Mary Jane and Lucy wonder who will win the big game between USC and Oklahoma, the #1 and #2 college teams in the country. USC did indeed play a home game against the Oklahoma Sooners on September 29, 1973. On the dais, Harry says that O.J. will be in the booth with sportscaster Tom Kelly on Saturday. This likely means this show (filmed in the summer) was probably originally targeted to air on Monday, September 24 but was moved up a week. Mary Jane thinks that USC will prevail, but in actuality it turned out to be a rare tie score game.
Ironically, "Here's Lucy" aired opposite "Monday Night Football" on ABC. The evening of September 17, 1973 the game was between the Green Bay Packers and the New York Jets. The day before, Simpson and the Buffalo Bills won against the New England Patriots. Simpson rushed for 250 yards on 29 carries, setting a new NFL single-game rushing record.