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<\/a>NORMAN, Okla. \u2014<\/p>\nAs the OU-Texas game played out in Dallas, fans in Norman and across the metro gathered to cheer on their team, sharing mixed halftime reactions about the Sooners\u2019 performance. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s been a close Red River Rivalry game in Dallas, and while many Sooner fans have made their way to the Cotton Bowl, fans here in Norman and across the metro still showed up in force for their team.<\/p>\n
OU student Emmalee Fontenot said, \u201cBut we think the game is actually going pretty good considering how (quarterback John) Mateer has been before.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cI think the defense and special teams are playing really well, but the uh hopefully that offense can kick in and get going. I know that Texas defense is pretty stout,\u201d said OU fan Jonathan Fitzsimmons. <\/p>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s happened before, we can do it,\u201d said OU students Libby Stone and Ivory Miller. <\/p>\n
Not all fans were as optimistic. When asked if OU could pull off a win, OU fan Chance Hale said, \u201cNo, no, no, that\u2019s no, that ain\u2019t happening.\u201d <\/p>\n
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Despite differing opinions on the game, fans shared one sentiment: \u201cHorns Down.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cHorns Down! Horns Down, baby! Horns Down! Horn hater right here!\u201d said Fontenot and fellow OU student Kyndale Barfield. <\/p>\n
\u201cHorns Down,\u201d said Stone and Miller. <\/p>\n
\u201cHorns Down! That\u2019s all I gotta say. Horns Down!\u201d said OU fan Ricky Thornburg. <\/p>\n
Fans will continue to show their support for the Sooners as the game unfolds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the OU-Texas game unfolded in Dallas, fans in Norman shared their halftime thoughts, ranging from optimism to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[12837,8052,102,4017,157926,157922,157925,5761,157924,114238,157921,157923,157908,77562,5046,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-462523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-baby","tag-cotton-bowl","tag-dallas","tag-defense","tag-early-success","tag-horn-down","tag-ivory-miller","tag-metro","tag-mixed-emotion","tag-norman","tag-ou-fan","tag-ou-texas-game","tag-red-river-rivalry-game","tag-sooner","tag-team","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}