Some facts about the 2008 Oklahoma State Cowboys:
SCHOOL COLORS: Orange and black
FOUNDED: 1890
ENROLLMENT: 31,800
LOCATED: Stillwater, Okla.
COACH: Mike Gundy, fourth season at Oklahoma State and overall (18-19)
2007 RECORD: 7-6 (4-4, 3rd Big 12 South)
LAST BOWL: 2007 Insight Bowl, beat Indiana 49-33
STADIUM: Boone Pickens Stadium (60,000)
RETURNING STARTERS: 14 (8 offense, 6 defense)
KEY PLAYERS: QB Zac Robinson, TE Brandon Pettigrew, WR Dez Bryant, CB Jacob Lacey
KEY RECRUITS: RB Beau Johnson, RB Kye Staley.
KEY DEPARTURES: RB Dantrell Savage, WR Adarius Bowman, DE Nathan Peterson, LB Donovan Woods
COACHSPEAK: “We’re 101 in the country last year in total defense, so we’ve got a long way to go to get to that No. 1 and we want to continue to make sure that we get ourselves there.”—defensive coordinator Tim Beckman.
2008 SCHEDULE:
Aug. 30—vs. Washington State, at Seattle
Sept. 6—Houston
Sept. 13—Missouri State
Sept. 27—Troy
Oct. 4—Texas A&M
Oct. 11—at Missouri
Oct. 18—Baylor
Oct. 25—at Texas
Nov. 1—Iowa State
Nov. 8—at Texas Tech
Nov. 15—at Colorado
Nov. 29—Oklahoma
