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STILLWATER —Esau comes backto camp hungry.So hungry, he’s

willing to trade his bir-thright to little brotherJacob for a bowl of por-ridge.

If only college footballbirthrights were so easycome, easy go.

The most staid ofgames, the most class-entrenched sport, em-braces its tradition.Which is both good andbad.

Good in that it’s com-forting to know that whatwas yesterday will betomorrow. Good to knowthat something changesslowly in this warp-speed21st century.

Bad in that you’restuck. Bad in that statusis moved not just by per-formance, but by time.

Alabama. Oklahoma.Southern Cal. Ohio State.Texas. Penn State. Thebluebloods don’t changemuch in college football.

It’s a tough club tocrack. Just ask TCU andBoise State. It’s a toughclub from which to getejected. Just ask NotreDame and Michigan.

College football is Eu-ropean in culture. Towhom you are born isparamount. What you did20, 40, 60 years ago mat-ters as much as what youdid last week.

Which brings us toBedlam 2010. The Soon-ers and Cowboys playSaturday at Boone Pick-

ens Stadium for the Big 12South title. And it’s OU’sbirthright to be in Arling-ton, Texas, next week.

That’s what Soonersbelieve. Championshipsand BCS bowls and Bed-lam victories are a way oflife.

Not so in Stillwater,where such lofty heightsare a luxury. A dream-scape.

That’s why Bedlam2010 is so important. Ifthe Cowboys ever want tograb a piece of the bir-thright, ever want to walkinto every season believ-ing autumn glory is thenorm, it has to startsomewhere. It has to starthere.

“Our goal is to win theconference,” Mike Gundysaid. This game could putOSU in position to do justthat.

Offensive tackle LevyAdcock went out of hisway to declare Bedlam

just another game, nobigger than the first 11,but in the end, he had toadmit, victory Saturday“would be one of thebiggest in school history.”

The Sooners aren’tEsau. They don’t handover their birthright for acup of porridge. TheSooners like their bir-thright. They cherishtheir birthright.

The Sooners aren’tgiving away their bir-thright. The Cowboys willhave to take it, or at leastshove their way to thetable to share.

That can’t happenwithout championships.The occasional Bedlamupset is nice. But it doesnot change the naturalorder. It does not makethe Sooners quiver intheir cleats.

Start winning Big 12titles. Start going to BCSbowls. Start relegating theSooners to the Alamo or

Insight bowls.Then birthright be-

comes an issue.Do what in the ’90s

Oregon did out West andWisconsin did in theMidwest. Do what Au-burn has been doingdown South for two gen-erations.

Stand up to the aristoc-racy. Stand up for yourselfand declare the class sys-tem un-American.

USC and Ohio Stateand Alabama still arebluebloods, they just haveto share the wealth a lit-tle.

No reason that can’thappen in Bedlam. But ittakes time. And it has tostart somewhere. It has tostart here.

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video series with columnist Berry Tramel.In a five-part series, Berry breaks down the best

Bedlam football games of all time. Find out whichBedlam game tops his list.

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Not even twoyears havepassed sinceOklahoma

played for a nationalchampionship.

It seems like longer.The months since then

have been tough. A never-ending rash of injuries ledto a five-loss season ayear ago. A possible re-turn to glory has beenderailed by serious roadproblems this season.

Forty years of wander-ing in the wilderness, itisn’t, but still, this hasn’tbeen a two-year era flow-ing with milk and honeyeither.

But win on Saturday atOklahoma State, and allwill be right with theSoonerites.

Consider what a Bed-lam victory would meanto OU — validation that

the road woes are a thingof the past, victoriesagainst rivals Texas andOSU in the same seasonfor the first time since2007, a Big 12 South titleand a trip to the confer-ence championship titlegame.

The Sooners haveplayed for the Big 12 titleseven times in the pastdecade. Going back to thechampionship gamewould be familiar. Playingagain the first weekend ofDecember would be com-forting.

It would also be achance to say goodbye tolongtime rival and Big Tenwannabe Nebraska, thelikely North Division rep.

A fitting parting gift?Perhaps a swift kick in

the backside, just for oldtime’s sake.

But before the Sooner

Nation starts makingplans for a big-red re-union, there’s this seriousmatter of Bedlam.

Winning in Stillwater isgoing to take a big-timeeffort and a high-levelperformance. There havebeen plenty of years whenOU has taken a superiorteam to OSU and strug-gled.

› 2006: The FiestaBowl team squeaked byOSU, 27-21. LendyHolmes tipped a potentialgame-winning touch-down pass away fromD’Juan Woods on the finalplay of the game.

› 2004: A team thatwould play for a nationalchampionship won argua-bly the best Bedlam gameof all time, 38-35. Agame-tying field goalhooked left with 11 sec-onds remaining.

› 2002: A Sooner squadwith a shot at the nationalchampionship game hadthose title hopes dashedwith a 38-28 Cowboyvictory.

Bedlam in Stillwaterover the past decade or sohas almost always been acompetitive game, nomatter how much betterthe Sooners have been.

But here’s the thingabout this year’s contest— OU isn’t better thanOSU.

How will the Soonerdefense handle a Cowboyoffense that is explosiveyet balanced? How willthe Sooner offense fairagainst a Cowboy defensethat continues improving?

OSU isn’t without itsfaults, but the Cowboyshave been more consis-tent, more predictablethan the Sooners this

season. Yes, OU finallygot a win in a true roadgame last week at Baylor,but it could’ve been afluke. An inferior oppo-nent. An out-of-the-ordinary road perform-ance for the Sooners.

Or maybe OU really hasits road woes solved andproved it by smackingaround a decent Baylorteam.

We’ll know for certainSaturday.

Straight up, OSU is thebetter team heading intothis game, which wouldmake an OU win evenmore meaningful. Go toOSU and leave with a win,and it would be a big-time accomplishment. Itwould be the highlight ofthe season. It would bethe signature win.

It would be a way outof the wilderness.

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NORMAN — Thephilosophy ofOklahoma Statedefensive coor-

dinator Bill Young is not ex-actly bend don’t break.

But it’s close.Realizing the OSU offense

is going to score in droves,Young doesn’t feel compelledto take chances with man-to-man coverage or all-out blitz-es. Instead, he’s content tomake opposing offenses earntheir way down the field andwait for them to make mis-takes.

To knock off the Pokes,Oklahoma will have to ac-complish the former andavoid the latter.

“They make you work,”Sooner coach Bob Stoopssaid. “They have gotten turn-overs and stops in differentways. That’s the idea goingagainst them. You’ve got tobe able to hold it together,sustain drives and get yourbig plays when you can.”

OU is going to get its yards.But whether the Sooners alsoget their points depends on ifthey can bubble screen theirway down the field, manu-facture a couple of big playsand avoid turning the ballover against the nation’ssixth-best defense at causingturnovers.

“I wouldn’t call them abend-but-don’t break teamby any means, but they’re notgoing to let you just run bythem and throw bombs,” saidOU offensive coordinatorKevin Wilson. “They don’tgive up a lot of big plays.They don’t give up a lot ofcheap scores. And what I see

from afar is a defense thatplays with a lot of confidence.Meaning if the other team hassome success on offense, Idon’t think their defense getsrattled because they knowtheir offense is going to dowell.”

The good news for theSooners is they possess thekind of offense that can givethe Cowboys fits.

OU doesn’t turn the ballover, the lifeblood of the OSUdefense.

Only Iowa, Oregon State,Wisconsin, Navy and TCUhave turned the ball overfewer times than the Soonersthis season. And while quar-terback Landry Jones has hadsome breakdowns on theroad, he’s only thrown fivepicks in OU’s last 10 games.

OU also doesn’t need bigplays to score points.

While they’ve been muchmore explosive of late, theSooners still only have 13scoring plays from outsidethe red zone, a low numbercompared with other Big 12teams.

That hasn’t, however, pre-vented OU from boasting theNo. 16 scoring offense in thecountry with almost 37 pointsper game. The Sooners havemade a living on bubblescreens to Ryan Broyles andswing passes to DeMarcoMurray and slants and outs toKenny Stills.

Those plays should be thereagainst the Cowboys.

If the Sooners can executethose plays, they’ll bendOSU’s defense. And if theycan hold on to the ball, even-tually break it.

Defense will make OU work for itMOVING THE BALL | SOONERS WILL HAVE TO EARN THEIR WAY DOWN THE FIELD AND AVOID MISTAKES AGAINST THE COWBOYS

Oklahoma State defenders, including Justin Gent, bottom, takes down Kansas’ Kale Pick, middle left,during the Cowboys’ Nov. 20 victory over the Jayhawks in Lawrence, Kan. The Cowboys’ defense is thenation’s sixth-best at causing turnovers, but the Sooners have the No. 16 scoring offense in the countryand don’t turn the ball over a lot.

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On Sept. 4,Oklahoma Stateunveiled a newformation for a

few plays against Wash-ington State. A full-house backfield, in whichbackup tailbacks JosephRandle and Jeremy Smithjoined Kendall Hunter onthe field. One lined up inwhat has become knownas the pistol position, atailback lined up directlybehind a shotgun quar-terback. The other twolined up as halfbacks, oneon each side of QB Bran-don Weeden.

It’s a power-runningformation that OSU hascontinued to use occa-sionally. Offensive coor-dinator Dana Holgorsencalls the formation the“cross.”

Last Saturday in Waco,Texas, OU flattered theCowboys in the best waypossible: imitation. TheSooners unveiled theirown full-house backfield,with the same formation.It, too, worked very wellas a power-running for-mation. Bob Stoops saysthe Sooners call the for-mation “backs,” whilesome media dubbed itthe “diamond.”

There is little newunder the autumn sun.OU got the formation

from OSU, and I don’tknow where Holgorsengot it, but I know at leasthow far back it goes.1969. In Chuck Fair-banks’ third season asOU’s head coach, theSooners used a similarform of the cross or thediamond.

OU called it the Dia-mond T and surprisinglyunveiled it as their pri-mary offense in Septem-ber 1969. The Diamond Twas not exactly likeOSU’s cross or OU’sbacks, because sopho-more quarterback JackMildren did not line up inthe shotgun. So it trulywas a diamond; tailbackSteve Owens lined updirectly behind Mildren,with fullback Mike Har-per and wingback Roy

Bell each lined up behinda guard, a few yards be-hind Mildren and a fewyards in front of Owens.

The Diamond T wasdesigned to continue thebenefits of the I forma-tion — Owens was a de-cent I formation tailback,if you hadn’t heard — andincorporate some optionpossibilities, too.

Here’s what The Okla-homan’s Bob Hurt wroteabout the Diamond Tafter OU opened the 1969season with a 48-21 routof Wisconsin: “Certaindisadvantages are builtinto the Diamond T.There’s only one widereceiver, the split end,which allows defenses togang up and makes quickpasses more difficult.Fairbanks, however, plans

to use all three runningbacks as receivers.

