Sunrise at the Cotton Bowl
The Cotton Bowl indeed is finally that — a bowl — with its capacity increased from 76,000 to 92,200 this year.
With its entire upper deck now enclosed, the 76-year-old facility had early arriving fans gawking their approval.
As the sun rose over the jumbo scoreboard in the South end zone at 8:02 a.m., several thousand fans already were on State Fair Park grounds, which feature some wider walking areas thanks to some fresh concrete.
The ESPN GameDay stage outside the stadium was drawing a crowd in preparation for its 9 a.m. launch. The second halfd of the show will move onto the field along the west sideline.
The South tunnel remains intact, although is more engulfed by seats.
OU-Texas is as captivating as it’s ever been on the field, but the $57 million renovation is a shot in the arm the State Fair of Texas desperately needed to keep the series where it should be.
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It’s time to rethink the annual game at the Cotton Bowl. It was fine when OU was in the Big 8 and Texas in the SWC. However, they are now in the same conference and should play home and away games just like every other team. The 2 bad personal foul calls (when McCoy conveniently fell down unmolested) and the one badly missed holding call on the Texas student body right play late in the came could have reversed the outcome. The game was that close. If there’s a contract, play it out then set it right and treat Texas just like any other Big 12 South opponent.