Father Allegedly Beats Son Over Bedlam Allegiance

((HT: KFOR-TV))

The HQ knows all about Bedlam...

We know about rivalries, what they mean, and how they effect families- even cutting them in pieces. You've all seen the license plates about houses divided and all that stuff...

We now have our extreme example as to what rivalries mean... and this one is pretty extreme...

A 41-year-old father from a town outside Stillwater, Oklahoma is accused of beating his 9-year-old son because his son liked Oklahoma and the Sooners, not sharing the father's allegiance to OSU...

Awesome...

Here's their coverage from a small town...


Apparently, this wasn't the first time this may have happened, either...
Even more awesome...

The HQ thinks that this father, when behind bars, will make new friends very quickly...
And not in a good way...

Fans hurt storming Oklahoma State field

College football fans can be idiots sometimes.

Fans storm field

It's the only logical reason why 13-plus people were injured, 2 critically when students and fans at Oklahoma State stormed the field late Saturday night after their Cowboys beat the University of Oklahoma 44-10.

And yes, we know the game is called "Bedlam". It's not a good excuse.

Fans were trampled, and at least one person fell 15 feet onto a concrete slab. They tore down the goalposts and you can see people dangling from those goalposts as they are carted through the stadium.

At least 9 ambulances were called to the scene and it took police nearly an hour to clear the field.

KJRH-TV in Tulsa has video of what happened:

Sorry, we know college students and college football fans can be idiots and do stupid things (like storm fields), but there is no excuse for this. This is why there needs to be either a) better security at games or a b) a bigger separation between fans and the fields to where they just can't hop over. 

It sounds like they were not prepared for the mess in Stillwater and it showed. It also showed the fans have a long way to go to prove they belong with the "Big Boys".