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Texas fans to have '45-35' flown over Stillwater

Plane will fly banner over Oklahoma State field prior to game with Sooners

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By Associated Press
updated 4:12 p.m. ET Nov. 28, 2008

STILLWATER, Okla. - The BCS campaign between Oklahoma and Texas is heading for the sky.

University of Texas students and fans have raised around $7,000, part of which has paid for a pilot to fly over Stillwater before Saturday's Bedlam game between Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.

The plane will carry a banner during the ESPN GameDay pre-game show with the inscription "45-35," the score of Texas' victory over Oklahoma on Oct. 11.

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Texas is second in the BCS rankings, followed closely by OU at No. 3.

Later Saturday, OU will make its case on the field in a showdown against No. 11 Oklahoma State.

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