It started with three wins in a row and a dramatic pin by Oklahoma State 141-pounder Kaden Gfeller. It ended with two falls in the final three matches for Mizzou.

Oklahoma State won seven of 10 matches in beating Lehigh in a dual and staying unbeaten at 10-0 on the season.

Oklahoma State wrestling has been quiet so far this season primarily because the Pokes have wrestled on the road so much and so little at home. That is about to change.

Oklahoma State came in with none of their wrestlers having a seed for the Big 12 Championships. The coaches will meet to make pitches for adjustments, but this looks like the path for Cowboys wrestlers.

Second round of Bedlam finds the Cowboys struggling some and Oklahoma well-rested having not wrestled since the first Bedlam on Feb. 7.

Daton Fix made his return from suspension a championship run, but he was one of only three Cowboys on the top when the Cowboy Challenge Tournament was over.

There was an intermission in Norman for Bedlam on Super Bowl Sunday, but it was right after intermission that Oklahoma State wrestling lowered it's normal Bedlam boom in the efforts by Travis Witttlake, Dustin Plott, and Dakota Geer.

Oklahoma State did end up getting plenty of extra wrestling in last Friday night at the Air Force Academy, but according to the Cowboys head coach John Smith it wasn't all quality wrestling.

Oklahoma State struggled in some early weights but the the freshmen went 3-0 and the middle and upper weights dominated at Air Force.

Rankings are not a sign of success in Stillwater. Rankings in the top eight are better. Top-ranked is the objective.