Friday Rewind: QB Analysis Tops The Agenda

STILLWATER - Okay it was Friday and not Sunday but while Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy was waiting for his players to finish check-ups and treatment in the training room, he did his usual day after the game conference call with reporters. Gundy was on the phone for nearly 20 minutes before excusing himself to meet his players and staff the night after a dramatic 31-28 victory over Colorado.   Full Story

Images from photographer Pat Kinnison from Oklahoma State's 31-28 victory over Colorado on Thursday night at Boone Pickens Stadium.    Full Story

STILLWATER – The Oklahoma State football team’s nightmare became a dream come true for Brandon Weeden. With senior quarterback Zac Robinson sidelined the 26-year-old Weeden threw a pair of second-half touchdown passes to rally 12th-ranked Oklahoma State for a 31-28 victory over Colorado on Thursday night, keeping alive the BCS hopes for the Cowboys.   Full Story

STILLWATER - A couple of hours before they took the field for Thursday night's nationally televised final home game of the 2009 season, the 12th-ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys entered the new locker room in the west end zone following "The Walk" to find new black game jerseys and black game pants in their lockers.   Full Story

Robert Allen's key matchups and prediction for Thursday night's nationally televised game (ESPN) between the 12th-ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys and the Colorado Buffaloes at Boone Pickens Stadium.   Full Story

STILLWATER - With the short week there was no Sunday teleconference for Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy. Instead Gundy found himself standing at the podium in the new theater room looking out at the cameras and reporters just 19 hours after doing the same thing following Saturday night's 24-17 victory over Texas Tech. But some things had changed in the 19 hours since Gundy and the media met.   Full Story

Photographs of the vicious hit on Oklahoma State quarterback Zac Robinson by Texas Tech cornerback Jamar Wall in the final minutes of play Saturday night.   Full Story

STILLWATER – Zac Robinson saved one of his best performances at Boone Pickens Stadium for what all Cowboy fans hope is going to be his next-to-last game at home. It would be disappointing if Oklahoma State’s starting quarterback the past three years is unable to play in Thursday night’s home finale against Colorado. Robinson deserves to be honored following Saturday night’s performance.   Full Story

Robert Allen's key matchups and prediction for Saturday's game between the 17th-ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys and the Texas Tech Red Raiders at Boone Pickens Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. (Central Daylight Time).   Full Story

Oklahoma State has enjoyed the luxury of having a scholarship-caliber quarterback that doesn't count against its scholarship limit in Brandon Weeden. Now they could possibly get another offensive player that wouldn't count against the scholarship limit. Brent Brewer, a Tyrone, Ga. native, is scheduled to visit Oklahoma State on an official visit this weekend for the home game with Texas Tech.   Full Story

STILLWATER - Bill Young is certainly earning the $315,000 annual salary in his first season as Oklahoma State’s defensive coordinator. The 17th-ranked Cowboys are ranked ninth in the nation in run defense, 33rd in scoring defense, and 35th in total defense entering Saturday night's showdown with Texas Tech at Boone Pickens Stadium.   Full Story

There was a little talk on the Sunday teleconference with Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy of his team's 34-8 win over Iowa State because it didn't take long for the conversation and questions to shift to this week's opponent Texas Tech. That is a sure sign that things are moving along well. When all the talk is forward then there wasn't much for the media to pick over on Saturday.   Full Story

Images from Oklahoma State's 34-8 victory over the Iowa State Cyclones on Saturday in Ames, Iowa.   Full Story

Keith Toston entered Saturday trailing Big 12 rushing leader Alexander Robinson of Iowa State by 137 yards. But it was Toston who ran wild, and thanks to the Cowboy defense shutting down the vaunted Cyclone running game, the Oklahoma State senior is now among the conference’s top rushers after running for a career-high 206 yards in the 18th-ranked Cowboys 34-8 victory in Ames, Iowa.   Full Story

Robert Allen offers his key matchups and prediction for Saturday's game between the 18th-ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys and the Iowa State Cyclones in Ames, Iowa.   Full Story

ATHENS - Drew Butler has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District team, it was announced by CoSIDA Thursday.   Full Story

Dez Bryant's football season has come to an end – and quite possibly his Oklahoma State playing career – as the NCAA Student-Athlete Reinstatement Committee announced Thursday that it had upheld the NCAA staff's decision to suspend the Cowboy junior for one calendar year.   Full Story

STILLWATER – Mike Gundy understands what Iowa State head coach Paul Rhoads is experiencing as a first-time head coach. Gundy is preparing to take his 18th-ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys to Ames, Iowa for Saturday’s game against an Iowa State team that need just one more victory to become bowl eligible for the first time since 2005. It was too long ago that the Cowboys were in that same situation.   Full Story

Not much changed in the 16 hours from the end of Oklahoma State's Big 12 South showdown with No. 3 Texas and the 3 p.m. teleconference that Cowboys head coach Mike Gundy holds with the beat reporters and any other media that chooses to call in. Gundy and his staff had digested the video and started the process of grading and even moving on to this week's game at Iowa State.   Full Story

This one doesn't take long to analyze. You can start by that fact that Texas right now is a flat out better football team. I thought going into the game that if Oklahoma State and Texas played four times that Texas would win three. I think you might up that to seven or so attempts and OSU would win one.   Full Story

STILLWATER – Halloween night is going to be one that Zac Robinson will want to forget. Oklahoma State entered Saturday night’s nationally televised showdown with Texas hoping to prove it was a contender in the Big 12 South but Robinson threw four interceptions in the 41-14 loss – the most lopsided loss at home since 2005 – in front of a record-setting crowd of 58,516 at Boone Pickens Stadium.   Full Story

Photographs from the Oklahoma State-Texas game on Saturday night at Boone Pickens Stadium.   Full Story

Wasn't it interesting that when the NCAA Student-Athlete Reinstatement staff announced its decision earlier this week effectively closing the book on Dez Bryant's career with the Oklahoma State Cowboys, Bryant was apparently somewhere in Dallas granting an interview?   Full Story

Dave Hunziker’s voice begins reaching octaves that have never been heard before as he describes the action … Zac Robinson’s pass is caught at the Texas 25 as the seconds tick off the clock … 10, 9, 8, … but OSU has no timeouts remaining … The Cowboy offense hurries to the line of scrimmage to spike the ball, stopping the clock with the score tied 31-31 … and now the game rests with Dan Bailey.   Full Story

Robert Allen offers his key matchups and prediction for Saturday night's nationally televised game between the 13th-ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys and the third-ranked Texas Longhorns at Boone Pickens Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. (Central time)   Full Story