With the annual OU-Texas game days away, Blatant Homerism host Allen Kenney checks in with Bomani Jones of ESPN for the perspective on the Red River Showdown from the Longhorns' side. Since the game itself has lost a little luster, Bomani and Allen talk first about the dynamics of athlete empowerment as college football marches on amid a pandemic. Then they get into why Texas coach Tom Herman really needs a win over the Sooners, the Big 12's graveyard of defensive coordinators and more.

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