Happy National Day of the Cowboy Eve. As you prepare your steaks, tighten your ropes, clean your boots for the big celebration on Saturday for National Day of the Cowboy, we thought we’d prep you by celebrating some Cowboy and Cowgirls of our own.

And these Cowboys and Cowgirls aren’t just shining here in the States, we’re talking a global presence for the Orange and Black.

Now, that’s one way to celebrate.

What else is stirring in today’s edition of the Brew? Check it out!

🏀 Going Global
⛳️ Pokes In Pursuit
🏈 Countdown to Kickoff
🤠 And so much more!

🎧 OSU MAX PODCASTS

The fellas are talking golf again, but thankfully, not about their golf game, we’re talking about this week’s Open Championship for five OSU alums.

Deion Imade and Clint Chelf break down the final major of the season, take a look at Big 12 Media Days and give their perspective on what summer workouts are like and how important they are to the team.

The boys talk all of that and more in this week’s brand new edition of the Old Pokes Show.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Going Global. What’s a good way to build team chemistry with nine new faces on the court? ROAD TRIP!!!

OSU’s men’s basketball team begins its foreign tour countdown with a series of 10 NCAA-allotted practice sessions over the next three weeks.

The Cowboys are headed to Spain from Aug. 5-15 with scheduled stops in Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona.

In addition to extra practice reps, an OSU roster featuring nine new scholarship players will benefit from early tests against three international opponents. Off the floor, players will enjoy bonding time and a series of unique educational and cultural opportunities in a nation famous for its history, beauty and cuisine.

Cowboy Basketball Spanish Tour Itinerary:
Aug. 5 – Depart Stillwater; Overnight flight to Madrid
Aug. 6 – City tour; Visit to Las Arenas Bullring
Aug. 7 – Bull ranch and skills demonstration; Gaucho barbeque
Aug. 8 – Bus to Toledo; Game No. 1
Aug. 9 – Train ride to Valencia; Traditional Paella lunch
Aug. 10 – Fun in Valencia
Aug. 11 – Game No. 2
Aug. 12 – Catamaran cruise; Bus to Barcelona
Aug. 13 – Explore Olympic venues on Montijuic Hill; Game No. 3
Aug. 14 – FC Barcelona stadium; Beach at Costa Brava; Farewell dinner
Aug. 15 – Return to Stillwater

🔼 Pokes In Pursuit. The oldest golf tournament in the world usually brings the biggest challenges.

Five former Pokes are taking on those challenges this weekend at the 151st edition of the Open Championship, this year, being played at the Royal Liverpool course.

After the first round, all five OSU alums were within seven shots of the lead, including three sitting in the top-20 at the event.

Highlighting the former Cowboys were Alex Noren and Wyndham Clark, who both sit at 3-under, just two shots off the lead and tied for seventh on the leaderboard after the first 18.

This weekend, the quintet of former Cowboys will look to be the first OSU alum to win the historic Open Championship. The Open and the Masters are the only two majors that former Cowboys haven’t won yet.

Friday’s tee times for the Orange and Black faithful: Noren (1:52 AM), Viktor Hovland (3:47 AM, Talor Gooch (8:15 AM), Clark (8:59 AM) and Rickie Fowler (9:10 AM).

🔼 No Place Like Home. If this week isn’t evident enough how special Stillwater is, we’re not sure what will be.

Not 1, not 2, but 3 former All-Americans are now back with their alma mater, assisting the programs that they helped build on the field.

Former OSU standouts Carrie Eberle (softball), Vanessa Shippy-Fletcher (softball) and Stratton Nolen (men’s golf) were announced this week as assistant coaches returning to their former programs.

Shippy-Fletcher’s role is a promotion after three years of serving as a volunteer assistant with the Cowgirls from 2021-23, where she focused primarily on hitting and base running.

In three years as a volunteer assistant, Shippy-Fletcher helped the Cowgirls to three straight appearances in the NCAA Women's College World Series and helped OSU outfielders to six All-Big 12 and six NFCA All-Region honors.

A star in her playing days, Shippy-Fletcher is one of only two three-time All-Americans in Oklahoma State history. She is OSU's only three-time Academic All-American. The Big 12 Player of the Year in 2016 and 2018, Shippy-Fletcher finished her career with an impressive .404/.532/.585 slash line and her name remains atop the OSU career records list for runs, doubles, bases on balls and on-base percentage.

