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It's one thing to say Tom Hutton has taken a road less traveled. He's also taken one of the LONGEST roads to playing college football. Nearing his mid-30s and hailing all the way from Newborough, Victoria, Australia, Hutton's journey to Oklahoma State has been anything but ordinary. He played Australian Rules Football and worked in construction and at a paper mill back home. But he decided to try...

Chad Weiberg's name is synonymous with Oklahoma State athletics. He's a 1994 graduate of OSU, his brother played for Eddie Sutton, and his uncle was the commissioner of the Big 12. But despite being the son of a coach, Weiberg didn't think coaching was in his future. His skillset is perfect for his role as OSU athletic director. But sometimes, you first have to leave to find your way back home. An...

Grace Yochum is a GOAT, of sorts. She's the greatest of all time when it comes to scoring goals for the OSU Cowgirls soccer team. With a record 36 career goals and counting, Yochum is an all-time great. But the senior from Texas almost didn't have this opportunity. But Yochum found a home at Oklahoma State. And throughout her time with the Cowgirls, she's overcome adversity, including an injury th...

Derek Mason wants to win. It's part of what drew him to Oklahoma State. The other thing that excites the Pokes' new defensive coordinator about being in Stillwater? A sense of identity. Mason has his own identity—that of being one of the best defensive minds in college football. It's a reputation he built during his time as Stanford's defensive coordinator, but that opportunity didn't arrive witho...

Mike Gundy ended his Oklahoma State playing career with an incredible 23 school records. He helped lead the Cowboys to two bowl wins and two 10-win seasons. With no pro career in the cards, he immediately turned to coaching, joining Pat Jones' staff upon graduating. Gundy's coaching journey is one of hard work, determination, and never giving up…even when it would've been easy to call it quits. It...

Where else to begin our journey with the Pokes Pod than with a guy who's a legend in his own right? Mike Gundy is synonymous with Oklahoma State. He's a Cowboy through and through. But, life almost had another plan for the OSU lifer. Gundy was originally committed to play for rival Oklahoma, but had a change of heart—turning down Barry Switzer to go play for Pat Jones and the Cowboys. That decisio...

From Sport & Story and OSUMax comes the Pokes Pod, the new official podcast of Oklahoma State athletics. Go inside the stories of your favorite Cowboys and Cowgirls student-athletes, coaches and more, presented in a way you've never heard before. Coming August 29.