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</head><body><a class="skip" href="#main">Skip to content</a><header class="site-header"><div class="masthead"><div class="mast-date">Sunday<!-- -->,<br/>October 11, 2026</div><div class="mast-center"><a class="brand" href="/">The Sideline Report</a><p class="tagline"><span>America’s least reliable sports news source</span></p></div><div class="mast-note">College football<br/>news you can<br/>sort of trust.</div></div><nav aria-label="Main navigation"><a href="/">Front Page</a><a href="/section/ou-texas">OU/Texas</a><a href="/section/college-football">College Football</a><a href="/section/mlb">MLB</a><a href="/section/tennis">Tennis</a><a href="/section/other-sports">Other Sports</a><a href="/editions">Special Editions</a><a href="/archives">Archives</a></nav></header><main id="main"><h1 class="sr-only">The Sideline Report front page</h1><div class="edition-line"><span>RED RIVER SPECIAL EDITION</span><a href="/editions/ou-texas/">Read the full edition →</a></div><div class="front-page-layout"><div class="front-page-main"><section class="dual-lead-grid" aria-label="Today’s two lead stories"><article class="cover-story"><div class="cover-kicker"><span>OU/Texas</span><span>OU–Texas: Rivalry Week</span></div><a class="cover-title-link" href="/stories/venables-keeps-his-word-halftime/"><h2 class="cover-headline cover-headline-long">OU beats Texas: Venables OKs offensive score to secure win</h2><p class="cover-dek">Sooners coach grants one-time exception to no-scoring policy after determining that beating Texas is worth the paperwork.</p></a><a class="cover-image-link" href="/stories/venables-keeps-his-word-halftime/" aria-label="Read: OU beats Texas: Venables OKs offensive score to secure win"><div class="photo normal"><img src="/assets/venables-rules-out-scoring.png" alt="Brent Venables grants the offense a one-time exception to the no-scoring plan." loading="eager"/></div></a><div class="cover-caption"><span>Brent Venables grants the offense a one-time exception to the no-scoring plan.</span><span>THE SIDELINE REPORT</span></div><div class="cover-excerpt"><p>DALLAS — Oklahoma beat Texas after Brent Venables reportedly granted the offense a one-time exemption from its no-scoring policy, determining that winning the Red River Rivalry qualified as an extraordinary circumstance.</p></div><div class="cover-byline"><span>By The Sideline Report · <!-- -->Oct 10, 2026</span><a href="/stories/venables-keeps-his-word-halftime/">Read the full story</a></div></article><article class="cover-story"><div class="cover-kicker"><span>OU/Texas</span><span>OU–Texas: Rivalry Week</span></div><a class="cover-title-link" href="/stories/switzer-boz-mack-brown-tvs/"><h2 class="cover-headline cover-headline-long">Switzer starts chunking TVs out of windows with help from the Boz and Mack Brown</h2><p class="cover-dek">Oklahoma’s win triggers an immediate Dallas ’85 revival. Hotel management says the celebration has exceeded its original definition of “room service.”</p></a><a class="cover-image-link" href="/stories/switzer-boz-mack-brown-tvs/" aria-label="Read: Switzer starts chunking TVs out of windows with help from the Boz and Mack Brown"><div class="photo normal"><img src="/assets/red-river-85/adolphus-tvs.jpg" alt="Old televisions and new flat screens take flight outside the Adolphus as Dallas celebrates Oklahoma’s victory." loading="eager"/></div></a><div class="cover-caption"><span>Old televisions and new flat screens take flight outside the Adolphus as Dallas celebrates Oklahoma’s victory.</span><span>THE SIDELINE REPORT</span></div><div class="cover-excerpt"><p>DALLAS — Barry Switzer wasted little time celebrating Oklahoma’s victory over Texas, reportedly beginning to chunk televisions out of hotel windows with assistance from Brian “The Boz” Bosworth and an unexpectedly enthusiastic Mack Brown.</p></div><div class="cover-byline"><span>By The Sideline Report · <!