“The coach subscribesto the nothing-is-new-in-football theory. TheDiamond T wasn’t in-vented, he said. Itevolved. The exact posi-tion of the backs may beunique but the theorieswere borrowed fromothers and refined to suitOU’s personnel.”

Alas, the Diamond Tdidn’t last at OU. TheSooners didn’t stick withthe Diamond T, migrat-ing back to the traditionalI formation during abittersweet season, whichOU went 6-4 but Owenswon the Heisman Tro-phy.

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NewsOK.com ran severalBedlam-related pollsthroughout the week. Hereare the results as of Thurs-day evening:

Which quarterback isbetter?› OSU’s Brandon Weeden —78.05% (2,009 votes)› OU’s Landry Jones —21.95% (565 votes)

Which running back isbetter?› OSU’s Kendall Hunter —72.52% (2,525 votes)› OU’s DeMarco Murray —27.48% (957 votes)

Which receiver is bet-ter?› OSU’s Justin Blackmon —65.37% (2,467 votes)› OU’s Ryan Broyles —34.63% (1,307 votes)

Which team has thebetter defense?› OU — 61.99% (393 votes)› OSU — 38.01% (241votes)

POLL RESULTS

OU ROSTERNo. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.1 Tony Jefferson S 5-11 198 Fr.2 Trey Franks WR 5-10 190 Fr.2 Julian Wilson S 6-2 175 Fr.3 Jonathan Nelson DB 5-11 188 Sr.3 Joe Powell WR 5-11 162 Fr.4 Kenny Stills WR 6-0 183 Fr.5 Joseph Ibiloye S 6-3 215 So.5 John Nimmo QB 6-2 210 Sr.6 Cameron Kenney WR 6-1 193 Sr.7 DeMarco Murray RB 6-1 207 Sr.8 Brandon Caleb WR 6-1 193 Sr.8 James Haynes CB 6-0 183 Fr.9 Gabe Lynn DB 6-0 189 RFr.10 Blake Bell QB 6-6 227 Fr.10 Rashod Favors LB 6-0 230 Fr.11 Kevin Brent S 5-11 216 RFr.11 Ben Sherrard QB 6-4 214 So.12 Landry Jones QB 6-4 219 So.12 Austin Box LB 6-2 232 Jr.13 Marcus Trice S 5-8 186 So.14 Aaron Colvin CB 5-11 176 Fr.14 John Sosanya WR 5-11 179 So.15 Drew Allen QB 6-5 232 RFr.15 Lamar Harris S 6-1 187 So.16 Jaz Reynolds WR 6-2 192 So.17 Mossis Madu RB 6-0 197 Sr.17 Jimmy Stevens K 5-6 167 Jr.18 Justin McCay WR 6-2 208 Fr.18 Michael Hunnicutt K 6-1 190 Fr.19 Ryan Caro WR 5-7 172 Jr.19 Demontre Hurst CB 5-9 178 So.20 Quinton Carter S 6-1 200 Sr.21 Tom Wort LB 6-1 225 RFr.21 Brennan Clay RB 5-11 192 Fr.22 Roy Finch RB 5-8 180 Fr.23 Jermie Clahoun RB 6-0 216 So.24 DeJuan Miller WR 6-4 221 Jr.25 Corey Nelson LB 6-1 208 Fr.25 Emmanuel Jones S 5-11 198 Sr.26 Jonathan Miller RB 6-0 198 So.27 Derek Hellard WR 5-8 171 So.27 Sam Proctor S 6-0 216 Jr.28 Travis Lewis LB 6-2 232 Jr.29 Zach Brown WR 5-10 165 Jr.29 Quentin Hayes CB 6-0 169 Fr.30 Javon Harris S 5-11 212 So.31 Daniel Franklin LB 6-2 219 So.31 Dominique Whaley RB 6-0 195 So.32 Jamell Fleming CB 5-11 191 Jr.32 Marshall Musil FB 6-2 241 RFr.33 Trey Millard TE/HB 6-2 246 Fr.34 Billy Batchlear DE 6-1 227 Sr.34 John Weakley RB 5-11 210 So.35 Julian Winters DB 5-11 175 Fr.36 Tress Way K 6-1 220 So.37 David Welchert FB 6-2 225 Fr.38 Derrick Bradley DB 5-10 178 So.39 Dillon Schooley DB 5-11 171 Fr.40 Aaron Franklin LB 6-1 205 Fr.41 Erik Lee LB 6-2 205 RFr.41 Josh New TE 6-2 238 Jr.42 Jesse Paulsen DB 6-0 193 So.43 Patrick O’Hara K 6-0 185 So.44 Jeremy Beal DE 6-3 267 Sr.

45 Caleb Gastelum LB 6-1 20 Fr.46 Jesse Bell CB 5-11 188 Jr.46 Jordon Finch CB 5-10 160 RFr.47 Zach Montana CB 5-11 196 So.47 Trent Ratterree TE 6-3 246 Jr.48 Brandon Crow FB 6-1 242 Sr.50 Austin Woods OG 6-4 298 Fr.51 Brian Lepak C 6-4 299 Sr.51 Jerico Rogers LB 6-1 212 Fr.52 Damon Williams DT 6-2 329 Fr.52 Wade Sheppard DS 6-3 238 Fr.53 Casey Walker DT 6-2 301 So.54 Sean Morrison DS 6-4 228 Jr.55 Jaydan Bird LB 6-2 230 So.56 Ronnell Lewis LB 6-2 240 So.57 Kale Sawatzky LB 6-2 215 Fr.58 Eric Humphrey DT 6-2 292 Fr.59 Donald Stephenson OT 6-6 309 Jr.60 Drew Serruto OL 6-4 299 So.61 Ben Habern C 6-3 292 So.62 David Driskill DE 6-2 250 Fr.63 Brett Coppenbarger OL/C 6-3 300 So.64 Gabe Ikard C/G 6-4 282 RFr.65 Kyle Callison OG 6-3 273 So.66 Christian Peterson OT 6-0 310 So.67 Matt Wilson DE 6-4 221 Jr.68 Bronson Irwin OG 6-4 316 Fr.69 Eric Mensik OT 6-6 289 Sr.70 Cory Brandon OT 6-7 324 Sr.71 Tyrus Thompson OT 6-4 311 Fr.

72 Tavaris Jeffries OG 6-4 309 Sr.73 Josh Aladenoye OT 6-5 316 RFr.74 Adam Shead OG 6-3 330 Fr.75 Tyler Evans OG 6-5 316 So.76 Jarvis Jones OT 6-7 277 Jr.77 Stephen Good OG 6-6 299 Jr.78 Jake Reed OT 6-7 296 RFr.79 Daryl Williams OT 6-5 300 Fr.80 Joshua Neal WR 5-11 192 Jr.81 Jarrett Brown DE 6-3 248 RFr.81 Nyko Symonds WR 5-10 160 Fr.82 James Hanna TE 6-4 237 Jr.83 Mark Long WR 6-1 198 So.84 Frank Alexander DE 6-4 251 Jr.85 Ryan Broyles WR 5-11 183 Jr.85 Geneo Grissom DE 6-4 233 Fr.86 Adrian Taylor DT 6-4 302 Sr.86 James Winchester DS 6-4 205 Jr.87 Lane Johnson TE 6-6 264 So.88 Sheldon McClain WR 6-2 184 Fr.89 Austin Haywood TE/HB 6-3 237 Fr.90 David King DE 6-5 258 So.91 R.J. Washington DE 6-3 244 So.92 Stacy McGee DT 6-4 275 So.93 Daniel Noble DT 6-3 281 Fr.94 Bryce Easley K 6-1 206 RFr.94 Pryce Macon DE 6-1 249 Sr.96 Torrea Peterson DT 6-3 295 Fr.97 Jamarkus McFarland DT 6-2 293 So.98 Chuka Ndulue DE 6-2 252 Fr.

OU DEPTH CHARTPos. No. Player Cl. Ht. Wt.

QB 12 Landry Jones So. 6-4 21915 Drew Allen RFr. 6-5 232

FB 33 Trey Millard Fr. 6-2 24632 Marshall Musil RFr. 6-2 241

RB 7 DeMarco Murray Sr. 6-1 20722 Roy Finch Fr. 5-8 180

WR 2 Trey Franks Fr. 5-10 1906 Cameron Kenney Sr. 6-1 193

WR 4 Kenny Stills Fr. 6-0 1838 Brandon Caleb Sr. 6-1 193

SL 85 Ryan Broyles Jr. 5-11 1833 Joe Powell Fr. 5-11 162

TE 82 James Hanna Jr. 6-4 23747 Trent Ratterree Jr. 6-3 246

LT 59 D. Stephenson Jr. 6-6 30976 Jarvis Jones Jr. 6-7 277

LG 64 Gabe Ikard RFr. 6-4 28277 Stephen Good Jr. 6-6 299

C 61 Ben Habern So. 6-3 29251 Brian Lepak Sr. 6-4 299

RG 75 Tyler Evans So. 6-5 31668 Bronson Irwin Fr. 6-4 316

RT 69 Eric Mensik Sr. 6-6 28873 Josh Aladenoye RFr. 6-5 316

DE 44 Jeremy Beal Sr. 6-3 26790 David King So. 6-5 258

DT 97 J. McFarland So. 6-2 29394 Pryce Macon Sr. 6-1 249

DT 92 Stacy McGee So. 6-4 27553 Casey Walker So. 6-2 301

DE 84 Frank Alexander Jr. 6-4 25156 Ronnell Lewis So. 6-2 240

SLB 56 Ronnell Lewis or So. 6-2 2405 Joseph Ibiloye So. 6-3 215

MLB 21 Tom Wort or RFr. 6-1 22512 Austin Box Jr. 6-2 232

WLB 28 Travis Lewis Sr. 6-2 23225 Corey Nelson Fr. 6-1 208

FCB 19 Demontre Hurst So. 5-9 17814 Aaron Colvin Fr. 5-11 176

BCB 32 Jamell Fleming Jr. 5-11 1919 Gabe Lynn RFr. 6-0 189

SS 3 Jonathan Nelson Sr. 5-11 18830 Javon Harris So. 5-11 212

FS 20 Quinton Carter Sr. 6-1 20027 Sam Proctor Jr. 6-0 216

Nckl 5 Joseph Ibiloye or So. 6-3 2151 Tony Jefferson Fr. 5-11 198

K 17 Jimmy Stevens Jr. 5-6 16743 Patrick O’Hara Jr. 6-0 185

P 36 Tress Way So. 6-1 2206 Cameron Kenney Sr. 6-1 193

KO 43 Patrick O’Hara So. 6-0 18536 Tress Way So. 6-1 220

KR 7 DeMarco Murray Sr. 6-1 2079 Trey Franks Fr. 5-10 190

KR 22 Roy Finch Fr. 5-8 18017 Mossis Madu Sr. 6-0 197

H 5 John Nimmo Sr. 6-2 21081 Nyko Symonds Fr. 5-10 160

LSP 86 James Winchester Jr. 6-4 20550 Austin Woods Fr. 6-4 298

LSK 50 Austin Woods Fr. 6-4 29886 James Winchester Jr. 6-4 205

OU LEADERSPASSING

Comp Att Int Yds TDLandry Jones 311 465 7 3479 30

RUSHINGNo Yds TD

DeMarco Murray 220 973 14Roy Finch 61 319 2Mossis Madu 52 234 1Brennan Clay 36 127 0

