Each Friday, State of the U will look back at the history with Miami’s weekend opponent. This week, we remember the classic matchups between the Huskers and the Canes.
It’s a battle of two titans from yesteryear, caught in a present-day malaise.
Miami and Nebraska have both managed to turn a respective letter of the alphabet into a national, unmistakable brand of excellence in college football.Although the teams first met in 1951, both schools would rise to an echelon of excellence in the ensuing decades.Nebraska enjoyed success in the Big 8, clashing with Oklahoma in arguably the greatest rivalry of the 1970s.