Dec 7, 2019; Arlington, TX, USA; Oklahoma Sooners linebacker Caleb Kelly (19) and safety Justin Broiles (25) react during the second half against the Baylor Bears in the 2019 Big 12 Championship Game at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports
It won’t be one of the marquee games of the college football season, as it was for many years in the past, but when the Oklahoma football team hosts the Nebraska Cornhuskers on Saturday, it will mark more than the renewal of one of the college game’s most historic rivalries.
Most of the players who will participate on both sides in Saturday’s contest between these two longtime conference rivals weren’t even out of elementary school the last time Oklahoma and Nebraska met on the football field.