The Huskers use the Friday scrimmages to get their younger players live reps, with the older players looking on.

On the Life in the Red Podcast, the guys discussed what specifically has to happen for Nebraska to beat OU. Here's a transcript of the conversation.

If you're an NU fan, you surely hope to see Austin Allen and Travis Vokolek both ready to contribute Saturday, perhaps in double-TE sets, which could help the struggling run game.

"It does have meaning and purpose, and brings back a lot of memories," former Husker coach Tom Osborne says of the renewal of the Nebraska-Oklahoma football rivalry.

In an appearance on Jim Rome's radio show Thursday, Wisconsin football coach Paul Chryst said playing against Notre Dame's Jack Coan, a former UW quarterback, will be different. 

Have you heard? Nebraska plays Oklahoma this week. Journal Star staffers make score picks, along with other game thoughts and predictions.

Milwaukee native Ralph Kurek fondly recalls scoring the winning touchdown in the closing minutes of the Badgers' last win over Notre Dame in football, which came in 1963.

"This year’s game has given us a chance to celebrate each other," says all-time Sooner great Joe Washington, summing up the weekend well.