WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW BRYAN KEATING ALONGSIDE HANNAH HOOVER. ALL RIGHT. SO WE’VE DONE OKLAHOMA. THEY PLAYED WELL ON FRIDAY. IT WAS A FUN NIGHT AT MEMORIAL STADIUM. THEN YOU HAD THE AFTERNOON KICKOFF FOR OKLAHOMA STATE AGAINST. LOOK THIS IS A GAME WE TALKED ABOUT FOR WEEKS AND WEEKS AND WEEKS AS A DIFFICULT GAME WITH SOUTH DAKOTA STATE, THE NUMBER ONE TEAM IN THE FCS 29 GAME WINNING STREAK. THEY HADN’T LOST IN FOREVER, WHICH CAME TO AN END ON SATURDAY IN STILLWATER AS ALI GORDON GOT GOING A LITTLE BIT. ALI GORDON, 27, CARRIES, 104 YARDS A COUPLE OF TOUCHDOWNS ON THE GROUND. HE HAD THE RECEIVING TOUCHDOWN AS WELL. COWBOYS ROLL 44 TO 20 AND A HEAD COACH ANOTHER WIN. I TOLD THE TEAM THAT WAS A THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD WIN. FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS ALWAYS A LITTLE SCARY. BUT AS I HAVE SAID FOR MONTHS, THIS TEAM DOESN’T MAKE A LOT OF MISTAKES. THEY’RE VERY WELL COACHED. THEY’RE TOUGH. WE HAD TO TAKE THE GAME FROM THEM LIKE I THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE TO. THEY WEREN’T GOING TO GIVE US THE GAME PHYSICAL TEAM, REALLY PHYSICAL DISCIPLINE MADE EVERY MADE US WORK FOR EVERY PLAY, YOU KNOW, SO WE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO SORT OF BE A DOGFIGHT AND THAT WE HAD TO GO TAKE IT TO THEM BECAUSE THEY OBVIOUSLY HAVE THE TALENT AND ABILITY TO WIN. EVEN AT THIS LEVEL. SO OKLAHOMA STATE TAKES CARE OF BUSINESS, SOLD OUT BOONE PICKENS STADIUM ON A BEAUTIFUL SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN STILLWATER. WHAT DID YOU THINK OF OKLAHOMA STATE PLAYING A GAME AGAINST A TEAM THAT I THINK PEOPLE JUST THOUGHT, YOU GOT A QUESTION, YOU GOT TO SHOW UP AND PLAY. YOU DEFINITELY HAD TO SHOW UP AND PLAY. THEY HAD SOME PHYSICAL PLAYERS, SOME ATHLETES. I WILL SAY THE THING THAT STOOD OUT TO ME, I’M GOING TO JUMP AHEAD A LITTLE BIT IS THAT THEY THE DEFENSE, THE JACKRABBITS DEFENSE KEPT CRAMPING UP. AND SO ONE THING YOU’D LIKE TO SEE FROM OSU IS SOME HIGH TEMPO AND JUST, YOU KNOW, A USE OF THE RUN GAME IN THE PASS GAME. AND THEY JUST WOULD KIND OF KILL IT. YEAH THEY DID. THEY KILLED THE MOMENTUM. AND SO ONE THING THAT GUNDY MENTIONED IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE WAS THE TWO THINGS THEY’D LIKE TO I SHOULD SAY TWO THINGS YOU MENTIONED IS TO KIND OF CLEAN UP FOR THE NEXT GAME, WHICH WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN JUST A BIT, BUT IS THE DEFENSE AND THE RUN GAME THOSE TWO THINGS? I MEAN, ALI GORDON, HE PLAYED REALLY GOOD. HE HAD THREE TOUCHDOWNS. TWO OF THEM WERE RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS. BUT IT’S NOT LIKE HE ONLY HAD 104 YARDS RUSHING RIGHT. I THINK AS A WHOLE THEIR RUN GAME, THEY WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE JUST DONE MORE AND THEY DIDN’T GET TO DO THAT AGAINST SOUTH DAKOTA STATE. SO FOR WHATEVER REASON, I KNOW THAT THEY THE WHOLE FIGURE IT OUT, I’M SURE FOR ARKANSAS. BUT YEAH, I THINK THAT’S