OSU’s 29-21 win in Stillwater against Kansas State marked the beginning of the Cowboys’ remarkable turnaround. Who might the Cowboys play? Tier 4: At least a state school made it OSU vs. More: Mussatto's Minutes: OSU has clear path to Big 12 Championship. Kansas State rallied in the fourth quarter to force overtime, but the Longhorns denied K-State’s aggressive fourth-down attempt to end the game with a touchdown rather than kicking a game-tying field goal to extend the game. We just saw this game, but I’m willing to watch it again. The Sooners and Wildcats didn’t meet this season. Kansas State, the defending conference champs, have beaten OU in three of the last four meetings. South matchup? Twenty years ago, at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, the Wildcats walloped the Sooners 35-7 in the Big 12 Championship Game. More: Mussatto: After brief OU football skid, Jeff Lebby redeemed himself. The Cowboys and Longhorns didn’t play each other this season, which would make a Big 12 title matchup all the more intriguing. Since 2010, OSU has won nine of its 13 meetings with Texas, including the last two. That being said, seeing the Sooners and Longhorns lace it up again, after an epic game in the Cotton Bowl, would be pretty cool. And two, unlike Bedlam, the Red River Rivalry is going to continue on an annual basis. For one, we’ve already seen the Sooners and Longhorns play a Big 12 Championship Game (2018) in Arlington.

OU-Texas wouldn’t be as compelling as OU-OSU.

Oklahoma State's Rashod Owens (10) stiff arms Oklahoma's Jasiah Wagoner (23) during a Bedlam college football game between the Oklahoma State University Cowboys (OSU) and the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Okla., Saturday, Nov.

Big 12 championship game time 2017