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Alamo Bowl the first of four dominoes for OSU
Published: 12/29/2010 6:19 PM
Last Modified: 12/29/2010 6:19 PM

SAN ANTONIO – Oklahoma State officials already have announced pricing information for 2011 football season tickets.

Four dominoes are about to fall for the university. If each of the four falls in a favorable way, Mike Holder and OSU’s ticket officials should savor a successful sales campaign.

First domino: The outcome of tonight’s Alamo Bowl. After prevailing in his first two bowl appearances, Gundy lost to Oregon in the 2008 Holiday Bowl and to Ole Miss in last season’s Cotton Bowl. If Oklahoma State loses to Arizona tonight, Gundy would become the first coach in OSU history with three bowl losses. A victory would lift OSU to its first 11-win finish and provide the first surge of momentum in 2011 ticket sales.

Second domino: The NFL draft decision of Cowboy quarterback Brandon Weeden. His return would boost ticket sales.

Third domino: The NFL draft decision of Cowboy wide receiver Justin Blackmon. His return would boost ticket sales.

Fourth domino: OSU’s offensive coordinator position. Gundy says he likes Dana Holgorsen’s offense. Holgorsen is gone. Who will Gundy hire to scheme the offense and call plays? If the fans are excited about the new guy (or guys, if Gundy goes the co-coordinator route), that also would result in a ticket-sales spike.

-- Bill Haisten

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Bill Haisten
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Reader Comments 4 Total
Hedged (2 years ago)
Well the easy part of this has been taken care of. It will be interesting to see what Justin and Brandon do in the upcoming weeks. As for the OC, I am sure they will do fine with that. The offense has plenty of players to make the system work next year.
signalbob (2 years ago)
Hedged, I agree. I think Weeden will return, for sure. JB may decide to take the money, but remember what happened to Dez last year...dropped to 22nd overall after most thought he was a top 10 guy. And the draft pool is loaded with elite receivers this year, unlike last year...Julio Jones, AJ Green, Alshon Jeffrey, and a couple of others. He could be a $20 million guy next year, instead of $10 mil this year. And there's the potential lockout....
MexiMike (2 years ago)
Agrred, SignalBob. That is exactly what I have been preaching for the last month. Both Blackmon and Weeden can improve immensely before taking the next step. And with the receiver class coming out being so deep, Blackmon would actually do better coming out after next year instead.

We'll see...
whereintheworld (2 years ago)
Chad Morris of Tulsa could be a great fit at OSU: TU is #15 in passing (302 ypg), #16 in rushing (216 ypg), #5 in total offense and #8 in scoring... TU is the only team top-20 in rushing and passing. Boise St is the only other team with 200+ rushing & 300+ passing (and Boise's stats are skewed since they played 6 of the worst teams in FBS and ran up scores for poll votes).

I would rather see Chad Morris go to OSU than join an SEC or Big Ten school. TU's previous OC Gus Malzahn was at TU in 07 & 08 before Auburn hired him away and look at Auburn now!

Morris took TU's offense from "year 1 to year 2" in one season (much like Holgorsen did at OSU). I think he could easily adapt to OSU's current scheme while working in his own offense.
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