RIGHT. OLLIE GORDON DIDN’T DOMINATE THE GAME. YOU THOUGHT COMING OUT THAT MAYBE HE WOULD HAVE A BIG AFTERNOON. AND CERTAINLY THE WAY THEY LOOKED EARLY, HE MIGHT HAVE A BUNCH OF YARDS. IT DIDN’T WORK OUT. I WOULD SAY THIS FOR OKLAHOMA STATE. AND THE THING THAT IMPRESSED ME THE MOST GOING INTO THIS GAME, BECAUSE THEY’VE HAD SOME PERIODS IN YEARS WHERE YOU FIRST GAME. YEAH, A LITTLE DICEY. SO THEY BUILD UP TO THE BUT THEY CAME OUT VERY PREPARED. I THOUGHT A HIGH MATURITY LEVEL OF A GAME, IT LOOKED LIKE A TEAM THAT HAD PLAYED A LOT OF FOOTBALL TOGETHER THAT THE COACHES AND CHEERS TO THEM BECAUSE I THINK THE COACHES, YOU HEARD IT ALL OFF SEASON. WE’RE PLAYING A TEAM THAT’S GOOD. YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO SHOW UP AND PLAY. AND SO I THINK THEM BEATING THAT DRUM, THE ENTIRE OFFSEASON AND EVEN AND YOU EVEN HEARD IT IN THE PRESS CONFERENCES, YOU KNOW, ALAN BOWMAN SAYING, HEY, WE’RE 29 GAME WIN STREAK. WE HAD TO BEAT A TEAM. OLLIE GORDON SAID THE SAME THING. EVERYONE IN OKLAHOMA SHOULD KNOW THAT FOR SURE. A 29 GAME WIN STREAK AFTER THIS. AND I THINK THAT IS A CREDIT TO THE COACHING STAFF AT OKLAHOMA STATE. THEY JUST POUNDED THAT INTO THEIR HEADS AND THEY SHOWED UP AND THEY PLAYED AND THEY PLAYED VERY WELL. SO I WILL I GIVE THEM A LOT OF CREDIT FOR BEING PREPARED, BEING MATURE AND TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS, BECAUSE THAT GAME WAS NEVER IN DOUBT. YOU KNOW, IT WAS 17 TO 3 AND IT NEVER GOT CLOSER THAN THAT. SO I JUST THOUGHT I THOUGHT OKLAHOMA STATE PLAYED VERY WELL, ESPECIALLY FOR A SEASON OPENER AGAINST A TEAM THAT IS NOT SUPER TALENTED AT THE BIG 12 LEVEL, BUT THEY’RE GOOD. YEAH, THEY’RE DEFINITELY GOOD. THEY’RE DEFINITELY GOOD. AND SO RECEIVING CORPS TOO I MEAN, YEAH, THEY WERE THEY WERE GREAT. IT’S GOING TO BE A GOOD YEAR FOR THEM. THERE’S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. SO HERE’S WHAT’S COMING UP FOR OKLAHOMA STATE. AND I TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW TEAMS WITH MORE ATHLETICISM AND BIGGER MORE PHYSICAL ATHLETES. WELL THAT’S COMING TO STILLWATER ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH ARKANSAS. THE RAZORBACKS WILL BE AT BOONE PICKENS STADIUM AND SO WHAT DO YOU THINK OF IT. THIS IS GOING TO BE A FUN ONE, BY THE WAY. THAT’S RIGHT HERE ON CHANNEL FIVE. WE’VE GOT THE PREGAME SHOW TAKING TO KICKOFF FROM 10 TO 11:00 AT BOONE PICKENS STADIUM. THE HOGS HANNAH, THEY THEY HUNG A 70 PIECE ON ARKANSAS PINE BLUFF. HOW MUCH WEIGHT DOES THAT HOLD? NO, NOT A LOT, NOT A LOT, BUT. AND YOU CAN’T REALLY TELL, LIKE WHAT THEY’RE GOING TO DO. IT’S A VANILLA GAME PLAN, RIGHT. YOU’RE JUST OUT THERE. IT’S HARD TO KNOW WHAT ARKANSAS IS GOING TO BE WHEN THEY COME TO BOONE PICKENS STADIUM. BUT THE QUESTION I HAVE IS THIS WHAT ARE THEIR TRANSFER PORTAL PICKUPS LIKE? DID THEY POACH THE PORTAL? ARE THESE PICKUPS THAT THEY HAVE GOING TO JUST MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD? YOU DON’T KNOW AFTER A GAME LIKE THIS PAST