As Oklahoma State preps for its 2018 Liberty Bowl game with Missouri, I started thinking about what I’d like to see on Monday in Memphis. Bowl games are always a unique experience. They almost completely exist in their own category apart from the regular season, spring ball, summer workouts and fall camp. Because of that we probably blow them up into something they’re not.
But they also serve as the official bridge from one season to the next. Because of that it’s hard to not read too much into them (see: 2016). This year will be slightly different because of the veterans not playing (Larry Williams, J.