The insanity has begun....

HELP ME!!!! Bas here and I need help. It's Mom she's gone nuts. She keeps yelling at the computer screen during these things called football games. Now they're not like the voetball we're used to here. Seriously, I think these guys try to kill each other and Mom tries to help by yelling things like, "get him" and "go, go, go"at them. She yelled so loud once she scared me.

Apparently there are these animals called Longhorns and Horned Frogs and then these people called Cowboys. Now these animals look oddly like a bunch of guys wearing some silly costume and the Cowboys do the same. This week though Mom's even thrown in these things called "Sooners", now what the heck they are I have no idea. I tried wiki dogpedia, but couldn't find a listing. Apparently these "Sooners" meet up with Mom's "Longhorns" every year and battle. This weekend is supposed to be the big battle and Mom's all geared up for it.

They call it the "Red River Rivalry" . The University of Texas at Austin meets the University of Oklahoma half way between the 2 schools at the Cotton Bowl. Now this must be a really big bowl because they manage to fit 34,000 Texas fans and 34,000 Oklahoma fans in it. They say the equal split of fans goes right down the middle along the fifty yardline, one side burnt orange for the Longhorns, the other crimson red for the Sooners. These two teams have been meeting up since 1900. Texas has won 59 meetings, Oklahoma 40 with the rest being ties.

This is a huge deal in Texas and Oklahoma and the taunting usually begins the moment football season starts. You'l hear the famed "Hook 'Em Horns" from the Longhorns and "Boomer Sooner" from the Oklahoma Sooners. Of course, each side has there own insult to the other teams slogan. Sooners love to take the Longhorn symbol and turn it upside down...horns pointing down...haha. Texas takes a more direct approach and simply cries out "OU SUCKS". Fans shell out hundreds of thousands of dollars each year purchasing anything that is derogatory towards the other team. Guess you could say the rivalry is almost as big as Nederlands vs. Duitsland. In fact, it is one of the biggest games of the year in the US.

So as you can see I have my work cut out for me this week. Mom's already been trying to teach me to say "OU sucks" and I think she's been measuring me for a Texas jersey. It's going to be a long week. Think maybe I'll get in a little extra sleep before she starts yelling again.