2001 Nebraska-Oklahoma pregame coverage
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Stories listed in reverse chronological order. | Game page
• Game-day stories from the Omaha W-H (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), Lincoln J-S (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8), Grand Island Indep. (1, 2, 3, 4), The Oklahoman (1, 2, 3, 4), Houston Chronicle, Dallas Morning News (1, 2, 3, 4), Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, N.Y. Times, K.C. Star.
• Barry Switzer makes the scene at Misty's.
• The Athletic Dept. profiles Tracey Wistrom, Nick Gragert, Matt Ickes, Carl Scholting.
• Ex-coaches Osborne and Switzer have their say.
• From that noted sports rag The National Review, a nice pregame/retrospective piece.
• The Colonel sizes up the game.
• NU's run game isn't exactly stone-age stuff.
• The Husker O-line is ready for a dogfight.
• OU's speedy safeties key the defense.
• The Blackshirts look to reduce their mistakes.
• The Sooners' O-line copes with inexperience.
• Some notes from Friday's OKC paper.
• Falling behind might not faze the Sooners.
• The load on Eric Crouch tends to rise in big games.
• Terry Bowden analyzes the game and picks OU to win.
• The campus papers roll out their game-day treatment a day early:
OU [1, 2, 3, 4], NU [1, 2, 3]
• Another look at OU's Rocky Calmus (1, 2) and Jason White.
• An NU victory would give Eric Crouch a defining win.
• The K.C. Star previews the game of the new century.
• There's a new bully on the block in the Big 12, says CNNSI's Stewart Mandel.
• ABC visits with pancake king Toniu Fonoti.
• The Blackshirts must account for TE Trent Smith.
• The OU defense has its job cut out for it, too.
• Andre Woolfolk is OU's Mr. Versatility.
• Bob Stoops catches flak on the discipline front.
• Much is being written about past classics: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
• The game means a little extra to NU's Oklahomans.
• USA Today takes a look at big-game coaching.
• NU's recruiting draws two thumbs up.
• These aren't the same Sooners we last saw in Lincoln.
• Jeff Kinney and others welcome the return of the rivalry.
• Sportsline's Dennis Dodd says Crouch must win by throwing.
• A slew of stories about the two QBs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
• OU's defensive line toils in relative obscurity.
• Injuries at FB thrust Paul Kastl to the forefront.
• TSN has a chat with Keyuo Craver.
• Game previews from Brent Musberger and Bill Curry.
• The OWH takes a look at HuskerVision's impact.
• One nation-leading streak must end Saturday.
• More on the recent kick coverage troubles of both teams.
• OU tries to solve its third-quarter woes.
• Those Vegas odds look mighty odd, says a Norman columnist.
• The 2000 game and the second quarter in particular still sting for the Huskers.
• Watch for a busload of Switzers in Lincoln.
• A skeleton in the Wistrom closet: He was an OU fan.
• It all boils down to tackling, says an OKC columnist.
• The arrested Sooners will play, Bob Stoops says. See what else coaches Stoops and Solich had to say at their press conferences -- and then get the Loon's translation.
• From the Wednesday OWH, miscellaneous items from the OU and NU camps.
• The injury situation remains less than clear going into the big game.
• What is the greatest play of the series?
• The Sooners have settled into a winning routine.
• Another set of Rocky Calmus and Roy Williams profiles.
• As the injury picture remains less than clear, the backups get ready for action.
• OU adjusts as the injury bug hits its O-line.
• CNNSI and TSN preview the game.
• A photo gallery of the NU-OU series.
• Jason White's mobility at QB is a plus for OU.
• Meet a couple of OU's defensive stars: Roy Williams and Rocky Calmus.
• A couple of Sooners get arrested.
• Containing Crouch will be a key for OU's defense, while ball control is a goal on offense.
• OU and NU are 1-2 in the first BCS rankings.
• OU receiver Mark Clayton is coming off a record-setting game.
• Both head coaches have reason to worry about recent lapses on special teams.
• TSN offers up a book on the NU-OU rivalry.
• The status of NU's hobbled hordes is still largely unknown, but Tracey Wistrom appears good to go. The Sooners, meanwhile, have some injuries of their own.
• Ron Brown says the adversity of the Tech game should make the team stronger.
• The K.C. Star gives the edge to Nebraska in the battle of what apparently will be the Nos. 1 & 2 teams in the season's first BCS ratings.
• The battle-tested Sooners have speed to burn on defense but are coming off a less-than-satisfying win and have lacked the firepower on offense they had last year.
• Some OU notes from the weekend: 1, 2
• ESPN the Magazine calls Eric Crouch the player of the season so far. But a win this weekend is essential to his Heisman hopes, Tom Shatel writes.