-- -->Oct 10, 2026</span><a href="/stories/switzer-boz-mack-brown-tvs/">Read the full story</a></div></article></section><section class="front-feature-strip" aria-label="More front-page stories"><article class="story-card "><p class="eyebrow">OU/Texas</p><a href="/stories/texas-state-fair-refusal/"><h2>Texas tells SEC it won’t play OU until everyone has to play at the State Fair</h2><div class="photo normal"><img src="/assets/sarkisian-fair-chess-photo.png" alt="Steve Sarkisian studies an oversized chessboard at the Texas State Fair." loading="lazy"/></div></a><p class="dek">Longhorns cite “competitive fairness” as Steve Sarkisian reportedly plays 8-dimensional chess while Vegas rumors, a miraculous glow-up and Oklahoma dream prophecies swirl.</p><p class="meta">Oct 7, 2026<!-- --> · <!-- -->3<!-- --> min read</p></article><article class="story-card "><p class="eyebrow">OU/Texas</p><a href="/stories/sarkisian-no-chance/"><h2>Sarkisian says his team has almost no chance to beat OU</h2><div class="photo sark"><img src="/assets/rivalry.png" alt="Sarkisian says his team has almost no chance to beat OU" loading="lazy"/></div></a><p class="dek">“You can’t prepare for a team this bad. It messes with your head.”</p><p class="meta">Oct 6, 2026<!-- --> · <!-- -->1<!-- --> min read</p></article><article class="story-card "><p class="eyebrow">OU/Texas</p><a href="/stories/ryan-day-sarkisian-kalshi-manipulator/"><h2>The manipulator: Ryan Day pulls the strings in Sark’s $412 million Kalshi collapse</h2><div class="photo red-river-racket"><img src="/assets/red-river-racket-cover.png" alt="Sark watches the losses mount as Ryan Day pulls the strings. McConaughey says he’ll cover the tab." loading="lazy"/></div></a><p class="dek">OU–Texas week descends into financial chaos as Sarkisian’s NIL fund disappears into event contracts, Ryan Day calls it research, and Oklahoma asks whether a margin call counts as a turnover.</p><p class="meta">Oct 8, 2026<!-- --> · <!-- -->7<!-- --> min read</p></article></section><section class="front-page-more" aria-labelledby="sports-desk-heading"><div class="section-heading"><h2 id="sports-desk-heading">Around the sports desk</h2><a href="/archives">All stories</a></div><div class="story-grid home-story-grid"><article class="story-card "><p class="eyebrow">College Football</p><a href="/stories/prime-suspect-deion-crypto/"><h2>Prime Suspect: Deion paid players in Luna, ICP and MAGIC — and kept the Bitcoin</h2><div class="photo normal"><img src="/assets/prime-suspect-deion-crypto.jpg" alt="Prime’s portfolio: Bitcoin for the coach, character-building volatility for everybody else." loading="lazy"/></div></a><p class="dek">Crypto takes center stage in the widening NCAA financial scandal. “I paid those fools in Luna, ICP and MAGIC. I kept all the Bitcoin for myself.”</p><p class="meta">Oct 8, 2026<!-- --> · <!-- -->4<!-- --> min read</p></article><article class="story-card "><p class="eyebrow">MLB</p><a href="/stories/judge-lights-up-october/"><h2>Judge finally lights up in October; MLB immediately investigates</h2><div class="photo judge-cover"><img src="/assets/judge-lights-up-photo.png" alt="Aaron Judge’s dugout smoke break becomes the latest postseason controversy." loading="lazy"/></div></a><p class="dek">Yankees captain faces two-year ban after officials discover the only thing he’s making consistent contact with is an unfiltered Camel.</p><p class="meta">Oct 7, 2026<!-- --> · <!-- -->1<!-- --> min read</p></article><article class="story-card "><p class="eyebrow">MLB</p><a href="/stories/a-rod-peanut-butter/"><h2>A-Rod Gets Peanut Butter Faced in Public Shaming After Going 0 for His Last 162 Game Picks</h2><div class="photo normal"><img src="/assets/a-rod-peanut-butter-public-shaming.png" alt="Derek Jeter and David Ortiz conduct A-Rod’s performance review, one jar at a time." loading="lazy"/></div></a><p class="dek">Jeter and Ortiz finally find a spread he can cover. A-Rod: “I accept it as karma.”</p><p class="meta">Oct 8, 2026<!-- --> · <!-- -->3<!