Texas and Oklahoma fans pack a Green Line train to Fair Park ahead of the 2014 showdown between the two schools at Cotton Bowl Stadium. (Brandon Formby / The Dallas Morning News )
Dallas Area Rapid Transit was obviously the way to go to Cotton Bowl Stadium for thousands of football fans this morning. And while trains to Fair Park were packed — some were standing-room only in the aisle for the whole length of the trains — there didn’t seem to be any system-wide problems. (The 2009 game was a far different story.)
Texas and Oklahoma fans arrive at DART's Fair Park Station ahead of the 2014 game between the two rivals at Cotton Bowl Stadium. (Brandon Formby / The Dallas Morning News )
On a Green Line to Fair Park this morning, Texas and Oklahoma fans were still waking up. Many clutched coffee. A lot of Oklahoma fans stood in the aisles, held on to support bars and took selfies. It was a fairly quiet ride. Until somewhere between Akard and St. Paul stations.
“Boomer!” a woman’s voice yelled out.
“Sooner!” dozens of other Oklahoma fans answered.
“Boomer! Sooner! Texas! Sucks! Texas! Sucks!” they chanted.
Texas fans wryly smiled and shook their heads. But after the chants echoed through the train a second time, Longhorn fans answered back with a song.
“The eyes of Texas are upon you…”