The Oklahoma Sooners really, really want to play Nebraska in prime time.
As evidence, look at this amazingly Not Mad statement put out by Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione about the 11 a.m. start time for their epic matchup against a Cornhuskers team that has won a grand total of 12 games in three Scott Frost seasons and never finished better than 5th in the Big Ten:
Statement from @soonerad on the OU-Nebraska football game: pic.twitter.com/p6fUJBwW5e
— Oklahoma Sooners (@OU_Athletics) May 27, 2021
I guess forcing farmers to wake up at the crack of 11 to watch a football game is bullying these days, but I personally think that there might be another explanation for their anger.