I’m not a coach, but it seems Clay is playing better than Kirkland. Unless Kirkland is tying up two players, he’s not able to close on the backs or rush the QB.

Robert Allen thinks Kirkland is a great player.

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Another example of the most moral military of the most moral society in the world in action. As previously discussed, I’m sure the torture was justified. The IDF only tortures for moral reasons.

Is anyone going to say something about the SEC being 1-3 v ranked teams and one of their top programs (LSU) being 0-5 for their last five season openers?

Can someone explain what happened on the punt that we nearly downed at the 3 but it was going into the endzone and their guy runs in and picks up the ball to get destroyed at the 1/2 foot line or a safety. Then they got the ball at the 10. I know at the game they said it was a penalty at the 20 and got it at the 10. That didnt make any sense to me.

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Former Sooner Gavin Freeman wanted to redshirt at OSU, but will that change after his performance Saturday?​

• Sep 3, 2024 Updated 1 hr ago

Tyler Waldrep​

OSU Sports Writer

STILLWATER — Gage Gundy tried to warn his dad, Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy, that he was making a mistake in 2021 by not offering Gavin Freeman a scholarship.
“We (coaches) watched him and watched him and liked him and watched him … (Gage) crossed paths with him in summer seven-on-seven and all that stuff,” Mike Gundy said. “But we had a reason for not, I think we were in a year that we didn’t take a bunch, but we certainly were aware that he was good enough to play at this level.”
Oklahoma State took four receivers in 2022. All of them were ranked significantly ahead of Freeman, according to 247Sports. Two, Tayln Shettron and Mason Gilkey, are still with the Cowboys in reserve roles this season.


Oklahoma State wide receiver Gavin Freeman, right, finished the opener with two catches and 21 total snaps played, making him a clear-cut No. 4 receiver.
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In Saturday’s win over South Dakota State, Gundy’s youngest son didn’t even have to wait for the second quarter to start before his long-held belief in Freeman was validated.

Freeman, who transferred from Oklahoma during the summer, caught his first pass as a Cowboy in the opening quarter for a six-yard gain. He then hauled in a four-yard pass in the fourth quarter.

Despite joining the team late in the offseason, Freeman finished the game fourth among receivers in snaps, with 21, making him the team’s clear-cut No. 4 as none of the other receivers who came off the bench saw more than eight snaps and they combined for one target which went to Shettron.
“Well, he’s fast, and he’s tough,” Gundy said. “Has always had success with the ball in his hands. He disregards his body at wide receiver. He takes hits all the time. He tries to hurdle people. He runs through people. He’s a returner. You know, he wrestled for 10 years. He just has a toughness about him, competitive nature that you want guys like that on your team.”

That competitiveness, in combination with an injury to fellow slot receiver Da’Wain Lofton, a Virginia Tech transfer, might be the biggest reason Freeman earned a role with the Cowboys so quickly.

Which kind of blows up his plan.

“I was probably going to be splitting reps a lot 50-50,” Freeman said of his decision to leave Oklahoma. “I didn’t want to do that again … I wanted to come to a place where I could redshirt.”

After Saturday’s performance, even Gundy doesn’t seem to know if the Cowboys will be able to limit Freeman to four regular-season games, which is the maximum number of contests in which players can participate and still take a redshirt.

“I don’t know that it’s fair to say one way or the other right now,” Gundy said. “I will say that we’re very pleased with what he’s bringing to the table. He still has a ways to go, learning our system, but he’s made really good strides, and we’ll just have to play it by ear as we move along.”
Gundy is extremely familiar with changing plans on the fly. The Cowboys had to make a similar decision with Leon Johnson last season despite initially planning to redshirt him so he could be available for the 2024 season.

Johnson finished third in snaps among OSU receivers despite only playing two games prior to a Week 8 trip to West Virginia.
“Leon is a perfect example,” Gundy said. “We’d love to have him back, but at that point, we were on a run and had a chance to get into the Big 12 Championship game. We would not have gotten in it without him.”

Despite Johnson’s impact late in the season, the decision to burn the redshirt and give up his eligibility this season wasn’t made by Gundy and the coaching staff alone. Johnson had to be willing to sacrifice his ability to extend his career.
“We had the discussion,” Gundy said. “At first, I think he still wanted to redshirt, and then he finally said, ‘OK, I’ll play.’”
Expect a similar process to play out this fall with Freeman. When deciding when to preserve redshirts or burn them, Gundy said he tries to prioritize what he believes is best for the player and what that player wants to do first.

