more than 450 student-athletes and only a handful face legal prob

IRVING, Texas -- The Bedlam rivalry between Oklahoma and Oklahoma State is moving to its earliest date in more than a decade as the Big 12 tries to avoid a quick rematch in the return of its championship game in 2017.The Sooners and Cowboys will play on Nov. 4 next season after the rivalry was held at or near the end of the regular season every year since 2005.This year, they would have played in consecutive weeks under the format that will be adopted in 2017, when a championship game returns despite the leagues round-robin schedule . Oklahoma and Oklahoma State finished 1-2 last season as well.The title game will be held for the first time since 2010, the last season before conference realignment left the league with 10 teams and no divisions. It will be held Dec. 2 at the home of the NFLs Dallas Cowboys.The Big 12 opted not to split into divisions after deciding against expansion while still adding the title game, leaving no way to guarantee that the top two teams wont play in consecutive weeks at the end of the regular season.The return of the championship game also means no byes after Oct. 7, with the league losing its extra week to play regular-season games. The first full schedule on Oct. 14 is highlighted by the Red River rivalry between Oklahoma and Texas.Oklahoma and Oklahoma State will both be at home on the final weekend of the regular season. The Sooners will face West Virginia, and the Cowboys will get Kansas on that Thanksgiving weekend, which includes the Baylor-TCU rivalry in Fort Worth and Texas Tech visiting the Longhorns.The last time Oklahoma and Oklahoma State played before late November was Oct. 30, 2004, when the Big 12 still had 12 teams and a divisional format.There are three games on each of the first two weekends of Big 12 play, starting with West Virginia-Kansas, Oklahoma-Baylor and TCU-Oklahoma State on Sept. 23.Kansas State (home against Baylor) and Texas Tech (home against Oklahoma State) have their conference openers on Sept. 30 along with Texas and Iowa State. 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Tuesdays surgery at Atlantas Piedmont Hospital was performed by Dr. Xavier Duralde and Hawks team physician Dr. Michael Bernot.SPOKANE, Wash. -- The Pullman Police Department recommended Friday that assault charges be filed against two more Washington State University football players, bringing to four the number in legal trouble.Police Chief Gary Jenkins will ask the Whitman County prosecutor to bring charges of second-degree assault, a felony, against defensive tackle Robert Barker and defensive lineman Toso Fehoko.Jenkins said the charges would relate to the players actions during a large brawl that erupted on July 23 that left several people injured.Up to 100 people were at the location where the brawl occurred, and police interviewed 61 witnesses, including 22 WSU football players, Jenkins said.Police believe Barber knocked one person unconscious during the brawl, and that Fehoko broke another persons jaw, he said.Our department is not targeting football players, Jenkins said at a press conference in Pullman.On Monday, police arrested one Washington State player, Logan Tago, on suspicion of assault, and recommended that assault charges be filed against another player, Shalom Luani, in a separate incident.Football coach Mike Leach on Tuesday complained that Pullman police seemed to be focusing on football players in three recent incidents that led to assault investigations. Leach said hes concerned the only people being accused of crimes in the incidents are football players.Jenkins noted that his department is also recommending charges be brought against two other people who are not athletes for their actions during the brawl.Cellphone video captured images of both players at the brawl, Jenkins said.Jenkins cautioned that his department only makes recommendations, and it is up to the prosecutor to decide if any charges are filed.ddddddddddddhe players were booked into the police station on Friday morning and then released, which Jenkins said was standard procedure for people who are not considered flight risks or a danger to the community.Washington State athletic director Bill Moos said it is up to Leach if the athletes will play against Idaho on Saturday.Moos also noted that WSU has more than 450 student-athletes and only a handful face legal problems.Dont judge the athletic program by a couple of incidents like this, he said.On Thursday, leaders of WSU met with Jenkins to discuss recent incidents involving Cougar football players, with both sides saying the meeting was productive. Washington State President Kirk Schulz and Moos met with Jenkins in Schulzs office.Washington State students and staff dominate Pullman, a town of about 30,000 people. Students make up two-thirds of the population, Jenkins said.Leachs team has struggled this season, losing to Eastern Washington and Boise State in the first two games. On Monday, Leach lashed out at his players for not being tough enough.The Cougars host Idaho (1-1) on Saturday.Jenkins said the police department has had fewer incidents involving athletes since Leach arrived in Pullman prior to the 2012 season.I have seen significant improvement in student-athlete behavior in the community, Jenkins said. The recent incidents are anomalies. ' ' '