Many will recall back when Nick Saban was still head coach at LSU and Bob Stoops had Oklahoma purring like 67 Shelby Mustang GT 500, the two schools agreed to a home-and-home series that should’ve begun in Norman last year. That game was replaced on LSU’s schedule with Texas in 2019 and 2020. But while many have operated under the assumption that LSU pulled out or OU did the truth is they both did. FBSSchedules dot com had this piece on it:
The LSU Tigers and the Oklahoma Sooners have a contract for a home-and-home series on the books, it just won’t be played this decade.
The two schools agreed to a home-and-home football series way back in 2005. At the time, the games were scheduled for Sept. 15, 2018 in Norman and Sept. 21, 2019 in Baton Rouge.
But in November of 2013, Oklahoma scheduled a new home-and-home series with the UCLA Bruins for 2018 and 2019 and, at the same time, announced that the LSU series was being postponed.
Per a letter between LSU and Oklahoma, the two schools agreed to “determine suitable dates to schedule the games for back to back seasons sometime after the 2019 season” and will “work in good faith to finalize these dates on or before July 1, 2014.”
The story went on to say: According to a document obtained by FBSchedules.com from LSU, Oklahoma will host LSU on Sept. 18, 2027 and will return the trip to LSU on Sept. 9, 2028.
Means OU and LSU weren’t scheduled to meet until 22 years after initially signing an agreement to play each other.
But we know the football gods have decided that we will not be deprived of this game between two raucous fan bases and two of the most potent football teams in the country for another seven years.
On Dec. 28, we’re gonna have ourselves a good old fashion throwdown for all the peaches in the bowl. The Bayou Bengals boasts the No. 1-ranking, the Heisman winner, the Biletnikoff Award winner and the Thorpe Award winner. But please believe every OU fan you know is bathing in this underdog status. If you know nothing else about this state, know we walk around perfectly balanced with a chip on each shoulder.
Never mind the Heisman Trophy winner hasn’t played in the national title game since 2015—Derrick Henry. That’s also the last year a Heisman winner won a national title.
In the words of Big John McCarthy, are you ready? Are YOU ready? Let’s get it on!
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