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<blockquote data-quote="Cuyahoga Falls Eers_rivals" data-source="post: 131690804" data-attributes="member: 1759980">You’re not the only one unhappy with kickoff times.Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione is irate that the Sept. 16 game with Nebraska, on the 50th anniversity of the Game of the Century, will be played at 11 A.M. OKLAHOMA TIME!Fox wouldn’t budge despite entreaties from Oklahoma and the Big 12. Wanted the game at noon in the East. I don’t understand why the game wasn’t a night game.Nebraska even tried to back out of the game because it wanted an EIGHTH home game for financial reasons after the 2020 pandemic money drain. But finally concedes it had to honor the contract with Oklahoma for 2021 since it was the 50th anniversary of the classic battle.Oklahoma is planning a ton of activities in Norman, site of the game, to remind everyone what a great thing happened 50 years ago, which is ancient history in college football. Nebraska beat Oklahoma, 35-31 on a come-from-behind score with 1:38 left. Nebraska’s Johnny Rodgers started the scoring with a 72-yard punt return for a TD. Greg Pruitt was the Sooners’ halfback.&nbsp; Both teams were undefeated. Bob Devaney coached Nebraska and Chuck Fairbanks was Oklahoma’s coach. #1 Nebraska, which hadn’t lost in 29 straight games, played #2 Oklahoma. The 2 teams had 17 of the 22 Big Eight first-team choices!55 million people watched, the largest TV audience ever by 1971.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cuyahoga Falls Eers_rivals, post: 131690804, member: 1759980"] You’re not the only one unhappy with kickoff times. Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione is irate that the Sept. 16 game with Nebraska, on the 50th anniversity of the Game of the Century, will be played at 11 A.M. OKLAHOMA TIME! Fox wouldn’t budge despite entreaties from Oklahoma and the Big 12. Wanted the game at noon in the East. I don’t understand why the game wasn’t a night game. Nebraska even tried to back out of the game because it wanted an EIGHTH home game for financial reasons after the 2020 pandemic money drain. But finally concedes it had to honor the contract with Oklahoma for 2021 since it was the 50th anniversary of the classic battle. Oklahoma is planning a ton of activities in Norman, site of the game, to remind everyone what a great thing happened 50 years ago, which is ancient history in college football. Nebraska beat Oklahoma, 35-31 on a come-from-behind score with 1:38 left. Nebraska’s Johnny Rodgers started the scoring with a 72-yard punt return for a TD. Greg Pruitt was the Sooners’ halfback. Both teams were undefeated. Bob Devaney coached Nebraska and Chuck Fairbanks was Oklahoma’s coach. #1 Nebraska, which hadn’t lost in 29 straight games, played #2 Oklahoma. The 2 teams had 17 of the 22 Big Eight first-team choices! 55 million people watched, the largest TV audience ever by 1971. [/QUOTE]

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