Apparently the offer is for a specific date, Sept 3, 2011. Given that many games are scheduled years in advance, some teams may not have this date available.
Apparently Nebraska does, and that would be a fantastic matchup. Nebraska is not the program it was in the 80’s and 90’s and they need a return to glory.
Speaking of Nebraska, how much more “under the radar” can the Oklahoma/Nebraska game possibly get? I didn’t realize it was being played today until I saw the top 25 scoreboard. It used to be one of the “can’t miss games of the year”.
Since the Big XII split Oklahoma and Nebraska into different divisions, they don’t play every year, which is unfortunate.
The SEC kept some annual key rivalries even though the teams are in separate divisions. Bama/Tn, UGA/Aub, and LSU/UF are played every year. Of course, some of the annual rivalries were lost like UF/Aub and UF/Bama and Ole Miss/Tenn and UGA/Ole Miss.
I guess it helped that the two teams the SEC added were put into separate division (Ark, South Carolina) and when the Big 8 expanded into 12 teams, it added 4 teams from Texas.
I wonder if the Big XII has considered changing the divisions up, with no geographical bias? Especially since the better teams have in the South division for the last several years.
Oklahoma, Nebraska, Okie State, Kansas, Baylor, K-State,
Texas, Texas A/M, Missouri, Iowa St, Texas Tech, Colorado.
Year end year out, the divisions would seem to be pretty equal.
Interdivision rivalries played every year would be:
OU-UT
UM-KU
BU-ISU
OSU-TTU
Neb-Colo
A/M-KState