OU/Nebraska – Rivalry Renewed?
by ccmachine on Oct 31, 2008 1:19 AM CDT
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PrintI grew up during the late `70’s and early `80’s so Thanksgiving for my family meant OU/Nebraska football. The earliest game that I can remember is the Orange Bowl following the 1978 season. OU/Nebraska was a rivalry that was only paralleled by OU/Texas and many times even exceeded the greatness of the Red River Shootout.
For decades the Big 8 Championship was won or lost on Thanksgiving weekend with the OU/Nebraska rivalry. Then came the formation of the Big 12 conference and news that the rivalry would take a two year break in the rotation meaning that Oklahoma would only travel to Lincoln and vise-versa once every four years. We haven’t seen the Huskers in
Was it a rivalry in 2000 when
How do you feel about the OU/Nebraska game? Is it a rivalry of the past that has been surpassed by OU/Texas or OU/OSU? Some would even argue that Texas Tech has become more of a rival than
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I love this game
Being an older guy I remember watching the game in the 60’s. Until the formation of the B12, which was formed to give mercy to the hapless SWC, this was THE game. It will get there again. 13 NC’s came from this game. No other game comes close, not UT, not OSU. I still remember my grandparents calling the NU team the #$%#$^& Bugeaters. What a hoot. I don’t see how the game will get back to the prominence it used to have.
by scarab on Oct 31, 2008 8:03 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
The comparison with Texas is not really the same...
… considering during the Big 8 days Texas was a non-conference game. So, yeah, Nebraska was big for the time frame I remember, which matches CC’s. The winner was often Orange Bowl bound, However, I do recall the 1978 game in Lincoln on TV, and before that game a RB (white guy with mustache?) was interviewed and he calmly said Nebraska would beat OU that day. Well, Billy Sims fumbled on the 2-3 yard line on what would have been the go-ahead TD with about 3 minutes or so to go in the game. Man, that was gut-wrenching even for a 10 year-old. Then Nebraska was upset the next week by Missouri so both OU and NU went to the Orange Bowl that year for a repeat. Wow… did revenge ever taste so sweet.
Another great OU/NU game was the one where NU wore all red uniforms, and Keith Jackson played like Superman.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjsBjRjLj6Q
Plus, I like Nebraska fans a lot more than Texas fans.
How about the
1985 game. That was Jamelle Holieway’s coming out party. Keith Jackson’s tight end reverse is something I’ve never seen again until Jermaine Gresham ran it a couple weeks ago.
Actually all those games from 1983-1988 were all great games.
I was at that game in Norman
East side of the stadium up about 10 rows on the north 35 yd line. When Jackson came around the right end it was the most awesome play of the day. Totally fooled the defense. Another great offensive play was when Jamelle kept the ball on an option again going to the right side. As Holieway zig’d and zag’d I saw at east three tacklers have him almost wrapped up and magicaly his feet woud escape their grasps and Holieway was off to the races. During those years we went to every game for about 10 years. I still tell everyone that OU/NU was the best games in CFB and that if you never do anything else in your life, you MUST go to a home game in Norman. The atmosphere and enthusiasm will blow you away.
Thanks for posting that clip
It got me all fired up for tomorrow’s road trip to Norman.
I was at that game in 2000 and I remember it fondly. I also remember a home game against Nebraska where we lost 73-21 and a Lincoln beatdown of 69-7 or something like that. Those games made the 2000 victory even sweeter.
I actually hope that Pelini can get Nebraska on the right track so at least this game will start to have national significance on the cycles where we do play them.
Well here's a couple more:
From 1983 (Nebraska had the triplets…and damn it was a cold wet day!)
From 1978, the play that cost OU a national Championship, and Billy Sims his 2nd Heisman
From the 1971 Game of the Century (and the first game I remember watching at age 6)
Note: I’ve gotten weird "this video is no longer available from time to time lately on Youtube..just wait and come back.
Thought Clint Hurdle should be fired before it was cool.
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