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Oklahoma State at Iowa State Official Game Thread, Live Updates and Discussion

September 23, 2023
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It’s game day once again as the Oklahoma State Cowboys (2-1) is set to face Iowa State (1-2) in Ames, IA, for the start of Big 12 play. 

The Pokes are coming off a disappointing 33-7 home loss to South Alabama, while the Cyclones to Ohio last week, 10-7, on the road.

Pregame

Mike Gundy has officially named Alan Bowman as the starting quarterback.

ISU wins the toss and defers to the second half. Oklahoma State to receive.

First Quarter

Punt: Oklahoma State goes three-and-out in the opening drive. 1st and 10 from ISU 29-yard line.

Delay of game and punt! ISU gets called for a delay of game to make it a 4th and 7, leading to a touchback punt. 1st and 10 from the OSU 20-yard line.

Punt: OSU’s offense fails to get anything going and has a second-straight three-and-out. 1st and 10 from the ISU 30-yard line.

PUNT! OSU forces another 4th down and a punt. 1st and 10 from the OSU 17-yard line.

FIRST DOWN! Ollie Gordon breaks a 71-yard run down the left side line! 1st and goal from the ISU 12-yard line!

TOUCHDOWN! Alan Bowman gets into the end zone from 12 yards out for the score! (5:40) Oklahoma State leads 7-0!

Touchdown: ISU gets into the end zone from 38 yards on a 4th and three (3:23) Oklahoma State and Iowa State are tied at seven.

First down! Ollie Gordon gets to the line to gain on 3rd and 1! 1st and 10 from the OSU 36-yard line.

Punt! OSU forces a third ISU punt. 1st and 10 from the OSU 18-yard line.

Second Quarter

Punt: Bowman fails to connect with receivers leads to yet another punt by the Pokes. 1st and 10 from the ISU 38-yard line.

Touchdown: ISU gets back into the end zone on a 29-yard passing TD (12:55) Oklahoma State trails 14-7.

First down! Bowman hits Green for nine yards and the first down! 1st and 10 from the OSU 37-yard line.

TOUCHDOWN! Bowman finds Jaden Nixon for 60 yards and the touchdown! (11:01) Oklahoma State and Iowa State are tied at 14.

Field goal: The Pokes come up with a stop on third down to force an ISU field goal. (7:12) Oklahoma State trails 17-14.

Punt: OSU with their fifth punt of the day after the offense stalls out yet again. 1st and 10 from the ISU 27-yard line.

Field goal: ISU kicks another field goal before the end of the first half (:43) Oklahoma State trails 20-14.

First down! Bowman hits Stribling for 24 yards and the first down! 

Field goal! Alex Hale hits from 38-yards as time expires in the half (:00) Oklahoma State trails going into the half, 20-17.

Haltime

Third Quarter

Punt! Pokes’ defense forces a half-opening punt. 1st and 10 from the OSU 19-yard line.

First down! Ollie Gordon picks up the first with 12 yards up the middle. 1st and 10 from the OSU 39-yard line.

First down! Bowman hits Green for 24 yards and the first! 1st and 10 from the ISU 37-yard line.

Interception: Bowman throws an interception, giving up an 18-yard return back to the ISU 35-yard line.

Punt! The Cowboys come up big on defense to force another ISU punt. 1st and 10 from the OSU 10-yard line.

Punt: The Oklahoma State offense yet again fails to get anything going, bringing up another punt. 1st and 10 from the OSU 47-yard line following a 29-yard punt.

Touchdown: ISU gets into the end zone on a 26-yard touchdown pass. (5:30) Oklahoma State trails 27-17.

First down! Bowman hits Jaden Bray for 14-yards and the first down!

FIRST DOWN! Bowman hits Bray once again, this time for 17 yards and the first down! 1st and 10 from the ISU 44-yard line.

Field goal! Alex Hale drills a 53-yard field goal! (2:54) Oklahoma State trails 27-10.

Touchdown: Sanders gets into the end zone from seven yards out (14:54) Oklahoma State trails 34-20.

First down! Gordon picks up the first down on a 12-yard carry up the middle!

First down! Bray picks up the first down on a 14-yard completion from Bowman.

Sack: Bowman is dropped for a 17-yard loss. 3rd and 27.

Punt: The seventh punt of the day for OSU is a 41-yarder to the ISU 25-yard line.

Punt! OSU forces another punt. 1st and 10 from the OSU 18-yard line.

Punt: OSU punts yet again.

PUNT! OSU comes up with a big stop to get the ball back, 1st and 10 from their 35-yard line.

FIRST DOWN! Bowman pitches to Nixon, who picks up the first down on 4th and 1!

TOUCHDOWN! Bowman finds Rashod Owens for a 20-yard touchdown! (2:46) Oklahoma State trails 34-27.

PUNT! The OSU defense comes up with a huge stop on 3rd and medium to force a third-straight ISU punt! 1st and 10 from the OSU 35-yard line.

First down! Bowman hits Stribling for 13 yards and the first down! 1st and 10 from the ISU 49-yard line.

Interception: Iowa State picks off Bowman on 4th and long. 

Final

 

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Oklahoma State at Iowa State Official Game Thread, Live Updates and Discussion

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NJAggie
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Man we've blown the shoe selection on this game. Every big ISU play you see a key player slipping down on the turf. Yet ISU never does.
CProc7
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Defense looking tired. These WRs are running free
PaloDuroPoke
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Well we can always fall back on we got outcoached!!! It's worked as an excuse every week so far. The sad thing is we do get out coached every week
RowdyRawhide
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Looks like the Cyclone crowd is ramped up big time.
Orangeheart72
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Our best passing qb has two drives with no pass plays. Dunn might want to cut out passes behind the line of scrimmage.
Zach Lancaster
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Staff
Man, that was an impressive field goal by Hale. 53 yards is a career-best for him.
Eddy Hackleman
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Yes, especially with rushing to get set up… lots of people slipping today.
GumbyFromPokeyLand
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Orangeheart72 said:

Our best passing qb has two drives with no pass plays. Dunn might want to cut out passes behind the line of scrimmage.


