OSU's coach, who has been part of 30-plus Bedlam games, and players, coaches and fans from both sides share memories of the rivalry and thoughts on its demise.
Oklahoma State's Mike Gundy will take part in his 33rd Bedlam game Saturday, the rivalry's last meeting for the foreseeable future.
"Mom cried and cried," Gundy recalled."Where I was from, it was all OU. We were an OU family. And back then, to have a son that Barry Switzer in Oklahoma wanted, that was like royalty." "I was there with him and thank goodness we were watching it from the old building in the end zone," Cale Gundy said."It was so cold with all the sleet and everything that people were freezing to their seats."
"Switzer ripped his ass pretty good, and Mike held the phone out to the side and you could hear Barry telling him, 'We're going to kick your ass every year,'" Cale recalled.Gundy never beat Oklahoma as a player in four tries. And as the Cowboys' head coach, he's just 3-15 against the Sooners. His overall record in the series as a player, assistant and head coach is 6-25-1.
"It was actually a rivalry," Gundy said. He went on to talk about going to a party in Oklahoma City the summer before his sophomore year when somebody told him Bosworth and some of his OU teammates were there. Switzer said as Thrailkill was being led off the field by security, he yelled back at his band to play OU's fight song even longer and louder.
Gundy shakes hands with OU coach Bob Stoops after the 2005 game, his first Bedlam as OSU's head coach. That doesn't mean Stoops hasn't held on to a few memories from the series. One of his favorites remains the 33-24 upset of No. 6 Oklahoma State in 2013 with the Sooners playing three quarterbacks and rallying in the fourth quarter behind Blake Bell.
That 2013 game is a microcosm of the series. Oklahoma has found ways to win, and Oklahoma State has found ways to lose. The Cowboys haven't won back-to-back games in Stillwater since 1930 and 1932. Stoops countered:"All that did was make a bad year for us even worse, so if that makes them feel better, they can have it. All I'm saying is the stakes weren't as high because there wasn't a championship on the line."
"I just remember being out for blood my senior year," Weeden said."Even when we'd beat Texas, this was the game our fans remembered. It was just different. I was mad we didn't try to score 60 on them, just to make a statement."Pokes get one last shot, at least for now, to ease some of the heartbreak that has tormented OSU players, coaches and fans for decades. Saturday's game finds both teams part of a five-way tie atop the Big 12 standings.
Gundy has been outspoken about the Bedlam series ending and is more adamant than ever that the blame lands directly at OU's feet. "It's hard to believe. I'm 71 and it's been part of my culture ever since I can remember," Ross said."There's always been Bedlam. It's one of those rivalries that doesn't go away when the game's over. I don't know all I need to know on how we've gotten to this point.
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