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In 2016, OSU administrators will consider selling beer in Boone Pickens Stadium during home football games.

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ome universities are tapping into stadium beer sales, but for now, Oklahoma State University is watching from the sidelines.

After this football season, OSU administrators will discuss the possibility of allowing beer sales in Boone Pickens Stadium.

Twenty-one college football stadiums allow general admission ticketholders to purchase alcohol, including West Virginia University and University of Texas, according to the Associated Press.

Gary Shutt, OSU spokesman, said administrators are closely watching the effects that beer sales have in stadiums nationwide.

“OSU is watching several

o’COLLY FILE PHOTO OSU doesn’t sell beer in Boone Pickens Stadium, but it allows people to tailgate and drink alcohol around campus during home football games.

institutions that have allowed beer sales in their stadiums, but certainly the impact it has at the University of Texas is of interest

because of it being part of the Big 12 conference,” Shutt said in an email.

Mike Szul, WVU associate

athletic director, said fans have been able to buy beer in the stadium since 2011.

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officers checking people’s IDs and seeing if they bought more than two beers at one time.”

WVU started selling beer to curb alcohol-related problems, Szul said.

“Basically, once you entered the game, you could leave and come back in at any time,” Szul said. “We found a lot of people going out into the parking lots and binge drinking, which obviously caused them to be more drunk when they came back into the stadium.”

He said now that WVU allows beer sales in its stadium, fans are no longer allowed to re-enter after leaving.

Szul said alcohol-related problems in the stadium have decreased each year since

adopting the policy.

Universities that allow beer sales gain an average net profit of $576,000, according to a 2013 Journal of Sport Management study. But that additional profit only accounts for an estimated 0.89 percent of total profit for the average athletic department.

Alcohol sales in WVU’s stadium lead to a 35 percent decrease of alcohol-related altercations, according to a 2015 study on game day drinking, published by The Compass.

If fans have access to alcohol in the stadium, they’re less likely to binge drink before the game, the study showed.

Kelley Sittner, an OSU sociology assistant professor who specializes in substance use, said alcohol sales in Boone

Pickens Stadium would have a minor effect on alcohol-related problems.

“Pregaming will not be affected much by the availability of beer inside the stadium,” Sittner said in an email. “It might reduce binge drinking during the game, however, as people won’t feel the need to rush outside at halftime to drink as much as they can before they re-enter the stadium.”

OSU doesn’t allow the sale of alcohol in the general concessions area.

“In the past it was perceived to be a possible safety and security issue, and the NCAA in the past had frowned upon it,” Shutt said in an email.

OSU students have mixed feelings about beer sales in Boone Pickens Stadium.

Jordan Nitzel, hotel restaurant and administration sophomore, said OSU shouldn’t sell beer in the stadium.

“I think people drink enough before the games that they shouldn’t have to do it inside the stadium,” Nitzel said.

Justin Thimesch, landscape management senior, said fans should be able to buy beer.

“A lot of kids want to drink a lot more before the game to keep their buzz,” Thimesch said. “You wouldn’t have people drinking so much before because they could buy beer in the stadium.”

People who pay for suites at Boone Pickens Stadium are allowed to bring their own alcohol, and OSU offers alcohol to those in club seating.

Cowboy Dining, which is a

part of OSU, handles concessions for the whole stadium.

Additionally, it handles the sale of alcohol to those in club seating.

Shutt said OSU makes a small profit from club-level alcohol sales, which benefits Cowboy Dining.

People are allowed to drink on campus during home football games because OSU considers tailgates private events, Shutt said. But fans aren’t allowed to bring their own alcohol into the stadium.

“The university will gather data regarding revenue, alcohol-related arrests and safety and security issues as it considers the issue,” Shutt said in an email. news@ocolly.com

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COWBOY FANS RALLY IN DOWNTOWN STILLWATER

By Alex Marianos Oklahoma State University Athletics is partnering with Downtown Stillwater’s Friday Food Trucks & Tunes to bring Cowboy spirit and orange pride to Stillwater on the Fridays before OSU home football games.

