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OSU Football Notebook

By MATT DOYLE, World sports writer
Published: 9/26/2008 2:05 AM
Last Modified: 9/26/2008 3:04 AM

Trying to catch on: The lingering question of who is Oklahoma State's next pass-catching option behind Dez Bryant and Brandon Pettigrew still exists.

Bryant (16) and Pettigrew (10) have 26 of the Cowboys' 39 pass receptions.

The gap after Pettigrew is a wide one. Receiver Bo Bowling and running back Beau Johnson have three each.

The success the running game had and the blowout nature of the Sept. 13 victory against Missouri State did not allow other receiving options to be evaluated thoroughly.

OSU only threw 10 passes that day and completed five.

One of the receptions, though, was a specifically designed play that worked. Bowling's 66-yard touchdown reception from Zac Robinson was a play the Cowboys worked on that particular week.

Receivers coach and co-offensive coordinator Trooper Taylor said Bowling was the main option on that play to help establish him more in the throwing game and give future opponents something else to ponder when defending OSU.

Co-offensive coordinator Gunter Brewer said he would like Bowling and some of the other receivers to emerge as pass-catching threats.

At the same time, he also wants to keep applying the "if it's not broke, don't fix it" belief regarding the throwing game currently.

"As long as they (opponents) allow us to get the ball to go-to guys, we're going to do that," Brewer said.

"That's the way it is. Anybody in any game is going to want to throw the ball to their best players. We're not going to do anything different unless they make us do something different."

Progress report: Robinson said he would give himself a passing grade for his performance through the first three games.

His 69 percent completion percentage and very effective 179.19 passing efficiency rating, good for eighth in this week's NCAA statistics, are positives for OSU's junior starting quarterback.

The negatives, in his estimation, through the first three games are the three interceptions he's thrown and the fumbled handoff exchange between him and Kendall Hunter against Houston.

Brewer, though, thinks Robinson might be a little hard on himself.

"He'd probably give himself a C-plus or B-minus, but I think his play has been about a B-plus," Brewer said. "There are some plays I know he'd like to have back. But really, he hasn't been forced to make a lot of plays yet. When he has, he's made those plays."

Playmaker: For his career, Robinson averages 7.68 yards per play. The average is the highest in the country for all active players. West Virginia quarterback Pat White is second with a career mark of 7.48 yards per play.

Mr. Touchdown: Sophomore running back Kendall Hunter has played 15 games in his Oklahoma State career and has scored 11 touchdowns. By MATT DOYLE, World sports writer

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