OSU v. Pitt - Thursday, December 21st 6:00 PM @ Krieger's at Forest Park

We'll be meeting at Krieger's at Forest Park to watch the 15th Ranked Cowboys take on Pitt, shown on ESPN. Meet us for food, drinks, and basketball as we cheer on the Pokes.

OSU v. Syracuse - Mens Basketball 6:00 PM @ Kriegers Forest Park

A lot has happened since we last met. Oklahoma State will be playing against Alabama in the Independence Bowl (go to www.independencebowl.org for more details). Our OSU Women's Basketball team is still undefeated and today, OSU Mens Basketball has cracked the Top 25 and will play Syracuse Tomorrow night in the Jimmy V Classic.

Met us at Krieger's Forest Park at 6:00 PM and wear your orange.

Go Pokes!

Oklahoma State Accepts Invitation to PetroSun Independence Bowl

From OkState.com:

STILLWATER, Okla. (OSU Athletics http://www.okstate.com) - The Oklahoma State University football program will return to the postseason in 2006.

Oklahoma State has accepted an invitation to represent the Big 12 Conference in the 2006 PetroSun Independence Bowl to be played Dec. 28th in Shreveport.

The opposition will be Alabama (6-6), the Southeastern Conference representative. The game will kickoff at 3:30 p.m. and will be televised by ESPN.

The game will mark the first time OSU and Alabama will meet on the gridiron.

³We¹re excited about playing in the game,² said OSU head coach Mike Gundy.

³We¹re looking forward to another three weeks of practice and traveling down there and enjoying the comraderie amongst the coaches and players.

³And we¹re excited about our fans. Oklahoma State was a team that was considered right from the start when we became bowl eligible because of the following we have. The Oklahoma State people are so loyal and travel with the team and have represented us well in the bowls.²

The bowl appearance will be the fourth for Oklahoma State in five seasons -- the best postseason stretch by the Cowboys since they played in five bowls over a six-year period in the 1980s.

³Our football team did its job by getting us bowl eligible,² said Mike Holder, Oklahoma State¹s Vice President for Athletic Programs and Director of Athletics. ³And our fans got us selected by the PetroSun Independence Bowl.

³Our selection is, in part, a testament to our fans and their support of our bowl games in 2002, 2003 and 2004. It¹s imperative that we continue that postseason tradition in 2006 in Shreveport.²

Fans can purchase tickets online at www.okstate.com through the OSU ticket office. Tickets are available for $35 and $25. Fans who have already requested tickets will have those requests honored.

³Our allottment of bowl tickets for this game is very good,² said OSU ticket manager Tom Johnson. ³For our fans to get the best available seats, they should purchase tickets through the OSU ticket office.

³It¹s also important for our fans to purchase tickets through our office because it will help make us more attractive to future bowl games.²

OSU is 10-6 all-time in bowl games. The Cowboys¹ last bowl win came in the

2002 Houston Bowl, a 33-23 triumph over Southern Miss at Reliant Stadium.

Alabama will be making its NCAA-record 54th bowl appearance. The Crimson Tide own a 30-20-3 record in bowl games, with their last win coming in the

2001 Independence Bowl with a 14-13 victory over Iowa State. The 30 bowl wins is also an NCAA record.

OSU v. OU - 1:30 PM Saturday, November 25th @ Krieger's Forest Park

After enjoying time with your family over Thanksgiving, come enjoy watching Oklahoma State take on their archrivals Oklahoma in the annual Bedlam showdown. We will meet at Krieger's at Forest Park at the time specified. If you have any questions feel free to email stlouispokes@gmail.com.

Bring the family, wear your orange, and watch the Pokes beat the Sooners. Have a great holiday.

OSU v. Baylor - 11:30 AM, November 11th @ Krieger's Forest Park

This week O-State looks to recover from a tough loss against Texas with a win against Baylor to make the Pokes Bowl Eligible. Come watch the Cowboys take on the Bears at Krieger's with the St Louis OkState Alumni.

Email stlouispokes@gmail.com if you plan on attending to make sure we have available accomodations for everyone.

Go Pokes!

