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[upbeat music] Welcome to another edition of Bedlam Buds. My name is Ryan. I'm dressed like an unk today. I got my track suit on, my OSU cap, and this is Dr.
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Jeremy Cook, Mr. Loyal and True. Just returned home from the field where the Oklahoma State Cowboys pull out [clears throat] ahem, a 42-28 workmanlike victory. It was a tough win, but it was a good win.
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What were your thoughts, Jeremy? Well, I'm gonna make a bold prediction right now right off the bat. All right? So I need everybody to lock in. Ready? Bold prediction, Oklahoma State makes a bowl game this year.
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Write it down. I've declared it. OSU makes a bowl game this year. Boom. Bold, bold- I-... prediction by the Doc Is, is that a bold, is that a bold prediction? Uh, w- not now, no. Yeah. No, no, right.
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It's really, it's really not. But then after last year, yeah. That was- I mean, look at the come up here, man. It's been pretty impressive, by the way, as I see Indiana taking the lead against Nebraska.
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I don't know if Nebraska is gonna come back in that one. But hey, this, this game was 21-21 at the half. It was a back and forth game. Dare I say a very entertaining game. You know, I'm waiting on OU Texas back here.
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And I turned the lights orange, by the way. It's not Texas orange, folks, it's America's brightest orange up there in Stillwater, Oklahoma, uh, OSU. But this was a tough game at half.
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From a viewer perspective, super entertaining, back and forth. I was super impressed with UCF, their ability to capture the edges early on. OSU, I think, took that away later on. But Keyon Jenkins, he's their backup.
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He was incredible. Yeah, he played a great game, and it was so annoying because, I mean, I mean, they were hitting the edges. Like, we were talking during the game.
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They kept hitting those edges, and we couldn't do anything. They normally, or, or last week, you know, w- was straight up the middle. A lot of up the middle, kind of almost a West Virginia-esque. Mm.
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But boy, they saw some corners, and their coaches saw something where they could take advantage of that, and they definitely did in the first half.
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I mean, including that last drive to end the first half where, you know, we called a timeout 'cause we gotta stop and, you know, on a first down and it was a, a, a, you know, deep second down and 11 or 12.
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So, you know, our coaches called a timeout and because we wanna get the ball back. Unfortunately, that played into UCF's hands 'cause the next play they got, like, 12 yards.
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But that kid, I thought he did very well today. Uh, he had good decision-making overall. Uh, now as the game went on, the pressure you could see started to get to him a little bit.
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When I say pressure, I don't mean pressure the game, I mean the defensive pressure coming through. The- Our favorite guy, Jaleel Johnson, coming through with some big tackles.
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Is it, are we sure, uh, do we have that right? [laughs] Jaleel Johnson. Is it J- Yes... Johnson and not Jackson? Okay. All right. I wanted to make sure 'cause I butcher that, so you'll have to finish it. Yeah, and, yeah.
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A- and he's a terrific young man. Absolutely great young man. Huge play. Five star cowboy, man. That's loyal and true right there in today's day and age. Huge play on fourth down, too. Absolutely.
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I mean, w- when in the first half
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UCF kinda did what they wanted to mostly, and then even in the third quarter OSU had the ball one time for one, well, one drive in the third quarter because UCF took so much time when they had the ball driving it, and that was their game plan.
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You know, you, they wanted to condense the game and not... You know, if it's a fast game, Oklahoma State's gonna win that one going away. You just- Right... UCF would not be able to keep up. But they slowed it down.
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They were methodical. They let that, that, uh, backup, again, now, I, he, that's a starting quarterback. I, I- I agree... he might be labeled backup.
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And, and by, and by the way, if, just a quick rant, there is no excuse for a, uh, you know, a, a, a top-tier college football program not to have a backup quarterback ready to go. I'm talking to you, Norman, Oklahoma.
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[laughs] It's just no excuse. He's great, and he's gonna get a chance to, uh, start somewhere next year. Yeah. A- a- absolutely.
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I mean, a- again, overall I thought, I thought he had some really good passes, and again, it was, the, it, first half, tale of first half and a tale of second half. It was. Which is- Like West Virginia...
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outside of O- outside of Tulsa, that's been OSU's season. Yep. Um, and, uh, well, I guess Murray State, but again, throw out Murray State. But again, it was a complete team win. Defense got a touchdown.
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Uh, defense got some turnovers finally. Um, they, I mean, played a complete game. Basically in the second half, uh, yeah, they got one touchdown, but basically shut 'em out, uh, for- Yeah...
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for all, you know, intents and purposes because, uh, you know, they were already down 21, I think, at that point, so it really didn't matter. But I mean, give the defense credit for adjusting in the second half.
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Oklahoma State took away those edges. Oklahoma State took away what their bread and butter was in the first half.
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They even hit a couple of, you know, they hit a couple of deep passes, uh, but, you know, that, that can happen. That can absolutely happen. But the, the second half adjustments,
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sh- I mean, that's, that's a sign of a quality coaching staff- Yeah... is their ability to, A, adjust on the fly, but also adjust at halftime, and you can clearly see Oklahoma State did that because of the turnaround.
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But once again, going into the fourth quarter, this was a close ball game. I think Oklahoma State led by maybe three, uh, maybe six.
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I, again, you know, I'm on the field, so, uh, you know, I'm trying to- At the end of the third-... take pictures and do that stuff... yeah, I think at the end of the third they led by three. It was 24-21. Okay.
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That's right, because then we drove, we had the, we got, finally got the ball, drove it down, finished it off with a field goal, and then that's when the, uh, the backward pass happened and, and we ran it in for the touchdown.
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And here's the deal. They went to a review, and they looked at it and looked at it and looked at it. All they had to do was ask me. I was on that end zone. I was right there.
