Anyone that follows college football knows how much the Oklahoma Sooners hate the Texas Longhorns. On the football field, recruiting battles, the actual states, the hatred is real. However, there was a brief respite of their hatred, and it’s pertinent here.
As the entire conference realignment m ess started in the mid 90s, the hatred was put aside for a brief moment. The old Southwestern Conference, which was pretty much Texas and Texas A&M running over everyone, and the Big 8, which was Oklahoma and Nebraska doing the same, decided to merge. Half of the SWC was left in the dust, and Oklahoma ditched their yearly battle with Nebraska to form this unholy alliance.