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With all of the political sniping, kool-aid drinking, and PDS all over the Bored, I think that it is important on what is truly important:

Oklahoma and Nebraska once again will strap 'em up and clash on the gridiron this Saturday!

As a very nice touch, there will be a tribute to the "Game of the (20th) Century", as members and coaches from the 1971 squads will have a reunion on Friday and be introduced at the game on Saturday. Jack Milden will be missed. I would love to be around when Barry Switzer and Tom Osborne get to talking!

SC, should I have my friend Jerry seek you out?

I thought you were talking about chewing gum.

peacock2121 wrote:I thought you were talking about chewing gum.

Or the soft drink.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Red_(drink)

Appa23 wrote:With all of the political sniping, kool-aid drinking, and PDS all over the Bored, I think that it is important on what is truly important:

Oklahoma and Nebraska once again will strap 'em up and clash on the gridiron this Saturday!

As a very nice touch, there will be a tribute to the "Game of the (20th) Century", as members and coaches from the 1971 squads will have a reunion on Friday and be introduced at the game on Saturday. Jack Milden will be missed. I would love to be around when Barry Switzer and Tom Osborne get to talking!

SC, should I have my friend Jerry seek you out?

Well, I won't be at the game. I will watch on television, as it's much easier to find a parking place. As it happens, I was at the 1971 game, which was the greatest football game I've ever witnessed (even if the outcome didn't go the way I preferred.)

I hope Jerry has a good time in Norman, but is just a tiny bit sad on the drive back home.

earendel wrote:

peacock2121 wrote:I thought you were talking about chewing gum.

Or the soft drink.

Or the Cornell team.

silvercamaro wrote:

Appa23 wrote:With all of the political sniping, kool-aid drinking, and PDS all over the Bored, I think that it is important on what is truly important:

Oklahoma and Nebraska once again will strap 'em up and clash on the gridiron this Saturday!

As a very nice touch, there will be a tribute to the "Game of the (20th) Century", as members and coaches from the 1971 squads will have a reunion on Friday and be introduced at the game on Saturday. Jack Milden will be missed. I would love to be around when Barry Switzer and Tom Osborne get to talking!

SC, should I have my friend Jerry seek you out?

Well, I won't be at the game. I will watch on television, as it's much easier to find a parking place. As it happens, I was at the 1971 game, which was the greatest football game I've ever witnessed (even if the outcome didn't go the way I preferred.)

I hope Jerry has a good time in Norman, but is just a tiny bit sad on the drive back home.

LOL! I am guessing that Tagge is flying to Norman. (I imagine that neither of us has any thought that Nebraska will leave with a W.)

BTW, I saw part of Stoops' weekly press conference, and I laughed that one of the media raised the issue as to whether there was a clip on Johnny the Jet's punt return. Stoops had a good laugh about it.

2nd BTW -- why were you at the game and not celebrating Thanksgiving with your family? (Or, did you go with your family?)

Appa23 wrote:
2nd BTW -- why were you at the game and not celebrating Thanksgiving with your family? (Or, did you go with your family?)

How can you ask? How could there be any better way to celebrate Thanksgiving?

In fact, I was living in Chicago at the time, and had come back to see that particular game.

silvercamaro wrote:

Appa23 wrote:
2nd BTW -- why were you at the game and not celebrating Thanksgiving with your family? (Or, did you go with your family?)

How can you ask? How could there be any better way to celebrate Thanksgiving?

In fact, I was living in Chicago at the time, and had come back to see that particular game.

I am jealous! I only get to experience the game through re-broadcasts, as I was a mere toddler at that time.


In fact, I have never seen a historical Nebraska game from the stands. When I did go a NU-OU game, it was during the Gibbs/Blake/Schnellenberger period, where they were not much of a game. The pendulum has swung back to OU, and I hope that this year is a continuation of a series of better games (started in the Big XII championship game back in 2006).

