The rivalry between Oklahoma and Texas one of the biggest in college football, admired and envied across the country for its scale. But something was lost for the Sooners when they left the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference alongside the Longhorns.
Namely, OU’s second biggest rival.
Oklahoma and Oklahoma State have met 118 times on the football. They didn’t last season, though, marking the first year year since 1909 they hadn’t played each other. For those that may have forgotten, Oklahoma was not even given statehood until 1907.
But with nothing on the books between between the two for the foreseeable future, some different ideas to keep the fires stoking have been bandied. One of them former Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops really prefers.
When asked whether the Sooners and Cowboys should meet in the future for a friendly practice, Stoops loved the notion.
“I like it. It’s just good to see somebody else. I think it’s a good idea,” Stoops said. “I mean, they’re not going to play each other this year, so who cares.”
The national-championship winning coach cautioned that the teams should make it that, though: a practice. Anything more than that could create too much negativity.
“That gets a little bit out of control and gets too heated,” Stoops said. “But just a practice against each other would be good. I like that idea. Then, maybe in the future, there will be some legs to that.”
Oklahoma plays Illinois State, Michigan, Temple and Kent State during its nonconference season in the fall.
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