WEEKEND WITH THE 70 TO 0 FINAL SCORE. SO WE REALLY GO INTO THIS GAME WITH JUST MORE QUESTION MARKS. IF YOU WILL, THEIR QUARTERBACK JALEN GREEN, HE’S ACTUALLY FROM THE DFW AREA FROM LEWISVILLE. HE WAS LAST SEEN AT BOISE STATE TRANSFERRED FROM THERE. THAT’S ONE OF THEIR TRANSFERS. AND SO FOR ME THE QUESTION IS IS YOU KNOW I THINK HE’S A RUNNER. WE SAW HIM DO THAT PLENTY IN THIS LAST GAME. BUT CAN HE PASS THE BALL I’M NOT REALLY SURE THAT WE HAVE THE ANSWER FOR THAT. SO YEAH I I’M INTERESTED TO SEE HOW THIS ONE GOES. BUT WE DON’T KNOW. THAT’S THE BIG QUESTION IN THIS WORLD OF TRANSFER PORTAL AND NIL IS WHO WHO IS THIS TEAM FROM YEAR TO YEAR? I THINK YOU ARE SPOT ON. THAT’S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS GOING TO SAY IS THAT OKLAHOMA STATE KNOWS WHO THEY ARE. 21 OF 22 STARTERS RETURNING. I THINK YOU SAW THAT ON SATURDAY. THAT’S WHY YOU GOT THE MATURITY AND THE VETERAN TEAM. I THINK THAT’S WHY THEY PLAYED SO WELL IS BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE. THIS ARKANSAS TEAM DOESN’T. AND SO IF YOU’RE IN A CLOSE GAME, WHICH I WOULD EXPECT THIS TO BE A VERY COMPETITIVE CLOSE KIND OF A FOOTBALL GAME, OKLAHOMA STATE, KNOWING WHO THEY ARE IN THE SECOND HALF AND THE FOURTH QUARTER OF A TIGHT GAME, THAT’S A TREMENDOUS ADVANTAGE TO THE COWBOYS. AND ARKANSAS IS NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT. DID YOU KNOW. AND IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE BECAUSE ARKANSAS AND OKLAHOMA STATE THEY’RE SO CLOSE. THE LAST TIME THAT ARKANSAS AND OKLAHOMA STATE PLAYED AT ALL IT WAS 1980. THE HEAD COACHES WERE LOU HOLTZ AND JIMMY JOHNSON. THAT IS REMARKABLE TO ME THAT ARKANSAS AND OKLAHOMA STATE HADN’T PLAYED SINCE 1980. AND SO HERE’S THE DEAL. THEY’RE ABOUT TO PLAY A BUNCH OF THERE’S A THEY’RE CONTRACTED FOR A BUNCH OF GAMES HERE OVER THE NEXT TEN, 12 YEARS. AND SO I THINK IT’S IT’S A RIVALRY AND IT’S A GAME THAT SHOULD BE PLAYED ALL THE TIME. SO I’M GLAD. I’M GLAD WE’RE GOING TO DO IT BECAUSE THE PROXIMITY IS TOO CLOSE. NOT TO PLAY. AND SO I’M GLAD THEY’RE GOING TO PLAY. AND SO THE FIRST TIME IN STILLWATER SINCE 1977, I LOVE THESE FUN FACTS. THAT’S BEFORE ME. AND SO IF THEY HADN’T PLAYED IN STILLWATER SINCE BEFORE ME, IT’S BEFORE YOU, YOUNG, RIGHT? RIGHT. SO I WOULD ALSO SAY IT’S THE BIGGEST NONCONFERENCE GAME IN STILLWATER, CERTAINLY SINCE YOU GOT TO GO BACK TO WHEN THEY PLAYED GEORGIA IN IN 2009. THEY PLAYED OTHER SIGNIFICANT NONCONFERENCE GAMES, FLORIDA STATE AND DALLAS PLAYED MISSISSIPPI STATE IN HOUSTON, BUT BUT NOT IN STILLWATER PLAYED GEORGIA BEAT THE BULLDOGS WITH DEZ BRYANT AND ZACH ROBINSON, AND SO BIGGEST NONCONFERENCE GAME IN STILLWATER IN 15 YEARS. SO IT WILL BE A PREDICTION. NO WE’LL DO THAT ON SATURDAY. WE’VE GOT THE PREGAME SHOW ON SATURDAY. WE GOT TO WAIT FOR THAT. RIGHT. EXACTLY. SO AS WE BUILD UP TO KICK OFF ON SATURDAY, WE GOT THE OKLAHOMA FORD GAME DAY STARTING AT TEN. WE’LL TAKE YOU TO KICKOFF INSIDE BOONE PICKENS STADIUM FOR A GOOD ONE. OKLAHOMA STA