Oklahoma State receiver Adarius Bowman is averaging 103.5 receiving yards, good for fourth in the conference, and 6.3 catches, good for fifth. The senior has caught six touchdown passes.
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But numbers, Oklahoma State coaches keep saying, don't do justice to the way Bowman plays the game.
"I would say there's not another receiver in the country that, with his ability, puts the effort in as far as blocking and everything,” OSU offensive coordinator Larry Fedora said. "If there is, I'd like to see it because I can put a tape together of him just dominating people blocking, and most of those guys don't do that.”
•Fall break: OSU students had Monday and Tuesday of this week off for fall break. The football team practiced its usual amount, OSU coach Mike Gundy said, but he was hopeful the school-free days would give his guys a chance to rest up.
"It's an opportunity for the players to catch up from fatigue and sleep,” Gundy said. "From a physical standpoint, it's important that they get their rest. That's what fall break is good for, so they can get back on schedule and get their bodies back both mentally and physically.”
•Hard-core coordinating: When asked this week what he thought of Texas A&M running back Javorskie Lane's touchdown pass, Fedora said: "I didn't see it.”
For that matter, Fedora rarely ever sees opposing offenses — when OSU's defense is on the field the offensive coordinator, well, coordinates offense. Here's how Fedora describes that process:
"When defense is on the field I'm talking to the quarterback, going through the next list of plays. Every play that was called in the previous series, I go through every one of those plays in detail as far as what happened, what the defense gave us, what did you see. Then OK, now we got through that, I talk to all the coaches: I'm going to do this, this, this, this, this, this, these five things in order. Now they break back up and go to their positions and start talking to their players, talking about all the details in those things.
"So I never see what happens on defense, to be honest with ya. And then I get back on there with the quarterback and say OK, these five things, here's the first play. If the ball's on the left hash this is what I want to do, if it's on the right hash I want to do this. Make sure we're looking for this. Look for the safety, see what he's doing here. It's total communication the whole time.”
By Andrea Cohen
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Every year I am hopeful. This year we were led to believe this could be a banner year. However, after going and watch OSU for over 60 years I should know better that we are never going to have a banner year. And this sure isn't going to be the year. Four and eight if we can sneak by Baylor
Roy from Lewisberry - you need to learn your manners when speaking to a lady. Good grief man . . . lighten up. Have you ever made a mistake in your life?
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Also, he didn't have a TD pass against OSU.