“Now, those two don’t always jive together,” Gundy said. “And so the second (part), we ask and think what’s best for the team.

“Years ago, coaches made that determination. But over the last three, four, five years, there’s a neutral conversation between the player, their family, their representatives and the coaches, as you move forward. It’s just one of the changes that we’re going through that’s part of the game. I guess, ultimately, a coach could just say, ‘This is what you’re doing one way or another.’ That’s not what we do here. Because I think long term, that would be counterproductive in a free agency world.”

Hello OSU family.

I need to take a moment today to tell a story, and ask a favor.

My daughter's name is Lauren Lenaburg.


She was a great kid… beautiful, smart, funny, and sharp as tack. She was an Owasso HS graduate (2015) who went on to attend Oklahoma State on a full ride scholarship after scoring a 34 on her ACT. She graduated Oklahoma State Magna Cum Laude in 2020 with a 4.0 gpa and a distinguished degree in engr (IE). She had been married for 3 years, and was halfway through her Master’s degree program also at Oklahoma State. She was our only child and had not yet had any children.

She passed away this past September (9/12/2023). It was tragic, and it was totally unexpected.

She was dealing with some stress and anxiety issues, which included counselling and prescription medications as a part that process. Despite those efforts, she took her own life in a heated moment that ended in disaster and heart break for those of left behind.

It seems to me that it was one brief moment where she just could not see how much she was loved, how much she mattered, and how important she was to her husband, her family, and her friends.

In retrospect, there were signs. We missed them. I missed them. There are no words that I know to tell how much it hurts to have to type those words.

Which brings me to the favor I would like to ask…

We would like it if no one ever had to type those words. No parent should ever have to bury their child.

While we cannot do anything to bring Lauren back to us, we would like to try to do something to honor her memory, and to do at least some small thing to bring some awareness to these mental health issues that can lead to such tragedy.

To that end, in an endeavor to educate others and support students attending Oklahoma State, we have established a memorial scholarship in her name. Through this scholarship, we hope to tell this part of Lauren’s story. It may be that this can help others find a better way.

The scholarship funding goes through OSU. It is 100% tax deductible. If you choose to donate, OSU will sent you a tax receipt for your records.

We need to raise $25,000 to endow the scholarship which will then be awarded on an annual basis. If we get more than that, then the annual scholarship amount can be increased, or we can award multiple scholarships per year.

If you the ability and the inclination to help us fund this memorial scholarship, it would mean a lot.

Lauren (Lenaburg) Hara Memorial Scholarship

Trans sicko targeted white Christian children to murder.

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Can he outdo his 2023 season?

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Thought I could stream ESPN but not able. Have DIRECTV so they won’t let you stream it off the ESPN+ app. I doubt they get this figured out by Saturday.

Just happened to come across this, he really hasn't changed much has he!

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Awesome! 15 tackles

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when the team took forever to come onto the field?
We had finished the Tombstone clip and smoke was billowing with no team. My first thought was that someone had put a chain and padlock on the gate and nobody had the key. I was concerned that the players were crawling over the gate to get out.
Then a thought occurred that sent chills down my spine. What if venables had come up to lead our team through the smoke and now there was a big pile-up at the gate.
Luckily, just after that scary thought, the players appeared through the smoke.

Or is it something far deeper, more sinister and comes from the darkness of a hate-filled soul?

If I were a mod for one day, I'd take out the garbage and his redundant posting until after the election, and return this board to it's political-discussion theme.



Rest in peace.

How OSU used Collin Oliver, Kendal Daniels with new roles in opener​

• Sep 2, 2024 Updated 10 hrs ago

Tyler Waldrep​

OSU Sports Writer

For months, Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy discussed plans to shift linebacker Collin Oliver to more of an edge role this season. To offset that, safety Kendal Daniels would slide up and play linebacker.
Of course, this was always spoken about as one of the few ways the Cowboys would use these guys. In Saturday’s 44-20 win over South Dakota State that appeared to be the only option as Oliver lined up on the line of scrimmage the majority of, if not the entire, game. Pro Football Focus placed Oliver on the defensive line for 55-of-56 defensive snaps. For comparison, PFF had Oliver on the defensive line for only 47.5% of his defensive snaps in 2023.

Meanwhile, Daniels looked like any other linebacker from a schematic standpoint and PFF placed him as a linebacker inside the box for 25-of-51 defensive snaps (49%). He also played 14 snaps on the line, which matched his entire total of line snaps for the 2023 season. For comparison, Daniels was listed as filling a linebacker role in the box during 42.8% of his snaps last season.

“They were in a lot of heavy personnel, so that brings him (Oliver) up on the edge more than what it would,” Gundy said. “They play a lot of 12 (two tight ends) and 13 (three tight ends) personnel. So there’s packages we have for him to do different things, but that side of it brought him up a lot today, and I can’t see as much from the sideline there, because, you know, he’s in the mix. There’s so much going on, but I didn’t hear anybody on the headphones concerned about his play today.”

Oliver, the school’s all-time leader in quarterback hurries, padded his lead finishing with five in Saturday’s win. Although he was a menace for most of the afternoon, Oliver recorded only two tackles, but he made the most of them with one going down a 4-yard sack on third down.

Daniels finished with a similar performance, finishing with three tackles, all solo stops, and one pass breakup when Daniels jumped a route that should have resulted in an interception.

“Very comfortable with it,” Oliver said, speaking of his changing role. “As a defense, I think we’re really good at adjusting and we’re really good at understanding that whatever coach tells us to do is probably what’s best for us and our team. So, as a defense, we understand that concept. We’re going to be comfortable in whatever situation we’re put in.”

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What is Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy concerned about? Run game vs. Arkansas​

Scott Wright
The Oklahoman

STILLWATER — Aside from a couple of trips during his senior year at Midwest City High School, Mike Gundy didn’t attend many Oklahoma State football games.

So the majority of his knowledge about Cowboy defensive end Leslie O’Neal came from local media.

“We didn’t have social media,” Gundy said. “I didn’t know a lot about him other than at night if I watched the news, or what I read in the paper. In the mornings when I was growing up, I’d read the sports page and the comics page.

“So I’d read the sports page and you’d read about Leslie.”

O’Neal, who concluded his college career in 1985, will be inducted into OSU’s Ring of Honor during the Cowboys’ home game against Arkansas at 11 a.m. Saturday at Boone Pickens Stadium.

O’Neal stands as OSU’s single-season (16.0) and career sacks (34.0) leader, and will be the first defensive player inducted into the Ring of Honor. He joins the Cowboys’ four legendary running backs, Thurman Thomas, Barry Sanders, Bob Fenimore and Terry Miller.

“We talk so much about Barry and Thurman, but as far as former players that were dominant here, he was as dominant defensively as Barry and Thurman were offensively,” Gundy said during his weekly press conference Monday. “A great player. Moderately recruited, from what I was told. To play the position he plays and have double-digit years in the NFL is incredible.”

Here are more takeaways from Gundy’s press conference:

Run game production remains a question​

After assessing the game tape, Gundy still was least pleased with the overall run production from the Cowboy offense.

Ollie Gordon II rushed for 104 yards on 27 carries with two touchdowns, plus another through the air, but in all, OSU averaged 3.3 yards per carry against South Dakota State.

Now, the Cowboys must turn their attention to an Arkansas defensive line that will be bigger and more physical than SDSU.

“When you play a team in the SEC, you’re gonna play girth,” Gundy said. “We need to make good strides between last week and this week to be able to block a front that is better than we saw last week. From a technique standpoint … the team we just played was excellent. They just didn't have as much size as what we’ll face Saturday.”

Will Gavin Freeman redshirt?​

In the preseason, it had been expected that OU transfer receiver Gavin Freeman would redshirt, meaning he would be available for four regular season games. But with Da’Wain Lofton unavailable because of injury, Freeman played as a No. 2 slot receiver and return man in the opening week.

His status as a possible redshirt candidate might be a week-to-week discussion.

“Because of the four games and postseason opportunity, I don’t know that it’s fair to say,” Gundy said regarding Freeman’s potential to redshirt. "We’re very pleased with what he’s bringing to the table. We’lll just have to see."

Freeman played 21 snaps, finishing with two receptions for 10 yards, and also seeing the field in the return game.

Absence of penalties a bonus​

In terms of a first game, getting penalized just once is an impressive number. And after the way things had gone in the preseason, the lack of penalties was a pleasing sight to Gundy.

“We played with discipline,” he said. “The first and second scrimmage we had in August, that was a concern of mine. We had way too many penalties.”

Ollie Gordon II gets statistical boost​

Two days after the fact, Ollie Gordon II has added a third rushing touchdown to his stat line from Saturday's game.

Gordon scored a 22-yard touchdown on what was initially ruled a forward pass from quarterback Alan Bowman early in the the third quarter on Saturday. But upon review of the play, it was determined the pass was a lateral throw, and thus a rushing play.

So Gordon's official numbers from the game are 128 rushing yards and three touchdowns on 28 carries with three receptions for 20 yards.

Conversely, Bowman loses credit for the passing yardage, bringing his numbers to 24 of 33 for 245 yards and two touchdowns.

Oklahoma State football stock report: Who is rising, falling after Cowboys' Week 1 win?​

Scott Wright
The Oklahoman

STILLWATER — After Oklahoma State’s 44-20 win over South Dakota State on Saturday, coach Mike Gundy regularly pointed to two bothersome factors of his team’s performance.

Mediocre rushing production and big plays allowed by the defense.

The first concern makes sense — the Cowboys averaged 3.8 yards per carry — but it seems likely that reigning Doak Walker Award winner Ollie Gordon II and the veteran offensive line will get back to their expected level of production.

The big plays against the defense, particularly the four pass plays that equaled 164 of South Dakota State’s 388 total yards, were a bit more of a worry. But Gundy says the fix shouldn’t be complicated.

“Our players need to have their eyes in the correct spots,” he said. “(SDSU) did a couple things scheme-wise that were really good, so four of the six (plays) we need to be more disciplined with our eyes. We need to adjust to what they did to us.”

With Arkansas on tap next, set for an 11 a.m. kickoff Saturday at Boone Pickens Stadium, the Pokes will face an athletic offense that showed good balance in destroying Arkansas-Pine Bluff 70-0.

New Razorbacks quarterback Taylen Green threw for over 1,700 yards and rushed for 436 last year at Boise State, and he showed playmaking ability in his Arkansas debut.

So he will put some pressure on the Cowboy secondary because of his mobility and arm talent.

“When you are competing against a guy that has the ability to run, you have to take that into account in your structure of defense and the style of play,” Gundy said. “We have plenty of ways to do that because we see them quite a bit now. It’s just a matter of being disciplined and making sure somebody has responsibility for the quarterback.”

Here’s a look at whose stock is rising and whose stock is falling for the Cowboys after their season opener:

Stock rising​

De’Zhauh Stribling, WR: Stribling looked like an emerging star early last season before a broken wrist sidelined him for the year. Saturday did nothing to change his expectations. The 6-foot-2, 200-pound redshirt junior was targeted eight times, catching six for a team-best 83 yards.

Trey Rucker, S: Rucker had a career-high 15 tackles, but more importantly, he played well in coverage. His receiver was targeted five times and Rucker allowed two catches for 7 yards. The super-senior needs to be a veteran presence in the safety group, and he looked the part in the opener.

Iman Oates, DL: After redshirting last season, the 6-foot-3, 305-pound Oates began to generate some buzz during preseason camp. Then he made the first start of his OSU career on Saturday. He played 42 of 67 total snaps, more than any other defensive lineman except for linebacker/edge rusher Collin Oliver.

Stock falling​

Tyler Foster, TE: Gundy gave his tight ends a grade of average in the opener. Foster is the most experienced of the group after playing regularly the past couple years at Ohio. He played only 26 snaps Saturday with Josh Ford and Quinton Stewart also mixing in behind him. Still, Foster’s OSU debut wasn’t much different than what the Cowboys saw from Josiah Johnson last year, and by October, Johnson had made a significant jump to become an integral part of the offense. Perhaps the same is coming for Foster.

Cam Smith, CB: Smith’s coverage mistake on South Dakota State’s 60-yard touchdown pass was the most glaring of the coverage issues Gundy talked about from Saturday’s game. In all, Smith allowed five catches for 119 yards, but the redshirt junior is in his third year in the regular rotation and should return to the form that helped him earn the starting job in the first place.

