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Oklahoma State copes with grief in midst of unbeaten season

Brad Lundblade and the Cowboys are dealing with myriad emotions.

Oklahoma State starting center Brad Lundblade stood at that moment between the unwelcome realities of life and death.

The 20-year-old Lundblade stepped into the critical care wing at the OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City and instantly those chaotic morning hours of Oct. 24 uncontrollably flashed through his mind like a strobe light and surged through his veins like a torrent of ice water.

In this hospital unit some 70 miles from the Oklahoma State University campus -- from the forever changed intersection of Hall of Fame Avenue and Main Street, where four people lost their lives because a young woman reportedly sped up, crashed her Hyundai Elantra through barricades and rammed it into a crowd of people gathered for the famed "Sea of Orange" homecoming parade -- were three more adult victims, all in critical condition.