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I was taking pictures, and it was very clearly a backwards pass. Mm. It was very, yeah. And I am fully biased here.
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Um, but, uh, that one I was just like, "Fellas," and I was, you know, trying to point to my camera, but the, the refs weren't They weren't paying attention Yeah. Well, I, I texted you also.
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On TV it was, uh, also quite obvious is UT and Oklahoma are, Texas is talking a lot of smack. There's gonna be a fight in the tunnel. Well, see- David Sill not having it. Um, yeah.
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Here's the thing with the, uh, UCF/OSU fight, UCF even on- Yeah...
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the first kickoff was bodying into our guys, and, and, you know, and, and, you know, as they're running off the field I'm talking about, they were bodying into our guys and chirping a little bit and hitting them, trying to let our guys know this is gonna be a real game.
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Right. And again, for a while that worked. So I, I wanna just, uh, point out something on the defense as I'm looking at the stats. Uh, Evan Jackson, number one, zero tackles, but one touchdown, and it was the separator.
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And, and the thing that I loved about watching that play again on replay is he never stopped pursuing the ball. He knew it was a lateral, and he acted as if. He picked it up. He ran it in. There was never any hesitation.
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There was never any looking back. A- and that's, that's really great coaching, but that's also having your head in the game.
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I used to have a boss who would tell me, her name's Kyla, she would just say, "All I ask of you is that you have your head in the game." Evan Jackson, I mean, look, the defensive stats were pretty big here.
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Uh, Ethan Weslosky, 17 tackles, eight of them solo. Uh, Tate Romney, you kept hearing Romney all day. I thought we were, I thought it was Mitt Romney out there.
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You know, Tate Romney out there with six solo tackles, uh, Quentin Hammons with 11 tackles. Um, just a big day by the defense, but probably no play bigger than Evan Jackson.
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No, 100%, but I mean, those linebackers getting all those tackles, what's that tell you? It tells you exactly what we talked about.
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We said that the defensive line's job is to block up the middle, is to fuzz it up, and let those linebackers be free to run side to side and make the tackles. First half
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it, it wasn't quite there because of how they were hitting the edges. Second half, that's exactly what happened. They did not get anything as far as that forward push from their offense- Mm-hmm...
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and those linebackers were flying around making tackles. But you're right, that turnover, that, that was it.
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That got the momentum, and you're right, that kid, um, and a- again, I apologize for saying kid, but I'm old, so everybody's a kid. Yeah. They're all kiddos, man. Even, uh- Right... until you hit 30, you're a kiddo.
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Right. Right. And, and I mean, and the crowd right there, and, you know, 'cause, uh, y- you know, Lewis Field at T.
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Boone Pickens Stadium is very tight, and the crowd looking straight down the line at that play were screaming. And the defense, I mean, you're right, they swarmed.
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There's three guys jumping at that ball, and he picked it up, and UCF stopped.
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And some of the, and honestly, some of the Cowboy defenders on the far side stopped, but that's a heads-up play, and you're right, that's coaching plus awareness. Yeah. Absolute awareness.
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I'm gonna play until the whistle. Play until the whistle. There was no whistle, so you take it in, and then let them review, and if they overturn it, fine. Reset. Go again.
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But no whistle, you keep playing, and my goodness, that was, I mean, that was it, man. That was awesome. It was huge. You have that- I haven't had a chance to look at those pictures. Yeah. I sure hope I got it.
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Well, I, yeah, you always get a few good ones in there, a few great ones. Um, that's why you gotta take a whole bunch of photos to get a few. You know, you gotta, uh, kiss a lot of frogs to get a prince, as they say.
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Um, let's talk about the offense because it did seem like there was, they were a little bit, the Cowboys were a little bit out of flow. I just wanna give you the key stats here.
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Uh, in the first half, Drew Mestemaker 19 of 28 for 304 yards, averaged 10.9 per throw for two TDs, no interceptions. That was an improvement right there. No, uh, turnovers there.
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Uh, in fact, did, uh, aside from Caleb Hawkins' fumble, were there any other turnovers? Well, I mean, for, for Oklahoma State? Like fumbles. Yeah. Did, did the Cowboys get the ball? I don't think so. Yeah.
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No, I don't think so. So other than on Cable Hawkins, uh, Caleb Hawkins fumbled on the second play of the game, or down- First drive... uh, yeah, first drive, second play of the game.
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Uh, yeah, first drive for Oklahoma State, um, and then not again. Caleb Hawkins had a good day, 23 of 83, 3.6 yards per carry. Um, and then, uh, in receiving, I thought, you know, w- we're big fans of Wyatt Young.
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Uh, he's young. He's brash. He's fast, uh, a little cocky. I love the way, you know, he talks a little smack on the field. But Justin Boeck, holy moly, what a huge day and what great catches.
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We joked about the one that you were just [laughs] you didn't get a photo of, his one-handed catch over the middle. Boeck finishes with 98 yards on six receptions and a TD. What a huge game by number zero. Yeah.
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Well, absolutely, but, but I'm gonna go back just a scooch.
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So to, the best thing I think the coaches, the other, you know, uh, best, in air quotes, they, they did was the very first play that Oklahoma State had the ball again, what did they do? They hand it off to Caleb Hawkins.
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And then threw to him. It's okay, kid. We love you, kid. Yeah. You're still gonna get yours, kid. Don't worry about it. We trust you. Yep. And they trust, and he, and it didn't happen again. Right.
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That's awesome, but, but Boeck, oh, my, that dude, I mean, what a great, great transfer he has been, and that was the talk.
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You know, we, we've mentioned him a couple of times, even pre-season, that he was looking really good.
