Jermaine Gresham News

STILLWATER, Okla. - The Bedlam rivalry has been defined over the past decade by one Oklahoma team pursuing postseason great-ness and another trying to stand in the way.

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If there's one Big XII fight song I can't stand, it's that of the University of Oklahoma.

Happy Friday afternoon. I couldn't get away for Waco this afternoon before answering a few of the letters and e-mails I received over the past few days.

It's always recruiting season around here. That's why the weekly missive from Tom Luginbill, the national recruiting director for ESPN's Scouts Inc., is so eagerly awaited.

I am an avid Oklahoma fan always have been, I am a complete and utter homer. There its out there the first three comments have been answered.

Bit by bit, Oklahoma's grand dreams have been nibbled away by the tiniest details.

Dumb penalties. Dropped passes. Receivers giving up on routes. Turnovers. No ranking.

The injuries that have plagued Oklahoma since the season began won't go away. Monday night, Sooner coach Bob Stoops said offensive linemen Brody Eldridge and defensive end Auston English will both miss the rest of the season due to injuries suffered in the Sooners' 10-3 loss to Nebraska.

It must keeps getting worse for the Oklahoma football team. Already crippled with season ending injuries to Heisman trophy winning quarterback Sam Bradford and tight end Jermaine Gresham OU lost two more starters injured in Saturday's 10-3 loss at Nebraska.

Once upon a time, the Oklahoma-Nebraska showdown produced such things as the 1971 Game of the Century.

Mention the Oklahoma-Nebraska rivalry to longtime college football fans, and it conjures memories of November classics from yesteryear.

Saturday's 85th Oklahoma-Nebraska game, one of college football's most historic rivalries, might best be described this season as the Battle of the Mediocre Reds.

Go to John Klein's Blog THE FOOTBALL gods are smiling down on Texas . A year ago, the Longhorns were cursed by a few percentage points spit out by computers.

Oklahoma offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson loves challenges. Back in 2006, when the Sooners kicked their starting quarterback off the team before the season started and their All-American running back missed the second half of the season with an injury, that was fun to him.

One doesn't have to listen to Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder too long to realize the challenge in front of the Wildcats this weekend is quite daunting.

Kansas State wasn't a popular pick to be the front-runner in the Big 12 North this season.

For those of you unfamiliar with the OU policy. If you win the Heisman, you get a statue, where you spend eternity looking at Sims Afro, Steve Owen's jaw line, Billy Vessels' signature stride and Jason White's pocket presence.

Dink and dunk and don't get skunked. Based on the way it played yesterday, that apparently will be the mode of operation for Oklahoma's offense the rest of this football season.

In this photo taken on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009, Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford grimaces in pain while sacked by Texas cornerback Aaron Williams during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Dallas.