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FILE - In this Nov. 25, 1971, fie photo, Nebraska's Joe Blahak (27) delivers the final block to spring Johnny Rodgers (20) for a touchdown on a punt return in the first quarter of an NCAA college football game in Norman, Okla. Reports that Nebraska wants to back out of playing at Oklahoma this season didn't sit well with one of the stars of the 1971 Game of the Century. The game scheduled Sept. 18 in Norman, Oklahoma, would mark the 50th anniversary of Nebraska's 35-31 win over the Sooners in a clash of the Nos. 1 and 2 teams in the nation. (Bob Gorham/Lincoln Journal Star via AP, File)

Huskers looked at backing out of game at Oklahoma

By ERIC OLSON - Associated Press

Heisman winner Rodgers seeks pardon for ‘70 holdup

By ERIC OLSON - Associated Press

Another game for the ages looms in Tuscaloosa

By PAUL NEWBERRY - Associated Press

Another game for the ages looms in Tuscaloosa

By PAUL NEWBERRY - Associated Press

FILE - This Nov. 1, 2008, file photo shows Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops, left, greeting Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini, right, following their NCAA college football game in Norman, Okla. Oklahoma won the game 62-28. Stoops and Pelini were childhood friends and coaching colleagues before they were presiding over opposite sides of one of college football's storied rivalries. But after Stoops directs No. 10 Oklahoma against Pelini and No. 13 Nebraska in one last meeting in the Big 12 championship on Saturday, they'll head in opposite directions again as the Cornhuskers head to the Big Ten.(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Nebraska-Oklahoma a blast from the past

By ERIC OLSON - Associated Press