It's just a battle to see who's best in town. Abilenians take their rivalries seriously. The annual football showdown becomes steeped in their blood and their children's blood.
Alumni gravitate to it annually.
High school students spend days getting themselves pumped up for it. And their younger brothers and sisters come to cheer their future schools on. So little things like having to sit on the competing team's side because your team ran out of room does little to discourage the fans. The colors of competition flew everywhere at the game. Black and gold, red and blue were plastered on ribbons, flags, letter jackets, blankets, faces and bodies.