Hubbard, Johnson settle score with race
STILLWATER — Two of Oklahoma State's fastest players have yet to settle who is faster. That doesn't mean they haven't tried. Imagine the scenario last summer: Chuba Hubbard and Braydon Johnson lined up for a 40-yard race. It happened and it happened again.
“There's nothing really to debate,” Johnson said Tuesday. But there is.
Two of the Cowboys' fastest players — one a former track star in the running to be college football's top player — tried to settle the debate once and for all. The result? A split decision. Johnson won the first race. Hubbard won the next.
Well, that's according to Johnson.
“I'll just confirm what he said,” said Hubbard, who had previously denied the two raced. “He's fast, he's fast. I'll give him that. He's fast. He's real fast.”
Johnson said the two don't discuss the races much. But he'd be willing to go at it again with Hubbard, even if it was Hubbard's coveted track event, the 100-meter dash.
“We know we're both fast,” Johnson said. “But we're sore a lot. It don't really matter. At the end of the day, it's not that serious. It's not worth pulling a hamstring or anything. It's fun.”
Martin reports mom's improvement
OSU defensive end Brock Martin's mom, Penny, underwent her latest round of chemotherapy this week and left with positive news. Brock said Penny's cancerous tumor markers showed great improvement. Penny has been battling ovarian cancer since August.
“It's all good news,” Brock said.
Brock and Malcolm Rodriguez shaved their heads in honor of Penny to start the season.
Redshirt tracker
OSU has played 13 true freshmen this season and now two junior college transfers are nearing the possibility of redshirting. After Saturday's 34-27 upset at Iowa State, the Cowboys' future plans are taking shape.
Both transfers, Dezmon Jackson and Sione Asi, remain eligible to redshirt. Asi, a defensive tackle, could play in two more games, and Jackson, a running back, could play in three. Senior linebacker Calvin Bundage has yet to appear in a game due to injury, but is eligible to redshirt.
Here's a look at the true freshmen and transfers who have appeared in at least one game so far. They all remain eligible to redshirt until they've appeared in more than four games: Appeared in more than four games: Trace Ford, Thomas Harper, Tom Hutton, Jayden Jernigan. Appeared in two games: Asi Appeared in one game: Langston Anderson, Na'drian Dizadare, Kamryn Farrar, Deondrick Glass, Isreal Isuman-Hundley, Jackson, Demarco Jones, Xavier Player, Xavier Ross, Kody Walterscheid.