Michael Taaffe made his first appearance in the Red River Rivalry in 2022. That was not the first time that he made it onto the Cotton Bowl field.

Few regular season matchups put as much pressure on a quarterback as the Texas-Oklahoma rivalry. The emotions of a century-old border clash, the pregame crowds at the State Fair of Texas and the four hours of constant crowd noise inside the Cotton Bowl — not to mention playing the game itself — are conditions that will test any quarterback.