RECEIVINGNo Yds TD

Ryan Broyles 106 1309 12Kenny Stills 44 590 4DeMarco Murray 58 494 5Trey Franks 25 237 1Dejuan Miller 15 199 0Cameron Kenney 14 184 1Trent Ratterree 8 173 1

PUNT RETURNSNo Yds TD

Ryan Broyles 20 130 0

KICK RETURNSNo. Yds TD

DeMarco Murray 10 249 0Mossis Madu 8 241 0

INTERCEPTIONSNo Yds TD

Jamell Fleming 4 4 0Quinton Carter 2 34 0Jonathan Nelson 2 0 0Travis Lewis 2 43 0

FUMBLE RETURNSNo Yds TD

Tony Jefferson 1 6 0

TACKLESUA AT TT

Travis Lewis 47 42 89Jonathan Nelson 45 41 86Quinton Carter 49 32 81Jamell Fleming 42 21 63Tom Wort 28 33 61Jeremy Beal 30 25 55Tony Jefferson 37 18 55

SCORINGTD FG XP Tot

DeMarco Murray 19 0-0 0-0 114Ryan Broyles 12 0-0 0-0 72Jimmy Stevens 0 20-13 40-40 70James Hanna 5 0-0 0-0 30Kenny Stills 4 0-0 0-0 24Patrick O’Hara 0 4-6 9-10 21Trey Millard 3 0-0 0-0 18Roy Finch 2 0-0 0-0 12Trent Ratterree 1 0-0 0-0 6Trey Franks 1 0-0 0-0 6Drew Allen 1 0-0 0-0 6Ronnell Lewis 1 0-0 0-0 6Mossis Madu 1 0-0 0-0 6Cameron Kenney 1 0-0 0-0 6

Ryan BroylesOU’s leading receiver

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OSU’s Brandon Weeden and the Cowboyreceivers vs. OU’s secondary› OSU: Weeden’s production has been second to none. Hisarm strength allows him to make throws other quarter-backs cannot make and his accuracy is underrated. JustinBlackmon is the nation’s most consistent receiver and JoshCooper is a solid No. 2 target. But when Blackmon is not onthe field, OSU struggles to have a perimeter threat.

› OU: Sooner safeties Quinton Carter and Jonathan Nelsonare versatile defenders who can make plays against therun and pass and Jamell Fleming is one of the Big 12’smost underrated covermen. But Blackmon has goneagainst the nation’s best and had success and Weeden willtest the Sooner secondary unlike any quarterback they’vefaced in 2010.

OSU’s running backs vs. OU’s linebackers› OSU: The Cowboys have three quality running backsincluding the nation’s No. 5 leading rusher in Kendall Hunter.The only teams who have sold out to stop him (Tulsa,Baylor) gave up over 700 total yards. But the Soonerslinebackers could be the most athletic group OSU hasfaced.

› OU: Travis Lewis is one of the Big 12’s elite defenders,Tom Wort and Austin Box are solid and Corey Nelson couldbe a future star. But as talented and athletic as this groupis, the Sooners have really struggled to stop the run inrecent weeks.

OSU’s offensive line vs. OU’s defensive line› OSU: The Cowboy offensive line has been the key to anOSU attack which ranks No. 1 nationally in total offense.They give Brandon Weeden time to go through his pro-gressions and give Hunter lanes to run through. But thisgroup struggled at times against Texas A&M, whichbrought pressure similar to what OU will bring to the table.

› OU: Jeremy Beal is a problem for any offense, the consis-tent pressure he provides makes life a lot easier for OU’ssecondary. An unstoppable pass rusher can be any of-fense’s primary concern. But the Sooners’ interior has beenhit by the injury bug and former defensive end Pryce Ma-con could make just his second career start in the interior.

BY BRANDON CHATMON

When OSU has the ball

OU’s Landry Jones and the Sooner receivers vs. OSU’s secondary› OU: Jones has been stellar at times this season and iscoming off a great game at Baylor. Ryan Broyles is unstop-pable and Kenny Stills will have to be accounted for. ButBroyles is the only Sooner receiver averaging more thanfour receptions per game.

› OSU: Andrew McGee leads the Big 12 in interceptionswhile Markelle Martin is one of the league’s top safeties.But OSU has true freshman backups at every position andhas struggled in pass coverage in multiple games this sea-son.

OU’s running backs vs.OSU’s linebackers› OU: DeMarco Murray brings athleticism and versatility tothe table with his pass catching abilities while freshmanRoy Finch has emerged as an X factor in the Sooner of-fense since returning from ankle injury. But Murray has justfour games of 100 rushing yards or more and one of morethan 115 rushing yards.

› OSU: Orie Lemon is one of the Big 12’s top linebackersand is the foundation of the Cowboy defense. Justin Gentis solid and OSU’s defense has improved in the four gamessince freshman Shaun Lewis entered the starting lineupincluding two games holding opponents under 300 totalyards. But Murray and Finch both excel in one-on-one sit-uations with linebackers.

OU’s offensive line vs.OSU’s defensive line› OU: The Sooner offensive line has helped OU rank No. 4nationally in passing yards (324.4), No. 13 in total offense(470.27) and No. 16 in scoring offense (36.3). But they’vestruggled to create running lanes for DeMarco Murray asOU averages just 3.47 yards per carry this season andallow 1.55 sacks per game.

› OSU: Chris Donaldson and Shane Jarka have been solidat defensive tackle after entering the season as a potentialquestion mark while defensive ends Jamie Blatnick, Richet-ti Jones and Ugo Chinasa have combined for 11 sacks. ButOSU lacks the dominant pass rush threat who must beaccounted for on every snap.

BY BRANDON CHATMON

When OU has the ball

BEDLAM MATCHUPS

Brandon Weeden Quinton Carter Kendall Hunter Travis Lewis Levy Adcock Jeremy Beal

Landry Jones Andrew McGee DeMarco Murray Orie Lemon Donald Stephenson Chris Donaldson

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ONE LORD, TWO TEAMS | THE FOOTBALL ALLEGIANCES OF TWO PASTORS AT ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CATHOLIC CHURCH MAKE IT A HOUSE OF WORSHIP DIVIDED

EDMOND — Father John Metz-inger knew something wasn’t quite right when the new associate pastor moved in at St. John the Baptist Catholic

Church.“I brought all my orange clothes

to the rectory,” said Father Dan Le-tourneau. “I think Father realized I was an OSU person.”

Right then it was on, a House (of the Lord) Divided.

The Edmond priests share the faith and the word and the bread, yet no common ground when it comes to Bedlam.

Father John: “I gave you a condo-lence card once. ‘Sorry for your loss.’ I don’t remember which one that was after.”

Father Dan: “I don’t either, there’s been so many. I haven’t enjoyed an OSU victory as a priest. I’ve seen it happen, but not as a priest.”

With Father John — last names are far too formal at St. John’s — his Sooner spirit developed during 16½ years in Norman, including 11 as the pastor at St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church, where none other than Bob and Mike Stoops were pa-rishioners. When Father John can break free from church responsibili-ties to attend a game, he’s on the list for tickets through Stoops’ office.

“I got to know coach a little bit,” said Father John, who was born in Kansas and grew up in Joplin, Mo. “I think he’s a great guy. I admire what he’s done for the program. That’s an-other reason to continue to be a fan today.”

Father Dan was born in Ponca City and attended Oklahoma State, served as the drum major there from 1979-

81 and played in the basketball pep band during the Paul Hansen era. Last January, he attended the Cotton Bowl with the grandparents of former Cowboys quarterback Zac Robinson, who also went to St. John’s. Last week, he was pushing popcorn and hot dogs at a Gallagher-Iba Arena concession stand, working on a night off to ben-efit the OSU alumni band.

Talk about Live Orange.So it was in Stillwater in the late

’70s, when Letourneau was a scholar-ship music student attending the local Catholic church, St. John The Evan-gelist University Parish, where the late Reverend Bob Schlitt pushed God and the Pokes.

“I was his music director,” said Fa-ther Dan, “played the guitar at masses in Stillwater. He played the fight song, sold barbeque in front of the church.

“He would wear orange. I do that, kind of thinking of him.”

Both priests bare their allegiances proudly, which has livened things up a bit at St. John’s.

Parishioners at the church are fully into the Bedlam bragging being waged beyond the pulpit.

One recent tradition involving the church’s school, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, has featured a Bedlam food drive, with students donating food items as fans for either OU or OSU. To the winning side: the losing side’s priest forced to wear the other team’s color while working the lunch line.

For the first time this year, OSU won. Yet Father John couldn’t quite bring himself to go full orange, opting instead for a gray t-shirt sporting the helmets of both teams.

“I said I would wear orange,” said Father John, “I didn’t say I wouldn’t wear red also.”

There’s a bit of a competition, too, when it comes to decorating the Christmas tree, with ornaments representing both sides strategically placed among the limbs.

Father Dan: “I have my Pistol Pete tree ornament that I bought at the student union. One year I slipped it on the Christmas tree when Father John wasn’t looking. It went from down low to up high.”

Father John: “He kept putting it higher on the tree. He’ll probably want Pete on top if they win.”

Almost on cue each fall Sunday, at least at the masses led by the Bedlam priests — Father Long Phan, another associate priest at the parish, carries

no allegiances — there are references to the previous day’s games leading into each priests’ sermons, whether at 7:30, 9 and 11:30 a.m. or 5:30 p.m.

An at-ease moment of sorts, before breaking into the lessons of scripture.

“People just sort of expect it when you do it for a while,” said Father John. “Of course, you try not to show too much favoritism, or people say, ‘Why don’t you talk about my team?’

“It’s not a sports report. If you want a sports report, you read the paper. But just a little comment.”

The playfulness of the priests has

started something.Fans of all schools, Cowboys and

Sooners, but also Longhorns and Ag-gies and Cornhuskers and others, wear their own school’s logo shirts and outerwear following big wins, particularly wins over OU and OSU.

