ARLINGTON, TX - DECEMBER 4: Running back DeMarco Murray #7 of the Oklahoma Sooners runs with the ball past linebacker Levonte David #4 of the Nebraska Cornhuskers December 4, 2010 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Jackson Laizure/Getty Images)
The longtime Oklahoma football rivalry with Nebraska came to an abrupt hiatus in December 2010.
The classic rivalry of the Big Reds will be renewed in 2021 after an 11-year abeyance, but it also gives us pause to recall two of the greatest Thanksgiving Day college games of all time featuring — who else? — the Sooners and Cornhuskers.