OSU v. Texas - 6:00 PM Saturday, November 4 @ Krieger's Forest Park

After a great win in Stillwater against Nebraska, the Pokes try to maintain the momentum taking on Texas. Come watch the game with your fellow Cowboy Alumni at Krieger's at Forest Park. Bring your kids, wear your orange, and help cheer the Pokes to a victory.

5656 Oakland Ave
St Louis, MO
http://www.kriegerssportsgrill.com

OSU Men's Basketball Schedule 2006-2007

DATE OPPONENT TIME
11/10 FAU 9:00 PM
11/15 N'west St 8:00 PM
11/17 Tex South 8:00 PM
11/19 Sam Houston 4:00 PM
11/21 Southern 9:00 PM
11/24 Auburn 2:30 PM
11/29 Tx A&M Corp Chr 8:00 PM
12/02 Pepperdine 4:00 PM
12/05 at #20 Syracuse 7:00 PM
12/09 Ball St 7:00 PM
12/18 at #24 Tennessee 8:00 PM
12/21 #5 Pittsburgh 7:00 PM
12/30 Texas-SA 8:00 PM
01/02 SWOklaSt 8:00 PM
01/06 Baylor TBD
01/10 at #3 Kansas 9:00 PM
01/13 at Nebraska 1:30 PM
01/16 #19 Texas 9:00 PM
01/20 at #13 Texas A&M 8:00 PM
01/22 Oklahoma 9:00 PM
01/27 Iowa St 8:00 PM
02/03 at Colorado 4:00 PM
02/07 at Oklahoma 9:00 PM
02/10 Texas Tech 4:00 PM
02/12 at #19 Texas 9:00 PM
02/17 Missouri 1:30 PM
02/21 #13 Texas A&M 9:00 PM
02/24 at Texas Tech 12:00 PM
02/27 Kansas St 9:00 PM
03/03 at Baylor 1:30 PM
All times ET

OSU v. Nebraska - 2:30 @ Krieger's Sports Grill Forest Park

The Cowboys return to television this weekend to take on the Huskers from Nebraska. We will meet at the new Krieger's near Forest Park:

5656 Oakland Ave
St Louis, MO
http://www.kriegerssportsgrill.com

Meet us there, wearing your orange, and help cheer the Cowboys on to a victory.

Big 12 Championship Tickets Onsale Now

The Big 12 Football Championship returns to Kansas City on December 2, 2006. Arrowhead Stadium will play host to the leagues title match-up for the fourth time in the games 11 year history. Don’t miss your opportunity to support the Big 12 at Arrowhead Stadium. Great seats are still available at http://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/1005337?list_view=1 or by calling (816) 931-3330.

OSU v. Houston: September 23 @ 8:00 - Watch Party at St Louis Sports Zone

After discussion with some of the Oklahoma State Alumni in St Louis, we've relocated our watch party to the Sports Zone. Other Big 12 school also host their watch parties in the restaurant so will be in semi-good company.

The Pokes are 3-0 and anxious for their first test of the season in Houston. We will be watching OkState take on Houston at the St Louis Sports Zone at 113 Kenrick Plaza, in Shrewsbury, MO. If you wear your orange, you'll get $10 buckets of beer during the game.

Meet at the Sports Zone before 8:00 and tell them you're with the Oklahoma State group to be seated and wear your orange!

Go to: http://www.stl-sportszone.com/ for more information about the venue.

OSU men's basketball schedule finalized - NewsOK.com

STILLWATER - Needing only one game to fill out Oklahoma State's basketball schedule, coach Sean Sutton got on the phone in hopes of bringing in an opponent for Dec. 9 at Gallagher-Iba Arena.

About 75 calls later, Sutton gave up on trying to get a team to come to him. Instead, Sutton and the Cowboys will play on the road.

OSU will play Northern Arizona in San Diego on Dec. 9, but the real news is that the Cowboys finally finalized their schedule.

"It's a challenging schedule," Sutton said. "There are a lot of marquee opponents that could be great games."

Highlighting the schedule is an East Coast-West Coast swing. The Cowboys will play Syracuse in New York City's Madison Square Garden on Dec. 5, which is part of the Jimmy V Classic. OSU plays Northern Arizona in San Diego four days later.

