Oklahoma State Cowboys

By Marshall Scott | Pistols Firing Blog STILLWATER — Jax Forrest wrestled his final high school dual about a month ago, pinning his opponent in 19 seconds. After enrolling at Oklahoma State a semester early, he wrestled his first collegiate dual on Sunday, and that opponent lasted only 47 seconds. Oklahoma State beat Oklahoma 37-0…

By Marshall Scott | Pistols Firing Blog After seeing Drew Mestemaker highlights throughout the year, I dived into some stats with the hypothesis that Oklahoma State was going to get a big boost in the deep ball department with Mestemaker’s commitment to follow his coach up I-35 to Stillwater.  That hypothesis proved true, but I…

By Marshall Scott | Pistols Firing Blog If Vegas did odds on who is most likely to start at quarterback for the Cowboys during the 2026 season, Drew Mestemaker would probably be the frontrunner. But Monday showed that it could be a hectic portal window for the quarterback position. Just as the coaching carousel dominoes started…

BY Marshall Scott | Pistols Firing Blog STILLWATER — The term “fit” gets thrown around in coaching searches about as much as football coaches talk about “culture.” Ahead of introducing Eric Morris as Oklahoma State’s next head coach on Monday, OSU athletic director Chad Weiberg described fit as something that is “difficult to define but…

BY Marshall Scott | Pistols Firing Blog Sunday was one of the most college football days in college football history. Oklahoma State could have been a side story to the Lane Kiffin saga coming to its dramatic end, but Cowboy fans went into the hectic Sunday at peace, knowing their future coach had already put…

BY Marshall Scott | Pistols Firing Blog STILLWATER — Through injuries and a 30-day portal window that opened upon Mike Gundy’s firing, this Cowboy roster has been decimated. When interim Oklahoma State coach Doug Meacham approached the podium for his Monday news conference, he flipped the game notes to the Cowboys’ projected two-deep. “What’s this…

BY Marshall Scott | Pistols Firing Blog STILLWATER — It’s been a chaotic stretch for Cowboy football off the field, but that didn’t mean the games stopped being played.  Before this past weekend, Oklahoma State’s last weekend off was September 13. Since then, OSU fired longtime head coach Mike Gundy. Then the program parted ways with…

BY Marshall Scott | Pistols Firing Blog LAWRENCE, Kansas — Zane Flores just about beat the ball he threw to Shamar Rigby to the end zone. It was the first touchdown pass of Flores’ career after throwing 140 passes coming into Saturday’s game, a 38-21 loss to Kansas at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. Flores…

BY Marshall Scott | Pistols Firing Blog Unfortunately, it’s been a season of moral victories for the Cowboys. One of those moral victories in Oklahoma State’s 42-0 loss to Texas Tech was that the Cowboy defense didn’t play as poorly as the score entails. Thirteen of the Red Raiders’ points came via a kick return…

BY MARSHALL SCOTT | Pistols Firing Blog STILLWATER — A gander at the Cowboys’ average margin of defeat against FBS foes this season (28.8) will show you they haven’t been super competitive this season. Oklahoma State was competitive against No. 24 Cincinnati on Saturday … until the Cowboys weren’t. OSU lost to Cincy 49-17 on homecoming,…