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Arkansas Fans Are Drinking the Kool-Aid

Hog fans have already decided they will dominate us next week. Their win was against the 223rd ranked team according to Sagarin. In fact, Sagarin had SDSU ranked higher than Arkansas. Sagarin’s ratings are easily the most accurate in the country. UAPB is beyond bad. I’ve always disliked the Hogs. For many years we had to play them in Little Rock every year. When we beat them in 1973 in Arkansas, and again the first time they came to Stillwater, the series ended because they wouldn’t play a home and home schedule.

O'Colly: Oklahoma State's 'freak show' wide receiver room is poised for strong season

Oklahoma State's 'freak show' wide receiver room is poised for strong season​

  • Alyssa Brandon, Staff Reporter, @LyssaBrandon
  • Aug 23, 2024
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Everyone is aware that running back at OSU is a historically high-prowess position.

The man with the illustrious zero on the back of his jersey has recently made sure of it.

This year, however, it's the wide receiver group that’s looking to put itself on the map, joining the likes of the great Cowboy receivers — Justin Blackmon, Hart Lee Dykes, Rashaun Woods and more.


De’Zhaun Stribling, one of many OSU veteran weapons set to return to the position, attested to this when asked about the growing depth around him.

“There's so many guys that I can’t just say one person or two," Stribling said. “You know, our depth on the freak show is very good, and those guys are making plays and stepping out.”


Laughs emerged as Stribling inserted variations of the word “freak” into his comments over and over again; however, the point he was trying to make was nothing to snicker at.

The depth and talent the Cowboys are returning at wide receiver are freaky. Not only do the offense return guys like Brennan Presley, who’s fourth in OSU career receptions, and breakout wideout Rashod Owens, but new transfers have entered the depth chart and are turning heads.


“G-Freaky, Gavin (Freeman), he’s doing great, putting his time in, getting familiar with all the plays. So is (Da'Wain) Lofton," Stribling said.

Freeman, better known as "G-Freaky," has done some “freaky” things prior to his arrival in Stillwater. The 5-foot-8, 185-pound pass-catcher spent his first two seasons on the field across Bedlam lines as a Sooner before transferring to OSU this offseason.

Lofton, the second recent addition to the position group, has had a couple sparks of his own. In three years at Virginia Tech, the senior totaled 410 yards on 35 receptions, along with three touchdowns.

Even though Freeman and Lofton aren’t starting, a veteran presence stashed in the depth chart seems to be a comfort to those up front.

Whether this “freak show” wide receiver room is legitimate or not still remains to be seen. But a proven veteran presence and guys waiting in the wings to fill in where needed are brewing excitement for the upcoming season.

“With the new receivers that came in, especially with having veterans and veterans that have experience and playing over the years of college football…it’s very helpful,” Owens said. “It almost looks like they’ve been here too."


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  • Poll
Game 1 Predictions (oSu vs SDSU)

How do you think the game will end up?

  • oSu cruises to an easy win

    Votes: 4 12.5%
  • oSu struggles at times, but has a great showing

    Votes: 20 62.5%
  • oSu goes against a formidable opponent and pulls out a win in a back and forth game

    Votes: 4 12.5%
  • oSu struggles all game and barely pulls out the win

    Votes: 3 9.4%
  • oSu loses

    Votes: 1 3.1%

What are your predictions for tomorrow's game?

I hope we start out strong and blow the doors off SDSU, but the reality is they are a really great program. Even though they replaced a lot of people from last year's team, they have a lot of kids that have been in that program for years. More specifically, they have a really good quarterback and that gives any team a chance to win. I do believe oSu will play against three quarterbacks that will be drafted in the NFL next year. This includes the quarterback we see tomorrow and the other two QB's will be from Utah and Colorado.
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Oklahoma St all-time receiving leaders

1. James Washington - 4472
2. Rashaun Woods - 4414
3. Justin Blackmon - 3564
4. Tylan Wallace - 3292
5. Hart Lee Dykes - 3275
6. D'Juan Woods - 2751
7. Marcell Ateman - 2466
8. Dez Bryant - 2425
9. Josh Stewart - 2204
10. Adarius Bowman - 2187
11. Tracy Moore - 2064
12. Hermann Eben - 1973
13. Jalen McClesky - 1865
14. Jhajuan Seales - 1785
15. Josh Cooper - 1695
16. David Glidden - 1655
17. Curtis Mayfield - 1517
18. Dick Graham - 1458
19. Brandon Pettigrew - 1450
20. Rafael Denson - 1426
40. Chris Lacy - 920
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ESPN app on iOS 🙄

Pulled up the app a couple times the last few days to check scores and it crashed frequently…

Pulled it up a moment ago to watch college gameday and another crash.

I shrugged and thought oh well, they’re at aggy and I’d probably only be able to stomach a couple minutes anyway.

Then I noticed that I could feel heat emanating from the screen by the volume buttons, suspiciously where the CPU lives…

That stupid app running for less than 2 minutes made my phone toasty hot. That app has been trash for years and they still manage to find ways to make it worse

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