TIL: USC and Illinois planned to play in the Glasnost Bowl in the Soviet Union in 1989. When the game was cancelled, Oklahoma sent 2 high school teams to play the first football game in the USSR.

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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/JKRUOK on 2024-05-09 15:25:52+00:00.

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TIL: USC and Illinois planned to play in the Glasnost Bowl in the Soviet Union in 1989. When the game was cancelled, Oklahoma sent 2 high school teams to play the first football game in the USSR.