Amy Jo Frazier, business improvement district coordinator for Downtown Stillwater, has been organizing Friday Food Trucks & Tunes since its first season in 2014.

“My goal when starting Friday Food Trucks & Tunes was to give downtown Stillwater a venue to show off its growth and expansion,” Frazier said. “People are looking for new things to do in Stillwater and because downtown is the heart of Stillwater, I felt this was a great place to foster a sense of community.”

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something to do the night before a game,” Frazier said. “Having the event the Friday before the game gives people more reasons to visit Stillwater. It also allows us to show the city off to season ticket holders and alumni.”

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When Tia Harring, assistant athletic director for marketing and promotions, received a proposal from Frazier to trade the use of inflatables for a free booth spot for athletics, she was sold.

“We agreed to let them use the inflatables at each event and athletics would set up a booth nearby to answer any questions regarding athletics, game day, ticket sales or anything else,” Harring said.

The event has certainly been a success. The first Friday Food Trucks & Tunes of fall was before OSU’s home season opener against Central Arkansas. The event drew an estimated 5,500 people and Frazier expects it to grow.

“My goal with the OSU Football Friday Night

Pre-Game Pep Rally Party is to create an OSU tradition,” Frazier said. “This really resonates with the Cowboy family.”

OSU Athletics fully supports the program and thinks it is a great way to reach the community on an individual level.

“People love food trucks and we just felt it was another opportunity to get out in the community and be more accessible to our fans,” Harring said.

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Cowboys ride to Austin to face re-emerged Longhorns

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Two teams with different mindsets will be taking the field Saturday in Austin.

Oklahoma State is coming off a 69-14 victory over UTSA in which the defense and special teams forced seven turnovers.

Texas’ Saturday didn’t go as well.

The Longhorns scored 20 unanswered points against California to narrow their deficit to one point. While Texas players celebrated the comeback on the sidelines, Longhorn kicker Nick Rose missed the PAT, giving Cal the 45-44 victory. The loss dropped Texas’ record to 1-2 heading into conference play.

“I just know that probably made them more hungry to beat us,” OSU safety Tre Flowers said. “They probably feel like they shouldn’t have lost that game. I know they don’t want to lose another one, so it’s gonna

be a great week.”

If one good thing came out of the loss for Texas, it was the emergence of redshirt freshman Jerrod Heard. In just his second start, Heard tallied a school-record 527 yards of total offense and accounted for three touchdowns, including the one to set up the missed extra point.

Although it was in a losing effort, Heard’s performance has given Texas hope just in time for its Big 12 opener against the Cowboys. “(Heard’s) one of those guys you throw in the game and just let him loose he’ll turn it on,” OSU backup quarterback J.W. Walsh said. “He’s got a special moxie about him that most people don’t. He’s a very dangerous player whenever he gets going like that because he can just light it up.”

Walsh has special insight on the Longhorns’ new star. Heard and Walsh both graduated from Guyer High School in Denton, Texas, where Walsh’s father, John Walsh, served as their coach. Heard served as Walsh’s understudy during their years together.

“I don’t even need to talk to my dad very much (for insight on Heard),” Walsh said. “Me and Jerrod, I’ve been watching him since he was in seventh grade. I know him pretty well.

I’m excited to get to watch him,

to be on the same field as him and watch him.

“You could just tell in everything that he did (growing up), whether it was football, basketball or track, he was a winner.”

Heard has changed the atmosphere for Texas, and OSU will be the first to get a shot at the re-emerged Longhorns. The Cowboys will also enter Austin with revenge in mind after a 28-7 loss last year in Boone Pickens Stadium. However, the Texas football program has had few bright spots this season, but the Longhorn name remains strong.

“It’s still the University of Texas,” OSU offensive lineman Zachary Crabtree said. “Whoever we play in the Big 12, every one of those teams can win week in and week out. I don’t know if it matters that (Texas) is down. When you look at the past, they still have athletes, they still have good players.”

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