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Oklahoma State QB Alan Bowman to return for a seventh year

Bowman is returning for another run at the Big 12 title.

Cam Rising, Tyler Shough, and Alan Bowman were all quarterbacks who were part of the 2018 recruiting class. Bowman became the latest of the three to announce they would return for a seventh season of college football.

In 2018 Rising signed with Texas before transferring to Utah. Shough was originally with Oregon before transferring to Texas Tech and more recently to Louisville. Bowman started with Texas Tech before a stop in Michigan and then Oklahoma State last season. Bowman hopes to finish what he started in 2023, just falling short of a Big 12 championship.

Bowman announced on X (formerly Twitter), that he just received word that he was granted another year of eligibility.

“Just want to say thanks to all my Oklahoma State teammates, the coaches and fans for helping make the 2023 season the most fun I’ve ever had playing football. Bowman continued, “That said, I just heard back that I was granted another year of eligibility, and we have unfinished business. I love Stillwater and this program, so I’ll be back in 2024 to make a championship run. Go Pokes!”

Oklahoma State finished 10-4 and 7-2 in Big 12 play this past season. Along with Bowman, the Cowboys will have Doak Walker Award winner Ollie Gordon II as well. That is a great start for the 2024 campaign in the new-look conference.

The Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners will officially leave for the SEC on July, 1, when the Big 12 will officially welcome the Arizona Wildcats, Arizona State Sun Devils, Colorado Buffaloes, and Utah Utes. Depending on the schedule, we could see Cam Rising and the Utes face off against fellow seventh-year quarterback Alan Bowman and the Cowboys.

Ollie Gordon II is the Doak Walker running back of the week

Ollie Gordon II is playing like a man possessed over the last month.

After rushing for a total of 109 yards (36.3 yards per game) over the first three weeks of the season, [autotag]Oklahoma State Cowboys[/autotag] running back Ollie Gordon II has been an unstoppable force over the last four games.

In that stretch, Oklahoma State is 3-1 with the lone loss coming to Iowa State. During the four games, Gordon has averaged 176.8 yards per game. Against the West Virginia Mountaineers, he ran for 282 yards and four touchdowns. He still trails Tahj Brooks, Emani Bailey, and Jonathon Brooks for the most rushing yards in the Big 12 but leads the conference in rushing touchdowns.

For his performance in Week 8, the Doak Walker Award named him the national running back of the week honors. The announcement came on Tuesday morning.

Oklahoma State running back Ollie Gordon II ran for a season Division I FBS single-game best 282 yards and four touchdowns in a 48-34 win over West Virginia. The performance earned him the Doak Walker National Running Back of the Week honor for games of the weekend of Oct. 21. It’s the second straight week Gordon has been honored by the Doak Walker Award.

In the win over West Virginia, three of his touchdowns came in the fourth quarter on runs of 16, 46, and 53 yards. On the afternoon, Gordon had five runs of more than 25 yards. Gordon is the first Cowboy with four rushing touchdowns in a game since Rennie Childs on Sept. 17, 2016, against Pitt and the 282 yards are the most rushing yards by a Cowboy since All-American and Doak Walker Award finalist Chuba Hubbard ran for 296 yards against Kansas State on Sept. 28, 2019. – via a press release from the Doak Walker Award

Any time you can be mentioned in the same breath as Chuba Hubbard, you are definitely doing something right at the running back position. The Cowboys are currently 5-2 and will host the Cincinnati Bearcats at T. Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater on Saturday night. The game will be televised on ESPN2.

Bedlam is over according to Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy

According to Mike Gundy, Bedlam is over.

One of the top rivalry games in the Big 12 is the annual Bedlam matchup between both Oklahoma schools.

The Oklahoma Sooners and Oklahoma State Cowboys have battled every since the 1904 season in Guthrie, Oklahoma. This year it will be meeting No. 118 and apparently the very last between these two schools. At least that is how Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy sees it.

“In football, Bedlam is history in my opinion,” Gundy said to ESPN. “OU chose to go to the SEC. When they did, they took Bedlam with them. … [Oklahoma athletic director Joe] Castiglione is a friend of mine, but when he and their president decided to go to the SEC, they took Bedlam with them. Do I like it? No. I like tradition.”

Oklahoma State hasn’t had a lot of success in this series with the Sooners having the edge, 91-19-7. Still, it is difficult to see that long-standing history go up in a puff of smoke. The final meeting will take place in Stillwater, Oklahoma, on Nov. 4.

