{"id":301754,"date":"2025-10-14T04:50:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T04:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/301754\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T04:50:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T04:50:16","slug":"sam-jackson-vs-selfless-move-change-to-quarterback-against-houston-deserves-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/301754\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Jackson V\u2019s selfless move change to quarterback against Houston deserves spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The shirtless fans in section 231 on Saturday in OSU\u2019s 39-17 loss to Houston may have stolen the headlines, but in the midst of all the coaching changes and player movement, a selfless decision by Sam Jackson V deserves more attention.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newson6.com\/story\/68eaec445f5a8efdbfa069f6\/oklahoma-state-sets-a-new-world-record-maybe-for-shirtless-fans-at-a-game\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Oklahoma State sets a new world record (maybe) for shirtless fans at a college football game<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>His numbers weren\u2019t impressive, and the outcome for the Cowboys wasn\u2019t what they\u2019d hoped for, but the receiver-pressed-into-quarterback had a major contribution Saturday against the Cougars.\u00a0It\u2019s one he gave great insight about afterward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was my position to change my position,\u201d said Jackson.\u00a0\u201cI don\u2019t really think that my circle and the people around me thought that I should do that. It was just me trying to be mature about what I\u2019ve got going on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just appreciate it that he would do that for his teammates,\u201d said interim head coach Doug Meacham. \u201cI know that he loves playing quarterback, but I think he feels like, moving forward, if he has a chance at the next level, it would be as a return guy or slot receiver.\u00a0So he\u2019s kind of making a sacrifice as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meacham told reporters on Monday that Zane Flores, while he may miss this week, will not be out for the rest of the season.\u00a0Season-opening starter Hauss Hejny is walking around in a boot as he continues to heal from foot surgery, but expects to return at some point. Jackson will get his second straight start when the Cowboys host Cincinnati on homecoming this Saturday at 7:00 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The shirtless fans in section 231 on Saturday in OSU\u2019s 39-17 loss to Houston may have stolen the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":301755,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[7311,153345,153347,4345,58291,153344,358,3187,153346],"class_list":{"0":"post-301754","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-cowboys","9":"tag-doug-meacham","10":"tag-hauss-hejny","11":"tag-houston","12":"tag-osu","13":"tag-sam-jackson-v","14":"tag-texas","15":"tag-tx","16":"tag-zane-flores"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115370723056654809","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}