ARLINGTON, TX - DECEMBER 4: Linebacker Travis Lewis #28 of the Oklahoma Sooners wraps up I-back Roy Helu, Jr. #10 of the Nebraska Cornhuskers, December 4, 2010 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Jackson Laizure/Getty Images)
The Oklahoma football rivalry with Nebraska has been in hiatus for 11 years.
The rivalry is scheduled to be renewed in 2021 and is one of the highly anticipated games on the Sooners 2021 schedule.
There are reports circulating, however, that Nebraska is “trying to get out of playing Oklahoma on Sept. 18.”
Sports Illustrated and other media sources are reacting to a Twitter message put out by Stadium’s Brett McMurphy, who said the Cornhuskers are trying to get out this fall’s game in Norman and “have contacted other schools to play in Lincoln on that date,”
Adam Rittenberg of ESPN reported that sources have told the Lincoln Journal Star that Nebraska officials are looking into the “feasibility of the move.