Shirtless Fans Take Over Boone Pickens Stadium

STILLWATER — The second half of the game against Houston took a backseat to the real action inside Boone Pickens Stadium on Saturday.

That took place several rows up, where three sections of shirtless Cowboy fans began wildly swinging their shirts over their heads.

“The next thing I know, it’s saying, ‘World record,’ up there (on the scoreboard),” OSU linebacker Malik Charles said. “I’m like, damn, there’s a lot of people up there. But it was honestly really cool. I mean, it’s nice to know that we still got a lot of supporters and people that still come out and love Cowboy football.”

The possibly record-breaking movement, assuming anyone tracks shirtless fans at a sporting event, started as two guys in an empty section, but soon guys from all over BPS were leaving their seats to join the increasingly large crowd.

The impressive display demanded attention from the radio broadcast, television broadcast, and well, everyone in attendance. Interim coach Doug Meacham paused his postgame press conference a few minutes in to shout out those fans.

“Before I forget, I want to say how awesome it was,” Meacham said. “I don’t know who those kids were up there with their shirts off, that was awesome. Did you all see that? Was that a fraternity or something or just a bunch of kids? It was phenomenal. I mean, good Lord.

“Because human nature is just kinda pout and just fade in the paint and leave and go home. Shoot, that was awesome. Hey, guys, whoever you are, that was phenomenal. Our guys kinda felt it. That was something. You don’t see it very often with things not going the way you want them to. It’s just awesome. I appreciate our students hanging in there with us and giving us something to play for.”

Quarterback Sam Jackson was so focused on correcting his mistakes that it sounds like he was one of the last Cowboys to notice what was happening in the stands.

Once he finally saw it, he realized why the energy level on the sidelines had picked up.

“I felt like after that, even though I didn’t notice, I was wondering why it was like so loud,” Jackson said. “It was a little bit louder. Then one of the guys next to me, after I looked up at the board cause I didn’t really pay much attention to it, and I just thought it was a student section, he pointed up to the stands. So, it definitely provided a spark.”

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