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Big 12 Crew....Was the OU/Texas game called the Red River Shootout at one point??
Posted on 10/14/17 at 12:45 pm
Posted on 10/14/17 at 12:45 pm
Saw it labeled the Red River Showdown today and wondering if the snow flakes got ahold of the name and changed it?
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Posted on 10/14/17 at 12:49 pm to Ignignot
It's the Shootout. Idk where this "rivalry" or "showdown" bullshite came from tbh.
This post was edited on 10/14/17 at 12:49 pm
Posted on 10/14/17 at 12:49 pm to Ignignot
“Common sense” rivalry names
Posted on 10/14/17 at 12:49 pm to Ignignot
Why do you even care about this? Are you trying to update your "enemies of the state" list?
Posted on 10/14/17 at 12:50 pm to lsutigers1992
I'm still seething over the Colt 45s going all PC in 1965 and changing their name to the Astros.
Posted on 10/14/17 at 12:52 pm to Ignignot
They changed the name in the mid 2000s because they thought it painted a bad picture that supported gun violence. Yes, it's retarded
Posted on 10/14/17 at 12:53 pm to lsutigers1992
quote:Why do you care so much if he cares?
Why do you even care about this? Are you trying to update your "enemies of the state" list?
Posted on 10/14/17 at 12:55 pm to lsutigers1992
quote:
Why do you even care about this? Are you trying to update your "enemies of the state" list?
Just shocked honestly that the libs have enough of a foothold in big 12 country to get the name changed
Kinda sad actually
Posted on 10/14/17 at 12:56 pm to mattz1122
quote:
annual Texas-OU game is now the AT&T Red River Showdown
Fans still call it the Red River Shootout. Google Trends shows it’s still more popular than the current official one.
It's only the media that tried to change it for P.C. reasons. Like the Wizards.
For the first 100 years of rivalry’s history, it was the Red River Shootout.
The Shootout name stuck until 2005, when a corporate sponsor changed the name to the “SBC Red River Rivalry” to avoid the gun violence connotations that “shootout” has.
Posted on 10/14/17 at 1:00 pm to WestCoastAg
quote:The Las Vegas shooter must not have gotten the memo. If he had known I really doubt he’d have murdered those innocent people.
They changed the name in the mid 2000s because they thought it painted a bad picture that supported gun violence.
Posted on 10/14/17 at 1:06 pm to beaverfever
To this day the worst showing of PC was the weekend following Sandy Hook. ESPN refused to use the term 'pistol offense' when calling the SMU game that morning. 
Posted on 10/14/17 at 1:08 pm to Ignignot
Remember the demise of the pistol and shotgun formations following sandyhook?
Posted on 10/14/17 at 1:08 pm to Ssubba
Well, because you know, guns. Right?
Posted on 10/14/17 at 1:09 pm to Ssubba
Speaking of Red River Shootout, anyone down there at the Fair? What's the new, big Fried item?
Posted on 10/14/17 at 1:10 pm to Ssubba
Smacks of TBS’s policy of calling things “international objects” instead of “foreign objects” during wrestling... doesn’t do any good and just makes them look stupid.
Posted on 10/14/17 at 1:17 pm to Ignignot
Still call it the Shootout. Got changed due to some PC bullshite
Posted on 10/14/17 at 1:19 pm to Yellerhammer5
I don't remember. What were they referring the pistol and shotgun formations as?
Posted on 10/14/17 at 1:34 pm to bah humbug
Why is it called shotgun or pistol? Anyone know how the terms originated?
Posted on 10/14/17 at 1:52 pm to rsylve
A pistol is shorter than a shotgun... Hence the name pistol offense. In Chris Alt's pistol offense, the QB lines up much shallower than a QB in the traditional shotgun. He also has a back right behind him or beside him in the pistol.
Look at late years of Peyton Manning to see the pistol. He was in it almost exclusively.
The pistol:
Look at late years of Peyton Manning to see the pistol. He was in it almost exclusively.
The pistol:
This post was edited on 10/14/17 at 1:56 pm
Posted on 10/14/17 at 1:55 pm to Jack Ruby
COlin Kaepernick ran the pistol at Nevada
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