afterwards my wife and I accept a adequate afternoon aback in the auberge allowance to adore added academy football amateur on TV. Of course, binding in a cat nap afore action out to banquet Saturday black to bless addition Sooner achievement is a must!"
COMMERCE STREET RUINED
Bill Loyall, Kingisher
"Ever aback the bounded thugs of city Dallas started ruining the Commerce Street festivities, Friday nights aloof accept not actually been the same. So now we are relegated to award baby restaurant/pubs to adhere out at in abate numbers. Eleven o'clock amateur are accomplished with me aback we about appear home afterwards the bold alike if it is at 2:30. (Which will abide to be at 11 until Texas becomes accordant again?) Plenty of time to let all those burnt orange Texans apperceive that they actually do suck. We like to ask the burnt orange bodies afore the bold if we can buy their additional bisected tickets aback they won't be application them anyway. Eleven o'clock is fine. Gives ya a brace added hours afterwards the bold to rid yourself of those aftermost handfuls of coupons to acquirement achievement beverages."
PARKING MADE EASY
Eddie Joslin, Oklahoma City
"On the 11 a.m. kickoffs, I adulation them. My son and I consistently drive bottomward from OKC on Saturday morning about 5 a.m. and are about home about dark. We’re not tailgaters or beer drinkers or affliction to go aback and alternating with opposing fans. Aloof go for the game. We’ve been action to all abroad amateur aback 1996 and this is our easiest trip, abnormally at 11 aback the Fair cartage is light. Aback the game's at 2:30, our routine’s the same, alone confused aback about three hours. But by accepting there at 8 a.m. instead of noon, the Fairgrounds isn’t awash yet and acclimate is cooler, additional parking is easier. Afterwards the bold we arch beeline home regardless. Like I said, we go for the game. I’d brainstorm best of the agitation is from bodies accomplishing things the night afore or absent a few added beers afore the game."
NO MORE CAR SHOWS
John Ross, Edmond
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O - Rings | Corny Keg O Rings Home Depot"I abhorrence 11 a.m. or 11:30 kickoffs. Seems like we accept been ashore there for at atomic 10 years. Accept to get up actual aboriginal on Saturday, still can’t do any of the Fair afore the game. If you win, yes, it’s ok afresh to stick around, but aftermost abode you appetite to be is at the State Fair afterwards the bold if you lost. We usually now go aback to OKC on Saturday, acclimated to consistently break Saturday night. For a 2:30 kickoff, we beddy-bye later, get to the Fair by 10 or so, go to the car show, absorb some time alert to sports allocution radio, aberrate about the crafts, watch the dog show, accept a nice comfortable lunch.
"I am a traditionalist as far as OU-Texas, I like to be in the amphitheater an hour afore alpha to watch the bands advance in and watch balmy ups. For an 11 a.m. kickoff, we accept to get there earlier. Try to get to the fair by 9, maybe accomplish a quick run through the car show, afresh we are off to the stadium."
FAN REVELRY SUBSIDES
John Cox, Oklahoma City
"I accelerating from OU in 1986 and accept been to every OU-UT bold aback 1979 and this will be my 37th overall. I'm not a fan of 11 a.m. kickoffs, mainly for the actuality that it doesn't acquiesce for abundant Fair action pre-game, but I'm acclimated to it by now and there's actually annihilation I can do about it. I've additionally noticed there's not about as abundant carousal amid the admirers aback it's at 11 as against to 2:30 (which is the absolute alpha time for this game).
"I leave my auberge while it's still aphotic to get to Fair Esplanade although I still break brief Saturday as I don't apperception the aboriginal alpha abreast as abundant post-game. It allows time to adhere about the Fair, appointment with fraternity brothers and old classmates (we consistently accommodated on the east ancillary of amphitheater at beer gardens, aforetime Neville's Absurd Chicken) and you can still leave the area afore aphotic and best chiefly acquisition your car!
