Rivalry Renewed: Colorado (1-0) v Nebraska (0-0) (ABC, 2:30 CDT)

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Former Big 8/ Big 12 rivals meet on the field, in a continuation of what used to be the traditional Big 12 Thanksgiving Day game. This is the first meeting between the two since 2010, after which Colorado left for the Pac-12 and Nebraska left for the Big 10. The two played each other yearly from 1948-2010.
 
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Story behind the game:

A traditional college football rivalry with the Nebraska Cornhuskers restarted in the 1980s (many historical documents show the importance of this game going back to 1898) when Bill McCartney declared the conference opponent to be their rival. His theory was since Nebraska was such a powerhouse team, if Colorado was able to beat them then they would be a good team. Colorado began to repeatedly threaten Nebraska in the late 1980s, following their win over the Huskers in 1986, and then surpassed the Huskers for the Big 8 crown in 1989.
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In 1990, Colorado beat Nebraska 27–12 in Lincoln for the first time since 1967, en route to their first national title. From 1996–2000, the series was extremely competitive, with the margin of victory by NU in those five years being only 15 points combined. The rivalry was further buoyed by the introduction of the Big 12 Conference in 1996, which moved Oklahoma & Oklahoma State to the southern division with the four new schools from Texas, formerly in the Southwest Conference. Nebraska had traditionally finished the Big 8 conference schedule with a rivalry game with Oklahoma, but the two were now in different divisions, which meant they met every other year in the regular season. Colorado replaced Oklahoma as Nebraska's final conference game of the regular season, which further intensified the rivalry. In 2001 #1 Nebraska came to Folsom Field undefeated and left at the short end of a nationally televised 62–36 blowout.
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The rivalry's intensity was often disputed; while Colorado generally viewed Nebraska as its biggest rival, Nebraska still generally viewed Oklahoma as their historically significant rival, even though they now played the Sooners every other regular season.[...]Colorado shocked the nation by drubbing Nebraska 62–36 and won the Big 12 Championship over #3 Texas the week after, 39–37. Nebraska eventually went to the BCS title game despite the loss, but Colorado was only a point behind Nebraska in the BCS poll.
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Colorado–Nebraska football rivalry - Wikipedia
 
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I never understand why when you have it 4th and 1 you run a play from the shotgun that takes long to develop.
 
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Good game. 28-27 NEB with about 5 min left when Colorado picks it off.

In FG range on 4th down for the Buffs
 
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Colorado is doing just enough stupid to lose. The kicker has missed 2 makeable FGs in a row.
 
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And then Nebraska has a personal foul (unnecessary hit) call as the pass falls incomplete. First down Buffs with 1:14 left.
 
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NEB to the CU 26 with 25 secs left...and NEB false start (didn’t get to the line in time). They have to use their last timeout.
 
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