Scott Frost and the Huskers run onto the field before a Dec. 12 game against Minnesota at Memorial Stadium.
Nebraska might not play its former Big 12 rival in 2021 after all.
NU is looking into whether it can back out of playing at Oklahoma on Sept 18 and instead play an extra home game in Lincoln on the same day.
Stadium first reported that Nebraska had been in contact with other teams and sources confirmed to the Journal Star that NU has looked into the feasibility of the move.
Nebraska officials did not immediately responded to the Journal Star’s request for comment.
The contract between Nebraska and Oklahoma includes a $1 million buyout. The teams are also supposed to play in Lincoln in 2022.
The Huskers and Sooners put the home-and-home together all the way back in 2012 and timed the games to line up with the 50th anniversary of the 1971 “Game of the Century.”
Nebraska is set to play five Big Ten games at home this fall, so if it also backs out of the game against the Sooners and plays a nonconference home game, it will have eight for the season. That’s one extra from a normal regular-season schedule.
This story will be updated.
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