Bedlam set for prime time start

Lincoln Riley is 5-0 all-time against the Cowboys

John E. Hoover|

Bedlam set for prime time start

Bedlam could get crazy. What else would we expect in 2020?

The annual showdown between Oklahoma and Oklahoma State has been slated for a 6:30 p.m. kickoff this year, and will be televised nationally by ABC.

OU comes into the game 5-2 overall and 4-2 in Big 12 Conference play, while OSU is 5-1 and 4-1. The Cowboys are the highest-ranked Big 12 team in this week’s Associated Press Top 25 at No. 14, while the Sooners come in at No. 18.

Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley has never lost to Oklahoma State as either an offensive coordinator (2-0) or as head coach (3-0), while OSU coach Mike Gundy is now 2-13 all-time in the Bedlam series as a head coach after going 0-4 as a Cowboy quarterback and 3-6-1 as an aide at his alma mater.

Both teams go into the game off an open date this week.

The Sooners are 89-18-7 all-time in the Bedlam rivalry and haven’t lost to the Cowboys since 2014.

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Published Nov 9, 2020

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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