When I was at OU in the '70s, it was still "Go, Big Red!" in Norman. Nebraska was, to us, the Big Red of the North. Not sure what happened or when to change that. I retired from the Army in 1999, returned to the world where I could once again closely follow OU football, and found that nobody called us the Big Red anymore.
Not trying to seriously rebut your comments about games in 2038 (which seem to have been posted somewhat in jest), Fred, but I've got some thoughts about games that will take place after we are likely to be gone . . . .
There are people and institutions that we know will outlive us, yet while we are living we care about how things will go with them after we are gone.
Our children, for example. I say this not having any children of my own, but having five now-grown stepkids.
For me, another case is the U.S. Army. I care about how the Army will be doing in 2050. I made my small contributions (I hope), and I hope that some of the people that I led, or helped to train/educate, have made theirs, and so on to the next generation. And the next.
Obviously, I care what happens to the United States of America after I'm gone.
Much less important to me than the United States of America, yet still not unimportant, is OU football. I hope that the Sooners are still going strong in 2038. I hope that we are still associated with terms like "Premier," "Blueblood," CFB Royalty," and the like. I hope we have added a national championship or two, or three, by that time.
Seeing our OOC scheduling for the next 15 years makes me think that the program is in good hands, that it is committed now and for the foreseeable future to pursuing excellence.
So, while I can't even know what tomorrow brings, much less the next decade or two, I am nevertheless happy that we will be playing Bama, and Georgia, and LSU, and Michigan, and Clemson. And Nebraska.
Now I want to see a series scheduled with USC. That awful NC game vs. the Men of Troy in the Orange Bowl still feels like two losses.
