Bedlam football: Scheduling edge to OSU

Barring a Baylor sweep of Oklahoma State (Saturday in Stillwater) and Oklahoma (Nov. 20 in Waco), the Bedlam game Nov. 27 figures to be for the Big 12 South Division title. And OSU has the scheduling edge between now and then.

Both the Sooners and Cowboys go into Texas for road games against disappointing teams — OU at Texas A&M this Saturday, OSU at Texas on Nov. 13. That would seem like advantage OU, but I don’t think so. Texas is in such a funk — three straight home losses, to UCLA, Iowa State and Baylor — that OSU’s drought against the Longhorns (12 straight losses) — seems insignificant. You’d almost call it a wash, OU at A&M and OSU at Texas.

So that takes us to Baylor. The Sooners have to go to Waco, while the Cowboys host Baylor. Advantage OSU.

The remaining game is dead even — OU hosting Texas Tech, OSU at Kansas. Both are absolute locks.

So that takes us to Bedlam, where OSU is at home.

If OU, OSU and Baylor split their games with each other and win all the rest, creating a three-way tie, then Baylor would be eliminated because of divisional record (the Bears lost to Tech). In that scenario, the Bedlam winner would be the South champ.

In other words, the only way Bedlam is NOT for the South title, is if Baylor beats both OU and OSU.