Oklahoma State Links: 12/28/2011 (We're Still Hungover)

We sincerely hope that everyone had a great Christmas and isn't having to work at all this week. Unfortunately, that's not the case for everyone so we'll do our best to keep you entertained while you're spacing out this week. The Cowboys are in beautiful Arizona preparing for the biggest post season game in the history of the program. We on the other hand are nursing our Christmas hangover and preparing to head west for the big game.

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I'm looking forward to basting in the warm Arizona sun. More details about that later. Until then, enjoy some links. Lazy, I know.

Oklahoma State football: Cowboys so Fiesta fired up, they arrived early | NewsOK.com
Mike Gundy was thrilled to see the yellow sport coats again as he exited his charter jet at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix on Monday morning.

Stanford, Oklahoma State have rich foundations
The current economic fortunes of Stanford and Oklahoma State rest heavily on the admissions of a couple of basketball players more than a half-century ago. John Arrillaga, 74, was a third-team All-American at Stanford...

2012 Fiesta Bowl - Big 12 Blog - ESPN
Stanford lack's the usual speed of Big 12 offenses Oklahoma State's accustomed to, but possesses a power few in the Big 12 can duplicate, especially in the passing game. Three of the Cardinal's top four receivers are tight ends, and each have more catches than all but three Big 12 tight ends.

Cardinal finally starting to heal - Pac-12 Blog - ESPN
A healthy Stanford is a happy Stanford. And for the first time since about the midway point of the regular season, the Cardinal are as close to 100 percent as they are going to be.

An interesting comment from RG3 on the Oklahoma State Defense.

Oklahoma State football: OSU and the NCAA owe Barry Sanders five touchdowns | NewsOK.com
Barry Sanders scored 44 touchdowns in his monster season of 1988. A great story from Tramel here.

Fiesta Bowl 2012: Baseball Binds Oklahoma State's Brandon Weeden, Stanford's Jordan Pratt - SBNation.com
A good story here about Wee-man and Stanford Wide Receiver Jordan Pratt.