Whether Bedlam should continue once Oklahoma joins the SEC has been a passionate discussion since the Sooners and Longhorns shook the college landscape up a few weeks back.
The OU leadership has been vocal in its wish to continue Bedlam. Everyone from OU president Joe Harroz to athletic director Joe Castiglione to football coach Lincoln Riley has said as much.
“Make no mistake, we want the Bedlam rivalry to continue,” Harroz said last month. “Even with this change, we want to play Oklahoma State in every sport in every year.”
Oklahoma State fans against continuing the series quickly point to the fact that OU put Bedlam in jeopardy in the first place, and the fact that OU brass pointing out the SEC didn’t deem OSU good enough is also a sticking point as to why OSU shouldn’t continue.