“What’s also been fun here is the Friday morning mass,” said Father Dan. “Everybody, if they want to, wears their college shirts. There’s a couple of OSU gals who always sit in the first row, right in front of the pul-pit.

“I’ve decided to let Father John say the mass and I’ll wear my shirt and sit with them. We try to do the wave.”

Said Father John: “A couple of weeks ago, I anticipated them and I brought my sunglasses. And just be-fore I started to preach I said, ‘I came prepared.’ So I put on my sunglasses so I wouldn’t be blinded by the or-ange.”

It’s even opened new lines of com-munication between parishioners and priests.

“Here, the fun part is to kind of skirmish with the OSU fans, especially this year,” said Father John. “They’ve been doing a little more sparring, a little more trash talking than usual, anticipating a victory.

“We’ll see.”Would a priest return trash talk?“I wouldn’t put it that way, of

course,” said Father John, before laughing a bit, “but I make an occa-sional remark.”

This is the week for it.

Father John: “It may be hard to con-tain him if it happens this year.”

Father Dan: “It’s in the Bible, ‘The Lord is my shepherd, He leads me to still waters.’ Psalm 23. Not our Bible, but … Should be on a t-shirt.”

Father Long has been a godsend to St. John’s, not only in helping to serve a large parish, but in filling gaps

in Saturday schedules, like when two certain teams may be taking the field.

Serving the people comes first, of course.

“I’ve had people come to confes-sion,” said Father Dan, “and say, ‘Well, Father, they’re up by seven.’”

Still, when time allows, the Bedlam priests get out to see their squads.

They’ve watched the Bedlam game together – once – driving to Stillwater for the 2008 game, a 61-41 Sooner win.

Neither has tickets for this week’s game, but if a pair might happen to fall their way…

“I’ll be up there in a second,” said Father Dan.

“Oh, yeah,” said Father John.Father Dan figures he’ll go anyway,

to tailgate parishioners who favor or-ange and maybe luck into a ticket.

After all, for a change, the vibes are good concerning the Cowboys.They’ve got a better record, a higher ranking, and the game is in Stillwater.

“People have said, ‘Boy, Father Dan is wearing his orange everywhere,’” said Father John. “I said, ‘Well, you have to understand, for OSU fans, this kind of year doesn’t come along very often. We’ve had these years before, but for OSU fans, this is a big deal.’”

Smiles are exchanged across the table as he fires off one more subtle Bedlam jab. For both, clearly it’s all in good fun. When it comes to gifts, they frequently go for items of one anoth-er’s favorite team.

Father John has given OSU jackets and sweatshirts; Father Dan has given books and framed pictures celebrating the Sooners.

“We enjoy it,” said Father John. “Father Dan and I, at least as far as I know, we get along pretty well.

“The reality is, while we both have our teams, and we’re much happier when they win than when they lose, life does go on. It is just college foot-ball. But it’s a lot of fun.”

BY JOHN HELSLEYStaff [email protected]

Bedlam in the pulpit

COMMANDMENTS BY BERRY TRAMEL, ILLUSTRATION BY BILL BOOTZ, THE OKLAHOMAN

When it comes to football teams, Father Dan Letourneau left, worships Oklahoma State, while Father John Metzinger has his allegiance with Oklahoma.

PHOTO BY DOUG HOKE, THE OKLAHOMAN

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STILLWATER — Vi-sions of Ryan Broylesdarting throughOklahoma State tack-

lers must be seared into theminds of Cowboy fans.

The Oklahoma receiverwas the best offensive playeron the field during Bedlam2009. Broyles finished with316 all-purpose yards, in-cluding 209 return yards and103 receiving yards.

For OSU, containingBroyles could be the key toslowing Oklahoma’s offensewhen the Sooners visit theCowboys at 7 p.m. on Sat-urday.

“He’s very good,” coachMike Gundy said. “He’s elu-sive in space, he catches theball well, he catches the balldown the field well.

“He’s going to make someplays, you have to understandhe’s going to make someplays and try to limit those.”

As good as Broyles was inlast year’s Bedlam matchup,he’s been even better through11 games in 2010. The juniorhas 106 receptions for 1,309yards and 12 touchdowns.

Few players in collegefootball can match Broyles’explosiveness in the openfield.

“One thing we can do forhim is not miss the tackles,”OSU cornerback AndrewMcGee said. “He’s quick,he’s elusive, he has the abilityto make you miss. If we cando our job and make thetackles in open space andlimit the big plays, we will beok.”

Easier said than done. OU runs a bubble screen to

Broyles that is close to un-stoppable if executed cor-rectly. It’s lethal because theplay gets Broyles the ballquickly in the open field withblockers ahead.

“The reason it is so toughis because it gives the receiv-er a chance to go make aplay,” McGee said. “It givesthem an opportunity to catchthe ball and not worry aboutgetting hit, getting smashedright after they catch it. Sothey have time to think aboutwhat they are going to do.”

It’s a play that alwayslooks like the defender couldjump the route and interceptthe pass, but OU runs varia-tions of the play to keepdefenses honest and theoutside receiver — withBroyles lining up in the slot— blocks the cornerback onthe perimeter, giving Broylesopen space to operate.

“It’s tough because theyalways have that one blockerin front of you,” McGee said.“It would have to be a heckof a read for someone tointercept a bubble pass. Itwould be one of the greatestplays ever.”

Tackling will be the key.OSU’s tackling was its down-fall in the Cowboys’ lone lossagainst Nebraska earlier thisseason, and Broyles is thetype of dynamic talent whowill take advantage if OSUdoesn’t wrap up.

“He’s going to catch theball, we know that,” McGeesaid. “It’s hard to say RyanBroyles will not catch a singlepass this game. We have tolimit the big plays, limit themissed tackles.”

Containing Broyles could be the keySLOWING DOWN OU | RECEIVER SHINED IN ’09BEDLAM, AND HE’S BEEN EVEN BETTER THIS YEAR

OU’s Ryan Broyles, left, gets away from Utah State’s Chris Randle during the Sooners’ Sept. 4 victory.Broyles has 106 receptions for 1,309 yards and 12 touchdowns this season. PHOTO BY BRYAN TERRY, THE OKLAHOMAN

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OSU ROSTERNo. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl1 Joseph Randle RB 6-0 190 Fr.2 Lavocheya Cooper S 6-1 185 Fr.2 Nathan Sorenson QB 6-3 200 Fr.3 Victor Johnson S 6-0 195 Jr.3 Brandon Weeden QB 6-4 224 Jr.4 Justin Gilbert CB 6-0 180 Fr.5 Chris Dinkins WR 6-2 205 Fr.6 Patrick McDonald IR 6-2 197 RFr.6 Andrew McGee CB 6-0 191 Sr.7 Michael Harrison IR 6-1 208 RFr.8 Johnny Deaton QB 6-2 200 Fr.8 Daytawion Lowe S 6-0 195 So.9 David Gordon CB 5-11 170 So.9 Bo Bowling WR 5-10 186 Sr.10 Markelle Martin S 6-1 198 Jr.10 Clint Chelf QB 6-1 200 RFr.11 Wes Harlan H 6-0 190 So.11 Shaun Lewis LB 6-1 210 Fr.12 Trey Munden WR 6-0 192 Jr.12 Johnny Thomas S 5-11 200 Jr.13 Quinn Sharp P/K 6-1 191 So.14 Justin Horton IR 6-3 225 So.14 Jase Chilcoat QB 5-11 198 RFr.15 D.J. Martin CB 5-9 178 Jr.15 Adrian Richards WR 6-4 208 So.16 Andrae May CB 5-11 180 So.17 Brandon Stringer QB 6-4 216 So.17 Charlie Moore WR 6-3 199 RFr.18 Devin Hedgepeth CB 5-11 180 Fr.19 Brodrick Brown CB 5-8 190 So.20 Larry Stephens DB 6-0 180 Fr.22 James Thomas LB 5-11 216 Jr.22 Joe Aska, Jr. RB 6-0 200 Fr.23 Zack Craig S 6-3 180 Fr.24 Kendall Hunter RB 5-8 197 Sr.25 Josh Cooper IR 5-11 192 Jr.25 Yves Batoba CB 5-9 175 RFr.26 Anthony Hill WR 5-11 193 Sr.26 Nehemiah Mundy CB 6-0 178 Jr.27 Kirk Zachary LB 5-10 210 Fr.28 Michael Roberts RB 5-8 191 Jr.28 Deion Imade S 6-0 175 Fr.29 Joe Mitchell LB 6-3 217 Fr.30 David Paulsen RB 6-2 255 So.31 Jeremy Smith RB 5-10 210 RFr.31 Brandon Speth ATH 5-8 180 Fr.32 Jarrod Fields CB 5-10 190 Jr.33 LeRon Furr LB 6-2 230 RFr.33 Christian Schroeder WR 5-11 182 Fr.35 Mathies Long S 6-1 210 Sr.36 Teddy Johnson LB 5-11 219 Fr.37 Bryant Ward RB 5-11 223 Sr.38 Zach Fullingim LB 6-1 230 Fr.38 Grayson Buster P/K 5-11 186 Jr.39 Jerry Reagan RB 5-10 180 So.39 Kyle Hale S 5-11 189 RFr.40 Nick Rockwell WR 5-7 178 RFr.40 Tyler Johnson LB 6-3 210 Fr.41 Orie Lemon LB 6-1 240 Sr.42 Justin Gent LB 6-1 236 Sr.44 Grant Goodwin FB 5-7 200 Fr.44 Stephen Stadler LB 6-0 180 Fr.45 Caleb Lavey LB 6-3 225 Fr.

46 Shane Jarka DT 6-3 295 Sr.47 Will Garrett DE 6-6 262 RFr.48 Tyler Fields LB 5-11 212 So.49 Will Jeffcoat K 6-3 170 Fr.49 Kenny Alexander LB 6-1 227 Sr.50 Jamie Blatnick DE 6-3 270 Jr.51 Brandon Webb OL 6-3 320 RFr.52 Connor Sinko LS 6-3 253 RFr.53 Andrew Suter LS 6-3 270 Fr.54 Jacob Jenkins OL 6-3 255 Fr.57 Chuck Major OL 6-3 304 So.58 Jarid King DT 6-1 285 So.58 Daniel Koenig OL 6-6 260 Fr.59 Tolu Moala LB 6-0 230 Sr.59 Michael Reichenstein P 6-4 189 RFr.60 Daniel Cooley DL 6-3 271 Fr.60 Evan Epstein OL 6-2 290 So.61 Brian Johnston DL 6-5 250 Fr.62 Javius Townsend OL 6-4 280 Fr.63 Jordan Taormina OL 6-6 327 Sr.64 Casey LaBrue OL 6-3 290 Jr.65 Anthony Morgan OL 6-5 310 Sr.67 Aaron Barker DT 6-1 270 Fr.68 Lane Taylor OL 6-2 301 So.69 Marc Yerry LS 6-2 241 Jr.70 Jonathan Rush OL 6-4 314 Jr.71 Parker Graham OL 6-7 289 RFr.72 Christian Littlehead DT 6-3 305 Fr.73 Levy Adcock OL 6-6 320 Jr.74 Grant Garner OL 6-3 290 Jr.75 Nick Martinez OL 6-4 317 Jr.

