Mike Gundy needs to convey Bedlam again — within the spring.
The longtime Oklahoma State coach stated Tuesday that he would like having two practices towards rival Oklahoma in April as a substitute of holding an intrasquad spring sport.
The Cowboys and Sooners discontinued their Bedlam sequence final yr after Oklahoma left the Huge 12 for the SEC. Till then, the 2 in-state rivals had confronted each other for 112 straight years.
Gundy prompt the Cowboys may go to Norman on April 12 — the identical date that Oklahoma has scheduled its “Crimson Mix” to exchange the Sooners’ conventional spring sport. The next weekend, Oklahoma may make the journey to Stillwater, instead of Oklahoma State’s spring sport.
Gundy added he would even be open to only one annual spring assembly with the Sooners, with the 2 packages splitting the ticket gate and placing the proceeds towards NIL.
“It is not going to be a reside sport, however no person actually has reside scrimmages anymore,” Gundy stated. “So, you make it a full thud like we’re doing and follow towards them, similar to they do within the NFL.”
Gundy famous his concept stemmed from Colorado coach Deion Sanders’ push to exchange spring video games with practices and scrimmages towards different packages.
Below present NCAA bylaws, soccer groups can’t play towards one other college within the spring, an NCAA spokesperson informed ESPN.
Oklahoma, Nebraska, Texas, Ohio State and USC are among the many packages opting to cancel their spring video games this yr. Texas coach Steve Sarkisian stated final month that the expanded schedule with the 12-team playoff prompted him to assume otherwise concerning the spring sport, contemplating the elevated put on and tear on his gamers.
Gundy stated Sanders obtained him considering in current days of how Oklahoma State may higher make the most of its spring.
“I feel it is a fantastic concept,” Gundy stated. “We get uninterested in training towards one different.”