Appa23 wrote:

silvercamaro wrote:

Appa23 wrote:
2nd BTW -- why were you at the game and not celebrating Thanksgiving with your family? (Or, did you go with your family?)

How can you ask? How could there be any better way to celebrate Thanksgiving?

In fact, I was living in Chicago at the time, and had come back to see that particular game.

I am jealous! I only get to experience the game through re-broadcasts, as I was a mere toddler at that time.

Oh! I meant to respond to this earlier, because it may have been a subtle-but-funny pointy stick to stress Appa's relative youth compared to my, um, maturity. I didn't miss it, Appa. I just want to assure you that, while you may have been a toddler in 1971, I qualified as a babe.

silvercamaro wrote:

Appa23 wrote:

silvercamaro wrote: How can you ask? How could there be any better way to celebrate Thanksgiving?

In fact, I was living in Chicago at the time, and had come back to see that particular game.

I am jealous! I only get to experience the game through re-broadcasts, as I was a mere toddler at that time.

Oh! I meant to respond to this earlier, because it may have been a subtle-but-funny pointy stick to stress Appa's relative youth compared to my, um, maturity. I didn't miss it, Appa. I just want to assure you that, while you may have been a toddler in 1971, I qualified as a babe.

Well, now I think appa (HD) and I must be pretty close to the same age. I had always "pictured" him as somewhere between 5 to 10 years younger than I.

silvercamaro wrote:

Appa23 wrote:

silvercamaro wrote: How can you ask? How could there be any better way to celebrate Thanksgiving?

In fact, I was living in Chicago at the time, and had come back to see that particular game.

I am jealous! I only get to experience the game through re-broadcasts, as I was a mere toddler at that time.

Oh! I meant to respond to this earlier, because it may have been a subtle-but-funny pointy stick to stress Appa's relative youth compared to my, um, maturity. I didn't miss it, Appa. I just want to assure you that, while you may have been a toddler in 1971, I qualified as a babe.

And in 2008 you still are a babe!

And Appa is just closing in on middle age. I can say this because Appa is older than I am.

Incidently, for those who don't know, the reason that game was so important to OU fans and Nebraska fans is because, pre-BCS, it was for all intents and purposes the title game for that year's National Championship. Both teams were evenly matched, and the lead switched hands throughout the game. The outcome, which could have gone either way, went to Nebraska in the final moments of the game.

Tocqueville3 wrote:
And Appa is just closing in on middle age. I can say this because Appa is older than I am.

Bless you, Tocque. You have my permission to remind him of this at any time that seems appropriate. (And Cal, too, if that whippersnapper gives us any trouble.)

silvercamaro wrote:

Tocqueville3 wrote:
And Appa is just closing in on middle age. I can say this because Appa is older than I am.

Bless you, Tocque. You have my permission to remind him of this at any time that seems appropriate. (And Cal, too, if that whippersnapper gives us any trouble.)

What makes you think I would ever give you any trouble?

You're a Republican OU Fan. What more could I ask for?

My husband was at the game its ownself in 1971. I, on the otherhand, was attending the Univ. of Washington at the time. Our children are continuing the OU tradition and funneling our bucks to continue the dynasty.

This evening should have been more of a blowout, but, it was a win.

Appa23 wrote:
Oklahoma and Nebraska once again will strap 'em up and clash on the gridiron this Saturday!

Two touchdowns in four seconds.

Up 21-0 four and a half minutes into the game.

I think Nebraska forgot to strap em up for a few minutes there.

Appa23 wrote: In fact, I have never seen a historical Nebraska game from the stands.

I actually got to see the New Years Day 1971 Orange Bowl victory over LSU - we were on a family vacation to Sunny Fla - sat about two rows from the top of the Orange Bowl and durn near froze to death.

At the time I never imagined I'd live in NE in my life.

I saw them twice in Lincoln - against Iowa St and K St in the mid 80's - both were 50 pt games at halftime.