-- --> min read</p></article><article class="story-card "><p class="eyebrow">MLB</p><a href="/stories/brewers-high-on-their-own-supply/"><h2>Brewers High on Their Own Supply: Blast Their Way to 3–1 Victory With a Little Help From Miller</h2><div class="photo normal"><img src="/assets/brewers-miller-time.jpg" alt="Milwaukee’s clubhouse celebrates around the postseason’s most closely guarded steel drum." loading="lazy"/></div></a><p class="dek">Milwaukee credits timely hitting, clubhouse chemistry and whatever is coming out of the steel drum.</p><p class="meta">Oct 8, 2026<!-- --> · <!-- -->3<!-- --> min read</p></article><article class="story-card "><p class="eyebrow">MLB</p><a href="/stories/dodgers-stop-the-chop-mookie-bets/"><h2>Dodgers Stop the Chop! Ohtani questioned about betting on series; suspected bookie is Mookie Bets</h2><div class="photo normal"><img src="/assets/dodgers-mookie-bets.png" alt="Ohtani fields questions while Mookie keeps the phones busy in the Dodgers clubhouse." loading="lazy"/></div></a><p class="dek">Dodgers silence Atlanta as investigators uncover a mysterious sportsbook reportedly operating out of right field.</p><p class="meta">Oct 8, 2026<!-- --> · <!-- -->3<!-- --> min read</p></article><article class="story-card "><p class="eyebrow">Tennis</p><a href="/stories/game-set-whack/"><h2>GAME, SET, WHACK: Djokovic, Alcaraz implicated in bizarre Sinner “knee-capping” saga</h2><div class="photo tennis-cover"><img src="/assets/game-set-whack.png" alt="Game, Set, Whack — The Sideline Report’s fictional Tennis Underworld cover." loading="lazy"/></div></a><p class="dek">Three incidents. Two knees. One governing body asking whether any of this happened during a sponsored event.</p><p class="meta">Oct 7, 2026<!-- --> · <!-- -->3<!-- --> min read</p></article><article class="story-card "><p class="eyebrow">Tennis</p><a href="/stories/sinner-knees-legal-counsel/"><h2>Sinner’s knees retain separate legal counsel</h2><div class="photo tennis-cover"><img src="/assets/sinner-knees-lawyer-up.webp" alt="Kneecapgate: Sinner’s knees lawyer up in The Sideline Report’s tennis satire." loading="lazy"/></div></a><p class="dek">Left knee seeks damages; right knee says it is “keeping all options open.”</p><p class="meta">Oct 7, 2026<!-- --> · <!-- -->1<!-- --> min read</p></article><article class="story-card "><p class="eyebrow">MLB</p><a href="/stories/ohtani-braves-country/"><h2>Ohtani day-to-day after being tomahawk chopped</h2><div class="photo normal"><img src="/assets/ohtani-braves-country.png" alt="Ohtani day-to-day after being tomahawk chopped" loading="lazy"/></div></a><p class="dek">Dodgers star shrugs off bullpen chaos: “That’s Braves country.”</p><p class="meta">Oct 6, 2026<!-- --> · <!-- -->2<!-- --> min read</p></article><article class="story-card "><p class="eyebrow">Tennis</p><a href="/stories/tiafoe-skittles-locker/"><h2>Tiafoe jumps for joy as locker stocked with every Skittle ever made</h2><div class="photo normal"><img src="/assets/tiafoe-skittles-locker.png" alt="Tiafoe jumps for joy as locker stocked with every Skittle ever made" loading="lazy"/></div></a><p class="dek">Tennis star calls discovery “the career Grand Slam of snacks.”</p><p class="meta">Oct 6, 2026<!-- --> · <!-- -->2<!-- --> min read</p></article><article class="story-card "><p class="eyebrow">OU/Texas</p><a href="/stories/venables-sarkisian-sudoku/"><h2>Venables to play Sarkisian in best-of-3 Sudoku Challenge</h2><div class="photo normal"><img src="/assets/sudoku-showdown-photo.png" alt="Venables to play Sarkisian in best-of-3 Sudoku Challenge" loading="lazy"/></div></a><p class="dek">Red River rivalry reduced to nine numbers. Both coaches demand a bye.</p><p class="meta">Oct 6, 2026<!-- --> · <!-- -->2<!-- --> min read</p></article><article class="story-card "><p class="eyebrow">Other Sports</p><a href="/stories/rory-tiger-bogey-free/"><h2>Rory: Tiger hasn’t made a bogey in more than 87 straight rounds</h2><div class="photo normal"><img src="/assets/rory-tiger-bogey-free-editorial.png" alt="Rory McIlroy presents Tiger’s extraordinary bogey-free scorecard at Pebble Beach." loading="lazy"/></div></a><p class="dek">McIlroy is talking about Tiger. All the rounds were at Pebble Beach. The tees remain a sensitive subject.