My apologies to the fine folk in Oklahoma

I know that at the moment the main page of the site is still showing Texas Tech as the reigning champs. Of course that changed when Oklahoma beat Tech, I've just been too lazy to change the site.

Oklahoma being the current champ definitely has a level of nostalgia. Growing up in Nebraska, there was always that rivalry with the Sooners. I remember some great games, and great plays. I also remember that level of respect that developed between the schools, to the point that Barry Switzer may well be the third most popular football coach to Nebraska fans. I lived for awhile just north of the Oklahoma Kansas border and even remember interviewing for a couple of jobs in Tulsa, where my Nebraska loyalty got some good ribbing. It was the kind of rivalry that was just fun.

There are a number of Nebraska Oklahoma games that I can remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I watched. Sometimes it was with the big extended family watching it together on Thanksgiving -- that game always screwed up Thanskgiving dinner schedules. Sometimes it was watching with special people. I still have a couple of pictures of the one Nebraska Oklahoma game I attended... dang was I skinny then. =(

I feel sorry for the kids who grow up as Nebraska fans now just because they don't get the same sense of what it is to grow up with a great rivalry like that. There's Missouri and Colorado, but they just don't have the feel like there was in the days when the Big 8 was Nebraska, Oklahoma and those other guys.

I also remember the days when Oklahoma football was not very good at all. The world just didn't seem right in those days.

So, today, even though your guys humiliated the Huskers this year, congratulations to the Sooners. It's good to see you back where you belong.