Bedlam football game time set

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) _ The Bedlam football game between Oklahoma and Oklahoma State will be televised on national cable, the schools announced Tuesday. <br/><br/>The game will be played over the Thanksgiving

Tuesday, June 13th 2006, 10:13 pm

By: News On 6

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) _ The Bedlam football game between Oklahoma and Oklahoma State will be televised on national cable, the schools announced Tuesday.

The game will be played over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend for the second straight year and be televised on Fox Sports Net. Game time is set for 1:30 p.m. on Nov. 25. The game has been on ABC the past three years.

Times also were announced for Oklahoma's season opener against Alabama-Birmingham on Sept. 2 and the Sooners' game against Washington on Sept. 9.

TBS will televise the Oklahoma-UAB game nationally at 6 p.m. The following week, Oklahoma and Washington will play at 2:30 p.m. on ABC.

``Within the bounds of our conference contracts, we always put forth our best effort when it comes to kickoff times,'' Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione said in a statement. ``To the extent that we can positively influence the decision-making process, we have. We are delighted with the times we have been given to this point.

``The exposure afforded our program through network and national cable games is of tremendous value to us in so many ways.''

Oklahoma State athletic director Mike Holder was out of the office Tuesday.

Earlier, it was announced that Oklahoma will play Oregon at 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 16. Times for Oklahoma's final nonconference game against Middle Tennessee State and the remainder of the Big 12 schedule have not been announced.

Oklahoma State is scheduled to play Houston at 8 p.m. on Sept. 23. None of the Cowboys' other game times have been announced yet.