Official 2023 Fall Camp Thread
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Feels Like 45 Podcast
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Adam Lunt is on as a guest!
These guys do a good job but unfortunately there are very few people outside the football staff and support groups that actually see EVERY practice with EYES ON THE FIELD. My guess is Robert Allen, Dave Hunziker and Tom Dirato and also John Holcomb if he can make it over on occasion from Tulsa are the only media allowed access to every practice. An example is the slight bumps and bruises to two of our RBs Elijah Collins and Jayden Nixon in the last week which has given true freshman Sesi Vailahi a chance to receive a lot of snaps and has apparently been impressive! I paid the big money back in 2011 to attend one of these four day extreme camps where you get amazing amount of access and insight into the players program and coaches (you are an insider)! I guess if you have access to one of these guys you can get some good information!
Feels Like 45 Podcast
Podcast · [object Object] · An Oklahoma State sports podcast for the Oklahoma State sports fan. Weekly episodes breaking down previous matchups, previewing upcoming games, and much more. Part of the Ten 12 Network.
Adam Lunt is on as a guest!
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I maybe wrong but I expect to see Justin Kirkland kick some teeth in this fall based on all the hype train
STILLWATER — Justin Kirkland sauntered around inside the Sherman Smith Training Center while Oklahoma State football players went through their Pro Day workouts for NFL scouts last March.
He wore a white tank top, pink shorts and paper-thin flip flops that provided little support for the 6-foot-4, 346-pound mammoth of a man on top of them.
The temperature was in the 50s that day, but Kirkland was dressed like it was mid-summer. For a kid who grew up in Roy, Utah — which had more than a foot of snow that particular March morning — it might as well have been.
“Flip flops and a button-up Hawaiian shirt — he rolls into a meeting sometimes with that on, and you just smile and say, ‘You do you, big man,’” OSU defensive coordinator Bryan Nardo said.
Nardo might be Kirkland’s biggest fan when it comes to the football side of things. The Cowboys lured Kirkland out of the transfer portal before Nardo was hired as defensive coordinator, but Kirkland is an ideal fit for the nose tackle spot in Nardo’s 3-3-5 defense.
Kirkland was dominant at Utah Tech as a true freshman last season, and his size and strength suggest he’s physically built for the transition to Big 12 football.
More:Oklahoma State football from A to Z: Everything you need to know about 2023 OSU Cowboys
As the Cowboys prepare to open the season at 6 p.m. Saturday against Central Arkansas at Boone Pickens Stadium, Kirkland is perhaps one of the most intriguing new OSU faces. He has the gifts to be one of the most impactful players in orange and black — or, dare it be said, all of the Big 12.
Though he has yet to be allowed to speak to the media because of coach Mike Gundy’s rules limiting interviews with first-year players, Kirkland’s personality has still been a common topic of conversation between reporters and players.
Same with his physical freakishness. A little over a year ago, he posted a video on social media showing him bench pressing 225 pounds 40 times.
“He can mash a golf ball,” defensive end Kody Walterscheid said. “He can hit it about 500 yards. It’s awesome. He’s a cool dude.”
Asked about Kirkland’s ability to make the transition to the Big 12, Gundy said simply, “strength won’t be a problem.”
Early in August, OSU redshirt sophomore Kendal Daniels was asked about the new nose tackle and immediately began describing a play from that day’s practice in which Kirkland broke through the line and blew up a handoff before it happened, causing a fumble that the defense recovered.
“He’s a big guy, he runs to the football,” Daniels said. “Having him being able to move guys and get back in the backfield — when he makes plays like that, I’m just like, thank the Lord he’s on my football team.
“Him doing that opens up gaps for the linebackers, which opens up gaps for me, so it really changes everything to have that dominant nose guard that can just play football.”
More:How will Bryan Nardo handle first Oklahoma State football game day? Mike Gundy has an idea
Because Oklahoma State has strong depth at nose tackle, Kirkland will be kept fresh with help from guys like Collin Clay, Iman Oates and others.
Having recruited Kirkland when Derek Mason was still the team’s defensive coordinator and the scheme was still based in a four-man front, the Cowboys couldn’t have asked for a better fit with the move to Nardo’s three-man front.
But the new coordinator says the defensive scheme matters little for a player like Kirkland.