Best passing QB? That's clearly debatable. What's not debatable is the QB with THE worst footwork in history.
True wisdom is knowing what you don't know.
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odisnsam
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I realize our defense is on the field way too much, but this is just awful.
CProc7
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Bowman sucks.
Pokes4158
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So is it ok for us to say our team is trash or is that still a no no? Have they proven it yet or no?
missouripoke
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He doesn't suck, just a statue. Gundy gives us much better chance with that line. Our defense is killing us.
SWCowboyD
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Going to be a long season. This is just a POOR Football team.
NJAggie
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Well I don't think this performance is going to put the QB question to rest.

It's not Bowman's fault that our OL leaks like a sieve but that was not good.

Two nice positive plays then a bigger negative.
odisnsam
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T Boone just rolled over..
RowdyRawhide
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Are we allowed to call out our DC yet?
NJAggie
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While D has had their issues today, to me there is only one screaming issue: The OL.

Bowman and the other QB's can't operate. The fact that any pressure is enough so that they can just fall back in the passing lanes, and that any run is dependent on the RB getting it done on their own. It just gives you no direction to go and be consistently successful.

The D does need to get some stuff cleaned up. We still don't seem to be able to make any adjustments. And, the lack of an offensive threat just allows the opposition to be patient and let the D wear out.
odisnsam
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I've been a Cowboy fan for almost 40 years. I'm not trying to be negative, but this team is just not a very good team.
At least last year our coaches could lean on the 'injuries' issue..
missouripoke
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Makes me kind of wonder what the people watching practices were looking at. A few kept saying they thought it would be a special year. It has certainly been a special year. This line is atrocious.
Orangeheart72
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So you're saying there's a chance!?
Pokes4158
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Y'all should go ahead and cancel the bowman journal entries now. Save that young man some shame
TUSKAPOKE
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The party's over....turn out the lights!
Orangeheart72
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Time for onside, a win would be nice!
Zach Lancaster
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Staff
Hey look, a touchdown! Happy for Rashod.
NJAggie
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Well one more shot.
NJAggie
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Well at least they went out firing.
CProc7
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We had a minute and a half not everything needs to be down field or on the sideline.
eddy.mcdaniels
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Lol. Gonna be LONG season. At least RA will pick us to win each game
Pokes4158
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Remember when ra reported the line saying the goal was to be elite this year? Gonna be mean and aggressive lol what a sack of crap. Bowman was moving backwards all game. Gundy better get with big nil deal's because no one is gonna want to qb this offense for nothing. Especially since they are sacrificing a shot to go pro.
CProc7
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Now we wait to see if half the team leaves. Lol
OklaStateU
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4 - 8 in the last 12 games, going back to last year's TCU loss.
NJAggie
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Well at least Tech, WVU, BU, & UH look to be as bad as we are so there's a little hope for a few more wins.
Ostateman
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BOWMAN is FINISHED!
If a Div 1A, Power 5 QB can't set his feet and appears to be auditioning for "Dancing Wiith The Stars", then he's NEVER GOING TO MAKE IT. He should have some footwork by now. If Rattay can't help him, then Ratttay needs to go too.

RANGEL is probably already packed and ready to go. Did you see his expression on the sidelines after our last TD that gave us false hope that Bowman could lead a comeback? That expression was a set stare that looked far away into the distance at a different location. Rangel is done with this Gundy Coaching Clown Circus and will be out of here before you can say "OC Dunn is DONE".
Rangel wasn't excited about being within one score of tying it up and possibly stealing a win out of Ames. He was far, far away....and it wasn't back to Stillwater either.

In fact, not only should OC Dunn be reasssigned or better yet, FIRED, so should OL coach Dickey. Both have had more than enough time to prove their worth and they have not.
They should have been fired two years ago, but Gundy is too lazy and worried about his ego than what's best for the oSu football program.
Gundy won't fire or hire because good coaches leave as it should be. Saban doesn't worry about that at Bama, because he knows there are tons more hungry coaches that want to prove themselves and theire will be more quality coaches to take their place.
But not Gundy. He is more concerned with finidng someone, anyone that will stick around. And those that have stuck around aren't being being hired away by bigger programs UNLESS they are really good.

Gundy likes Deione Sanders because Deione does things the way his wants to. This is Mike Gundy saying, "I"m just like Deione Sanders and I'm going to do what I want to do.", which is great if you can make your program grow and improve. Gundy has plateaued since 2011 with occassional highs. But we haven't even sniffed another chance at a NC Playoff game since 2011.

But can anyone recall how bad Oregon used to be? Before Phil Knight gave the university a ton of money to improve their sports programs, especially the 800 lb gorilla -- football -- Oregon was Homecoming fodder for everyone else in the PAC 12.
Now look at them.
And they hire coaches and those coaches get hired away, but they hire good coaches again and again and again and their program is still strong and they're not worried about "The Duck Culture" or having to hire former Ducks because they understand the culture.

Kansas State, Kansas and Colorado aren't afriad to hire outside their alumni base and neither should we.

If Mike Gundy can't get a clue as to how to manange the new college football Transfer Portal and NIL, then it's time he give up the reins to some new, hiungry, creative, agressive coach that at least is wanting to make oSu football a contender again.
I know there are rules, but do we really want to follow them now?
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