On one side, there's the defending conference champion with an unblemished conference record but scars from out-of-conference losses to Houston and Ohio State.
On the other, there's the "little brother" with one conference loss, a solid out-of-conference win over Pitt and a terrible "loss" to Central Michigan in a game that was decided on a final play that should never have been allowed to happen.
Ah, Bedlam—the battle between Oklahoma and Oklahoma State that is filled with "what-ifs" and will be overshadowed by conference championship games that are labeled as such.
Or, simply, the Big 12 in a nutshell.