</p><p class="meta">Oct 7, 2026<!-- --> · <!-- -->1<!-- --> min read</p></article><article class="story-card "><p class="eyebrow">MLB</p><a href="/stories/dodgers-braves-bullpen-chop/"><h2>Dodgers complain players were actually tomahawk chopped in gruesome bullpen battle</h2><div class="photo bullpen"><img src="/assets/bullpen.png" alt="Dodgers complain players were actually tomahawk chopped in gruesome bullpen battle" loading="lazy"/></div></a><p class="dek">Los Angeles files a formal protest after Atlanta fans take a baseball tradition a little too literally.</p><p class="meta">Oct 6, 2026<!-- --> · <!-- -->1<!-- --> min read</p></article><article class="story-card "><p class="eyebrow">Other Sports</p><a href="/stories/duval-come-get-some/"><h2>Duval bongs Guinness, tells Tiger: “Come Get Some”</h2><div class="photo normal"><img src="/assets/duval-come-get-some-editorial.png" alt="David Duval brings a beer funnel and a challenge to the driving range." loading="lazy"/></div></a><p class="dek">Wraparound sunglasses. A 2-iron. A VHS tape. Double D says the comeback goes through him.</p><p class="meta">Oct 7, 2026<!-- --> · <!-- -->1<!-- --> min read</p></article><article class="story-card "><p class="eyebrow">Other Sports</p><a href="/stories/vijay-real-rival/"><h2>Vijay: “I Was the Real Rival”</h2><div class="photo normal"><img src="/assets/vijay-real-rival-editorial.png" alt="Vijay Singh practices before dawn with an extraordinary supply of range balls." loading="lazy"/></div></a><p class="dek">Singh announces comeback, says 1,700 range balls a day have finally become relevant.</p><p class="meta">Oct 7, 2026<!-- --> · <!-- -->1<!-- --> min read</p></article><article class="story-card "><p class="eyebrow">OU/Texas</p><a href="/stories/kyle-clow-quarterback/"><h2>Kyle Clow begs Venables to start eighth-grade daughter at quarterback</h2><div class="photo normal"><img src="/assets/kyle-clow-qb-reference.webp" alt="Kyle Clow begs Venables to start eighth-grade daughter at quarterback" loading="lazy"/></div></a><p class="dek">The scouting report lists pocket presence, algebra and the ability to bring snacks.</p><p class="meta">Oct 6, 2026<!-- --> · <!-- -->1<!-- --> min read</p></article><article class="story-card "><p class="eyebrow">Other Sports</p><a href="/stories/phil-500-masters/"><h2>Phil says he can still drive it 500, will prove it at the Masters</h2><div class="photo normal"><img src="/assets/phil-500-masters-editorial.png" alt="Phil Mickelson inspects a 500-yard reading at the practice range." loading="lazy"/></div></a><p class="dek">Mickelson credits coffee, calves and neurological intent. Augusta requests a definition of “drive.”</p><p class="meta">Oct 7, 2026<!-- --> · <!-- -->1<!-- --> min read</p></article><article class="story-card "><p class="eyebrow">Other Sports</p><a href="/stories/scheffler-come-to-papa/"><h2>Scheffler: “Come to Papa” — “I Will Win Every Tournament”</h2><div class="photo normal"><img src="/assets/scheffler-come-to-papa-editorial.png" alt="Scottie Scheffler welcomes another season’s worth of trophies." loading="lazy"/></div></a><p class="dek">The world’s least rattled man welcomes golf’s comeback class and reserves all available trophies.</p><p class="meta">Oct 7, 2026<!-- --> · <!-- -->1<!-- --> min read</p></article><article class="story-card "><p class="eyebrow">OU/Texas</p><a href="/stories/billy-bob-state-fair/"><h2>Billy Bob Thornton warns fans to stay away from State Fair</h2><div class="photo billy"><img src="/assets/rollover.png" alt="Billy Bob Thornton warns fans to stay away from State Fair" loading="lazy"/></div></a><p class="dek">“It ain’t a fair. It’s a Sooner fever dream.”</p><p class="meta">Oct 6, 2026<!-- --> · <!-- -->1<!