Tick-Tock Goes The Countdown Clock
In one of the hallways of the renovated facility, a large mural of the game day atmosphere at the Cotton Bowl during the Red River Showdown sits behind two helmets. One is a white Texas helmet, with the other one being a crimson Oklahoma helmet. Over the helmets sits a large countdown clock that second by second gets closer and closer to zero hour — 2:30 pm in Dallas on October 14.
The clock’s place in the building allows it to be seen by players and coaches walking around the facility extremely often.
“I walk by it every day,” junior running back Chris Warren said. “I look at it. I remember when it first went up. It was really cool. I thought it was nice to have a little mural thing for it to show that it’s a rivalry and it means something to us. It gets the blood pumping every time you see it with each day, each hour, each minute.”
Sometimes, some players alter the display, knocking over the symbol for the biggest, and arguably the only, rival on the schedule.
“Every day you walk into the facility, and there’s a Texas helmet and an OU helmet,” junior safety DeShon Elliott said. “Every day, the OU helmet is always flipped upside down. Someone always comes by and puts it right side up. I don’t know who does it, but for some reason it happens and we all just can’t wait for that game.
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My apologies. I looked hi-n-lo for a pic or vid showing this clock, but came up empty. I can't help but feel inadequate at this point in my life.
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