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| | | It’s Red River Rivalry Week and Tickets Are Still Available | The Texas Longhorns will play the Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas in the Red River Rivalry matchup, which started in 1900. [Texas Longhorns] | - Tickets are still available. If you’ve been debating getting a ticket for the game, which kicks off at 2:30 p.m., now is your time to take the plunge. SeatGeek has tickets available and the prices are not too terrible. The lowest price for a pair of tickets as of this writing was $28. [SeatGeek]
- UT beat OU last year. The Longhorns are headed into the game on a high. The team is ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press’s Top 25 poll and has won every game so far this season. The Longhorns also beat the University of Oklahoma last year 23-6. [ESPN]
- Oklahoma hasn’t scored a touchdown in a while. OU has not scored a touchdown against the Longhorns since 2023! That’s not all, either. The university has won 65 of the Red River Rivalry games, leading the series 65-51-5. [Austin American-Statesman]
- There’s always the state fair. Even if you don’t care about football, this weekend could be a fun time to head up to the State Fair of Texas. Both the fair and the Cotton Bowl are located at Fair Park. The fair is open until Oct. 18 and a corndog is always called for! [The State Fair of Texas]
- Watch parties abound. You don’t have to drive to Dallas to experience the game! We’ve got fun watch parties in town:
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| What Austin's Talking About |
| Empire Control Room & Garage Properties Up for Sale | The real estate company that owns the buildings where Empire Control Room & Garage inhabited have listed the properties for $7 million. The venues are located at 604 and 606 E. 7th St. downtown. [Austin Business Journal] | | ACL Fest Is Prepping Zilker Park for Weekend 2 | Austin City Limits Music Festival officials this week are removing temporary artificial turf and other ground protection that was put over muddy parts of Zilker Park during Weekend 1. Activity will be limited on the park throughout the week so it can recover and officials plan to meet with Austin Parks and Recreation to prepare for remediation after the festival. [ACL Fest] | | | Why the Lady Bird Lake Name Debate Still Exists | Austin’s Town Lake was renamed in July 2007 to honor former first lady Claudia Alta Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson. But Austinites are still going back and forth on what to actually call the lake, which is actually a dammed section of the Colorado River. [City Cast Austin] | | Possible Closure of AISD Middle Schools Leave Parents Frustrated | The Oct. 15 deadline for Burnet and Webb middle school families to petition to have the schools closed to try to avoid a state takeover of the entire district is fast approaching. Parents say they’re frustrated because they pointed out issues with the campuses for years before the state got involved. [Austin Current] |
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