The NFL has the potential to have its version of the Red River Rivalry a week from Sunday.
The league announced Friday that 50,000 tickets have been sold for a potential AFC Championship Game between the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs in Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Jan. 29.
The Red River Rivalry is the annual Oklahoma-Texas game that features fans from each school on their sides of the Cotton Bowl.
The possible Bills-Chiefs game for a spot in the Super Bowl would see Chiefs fans on one side of the venue in Atlanta and Bills fans on the other.
This would be red versus blue as opposed to Texas’ Burnt Orange and White and OU’s Crimson.
Of course, the Jacksonville Jaguars and Cincinnati Bengals will have something to say this weekend if the neutral-site game takes place.
The possibility exists because the Bills’ game with the Bengals on Jan. 2 was canceled after Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest during the first quarter.
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