. . . . . "The Colorado\u2013Nebraska football rivalry was an American college football rivalry between the Buffaloes of the University of Colorado and Cornhuskers of the University of Nebraska. The two teams first played in 1898, but the rivalry intensified in the mid-1980s as Colorado improved under head coach Bill McCartney. It was somewhat consolidated with the formation of the Big 12 Conference in 1996, which placed the two universities in the same six-team division and ended Nebraska's annual matchup with Oklahoma. The intensity of this rivalry was often disputed; while Colorado generally viewed Nebraska as its biggest rival, the feeling was not necessarily mutual as Nebraska still generally viewed Oklahoma as their historically significant rival, even though they now played the Sooners every other regular season. After the formation of the Big 12, the CU-NU game was traditionally played on the Friday afternoon following Thanksgiving, nationally televised on ABC. In the Big 8, this time slot was often used for the Nebraska\u2013Oklahoma game. (Oklahoma now plays in-state rival Oklahoma State at the end of the regular season in the Bedlam Series.)"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The Colorado\u2013Nebraska football rivalry was an American college football rivalry between the Buffaloes of the University of Colorado and Cornhuskers of the University of Nebraska. The two teams first played in 1898, but the rivalry intensified in the mid-1980s as Colorado improved under head coach Bill McCartney. It was somewhat consolidated with the formation of the Big 12 Conference in 1996, which placed the two universities in the same six-team division and ended Nebraska's annual matchup with Oklahoma."@en . . "Colorado\u2013Nebraska football rivalry"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .