The Oklahoma State Cowboys football team travels south to Norman to take on the Oklahoma Sooners at Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium for the sixth installment of the 2022-23 all-sport Phillips 66 Bedlam Series.
The Oklahoma State Cowboys football team travels south to Norman to take on the Oklahoma Sooners at Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium for the sixth installment of the 2022-23 all-sport Phillips 66 Bedlam Series.
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STILLWATER — After a trip to Pennsylvania last weekend, the Oklahoma State wrestling team started its season 2-0. The Cowboys open their home schedule at 7 p.m. Friday as they welcome Wyoming to Gallagher-Iba Arena. John Smith and Kaden Gfeller met with reporters Wednesday in OSU’s newly renovated locker room to discuss the upcoming dual. Read this original article at Pistols Firing Blog. Saturday will mark the 117th meeting between Oklahoma State and Oklahoma in the Bedlam rivalry, a series that has been played without interruption annually since 1910 — the same year the first-ever public radio broadcast took place. History for the Cowboys since the series’ inception six years prior to that, in 1904, has not been too kind. OSU — then Oklahoma A&M — lost the first 11 games in the series. It was so lopsided that Oklahoma A&M didn’t even score a point until their ninth meeting. But as time has passed, and as Oklahoma A&M became Oklahoma State, the two teams have slowly drawn closer. OU still leads the series by a wide margin, 89-20-7, but OSU as a program has made leaps and bounds progress the last two decades under Mike Gundy. Entering Saturday, it will have a chance to win its second straight against OU in the series, which would tie (!) for the longest winning streak for OSU in the history of Bedlam. Yes, unfortunately, that’s how one-sided historically this clash has been. But look at the scores from every game played since 1904 below and it tells a story of how the Pokes have risen up to respectability even while its tallies in the win/loss column against OU has not necessarily reflected a complete sea change of momentum. More and more games between the two are becoming appointment television because of how tightly they’re played and how unpredictable they can be. So, behold, history in all its glory (and pain): a look at every score of every game played since Nov. 6, 1904, the first time it was played.
Read this original article at Pistols Firing Blog. Thanks for stopping by – here’s your daily dose of Oklahoma State sports news. OSU Bullets• Mike Gundy landed a commitment from a 2023 offensive lineman yesterday • Brandon Weeden came on a podcast to talk Bedlam + the Feels Like 45′ podcast previewed Bedlam • “Growing mutual interest” between Gonzaga and the Big 12 after they met in Austin last night • Mike Gundy opened up about his relationship with his younger brother at this week’s presser – pretty insightful in getting to know the older, more introverted Gundy:
• Three Things Brent Venables had to say ahead of the game against the Cowboys • Fun to see OSU in this light – schools like West Virginia expect to be the Pokes: • Pretty impressive TV numbers from the Cowboys – four of the top seven games not involving teams leaving the Big 12/Pac-12 involve the Cowboys: Non-OSU Bullets• Net worth > paycheck mentality Pretty funny stuff: Read this original article at Pistols Firing Blog. After announcing an Oklahoma State offer earlier Wednesday, it didn’t take Gage Stanaland long to pick where he was going to school. Stanaland, a 2023 offensive lineman, committed to the Cowboys Wednesday, picking the Pokes over offers from Louisiana Tech, Navy, New Mexico State and others. Listed at 6-foot-4, 270 pounds, Stanaland plays at Jim Ned High School in Tuscola, Texas. Jim Ned is 8-3 and in the second round of the Texas 3A-DI state playoffs, where it’ll play 10-1 Bushland on Friday. Behind Stanaland, Jim Ned has rushed for 254.5 yards per game and 6.5 yards per carry this season. Playing at right tackle, Stanaland is an absolute bulldozer for Jim Ned, often putting helpless defenders on their backs. As a defender, Stanaland has 33 tackles this season including three tackles for loss and a sack. Stanaland isn’t ranked on 247Sports, Rivals or ESPN, but On3 has him as a three-star prospect. He becomes the 11th commit in the Cowboys’ 2023 class, which ranks 75th nationally and ninth in the Big 12. He is the third offensive lineman in the class, joining Arizona’s Jack Endean and Stillwater High’s JaKobe Sanders. Read this original article at Pistols Firing Blog. STILLWATER — The Oklahoma State football team plays Oklahoma this weekend at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in Norman. After their Tuesday practice, Brock Martin, Brennan Presley and Joe Michalski met with reporters in the Sherman E. Smith Training Center to preview the game. Read this original article at Pistols Firing Blog. STILLWATER — The Oklahoma