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But with Young out, and Young, you know, Young did not play today as much as usual because, you know, he had a little knock, and, uh, he, but he, you know, he played big when he was there.
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But Boeck absolutely stepped up, and we're talking crossing routes. He's a big fella, crossing routes. If you get that up, he's going up and get it.
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And as we've mentioned before, you know, I've gone to the practices, and they practice that high point catching. That's what you saw Boeck do today. That was his, his touchdown.
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It was just like that 'cause it was a bullet from Mestemaker. Oh, and I got that though. I got that. [laughs] Fantastic, man. I got that picture. Well, hey, I mean, if you send those to me, I can put them in the video.
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Uh, well, we'll, we'll make that happen. Okay. Awesome. We'll see. We'll make that happen. Absolutely. Well, I'm gonna, I'm gonna try to be editing this while I'm watching OU-Texas if I'm not having a nervous breakdown.
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Well, hey, I ordered to record this before you got fully involved in OU-Texas because I didn't want any negative emotions carried over to this podcast. [laughs]There will be lots of cussing, my man.
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[laughs] Okay, so let's, let's, let's do this. I wanna, uh, just give folks a, a sense of where we're at in terms of the Big 12 today. Oklahoma State over UCF 42-28.
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The early games, West Virginia got their tails kicked at home by Arizona. I think we broke West Virginia. You might have broken West Virginia.
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Uh, I haven't looked at the numbers on Michael, uh, Michael Hawkins Jr., and I don't wanna disparage him, but OSU may have broken him too. Uh- In the second half, what we did to West Virginia, they've not recovered.
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I'm just saying. Last, last night BYU, I mean, the odds-on favorite to win the conference, them and Texas Tech, they beat Iowa State in what was a very...
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You know, the Cyclones didn't look bad, BYU just looked better, 24 to 10. That win last night. All the rest of the games are either happening right now, Houston, Kansas State, uh, or happening a little bit later on. Um,
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so moving forward, do we feel s- still feel the same way about OSU in terms of Big 12 chances?
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I will tell you, I sent you a text from, uh, it was a screenshot from a guy named David Pollack, I think is his name, uh, from ESPN, who says, "Drew Mestemaker's gonna be the number one pick in the draft, just you watch."
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Man, just stop it. Just stop. Uh, you know, however, you know, again, if he leads us to a national title or a, a Big 12 championship- Yeah... national title, you know what? Again, once again, kid, go get your money.
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Go get, you know- Yeah. Yeah... go sign that pro contract. He's good. Do. That's just, I mean, people are recognizing this guy's real good. I mean, have you seen a quarterback better in college football this year? Uh,
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the, the, uh, Russell from Alabama's really good. Oh, Russell has been really good. Yeah, Kila- He's been really good. Yeah. Um, but I think he's only a sophomore, so he might not be draft eligible, I'm not sure. Yeah.
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Mestemaker i- is draft eligible, so we'll have to see.
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By the way, they were, they, in the pregame they were also talking about, uh, you know, uh, Drew Mestemaker living in relative anonymity in Denton, but in Stillwater all of a sudden people are recognizing him out and about, probably one of the more popular guys on campus.
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Well, but here's the thing about Stillwater. Like Matt Holliday is a, you know, a, you know, an MLB, like, Hall of Famer, and all, I mean just a- Right... amazing...
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He can walk into Walmart and everybody's like, "Hey, Matt," and, and, you know, and it's cool- Right... because he's, you know- It's Stillwater. Right. Yeah.
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And, uh, you know, it was like Coach Eddie Sutton back in the day, it was just like, "Hey, Coach," and then you continue your shopping. Uh, I, you know, after the newness wears off, uh, it will settle into that.
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Denton's a much bigger city, right? Yeah.
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Denton's a much bigger city, and I, you know, no offense, uh, it's not as high-profile a program as Oklahoma State, and now he's getting the big boys talking about him, and now people are, you know, wanting to, uh, get a little bit more of that Drew Mestemaker action.
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So, um, yeah. They call it, they call it Mestemaker magic. Mestemaker magic. [laughs] That's what they, that's what they were talking about on TV. They kept calling it Mestemaker magic.
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It's second half magic right now, and you know what? I'm here for it. So, um, I mean, what do you think makes that second half improvement that we've seen from Oklahoma State each week?
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Is it something, is it coaching at halftime? Is it a message from the coach that's inspiring?
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Or, or is it really just digging into the video before the coach is going to half and say, "Look, we need to adjust our strategy here"? Okay, I think it's a combination of thing. It starts with coaching.
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It starts with the coaches who are making the adjustments, who are saying, "Okay, now we see what they're doing. Here's what we are going to do to counteract that," right?
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Then you also have to factor in conditioning, right? The weight staff, the strength staff, you know, those guys have our guys ready to play. They have them ready to play for four quarters.
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And, um, and, and, and that is a factor w- when you look at the fourth quarters. Look at the fourth quarters, what has happened. Even Oregon. But- Oklahoma State was better in the fourth quarter.
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Outside of Tulsa- Which we talked about early on. Yeah. What? We talked about that early on. Oh. Because we thought OSU was going to be the better conditioned team against Tulsa.
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W- w- didn't play out that way that week, but it's played out every other week since. Yeah, absolutely. And so, I mean, you got, uh, coaching and judgment, you got, you know, conditioning, you got belief.
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They believe they are going to win in the second half. It is not, uh, "We hope we win," or, "Can we win?" They fully, after that Oregon game- Right...
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they believe, "We are going to win in the second half," and that belief carries over, and you can see the improvements. Plus, there is trust. There is trust from the players with the coaching staff.
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The players know they're going to put us in the best position possible, and that is exactly what is happening. I wish we would jump out and get a, you know, get ahead a whole bunch and then just kind of coast.
