Locked due to no posts in 60 days. Report 1st post if need unlocked A little more nostalgia from Sports Illustrated:

[RedEd]

9 Nov 1959:

THE MIDWEST
For 13 years brutish Oklahoma had methodically cut down its Big Eight rivals, winning 72 times in all, pausing only for a 13-13 tie with Kansas in 1947 and a 21-21 tie with Colorado in 1952. But, last Saturday, Coach Bud Wilkinson's bubble burst. Nebraska, a four-time loser, caught the Sooners with their defenses dragging. The Cornhuskers pushed ahead on Ron Meade's 22- and 32-yard field goals and Harry Tolly's touchdown plunge to win 25-21 for Coach Bill Jennings, who learned his football at Oklahoma as a player and assistant to Wilkinson. And to make matters worse, Kansas beat Iowa State 7-0 to tie the Sooners for the Big Eight lead.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1134095/2/index.htm

Another big win for the true Big Red

 

[SOFTCHARGER]

Ed, you or somebody ought to clue in SI that throughout OU's "run" ('47-'59) there was no "BIG 8." The KU tie happened the last year of the BIG 6, and during the entire lifespan of the BIG 7, the only conference champ was the Sooners.

 

[JHudson]

It was being called the Big Eight as soon as Okie State joined in 1957, even though OSU didn't play a league schedule in football until 1960. 1959 game: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oRxUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_zkNAAAAIBAJ&pg=954,5377991 1958 game: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hvknAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9ckEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2152,3921594 1957 game: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tVVgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nnENAAAAIBAJ&pg=3754,4205447 Spring of 1957, OSU joins: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dWsrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=otkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2348,3231787

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[SOFTCHARGER]

View attachment 2222It was being called the Big Eight as soon as Okie State joined in 1957, even though OSU didn't play a league schedule in football until 1960.

1959 game: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oRxUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_zkNAAAAIBAJ&pg=954,5377991

1958 game: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hvknAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9ckEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2152,3921594

1957 game: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tVVgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nnENAAAAIBAJ&pg=3754,4205447

Spring of 1957, OSU joins: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dWsrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=otkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2348,3231787

I stand corrected. You learn something every day, and at the time the article was written it was indeed a seven team Big 8. All good tho'...the Big 10 had 11 teams for years, and now there's 12! And, the Big 12 played with 10 teams...this could go on forever. :lol: