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Oklahoma State vs South Dakota State Prediction, Game Preview, and Betting Lines​

Oklahoma State vs South Dakota State prediction, game preview, how to watch, betting lines. Week 1, Saturday, August 31

• Pete Fiutak
• 11 hours ago

Oh will this be fun.

Don’t just blow this off as a typical FBS vs FCS game. Coming off two straight national titles, South Dakota State might once again be the best team in the FCS.

It didn’t play an FBS team last year, but it has the team, the talent, and the style to potentially give Oklahoma State fits.

The Jackrabbits have won 29 straight games with the last loss coming to Iowa to open the 2022 season.



Oklahoma State huddles before a Bedlam college football game between the Oklahoma State University Cowboys (OSU) and the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Okla., Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023.

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Oklahoma State vs South Dakota State Preview​

Oklahoma State vs South Dakota State How to Watch
Date: Saturday, August 31, 2024
Game Time: 2:00 pm ET
Venue: Boone Pickens Stadium, Stillwater, OK
How to Watch: ESPN+
2023 Records: Oklahoma State (10-4), South Dakota State (15-0)

Why South Dakota State Will Win​

What does South Dakota State do so well? It keeps things moving.

The ground game and O line are strong enough to set up easy third down opportunities. The best in the nation on third down conversions and cranking up first downs, the team has the line in place to power away.

Oklahoma State struggled last year agains the run. The pass rush should be fine and the linebackers are terrific, but the front is about to have a long day.

Why Oklahoma State Will Win​

So how do handle what South Dakota State is bringing? You have to crank up the offense fast.

The Jackrabbits outscored teams 134 to 26 in the first quarters of games and never allowed more than 21 points all season.

Oklahoma State is the Power Four program, and this is where it has to act like it. Blast away with the ground game, utilize the loaded offensive line to get pounding, and rely on the terrific receiving corps to control the tempo and keep everything moving.

Basically … score.

Oklahoma State vs South Dakota State: Who Will Win​

This will be a hard-fought game to pay a ton of attention to.

Is Oklahoma State jacked for this, or will it go into one of its strange funks right out of the gate?

It struggled to get by Central Arkansas last year in a 27-13 win, and battled with Missouri State 23-16 to open the 2021 campaign. This will be like that, but it’ll be a Cowboy win. It’ll earn it.

Oklahoma State vs South Dakota State Prediction, Betting Lines​

Oklahoma State 27, South Dakota State 17
Line: Oklahoma State -9.5, o/u: 54.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
Oklahoma State vs South Dakota State Must See Rating: 3

LSU football coach Brian Kelly says having QR codes on helmets 'doesn't feel collegiate'​

Ryan Aber
The Oklahoman

LSU coach Brian Kelly said putting QR codes on helmets “just doesn’t feel collegiate for me,” Wednesday on the SEC teleconference.

Last week, Oklahoma State announced it would use QR codes on its helmets which will direct fans to the general name, image and likeness fund for the team.

Kelly and other coaches on the teleconference were asked about the Cowboys’ initiative and whether they thought the idea would spread.

“For us, we can keep NIL off the field,” Kelly said. “I think we can generate the things that we need here at LSU separate from the game-day atmosphere, the collegiate kind of feel that you have.

“This is just my personal feeling, putting a QR code on your helmet just doesn’t feel collegiate for me. As much as we can continue to keep this game when the band and college-aged kids playing the game (we should). I get it, right? NIL is here to stay and that’s great, but I think we can be separate from that and still, at the end of the game, go to work on NIL.”

OSU is believed to be the first program to use QR codes on its uniform.

South Dakota State preparing for 'unbelievable' Ollie, three NFL receivers and a hall of fame coach​

• Aug 29, 2024

Tyler Waldrep​

OSU Sports Writer

It certainly sounds like South Dakota State understands the assignment this week.

Stop Ollie Gordon from jump-starting his Heisman Trophy campaign with a big game in Saturday’s opener.

“Yeah, if you give him a seam, he can go the distance,” South Dakota State coach Jimmy Rogers said. “He's extremely fast. … He does a great job of making the first guy miss, and if he can make the first guy miss, he can easily get eight to 10 yards, because he is so fast, so it's going to take a full swarm of the ball for 60 minutes in this game to slow him down.”

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According to Pro Football Focus (PFF), Gordon forced 68 missed tackles last season, which ranked 13th among running backs.

Gordon ranked first with 31 designed runs of at least 15 yards last season, and among backs who forced at least 50 missed tackles, Gordon ranked second with at least 54.8 percent of his designed runs, resulting in at least a 15-yard gain.

The South Dakota State coach, who described Gordon as “unbelievable,” compared him to former Jackrabbit and current Cleveland Brown, Pierre Strong.

“Pierre Strong was extremely fast,” Rogers said. “He's bigger than Pierre, and he's extremely physical, so yeah, we're gonna have to be multiple in defense.”
Despite only carrying the ball 73 times in his first two NFL seasons, Strong has forced 12 missed tackles and is gaining at least 15 yards on 35 percent of his attempts. He’s also averaging 5.4 yards per carry.

Of course, that’s a far cry from his South Dakota State days when he rushed for 4,495 yards and averaged 7.1 yards while carrying the ball 630 times across the 2018, 19 and 21 seasons.

Despite the respect Rogers heaped on Gordon, the South Dakota State coach hasn’t overlooked the rest of Oklahoma State’s offense. He referenced quarterback Alan Bowman, but seemed especially concerned with Oklahoma State’s receivers when discussing how the Jackrabbits will be unable to rely on loading the box against Gordon.

“Three NFL wide receivers on their roster, probably more, but on film it's significant that those guys are playmakers for them,” Rogers said.

He is almost certainly referring to Oklahoma State’s starting trio of Brennan Presley, Rashod Owens and De’Zhaun Stribling.

“Couple days away from playing what I believe is arguably one of the best programs in college football today,” Rogers said. “I think it's, you know, coach Gundy has done an unbelievable job. … being one of the longest-tenured coaches in Power Four football. He’s a hall of fame coach, and I think it shows with the roster.”



Oklahoma State's Ollie Gordon forced 68 missed tackles in 2023.
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Oklahoma State football vs South Dakota State: Score prediction for Cowboys' Week 1 game​

Scott Wright
The Oklahoman

STILLWATER — It’s not often that Oklahoma State welcomes a No. 1 team to Boone Pickens Stadium, and unless something drastically changes between now and November, it’ll only happen once this season.

The 18th-ranked Cowboys play host to South Dakota State, the top-ranked team in the Football Championship Subdivision, set for a 1 p.m. kickoff Saturday at BPS.

While the Jackrabbits are coming up from a lower division, they also arrive with a 29-game winning streak and back-to-back FCS national championships. Their last loss was a 7-3 defeat to Iowa to begin the 2022 season.

Though OSU coach Mike Gundy is 15-0 against FCS teams in his tenure, his teams have had a few close calls in games that should’ve been blowouts.

This isn’t one of those games.

“We're going there for a reason,” SDSU coach Jimmy Rogers said this week. “We're going to compete. If we're going to claim we're one of the best in the country, here's an opportunity to go showcase that.”

Meanwhile, the Cowboys are looking to start their season on the right foot as they try to improve on last year’s 10-win mark that included an appearance in the Big 12 Championship Game.

Here’s a look at our predictions for the game:

Oklahoma State football score prediction vs South Dakota State​

Justin Martinez, trending reporter​

OSU 28, South Dakota State 20

WIN BY A HARE

Ollie Gordon II dominates on the ground and finds the end zone three times. Mark Gronowski and South Dakota State’s offense trim the deficit to one possession, but Nick Martin and OSU’s defense get a key stop down the stretch to avoid the upset.

Joe Mussatto, columnist​

OSU 30, South Dakota State 26

HARE’Y SITUATION

OSU’s defense denies South Dakota State on the final drive of the game. A close call, but the Cowboys can stand tall after beating the best in the FCS.

Jeff Patterson, sports editor
OSU 37, South Dakota State 31

GRIT & GRIND

Jackrabbits quarterback Mark Gronowski, the reigning Walter Payton Award winner, holds his own against the Cowboy defense, but the two-time reigning FCS champions can't contain Heisman Trophy hopeful Ollie Gordon II in the best under-the-radar Week 1 game.

Jacob Unruh, deputy sports editor​

OSU 33, South Dakota State 24

STEAMED CARROTS

Cowboys star Ollie Gordon II and the offense keep heat on Jackrabbits to pull away in the second half. OSU's defense also has a big day, showing more progress against FCS' best.

Scott Wright, OSU beat writer​

OSU 31, South Dakota State 23

WABBIT SEASON

The Jackrabbits can’t keep up with Oklahoma State superstar Ollie Gordon II, who breaks the 200-yard mark in the season opener and kicks off his Heisman Trophy campaign with authority. But the SDSU offense should do enough to keep this game interesting into the fourth quarter.

From Anadarko to South Dakota State, Kenyon BigBow returns vs. Oklahoma State football​

Joe Mussatto
The Oklahoman

South Dakota State offensive lineman Kenyon BigBow requested two tickets, the maximum allowed, for his team’s season-opener Saturday at Oklahoma State.

BigBow could’ve used two dozen. Maybe more.

Because despite going to school in Brookings, South Dakota, the former Anadarko High School standout is set to make his college debut just two hours from home.

And you better believe all 5,745 people in the Caddo County community 61 miles southwest of Oklahoma City are behind him.

BigBow’s dad, Kenyon Sr., expects the BigBow cheering section to be 30 to 40 strong in Stillwater. Family and friends and former teammates and teachers will be scattered throughout Boone Pickens Stadium.

“They’re all going,” Kenyon BigBow Sr. said. “Anadarko is a small town, so we all know everybody.”



Kenyon Jr. said he’s most excited to play in front of his mom and dad.

“My parents have been with me throughout this whole journey,” BigBow said.

BigBow, who is Comanche and Kiowa, could’ve gone to OSU as a preferred walk-on, and OU gave him a look, but the 6-foot-5 and 295-pound offensive lineman ultimately accepted a scholarship offer from South Dakota State. The Jackrabbits were fresh off their first FCS national championship, which they defended last season by going back-to-back.

BigBow redshirted in 2023 without playing a snap. This season he’s listed as South Dakota State’s backup left tackle.

“Kenyon BigBow has been lights out since he’s been here,” South Dakota State coach Jimmy Rogers said. “We’re really excited about his growth because he’s only one year into the program, this being his second year. He’s been dinged up some, but he’s finally healthy and looks great now.”

The Jackrabbits have two more offensive linemen with Oklahoma connections. Former Sooner Marcus Hicks, listed as the backup right tackle, transferred to South Dakota State last winter. And Dawson Rudd, from Claremore, played in eight games last season as a redshirt freshman.

“He was actually the first dude I met when I came up here,” BigBow said of Rudd. “He showed me around, which was really cool.”




South Dakota State tight ends coach Chris Meyers, a former offensive graduate assistant at OSU, is in charge of recruiting in Oklahoma and Kansas.

Norman North quarterback Owen Eshelman and Jenks defensive lineman Cash Jacobsen, both in the 2025 class, are committed to South Dakota State.

The Oklahoman ranked Eshelman as the fifth-best quarterback in Oklahoma high school football. Jacobsen was ranked as the No. 8 defensive lineman in the state.

South Dakota State, winners of 29 straight, has taken North Dakota State’s place as the No. 1 team in the FCS. Despite its remote location, it’s easy to see the allure.

“The work culture here is crazy,” BigBow said. “Everybody works hard, goes 100% no matter what day or time it is. The leadership is also really phenomenal here, too.”

Rogers, in his second season as head coach, took over for the legendary John Stiegelmeir, who held the job for 26 years. BigBow was first recruited by Stiegelmeir.

“He really wanted to go somewhere that he felt wanted,” Kenyon BigBow Sr. said. “Not just a number or a spot to fill.”

Since arriving at South Dakota State, BigBow has received encouragement and support from Native American communities across the Dakotas and Montana.

“You’ve got a bunch of little eyeballs looking up to you,” his dad tells him.

None more so than in Anadarko.

“This really means a lot to me to come back,” BigBow said, “to be in my home state.”

Let’s go guys…we have seen what can happen first game.

Nice to see him involved and doing well.

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You won’t want to read this. Think of it as a canary in a coal mine.

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Watching this video might be an eye opener for some.

The One World Government comment is extremely concerning.

4 of the 15 writers put OSU in.

OSU was the only B12 team picked to be in any Final Four (3x).

OSU was never picked into the final 2 (therefore no B12 team)

B12 only got 2 teams in 4x.

KU only picked in when another B12 team was, as well.

Of the 5 different $EC teams picked, goons were never one of them.

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A few years of losing in the SEC and Gaylord Stadium will become a ghost town.

To all -

This is my first post on your message board, and it is primarily intended for the older Cowboy fans who hang out here. I'm a Penn State alum and I usually just make posts on the Penn State wrestling message board. However, one of your Cowboy fans, AtownPoke, has been conversing with us on the Penn State message forum regarding the recent hire of David Taylor to OSU, and he invited us to reciprocate by visiting your message board.

Unfortunately, I have some very sad news to report. Darrell Keller passed away at the end of last year. You older guys will remember Darrell and his twin brother Dwayne who both won two national championship titles while at OSU in the late 60's and early 70's. Darrell's finals match with Larry Owings in 1971 is still a classic, and his win earned him the OW award that year.

Darrell was originally from WA, but he had been living in the Phoenix area for the last 20+ years. His wife, Tami, passed away from a brain tumor in 2017 and he has a surviving daughter, Sundi and a son, Chad. Along with that, there are several grandchildren including 3 girls who are triplets who come from his daughter.

Unless you knew him personally, most of you would just associate him with wrestling, but there was a lot more to Darrell than just his athletic skills. He was one of the most decent people I have ever met and the same goes for the rest of his family. I was very saddened to hear about his passing, and I thought it would be appropriate to share this news with all of you on this forum.

God Bless!

Are you ever coming back?

I have to assume TV cameras will do a close-up on these during broadcasts. Otherwise I’m not sure who can scan these.

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Oklahoma State fanbase could give Cowboys unique edge against Big 12 foes in 2024​

• Aug 28, 2024 Updated 8 hrs ago

Tyler Waldrep​

OSU Sports Writer

STILLWATER— Oklahoma State separated itself in the Big 12 before the 2024 season even got started.

Thanks to the fans, the school sold out every game this season 16 days before the season began. It was the first time Oklahoma State sold every seat prior to the first game in program history.

“I think it’s a combination of our long-term success here, but I also think the new league is contributing to this,” Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said. “I think the fans want to see Utah play. The new teams that we play, I think it’s intriguing to them. We live in a world with our phones where everybody just goes to the next thing, and I think the newness of the league has actually generated a lot of interest in ticket sales.”



With so much turnover, the Big 12 feels like a brand-new league in almost every aspect but name this fall. It’s also widely considered to be the most competitive Power Four conference by both media personalities and oddsmakers. FanDuel Sportsbook lists nine Big 12 teams with +2000 odds or better of winning the conference. The SEC and ACC have seven teams considered as likely to win their leagues, while the Big 10 has only five.

The newness and the projected competitiveness of the league haven’t inspired the same level of passion in most other teams in the conference.

Four Big 12 teams open the 2024 season on Thursday, with the rest following on either Friday or Saturday. Yet, the Cowboys are the only one to sell out every game.

UCF is somewhat close on the Cowboys’ heels, selling out five of its seven home games this season as of Wednesday morning.

Colorado sold out its Big 12 opener against Baylor on Sept. 21 and its family weekend game against Cincinnati. Tickets remain for the other four home games, including the Nov. 29th game against Oklahoma State.

The Big 12 preseason favorite, Utah, has also sold out two of its six games (against TCU and BYU in the second half of the season.

West Virginia has only sold out its opener against No. 8 Penn State.

The other 10 Big 12 schools, ignoring Kansas, have not sold out a single game although Kansas State is down to standing room only for four games including Oklahoma State’s visit on Sept. 28.

Due to construction, the Kansas Jayhawks are playing this season at two non-traditional sites representing both ends of the spectrum in the Big 12 this fall. They have sold out both games, taking place at Children’s Mercy Park, expected to seat roughly 21,000 people, while tickets remain for the remaining four games, which will take place at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Arrowhead Stadium, which seats 76,416.

Big 12 stadium capacities 2024
76,416- Kansas (Arrowhead)

63,470- BYU

61,500- Iowa State

60,229- Texas Tech

60K- West Virginia

53,599- Arizona State

52,305- OSU

51,444- Utah

50,800- Arizona

50,183- Colorado

50K- Kansas State

46K- TCU

45,140- Baylor

44,206- UCF

40K- Houston

38,007- Cincinnati

21,000ish- Kansas (Mercy Park)

Oklahoma State’s new capacity following offseason renovations is 52,305, which ranks seventh in the conference and just behind the average stadium size of 52,571, ignoring both sites Kansas plans to use.

Oklahoma State’s road games will largely take place this fall at the conference’s smallest stadiums in front of an average crowd of 50,959 people assuming those games all sell out.

Meanwhile, most visiting fans could find seating comes at a premium inside Boone Pickens this fall as Texas Tech, West Virginia and Arizona State fans will have to find spots inside a smaller stadium that is already sold out.

“This school has really come a long way in understanding the responsibilities for football, and the fans have bought into that,” Gundy said.

From dog slippers to blitzes, eclectic personality of Oklahoma State LB Nick Martin shines​

Scott Wright
The Oklahoman


STILLWATER — Nick Martin’s deep voice is a little raspy, but always soft.

His sense of humor can be dry. His facial expressions, almost static.

His play on the football field is full-speed violence.

Yet all that publicly viewable information hardly encapsulates the personality of the Oklahoma State linebacker.

“Nick is the most serious goofy guy,” said teammate Ollie Gordon II, admitting the contradiction in his words.

But that’s what makes Martin so unique. He can read a situation, and adapt to whatever it calls for, spanning from the most serious to the most goofy.

The 18th-ranked Cowboys open the season against FCS No. 1 South Dakota State at 1 p.m. Saturday at Boone Pickens Stadium, and Martin is no jokester when it comes to football.



He went from new starter to All-Big 12 selection last season, finishing with 140 tackles — the most by a Cowboy in roughly 40 years. The redshirt junior has begun to gain NFL attention because of his speed and tackling ability.

Then there’s the side of Martin that showed up to Big 12 Media Days in Las Vegas last month wearing a black OSU polo shirt, jeans and big, fuzzy slippers with wolf heads on them.

A couple weeks later, he walked into OSU’s local media day wearing similar slippers with puppies on them.

“You see the shoes, man, I look at ‘em and that’s Nick in a nutshell,” OSU linebacker Collin Oliver said. “He’s an amazing dude, a great character. It’s cool that people see more than just football. That’s Nick. That’s the way he is 100% of the time.”

The best description of Martin’s personality would be eclectic. He loves his animal slippers — says he owns at least 10 pairs. For the last two years, he has been teaching himself to play the guitar. And he’s just as comfortable standing in front of the media discussing his Christian faith, his passion for jewelry or the intricacies of a delayed blitz.

“I’m pretty weird,” Martin said. “I’d say it comes from my influences, what I like. If I like it, I do it.”

That’s why no one in his family was surprised to see Martin show up to Vegas with his wolf slippers.

“It was funny to me, because everybody saw it and was like, ‘Man, Nick really wore those?’” said Chauncey Martin, one of Nick’s three older brothers. “I wasn’t even surprised. He’s hilarious. I love him.”



While Nick shares a lot of similarities with his brothers, Brandon, Ryan and Chauncey, even within the family, Nick has some personality quirks that are his alone.

“We all like music, but Nick has some different tastes,” Chauncey said. “Nick has always been a little different from me and our older brothers. He always did his own thing growing up.

“When it’s time to be lock in, he’ll lock in. But when it’s not serious, you can be yourself around him. You don’t have to act a certain way. That’s how our mom raised us, to love everybody and enjoy every moment of your life.”

When Nick makes his way back to his East Texas hometown of Texarkana, his mother, Tosha Martin, can feel his presence in the house.

“All four boys have great personalities and are friendly, loving young men,” Tosha said. “Nickolas is very playful and he loves to mess with me when he’s home. I’ll be in the kitchen and he’ll come up behind me and thump me on the shoulder or wrap me up and lift me in the air, little things like that. And I miss those things every time he leaves.”

As the youngest of the four boys, and with the influences from Tosha and his father, Michael, Nick saw the world around him through each of them, and that shaped his well-rounded personality.

While his music taste or his clothing style might have a unique flair, his faith and his upbringing have kept him centered in the person he wants to be.

“I always tried to make sure my boys understand who they are, make sure they put God first in their lives, make sure they understand there’s a purpose and a plan for everything,” Tosha said. “You live every day to be the man you want to become. That’s something I instilled in them early on, so it just manifested.

“Nick has always known who he is.”

Ask five people in Nick’s life which of his personality traits stands out the most and you might get five different answers, because he’s such a multi-faceted individual.

Awesome thing #1:

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