Cowboy Brew 9/11: Stormin' The Desert

Recapping the Cowboys Thriller In Tempe

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Cowboy Brew Crew
September 11, 2023

Good Monday Morning Pokes. Who needs coffee when we’re still jacked up from Saturday night!!!

Nothing better than a hard-nosed road victory, followed by seeing some former Cowboys dominate on Sundays in the NFL!

We’ll recap it all and much more in today’s Brew! Check it out below!

🏈 Storming the Desert
💍 Nice Ring To It
🙌 Justice Served
🤠 And so much more!

🏈 STORMIN’ THE DESERT

“Make no mistake. It’s not revenge he’s after. It’s a reckoning.”

For OSU, that reckoning was on Saturday night in a preview of Big 12 After Dark with the Cowboys storming the desert and coming away with their eighth straight road non-conference win, a 27-15 victory over Arizona State.

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ON OSU MAX

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Global Grapplers. Five years ago, it was history. Now? We’re going back for more.

OSU head coach John Smith announced that the Cowboy grapplers would be heading back to Sicily, Italy to take on NC State. The same two programs, who are perennial ranked among the nation’s best, became the first ever to wrestle an NCAA dual outside of North America.

This time, the Cowboys and Wolfpack will square off on December 30 at the Naval Air Station Sigonella, just outside of Catania.

In addition to the close duals throughout the series history, the personal ties of the matchup extend to its head coaches, as Coach Smith was NC State head coach Pat Popolizio's collegiate head coach at Oklahoma State. As a Cowboy, Popolizio racked up a career record of 88-38 before graduating in 2001.

🔼 Justice Is Served. Opportunity knocked for former Cowboy Justice Hill in the season opener for the Baltimore Ravens.

With his teammate JK Dobbins down to injury, Hill got his chance in the second half of the Ravens’ home opener and made the most of it, scoring a career-high two TDs to lead Baltimore to a victory over the Texans.

🔼 Speed Bump. The red hot OSU futbol squad hit a speed bump on Sunday afternoon in Dallas.

Winners of five straight and owning one of the most potent offenses in the country, the Cowgirls couldn’t break through against a stifling SMU defensive presence in a 1-0 defeat by the Mustangs to snap the winning streak.

SMU got on the board in the first 15 minutes of the game and packed it in to hold on for the victory.

OSU opens Big 12 conference play this week when they travel to Iowa State for a Thursday evening matchup.

🔼 Now On The Tee. OSU men’s golf squad kicked off its fall slate this past weekend at the Sahalee Players Championship in Washington.

Fifth-year Rayhan Thomas led the way with a top-10 finish overall, while newcomer Gaven Lane tied for 10th in his Cowboy debut.

The Cowboys will be back in action this week, when they play at the Fighting Illini Invitational in Olympia Fields, Ill.

🔼 Put A Ring On It. The OSU track & field programs listened to Beyonce and they did in fact put a ring on it.

This weekend, the Cowboys and Cowgirls received their Big 12 Championship rings at a ceremony this weekend.

What do you say we go get another one?

🎥 COWBOY’S COUNTRY - LET’S RIDE

The Ride, is a new series taking fans behind closed doors for an all-access weekly look at Cowboy Football.

Episode 3: The season is finally here. Go inside the meeting rooms and hit the field at Boone Pickens Stadium as the prep work begins for the season opener against Central Arkansas.

Hear from Coach Gundy, find out about the new turnover/sack chain for the defense and learn more about senior fullback Braden Cassity.

😤 5️⃣ 5️⃣ DAYS AWAY

Let’s keep the energy going right into basketball season Pokes!

That’s right, as football, soccer, cross country and so many other sports are rolling, our basketball teams are back in the lab and just 5️⃣ 5️⃣ days away from the tip off of the 2023-24 season.

🤔 COWBOY TRIVIA

Eight Crazy Nights. Saturday’s thriller in the desert was the Cowboys eighth straight road non-conference victory.

The streak is the longest such streak in program history.

Which team did OSU beat to start the current streak?

Think you got it?

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

📅 COMING THIS WEEK

Thursday, September 14
⚽ Soccer at Iowa State @ 5pm | Live Audio | Live Stats

Friday, September 15
⛳️ Men’s Golf at Fighting Illini Intercollegiate

Saturday, September 16
🏈 Football vs. South Alabama @ 6 pm
⛳️ Men’s Golf at Fighting Illini Intercollegiate

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: UTSA in 2013.

A dominating 56-35 victory on the road over UTSA back in September of 2013 got the streak started. In the game, J.W. Walsh tossed for over 300 yards and four TDs and got OSU out to a 42-7 mark in three quarters as the Cowboys rode to an easy victory.

10 years later? That streak is still going strong.

🤠 Let’s have a great Monday, y’all!