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DrZaius
12/7/2013, 09:56 PM
In 2010, The Oklahoman ranked the Bedlam football games 1-104. After three classics in the last four Bedlams, it's time for a recount:

1. 2013: OU 33, OSU 24. Two lead changes in the final 106 seconds, both on cross-country TD drives. Clint Chelf, the once-third-teamer hero, upstaged by Blake Bell, the current third-teamer hero.

2. 2001: OSU 16-13. Upset supreme. T.D. Bryant's catch set up Rashaun Woods' TD catch, and OU was knocked off Rose Bowl Road.

3. 1988: OU 31, OSU 28. Garrett Limbrick's taunting penalty put OSU in 4th-and-16 desperation with 56 seconds left. Still, Mike Gundy's heave into the end zone found flanker Brent Parker's hands. Parker dropped the ball.

4. 1926: Tie 14-14. OSU's Gordon Peery threw a 29-yard TD pass to Claude Poole with less than a minute left, capping a 70-yard drive that set a standard for early two-minute offenses.

5. 2012: OU 51-48, overtime. Landry Jones directed a late touchdown drive that was capped by his backup, Blake Bell, on a fourth-down TD run to force OT.

6. 2004: OU 38-35. It all came down to Jason Ricks' 49-yard field goal with 15 seconds left. The kick sailed wide left.

7. 1969: OU 28, OSU 27. OU's Albert Qualls sacked OSU's Bob Cutberth on a 2-point conversion play with 1:15 left.

8. 1983: OU 21-20. The Sooners trailed 20-3 with 10 minutes left. But OU rallied with a series of weird plays, and OU's Tim Lashar kicked a 46-yard field goal to win it.

9. 2010: OU 47-41. In the final 200 seconds, OU's Landry Jones threw touchdown passes of 86 yards to Cam Kenney and 76 yards to James Hanna, sandwiched around Justin Gilbert's 89-yard kickoff return for a TD. And OSU also kicked a field goal during the late madness.

10. 1965: OSU 17-16. Lynn Chadwick's spectacular catch set up Charles Durkee's 35-yard field goal with 1:41 left, ending OU's 19-game Bedlam winning streak.

nighttrain12
12/7/2013, 10:20 PM
How old is the guy who made that list, 12 years old? Funny how the media especially are so anxious to proclaim every close hard fought game as the 'greatest ever' right after it happened.

aurorasooner
12/7/2013, 10:39 PM
How old is the guy who made that list, 12 years old? Funny how the media especially are so anxious to proclaim every close hard fought game as the 'greatest ever' right after it happened. Totally agree. I guess it sells some more Sunday papers or subscriptions. To proclaim this game as the number 1 OU/OSU tilt is just ridiculous, imo.

I personally like their number 9 game (2010), which should be rated in the top 5, back when we had some imaginative play calling.

DrZaius
12/7/2013, 10:43 PM
I personally like their number 9 game (2010), which should be rated in the top 5, back when we had some imaginative play calling.

That game was completely crazy for sure.

Wishboned
12/7/2013, 10:44 PM
30 years after Sooner Magic brought OU a nice win it turns around and does it again.

soonertodd
12/7/2013, 11:21 PM
83 and 84 games should be top 10. 88 game should be #1 I still think that was their best team everGundy,Sanders,Hart Lee Dykes. Watching Sanders and Mike Gaddis run for over 400 yards,Charles Thompson's speed, and Brent Parker's drop in the final seconds was epic.