State basketball team is headed to The Bahamas this week for the Baha Mar Hoops tournament. The Cowboys play UCF at 6 p.m. Friday before playing either DePaul or Santa Clara on Sunday. Mike Boynton, Caleb Asberry, John-Michael Wright and Chris Harris met with reporters Tuesday in Gallagher-Iba Arena to preview the trip. Read this original article at Pistols Firing Blog. Brandon Weeden — the best quarterback in OSU football history, and I will hear no other argument to the contrary! — made an appearance this week on OSU’s “Pokes Pod” to talk about his back story, his baseball beginnings and Bedlam football. The interview was great — you can check that here — so I pulled a few of the highlights from the interview below centered mainly about his thoughts from 2011 Bedlam and the special Big 12 title-winning season. On coming back to school and picking OSU: I wanted to be close. I wanted to be in the Big 12. Robert Allen called me, it was within a short amount of time of me being home after spring training, and he was like ‘Hey, I hear you have aspirations of playing college football.’ I said ‘absolutely.’ Probably within a week or so I was up here, I met with Larry Fedora. I knew right away. . . I reached out to OU, at the time I think they had like six quarterbacks, they had Bradford, I thought it probably wasn’t the best thing for me if I wanted to play. I was the fourth guy [at OSU].” On the process of growing at OSU: “Zac and Bobby were athletic guys. Could do some zone read stuff. The system we ran was completely different. The best year for me football wise was my redshirt freshman year and my freshman year. The scout team days. Could throw as many interceptions as I needed to. Could work on timing and technique. It took time to understand coverages. I was able to knock the rust off with no pressure. The first few years my head was spinning but I knew if I was going to be the starter we’d have to change what we were doing.” Dana Holgorsen enters the picture and the 2011 mindset: We knew we left some meat on the bone after the 2010 season. I really think it got us where we needed to go with the guys we had in place. I had this feeling in my gut that there was so much meat left on the bone. I thought if we could keep Blackmon, and that was the deal, I was worried about Blackmon leaving, I thought it had the potential to be a special season in 2011. I knew what we had. There was a feel around here that you can’t put into words.” Weeden on 2011 Bedlam: I remember thinking the only chance we had to get to where we wanted to go was to beat OU and to beat them the way we did. I remember guys were pissed [going into Bedlam]. That week of practice ahead of OU was different. Our guys up front, they singlehandedly won us that OU game. Those guys took it personal. That attitude they brought, especially in practice, pads were popping a little bit louder, guys coming off the ball faster. They looked fresh. They played well. I remember during the game, Tracy Moore came to the sideline, we ran outside zone, he blocked his guy, pancaked him, and the guy got up and said ‘come on man, we’re just trying to get out of here.’ We were the more physical team. We played with a chip on our shoulder. We ran the football.” Read this original article at Pistols Firing Blog. Thanks for stopping by – here’s your daily dose of Oklahoma State sports news. OSU Bullets• The Cowboys made a run back into the College Football Playoff rankings – landing at No. 22 this week • Fun read – looking at the top five Bedlam plays during the Mike Gundy era • OSU’s administration shared more about why Bedlam won’t be continuing in football… at least for now.
• Pokes climb back into the top five in this power ranking of Big 12 teams (in the TulsaWorld’s ranking as well) • Cowboy Wrestling is back in the top ten • Pretty wild to compare these two Cowboys – mildly hot take: you give either of them Weeden’s offensive line and they win 2.5 Big 12 titles between them, no? Non-OSU Bullets• Myths around in-person work Read this original article at Pistols Firing Blog. Absolute anarchy would have to ensue for the Cowboys to make the College Football Playoff, but after missing out on the rankings altogether last week, the Pokes are back in the Top 25. Oklahoma State came in at No. 22 after being unranked last week. Here is a look at the full rankings: 1. Georgia (10-0) The Pokes are one of three Big 12 teams in the rankings, joining No. 4 TCU and No. 15 Kansas State. The Horned Frogs are in one of the coveted Top 4 spots. If TCU ends up making the College Football Playoff, it would be just the second unique Big 12 school to make the small tournament, joining Oklahoma. Kansas State, meanwhile, is the highest-ranked three-loss team. Future Big 12 school UCF is the highest-ranked Group of Five school at No. 20, and future Big 12 school Cincinnati isn’t far behind at No. 25. Read this original article at Pistols Firing Blog. |
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