STILLWATER — Jarrell Owens took the contact from the hard-charging big body, hitting the ground but hustling to his feet.
To this day, he never has admitted to having been hit that night much less having been hurt — even though he spent the rest of the evening walking around with a limp. He wasn't about to let that hog get the best of him.
And hog isn't some sort of slang.
The Oklahoma State defensive end is an avid hunter of wild hogs. Growing up, he learned how to go into the piney woods of East Texas near his home in Palestine, find the beasts with the help of a couple dogs, then capture the hogs with his bare hands.