Cowboy Brew 12/8: Meet Us At The Mats

Cowboys On That Mats Twice This Weekend

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Cowboy Brew Crew
December 08, 2023

TGIF Cowboys and Cowgirls. Get your shopping done early folks, you want to be at GIA this weekend!

We’ve got wrestling tonight, hoops tomorrow and a jam packed Sunday schedule with BIG TIME matchups for the Orange & Black.

What all do we have stirring in today’s Brew! Check it out below!

🤼‍♂️ Meet Us On The Mats
🐎 Doublin’ Down
🏈 Cusp Of History
🤠 And so much more!

👀 LOOKING AHEAD

With a big weekend ahead for OSU Wrestling, OSUMax caught up with Associate Head Coach Coleman Scott and star Dustin Plott to look at the two matches on the docket.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Meet Us At The Mats. As the temps continue to drop, the action on the mats are just heating up for the Cowboy wrestling program.

This weekend, the Orange & Black hit the mats ✌️ times. First, the Cowboys host 24th-ranked Lehigh at GIA, followed by Sunday’s Bedlam showdown in Norman.

One of the best matches tonight will come at 133-lbs with OSU’s Daton Fix (#3 nationally) will take on Lehigh’s top-ranked Ryan Crookman.

The Cowboys, currently ranked #11 nationally, will then face off against OU, who sits at #14.

🔼 Doublin’ Down. Two Cowgirls will have a little extra packages under the tree this year.

The OSU equestrian duo of Claire McDowall and Emma Filiatreau both earned monthly rider awards, announced this week.

McDowall took home both the NCEA and the Big 12 November Horsemanship Rider of the Month accolades, while Filiatreau earned Big 12 Co-Reining Rider of the Month honors.

This marks the first time McDowall has earned either title in her career and serves as the second time in as many years a Cowgirl has earned the national Rider of the Month.

In her first fall season as a Cowgirl, Filiatreau is the first freshman to claim the conference's monthly honor since Hannah Mitchell in 2017.

🎳 HEADED TO HOUSTON

The sixth-longest active bowl streak in the country is set to take on the Texas Bowl for the second time in program history.

On Sunday, the Cowboys were selected to take on Texas A&M on December 27th at NRG Stadium in Houston. Game time is set for 8 p.m.

It will be OSU's fourth bowl game played in Houston, as the Cowboys have a 2-1 bowl record in the city with appearances in the 1983 Bluebonnet Bowl, the 2002 Houston Bowl and the 2019 Texas Bowl.

The 2023 Texas Bowl marks the 29th meeting between Oklahoma State and Texas A&M, with the series dating back to 1913. The teams played each other every year as members of the Big 12 Conference from 1996-2011 and faced each other twice before in bowl games, including a 1981 Independence Bowl matchup and a 2019 Texas Bowl matchup. The Cowboys have won four of the past five meetings between the two schools.

🤔 COWBOY TRIVIA

Entering the Texas Bowl, the trio of Nickolas Martin, Kendal Daniels and Trey Rucker has a chance to make history for the Cowboys.

Currently, the Orange & Black are the only Power Five team with three players with 90+ tackles.

Martin (133), Daniels (98) and Rucker (94) are on the cusp of reaching 100+ tackles all in the same season.

When was the last time that OSU had three players with over 100+ tackles?

Think you got it?

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

🎧 OSU MAX PODCASTS

On this episode of The Old Pokes Show, Clint Chelf and Deion Imade break down the Big 12 Championship game loss to Texas.

Get their thoughts on the game plus what lies ahead for the Cowboys against Texas A&M in the Texas Bowl.

Plus they discuss the College Football Playoff of who should have been in and who should be out. All that and more on this week's Old Pokes Show.

📅 COMING SOON…

Friday, December 8
🤼‍♂️ Wrestling vs. #24 Lehigh @ 7pm

Saturday, December 9
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Texas State @ 2pm

Sunday, December 10
🤼‍♂️ Wrestling at #14 Oklahoma @ 2pm
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Tulsa @ 5:30pm (Oklahoma City, Okla.)

Sunday, December 17
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Southern Illinois @ 1pm
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Oral Roberts @ 4pm

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 1985.

In 1985, James Ham (134), Leslie O'Neal (112) and Mark Moore (101) each put up over 100 tackles.

🤠 Enjoy your weekend, Pokes!