STILLWATER — With Oklahoma State’s originally scheduled football season opener seven weeks away, the Cowboys have everything but an opponent.
After meeting with Big 12 leaders on Tuesday, conference commissioner Bob Bowlsby is encouraging the Cowboys and any other Big 12 teams who lost games because of the conference-games-only decisions last week by the Pac-12 and Big Ten conferences to continue seeking potential replacement opponents in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Because of the decision by the Pac-12, Oregon State had to pull out of the Sept. 3 season opener against Oklahoma State.
“Until we’re told different, we want to play a full season, so we’re going to do what we can to have 12 games,” said Oklahoma State associate athletic director Chad Weiberg, who oversees the Cowboys’ scheduling.