The Oklahoma State Pistol’s Firing Podcast, hosted by Carson Cunninghman and Colby Powell, is one of greatest and most reliable sources of information Oklahoma State fans can rely upon for breaking Oklahoma State Cowboys news.

Here at the OkState Roundtable Channel, I don’t and won’t immediately rival established Cowboys heads in this game. And, at the same time, that’s not what this channel is immediately about. No, I don’t have crazy inside sources I can tell you about, I don’t have wild insiders that live in Robert Allen’s kitchen cabinets, and I don’t have recon bugs placed in Weiberg’s office bathroom. If I did, maybe I’d write for the conglomerate starting with A-T-H. Have a laugh.

Though, I do keep tabs on bonified Oklahoma State guys in the know. I do keep tabs on who has said what and if their “leaks” hold up. I do keep tabs on who is being transparent and who has what info.

Carson Cunningham, supported by emotionally driven redhead, Colby Powell, are two of my favorite personalities in the game. They’ve been at it for a while. Cunningham provides reliable commentary and has gang of sources, while Colby provides the big boom “let me go on a rant for second!” flair. I relate. They’re fantastic. They’re entertaining. They provide consistently great and relative content, and they’ve recently upgraded their podcast game with fun graphics and fan interaction every week on YouTube.

I keep tabs on other Oklahoma State sources I believe to be reliable, like Oklahoma State Twitter/X personality Regan Harris. My initial intention for OkState Roundtable was and is to make these sources I’ve followed and trust into something that you can sample week to week. I don’t want to give you a Shams Charania “Tom-Bomb”, I want to give you a hub. I want to give you a place where you have every bit of Oklahoma State information at your fingertips. I’ll listen to the pods, read the articles, breakdown each and every relevant presser and interview, so you don’t have to.

That’s why I’m here. Not to be an Oklahoma State insider Magnum P.I. character, but to gather from all sources and make this a place where you know and have every angle. 

And with that being mentioned and cleared up, I’d like to further platform today’s Oklahoma State Pistols Firing podcast, where Cunningham and Powell provide insider insight to Oklahoma State Athletic Director, Chad Weiberg’s head coaching search. 

The Pistols Firing Pod has given us our first real coaching hot board update that separates speculation from reality. 

Here's everything that Carson Cunningham and Colby Powell broke down on the Halloween edition of the Pistols Firing Podcast, in relation to the Oklahoma State Coaching Search. 

The Zac Robinson hype is real: 

Zac Robinson was the first candidate to be interviewed and the interview took place during the Atlanta Falcons bye week, according to Cunningham. The interview went, reportedly, very well, but I doubt we’d hear any different if it wasn’t “good conversation”.

Falcons head coach, Raheem Morris, would most likely give Robinson his blessing to pursue the HC position at his alma mater, and Zac would be out of the ATL and in Stilly by the time November wraps up. Cunningham mentioned, if there is a first/second/third list, Robinson probably leads it, for now. 

USF and Alex Golesh:

A lot was made from the University of South Florida Head Coaching name, Alex Golesh. The South Florida Bulls head coach was confirmed to be one of the candidates to receive an Oklahoma State/Chad Weiberg interview.

Cunningham mentioned, from all reports, that Golesh knocked it out of the park. Alex Golesh is a former Oklahoma State Graduate Assistant and met his current wife while at Oklahoma State. Could those ties that binded bring the Golesh’s back to Stillwater? It’s a bit storybook, no?  

Powell and Cunningham discuss, in depth, how Golesh checks every head coaching box that is not explicitly an alumni/former accomplished player box, a la Zac Robinson.

Klein Time:

Texas A&M offensive coordinator, Collin Klein, was also mentioned on the podcast. It is rumored that Klein interviewed for the Oklahoma State head coaching job this week amidst A&M’s bye week this week.

We’ve already gone through the discussion of why Klein would be a great future hire for Oklahoma State.

First, second and third positions on the head coaching hot board are shaping up!

Other notes: 

I don’t want to seem like I’m calling him a damn oracle, okay? But Cunningham is a reliable, no bullshit, transparent source of information for Oklahoma State fans trying to stay in the know.

In the final stretch of the Pistols Firing podcast, Carson Cunningham offers up a prediction outside of the next head coach.

With James Franklin out at Penn State, Cunningham lobs the idea and real possibility of former defensive coordinator, Jim Knowles, returning to Stillwater.

Whether that be under Zac Robinson or potentially Alex Golesh, a Knowles return to Stilly could overshadow the next head coach hiring. Powell even asks Cunningham if he knows something we don’t. His track record suggests he knows but isn’t at liberty, just yet, to tell us directly.

Carson, if you’re reading this, please, maybe an early stocking stuffer? 

While Saturday game slates for Oklahoma State have been lackluster, it’s been interesting and exciting discussing the possibilities for the next Oklahoma State hire post-Gundy. If Pistols Firing has it right, we could see the next Oklahoma State head coach announced by December 1st.

 Stay tuned.