-- --> min read</p></article><article class="story-card "><p class="eyebrow">Other Sports</p><a href="/stories/barkley-australian-open/"><h2>Charles Barkley makes run at PGA Tour, plans to win Australian Open</h2><div class="photo normal"><img src="/assets/barkley-australian-open-editorial.png" alt="Charles Barkley takes aim in Australia with Shaquille O’Neal on the bag." loading="lazy"/></div></a><p class="dek">Barkley believes the Southern Hemisphere could finally explain his swing.</p><p class="meta">Oct 7, 2026<!-- --> · <!-- -->1<!-- --> min read</p></article><article class="story-card "><p class="eyebrow">College Football</p><a href="/stories/ou-coaching-summit/"><h2>Smart, Saban, Kiffin &amp; McEnroe come to blows over OU job</h2><div class="photo clash"><img src="/assets/sideline-clash.png" alt="The coaching summit takes a competitive turn." loading="lazy"/></div></a><p class="dek">“YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!” McEnroe screams as Norman coaching summit collapses into chaos</p><p class="meta">Sep 29, 2026<!-- --> · <!-- -->1<!-- --> min read</p></article><article class="story-card "><p class="eyebrow">Other Sports</p><a href="/stories/ernie-monitoring-comeback/"><h2>Ernie Els “Monitoring the Situation”</h2><div class="photo normal"><img src="/assets/ernie-monitoring-comeback-editorial.png" alt="Ernie Els monitors the comeback coverage with his clubs close at hand." loading="lazy"/></div></a><p class="dek">The Big Easy was retired from the conversation until Vijay started talking.</p><p class="meta">Oct 7, 2026<!-- --> · <!-- -->1<!-- --> min read</p></article><article class="story-card "><p class="eyebrow">College Football</p><a href="/stories/big-bucks/"><h2>Don’t need winning seasons to get big bucks</h2><div class="photo bucks"><img src="/assets/sideline-clash.png" alt="A coach celebrates another monster contract." loading="lazy"/></div></a><p class="dek">College football’s newest strategy: get paid first, figure out the winning part later</p><p class="meta">Sep 29, 2026<!-- --> · <!-- -->1<!-- --> min read</p></article><article class="story-card "><p class="eyebrow">College Football</p><a href="/stories/cignettis-creamery/"><h2>Cignetti opens ice cream parlor as coaching world melts down</h2><div class="photo creamery"><img src="/assets/sideline-clash.png" alt="Curt Cignetti at his ice cream parlor." loading="lazy"/></div></a><p class="dek">Coach unveils 9-Win Vanilla, Transfer Portal Fudge and a strict no-losing-flavors policy.</p><p class="meta">Sep 30, 2026<!-- --> · <!-- -->2<!-- --> min read</p></article><article class="story-card "><p class="eyebrow">College Football</p><a href="/stories/preseason-gold-rush/"><h2>Preseason contract extensions become college football’s ultimate gold rush</h2><div class="photo normal"><img src="/assets/contract-extension.png" alt="Another preseason contract extension, before a single game has been played." loading="lazy"/></div></a><p class="dek">August optimism becomes college football’s hottest commodity.</p><p class="meta">Sep 29, 2026<!-- --> · <!-- -->1<!-- --> min read</p></article><article class="story-card "><p class="eyebrow">OU/Texas</p><a href="/stories/sark-secret-vegas/"><h2>Sark’s secret Vegas trip raises questions</h2><div class="photo normal"><img src="/assets/sark-secret-vegas.png" alt="Steve Sarkisian outside a Las Vegas casino." loading="lazy"/></div></a><p class="dek">The itinerary is missing. The sunglasses are enormous. The explanation contains the words “competitive advantage.”</p><p class="meta">Oct 7, 2026<!-- --> · <!-- -->2<!-- --> min read</p></article><article class="story-card "><p class="eyebrow">OU/Texas</p><a href="/stories/sark-glow-up/"><h2>Plastic surgery left Sark unrecognizable… in a good way</h2><div class="photo normal"><img src="/assets/sark-glow-up.png" alt="Sark’s new look has the Texas staff checking credentials." loading="lazy"/></div></a><p class="dek">Texas staff praise the transformation, then ask their head coach to show his building pass.</p><p class="meta">Oct 7, 2026<!-- --> · <!-- -->2<!