Oklahoma sports talk with a long memory.
Pistols Firing follows Oklahoma State athletics with the loose patience of people who have watched seasons, coaches, courses, and fan moods change over time. Oklahoma State football drives much of the talk, but Thunder championship relief, Big 12 Media Days, recruiting, golf, travel, and memory all stay in the room.
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Pistols Firing is a conversational Oklahoma sports show built around Oklahoma State athletics, but its real texture comes from how much life gets left in the conversation. A quarterback battle can start with a golf leaderboard. A discussion of college football's changing business model can come after Disneyland, Malibu, airport fatigue, and the heat back home. The show is casual without being empty. Carson Cunningham and Colby Powell talk like people who have watched enough Oklahoma State seasons to know that optimism, dread, and old evidence usually show up together. Oklahoma State football is the regular anchor. They work through Hauss Hejny, Zane, the UT Martin opener, the Oregon game, Mike Gundy, Doug Meacham, Todd Grantham, recruiting momentum, and what a three-win season does to expectations. The analysis stays practical. Speed matters because defenses react to it. Throwing matters because a quarterback who cannot really run has to win another way. Coaching changes matter because someone has to own the offense and defense. The show also has a wider Oklahoma sports lens. When the Oklahoma City Thunder win a championship, Pistols Firing lets the moment be both basketball analysis and local catharsis, with room for the long playoff stress, the future roster questions, and the simple shock of seeing it happen. Big 12 Media Days bring another register: facilities, Brett Yormark, Mike Gundy, and the odd ritual of trying to read a season before it starts. Golf is not a side note so much as part of the show's language. Carsten, Bermuda grass, old fairways, PGA Tour cut lines, and Open Championship sleep schedules all become part of the sports map. There is also a strong feeling for the fan experience. The show cares about what college football loses when programs become more like professional organizations and old connective tissue frays. That makes the tone warmer than a hot-take desk. It can still argue a position. It just usually gets there by telling the whole route.
Made for: For Oklahoma State fans, Big 12 followers, and Oklahoma sports listeners who like patient, local conversation more than polished debate-show pacing. It also fits Thunder fans who want championship talk with emotion still attached.
What sets it apart: Pistols Firing stands apart by letting analysis arrive through lived-in details: schedules, golf trips, old fan scars, coaching logic, and Oklahoma pride. It sounds less like a national segment and more like invested sports people talking through what just happened and why it matters nearby.
Carson Cunningham and Colby Powell discuss all things Oklahoma State athletics.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Pistols Firing pairs Oklahoma State detail with candid fan perspective, while making room for the Oklahoma City Thunder's biggest moments.
Carson Cunningham and Colby Powell turn Oklahoma State sports into a candid, detail-heavy conversation. Their football discussion moves easily from the quarterback competition and recruiting to coaching responsibilities, schedule quirks, facilities, and the changing connection…
The Thunder get a parade; your Cowboys get a quarterback debate.
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A Friday hangout that eventually settles into a practical Oklahoma State quarterback debate.
Pistols Firing starts like a Friday hangout, with Carson Cunningham and Colby Powell on golf, Preston Stout on the PGA Tour, and Powell's birthday before it turns to football.
A loose college football conversation that turns a vacation recap into a wider point about the sport's fading fan connection.
Pistols Firing uses Carson Cunningham's return from Disneyland to open a more reflective talk about college football and the way its bond with fans keeps thinning out.
A practical read on Gundy, the new staff setup, and why Oklahoma State still has cautious optimism.
At Big 12 Media Days, Pistols Firing keeps its focus on Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State's 3-9 season, and whether this year can feel less familiar in a good way.
A loose Pistols Firing episode that moves from personal candor to golf-course detail, then ends on Big 12 Media Days and vacation plans.
Pistols Firing opens on a personal loss, then settles into a loose, easygoing stretch of golf-course talk. Carson Cunningham and Colby Powell keep the conversation moving without forcing it, and the details on Bermuda, zoysia, native areas, and a tighter layout give the episode…
A championship recap that stays personal and grounded.
The Pistols Firing crew leans into Oklahoma City's title with a clear eye for what it meant to be part of the run and watch it finally arrive.
Cavaliers playoff detail, every day.
Fast takes, sharp turns, loud sports arguments.
Golf and birthdays set the tone.
Carson Cunningham comes back from California, and he and Colby Powell trade a Disneyland recap before turning to Joe Castiglione's retirement and what it says about college football's changing shape.
Marshall Scott joins the show after getting back from Big 12 Media Days in Arlington.
Carson Cunningham and Colby Powell open with a personal check-in and a quiet, heavy moment about the loss of a dog.
Carson Cunningham and Colby Powell open by calling the Thunder world champions.