Oklahoma State picks up Tulsa graduate transfer linebacker Justin Wright, a three-time all-conference honoree and two-time Golden Hurricane leading tackler.

A little hodge podge from around Oklahoma State and Big 12 college football from Saturday.

The run game was better and we'll tell you why. It still needs to improve and Kasey Dunn talks about life with two freshmen on the outside at wide receiver.

If you didn't know who Ben Kopenski was before 9/11/2021, well you and Tulsa quarterback Davis Brin know him now. Oklahoma State was osolid defensively, but can get better.

It was a perfectly executed kickoff return, well-timed and badly needed, but it may be a trigger switch to pushing the Cowboys to another level. That too is needed.

Oklahoma State welcomes Tulsa for a "brunch at the Boone" affair and the emphasis has to be on the Cowboys finding their running attack. Iowa at Iowa State and Texas at Arkansas highlight the Big 12 action and our picks.

Tulsa head coach Philip Montgomery has struggled getting much offense against Jim Knowles' defenses at Oklahoma State and he wasn't afraid to pay Knowles a sincere compliment.

Tulsa isn't as bad as the team that lost the opener to UC-Davis. This Tulsa Team is a lot closer to the team that pressed Oklahoma State and played Cincinnati to a near draw in the AAC Championship last season.

Before anybody gets confused and thinks this is an advance excuse article, it is anything but. This Oklahoma State team needs to go 3-0 in the non conference and should, but it will be a test.

There is not a lot of difference between the Tulsa team that gave Oklahoma State a four quarter game in the 2020 opener and the Hurricane team coming to Stillwater on Sept. 11.