"My Friday night consists of a nice banquet and bed by 11 p.m. or so in adjustment to feel center OK aback the anxiety goes off at 6 a.m. Aback it's 2:30, we would break out afterwards on Friday, abnormally aback I was younger. My accumulation did for several years (and would still like to) break about until the concert starts on the Chevy date at 8:30. We saw Leann Rimes, Brad Paisley, Hank Williams, Jr. and added appealing big stars in afterwards years. Aback it's 11 a.m., you can't break about for 61/2 hours for a concert! We approved it already and it dead us.
"When it's 2:30, I access amid 9-10 a.m. and go into all the barrio and airing the Amid afterwards activity rushed. About lunchtime I about-face my absorption to affair up with accompany and socializing; 11 a.m. basically kills best of pre-game activities because it's all you can do to get there by 9. To me, the pre-game on the Fairgrounds is what makes the accident so appropriate and 11 a.m. aloof takes abroad from that unfortunately."
PARTYING A YOUNG MAN'S GAME
Barry Durant, Duncan
"I've been action to OU-Texas annually aback my alum academy canicule at OU in 1979. I anticipate I've alone absent one aback 1979. We alive in Duncan, so the drive is an accessible one. We drive bottomward on Friday afternoon, eat and shop, and afresh aback to Duncan Saturday afterwards the game. My wife goes to the Fair. My youngest son and I absorb a few account visiting accompany at our anniversary parking amplitude and afresh we arch beeline to our seats. Afresh afterwards the bold we leave. Partying is a adolescent man's game. But I will say that admitting afore we would absorb Friday and Saturday night in Dallas, it is Friday night alone now."
EARLY ARRIVAL NOT ALWAYS BEST
Steve Hoehner"Funny you should ask. My wife and I aloof about got into an altercation aftermost night discussing the 11 a.m. kick. Aftermost year I lobbied for aboriginal accession to the stadium, mostly to exhausted the crazy cartage that aboriginal starts create. We larboard our auberge in Plano about 7 a.m. There was little cartage (yes!) and we were anchored by 7:30 a.m. Trouble was, we couldn’t alike get into the Fairgrounds until 8 a.m. or so. I anticipation it was a admirable strategy, but the Mrs. was a little miffed."So, we’ve absitively to accommodation this year. (The accomplished “when momma’s not happy…") We’re gunning for an 8:30 a.m. accession time this year. So hopefully we’ll still be able to get our Belgian waffles and absurd Snickers. Ambition me luck. We absolutely adopt the 2:30 bang over the 11 a.m. Either way we still access in Dallas on Friday. The guys will comedy golf and the girls will shop. We accommodated up for banquet and drinks that evening. In the past, our wives would skip the bold and adhere out at the Fair, or bead us off and go arcade some added (the adopted best of us fellas). With the 11 a.m. kick, they accept been added absorbed to go to the game.
"So anyhow (imitating Stoops here, sorry), our abandonment time is bent by whether ESPN Bold Day is in the house. If so, we will try to get to the Cotton Bowl by 9:30 a.m. Aggravating to get a Home Depot adamantine hat from the Bold Day aggregation is consistently a thrill. Aloof actuality a allotment of the altercation and animosity is the capital ambition in the morning. Been accepted to ample the adamantine hat with developed beverages and canyon out straws. (I know, I know...writing it makes me admiration what the %$#@ we were thinking, too.) Afterwards Bold Day is over, usually with Corso battlefront the Ruf-Neks shotgun (to our delight), the accomplished aggregation (8-10 guys), would accommodated on the accomplish out in advanced of the aliment cloister by BIG TEX. There we would accelerate a brace guys to buy the Fair coupons, and a brace added to buy beers. We’d adhere out there until kickoff. "So anyway, bold starts and if Stoopsie and the boys comedy in a 'great way,' we usually accept added adulatory to do, and blockage the night in big D is a audible possibility. If we lose...GET THE HELL OUT OF DODGE!
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