And, perhaps, perfectly.
“For the first time, I put on that orange singlet, it was against Portland State and Dan Russell, who was ranked No. 3 in the country,” said Smith, who will be inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame on Monday. “I was so excited that my dream had come true. I had always wanted to wear an Oklahoma State singlet since I was 6-years old, and I watched my brother Lee Roy wrestle in old Gallagher Hall.
“I went out there, and he pinned me.”
Joe Seay, OSU’s coach at the time, had used the Christmas break to pull the redshirt from Smith, who had beaten fifth-ranked senior Jeff McAllister in a ranking match to claim the lineup spot as a true freshman.