Why the Tennessee game means so much to me
The first televised Oklahoma football game I ever paid attention to was the last time the Sooners played Tennessee.
It was January 1, 1968, when Oklahoma played No. 2 Tennessee in the Orange Bowl.
That game marked the conclusion of a Cinderella 1967 season for the Sooners. It also was my first “official” season as a rabid Sooner football fan.
The game which allowed Oklahoma to play Tennessee was the Big 8 clash with the Kansas Jayhawks in Norman on November 18, 1967. It was the first OU football game I remember attending in person. A cold front had come through days before that was so chilling that I gave up at halftime of our Velma-Alma high school playoff game the night before for the warm confines of home.