Earlier in the week, asked about a highlight film that included moments from the Game of the Century being shown the players, he was asked if Jack Mildren’s touchdown pass was part of the package.

“Yes, it was,” Stoops said. “The one that puts us ahead in the fourth quarter.”

You just have to love it, because it’s not like he’s trying to claim a history not his own nearly so much as he’s trying to sidle up to a history he wants to be connected to.

So there’s that.

Today, in the hours leading up to OU’s having its way with Nebraska and in the wee hours after the rout is complete, fans of both schools, hanging around each other (not a lot of hate in the rivalry, then or now) will reminisce, recall past battles between the two Big Reds that actually had people talking well beyond the boarders of the two states and clink mugs or 12-ounce cans of beer with good-luck wishes attached.

If they were Nos. 1

and 2 in the nation, who’d have time to wax about the past.

Clay Horning

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