Alan Bowman spent time alone in his car, unsatisfied with his life. Rashod Owens dealt with suicidal thoughts. Now the two are senior leaders for
#OKState
, helping create conversation around mental health.
“Nobody's perfect every second of the day."
Mike Gundy has been doing his radio shows at Legacy Village Senior Living this season and the photos are so cute. These senior citizens look so happy to see Gundy🥹
BREAKING:
#OKState
starting center Joe Michalski set to return for 2024 season, per
@PokesPurpose
. One of the top-rated centers in FBS this season and started all 13 games in 2023.
Chilling moment at Georgia Southern’s graduation as Wesley Jackson, father of Edwin Jackson, yells out “Georgia” and the crowd and graduates respond “Southern”. It’s more than sports.
Former
#OKState
quarterback Gunnar Gundy, the son of head coach Mike Gundy, has transferred to Division II Emporia State in Emporia, Kansas. Gundy completed 62% of his passes and threw for 202 yards and a touchdown in 2023.
Dingus Magees, a popular bar in Statesboro, Georgia, has been closed since March due to COVID-19. They’re reopening today at 5.
Here’s the line to get in at 4:30.
BOOM.
#OKState
All-American and Doak Walker Award-winning running back Ollie Gordon II will be playing his junior season in Stillwater. Behind a veteran offensive line and plenty of returning weapons at receiver, Gordon’s Heisman campaign begins Week One.
After much speculation and assumption,
#OKState
lineman Preston Wilson is officially returning for 2024. The Cowboys return all five offensive linemen from a year ago.
As a Georgia Southern student, it’s so damn embarrassing to see people, unmasked, gather around for a “vigil” for a robot and no where to be found when there was a march a few weeks ago for justice and fighting for equality. I’m not surprised, but it’s really disheartening.
2024 Oklahoma State offense
QB: Bowman/Flores/Rangel
RB: Gordon II
TE/FB: Stewart
WR: Owens
WR: Presley
WR: Stribling
LT: Cooper
LG: Birmingham
C: Michalski
RG: Brooks Jr.
RT: Springfield
Today I was laid off by
@Gannett
.
The Athens Banner-Herald was my first job out of college and I’ve loved getting to know these players, coaches and this community I’ve gotten to write about the last year or so. So many wonderful people and great experiences.
Dalton Cooper,
#OKState
’s highest-rated offensive lineman in his first season in Stillwater, is returning for 2024. That’s three now. Absolutely huge.
#OKState
signee LaDainian Fields has been named The Oklahoman’s Defensive Player of the Year. He had 7 INT, 4 pick sixes for the Del City Eagles.
Here’s
@jdavis34_
on Fields:
#OKState
linebacker Nickolas Martin not named a Butkus Award semifinalist.
Martin, a redshirt sophomore, leads the Big 12 in tackles with 92, has five sacks, a forced fumble and an interception.
BREAKING: Former
#OKState
wide receiver Justin Blackmon is a first ballot College Football Hall of Fame inductee. The two-time unanimous All-American, two-time Biletnikoff winner will be enshrined in Vegas in December.
2025
#OKState
RB commit
@DjDugar
canceled his remaining visits at the airport before leaving Oklahoma.
Why?
He'd found his home.
"I'm one hundred percent locked in."
@JScruggs247
.
@BlooperBraves
will be at the
#UGA
game and operating with the Hairy Dawg team a Braves spokesperson confirmed to the Banner-Herald Thursday afternoon.
Don't let these insane performances from Owens and Presley distract you from the season that Leon Johnson III had and how crucial it was for the Cowboys to get here.
HUGE. Tookie Brown invited as one of the top 64 seniors in the country to play in Portsmouth, Virginia this weekend. Representatives from all 30 NBA teams will be in attendance.
Next player on our list of POYs joins us from the Sun Belt Conference! His senior year he averaged career highs in rpg and apg, we’re ecstatic to have Georgia Southern’s Tookie Brown!
#PIT19
College Gameday doing a big segment on Bedlam and Ollie Gordon.
Pat McAfee wanted to come to Stillwater instead of Tuscaloosa since it’s the last Bedlam game.
Rece Davis thinks
#OKState
is going to win.
🗣PERSONAL NEWS: I’m excited to announce that I have accepted a summer sports internship with
@ajc
and
@AJCsports
! Really thankful for everyone who helped me on this journey and am stoked for this opportunity post-graduation. Let’s go!
While
#OKState
Mike Gundy was talking with media and saying he would never comment on injuries, a fully healthy Ollie Gordon walked by and yelled out to him in his typical Ollie way.
I think the Doak Walker Award winner is going to be fine.
Boom!
#OKState
picks up a commitment from DE Alex McPherson (
@McphersonAlex50
) from IMG Academy. He’s the third defensive commit in the Cowboys’ class.
BREAKING:
#OKState
picks up a commitment from
@NukuMafi68
, an offensive lineman from Salt Lake City, Utah who took his official visit to Stillwater this weekend.
Ollie Gordon's touchdown reception from Alan Bowman in the second half is now being recorded as a rushing touchdown for Gordon. His stat sheet from Saturday: 28 carries, 126 yards and three touchdowns. He caught three passes for 20 yards.
Western Kentucky guard Brandon Newman has committed to
#OKState
, per his instagram. The first to follow Steve Lutz and Robert Guster from Bowling Green.
#OKState
RB Ollie Gordon named a Walter Camp Player of the Year Award semifinalist. He's also a Maxwell Award semifinalist and Doak Walker Award semifinalist. He's tied for the 7th-best Heisman odds. He's also won the hearts of all Cowboy fans.
#OKState
WR Rashod Owens: “I don’t really see a lot of people hitting that portal and it’ll be surprising if some people do.”
Still need to keep an eye on the transfer portal over the upcoming weeks.
#OKState
currently has the No. 24 class in the country. I fully expect this class to finish inside the Top 25 when all is said and done, could be one of the highest rated classes of the Gundy era.
Boom!
#OKState
picks up a commitment from 2025 receiver Jaden Perez (
@_JadenPerez2
). It’s the Pokes’ third receiver pickup this week and fourth of the class.
#OKState
receivers Brennan Presley and Rashod Owens are on the Biletnikoff watch list. Oklahoma State’s receiver room is going to be good this year, in my opinion.
Georgia Southern University announces students from border states (Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee) will be eligible for in-state tuition.
Oklahoma State has sold out all six home games for the 2024 season. It's the first time in program history they've done so before the season begins. Incredible.
BOOM!
#OKState
gets their second commit in the 2025 class in three-star OT
@JaylanBeckley
. He’s set to visit OSU later this month. Big haul for Charlie Dickey and Kasey Dunn.
BREAKING: Georgia Southern is planning to honor 2020 spring sport seniors by picking up tuition costs. The total cost of the aid is expected to be about $140,000.
STORY:
BOOM!
#OKState
picks up commitment from Arkansas RB transfer AJ Green. A versatile player from Tulsa, Green can do a little bit of everything in the Cowboys offense.
#OKState
DC Bryan Nardo on his first Bedlam game this week: "Once I get somewhere, I get fully on-board with who we're supposed to wanna beat. I think that's the only way you can be great at something is to fully dive into it. I'm excited to get to work on it."