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Clearly that's not in the cards [laughs] right now.
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But that belief, that trust, those adjustments, your conditioning, that, that's a differ- every one of those individually could be a difference maker, and when you combine them, you outscore teams by 21, 17 points in the second half.
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So, uh, next week it's gonna be a nationally televised game on Fox. Oklahoma State four and one at four and one Houston, uh, in Houston. It's gonna be a 6:30 game. Um, ugh. Not a bad start for you. That was a good play.
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Um, however, um, three c- let's have a, a new feature here at the end of Cowboy games. You're, like when I watch hockey, it's always three stars to the game. Three Cowboys to the game. I'll give you mine real quick.
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No particular order. It's Mestemaker, it's Boek, and I'm gonna give the third one to Evan Jackson. Well, I mean, I was gonna say Boek and Jackson. Um- Yeah, I'm sure. And who would your third be?
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Well, my third, h- honestly, I'm gonna say, uh, Kelter the kicker.
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And the reason why is because we know that's money, and there's a couple of drives, you know, um, you know, where we had to kick field goals, but you knew it was money. You knew you were walking away with points. Yeah.
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And Mestemaker had a terrific game, but I don't wanna give it to him every time. Uh, Wyatt Young played hurt, and, but you don't wanna give that to him every time. I acknowledge they w- were terrific.
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But I'm gonna give Kelter because he was nails. I mean, it was 21-21, and he hit a long field goal, and then it's just 24-21 at the beginning of the fourth.
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I mean, the, you know, three points scored in that third quarter 'cause UCF had the ball so long, but it was money. And so I, I say Kelter. I, I would give him my third star for this week.
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Breaking news, it is 13:44 left in the first quarter, and John Mateer has already turned over the ball Wow. Was it, that went past, uh- No, no, no.
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It was, uh, of course, uh, I don't know if it was Colin Simmons, but of course, I, I think they gave it back to OU. Uh, but um, you know, uh, Mateer has no sense of anybody coming at him in the pocket.
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It was Colin Simmons. What a good player for Texas. Yeah. He came through there. Mateer didn't even hear him, took the ball right out of his hands, basically, but apparently he fell before he lost, uh, possession.
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Um- Well, I mean, good for Mateer. I, I like it when little brother down South, you know, does- That's r-... is successful against Texas, so. I f- feel, feel sorry for his people.
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[laughs] Uh, but uh, so uh, you know, I, I get that 'cause it was 21-21 and then again, again, in Tulsa there were four, uh, three fourth down conversions that did not happen. Um, and
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Eric Moore, Scott Swart said that we're gonna take the points here. You don't get to 35-21 without first getting to 27-21, uh, because all of it, it's, it's like in boxing, man. Y- you gotta hit, do the body work.
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You, you gotta tire 'em out, and then you go for the kill. And the Cowboys definitely, uh, have found a way to go for the kill in the second half. Um, so good call on Keltner there.
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Maybe- Well- I mean, we could have also said Jalil Johnson with that huge stop on fourth down. I was gonna say the defensive line, and Jalil Johnson in particular, did, uh, you know, terrific, especially second half.
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I mean, they just blocked it up in the middle, clogged it up, did their job, and getting pressure, but then, you know, getting those tackles on the edges that time and letting those linebackers fly, I mean, it, it really worked out and a lot of it is what we had talked about.
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So, um, I love it when a plan comes together. Yeah. And if w- uh, if we were including UCF Knights in our three stars or whatever, Keon Jenkins would absolutely, uh, be up there.
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I just, I came away so impressed with that dude. Yeah. No, ab- absolutely. He was terrific, and I was afraid...
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In the past, OSU has had a history of, of giving a backup quarterback their Heisman moment, and so I was, I was afraid the te- first half, I was like, "Oh, no."
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[laughs] Well, I t- you know, I remember when UCF came to Norman and gave OU a game. Um, this was not as much of a game as UCF gave, uh, uh, OU because OSU was able to pull away late. Good win. Big win.
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Folks, if you have not told a friend about Bedlam Buds, you hurt for some people on the sideline who, uh, who had been watching us, right? Absolutely. Yeah. A, a media member and some of the cheerleaders- Yeah...
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uh, some of the OSU cheerleaders, uh, were talking about as, as walking down the tunnel actually at, at halftime, and one of them said, "Hey, aren't you a Bedlam Bud?" And I was like- Yeah... "I am a Bedlam Bud."
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There you have it. Um, so, oh man, we gotta get T-shirts or something.
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Y- you know, the thing is, is that, um, there are so many people talking OU, and I've got my podcast with Clay Horning, The Long View, where we talk Sooners, but there isn't enough OSU talk.
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There are so many folks who are loyal and true out there. It's a good program. Uh, all the other programs are on the come-up also. Um, women's basketball is gonna be huge.
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Men's basketball is going to be very interesting. So, uh, if you haven't told a friend yet, do so. Also, uh, we invite you to talk crap in the comments.
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[laughs] Uh, whether it be about a prediction of ours, maybe, uh, you're a Houston Cougar and you wanna talk smack about next week, feel free.
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Hey, if you're a Fighting Irish, I don't know who they're playing today, but, uh, we predict you- Come on back, Irish. Let's go... we, we predict you to lose. That's right. We do. [laughs] We do. All right.
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We're gonna call this, uh, an episode. I'm gonna try to get this up while the Sooners are, I don't know, giving me an ulcer. So, for Dr. Jeremy Cook, Mr.
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Loyal and True, I'm Ryan Welton with Oklahoma Memo, and this is Bedlam Buds after a big 42-28 Oklahoma State win over UCF. We will talk to you later.
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[upbeat music] Welcome to another edition of Bedlam Buds. My name is Ryan. I'm dressed like an unk today. I got my track suit on, my OSU cap, and this is Dr.
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Jeremy Cook, Mr. Loyal and True. Just returned home from the field where the Oklahoma State Cowboys pull out [clears throat] ahem, a 42-28 workmanlike victory. It was a tough win, but it was a good win.
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What were your thoughts, Jeremy? Well, I'm gonna make a bold prediction right now right off the bat. All right? So I need everybody to lock in. Ready? Bold prediction, Oklahoma State makes a bowl game this year.
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Write it down. I've declared it. OSU makes a bowl game this year. Boom. Bold, bold- I-... prediction by the Doc Is, is that a bold, is that a bold prediction? Uh, w- not now, no. Yeah. No, no, right.
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It's really, it's really not. But then after last year, yeah. That was- I mean, look at the come up here, man. It's been pretty impressive, by the way, as I see Indiana taking the lead against Nebraska.
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I don't know if Nebraska is gonna come back in that one. But hey, this, this game was 21-21 at the half. It was a back and forth game. Dare I say a very entertaining game. You know, I'm waiting on OU Texas back here.
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And I turned the lights orange, by the way. It's not Texas orange, folks, it's America's brightest orange up there in Stillwater, Oklahoma, uh, OSU. But this was a tough game at half.
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From a viewer perspective, super entertaining, back and forth. I was super impressed with UCF, their ability to capture the edges early on. OSU, I think, took that away later on. But Keyon Jenkins, he's their backup.
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He was incredible. Yeah, he played a great game, and it was so annoying because, I mean, I mean, they were hitting the edges. Like, we were talking during the game.
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They kept hitting those edges, and we couldn't do anything. They normally, or, or last week, you know, w- was straight up the middle. A lot of up the middle, kind of almost a West Virginia-esque. Mm.
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But boy, they saw some corners, and their coaches saw something where they could take advantage of that, and they definitely did in the first half.
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I mean, including that last drive to end the first half where, you know, we called a timeout 'cause we gotta stop and, you know, on a first down and it was a, a, a, you know, deep second down and 11 or 12.
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So, you know, our coaches called a timeout and because we wanna get the ball back. Unfortunately, that played into UCF's hands 'cause the next play they got, like, 12 yards.
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But that kid, I thought he did very well today. Uh, he had good decision-making overall. Uh, now as the game went on, the pressure you could see started to get to him a little bit.
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When I say pressure, I don't mean pressure the game, I mean the defensive pressure coming through. The- Our favorite guy, Jaleel Johnson, coming through with some big tackles.
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Is it, are we sure, uh, do we have that right? [laughs] Jaleel Johnson. Is it J- Yes... Johnson and not Jackson? Okay. All right. I wanted to make sure 'cause I butcher that, so you'll have to finish it. Yeah, and, yeah.
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A- and he's a terrific young man. Absolutely great young man. Huge play. Five star cowboy, man. That's loyal and true right there in today's day and age. Huge play on fourth down, too. Absolutely.
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I mean, w- when in the first half
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UCF kinda did what they wanted to mostly, and then even in the third quarter OSU had the ball one time for one, well, one drive in the third quarter because UCF took so much time when they had the ball driving it, and that was their game plan.
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You know, you, they wanted to condense the game and not... You know, if it's a fast game, Oklahoma State's gonna win that one going away. You just- Right... UCF would not be able to keep up. But they slowed it down.
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They were methodical. They let that, that, uh, backup, again, now, I, he, that's a starting quarterback. I, I- I agree... he might be labeled backup.
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And, and by, and by the way, if, just a quick rant, there is no excuse for a, uh, you know, a, a, a top-tier college football program not to have a backup quarterback ready to go. I'm talking to you, Norman, Oklahoma.
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[laughs] It's just no excuse. He's great, and he's gonna get a chance to, uh, start somewhere next year. Yeah. A- a- absolutely.
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I mean, a- again, overall I thought, I thought he had some really good passes, and again, it was, the, it, first half, tale of first half and a tale of second half. It was. Which is- Like West Virginia...
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outside of O- outside of Tulsa, that's been OSU's season. Yep. Um, and, uh, well, I guess Murray State, but again, throw out Murray State. But again, it was a complete team win. Defense got a touchdown.
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Uh, defense got some turnovers finally. Um, they, I mean, played a complete game. Basically in the second half, uh, yeah, they got one touchdown, but basically shut 'em out, uh, for- Yeah...
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for all, you know, intents and purposes because, uh, you know, they were already down 21, I think, at that point, so it really didn't matter. But I mean, give the defense credit for adjusting in the second half.
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Oklahoma State took away those edges. Oklahoma State took away what their bread and butter was in the first half.
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They even hit a couple of, you know, they hit a couple of deep passes, uh, but, you know, that, that can happen. That can absolutely happen. But the, the second half adjustments,
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sh- I mean, that's, that's a sign of a quality coaching staff- Yeah... is their ability to, A, adjust on the fly, but also adjust at halftime, and you can clearly see Oklahoma State did that because of the turnaround.
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But once again, going into the fourth quarter, this was a close ball game. I think Oklahoma State led by maybe three, uh, maybe six.
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I, again, you know, I'm on the field, so, uh, you know, I'm trying to- At the end of the third-... take pictures and do that stuff... yeah, I think at the end of the third they led by three. It was 24-21. Okay.
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That's right, because then we drove, we had the, we got, finally got the ball, drove it down, finished it off with a field goal, and then that's when the, uh, the backward pass happened and, and we ran it in for the touchdown.
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And here's the deal. They went to a review, and they looked at it and looked at it and looked at it. All they had to do was ask me. I was on that end zone. I was right there.