The Cowboys hope to repeat history. In 2021, Oklahoma State defeated Oklahoma in the final game coached by Lincoln Riley before he departed for USC. Can they send the Sooners off to the SEC in a similar manner? Or will Oklahoma have the last laugh?

Oklahoma State starting left tackle Caleb Etienne set to enter transfer portal

Oklahoma State’s offensive line lost a 13-game starter from last season on Friday.

The [autotag]Oklahoma State Cowboys[/autotag] took a big hit to their offensive line on Friday when starting left tackle Caleb Etienne announced that he is entering the transfer portal.

“Dear Cowboy Nation, I have decided to enter my name into transfer portal tomorrow,” Etienne said in his statement on Twitter. “I want to say thank you for all of the support and love that you have shown me during my time here in Stillwater. I am excited for this next journey in my life and I hope you understand. Thank you.”

The 6-foot-7-inch redshirt senior out of New Orleans, Louisiana, has one year of eligibility remaining in his collegiate career. Last season, Etienne played and started all 13 games for the Cowboys at left tackle. He also played in three games while redshirting in 2021.

Etienne originally came to Oklahoma State as part of the 2021 recruiting class after spending time at a pair of JUCOs in Fort Scott and Butler County Community College.

This offseason, Oklahoma State brought in another tackle to their offensive line in Dalton Cooper. Cooper was a multiple All-Sun Belt selection during his three seasons with the Bobcats while playing in 36 games over three seasons. Cooper and Etienne were part of a competition at the left tackle position this spring for the Cowboys. Now with Etienne in the transfer portal, Dalton is likely slated to be the program’s starting left tackle come next fall.

The Cowboys are set to play their spring game later this month on April 22 and will start their 2023 season on September 2, hosting the Central Arkansas Bears.

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All-Big 12 forward has entered the transfer portal per reports

Third-team All-Big forward Kalib Boone entered the transfer portal on Thursday.

On Thursday, All-Big 12 third-team forward Kalib Boone entered the transfer portal per reports.

Boone played four seasons with the Oklahoma State Cowboys averaging 7.8 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 0.7 assists while appearing in 123 games. He appeared in 36 games while making 30 for the Pokes in the 2022-23 season. Boone scored a career-high 10.6 points per game with 4.9 rebounds this past season.

Oklahoma State didn’t qualify for the NCAA Tournament but did get selected to the NIT. They fell to eventual champion North Texas in the quarterfinals of the tournament on their home floor.

Boone stands in at 6-foot-9 and would be a welcomed addition to many teams looking to add size to the interior. He is a bit one-dimensional during his career with just two of nine three-point attempts finding the net.

Boone signed with Oklahoma State in the 2019 recruiting cycle and was the No. 1 rated played in the state of Oklahoma according to 247Sports composite rankings. The Cowboys finished 20-16 and 8-10 in Big 12 play this past season.

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Oklahoma State’s facilities plan is ‘unrivaled’ per AD Chad Weiberg

OSU’s plan is unrivaled according to AD Chad Weiberg.

It seems as though everywhere you turn in college athletics, new facilities, and upgrades are among the top priorities for decision-makers.

This helps with enhancing athletic performances and enticing high school recruits to come to your university or college. Oklahoma State is no different, they have to find a way to battle the top programs in the country. NIL deals can certainly help but that is only part of the puzzle.

Oklahoma State athletic director Chad Weiberg believes that his plan will help give the Cowboys an edge.

“This vision plan provides a road map for the next phase of an athletic village that will be unrivaled in college sports,” Weiberg stated in a presentation according to The Oklahoman.

The total cost for this facilities play is $325 million. According to the report, a new softball stadium, indoor track and field complex, basketball and wrestling practice facilities, and upgrades to Boone Pickens Stadium are among the projects that would be addressed.

Obviously addressing each one of the projects listed simultaneously would be impossible. Weiberg stated that the order in which they are addressed is completely up to the Oklahoma State University donors.

“That is part of why we wanted to put the whole road map out in front of the family,” Weiberg continued. “The athletic department didn’t want to be the ones determining the priority. We didn’t want to be the ones determining the speed or timeline. The priority, the timeline, that will all be set by our supporters and their willingness to step up and help make these projects possible.”

You can check out the full breakdown by Scott Wright of The Oklahoman.

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