Buckle up for the most egotistical statement you'll hear today. However, such an ignorant short-sighted statement actually makes a little bit of sense when you know it's coming from a Longhorn and it will just be directly pinned onto the Sooners' bulletin board.
Texas junior edge-rusher Colin Simmons recently claimed during an interview that he doesn't consider the annual Red River Rivalry against the Oklahoma Sooners an actual rivalry all because the Longhorns managed to win it in back-to-back seasons during his career. He even went as far to say he considers the Lone Star Showdown against Texas A&M, which has been played just twice in the last 15 years, as a bigger rivalry than the Red River Rivalry.
Simmons was specifically asked if he thought the Red River Rivalry was the best in college football, let alone a rivalry at all.
"It's hard when you beat OU two years in a row," Simmons said. "It definitely is (a rivalry). The atmosphere itself says rivalry, but when you on that field playing against (Oklahoma), it doesn't say rivalry. That's how I feel.
"I say Texas A&M more of a rivalry than OU."
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— Jalen Posey (@indy_sooner) June 12, 2026
“The atmosphere says Rivalry but when you playing Oklahoma, it doesn’t say Rivalry”
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Simmons hasn't lost to the Sooners in his career, at least not yet. Texas won 34-3 in 2024, then 23-6 last season. However, even Simmons' argument of being 2-0 in the game makes zero sense, especially when compared to the Lone Star Showdown. The Longhorns have also beaten Texas A&M the past two years, and own that overall series 78–37–5.
Texas leads the Red River Rivalry all-time 65-51-5. However, if it's recency Simmons wants, the Sooners have won more since World War II, which is considered the modern era of college football, and are also 17-9 this century since 2000.
This is the first time since 2008-09, before Simmons was old enough to be in school, that Texas has won two in a row over OU. The Sooners, though, in that time won four straight in 2018-21, two in 2016-17, and three in 2010-12.
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If anything, the Longhorns weren't worthy of being on the same field as the Sooners most of Simmons' lifetime.
The Sooners will be more motivated than ever under Brent Venables for the Red River Rivalry this season after back-to-back losses. They also now have new transfer wide receiver Parker Livingstone, who was run out of Austin this offseason, and will have his first shot at revenge after being harassed by Texas fans for months now. And now, Simmons has just shoveled even more coal into the fire to cook the Longhorns that second Saturday of October at the Cotton Bowl.
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