TGIF Pokes. College Hoops may still be a few months away, but the Cowboys and Cowgirls are putting in plenty of work on the court overseas.

We’ve got all the game action from the foreign tours, a look at an upcoming matchup on the hardwood and more sights and sounds from across the practice fields.

What else is stirring in today’s Brew? Check it out below!

🏀 Hoop Dreams
🗽 New York, New York
📚 For The Kids
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From Texas Tech in 2018 to Tyler Junior College in 2021 and finally Stillwater in 2022, linebacker Xavier Benson has had an interesting college football experience.

In his three on the field seasons in college Benson has 253 tackles. In his first season in Stillwater, Benson tallied 76 tackles, which is the most from any returning defender in 2023.

His first season as a Cowboy taught him several lessons that he hopes fuels himself and the team this season.

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🔼 All the Action. While our guys are soaking up every bit of sight seeing in Spain, they’re also getting in plenty of work against some international talent.

You know the best part for all you Pokes fans? We got literally all the action!

OSU Max was proud to bring together some legends of Cowboy past, Brian Montonati and Doug Gottlieb, to give their insight, stories and much more in an incredibly entertaining live broadcast of game two of the foreign tour.

You don’t want to miss a LIVE broadcast of our third and final game in Spain on Sunday at 12 pm CST. We’ll have play-by-play live from court side, along with insight and analysis from a few special guests.

OSUMax.com at 12 p.m. on Sunday… be there.

🎥 OSU Max: MBB Game 2 - Live Broadcast Replay

🎥 OSU Max: MBB Game 1

🔼 Coast Guards (and Forwards). The Cowboys aren’t the only one getting better. The Cowgirls put their talents on display up and down the coasts of Italy and Greece during their foreign tour.

Get a sneak peek of what the squad might look like this winter!

🎥 OSU Max: MBB Game 2

🎥 OSU Max: WBB Game 3

🔼 New York, New York. While the Cowboys were preparing for the upcoming season, they found out one of their future opponents.

OSU will take on one of the most successful mid-major programs over the past decade when they battle the Bonnies of St. Bonaventure as part of the Legends Classic at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Notre Dame and Auburn will face-off in the other side of the bracket with the Cowboys facing one of those two teams in the second game of the weekend.

🔼 For The Kids. Before getting their work in on the mat this week, some of the Cowboy wrestlers headed to nearby Sangre Ridge Elementary to spend time with some of their students.

A morning of reading and giving them positive vibes to start the school year was a great way to start the day for all involved! We love seeing our athletes working in the community!

🏈 COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF: 22 DAYS

Growing up less than an hour from Stillwater, Jeff Roberson knows what it means to wear the Cowboy uniform each and every day.

Roberson’s last year also taught him that lesson in valuing every day in the Orange and Black as he was forced to sit out all season with an injury.

Now, he returns this fall, wearing a new number: #22.

The redshirt junior provides valuable depth for the linebacker units and is an asset to the special teams area as well.

Entering 2023, Roberson has played in 16 collegiate games for OSU, recording four tackles in those contests.

🤔 COWBOY TRIVIA

Taming the Bears. OSU returns in three weeks when the Cowboys host the Bears of Central Arkansas, an FCS program that has put together quite a decade of success.

This year’s matchup is the second time these two programs have faced off with the other coming back in 2015, a 32-8 Cowboy victory in early September.

In that contest, Mason Rudolph reached a career milestone.

What milestone happened that day in Stillwater?

Think you got it?

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

🎧 OSU MAX PODCASTS

Former Oklahoma State linebacker and current Cowboys Insider and Radio Sideline Analyst Robert Allen joins Deion Imade and Clint Chelf for this week's Old Pokes Show.

Get Robert's thoughts on the 2023 Cowboys Football team as the guys prepare you for the upcoming season.

Also hear the guys thoughts on conference realignment as four new teams are set to join the Big 12 for the start of the 2024 season.

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 400+ yards passing.

In that 2015 contest against Central Arkansas, Rudolph set a then-career high with 401 yards passing. It was the first time Rudolph eclipsed 400+ yards in a single game.

It was a feat that Rudolph would then go on to do nine more times, including a current program record of 540 yards against Pittsburgh in 2016.

🤠 Have a great Friday, ya’ll!