Eberle is a two-time All-American and professional standout, who returns to help coach the Cowgirls pitchers next year. She spent last year as the pitching coach at Lipscomb.

In her two seasons in Stillwater, Eberle went 36-5 with a 1.13 earned run average, posted 224 strikeouts in 266.1 innings of work and held the opposition to a .184 batting average. The 2020 season was cut short due to the COVID pandemic, but in her lone full season with OSU, she was named Big 12 Pitcher of the Year and helped lead the Cowgirls to the 2021 Women's College World Series.

After that, she joined the professional ranks with Athletes Unlimited, earning Rookie of the Year honors in 2021.

Nolen is a former All-American for the Cowboys and helped OSU take home the program’s 11th national title in 2018.

His sophomore year (2015-16) was a breakout season for the Austin, Tex. native, winning the Big 12 Championship to earn all-conference status and All-American honors.

After competing professionally for three years upon graduation, Nolen has worked since 2021 as a data and financial analyst in the medical field.

🔼 Setting the Lineup. Opponents? Check. Locations? Check. Next up? Dates.

The OSU women’s basketball team reveled the Big 12 portion of its schedule with the announcement of the Big 12’s scheduling matrix for the 2023-24 season. 

Teams will play five conference opponents in a home-and-away series while playing the other eight teams once to comprise an 18-game schedule.

For the Cowgirls, they will face Baylor, UCF, Iowa State, Oklahoma and Texas Tech twice.

The quartet of home-only games will consist of contests with league newcomers BYU and Houston as well as Texas and West Virginia.

OSU's road-only opponents will be Cincinnati, Kansas, Kansas State and TCU.

🔼 So Fresh, So Clean. Sometimes, you just need a new look for a new year.

OSU Athletics is modernizing its digital presence with a brand new okstate.com.

A site speed upgrade up to five times faster than before and a clean, modern presentation that includes fewer clicks and more rollover functionality are among the highlights.

The new site makes it easier than ever to gain access to Name, Image and Likeness opportunities with OSU student-athletes, to high-quality video storytelling with OSU Max, and to the Go Pokes app that is the primary mobile hub for tickets, team schedules and news, game day information, amenities and more.

🏈 COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF: 43 DAYS

Could there be any other way to recognize 43 days to kickoff besides our own #43, Terry Miller?

Earlier this summer, it was announced that Miller, who was inducted into the National College Football Hall of Fame last year, will become the fourth member of the Cowboy Football Ring of Honor inside Boone Pickens Stadium this fall.

A two-time All-American for OSU, Miller finished second in the voting for the 1977 Heisman Trophy and fourth in 1976. He is one of only 23 running backs in college football history to have logged two top-four Heisman finishes.

In his collegiate career, Miller played in 43 games, totaling 871 carries for 4,754 rushing yards, 49 rushing touchdowns, 5.5 yards per carry and 110.6 rushing yards per game. He is still the only player in OSU history to finish his career with three 1,000-yard rushing seasons, and he ranked fourth in career rushing in NCAA history following his final season.

🎥 OSU Max: Face-to-Face with Terry Miller (Part 1)

🎥 OSU Max: Face-to-Face with Terry Miller (Part 2)

🤔 COWBOY TRIVIA

As mentioned above, OSU women’s hoops unveiled the Big 12 portion of its schedule with it’s dance partners for the 2023-24 season.

The four newest members of the Big 12 will be taking on the Cowgirls, but none of them will be a first time opponent for OSU.

Do you know which of the four newcomers (BYU, Cincy, UCF and Houston) have played the Cowgirls the most times prior to the 2023-24 season?

Think you got it?

Scroll on down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

🎥 OSU MAX

Interviews. Photos. More Interviews. Videos. And More Interviews.

We’ve got all the behind the scene action from last week’s Big 12 Media Days in Arlington when Coach Gundy and the guys took on the hard hitting questions and set the tone for the upcoming 2023 Cowboy football season.

🎥 OSU Max: All Access at Big 12 Media Days

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: BYU.

Despite being the third-furthest from Stillwater, BYU and OSU have played three times in the past, while Houston is a two-time opponent and Cincy and UCF have faced the Cowgirls on one occasion.

However, the last time the Cougars and Cowgirls met? 1990.

Safe to say things have changed a bit since then.

Let’s finish the week strong Pokes!