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Don't look now but here comes another chance for Oklahoma State. Another big-game situation for the Cowboys to erase 100-plus years of botched opportunities and a chance to free the tortured souls of Jerry Cramer, Chris Rockins and Brent Parker.
Saturday night at Boone Pickens Stadium, the 10th-ranked Cowboys (10-1) host No. 14-ranked Oklahoma (9-2) in the latest edition of the Bedlam series.
Bedlam is the one-word description for any competition between OU and OSU. In the football series, though, it's been anything but a competition. This will be the 105th game between the schools located about 90 miles apart. In the previous 104 contests, Oklahoma State has lost 81, won 16 and tied seven.
The first OU-OSU game was played in 1904 - three years before Oklahoma became a state - and Oklahoma won 75-0. That season, OSU also was swept by Chilocco Indian College and lost to Tonkawa Prepatory, so maybe it was just a down year for the Pokes? Maybe it's just been a down century?
In the first seven meetings, OSU never scored against OU, losing by a combined margin of 240-0. OSU lost the first 10 games before finally defeating the Sooners in 1917.
It has gotten only slightly better for Oklahoma State since. But Saturday night has a chance for something different. It just feels different. The Cowboys have the nation's top offense, led by quarterback Brandon Weeden, wide receiver Justin Blackmon and running back Kendall Hunter, while Oklahoma has struggled away from Norman.
A victory over the Sooners would accomplish two major goals for OSU: (a) beat the Sooners and (b) win the program's first outright Big 12 title, albeit it only the Big 12 South title.
Since 1960, OSU has been a member of the Big Eight/Big 12. In those 50 years, the Cowboys have captured exactly one co-league championship.
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