No TX/OU Showdown? No State Fair Of Texas?

OU/TX Or TX/OU… What Difference Does It Make If There’s No State Fair Of Texas?

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — The COVID-19 pandemic has caused those in the land of Big Tex to cancel the 2020 State Fair of Texas, and that raises questions about the annual football showdown between the University of Oklahoma Sooners and the Texas Longhorns. After announcing the cancellation of the the fair, for the first time since 1944, officials said the conferences and universities that have events during the fair will be in charge of making decisions regarding the football games that occur at Cotton Bowl Stadium.

For the first time since WWII, The State Fair of Texas will not open in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

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