BEDLAM

Each team has one true rival(some teams have more than one)! That one team if they lost every single game that season, but somehow beat yours then it would all be worth it. One day of the year where the outcome of this one will determine your mood for the next 365. Rivalry losses are tough when they have a little distance between the teams, but when you have to share a state with them a loss becomes unbearable. In Georgia they have Clean, Old Fashion Hate, Oregon has the Civil War, in Mississippi get ready for the Egg Bowl, you've heard of the Iron Bowl in Alabama, but in Oklahoma we have BEDLAM.

Where even though one team is clearly the others big brother it hasn't stoped what has been a one sided rivalry into becoming nationally known. With two of the last three games going to OT. All three have been decided at the very end. With the names of Bell and Hill terrorizing the opposing teams dreams. No Sooner can lay in bed at night without remembering Tyreek Hill taking a punt to the house to force OT after Bob elected to rekick. While Cowboys dreams are haunted with the sight of The Bell Dozer on the ground in 2012 and in the air in 2013. Tonight's game has a new flare to it as a Big 12 Champion will be crowned. Instead of just being handed the Bedlam Bell after the game, the victor will also take home the crystal bowl. For the Sooners even more at stake as a seat at the College Football Playoff table hangs in the balance.  

So throw the series record out of the books(Oklahoma 84-17-7). It comes down to just one primetime game on ABC for all the Big 12 has to offer. So whether you wear Orange and Black or Crimson and Cream, whether you chant Orange Power or Boomer Sooner. There's one thing that will always stand the test of time...Oklahoma is and will always be The SOONER State!

Thanksgiving Weekend Football

Nothing beats sitting down with your family on that fourth Thursday in November and having some good ole bird(I prefer ham personally, but I hear smoked Jayhawk has been a trend of late). Anyways you'll sit down Thursday afternoon for Thanksgiving dinner number one. Once you get done stuffing your face full of mashed potatoes and canned yams you'll watch the Dallas Cowboys get lit up by the undefeated Carolina Panthers. After that it's time to head to the in-laws for dinner number two. You know what that means more food for you to devour as you watch the Texas Longhorns get obliterated by Mahomes and the Red Raiders(something you can truly be thankful for this holiday season). Then you'll sleep it off and prepare for what's going to be the best weekend of College Football yet. It all starts Friday too! So when you go to the fridge to grab some leftovers from that Thanksgiving feast here's some games you can watch as you prepare to add a new notch to your usual belt.

Friday games
11am ABC - 15 Navy (9-1) @ Houston (10-1)

230pm ABC - 4 Iowa (11-0) @ Nebraska (5-6)

630pm ESPN - 7 Baylor (9-1) @ 19 TCU (9-2)

Saturday games
11am ABC - 8 Ohio State (10-1) @ 10 Michigan (9-2)
11am ESPN - 1 Clemson (11-0) @ South Carolina (3-8)

230pm ESPN - Penn State (7-4) @ 5 Michigan State (10-1)
230pm ESPN2 - 14 North Carolina (10-1) @ NC State (7-4)
230pm CBS - 2 Alabama (10-1) @ Auburn (6-5)
230pm ABC - 22 UCLA (8-3) @ USC (7-4)

6:15pm ESPN2 - 18 Ole Miss (8-3) @ 21 Mississippi State (8-3)
630pm ESPN - 13 Florida State (9-2) @ 12 Florida (10-1)
630pm FOX - 6 Notre Dame (10-1) @ 9 Stanford (9-2)

7pm ABC - 3 Oklahoma (10-1) @ 11 Oklahoma State (10-1)

Enjoy that leftover Turkey and enjoy all of these great football games. Happy Thanksgiving!

College Football Playoff Scenarios

The football season is in the back stretch. Seniors are playing their final home games and for those who aren't going to a bowl game their last snaps of collegiate football are upon them. Tonight though the college football playoff committee will release it's third rankings. It'll be interesting to see where everyone ends up, but they'll still be controversy at the end of the day.

Four out of the 5 teams ranked 6-10 lost on Saturday basically eliminating themselves from playoff consideration. An a one loss Oklahoma looks to make it's move as they knocked off the number 6 undefeated Baylor Bears on the road last week. So there are still a lot of moving parts in all this. I wrote out how I think the playoffs are going to turn out at the end of the season. I didn't just the pick four teams I gave you eight teams that I think can make the final four at the end of the season and the scenarios needed. 

College Football Playoff

• Ohio State/Iowa 

    • As long as both these teams are undefeated when they play each for the Big Ten championship

    • Key Game: Big Ten Championship

• Alabama

    • As long as they win out

    • Key game: SEC Championship vs Florida

    • Florida gets in with a win over Alabama in the SEC Championship, a Notre Dame or a one loss Big Ten Champion, and finishing with only one loss. 

• Oklahoma/Oklahoma State

    • As long as the winner of this matchup wins out.

    • Key game: Bedlam

• Clemson 

    • has to go undefeated

    • Key game: ACC Championship vs North Carolina

    • If Clemson loses Notre Dame gets in as long as the Irish win out.

