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STILLWATER, Okla. -- For what seems like forever, the Oklahoma State Cowboys have been a pretty good program with one major hole in their resumé.They just haven't been able to overcome the much more prominent football program in their state, a.k.a. the Oklahoma Sooners. And in what may have been their best chance in years and in years to come, the 10th-ranked Cowboys faltered again Saturday with the stakes at their highest as the 14th-ranked Sooners survived a wild fourth quarter to win the Bedlam Series rivalry game 47-41 to send most of the crowd at Boone Pickens Stadium home extremely disappointed.
All the Cowboys had to do was win to earn their first trip to the Big 12 Championship Game next week. Instead, they end up on the short end of a three-way tie for first place in the Big 12 South as perennial power Oklahoma continued its domination over its in-state rival and the division with what some consider a major upset.
But try convincing the Sooners, who own an 82-16-7 all-time lead in the series, this was anything but setting things right after they defeated OSU for the eight straight time. The Sooners are all but set to make their eighth appearance in the Big 12 Championship Game.
"We don't really listen to all the hoopla that's surrounding the game," said OU linebacker Travis Lewis, who noted the Cowboys high-octane offense was stuck in neutral most of Saturday night. "We know they were the greatest offense in the world and last year they were the greatest offense in the world. They are always going to put up big-time numbers. You just can't get caught up into records, yards per game and all those statistics. You've got to go out there and man up and play."
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