Happy Thursday Pokes. The sounds of pad bashing together brings pure joy to football fans.

That sound was loud and clear this week as the Cowboys strapped on pads for the first time this summer.

We’ve got the insight from camp, a deeper look into a new look for the Orange and Black this fall, and much more!

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

🎥 So Fresh, So Clean
🏈 Strap ‘Em On
🏀 Viva La Cowboys
🤠 And so much more!

🎥 OSU MAX

So fresh, so clean.

No, we’re not talking old school Outkast, we’re talking about the OSU football jerseys.

The Cowboys will debut new look uniforms for the 2023 season.

Go inside the uniform switch, what makes these new jerseys special and learn more about the process as Director of Football Equipment Operations Justin Williams talks with our Meghan Robinson.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Strap ‘Em On. There’s nothing like the first day of full pads at football training camps around the country.

The level of excitement, juice and energy is next level and the 2023 Cowboys reached that this week as they strapped on pads for the first time on Wednesday.

We’ve got all the insight from the players after day one with pads.

🎥 OSU Max: Cole Birmingham - Post Practice Interview

🎥 OSU Max: Lyrik Rawls - Post Practice Interview

🎥 OSU Max: Ollie Gordon - Post Practice Interview

🔼 Thank God We Got That Guy. Like most incoming college freshman, Christian Carroll is gathering things and packing them for his next journey.

Except that journey isn’t to Stillwater just yet, he’s got a trip to Amman City, Jordan to take on the U20 World Championships next week.

Carroll, who is the #1 pound-for-pound prospect in the country, rolled to a U20 National Title in late April and secured his spot on Team USA in June thanks to a dominant showing at the World Team Trials in June.

Next week, Carroll and his teammates will head to Amman City where the competition will go from August 14-20.

🤠 LIVE AND IN COLOR

🔼 εκατό! εκατό! That’s right, the Cowgirls poured in 💯 points in for the second straight game and finished their exhibition game portion of the foreign tour with a bang.

Rising senior Lior Garzon led the way for OSU pouring in 38 points on 12-of-14 from long range, while also grabbing seven rebounds in the victory.

Check out the full game broadcast here on OSUMax.com.

🔼 Viva La Vaqueros! Sure, our Cowboys are getting to see a ton of incredible sights and bond with each other while in Spain.

But yesterday, it was all business as the fellas took the court for the first time together against the Cape Verde Senior National Team, a squad that is headed to the FIBA World Cup this fall.

The Orange and Black came out with a tough 86-79 and we’ve got all the action on OSUMax.com.

The rest of their schedule in Spain includes:
Aug. 9 – Train ride to Valencia; Traditional Paella lunch
Aug. 10 – Game No. 2
Aug. 11 – Fun in Valencia
Aug. 12 – Catamaran cruise; Bus to Barcelona
Aug. 13 – Explore Olympic venues on Montijuic Hill; Game No. 3
Aug. 14 – FC Barcelona stadium tour; Beach time at Costa Brava
Aug. 15 – Return to Stillwater

🏈 COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF: 23 DAYS

The NFL season is less than a month away!

As our Cowboys are preparing for the upcoming 2023 season, so are the rest of the OSU family in NFL training camps, which include 23 different alums across the league.

Arizona Cardinals - Matt Hembrough
Atlanta Falcons - Tre Flowers
Baltimore Ravens - Justice Hill, Tylan Wallace
Buffalo Bills - Marcel Ateman
Carolina Panthers - Chuba Hubbard
Chicago Bears - Teven Jenkins
Cleveland Browns - A.J. Green III
Dallas Cowboys - Devin Harper, Tyron Johnson
Detroit Lions - Malcolm Rodriguez
Jacksonville Jaguars - Tyler Lacy
Las Vegas Raiders - Chris Lacy
Los Angeles Chargers - Amen Ogbongbemiga
Los Angeles Rams - Tanner Brown, Jason Taylor II
Miami Dolphins - Emmanuel Ogbah
New Orleans Saints - James Washington
New York Giants - Rodarius Williams
Pittsburgh Steelers - Mason Rudolph, Jaylen Warren
San Francisco 49ers - Tay Martin
Washington Commanders - Christian Holmes

🤔 COWBOY TRIVIA

One Week Away. The start of the 2023-24 OSU athletic calendar is just seven days away. That’s right, just one… more…week!

The year kicks off (literally) when the Cowgirls soccer squad hosts Stephen F. Austin at Neal Patterson Stadium, next Thursday, August 17th at 7 p.m.

This is the second straight season that OSU is hosting SFA with last year the Cowgirls picking up a 5-0 victory.

In that game, a program milestone was reached… what was that milestone?

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: Grace Yochum set the program record for career goals with 36.

The all-time OSU great will have a different seat for this year’s game as she’s in a new role of the program’s player development coordinator, but last September, she scored two of the Cowgirls five goals in the game.

Those two goals pushed her career total to 36, passing the program's former all-time record of 35, which was set by Jolene Schweitzer in 2004 and tied by Yolanda Odenyo in 2008.

🤠 Let’s have a great Thursday!