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Game Thread (2004) Bowl Game: MasterCard Alamo Bowl - Oklahoma State - 12/29/04 (W, 8-4/4-4)

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hey! a fan of a team we are playing in a bowl that isnt a complete asshole! i didnt know those fans existed :wink:

anyway, i still have to take exception to something you said.
San Antonio is a great place for a bowl game. We were there in 1997 to play Purdue, then again this past April for the Final Four (which we will return this year, in St Louis).
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syracuse will have to spank you in a few days :wink:

welcome to the board!
 
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Nice write up Ryno. Clarity is the owner/creator, but if he doesn't get back to you soon let me know. I think I need to refute a few of your points :biggrin::

Nothing to say about the offense, since I am not familar with yours at all, BUT I must take acception to this:
WR: D'Juan Woods might be the BEST receiver in the NCAA. Yes, again, might be the BEST in the NCAA. The guy learned from his big brother, Rashaun, and is faster and has as good of hands as his big-bro. D'Juan is about 6'3 220 pounds. He has 'jump ball' hands and is almost unstoppable. His average per catch is amazing: 22.41 yards per catch. That's the 2nd best average in the country this year.
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We have two receivers that would love to challenge for that title and I think Braylon Edwards is the best WR this year htough (hurts me to say that). Santonio Holmes and Tedd Ginn Jr. I am sure you will be familiar with them by the time the game rolls around. This site will have an excellent write up on the game as well so keep checking back.

For some reason, we run the 4-2-5 and get burnt in the secondary. We are the KINGS OF 3RD DOWNS! You have a 3rd and 16? NO PROBLEM! Our defensive backs will give you a 20 yard cusion!!! Tech was something like 14 for 19 on 3rd downs (no kidding) in our final game. Horrible. BUT, teams don't score that much on us. Tech really was kept under 20 by our defense, if it wasn't for our poor offensive play calling, we win that game.

DL: Decent DL, not great. We have a couple of big men in the middle... and some decent ends, but we will rarely get to a QB. They are really young, and we lost one of our top players this year due to 'personal' reasons.
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Lol, your defense sounds like ours. Plays lights out first two downs and gives up whatever the opposing teams needs on third. We did get better at this later in the season (that can be said about most our team), but it's still frustrating. I think Running a 4-2-5 might be a problem for our QB, Troy Smith, who is a running QB, but make no mistake he has a cannon.

Our Offense this year has been jsut a bit different thatn we are used to here at tOSU. Worst runing season for us in a loong time. Our best rusher is our freshman Pittman who shared time with 2 seniors. We have added alot of passing and QB draws to our playbook this year, for good reason, to fit our personel.

As to our Special Teams, look no further than Mike Nugent (best kicker in the land, no question) and our freshman sensation Tedd Ginn Jr. (took 4 kicks back for touchdowns and didn't become full time until later in the season).

All in all I am excited for this game, much happier to play the Other OSU (oOSU? I think I coined a phrase for round here) than TT since we recently played them.
 
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oOSU :) seems to have a pretty good offense. It will be interesting to see how tOSU's D-line does in the game. After how tOSU pretty much shut down scUM, i'm not too worried about any offense. I don't think the key to the game is stopping Okie State's offense as much as it is getting ours going. If we are able to establish any type of ground game, I think we are going to be quite dangerous. I don't care if it comes from Smith, or Pittman, or Joe...but if we can draw those safteys up and get some man coverage with Ginn and Holmes, I think we are going to have a good day offensively, and I think that will turn into a good day all around. I like the o-state.com site. Not nearly as much as BP...but hey...what could be better than this?
 
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Thanks for sharing the info., Ryno. I'm excited about the matchup with Oklahoma State, it will be a great game. I'll check out your site to chat with some Cowboys (or Pokes?) Good luck in the game, it's nice to have you here.


edit: for reasons unspecified :cool:

thanks for the heads up Hubbard!
 
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Rick James said:
Thanks for sharing the info., Ryno. I'm excited about the matchup with Okie State, it will be a great game. I'll check out your site to chat with some Cowboys (or Pokes?) Good luck in the game, it's nice to have you here.
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From what I learned over at another board, don't call em Okie State whatever you do.
 
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Hubbard said:
From what I learned over at another board, don't call em Okie State whatever you do.
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I almost did that, and then I thought better to just use Oklahoma State. I kept typing tOSU as well...and then realized they probably wouldn't like that much either.
 
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Hubbard said:
Lol, your defense sounds like ours. Plays lights out first two downs and gives up whatever the opposing teams needs on third.
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Lets get this straight. Our(Ok State) defense can't stop anyone anytime. They are just super bad on 3rd down. The only thing they do is somehow stop people from scoring. I don't understand it or remember us ever stopping anyone, but somehow the stats show it.

One thing I would like to mention is that we were 1st in turnover margin. I haven't looked in a week or two, but I know we were a few weeks ago. Donovan Woods, our QB, has only thrown 4 ints and we have only had a few fumbles all year. Turnover margin is probably or strongest point.

But with that said, I expect a good game. I'm afraid of your team and don't know what to expect. If I had to pick, I think I may pick you guys to win, but I never know what to expect. All I know is that anyday we can outscore anyone. We scored 35 on the OU defense and were inches from winning that game. Good luck you guys! I can't wait to enjoy the banter w/ you all the next few weeks.

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I almost did that, and then I thought better to just use Oklahoma State. I kept typing tOSU as well...and then realized they probably wouldn't like that much either.
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Gosh, you all think we are sensitive! lol. Some care if you say Okie State, some don't. I don't b/c it isn't said meaning to be bad, but whatever. And keep typing tOSU b/c that is the only way to know for sure what you are talking about.
 
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JonathanXC said:
I almost did that, and then I thought better to just use Oklahoma State. I kept typing tOSU as well...and then realized they probably wouldn't like that much either.
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I don't mind "Okie State" much, just don't call us "Oklahoma" or the "$ooners" like a couple of ABC announcers have done in the past. :wink:
 
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Doafhat said:
I don't mind "Okie State" much, just don't call us "Oklahoma" or the "$ooners" like a couple of ABC announcers have done in the past. :wink:
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Well we were called the Garnet and Gray (actualy: Scarlet and Gray) for a few weeks by the super announcers ESPN has, so we feel your pain.
 
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JonathanXC said:
How many National Championships does tOSU have in all of its NCAA sports?
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Total NCAA Team Championships: 21
men's championships: 20
women's championships: 0
coed championships: 1

Breakdown by Sport:
men's baseball: 1
men's basketball: 1
men's fencing: 1
coed fencing: 1
men's golf: 2
men's gymnastics: 3
men's swimming & diving: 11
men's outdoor track & field: 1

found that on http://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/champs_listing1.html

O, and that doesn't include football. I would like to point out Ok State is #4 on that list.
 
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