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OU breaks tradition wanting only one wrestling dual

There is no Bedlam wrestling this weekend.

Traditionally, Oklahoma State and Oklahoma meet on the mat the weekend before or after the fall semester ends. But this season, the No. 3 Cowboys will wrestle OU only once, Feb. 11 in Stillwater. The Sooners made the decision to compete in only a conference dual in their second year under coach Lou Rosselli.

“I think they’re in a rebuilding process,” OSU coach John Smith said. “I said, ‘OK.’ What else are you gonna say when they say, ‘We’re only wrestling once.’? I said, ‘As long as it’s in Stillwater, I’ll wrestle you once every year, but that dual meet has to be in Stillwater,’ which I was kidding.