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I was taking pictures, and it was very clearly a backwards pass. Mm. It was very, yeah. And I am fully biased here.
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Um, but, uh, that one I was just like, "Fellas," and I was, you know, trying to point to my camera, but the, the refs weren't They weren't paying attention Yeah. Well, I, I texted you also.
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On TV it was, uh, also quite obvious is UT and Oklahoma are, Texas is talking a lot of smack. There's gonna be a fight in the tunnel. Well, see- David Sill not having it. Um, yeah.
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Here's the thing with the, uh, UCF/OSU fight, UCF even on- Yeah...
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the first kickoff was bodying into our guys, and, and, you know, and, and, you know, as they're running off the field I'm talking about, they were bodying into our guys and chirping a little bit and hitting them, trying to let our guys know this is gonna be a real game.
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Right. And again, for a while that worked. So I, I wanna just, uh, point out something on the defense as I'm looking at the stats. Uh, Evan Jackson, number one, zero tackles, but one touchdown, and it was the separator.
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And, and the thing that I loved about watching that play again on replay is he never stopped pursuing the ball. He knew it was a lateral, and he acted as if. He picked it up. He ran it in. There was never any hesitation.
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There was never any looking back. A- and that's, that's really great coaching, but that's also having your head in the game.
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I used to have a boss who would tell me, her name's Kyla, she would just say, "All I ask of you is that you have your head in the game." Evan Jackson, I mean, look, the defensive stats were pretty big here.
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Uh, Ethan Weslosky, 17 tackles, eight of them solo. Uh, Tate Romney, you kept hearing Romney all day. I thought we were, I thought it was Mitt Romney out there.
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You know, Tate Romney out there with six solo tackles, uh, Quentin Hammons with 11 tackles. Um, just a big day by the defense, but probably no play bigger than Evan Jackson.
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No, 100%, but I mean, those linebackers getting all those tackles, what's that tell you? It tells you exactly what we talked about.
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We said that the defensive line's job is to block up the middle, is to fuzz it up, and let those linebackers be free to run side to side and make the tackles. First half
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it, it wasn't quite there because of how they were hitting the edges. Second half, that's exactly what happened. They did not get anything as far as that forward push from their offense- Mm-hmm...
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and those linebackers were flying around making tackles. But you're right, that turnover, that, that was it.
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That got the momentum, and you're right, that kid, um, and a- again, I apologize for saying kid, but I'm old, so everybody's a kid. Yeah. They're all kiddos, man. Even, uh- Right... until you hit 30, you're a kiddo.
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Right. Right. And, and I mean, and the crowd right there, and, you know, 'cause, uh, y- you know, Lewis Field at T.
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Boone Pickens Stadium is very tight, and the crowd looking straight down the line at that play were screaming. And the defense, I mean, you're right, they swarmed.
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There's three guys jumping at that ball, and he picked it up, and UCF stopped.
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And some of the, and honestly, some of the Cowboy defenders on the far side stopped, but that's a heads-up play, and you're right, that's coaching plus awareness. Yeah. Absolute awareness.
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I'm gonna play until the whistle. Play until the whistle. There was no whistle, so you take it in, and then let them review, and if they overturn it, fine. Reset. Go again.
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But no whistle, you keep playing, and my goodness, that was, I mean, that was it, man. That was awesome. It was huge. You have that- I haven't had a chance to look at those pictures. Yeah. I sure hope I got it.
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Well, I, yeah, you always get a few good ones in there, a few great ones. Um, that's why you gotta take a whole bunch of photos to get a few. You know, you gotta, uh, kiss a lot of frogs to get a prince, as they say.
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Um, let's talk about the offense because it did seem like there was, they were a little bit, the Cowboys were a little bit out of flow. I just wanna give you the key stats here.
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Uh, in the first half, Drew Mestemaker 19 of 28 for 304 yards, averaged 10.9 per throw for two TDs, no interceptions. That was an improvement right there. No, uh, turnovers there.
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Uh, in fact, did, uh, aside from Caleb Hawkins' fumble, were there any other turnovers? Well, I mean, for, for Oklahoma State? Like fumbles. Yeah. Did, did the Cowboys get the ball? I don't think so. Yeah.
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No, I don't think so. So other than on Cable Hawkins, uh, Caleb Hawkins fumbled on the second play of the game, or down- First drive... uh, yeah, first drive, second play of the game.
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Uh, yeah, first drive for Oklahoma State, um, and then not again. Caleb Hawkins had a good day, 23 of 83, 3.6 yards per carry. Um, and then, uh, in receiving, I thought, you know, w- we're big fans of Wyatt Young.
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Uh, he's young. He's brash. He's fast, uh, a little cocky. I love the way, you know, he talks a little smack on the field. But Justin Boeck, holy moly, what a huge day and what great catches.
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We joked about the one that you were just [laughs] you didn't get a photo of, his one-handed catch over the middle. Boeck finishes with 98 yards on six receptions and a TD. What a huge game by number zero. Yeah.
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Well, absolutely, but, but I'm gonna go back just a scooch.
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So to, the best thing I think the coaches, the other, you know, uh, best, in air quotes, they, they did was the very first play that Oklahoma State had the ball again, what did they do? They hand it off to Caleb Hawkins.
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And then threw to him. It's okay, kid. We love you, kid. Yeah. You're still gonna get yours, kid. Don't worry about it. We trust you. Yep. And they trust, and he, and it didn't happen again. Right.
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That's awesome, but, but Boeck, oh, my, that dude, I mean, what a great, great transfer he has been, and that was the talk.
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You know, we, we've mentioned him a couple of times, even pre-season, that he was looking really good.
