[Ole Okie]

There might have been cross words and verbal threats after an OU-OSU

The rivalry between Oklahoma and Nebraska has always had a gallant aspect. We really respected Devaney and Tom Osbourne.

And 'violence' at the Bedlam series with the Oklahoma Aggies (OSU Cowboys) was generally limited to name calling (such as "Moo U" and "Silo Tech" for the Aggies, "Tea Sippers" for OU).

[VOA]

The rivalry between Oklahoma and Nebraska has always had a gallant aspect.
We really respected Devaney and Tom Osbourne.

Man, I know this will sound hokey...but I really do miss those annual Thanksgiving-time
games between OU and Nebraska.

It wasn't good vs. evil...it was good testing itself against good in order
to peaceably reach a higher plane.

I was never athletic, but those contests taught me what I think the ancient Greeks were
trying to find with their Olympic games...a rational, productive path for the
expenditure of human energy and aggression...without warfare.

OK, I'm ready for the flames.
But, even with the negative aspects of collegiate football (graduation without
reading skills, a la Dexter Manely), I do think that collegiate athletics is a
good part of the scene.

Oh, except for that Title IX crap.

And 'violence' at the Bedlam series with the Oklahoma Aggies (OSU Cowboys)
was generally limited to name calling (such as "Moo U" and "Silo Tech" for the Aggies,
"Tea Sippers" for OU).

Yep, same experience there...and I live "between the camps" as I grew up on
OU football, but have a diploma with an Orange and Black Oklahoma State U. stamp on it.

I do recollect that ARMY of folks in red and white (Nebraska fans) arriving in
Stillwater.
A nicer bunch of sports enthusiasts you'll never find.
That's why I, for one, am NOT happy at the current travails of Nebraska football.