Thunder Take 11.5

The Oklahoma City Thunder lost their second straight game last night. After starting off the season with three straight wins coming against the Spurs, the Magic, the Nuggets they then lost on the road at Houston and at home last night to Toronto. The loss upset a lot of Thunder fans for the main fact that they were leading late and could not close the game out again for the second straight game. It's was only November 4th, but Thunder fans remember they missed the playoffs by only one game a season ago and that all 82 games do matter. Especially when you compete the NBA Western Conference.  

Kevin Durant and Russel Westbrook were the high scorers for the Thunder with 27 and 22. Westbrook had 16 assists on the night and 10 in the first half. Enes Kanter came off the bench and had 15 points and 6 boards in 17 minutes. While Steven Adams the man who starts over Kanter had 10 points, 7 boards, and four blocks in 27 minutes. Here's a look at Westbrook highlights against the Raptors via the NBAHighlightsDaily youtube account.

Thunder couldn't stop Toronto guard DeMare DaRozan who lit up the Thunder for 28 points half of those coming from the free throw line. Following DaRozan in scoring was Kyle Lowry and Jonas Valanciunas with 17 points a piece. But it was DaRozan who came up clutch down the stretch willing his team to the victory and moving to 5-0 on the season as the Thunder fall 3-2. OKC returns to action tonight when they take on the Chicago Bulls in the Windy City as they wrap up this four games in five nights span.

What about Special Teams?

You hear all the time Offense wins games, but Defense wins championships. You know what you never hear about? SPECIAL TEAMS. No one ever says how important special team are. Why though? They're a huge part of the game, they can make or break you. Especially when you try do some trickery and fake that kick. Here are the top three Special Teams plays from this weekends football that effected the outcome of the football game.

Number Three

Patriots at Colts on Sunday Night Football

Colts try to run the swinging gate on a punt on fourth and three from their own thirty-seven yard line.

That was an epic fail and will more than likely make Fail Friday.

Number Two

#8 Florida @ #6 LSU for a night showdown in Death Valley.

In a tie ball game in the fourth quarter, Les Miles aka the Mad Hatter fakes a field goal and gets six. That play was the final scoring of the game and won LSU the football game.

  

Miles and the boys look like they might be on the path the College Football Playoff if they can keep it up.

Number One

#7 Michigan State @ #12 Michigan all for the Paul Bunyan Trophy

Michigan has this game won and it's over...all they have to do is punt the football away...

Words can not even begin to describe what America was thinking as they watched this play out. At least words that we're actually allowed to use on-air can't describe this outcome. For crying out loud just fall on the ball.

So Offense may win you games and your Defense may win you a championship, but without your Special Teams capitalizing you just got stunned and unhappy fans.

The Chute 10.6

On today's show an arguement broke out between Jake and I on if Kevin Durant spoke out too quickly against Steven A. Smith. Jake finds himself siding with Steven A. Smith while I side with KD on this. I personally feel that Smith's comments of "you don't want to make an enemy out of me" comes off as a threat even though that Smith says he was just stating a fact. Jake is under the impression that Durant was too eager to respond and that he mistook what Steven originally said, because he never said that he talked with Kevin. Just saying that's what he heard. This is the full reaction from Steven A. Smith on Durant calling him a liar on ESPN's First Take on October 5th take a look.

This clip was via the youtube account of ESPN's First Take. This was Jake and I's first big disagreement and we want to know who you side with. So let us know who you're siding with in our weekly poll question. Do you agree with Jake and Steven A. Smith or Jay and Kevin Durant? VOTE NOW! Also be sure to tune into the show Thursday at 11am as we discuss the outcomes of both wildcard games, a look at Thursday Night Football, and much more. All on The Chute Edmond's Premier Sports Show on 99.3 UCentral Radio.

The Chute 10.1

Happy Thursday to all you sports fans out there. On The Chute today we talked about it being the first day of October and what that means. It means it's time for some postseason baseball, football weather is in full swing, and NBA preseason games are starting up. Jake and I also talked some UCO sports this morning. The UCO football team looks to get it's first win of the season vs Nebraska-Kearney at Wantland on Saturday, the Soccer team travels up to Kansas for two matches this weekend, and Marla Souvannasing wins the MIAA Preview with a birdie on a playoff hole. Talk about clutch. 

Plus we played this clip over the air. It was the first time we were able to play a clip over the air for the listeners to hear. So I'm really proud of that. This is called Stoops on Stoops it's from the show Garbage Time with Katie Nolan on Fox Sports One. It shows a different side of Stoops that people don't usually get to see. Take a look 

Once again that video is from Garbage Time with Katie Nolan. You can catch Garbage Time on Wednesdays at 11pm CT on Fox Sports One. Also on Fox Sports One you can see OU as take on West Virginia in Norman on Saturday at 11am(feel free to moan).

Be sure to tune into our show tomorrow at 1pm for at look at all the football this weekend. We'll also be joined by the Sports Editor of the Vista Mr. Bradley Jayroe who'll tell you who to play and sit this weekend in fantasy football. We hope to see ya tomorrow on The Chute Edmond's Premier Sports Show on 99.3 KZUC.