76 Eli Dickerson OL 6-6 280 Fr.77 Gerron Anthony OL 6-3 315 Fr.78 Bryson Hutchins DE 6-0 241 Jr.79 Andrew Smith DT 6-1 245 RFr.80 Cooper Bassett DT 6-5 265 So.80 Ryan Williams WR 5-9 175 So.81 Justin Blackmon WR 6-1 207 So.82 Isaiah Anderson WR 5-10 175 So.83 Colton Chelf WR 5-9 170 Sr.84 Hubert Anyiam WR 6-0 198 Jr.85 Montra Nelson WR 6-3 215 Fr.85 Justin Southwell IR 5-7 158 So.86 Wilson Youman DE 6-5 250 Jr.87 Tracy Moore IR 6-2 215 So.88 Kevin Johnson WR 6-2 190 Fr.89 Nigel Nicholas DT 6-3 280 So.89 Jeremy Gunnells IR 6-2 235 Jr.90 Bobby Stonebraker P/K 6-1 170 Fr.90 Joe Okafor DE 6-7 250 Fr.91 Ugo Chinasa DE 6-5 260 Sr.92 Darius Hart DE 6-5 250 Sr.93 Patrick Hoog OL 6-4 296 So.93 Andrew Hudson DE 6-5 225 RFr.94 Anthony Rogers DT 6-3 285 RFr.95 Chris Donaldson DT 6-1 299 Sr.95 Dan Bailey P/K 6-0 200 Sr.96 DeJuan Davis DT 6-2 308 So.96 Peter Okonofua DL 6-1 259 Fr.97 Diamonte Wheeler DT 6-3 255 Fr.98 Davidell Collins DE 6-6 255 Fr99 Richetti Jones DE 6-3 264 Jr.

OSU DEPTH CHARTPos. No. Player Cl. Ht. Wt.

QB 3 Brandon Weeden Jr. 6-4 22410 Clint Chelf RFr.6-1 200

RB 24 Kendall Hunter Sr. 5-8 1971 Joseph Randle Fr. 6-0 193

FB 37 Bryant Ward Sr. 5-11 22330 David Paulsen So. 6-2 255

WR 82 Isaiah Anderson So. 5-10 1757 Michael Harrison RFr.6-1 208

IR 25 Josh Cooper Jr. 5-11 19217 Charlie Moore RFr.6-3 199

IR 9 Bo Bowling Sr. 5-10 18614 Justin Horton So. 6-2 225

WR 81 Justin Blackmon So. 6-1 20783 Colton Chelf Sr. 5-9 170

LT 75 Nick Martinez Jr. 6-4 31763 Jordan Taormina Sr. 6-6 327

LG 70 Jonathan Rush Jr. 6-4 31493 Patrick Hoog So. 6-3 295

C 74 Grant Garner Jr. 6-3 29064 Casey LaBrue Jr. 6-3 290

RG 68 Lane Taylor So. 6-2 30165 Anthony Morgan Sr. 6-5 310

RT 73 Levy Adcock Jr. 6-6 32071 Parker Graham RFr.6-7 289

DE 50 Jamie Blatnick or Jr. 6-3 27099 Richetti Jones Jr. 6-3 264

DT 95 Chris Donaldson Sr. 6-1 29980 Cooper Bassett So. 6-5 264

DT 46 Shane Jarka Sr. 6-3 29889 Nigel Nicholas So. 6-3 280

DE 91 Ugo Chinasa Sr. 6-5 26092 Darius Hart Sr. 6-5 250

SLB 11 Shaun Lewis Fr. 6-1 21022 James Thomas Jr. 5-11 215

MLB 41 Orie Lemon Sr. 6-1 24045 Caleb Lavey Fr. 6-3 225

WLB 42 Justin Gent Sr. 6-1 23659 Tolu Moala Sr. 6-0 234

CB 6 Andrew McGee Sr. 6-0 19118 Devin Hedgepeth Fr. 5-11 180

CB 19 Brodrick Brown So. 5-8 1904 Justin Gilbert Fr. 6-0 180

SS 10 Markelle Martin Jr. 6-1 1982 Lavocheya Cooper Fr. 6-1 185

FS 12 Johnny Thomas Jr. 5-11 20028 Deion Imade Fr. 6-0 175

K 85 Dan Bailey Sr. 6-0 20013 Quinn Sharp So. 6-1 191

P 13 Quinn Sharp So. 6-1 19195 Dan Bailey Sr. 6-0 200

KR 12 Johnny Thomas Jr. 5-11 2004 Justin Gilbert Fr. 6-0 180

PR 25 Josh Cooper Jr. 5-11 1929 Bo Bowling Sr. 5-9 183

LS 69 Marc Yerry Jr. 6-2 24153 Andrew Suter Fr. 6-3 270

H 11 Wes Harlan So. 6-2 17113 Quinn Sharp So. 6-1 194

OSU LEADERSPASSING

Comp Att Int Yds TDBrandon Weeden 289 427 10 3780 30

RUSHINGNo Yds TD

Kendall Hunter 248 1461 16Joseph Randle 76 421 2Jeremy Smith 46 212 5

RECEIVINGNo Yds TD

Justin Blackmon 94 1560 17Josh Cooper 51 599 4Joseph Randle 33 393 1Bo Bowling 35 365 0Isaiah Anderson 12 216 0Colton Chelf 11 200 1

PUNT RETURNSNo Yds TD

Josh Cooper 14 138 1Justin Gilbert 8 55 0

KICK RETURNSNo. Yds TD

Justin Gilbert 17 449 1Joseph Randle 11 260 0

INTERCEPTIONSNo Yds TD

Andrew McGee 5 90 0Markelle Martin 2 0 0Johnny Thomas 2 26 1

FUMBLE RETURNSNo. Yds TD

James Thomas 1 63 1

TACKLESUA AT TT

Orie Lemon 81 26 107Brodrick Brown 55 10 65Justin Gent 42 17 59Johnny Thomas 39 12 51Markelle Martin 38 8 46James Thomas 36 10 46

SCORINGTD FG XP Tot

Dan Bailey 0 22-26 60-61 126Justin Blackmon 19 0-0 0-0 114Kendall Hunter 16 0-0 0-0 96Jeremy Smith 5 0-0 0-0 30Josh Cooper 5 0-0 0-0 30Michael Harrison 4 0-0 0-0 24Joseph Randle 3 0-0 0-0 18Hubert Anyiam 3 0-0 0-0 18Justin Gilbert 1 0-0 0-0 6Colton Chelf 1 0-0 0-0 6Tracy Moore 1 0-0 0-0 6Charlie Moore 1 0-0 0-0 6Wilson Youman 1 0-0 0-0 6Johnny Thomas 1 0-0 0-0 6James Thomas 1 0-0 0-0 6

Brandon WeedenOSU quarter-back hasthrown for3,780 yards and30 touchdowns.

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This is the Big 12’snew tiebreakerformula, as itrelates to the

BCS needing to breakthree-way ties: “Thehighest ranked team inthe first Bowl Champion-ship Series poll followingthe completion of Big 12regular season conferenceplay shall be the repre-sentative in the Big 12Championship Game,unless two of the tiedteams are ranked withinone spot of the other inthe BCS poll. In this case,the head-to-head resultsof the top two rankedtied teams shall deter-mine the representativein the Big 12 Champion-ship Game.”

This, of course, is theTexas Amendment. TheLonghorns, still seekingjustification for gettingbypassed in the greatthree-way tie of 2008,pushed through the newrule — which adds the“unless two of the tiedteams are ranked withinone spot of the other”element.

I can picture the rest ofthe Big 12 athletic direc-tors getting hungry fordinner, getting tired ofLonghorn rhetoric andjust voting in whatever

was on the ballot.But did anyone catch

the problem? One of myreaders did.

Go back and look atthis segment of the rule:“unless two of the tiedteams are ranked withinone spot of the other inthe BCS poll. In this case,the head-to-head resultsof the top two rankedtied teams shall deter-mine the representativein the Big 12 Champion-ship Game.”

Now, read it again.The letter of that law

does not compute towhat was intended. Thatrule states that if two ofthe tied teams are rankedwithin one spot of eachother, the head-to-headresult of the top two-ranked tied teams willdetermine the champion.That rule DOES NOTSTATE that the twoteams within one spot ofeach other have to be thetop two-ranked teams.

Do you see the prob-

lem? In other words, ifOU beats OSU and A&Mbeats Texas, forging athree-way tie, and theBCS rankings on Sundaycould come out some-thing like this: OU ninth,A&M 13th, OSU 14th. Bythe letter of the law, twoof the tied teams areranked within one spot ofeach other. So it goes tohead-to-head among thetop two teams. OU andA&M are the top two-ranked teams, and A&Mbeat OU, so the Aggieswould go.

Big 12 director of com-munications Bob Burdasaid the tiebreaker lan-guage is accurate but said“the reference to theteams being within oneplace of each other onlyapplies to the highest andsecond-highest ranked(Big 12) teams in the finalBCS Standings.”

Well, I think Burda isright. But that’s not whatthe rule says. And what isA&M supposed to do ifthis scenario comes topass? Let it ride?

If I’m OU athletic di-rector Joe Castiglione,I’m a little worried. Thiswhole BCS tiebreakerthing has been one painin the butt for threeyears, for no good reason.

The BCS standings are awonderful tiebreakerwhen results can’t pick awinner. So because ofTexas animosity and alack of attention to detail,we’ve got a potentialmess on our hands.

“In layman terms, ifthe two highest rankedteams are within oneplace of one another infinal BCS Standings,head to head result be-tween those two teamswould determine,” Burdasaid.

Layman terms aregood terms. Why laymanterms weren’t used withthe written rule, I haveno idea.

Of course, OU couldwin Bedlam and nothinglike this comes to pass.OSU and A&M could bemore than spot apart. OrOSU could be ranked onespot ahead of A&M,which means even apply-ing the letter of the law,A&M would be eliminat-ed.

But this is a classiccase of something simplethat became complicatedbecause someone griped,and placating the griperswas more important thandoing things right.

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David Ubben, ESPN.com› No. 9 Oklahoma State 47, No. 13 Oklahoma 38: Ex-pect this one to be well worth the price of admission.Oklahoma State’s defense has made big strides down thestretch, and they’ll be the difference this week. Mike Gun-dy gets his first win over the Sooners with the most onthe line and on the biggest stage. Couldn’t ask for a bet-ter time.

