Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy dishes on future of Oklahoma rivalry: ‘They chose to end Bedlam’

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Oklahoma and Oklahoma State football will no longer be playing in the same conference following the conclusion of the 2023 college football season. 

The Sooners and the Texas Longhorns will depart the Big 12 conference for the SEC starting in 2024, ending Oklahoma’s run in the conference that dates back to the 1990s. 

Head coach Mike Gundy of the Oklahoma State Cowboys walks around the field before Bedlam against the Oklahoma Sooners at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on November 19, 2022, in Norman, Oklahoma. (Brian Bahr/Getty Images)

With Oklahoma’s departure comes the end of the rivalry against in-state foe Oklahoma State, according to the Cowboys head coach Mike Gundy. 

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"When Oklahoma decided to leave the Big 12 they chose to end Bedlam. It’s a one-sided deal. People we’re trying to decide what happened and what needs to happen to make it go on. They kept pushing Oklahoma State into it. We didn’t have jack to do with that," Gundy told Action Network. "They left the conference, Bedlam goes with it."

Gundy sounded skeptical that the two schools will be able to play against each other in the non-conference schedule. 

Head coach Brent Venables of the Oklahoma Sooners greets head coach Mike Gundy of the Oklahoma State Cowboys before Bedlam at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on November 19, 2022, in Norman, Oklahoma. (Brian Bahr/Getty Images)

"The SEC eventually will go to a nine-game schedule, I’m sure Oklahoma has a Power 5 team they’re playing every year," Gundy told Action Network. "We would have a difficult time matching up with them in