OSU vs. Missouri Live Blog, 7 p.m. Saturday
Pettigrew’s presence
Rumors have been swirling about Brandon Pettigrew’s health. The tight end just came out to warm up, fully dressed. He’s out runnuing routes and he doesn’t look seriously slowed. We’ll keep you updated.
-andrea cohen
Huddling Up
Some action! It’s 5 p.m., OSU just arrived and the players, dressed in black sweats and orange polos, walked out onto the field and circled up between the 12 yardline and 22. Their arms are linked, heads are down, and I would wager that they’re praying (is that sacreligious, talking about gambling on prayer?). They’ve been standing there without much movement for at least three or four minutes. Now a big rush to the middle of the circle, a quick cheer and they’re off to the locker rooms. Interesting.
-andrea cohen
Clock-watching in Columbia
Bonjour from Columbia, Mo., where we’ve got just over two hours until kickoff. It’s an interesting atmosphere here … lots and lots of tailgating, lots of Chase Daniel jerseys.
Given the multi-colored trees, it’s crazy that it’s so warm outside. Looks like fall but feels like summer. But I think by kick it’s going to be a crisp, fall football evening. Now if it would just hurry up and get here.
by andrea cohen
Not many Show-Me-Staters at OSU
By Scott Wright
OSU offensive lineman Andrew Lewis told a funny story the other day.
At media day in August, players were grouped according to their home state for photos, but Lewis is the only player on the team from Missouri.
“They made me get with the players from Oklahoma, because they didn’t want to just have one guy from Missouri,” the Joplin native said.
Lewis’ hometown paper, the Joplin Globe, featured him in a story this week.
A fan poll conducted by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has OSU in the top 10.
And finally, ESPN.com’s Tim Griffin offers his predictions for this weekend in the Big 12.
OSU-Missouri Chat, 2 p.m. today
Some football tidbits
By Scott Wright
– With all that has been made about Missouri’s first-team offense not having a three-and-out yet this season, I was asked how many OSU and its extremely efficient first-team offense have had. The answer is three. Two against Washington State and one last week against Texas A&M.
– Highly touted Bishop McGuinness TE/DE recruit Gabe Ikard told IrishIllustrated.com that he is holding steady on four schools and is not ready to commit. The four are OSU, OU, Notre Dame and Stanford.
– Georgia high school linebacker LeRon Furr, who visited OSU last weekend for the A&M game, has 15 offers, but his top three schools right now are Duke, OSU and Mississippi State, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
– Also from the AJC, college football writer Tony Barnhardt says the SEC is better than the Big 12 because of the defense they play in the South.
– ESPN.com’s Tim Griffin calls OSU’s defensive improvements “one of the biggest surprises” during the Cowboys’ 5-0 start.
Middle of the pack
The Big 12 men’s basketball preseason poll came out today, with Oklahoma State picked to finish sixth. Oklahoma is picked first, followed by Texas, Baylor, Kansas, Texas A&M, OSU, Missouri, K-State, Nebraska, Tech, Iowa State and Colorado. As far as the number of votes go, it’s very close at the top (OU, Texas, Baylor and Kansas all got between 109 and 103 votes). OSU got 69 votes.
Is this about where everyone saw them? Think this is about right?
-andrea cohen
Your chance to be a part of OSU history… sort of
By Scott Wright
If you’ve got your credit card handy and would like to pretend that you played in the 1997 Alamo Bowl, now’s your chance. But you’ve got to hurry.
Bidding on this 1997 OSU Alamo Bowl ring ends at about 4:34 p.m. today (Monday). Judging by other items for sale by this person, you can tell it’s not former OSU player Nathan Simmons who is actually selling it. But you can see by the photos that this ring was personalized for Simmons, the running back and son of then-OSU head coach Bob Simmons.
NOTE: The ring sold for $760.
