... sport, a game played between schools who took pride in representing the name on the helmet as well as the thousands cheering from the stands. It was an era when Nebraska and Oklahoma fought with each other on a yearly basis for supremacy in the highly competitive Big 8 Conference. The Big 8 was a league so vast and powerful it is to this day the only conference ever to have the top three teams in the final AP poll. This historic sweep occurred in 1971 when the Cornhuskers, Sooners, and Colorado Buffaloes put their stamp of superiority on the nation. This trio of behemoths finished the year by winning a combined 34 of 37 games. During this time the Penn State Nittany Lions were one of two powerful independent schools in the Quaker State. Th...

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