Oklahoma downed Nebraska with defense and some timely scoring, earning a Fiesta Bowl berth with a win in the Big 12 Championship Game.
Big 12 Championship Game, Nebraska Vs. Oklahoma: Sooners Win 23-20, Earn Fiesta Bowl Berth
Big 12 Championship Game, Nebraska Vs. Oklahoma: Quiet Third Quarter Ends With Teams Tied
After teasing viewers with a bit of explosive offense in the second quarter, it seems that the defensive struggle is back on in Arlington.
Cowboys Stadium saw a lot of hard hitting, a good goal line stand, and a couple of turnovers from Nebraska and Oklahoma in the third quarter of the Big 12 Championship Game, and the Huskers and Sooners are now tied at 20-20 entering the fourth quarter.
Read Article >Big 12 Championship Game, Nebraska Vs. Oklahoma: Sooners Storm Back In Second Quarter
Oklahoma’s now moved the the length of the field twice, and come all the way back from a 17-0 deficit in Arlington. The Big 12 Championship Game might turn into a shootout yet.
After an 11-play, 71-yard drive stalled in the red zone, Jimmy Stevens kicked a 26-yard field goal to slice three more points off of Nebraska’s advantage at 17-10.
Read Article >Big 12 Championship Game, Nebraska Vs. Oklahoma: Roy Helu Sprints For Huskers’ First Score
It seemed, given the back-and-forth and defense-dominated tenor of the first quarter in the Big 12 Championship Game, that viewers might have been in for a low-scoring night in Arlington.
Then Roy Helu Jr. got into gear, and gave the Cowboys Stadium crowd its first thrill of the night.
Read Article >Big 12 Championship Game 2010: The Sophomore Trials Of Landry Jones
SB Nation’s Oklahoma and Nebraska communities discuss Saturday’s Big 12 Championship Game, and the growing pains of the Sooners’ young signal-caller:
Read Article >Big 12 Championship Game 2010 Preview: Oklahoma And Nebraska Face Off In Conference’s Last Hurrah
There’s no national title game berth on the line this season, but a Fiesta Bowl big and bragging rights for the last postseason of the intact Big 12 are on the line this Saturday night, as No. 10 Oklahoma meets No. 13 Nebraska in the Jerrydome for the conference title game.
The Huskers’ story of 2010 (apart from bizarro on-field meltdowns that lead to even bizarro-er media rumor rigamaroles) is the firepower of an offense that really is as potent as advertised, when it works, and as essential to the new Nebraska as the ballyhooed Blackshirts defense:
You might remember Helu from this monstrous statement game, and Martinez from this enchanting ditty. The young quarterback has been battling a right ankle injury for a few weeks now, but he practiced Wednesday and the Sooners are prepping for him.
Unfortunately for the Huskers’ last Big 12 title aspirations, Oklahoma’s fielding an equally dangerous and balanced outfit:
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