In addition to Syracuse, the Cowboys have non-conference games against Tennessee in Nashville. OSU will play the Pittsburgh Panthers in Oklahoma City as part of the All-College Tournament.

Also, OSU will play in South Padre Island, Texas, against Auburn in a Thanksgiving weekend tournament. The Cowboys might face Big 10 power Wisconsin in the second round.

OSU opens the season with a Nov. 3 exhibition game against Pittsburg (Kan.) State. The Cowboys' regular season will start Nov. 10 with a home game against Florida Atlantic, the first of five consecutive home games to open the season.

The Cowboys begin Big 12 Conference play Jan. 6 against Baylor. Each of OSU's 16 Big 12 games will be televised, and the Cowboys will play twice on ESPN's Big Monday, a nationally televised event. OSU will take on Oklahoma in Stillwater on Jan. 22 on Big Monday and will play another Big Monday game at Texas on Feb. 12.

OSU will play on CBS (Cox 10) Feb. 24 in Lubbock, Texas, against Texas Tech. The Cowboys will be featured on ESPN or ESPN2 in games at Kansas, home against Texas, and home against Texas Tech and Texas A&M. OSU has home Big 12 games against all the teams in the South Division, plus Iowa State, Missouri and Kansas State.

"The league is so balanced,"' Sutton said. "Every game is a tough one."

OSU went 17-16 and lost in the first round of the NIT to Miami last season.

September 9 - 6:00PM: Watch Party @ Krieger's Sports Grill

We will be meeting at the Krieger's at 1356 Big Bend Square, St. Louis, MO 63021, on September 9th at 6:00PM to watch the Pokes take on Arkansas State University.

Krieger's has several food & drink specials during football games that we will be able to take advantage of.

Come join us for the first watch party of the year.

Please email stlouispokes@gmail.com or michael.kibbe@gmail.com if you plan on making it to our first watch party.

Thanks everyone.

Krieger's website is: http://www.kriegerspub.com/

Another Story from Newsok.com - OSU appears to have added punch

STILLWATER - Mike Gundy figures his Oklahoma State Cowboys are seven points better on offense and seven points better on defense than his woeful 2005 squadron.

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That might not be enough. Give OSU a 14-point swing in every game last season, and the win column only rises two.

But State might improve even more than that, if the scrimmage Saturday in the shadows of Gallagher-Iba Arena is any indication. OSU appears to have multiplied its big-playmakers three or four fold.

Think back to last September, when the Cowboys dueled sans swords.

OSU scored 15 points on Montana State, 23 on Florida Atlantic, 20 on Arkansas State and 0 on Colorado. State's offense emitted a foul and unpleasant odor.

But now OSU has added speedy tailback Dantrell Savage, transfer split end Adarius Bowman, emerging flanker Ricky Price and, at quarterback, new and improved Bobby Reid. Big difference. Big, big difference.

"We know we've got to make explosive plays," said OSU offensive coordinator Larry Fedora.

Few college teams can play grind-it-out football these days. Defenses are too big, fast and smart to allow it. Offenses have to land a roundhouse blow, have to get their yardage in big chunks. Especially these Cowboys.

OSU's offensive line will not be overpowering. Center David Washington and tackles Corey Hilliard and David Koenig are solid, but the guards are unproven. No way will the Pokes methodically drive to touchdowns. They can't play station-to-station football. They've got to hit home runs.

"College football is getting the ball in space to guys that can make you miss 'em," Gundy said. "If you have three or four of those guys, you're going to be a lot better."

A year ago, OSU's big-play offense consisted of flanker D'Juan Woods. Defenses shifted a safety to suffocate D'Juan, and the Cowboys were hard-pressed to find points.

But now, they've added some punch. Savage is a darting tailback who can break a big play, witness his 61-yard kickoff return Saturday night. Price caught a 45-yard TD pass over the middle from Reid, and Tommy Devereaux got behind the Cowboy secondary for a 43-yard scoring pass from Reid. Bowman missed the scrimmage because of a sore hamstring but is expected to be quite the sidekick to D'Juan.

Still, the No. 1 playmaker for the Pokes must be Reid, and not necessarily with his arm.

