Now the Cowboys’ lynchpin trio will likely play their final game together today in the Cotton Bowl against No. 16 Mississippi.
Nothing would please the 1,000-yard receiver, 2,000-yard passer and 1,000-yard rusher more than sending their rising program even higher with its first January bowl win since 1946.
“I’ve been in games where I’ve lit it up and lost and it just doesn’t have the same gratification,” said Woods, who had 66 catches for 1,144 yards and 14 touchdowns this season for the No. 21 Cowboys (9-3).
Oklahoma State coach Les Miles, like Ole Miss coach David Cutcliffe, hopes playing in the Cotton Bowl takes his third-year program to the next level: a conference championship and a berth in the Bowl Championship Series games.
But without Woods, Bell and Fields, the Cowboys likely would never have broken a string of four consecutive losing seasons. The trio led Oklahoma State to 8-5 and a victory in the Houston Bowl last season.
Bell, a senior, rushed for 1,240 yards and 15 touchdowns on 199 carries in 9