-- --> min read</p></article><article class="story-card "><p class="eyebrow">OU/Texas</p><a href="/stories/godbold-shorts-retired/"><h2>David Godbold’s shorts retired at Lloyd Noble</h2><div class="photo normal"><img src="/assets/godbold-shorts-retired.png" alt="Framed OU basketball shorts rise into Lloyd Noble Center’s rafters." loading="lazy"/></div></a><p class="dek">Oklahoma lifts a pair of basketball shorts into the rafters and asks history to make room.</p><p class="meta">Oct 7, 2026<!-- --> · <!-- -->2<!-- --> min read</p></article><article class="story-card "><p class="eyebrow">OU/Texas</p><a href="/stories/ebi-ere-godbold-greatest/"><h2>Sooner great Ebi Ere sounds off: “He could have been the greatest”</h2><div class="photo normal"><img src="/assets/ebi-ere-godbold-greatest.png" alt="Ebi Ere delivers his assessment of David Godbold’s potential." loading="lazy"/></div></a><p class="dek">A solemn reassessment of David Godbold forces basketball historians to reconsider the ceiling.</p><p class="meta">Oct 7, 2026<!-- --> · <!-- -->2<!-- --> min read</p></article></div></section></div><aside class="front-page-rail" aria-label="More headlines"><section class="trending-box" aria-labelledby="trending-heading"><div class="trending-heading"><h2 id="trending-heading">Trending</h2></div><ol><li><a href="/stories/venables-keeps-his-word-halftime/" aria-label="OU beats Texas: Venables OKs offensive score to secure win"><span class="trend-number">1</span><span>OU beats Texas: Venables OKs offensive score to secure win</span></a></li><li><a href="/stories/brady-belichick-tar-heels-national-titles/" aria-label="Gameday reaction: Don’t count out Bill Belichick’s Tar Heels for an ACC or national title"><span class="trend-number">2</span><span>Gameday reaction: Don’t count out Bill Belichick’s Tar Heels for an ACC or national title</span></a></li><li><a href="/stories/indiana-nebraska-cignetti-ice-cream/" aria-label="Indiana escapes Nebraska; Cignetti admits ice cream business has cut into preparation time"><span class="trend-number">3</span><span>Indiana escapes Nebraska; Cignetti admits ice cream business has cut into preparation time</span></a></li><li><a href="/stories/saban-comeback-clause/" aria-label="Saban takes over as Alabama head coach as must-win Georgia game looms"><span class="trend-number">4</span><span>Saban takes over as Alabama head coach as must-win Georgia game looms</span></a></li><li><a href="/stories/venables-rules-out-scoring/" aria-label="Venables rules out scoring against Texas: “We have no plans to even try”"><span class="trend-number">5</span><span>Venables rules out scoring against Texas: “We have no plans to even try”</span></a></li><li><a href="/stories/toby-keith-prophecy/" aria-label="From beyond the grave: OU fans say Toby Keith told them “It’s our year”"><span class="trend-number">6</span><span>From beyond the grave: OU fans say Toby Keith told them “It’s our year”</span></a></li><li><a href="/stories/venables-state-fair/" aria-label="Venables fires back: “Should have to play at the State Fair of Oklahoma”"><span class="trend-number">7</span><span>Venables fires back: “Should have to play at the State Fair of Oklahoma”</span></a></li><li><a href="/stories/tiger-golf-comeback/" aria-label="Tiger to golf: “I’m Not Done”"><span class="trend-number">8</span><span>Tiger to golf: “I’m Not Done”</span></a></li></ol><a class="trending-all" href="/archives">All the headlines</a></section><section class="cover-secondary" aria-label="Also on the front page"><p class="rail-label">Also on the front page</p><article class="sidebar-story"><a href="/stories/leach-raiders-lost-playbook/" aria-label="Raiders of the Lost Playbook: Mike Leach’s secret Texas Edition discovered"><div class="photo normal"><img src="/assets/leach-footlong-corndog-playbook.jpg" alt="Mike Leach finds the Texas Edition, fueled by a foot-long corn dog and an unwavering commitment to the forward pass." loading="lazy"/></div><div class="sidebar-story-copy"><p class="eyebrow">OU/Texas</p><h3>Raiders of the Lost Playbook: Mike Leach’s secret Texas Edition discovered</h3><p class="sidebar-dek">The Holy Grail of offensive play calls surfaces ahead of OU–Texas. 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