The big difference was in 03-04 Oklahoma was the top dog whereas now we are. Oklahoma fans want us to admit they kicked the crap out of us, but they feel cheated when we say “ yeah, but who cares?”.
OU for the most part has a very comparable fan base to us but after bob stoops started his crusade against the SEC and beat Bama in the same year they started to get very arrogant and obnoxious. Again they are nowhere as bad as Texas or Nebraska fans
Good point on Stoops' campaign. Like teams, fanbases tend to take on the personality of their head coach, most especially if he's successful.
Regarding Stoops in particular, he seems to think that if you say it loud and long enough, it will become true. Logic doesn't matter, and valid comparisons don't matter. Just repeat it loud enough and long enough in front of enough people, and sooner or later they all believe what you're saying, truth be damned. So even if it isn't true, for a whole lot of people, it might as well be.
Interestingly, there's a lot of precedent for that in history. Both Hitler and Stalin used it to get whole populations to buy into humongous lies.
Yeah, those are the teachers I'd want to emulate.