Gundy says there are two kinds of quality quarterbacks. Game operators, quality control agents who manage a game, and playmakers. Reid, a sophomore, remains too green to be a pristine field general. OSU needs him to produce big plays.

"Bobby has to run better," Gundy said. "When he jumps around in there, it takes a small part of our offense away."

Funny to hear talk like that about a quarterback. Sounds more like a tailback who dances too much instead of hitting the hole, but that's the mission for Reid.

"That's something we're working on," Fedora said. "Drop back there, it's cloudy, go make a play. He's doing better."

Reid is no Vince Young, primarily because who is? But he can run like a tornado and has a strong arm, which means he makes coaches dream crazy about his potential. Last year was a disaster, with injuries and inconsistency, but that was his maiden voyage.

"Last year, I wasn't really relaxed out there," Reid said.

He seemed much more poised Saturday night, though Gundy still wants more decisive thinking. Tuck the ball, Gundy says, and make defenders think holy smokes, here comes a freight train.

"If things break down, he needs to run and run fast and score," Gundy said.

Gundy and Fedora both said big plays can be found in small packages. For instance, near the goal line Saturday night, Reid rolled out, found no open receivers or running lanes and threw the ball into the parking lot. Last year, Gundy said, Reid would have tap-danced until disaster struck.

Instead, the Cowboys got another shot and eventually scored.

Seven points better on offense? No doubt. But this OSU team needs even more improvement, and it might just have it.

Bomar Booted!

(Article from Newsok.com - August 2, 2006)

NORMAN --- Quarterback Rhett Bomar is one of two players who have been dismissed from the Oklahoma football team, according to several sources.

Oklahoma released a statement confirming that two players had been dismissed by the team, but did not identify them. The school said the players violated NCAA rules by working at a private business and taking "payment over an extended period of time in excess of time actually worked."

Bomar, who set an Oklahoma freshman record with 2,018 passing yards after taking over as the Sooners' starter in the second game last season, was one of the two players who had been permanently dismissed.

"We spend a considerable amount of time addressing our players regarding their personal conduct and the NCAA rules," head coach Bob Stoops said. "They know exactly what we expect from them. Ultimately, they have to make right decisions. The same holds true for our boosters. When they do not, the consequences are serious, and we will not tolerate this behavior.

"Our team and university actions are necessary because of the intentional participation and knowledge of the student athletes in these violations," Stoops said.

A top-rated recruit out of high school, Bomar redshirted his first season while 2004 Heisman Trophy winner Jason White completed his career. Bomar lost a quarterback competition to Paul Thompson last fall, but was named the starter after the Sooners lost to TCU in the first week.

He started Oklahoma's final 11 games and completed 54 percent of his passes, while throwing 10 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. Oklahoma finished 2005 by winning six of its final seven games, including a victory against Oregon in the Holiday Bowl.

"I firmly believe that our program is stronger than any individual player and that a championship program cannot compromise its values," Stoops said in the statement.

http://www.newsok.com/article/2824545%20/?template=sports/main

OSU Headlines - Alan Jackson to headline Orange Peel

(STILLWATER, Okla.) – Grammy Award Winner Alan Jackson is the headlining performer for Oklahoma State University’s Orange Peel on September 30.

In Jackson’s 15-year career as a country singer, songwriter and performer, he has earned 96 major awards, including the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers three-time Country Songwriter of the Year.

Jackson sold over 43 million albums which produced 31 No. 1 hits. He is one of the most recognized headliners to perform at Orange Peel, according to this year’s executive team.

Orange Peel celebrates the pride, spirit and tradition of OSU with a pep rally prior to the concert. This year Orange Peel is partnering with Clear Channel Communications, and in its eleventh year it is one of the largest student-produced concerts in the nation. More than 250 students volunteer to create the event each year.

“We are extremely excited about having an artist of this caliber perform at Orange Peel. We look forward to hosting Jackson at Oklahoma State University,” said Chris Carrington, executive director and music business senior.

Orange Peel will be held at Boone Pickens Stadium. Supporting acts are yet to be released. Tickets go on sale July 22. For tickets or further information visit the Orange Peel Web site at www.osupeel.com or call 1-877-OSU-PEEL.