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Oklahoma State football: 5 reasons it’s frustrating to be a Cowboy fan

By Andrew Miller

STILLWATER, OK - OCTOBER 5: Oklahoma State Cowboys fans watch the game against the Kansas State Wildcats October 5, 2013 at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The Cowboys defeated the Wildcats 33-29. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images)
STILLWATER, OK - OCTOBER 5: Oklahoma State Cowboys fans watch the game against the Kansas State Wildcats October 5, 2013 at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The Cowboys defeated the Wildcats 33-29. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images) /
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STILLWATER, OK – NOVEMBER 04: Head coach Mike Gundy of the Oklahoma State Cowboys and head coach Lincoln Riley of the Oklahoma Sooners meet on the field before the game at Boone Pickens Stadium on November 4, 2017 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Oklahoma defeated Oklahoma State 62-52. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images)
STILLWATER, OK – NOVEMBER 04: Head coach Mike Gundy of the Oklahoma State Cowboys and head coach Lincoln Riley of the Oklahoma Sooners meet on the field before the game at Boone Pickens Stadium on November 4, 2017 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Oklahoma defeated Oklahoma State 62-52. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images) /

3. Losing in Bedlam

So many programs have the same opinion on defeating its biggest rival. A lot of fans would rather see their team lose every game and dominate its rival than have a decent year and lose. Oklahoma State doesn’t usually get the best of both worlds. Racking up double-digit wins in a season or beating the Sooners seems to be separate choices.

Beating the Oklahoma Sooners in Bedlam back during the 2014 campaign and winning just seven games is sometimes a much better memory for this fan base than the season previous. Eliminate just a few key mistakes for the 2013 Oklahoma State team and you have a legitimate BCS National Championship contender.

Since Oklahoma State lost to Oklahoma in 2013 and a former Big 12 foe in the Mizzou Tigers in the Cotton Bowl in consecutive games, some fans would prefer the inferior seven-win team from the following year that won Bedlam and its bowl game. That seems illogical, but that’s the way that the mind works for college football fans.

We can’t go over the struggles in the Bedlam series for Oklahoma State without turning to the dominance that the Sooners displayed in the complete history of this rivalry. The Sooners own an edge in the record of this series of 87-18-7. Maybe one of the reasons why the Texas Longhorns are such a significant rival of the Sooners is the inability of the Pokes to compete in Bedlam.

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