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Published: November 20, 2006
Bedlam begins on the airwaves
Where Al Eschbach is concerned, the biggest sports week in Oklahoma is also the easiest.

The dean of local sports talk needs only to turn on the microphone and wait for the phone lines to light up during Bedlam Week. Oklahoma and Oklahoma State fans clash on the airwaves long before their teams do.

"I just sit back and laugh and egg people on," Eschbach said of his show on the Sports Animal.

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