OSU hosts McNeese State on Saturday night in Stillwater, and the Louisiana Cowboys are not a household name in college football. Before kickoff, here’s a primer on McNeese State football:
Coach: Sterlin Gilbert, 41, is in his first season. Gilbert grew up in San Angelo, Texas, graduated from Angelo State coached at Eastern Illinois, Bowling Green, Tulsa, Texas and South Florida, before getting his first college head coaching job.
Conference: Southland, joined in 1972. The Cowboys have won 16 Southland football titles. McNeese State was a member of the Gulf States League, with many of the current Southland members, from 1952-71.