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But with Young out, and Young, you know, Young did not play today as much as usual because, you know, he had a little knock, and, uh, he, but he, you know, he played big when he was there.
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But Boeck absolutely stepped up, and we're talking crossing routes. He's a big fella, crossing routes. If you get that up, he's going up and get it.
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And as we've mentioned before, you know, I've gone to the practices, and they practice that high point catching. That's what you saw Boeck do today. That was his, his touchdown.
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It was just like that 'cause it was a bullet from Mestemaker. Oh, and I got that though. I got that. [laughs] Fantastic, man. I got that picture. Well, hey, I mean, if you send those to me, I can put them in the video.
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Uh, well, we'll, we'll make that happen. Okay. Awesome. We'll see. We'll make that happen. Absolutely. Well, I'm gonna, I'm gonna try to be editing this while I'm watching OU-Texas if I'm not having a nervous breakdown.
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Well, hey, I ordered to record this before you got fully involved in OU-Texas because I didn't want any negative emotions carried over to this podcast. [laughs]There will be lots of cussing, my man.
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[laughs] Okay, so let's, let's, let's do this. I wanna, uh, just give folks a, a sense of where we're at in terms of the Big 12 today. Oklahoma State over UCF 42-28.
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The early games, West Virginia got their tails kicked at home by Arizona. I think we broke West Virginia. You might have broken West Virginia.
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Uh, I haven't looked at the numbers on Michael, uh, Michael Hawkins Jr., and I don't wanna disparage him, but OSU may have broken him too. Uh- In the second half, what we did to West Virginia, they've not recovered.
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I'm just saying. Last, last night BYU, I mean, the odds-on favorite to win the conference, them and Texas Tech, they beat Iowa State in what was a very...
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You know, the Cyclones didn't look bad, BYU just looked better, 24 to 10. That win last night. All the rest of the games are either happening right now, Houston, Kansas State, uh, or happening a little bit later on. Um,
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so moving forward, do we feel s- still feel the same way about OSU in terms of Big 12 chances?
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I will tell you, I sent you a text from, uh, it was a screenshot from a guy named David Pollack, I think is his name, uh, from ESPN, who says, "Drew Mestemaker's gonna be the number one pick in the draft, just you watch."
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Man, just stop it. Just stop. Uh, you know, however, you know, again, if he leads us to a national title or a, a Big 12 championship- Yeah... national title, you know what? Again, once again, kid, go get your money.
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Go get, you know- Yeah. Yeah... go sign that pro contract. He's good. Do. That's just, I mean, people are recognizing this guy's real good. I mean, have you seen a quarterback better in college football this year? Uh,
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the, the, uh, Russell from Alabama's really good. Oh, Russell has been really good. Yeah, Kila- He's been really good. Yeah. Um, but I think he's only a sophomore, so he might not be draft eligible, I'm not sure. Yeah.
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Mestemaker i- is draft eligible, so we'll have to see.
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By the way, they were, they, in the pregame they were also talking about, uh, you know, uh, Drew Mestemaker living in relative anonymity in Denton, but in Stillwater all of a sudden people are recognizing him out and about, probably one of the more popular guys on campus.
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Well, but here's the thing about Stillwater. Like Matt Holliday is a, you know, a, you know, an MLB, like, Hall of Famer, and all, I mean just a- Right... amazing...
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He can walk into Walmart and everybody's like, "Hey, Matt," and, and, you know, and it's cool- Right... because he's, you know- It's Stillwater. Right. Yeah.
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And, uh, you know, it was like Coach Eddie Sutton back in the day, it was just like, "Hey, Coach," and then you continue your shopping. Uh, I, you know, after the newness wears off, uh, it will settle into that.
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Denton's a much bigger city, right? Yeah.
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Denton's a much bigger city, and I, you know, no offense, uh, it's not as high-profile a program as Oklahoma State, and now he's getting the big boys talking about him, and now people are, you know, wanting to, uh, get a little bit more of that Drew Mestemaker action.
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So, um, yeah. They call it, they call it Mestemaker magic. Mestemaker magic. [laughs] That's what they, that's what they were talking about on TV. They kept calling it Mestemaker magic.
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It's second half magic right now, and you know what? I'm here for it. So, um, I mean, what do you think makes that second half improvement that we've seen from Oklahoma State each week?
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Is it something, is it coaching at halftime? Is it a message from the coach that's inspiring?
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Or, or is it really just digging into the video before the coach is going to half and say, "Look, we need to adjust our strategy here"? Okay, I think it's a combination of thing. It starts with coaching.
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It starts with the coaches who are making the adjustments, who are saying, "Okay, now we see what they're doing. Here's what we are going to do to counteract that," right?
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Then you also have to factor in conditioning, right? The weight staff, the strength staff, you know, those guys have our guys ready to play. They have them ready to play for four quarters.
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And, um, and, and, and that is a factor w- when you look at the fourth quarters. Look at the fourth quarters, what has happened. Even Oregon. But- Oklahoma State was better in the fourth quarter.
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Outside of Tulsa- Which we talked about early on. Yeah. What? We talked about that early on. Oh. Because we thought OSU was going to be the better conditioned team against Tulsa.
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W- w- didn't play out that way that week, but it's played out every other week since. Yeah, absolutely. And so, I mean, you got, uh, coaching and judgment, you got, you know, conditioning, you got belief.
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They believe they are going to win in the second half. It is not, uh, "We hope we win," or, "Can we win?" They fully, after that Oregon game- Right...
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they believe, "We are going to win in the second half," and that belief carries over, and you can see the improvements. Plus, there is trust. There is trust from the players with the coaching staff.
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The players know they're going to put us in the best position possible, and that is exactly what is happening. I wish we would jump out and get a, you know, get ahead a whole bunch and then just kind of coast.
