Marshall’s Notebook: Following Along with Another Wild OSU Game

And exhale.

Oklahoma State beat Kansas State 20-18 on Saturday in Manhattan. In classic 2020 fashion, it was a game that awestruck for some dumbfounding reasons, but the Cowboys left it 5-1. I already laid out my 10 Thoughts. Here is my notebook from another wild Saturday.

• The Cursive Cowboy brain buckets are something to behold.

• Something that gets lost in all the injuries is that former walk-on Jake Springfield is also out after getting hurt last weekend. That moves Josh Sills to LT and Preston Wilson at LG.

• Josh Sills give up a third-down sack where Sanders loses the ball, but Sills is there to get the recovery. You could argue Sanders held onto the ball too long there.

• I’m a fan of this graphic:

• This is getting ridiculous:

Dylan Galloway — Retires
Bryce Bray — Transfers
Jacob Farrell — Transfers
Cole Birmingham — Injured
Hunter Anthony — Injured
Jake Springfield — Injured
Teven Jenkins — Injured (he came back)

• It has to be awkward (and cool) for Chris Klieman to coach in a stadium named after the greatest coach in program history while said greatest coach has binoculars on you.

• LD Brown is playing despite the pregame radio show saying he is out.

• Cam Murray ??

• Taylor Miterko came in for Teven Jenkins. He got rolled up on and Jenkins goes back out to play.

• Now Sanders is hobbling. Holy smokes.

• Stoner gets hit after he calls a fair catch and throws the ball like it was a penalty flag.

• The most yards Tom Hutton has ever punted for in a game was the 269 yards he had against West Virginia earlier this year. At the half Saturday, he has punted for 249 yards. He finished with a career-high 309 yards.

• Hubbard hobbles off after his first big carry of the day.

Radio reports Hubbard was dealing with an ankle injury during the week at practice

— Scott Wright (@ScottWrightOK) November 7, 2020

• Kasey Dunn starting the second half using Brennan Presley as an H-back intrigues me. Good opening drive for the Cowboys to get some points.

• The guys on the pregame radio show said LD Brown wouldn’t play. Thankfully for OSU, he is.

• Brennan Presley is going to be an OSU great.

• I make these slow-mo jukes and spins on my household objects:

• Halftime adjustments. Crazy stuff.

• Nearly every play ends with an OSU player limping. I’ve never seen anything like it.

• OSU elects to punt on 4th-and-1 from K-State territory, and that leads right into a 58-yard pass play from K-State. That decision could be put under a microscope depending on how this ends.

• Punting was the obvious right call because OSU’s defense scored off it. That’s how it goes.

• Tylan Wallace gets work on the hands team after not playing all day. This is a crazy game in a crazy season.

• An OSU game can never just end. K-State gets the ball back with 1:47 to go with a chance to win.

• Tre Sterling seals it with a pick, and Stillwater just saw a minor uptick in CO2 levels with everyone releasing their breath.