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'It all points back to safety': OSU football's decision to not allow tailgating understandable to most fans

STILLWATER — Dan Brooks has thought of standing outside Boone Pickens Stadium in a sea of orange for nearly three years.

A sergeant in the Army, he’s been away from what he happily calls “Cowboy Country” while stationed in Fort Stewart, Georgia. But this season was supposed to be different.

A Perry native, Brooks is set to move to Fort Riley, Kansas, later this fall. He and his wife had plans to frequent Stillwater on Saturdays in the fall for Oklahoma State football games.

That meant — under normal circumstances — he could tailgate outside Boone Pickens Stadium.