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Clearly that's not in the cards [laughs] right now.
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But that belief, that trust, those adjustments, your conditioning, that, that's a differ- every one of those individually could be a difference maker, and when you combine them, you outscore teams by 21, 17 points in the second half.
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So, uh, next week it's gonna be a nationally televised game on Fox. Oklahoma State four and one at four and one Houston, uh, in Houston. It's gonna be a 6:30 game. Um, ugh. Not a bad start for you. That was a good play.
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Um, however, um, three c- let's have a, a new feature here at the end of Cowboy games. You're, like when I watch hockey, it's always three stars to the game. Three Cowboys to the game. I'll give you mine real quick.
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No particular order. It's Mestemaker, it's Boek, and I'm gonna give the third one to Evan Jackson. Well, I mean, I was gonna say Boek and Jackson. Um- Yeah, I'm sure. And who would your third be?
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Well, my third, h- honestly, I'm gonna say, uh, Kelter the kicker.
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And the reason why is because we know that's money, and there's a couple of drives, you know, um, you know, where we had to kick field goals, but you knew it was money. You knew you were walking away with points. Yeah.
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And Mestemaker had a terrific game, but I don't wanna give it to him every time. Uh, Wyatt Young played hurt, and, but you don't wanna give that to him every time. I acknowledge they w- were terrific.
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But I'm gonna give Kelter because he was nails. I mean, it was 21-21, and he hit a long field goal, and then it's just 24-21 at the beginning of the fourth.
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I mean, the, you know, three points scored in that third quarter 'cause UCF had the ball so long, but it was money. And so I, I say Kelter. I, I would give him my third star for this week.
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Breaking news, it is 13:44 left in the first quarter, and John Mateer has already turned over the ball Wow. Was it, that went past, uh- No, no, no.
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It was, uh, of course, uh, I don't know if it was Colin Simmons, but of course, I, I think they gave it back to OU. Uh, but um, you know, uh, Mateer has no sense of anybody coming at him in the pocket.
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It was Colin Simmons. What a good player for Texas. Yeah. He came through there. Mateer didn't even hear him, took the ball right out of his hands, basically, but apparently he fell before he lost, uh, possession.
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Um- Well, I mean, good for Mateer. I, I like it when little brother down South, you know, does- That's r-... is successful against Texas, so. I f- feel, feel sorry for his people.
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[laughs] Uh, but uh, so uh, you know, I, I get that 'cause it was 21-21 and then again, again, in Tulsa there were four, uh, three fourth down conversions that did not happen. Um, and
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Eric Moore, Scott Swart said that we're gonna take the points here. You don't get to 35-21 without first getting to 27-21, uh, because all of it, it's, it's like in boxing, man. Y- you gotta hit, do the body work.
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You, you gotta tire 'em out, and then you go for the kill. And the Cowboys definitely, uh, have found a way to go for the kill in the second half. Um, so good call on Keltner there.
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Maybe- Well- I mean, we could have also said Jalil Johnson with that huge stop on fourth down. I was gonna say the defensive line, and Jalil Johnson in particular, did, uh, you know, terrific, especially second half.
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I mean, they just blocked it up in the middle, clogged it up, did their job, and getting pressure, but then, you know, getting those tackles on the edges that time and letting those linebackers fly, I mean, it, it really worked out and a lot of it is what we had talked about.
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So, um, I love it when a plan comes together. Yeah. And if w- uh, if we were including UCF Knights in our three stars or whatever, Keon Jenkins would absolutely, uh, be up there.
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I just, I came away so impressed with that dude. Yeah. No, ab- absolutely. He was terrific, and I was afraid...
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In the past, OSU has had a history of, of giving a backup quarterback their Heisman moment, and so I was, I was afraid the te- first half, I was like, "Oh, no."
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[laughs] Well, I t- you know, I remember when UCF came to Norman and gave OU a game. Um, this was not as much of a game as UCF gave, uh, uh, OU because OSU was able to pull away late. Good win. Big win.
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Folks, if you have not told a friend about Bedlam Buds, you hurt for some people on the sideline who, uh, who had been watching us, right? Absolutely. Yeah. A, a media member and some of the cheerleaders- Yeah...
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uh, some of the OSU cheerleaders, uh, were talking about as, as walking down the tunnel actually at, at halftime, and one of them said, "Hey, aren't you a Bedlam Bud?" And I was like- Yeah... "I am a Bedlam Bud."
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There you have it. Um, so, oh man, we gotta get T-shirts or something.
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Y- you know, the thing is, is that, um, there are so many people talking OU, and I've got my podcast with Clay Horning, The Long View, where we talk Sooners, but there isn't enough OSU talk.
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There are so many folks who are loyal and true out there. It's a good program. Uh, all the other programs are on the come-up also. Um, women's basketball is gonna be huge.
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Men's basketball is going to be very interesting. So, uh, if you haven't told a friend yet, do so. Also, uh, we invite you to talk crap in the comments.
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[laughs] Uh, whether it be about a prediction of ours, maybe, uh, you're a Houston Cougar and you wanna talk smack about next week, feel free.
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Hey, if you're a Fighting Irish, I don't know who they're playing today, but, uh, we predict you- Come on back, Irish. Let's go... we, we predict you to lose. That's right. We do. [laughs] We do. All right.
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We're gonna call this, uh, an episode. I'm gonna try to get this up while the Sooners are, I don't know, giving me an ulcer. So, for Dr. Jeremy Cook, Mr.
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Loyal and True, I'm Ryan Welton with Oklahoma Memo, and this is Bedlam Buds after a big 42-28 Oklahoma State win over UCF. We will talk to you later.
