Miles Apart

Respect: What does it take to get a little? Last season, playing in arguably one of the toughest divisions in all of sports – the Big 12 South – the Oklahoma State Cowboys posted W’s in six of their last seven, including a pair of wins large enough to end the careers of two sets of goal posts at Lewis Field in Stillwater, Okla. But despite beating Nebraska for the first time in 41-years; and despite ending Oklahoma’s national championship dreams for a second consecutive year; and despite finishing 8-5 and winning their first bowl game since 1988; and despite having one of the best returning offensive trios in the nation, the ‘Pokes find themselves near the bottom of most preseason top 25 polls – in some, they’re even absent. But while the Cowboys aren’t gaining much national respect, their coach is; and it’s not really a surprise to anyone. According to former Colorado