2024 Oklahoma State football redshirt tracker​

One true freshman saw the field in Oklahoma State’s season opener, but others could get into the action at some point.

Tight end Josh Ford, the Stillwater High product, was the lone true freshman to get on the field in OSU’s 44-2 win over South Dakota State, and he is expected to remain in the rotation throughout the season.

The redshirt tracker won’t account for every redshirt-eligible player’s game participation, but will focus on first-year Cowboys and other notable redshirt candidates.

Players can appear in up to four regular-season games and still maintain redshirt status. Here’s a look at the redshirt tracker:

Played in one game: Josh Ford (Fr.); Gavin Freeman (Jr.).

Oklahoma State defense shows promise but still has 'a lot to work on' after beating SDSU​

Scott Wright
The Oklahoman

STILLWATER — It wasn’t perfect, but it wasn’t a disaster, either.

Oklahoma State’s defense played well enough for the 18th-ranked Cowboys to win comfortably in their season opener, 44-20 over FCS No. 1 South Dakota State, on Saturday at Boone Pickens Stadium.

Yet their performance was just messy enough to keep the defenders from getting too comfortable.

The South Dakota State offense had 388 yards, with 264 of it through the air via the arm of quarterback Mark Gronowksi.

“Defensively, we played good, then we gave up big plays,” OSU coach Mike Gundy said. “I almost did the math in my head. There’s about four plays we could’ve taken away, and it would be almost 50% of their production — no, 35% of their production. That’s just me doing it in my head.”



So here’s the math, via calculator.

SDSU had five of its 65 plays go for more than 20 yards — four passes for 164 yards and one run for 40. That’s 204 yards of 388, or 52.6% of their offensive production.

If you want to move the barrier for what constitutes a big play to at least 25 yards, that leaves three SDSU plays for 162 yards, or 41.8% of their yardage.


Either way, Gundy’s initial 50% figure was in the ballpark after all.

The start of defensive coordinator Bryan Nardo’s second year generated some similar feelings to his first season implementing his 3-3-5 scheme. Signs of the team’s overall talent contrasted against big-play gut punches that dull the defense’s shine.

Nardo — who, like offensive coordinator Kasey Dunn, was not made available to the media Saturday — made adjustments to his defense over the winter, which were installed during spring and fine-tuned in preseason.

Either way, Gundy’s initial 50% figure was in the ballpark after all.

The start of defensive coordinator Bryan Nardo’s second year generated some similar feelings to his first season implementing his 3-3-5 scheme. Signs of the team’s overall talent contrasted against big-play gut punches that dull the defense’s shine.

Nardo — who, like offensive coordinator Kasey Dunn, was not made available to the media Saturday — made adjustments to his defense over the winter, which were installed during spring and fine-tuned in preseason.

The Cowboys benefited from some missed opportunities for SDSU, including a couple of fourth-down pass attempts that missed open receivers.

While Gronowski was sharp, he still misfired on a couple passes that could’ve gone for big gains.

Yet at the same time, OSU made plays.

Korie Black picked up his first interception of the season. Collin Oliver had back-to-back quarterback pressures — the second one ending with a sack — that led to an SDSU punt, and the OSU offense scored shortly after for a 31-13 lead.

“I think we’re really good at adjusting,” said Oliver, who now has 23.5 career sacks.” We’re really good at understanding that whatever Coach tells us to do, it’s probably what’s best for us and our team. As a defense, we understand that concept and we’re going to be comfortable in any situation.”



That will be put to the test. Maybe next week, or maybe in three weeks when Utah comes to BPS, and a few more times after that.

Either way, the improvement of this defense will be the biggest key to success for the Cowboys.

Running back Ollie Gordon II looked like his usual self on Saturday. The receivers looked like a dangerous bunch, and the perfect complement to Gordon. Alan Bowman was as sharp as he’s ever been in a Cowboy uniform.


A major step forward for this team can only be made with reliable, consistent defensive play, and Saturday suggested this group isn’t far off.
“We all feel like it’s not big errors or something like that,” said Black, a super-senior cornerback. “That’s the good thing we’re happy about. But we’re always chasing that perfect game.
“It’s probably never gonna happen, but as long as we have that mentality of doing your job every play, then I think we’ll be good.”
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