Bruce Feldman, ESPN.com› Oklahoma State 42, Oklahoma 41: The Cowboys’offense has been spectacular all season, and BrandonWeeden has completed more than 70 percent of hispasses and thrown for an average of more than 400yards in the past three games. The bad news: OSU is108th in pass D and 95th in TFLs. The Sooners are loadedon offense, too, and have been very sharp in their pasttwo games.

Pat Forde, ESPN.com› Oklahoma State 34, Oklahoma 28: Cowboys shootingfor their first Big 12 South title outright with a victory.The Sooners are a bit of a disappointment, continuingtheir unexceptional play away from Norman. The Cow-boys rank among the biggest surprises in the country.Oklahoma has won seven straight in this rivalry, butthey’ll struggle to slow down the explosive Pokes.

Stewart Mandel, SI.com› Oklahoma State 38, Oklahoma 34: It’s hard to believeOU won this game 27-0 just a year ago. Landry Jonesand Ryan Broyles will have another big day for the Soon-ers’ offense, but it’s hard to keep up with the Cowboys ina shootout. Oklahoma’s secondary is shaky, which is not agood thing with Brandon Weeden throwing bombs toJustin Blackmon. On to Dallas you go, Mike Gundy.

Dennis Dodd, CBSSports.com› Oklahoma State: The three best offensive players inthe Big 12 play for the Cowboys (Kendall Hunter, JustinBlackmon and Brandon Weeden). They’ll go against amiddling OU defense (62nd nationally). This one is fairlysimple. At home, with T. Boone’s investment finally payingoff, the Pokes win the Big 12 South, their first title of anykind since 1976.

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WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT BEDLAM

BEDLAM PICKS

Jake Trotter

OU beat writer

John Helsley

OSU beat writer

Berry Tramel

Columnist

Brandon ChatmonOSU beat

writer

Jenni Carlson

Columnist

Mike BaldwinOU beat writer

Mike ShermanSports editor

Oklahoma at Oklahoma State (OSU by 2.5) OSU, 33-31 OSU, 37-31 OSU, 38-31 OSU, 41-35 OU, 34-31 OSU, 38-31 OSU, 37-35

Explanation I like the way OU is playing, and the Soon-ers most definitely could win, but I like the way the Cowboys are playing, too, and even more so, WHERE the Cowboys are playing. In Stillwater.

The Cowboys have too many offensive weapons. Getting pressure on Weeden is key, but the Sooners aren’t going to be able to do that consistently without blitzing and leaving the secondary vulnerable.

In a high-scoring, com-petitive game, OSU pulls it out thanks to its opportunistic defense, which forces at least one game-changing turnover. Offensively, the Cowboys’ running game has great suc-cess as Hunter, Randle and Smith each make key play in the victory.

Cowboys’ offense just keeps revealing weap-ons. And Weeden and Co. are only getting more comfortable and proficient in the system. In a Bedlam classic, OSU’s edge at kicker is the differ-ence.

OU is accustomed to the national stage, while this is relatively new territory for the Cowboys. All pressure is on them. Plus, anytime a Bob Stoops team is not expected to win, it often does (See Bedlam 2009).

OU’s defense at times has been vulnerable against good running backs. Kendall Hunter is the best back the Sooners have seen. Hunter is the differ-ence in a shootout.

OU’s ability to run and defend the run has been its biggest ad-vantage in this series in the Stoops era. This time the Cowboys hold the edge there.

QUARTERBACKS

Both OU’s LandryJones and OSU’sBrandon Weedenhave been playingtheir best balldown the stretch.And their statisticsare similar. ButWeeden has beenthe most consis-tent player.

› Edge: OSU

RUNNING BACKS

Both teams areloaded at the posi-tion, explainingwhy the “diamond”three-back offensehas been such aweapon for both.But as good asOU’s DeMarcoMurray has been,OSU’s KendallHunter is a DoakWalker finalist fora reason.

› Edge: OSU

RECEIVERS/TIGHT ENDS

The BiletnikoffAward could comedown to whoeverplays best betweenOU’s Ryan Broylesand OSU’s JustinBlackmon. If one isbetter than theother, it’s by a smallmargin. OSU’s sup-porting cast of JoshCooper, Bo Bowlingand Michael Harri-son (99 catches,1,088 yards, 7 TDscombined), howev-er, has been moreprolific than KennyStills, Trey Franksand James Hanna(79 catches, 948yards, 9 TDs)

› Edge: OSU

OFFENSIVE LINE

The Sooners arebetter this year upfront and havereduced their pen-chant for penaltiesdramatically. Butthey still haven’tquite put it togeth-er for a string ofgames. OSU,meanwhile, mighthave the best linein the entire Big 12and can run blockjust as well as itprotects Weeden.

› Edge: OSU

SPECIAL TEAMS

OSU kicker DanBailey is a LouGroza finalist andpunter Quinn Sharpshould have been aRay Guy finalist.Tress Way is a solidpunter, and JimmyStevens made 3 of3 field goals atBaylor. But add onthat Sharp is turn-ing 67 percent ofhis kickoffs intotouchbacks — com-pared with Way/Patrick O’Hara, whohave a combined 17percent touchbackrate — and thiscategory isn’t close.

› Edge: OSU

SECONDARY

The Cowboys havetwo All-Big 12caliber defensivebacks in safetyMarkelle Martinand cornerbackAndrew McGee.But the Soonersmatch that withsafety QuintonCarter and cornerJamell Fleming anda host of risingstars in the sec-ondary like safetyTony Jefferson andcornerback AaronColvin.

› Edge: OU

LINEBACKERS

Both teams haveon-field leadersand tackling ma-chines in OSU’sOrie Lemon andOU’s Travis Lewis.But the return ofAustin Box, who’splayed great foot-ball since comingback, gives theSooners the slightadvantage.

› Edge: OU

DEFENSIVE LINE

The Cowboys havea quartet of consis-tent performers intackles Shane Jarkaand Chris Donald-son and ends UgoChinasa and JamieBlatnick. But OUend Jeremy Beal,who leads the Big12 in sacks andtackles for loss,might be the bestdefensive player inthe league. Plus, theSooners are gettinghealthier with thereturn of CaseyWalker, and endRonnell Lewis isfinally honing in onhis immense talent.

› Edge: OU

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Brandon WeedenOSU quarterback PHOTO BY NATE BILLINGS,

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Kendall HunterOSU running back

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Josh CooperOSU receiver

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Nick MartinezOSU left tackle

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Quinton CarterOU safety

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Quinn Sharp OSU punter

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Jeremy BealOU defensive end

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Austin BoxOU linebacker

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(104 games)Overall Record:

OU 81, OSU 16, tie 72009: Oklahoma 27, Oklahoma State 02008: Oklahoma 61, Oklahoma State 412007: Oklahoma 49, Oklahoma State 172006: Oklahoma 27, Oklahoma State 212005: Oklahoma 42, Oklahoma State 142004: Oklahoma 38, Oklahoma State 352003: Oklahoma 52, Oklahoma State 92002: Oklahoma State 38, Oklahoma 282001: Oklahoma State 16, Oklahoma 132000: Oklahoma 12, Oklahoma State 71999: Oklahoma 44, Oklahoma State 71998: Oklahoma State 41, Oklahoma 261997: Oklahoma State 30, Oklahoma 71996: Oklahoma 27, Oklahoma State 171995: Oklahoma State 12, Oklahoma 01994: Oklahoma 33, Oklahoma State 141993: Oklahoma 31, Oklahoma State 01992: Oklahoma 15, Oklahoma State 151991: Oklahoma 21, Oklahoma State 61990: Oklahoma 31, Oklahoma State 171989: Oklahoma 37, Oklahoma State 151988: Oklahoma 31, Oklahoma State 281987: Oklahoma 29, Oklahoma State 101986: Oklahoma 19, Oklahoma State 01985: Oklahoma 13, Oklahoma State 01984: Oklahoma 24, Oklahoma State 141983: Oklahoma 21, Oklahoma State 201982: Oklahoma 27, Oklahoma State 91981: Oklahoma 27, Oklahoma State 31980: Oklahoma 63, Oklahoma State 141979: Oklahoma 38, Oklahoma State 71978: Oklahoma 62, Oklahoma State 71977: Oklahoma 62, Oklahoma State 281976: Oklahoma State 31, Oklahoma 241975: Oklahoma 27, Oklahoma State 71974: Oklahoma 44, Oklahoma State 131973: Oklahoma 45, Oklahoma State 181972: Oklahoma 38, Oklahoma State 151971: Oklahoma 58, Oklahoma State 141970: Oklahoma 66, Oklahoma State 61969: Oklahoma 28, Oklahoma State 271968: Oklahoma 41, Oklahoma State 71967: Oklahoma 38, Oklahoma State 141966: Oklahoma State 15, Oklahoma 141965: Oklahoma State 17, Oklahoma 151964: Oklahoma 21, Oklahoma State 161963: Oklahoma 34, Oklahoma State 101962: Oklahoma 37, Oklahoma State 61961: Oklahoma 21, Oklahoma State 131960: Oklahoma 17, Oklahoma State 61959: Oklahoma 17, Oklahoma State 71958: Oklahoma 7, Oklahoma State 01957: Oklahoma 53, Oklahoma State 61956: Oklahoma 53, Oklahoma State 01955: Oklahoma 53, Oklahoma State 01954: Oklahoma 14, Oklahoma State 01953: Oklahoma 42, Oklahoma State 71952: Oklahoma 54, Oklahoma State 71951: Oklahoma 41, Oklahoma State 61950: Oklahoma 41, Oklahoma State 141949: Oklahoma 41, Oklahoma State 01948: Oklahoma 19, Oklahoma State 151947: Oklahoma 21, Oklahoma State 131946: Oklahoma 73, Oklahoma State 121945: Oklahoma State 47, Oklahoma 01944: Oklahoma State 28, Oklahoma 61943: Oklahoma 22, Oklahoma State 131942: Oklahoma 0, Oklahoma State 01941: Oklahoma 19, Oklahoma State 01940: Oklahoma 29, Oklahoma State 271939: Oklahoma 41, Oklahoma State 01938: Oklahoma 19, Oklahoma State 01937: Oklahoma 16, Oklahoma State 01936: Oklahoma 35, Oklahoma State 131935: Oklahoma 25, Oklahoma State 01934: Oklahoma 0, Oklahoma State 01933: Oklahoma State 13, Oklahoma 01932: Oklahoma State 7, Oklahoma 01931: Oklahoma 0, Oklahoma State 01930: Oklahoma State 7, Oklahoma 01929: Oklahoma 7, Oklahoma State 71928: Oklahoma 46, Oklahoma State 01927: Oklahoma State 13, Oklahoma 71926: Oklahoma 14, Oklahoma State 141925: Oklahoma 35, Oklahoma State 01924: Oklahoma State 6, Oklahoma 01923: Oklahoma 12, Oklahoma State 01922: Oklahoma 3, Oklahoma State 31921: Oklahoma 6, Oklahoma State 01920: Oklahoma 36, Oklahoma State 01919: Oklahoma 33, Oklahoma State 61918: Oklahoma 27, Oklahoma State 01917: Oklahoma State 9, Oklahoma 01916: Oklahoma 41, Oklahoma State 71915: Oklahoma 26, Oklahoma State 71914: Oklahoma 28, Oklahoma State 61913: Oklahoma 7, Oklahoma State 01912: Oklahoma 16, Oklahoma State 01911: Oklahoma 22, Oklahoma State 01910: Oklahoma 12, Oklahoma State 01908: Oklahoma 18, Oklahoma State 01907: Oklahoma 67, Oklahoma State 01906: Oklahoma 23, Oklahoma State 01904: Oklahoma 75, Oklahoma State 0

BEDLAM SERIES

cousins, almost everyonehe knew, were diehardSooner fans. He attended afew OU games. But whendeciding his major, he re-alized OSU best met hisprofessional goals.

