Nebraska vs. Oklahoma Is a Welcome Return of a Great Rivalry

Posted by Adam Jacobi on November-30-2012 Add Comments

Oklahoma and Nebraska. Ask any college football fan who's been around for more than 20 years about these two teams, and they'll tell you the same thing: It used to be one of the all-time best rivalries in college football.

Used to be.

After the two schools dominated the Big 8 for decades upon decades, the Big 8 expanded and became the Big 12. And the Big 12 not only put Nebraska and Oklahoma in different divisions, it didn't take any steps to protect the annual rivalry. All of a sudden, the two teams were only playing each other half the time.

Now, sure, conferences split up their two powers when they move to a divisional format all the time. Recall the ...

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