An otherwise quiet Friday morning was rocked by this tweet by Stadium’s Brett McMurphy.
Nebraska is trying to get out of playing Oklahoma on Sept. 18, sources told @Stadium. The Cornhuskers have contacted other schools to play in Lincoln on that date, sources said. The game was scheduled to mark 50th anniversary of 1971 "Game of the Century" b/w No. 1 NU & No. 2 OU
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) March 12, 2021
In a day and age where misinformation runs amok, this story certainly sounds absurd, until as time goes by, local media not only can’t get a “that’s not true” response, but actually gets some confirmation that it might actually be true.