Sumpter attended OSUfor four years and lived inStillwater another threeyears. He now bleeds or-ange and follows all OSUsports teams, includingthe equestrian team. He’sso devoted to the Pokes hehas a strange ritual.

“It may sound crazy butI talk to my OSU flag be-fore every game,” Sumptersaid. “I wear the same shirtevery week as long as we’rewinning. If we lose Ichange shirts for the nextgame.

“I was out of town whenwe played Nebraska. Ididn’t have my lucky OSUshirt on and we lost. And Ialways post the OSU fightsong on Facebook on gameday.”

Jeff Kukuk is so devotedto the Sooners he will notattend Saturday’s Bedlamgame at Boone PickensStadium in Stillwater.

It has nothing to do withOklahoma being the visit-ing team, knowing Okla-homa State fans mightchoose some choice wordsto remind him he’s not inNorman. Kukuk’s reason-ing is, if he’s at the stadiumhistory says the Soonersprobably will lose.

Rooting for the Cow-boys and Sooners can be areligious experience forsome, so much so somefans adhere to supersti-tions or rituals.

Kukuk, from Perry, saidthe Sooners are 1-3 whenhe’s attended Bedlam.

His first game wasOSU’s 12-0 win nearly twodecades ago that ended a19-year Cowboys’drought. He also attendedOU’s back-to-back losseswhen Les Miles was OSU’scoach in 2001 and 2002.The only game he attendedthat the Sooners won wasthe 2000 game in Stillwa-ter.

“Even that year I turnedmy back and watched onthe Jumbotron as DerrickStrait tipped away thewinning TD pass,” Kukuksaid. “I was there whenRashaun Woods was stillopen. The last seven yearsI’ve watched at home onmy TV and OU has wonevery game. I will never goto another Bedlam game.”

Larry Sumpter is a con-verted OSU fan. Growingup his father, brothers,

Some rituals involvefamily traditions. TheJohnsons in Dallas put upChristmas lights everyyear on Thanksgiving Day.They only use red andwhite bulbs. Obviously,they’re Sooner fans.

Each school’s colors area hot-button topic.

“Crimson and cream?Really?” said StephenJones. “Is cream even acolor?”

Lonnie Page said: “Idon’t own anything or-ange. Nothing in my houseis orange. No orangeclothes. Not for me or myboys or my wife. I don’teven drink orange juice.”

Part of Bedlam is theheated debates betweenthe two fan bases. Respon-ding to an online questionon newsok.com many fanssimply wanted to makepredictions.

“I have a theory thestrongest team usuallywins,” said Kevin of Plano.

“This year the strongest iswearing orange.”

Joel, of Oklahoma City,said the term Bedlam is amisnomer in football.

“OSU fans would like tobelieve there’s some typeof rivalry but OU has dom-inated this series so muchthere just isn’t one. Sevenwins in a row by one team,you don’t have a rivalry.You have an annual beatdown. It should be a de-cent game this year. But ifOU plays to their potentialthe Sooners will win.”

The Cowboys are favor-ed for the first time in theBob Stoops era but oneOSU fan, Gary, from Okla-homa City, knows the se-ries history.

“I have a superstitionI’m afraid that if my teamshows up to the Bedlamgame wearing either or-ange or black they’re goingto lose,” Gary said. “I’mhoping this year is differ-ent.”

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OSU’s Marcellus Rivers, right, falls to the turf with OU’sDerrick Strait, who had just knocked away OSU’s lastchance to score on fourth down in the 2000 Bedlamgame. PHOTO BY DOUG HOKE, THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVE

Some Oklahoman sports cov-ers from memorable Bedlamgames:

BEDLAM PAST

1995: OSU 12, OU 0

1988: OU 31, OSU 28

1984: OU 24, OSU 14

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Saturday marks the 105thBedlam football game. Rank-ing the first 104:

1. 2001: OSU 16-13 —Upset supreme. T.D. Bryant’scatch set up RashaunWoods’ TD catch, and OUwas knocked off Rose BowlRoad.

2. 1988: OU 31, OSU 28 —Garrett Limbrick’s tauntingpenalty put OSU in 4th-and-16 desperation with 56seconds left. Still, Mike Gun-dy’s heave into the end zonefound flanker Brent Parker’shands. Parker dropped theball.

3. 1926: Tie 14-14 — OSU’sGordon Peery threw a 29-yard TD pass to ClaudePoole with less than a min-ute left, capping a 70-yarddrive that set a standard forearly two-minute offenses.

4. 2004: OU 38-35 — It allcame down to Jason Ricks’49-yard field goal with 15seconds left. The kick sailedwide left.

5. 1969: OU 28, OSU 27 —OU’s Albert Qualls sackedOSU’s Bob Cutberth on a2-point conversion play with1:15 left.

6. 1983: OU 21-20 — TheSooners trailed 20-3 with 10minutes left. But OU ralliedwith a series of weird plays,and OU’s Tim Lashar kickeda 46-yard field goal to win it.

7. 1965: OSU 17-16 — LynnChadwick’s spectacularcatch set up Charles Dur-kee’s 35-yard field goal with1:41 left, ending OU’s 19-game Bedlam winningstreak.

8. 1948: OU 19-15 — Aclassic battle of conferencechamps, with OU winningthanks to Darrell Royal’sinterception and Jim Owens’sack of Jack Hartman.

9. 1966: OSU 15, OU 14 —OSU hadn’t won Bedlam athome in 24 years until Cow-boys Willard Nahrgang andCharley Trimble nailed OUtailback Ron Shotts on a2-point conversion screenpass.

10. 1976: OSU 31-24 —Terry Miller rushed for 159yards at Owen Field andOSU went on to claim itsonly Big Eight title.

11. 1992: Tie 15-15 —OSU’s Lawson Vaughn andOU’s Scott Blanton each

kicked field goals in the finaltwo minutes.

12. 1958: OU 7-0 — QBBobby Boyd’s 31-yard TD runwith five minutes left avert-ed a scoreless tie.

13. 2000: OU 12-7 — BobSimmons’ final game. Thetop-ranked Sooners held onwhen freshman DerrickStrait knocked away anend-zone pass to MarcellusRivers.

14. 1924: OSU 6-0 —OSU’s second Bedlam victo-ry ever came courtesy of aTD run by Jim Lookabaugh,who would coach his almamater to its greatest glories.

15. 2006: OU 27-21 —Sooner safety Lendy Holmestipped backup quarterbackZac Robinson’s desperationpass on the game’s final play,preventing D’Juan Woodsfrom a 25-yard TD catch.

16. 1964: OU 21-16 —Bobby Page threw twofourth-quarter TD passes toBen Hart.

17. 1947: OU 21-13 — In aclassic battle of quarterbackJacks — OU’s Mitchell, OSU’sHartman — the Soonerswon with two fourth-quarterTDs by George Thomas.

18. 1984: OU 24-14 —Teams ranked No. 2 and 3

benefited from dubious calls.Rusty Hilger’s second-halfconcussion ended OSUhopes.

19. 1921: OU 6-0 — SixOSU regulars were ineligiblefor the game because ofrestrictions by the MissouriValley, OU’s league.

20. 2008: OU 61-41 —Wild shootout in which theSooners scored the final 17points and the teams com-bined for 1,009 total yards.

21. 1917: OSU 9-0 — OSUfinally broke its Bedlamdrought, setting off a cele-bration in Stillwater when atelegraph relayed the news.

22. 1985: OU 13-0 — TheIce Bowl. Tim Lashar kickedtwo field goals. SpencerTillman ran for a TD.

23. 1959: OU 17-7 —Twofourth quarter TDs, the firston Ronnie Hartline’s 31-yardrun, held off the upset.

24. 2002: OSU 38-28 —Hey, there goes RashaunWoods for another TD.

25. 1977: OU 61-28 — OSUled 28-21 in the third quarter,but Thomas Lott’s 80-yardrun ignited an avalanche ofbig plays.

26. 1961: OU 21-13 —OSU’s Jim Dillard fumbledinto the end zone from the

OU 1-yard line, and SoonerWayne Lee recovered for atouchback.

27. 1923: OU 12-0 — EddieJohnson’s 90-yard intercep-tion return for a late TDranks as one of Bedlam’sgreatest plays.

28. 1989: OU 37-15 — OSUdrew within 23-15 late in thethird quarter, but Mike Gad-dis struck with an 80-yardTD run.

29. 1922: Tie 3-3 — OSUdominated, but OU’s JamesMarsh blocked a field goaltry.

30. 1996: OU 27-17 —DeMond Parker ran for 166yards and James Allen 128.

31. 1954: OU 14-0 — Quar-terback Gene Calame scoredon a 1-yard run on the lastplay of the first half.

32. 1942: Tie 0-0 — OU’sDub Lamb dragged downOscar Williams a foot shy ofthe end zone on fourthdown in the second quarter.

33. 1930: OSU 7-0 — Hay-den “Trigger” Trigg ran 26yards for a TD on the game’sseventh play.

34. 1927: OSU 13-7 —OSU’s Ab Wright threw thewinning TD pass in the finalgame between the Bedlamrivals as Missouri Valleymembers.

35. 1990: OU 31-17 — CaleMary. Freshman quarterbackCale Gundy’s 52 yard TDpass to Adrian Cooper onthe final play of the first halfsparked OU.

36. 1929: Tie 7-7 — OSUcoach Lynn Waldorf, whowent 3-0-2 vs. OU, made hisBedlam debut.

37. 1940: OU 29-27 —OSU scored 21 points in thelast 3 1/2 minutes to sur-passed 14 for the first timeever in Bedlam.

