Oklahoma State's Mike Gundy: Bedlam rivalry with Oklahoma 'history' - ESPN

ARLINGTON, Texas — With Big 12 co-founders Oklahoma and Texas preparing to play their final seasons in the league before moving to the SEC, Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy on Wednesday said he thinks this is the final season for the Bedlam rivalry — and he's not happy about it.

«In football, Bedlam is history in my opinion,» Gundy told ESPN at Big 12 media days at AT&T Stadium. «OU chose to go to the SEC. When they did, they took Bedlam with them.… [Oklahoma athletic director Joe] Castiglione is a friend of mine, but when he and their president decided to go to the SEC, they took Bedlam with them. Do I like it? No. I like tradition.

»I like Big 12, I liked the old Big Eight," he said. «I like rivalries. I like the things in college football that have been around forever, but that's not going to matter anymore. All those things are history.»

Gundy said Oklahoma State's schedule is set through 2037, and suggested that if the SEC ever moves to a nine-game conference schedule, it wouldn't be smart «from a business perspective» for the SEC to schedule another Power 5 opponent.

«Nobody likes it,» he said, «but Bedlam's out the window.»

The Big 12's most-played rivalry — in terms of current Big 12 teams — will remain intact in 2024, as Kansas and Kansas State have played 120 times, the most in an All-Big 12 rivalry, according to ESPN's Stats & Information Group. Texas and OU would be next at 117 games, followed by Bedlam at 117.

According to the NCAA's record book, when OU and Oklahoma State stop playing, it will end what is tied for the second-longest uninterrupted series in FBS history, only behind Minnesota-Wisconsin.

Still, Gundy conceded it's possible the two rivals meet again in a bowl game, and he said the Big 12 will