Former OSU mascot makes grand return after 30 years
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February 5, 2017
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — During the fourth quarter, Rick Wilson was exhausted but he had to get through the pain.
His legs, knees and back weren't in as good standing as they were the last time he was standing in this spot at Gallagher-Iba Arena.
The occasion was the Oklahoma State women's basketball game against Iowa State on Dec. 29. Wilson it, though one might not have known it. With the Cowboy football team taking on Colorado in the Alamo Bowl 530 miles away, the school's two Pistol Petes were indisposed.
Which brought up why the 54-year-old Wilson was wearing the lauded but hefty head of...
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