Filed under: Nebraska, Oklahoma, Big 12
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Even growing up in Youngstown, Ohio, where the Ohio State-Michigan rivalry is unmatched, Bob Stoops intently tuned in as a boy as Nebraska and Oklahoma renewed their rivalry each November.Stoops has vivid memories of the 1971 showdown, which was given the title of the Game of the Century because of the edge-of-your seat drama the game provided.
"The series, the tradition, the history, the rivalry ... It goes back a long way," the Oklahoma coach recalled this week. "There were a lot of special players, coaches and games, and to be part of it in this situation is really special."
Little did Stoops know as a boy that one day he would be so personally invested in this storied rivalry or that he would be on one of the sidelines the last time the Sooners and Cornhuskers meet with a conference affiliation between them.
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