Nebraska vs Oklahoma
Okay, remember when I said that I woke up in a bad mood? And that Donna and Mom theorized that it may have something to do with the possibility of something annoying happening? Well on top of the rather loud argument that my mother had with an Aunt, the Nebraska vs Oklahoma series somehow got resurrected today as well, around lunchtime when my brothers (blood-related or otherwise) mooched food off of my sister and my mother. Wesley, who had decided to stay home today thanks to a freakish flu, was dragged into a conversation about sports – which he we seriously not into because they take too much effort – and walked into the dangerous territory of the Nebraska vs Oklahoma rivalry. Upon expressing his apathy, Wesley had unwittingly encouraged the men in this family to try and convince him to be as passionate about it as they were.
You see – and I feel the need to explain this only now – the Nebraska vs Oklahoma thing that was a constant in the Big 12 for many years defined college football for so many people. And then the Big 12 phased out the Nebraska vs Oklahoma series, depriving the fans of the face of they crave for. Then in 2006, the long awaited revival (though not the series) of the Nebraska vs Oklahoma rivalry rekindled the dying embers of this fan obsession.
And now, while waiting for the next Nebraska vs. Oklahoma face-off I have to listen to this.