Originally published at: Oklahoma State Coaches Discuss Future Bedlam Locations
OKLAHOMA CITY — All four coaches on Saturday voiced support for continuing to the Bedlam series, though Oklahoma State’s coaches hope to see a few tweaks in the future. “I want us to continue to play Bedlam,” Cowboys coach Steve Lutz said. “I have told (OU coach) Porter (Moser) straight up, ‘We can play at Norman and Stillwater, we can play it at Paycom and Tulsa.’ “We can do whatever, but we need to switch this rotation year-by-year in my opinion. But no absolutely, I am all for keeping Bedlam. This is good for our state, good for basketball and we had an opportunity to be on a national stage today and play well and we just didn’t do it.” When asked if he’d prefer a home-and-home rivalry, Oklahoma coach Porter Moser said he’d have to process that, but “right now I would say no, right to be honest with you. I think it is great for the neutral game, Paycom gives the guys a chance to play here. That would be my initial reaction to that, I’d have to process, but I love this game. I think two years in a row it has been really great energy.” The…
Funny how the OU coach didn’t like the idea of playing anywhere away from Norman.
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Not sure why he cares OU fans won’t show up anywhere the game is played.
Either go home and home or alternate between Paycom and BOK. Of course, it’s pretty telling that OUs coach doesn’t want to move the game from Paycom.
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For years, Bedlam Baseball was played in OKC and Tulsa and was always a great crowd. I went to several sold-out games at Driller’s stadium. Unfortunately, that become a home/home series. I like the idea of splitting the games between neutral sites like that, but if they couldn’t keep baseball going, how’s it going to work with basketball?
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