“Justin Kirkland is a perfect fit in any defense,” Nardo said with an excited smile. “He is a great leader, a great person, he’s a monster, he’s unblockable. He would be very successful in anything. He’d be perfect if I ran a 5-2 Monster. He’s a great fit and we’re very lucky to have him.
“And he’s coachable. Sometimes when you get guys that big, they’re not much into technique, because they’ve been so much bigger than everybody. But he’s very coachable, uses his technique well. Does everything you ask him.”
oklahoman.com/story/sports/college/cowboys/2023/08/29/oklahoma-state-football-justin-kirkland-brings-personality-power-to-osu-cowboys/70699876007/
He wore a white tank top, pink shorts and paper-thin flip flops that provided little support for the 6-foot-4, 346-pound mammoth of a man on top of them.
The temperature was in the 50s that day, but Kirkland was dressed like it was mid-summer. For a kid who grew up in Roy, Utah — which had more than a foot of snow that particular March morning — it might as well have been.
“Flip flops and a button-up Hawaiian shirt — he rolls into a meeting sometimes with that on, and you just smile and say, ‘You do you, big man,’” OSU defensive coordinator Bryan Nardo said.
Nardo might be Kirkland’s biggest fan when it comes to the football side of things. The Cowboys lured Kirkland out of the transfer portal before Nardo was hired as defensive coordinator, but Kirkland is an ideal fit for the nose tackle spot in Nardo’s 3-3-5 defense.
Kirkland was dominant at Utah Tech as a true freshman last season, and his size and strength suggest he’s physically built for the transition to Big 12 football.
More:Oklahoma State football from A to Z: Everything you need to know about 2023 OSU Cowboys
As the Cowboys prepare to open the season at 6 p.m. Saturday against Central Arkansas at Boone Pickens Stadium, Kirkland is perhaps one of the most intriguing new OSU faces. He has the gifts to be one of the most impactful players in orange and black — or, dare it be said, all of the Big 12.
Though he has yet to be allowed to speak to the media because of coach Mike Gundy’s rules limiting interviews with first-year players, Kirkland’s personality has still been a common topic of conversation between reporters and players.
Same with his physical freakishness. A little over a year ago, he posted a video on social media showing him bench pressing 225 pounds 40 times.
“He can mash a golf ball,” defensive end Kody Walterscheid said. “He can hit it about 500 yards. It’s awesome. He’s a cool dude.”
Asked about Kirkland’s ability to make the transition to the Big 12, Gundy said simply, “strength won’t be a problem.”
Early in August, OSU redshirt sophomore Kendal Daniels was asked about the new nose tackle and immediately began describing a play from that day’s practice in which Kirkland broke through the line and blew up a handoff before it happened, causing a fumble that the defense recovered.
“He’s a big guy, he runs to the football,” Daniels said. “Having him being able to move guys and get back in the backfield — when he makes plays like that, I’m just like, thank the Lord he’s on my football team.
“Him doing that opens up gaps for the linebackers, which opens up gaps for me, so it really changes everything to have that dominant nose guard that can just play football.”
More:How will Bryan Nardo handle first Oklahoma State football game day? Mike Gundy has an idea
Because Oklahoma State has strong depth at nose tackle, Kirkland will be kept fresh with help from guys like Collin Clay, Iman Oates and others.
Having recruited Kirkland when Derek Mason was still the team’s defensive coordinator and the scheme was still based in a four-man front, the Cowboys couldn’t have asked for a better fit with the move to Nardo’s three-man front.
But the new coordinator says the defensive scheme matters little for a player like Kirkland.
“Justin Kirkland is a perfect fit in any defense,” Nardo said with an excited smile. “He is a great leader, a great person, he’s a monster, he’s unblockable. He would be very successful in anything. He’d be perfect if I ran a 5-2 Monster. He’s a great fit and we’re very lucky to have him.
“And he’s coachable. Sometimes when you get guys that big, they’re not much into technique, because they’ve been so much bigger than everybody. But he’s very coachable, uses his technique well. Does everything you ask him.”
oklahoman.com/story/sports/college/cowboys/2023/08/29/oklahoma-state-football-justin-kirkland-brings-personality-power-to-osu-cowboys/70699876007/
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