BEDLAM: OU mascots Boomer and Sooner, right, joke with OSU mascot Pistol Pete during the second half of the college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) and the Oklahoma State University Cowboys (OSU) at the Gaylord Family -- Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2007, in Norman, Okla. Photo By NATE BILLINGS, The Oklahoman ORG XMIT: KOD

NORMAN -- The University of Oklahoma fired a mascot who was taunting Oklahoma State fans during the Sooner men's basketball team's Bedlam victory Saturday inside Lloyd Noble Center.

According to multiple sources familiar with the incident, Heather Ford -- the wife of OSU coach Travis Ford -- was among the OSU fans being harassed.

In a prepared statement, OU did not identify the dismissed mascot or specify what happened. Several different students serve as the "Boomer" and "Sooner" costumed horse mascots throughout the year.

OU sources said the dismissed mascot was told multiple times not to return to the section where he was causing trouble.