bremmel
12-03-2007, 04:38 PM
The ‘old' guys' fourth bowl
With this year's selection to the Insight Bowl linebacker Jeremy Nethon and defensive lineman Marque Fountain will be among a handful of OSU players to play in four bowl games in their careers.
When asked how that makes him feel, Nethon responded, "Old.”
"Really old,” he said. "I need some Advil and a walker.”
Fountain said he's proud to be one of the few, but he thinks playing in a bowl game every year will become commonplace for OSU players in the future.
•Senior citizens: OSU's bowl practices are geared toward younger players who get limited repetitions during the season.
"We line the young guys up and let them bang,” OSU coach Mike Gundy said of bowl practices, which tend to run less than two hours.
"A lot of the young players play on the scout team and (during bowl practices) they get in there and get live work and get coached by their position coach,” Fountain said. "It's the end of the season, so they know what the starters can do and what the older players can do.”
Fountain said the older players sit back and watch the young guys and even offer some advice.
"We're really almost like coaches out there,” Fountain said. "When the younger players come back on the sideline, we just tell them little stuff we see and help them out.”
•Christmas break: Unlike last year when OSU spent Christmas in Shreveport, La., players will get four days off over Christmas before leaving for Tempe, Ariz., on Dec. 26.
Gundy said about half the players will meet the team in Arizona.
•Public practice: Oklahoma State had its first of 15 bowl practices on Sunday. The Cowboys will hold open practices today and Dec. 9.
By Andrea Cohen
With this year's selection to the Insight Bowl linebacker Jeremy Nethon and defensive lineman Marque Fountain will be among a handful of OSU players to play in four bowl games in their careers.
When asked how that makes him feel, Nethon responded, "Old.”
"Really old,” he said. "I need some Advil and a walker.”
Fountain said he's proud to be one of the few, but he thinks playing in a bowl game every year will become commonplace for OSU players in the future.
•Senior citizens: OSU's bowl practices are geared toward younger players who get limited repetitions during the season.
"We line the young guys up and let them bang,” OSU coach Mike Gundy said of bowl practices, which tend to run less than two hours.
"A lot of the young players play on the scout team and (during bowl practices) they get in there and get live work and get coached by their position coach,” Fountain said. "It's the end of the season, so they know what the starters can do and what the older players can do.”
Fountain said the older players sit back and watch the young guys and even offer some advice.
"We're really almost like coaches out there,” Fountain said. "When the younger players come back on the sideline, we just tell them little stuff we see and help them out.”
•Christmas break: Unlike last year when OSU spent Christmas in Shreveport, La., players will get four days off over Christmas before leaving for Tempe, Ariz., on Dec. 26.
Gundy said about half the players will meet the team in Arizona.
•Public practice: Oklahoma State had its first of 15 bowl practices on Sunday. The Cowboys will hold open practices today and Dec. 9.
By Andrea Cohen