38. 1974: OU 44-13 —With 18 minutes left, OSUled 13-10. But OU reeled offfive TDs, including JoeWashington’s greatest run, adisappearing act on a 57yard punt return.

39. 1908: OU 18-0 —Sooners scored three sec-ond-half TDs. OSU’s biggestthreat came on a run to the10-yard line by THE Ed Gal-lagher.

40. 1995: OSU 12-0 —Tone’ Jones’ 47-yard pass toTerrance Richardson set upthe lone TD, and OSU cele-brated its first Bedlam win in19 years.

41. 1913: OU 7-0 — ClaudeReeds, OU’s first All-Amer-ican, scored the game’s onlytouchdown.

42. 1987: OU 29-10 —Lasting image: Sooner quar-terback Jamelle Holieway,with a blown knee, limpinginto the arms of OSU coachPat Jones.

43. 1910: OU 12-0 — HarryPrice scored on a blockedpunt and Earle Radcliffescored on an onside kick.

44. 1932: OSU 7-0 —Clarence High passed thePokes downfield, thenscored on a 1-yard sneak.

45. 1941: OU 19-0 — OSUwas inside the OU 5-yardline six times but did notscore.

46. 1960: OU 17-6 — Apost-game brawl betweenOU’s Ruf/Neks and OSUstudents sent 15 people tothe hospital.

47. 1981: OU 27-3 — OSUentered with a better recordand a higher Big Eight stand-ing, but John Truitt’s 3-yardintercepted return for a TDsparked OU.

48. 1933: OSU 13-0 — Gov.Alfalfa Bill Murray orderedthe National Guard to serveas ticket sellers, saying hehad heard rumors of “mis-used” athletic funds.

49. 1943: OU 22-13 — Inthe first Bedlam gameplayed in Oklahoma Citysince 1919, Rice transfer BobBrumley scored 16 points forthe Sooners.

50. 1975: OU 27-7 — OU’sdefense dominated. DeweySelmon stuffed OSU full-back Robert Turner on 4th-and-goal from the 1-yard line.

51. 2003: OU 52-9 — BobStoops exacted revenge oftwo straight Bedlam de-feats. Defining image: broth-er Mike motioning to theOSU sideline with his armsout and palms up.

52. 1950: OU 41-14 —Claude Arnold threw fourfirst-half TD passes as theSooners secured their firstnational title.

53. 1982: OU 27-9 — OSUtrailed just 13-9 in the thirdquarter, but OSU’s StanleyBlair fumbled Michael Keel-ing’s 62-yard punt, setting upMarcus Dupree’s TD.

54. 1912: OU 16-0 — Bed-lam started brewing, as 300fans and a band traveled toNorman on a special train,the biggest visiting con-tingent to OU at that time.

55. 1986: OU 19-0 — TimLashar kicked four fieldgoals, and OU’s defense ranits Bedlam shutout streak toalmost 10 quarters.

56. 1963: OU 34-10 — NewOSU coach Phil Cutchin hadthe Cowboys up 10-7 in thethird quarter. But OU scoredfour TDs to roll.

57. 1937: OU 16-0 — JackBaer scored a TD and kickeda school-record 46-yard fieldgoal.

58. 1991: OU 21-6 — OUstaged a goal line stand,turning back OSU after2nd-and-goal at the 1-yardline late in the third.

59. 1914: OU 28-6 — OUruined OSU’s 5-0 start to theseason, but the Pokes finallyscored their first Bedlampoints.

60. 1998: OSU 41-26 —OSU beat OU in Stillwaterfor the first time since 1966and sealed John Blake’s fate.

61. 1916: OU 41-7 — Tom-my Graham scored twofirst-quarter touchdowns.

62. 2009: OU 27-0 — TheCowboys managed just sixfirst downs and 109 totalyards, and Ryan Broyles’87-yard punt return securedthe victory.

63. 1918: OU 27-0 — EarlPritchard, who in 1917coached OSU to its firstBedlam victory, returnedfrom the war two daysbefore the game and reas-sumed command of theteam.

64. 1915: OU 26-7 — 5,000fans saw the game at Okla-homa City’s Fair Park, whereOSU took its first Bedlamlead before Trim Capshawscored two TDs.

65. 2005: OU 42-14 —Adrian Peterson ran for 237yards, including a 71-yard TDin the fourth quarter thatput away the Cowboys.

RANKING ALL 104 BEDLAM GAMES BY BERRY TRAMEL

OSU receiver Rashaun Woods, left, made the game-winning touchdown catch in front of OU’s DerrickStrait in the 2001 Bedlam game.

PHOTO BY NATE BILLINGS, THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVE

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66. 1935: OU 25-0 — BigBill Breeden scored on a2-yard run for OU’s firstBedlam points since 1929.

67. 1951: OU 41-6 —OSU’s 6-1-1-2-1 defenseclogged the middle againstfullback Buck McPhail, butquarterback Eddie Crowderdirected the rout.

68. 1906: OU 23-0 — OSUplayed tougher in the series’second meeting, coachBennie Owen’s first Bedlamgame.

69. 1925: OU 35-0 —Bennie Owen’s last Bedlamvictory. OU led just 7-0 athalf.

70. 1911: OU 22-0 — OSUdidn’t score in its first eightBedlam games but cameclose here — Frank Com-stock returned a fumble 51yards before OU’s ClaudeReeds ran him down at the4-yard line.

71. 1973: OU 45-18 —Jim-bo Elrod’s blocked puntignited the Sooners, whocapped their first unbeatenseason since 1956.

72. 1997: OSU 30-7 —OSU came in with a better

record and higher rankingthan OU for the first timesince 1945.

73. 2007: OU 49-17 —Allen Patrick ran for 202yards as the Soonersclinched the Big 12 Southtitle.

74. 1949: OU 41-0 — JimLookabaugh’s last gameafter 11 years as OSU’scoach came at Owen Field.P.A. announcer Bruce Drakepaid tribute to Lookabaugh,and the Sooner crowd of47,937 offered a tremen-dous ovation.

75. 1967: OU 38-14 —Steve Owens ran for 136yards and Ron Shotts add-ed 108 as the Sooner tail-backs finished 1-2 in BigEight rushing.

76. 1944: OSU 28-6 —OSU dominated the lastBedlam game played atTaft Stadium. Bob Fenimorescored the Pokes’ only of-fensive TD, and OSU ac-cepted a bid to the CottonBowl.

77. 1972: OU 38-15 —Dave Robertson threw a68-yard TD pass to AlbertChandler on the game’sfourth play.

78. 1919: OU 33-6 — Inthe last Oklahoma CityBedlam game for 24 years,Myron Tyler blocked threeOSU punts.

79. 1956: OU 53-0 —In thefinal moments, Bud Wilkin-son inserted an all seniorteam that marched to theOSU 2 yard line. Tackle EdGray and halfback ClendonThomas traded positions,and Gray scored the onlyTD of his career.

80. 1962: OU 37-6 —Monte Deere threw threeTD passes.

81. 1936: OU 35-13 — TheSooners sent coach BiffJones out a winner. Jones, amember of the military, hadbeen transferred to FortLeavenworth days before.

82. 1994: OU 33-14 —Jerald Moore ran for fivetouchdowns in the lastBedlam game for coachesGary Gibbs and Pat Jones.

83. 1957: OU 53-6 — Intheir first home game sinceending a 47-game winningstreak, the Sooners rolledagainst an OSU team thatstood 6-2-1.

84. 1968: OU 41-7 —Sooner quarterback BobbyWarmack ran for two TDsand passed for two more.

85. 1953: OU 42-7 — OUentered 8-1-1, OSU 7-2, butOU rolled after OSU’s Bob-by Green returned a first-quarter punt 57 yards for aTD.

86. 1938: OU 19-0 — TheSooners stayed on track forthe Orange Bowl.

87. 1999: OU 44-7 — JoshHeupel completed 22 of 32passes and OU kept OSUfrom qualifying for a bowl.

88. 1920: OU 36-0 —Harry Hill, OU’s FlyingDutchman, scored fourtouchdowns.

89. 1931: Tie 0-0 — OwenField was muddy, slipperyand frigid, leading to a gameof few gains and manyfumbles.

90. 1945: OSU 47-0 —Bob Fenimore ran back theopening kickoff 59 yards tospark the most lopsidedloss in OU history, until1996.

91. 1979: OU 38-7 — Anew feud. Bedlam weekstarted with news that

Barry Switzer angeredJimmy Johnson with acouple of alleged minorrecruiting violations, one ofwhich Switzer admitted to.The week ended with BillySims’ four TDs.

92. 1939: OU 41-0 — BerylClark led the Sooner rout inJim Lookabaugh’s firstBedlam game as OSU’scoach.

93. 1934: Tie 0-0 — OSUshut out OU for the fifthstraight time.

94. 1980: OU 63-14 — J.C.Watts scored four TDs todouse the hopes of OrangeBowl officials who invitedOU but openly preferredNebraska.

95. 1952: OU 54-7 —OSU’s Bill Bredde returnedthe opening kick 98 yards,but the Sooners dominated.

96. 1904: OU 75-0 — Thefirst Bedlam game — andone of the most famous,thanks to CottonwoodCreek in Guthrie. A freezingwind blew a punt backbehind the goal. Under therules of the day, the ballwas free even if out ofbounds. It ended up in thecreek, with wet players intow.

97. 1970: OU 66-6 — TheOU wishbone’s first bigexplosion, the Soonerszoomed to a 45-0 halftimelead.

98. 1928: OU 46-0 — Acrowd of 10,000 in Still-water was disappointed bythe largest Bedlam routsince 1906. Earl Flint’s 33-yard TD run was the high-light.

99. 1978: OU 62-7 — BillySims ran 209 yards to breakTerry Miller’s Big Eightrushing record of 1,680,then the Sooners celebratednews they would get anOrange Bowl rematch withNebraska.

100. 1955: OU 53-0 —Clendon Thomas’ 65-yardpunt return sparked therout.

101. 1946: OU 73-12 —Sooner coach Jim Tatum’sonly Bedlam game startedan amazing run of dom-ination. Between 1945 and1995, OU went 45-3-1against OSU.

102. 1971: OU 58-14 —Playing nine days after theGame of the Centuryagainst Nebraska, the Soon-ers rolled up 696 total yards.

103. 1907: OU 67-0 — Abattle of brothers — OSU’sRoy Campbell and OU’sRalph Campbell were duel-ing centers who battledthroughout the blowout.

104. 1993: OU 31-0 —OSU recorded just one firstdown, and that came on afourth-down, roughing-the-kicker penalty.

RankingsFROM PAGE 15B

Sooner fans’ ovation forOSU’s Jim Lookabaughmade the 1949 Bedlamgame memorable.

FROM THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVE