As College GameDay made its return to Eugene for No. 3 Oregon vs. No. 2 Ohio State, Herbstreit left the set mid-show to board his flight to Dallas to call the Red River Rivalry game between No. 1 Texas and No. 18 Oklahoma this afternoon. But he didn’t stop broadcasting.

Thankfully for Texas, it regains third year starting quarterback Quinn Ewers, who returns after missing the Longhorns past three games due to injury. Ewers will face off against the Hawkins Jr., who's making only his second career start after earning the job over former five-star recruit Jackson Arnold.

Perhaps the only way the Oklahoma-Texas rivalry could have become even more intense happened when both joined the powerful Southeastern Conference in July