Yellow Bellies and Silver Bullets: Eric Morris Says Late-Night Kick Gives OSU Fans Timed to Get ‘Juiced Up’

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STILLWATER — By the time the Cowboys kick off against the Red Raiders on Saturday, the Neon Palms of J R Murphy’s will already be shining in the Stillwater night.

Oklahoma State and Texas Tech kick at 8:30 p.m. local time in Boone Pickens Stadium. It’ll be late, but OSU coach Eric Morris said it’ll give time what ought to be an electric crowd time to get “juiced up.”

“I’m really excited about the night kick,” Morris said. “I think it gives everybody some time here in Stillwater to get juiced up. And they’ve talked about maybe opening the gates a little bit earlier, which would be awesome if that does happen.”

It had been reported after Oklahoma State’s upset win against Oregon in Week 2 that Morris celebrated with a Coors Banquet beer.

He was jokingly asked at the end of his Tuesday news conference if he had any recommendations on how to get juiced up, where Morris shouted out his Coors beers by nicknames.

“That’s well documented, that most people don’t like it here, I was a Silver Bullet guy, but then you know I like the Yellow Bellies (pronounced yella bellies), as well,” Morris said. “And so whatever their choice is, right? Everybody has their own flavor for it, but enjoy it safely, right. There’s a beautiful thing called Uber and Lyft and like all the technology has created great things, right. And in Stillwater, most people can walk so do it safely.”

So, that’s Morris’ gameplan for the fanbase ahead of Saturday’s contest, but the plan for his team is a little more detailed.

The Cowboys will need to adjust their weekend sleep schedules two weeks in a row, as after this 8:30 p.m. kick, the Cowboys will start at 9:15 p.m. (Central) next weekend against Arizona State in Tempe.

Ahead of home games, the Cowboys spend the night in The Atheron, an on-campus hotel, but in order to not sit in those hotel rooms all day ahead of Saturday’s game, Morris said they’ll find something to get the team up and moving.

“We’ll figure out some ways to fill some gaps in there,” Morris said. “We’re not just gonna let them stay in their rooms and sleep all day. So, we’ll get them up, moving. We’ll have different activities. Luckily we’re at home (for) this one. Makes it a lot easier staying at The Atheron. We have access to everything we need right here, so a quick walk over here to whether we’re gonna stretch, or walkthrough, or watch a little tape or something. We’ll break it up a little bit.

“A little bit different in just how many meals — usually we just do a grab-and-go lunch home and away. You want to eat four hours, approximately, before the game as your pregame. We’ll eat three full meals. We’ll get up and have breakfast, and we’ll have a full sit-down lunch. And then I guess about 5 o’clock, maybe a little bit before, we’ll have our pregame meal at that time before we do The Walk and stuff. Nothing different routine-wise, we’ll just add a couple fillers in there to get the kids out of their room that way they’re not sitting in their room for seven, eight hours just watching TV all day.”