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Justin Blackmon said after his record-breaking Alamo Bowl that he still doesn't know if he'll come back to Oklahoma State or head to the NFL.
Coach Mike Gundy is already making his pitch.
''I think they both need to come back,'' said Gundy, also referring to quarterback Brandon Weeden. ''Both of them can mature. I know they can develop.''
Against Arizona, it was hard to imagine Blackmon being any better.
The sophomore had nine catches for 117 yards, including a 71-yard touchdown that he prolonged by trotting along the goal line, and the No. 16 Cowboys finished their first 11-win season with a 36-10 victory over the Wildcats.
''I just wanted to have a little fun,'' Blackmon said of taking the long way to the end zone.
The fun didn't stop there.
Blackmon, the Biletnikoff Award winner as the nation's top receiver, later set an NCAA record with his 12th straight game with at least 100 yards receiving and a touchdown.
He's a projected high NFL pick who's already won Big 12 offensive player of the year and surpassed former Pitt star Larry Fitzgerald for most receiving yards by a sophomore.
So what's left to accomplish?
''No one knows,'' said Blackmon about whether he'll come back. ''We just have to see. We'll have to figure it out.''
Weeden was 25 of 41 for 240 yards for Oklahoma State (11-2) in the final game for Cowboys offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen, who is leaving to become the coach-in-waiting at West Virginia.
Oklahoma State, which led the nation in total offense, won its first bowl game in three tries and scored at least 33 points for the 11th time this season.
Arizona (7-6) ended the year with five straight losses. Coach Mike Stoops said he'll enter the offseason taking a hard look at his program, which fell shy of the 8 wins it posted in the previous two seasons.
''We'll have to re-evaluate a lot of things,'' Stoops said.
This last, lopsided defeat made Arizona's 7-1 record and No. 13 ranking in November seem like ages ago. Nick Foles completed 32 of 50 passes for 280 yards and a touchdown, but he threw three interceptions, including one returned by Markelle Martin for a 62-yard score.
''It's time to move forward,'' Foles said of the five straight losses. ''We can't keep thinking about it.''
Oklahoma State now awaits whether this was a farewell victory lap for its biggest stars.
Weeden is also projected as a high pick if he leaves early, and Blackmon seems poised to follow former teammate Dez Bryant as a first-rounder. Both players say Holgorsen's departure won't influence their decision.
Holgorsen won't be back, but he helped give his duo another big night.
After Arizona couldn't convert a fourth down at the Cowboys 29 on its opening possession, Weeden found Blackmon practically uncovered down the sideline. Weeden said Blackmon, a little frustrated with the lack of throws his way, told him to throw him the ''daggum ball'' before tossing the long strike his way.
Arizona fans didn't appreciate the showboating.
''I don't like to taunt,'' Gundy said. ''But he cut across the field and was having a little fun, and proving his ankle was back to normal.''
Blackmon scored for a second time on a 3-yard pass in the third quarter, breaking the game open after Alex Zandejas' 42-yard field goal put Arizona back within two scores.
Arizona's only other score came in the first quarter, when Juron Criner caught a 5-yard touchdown from Foles, who was playing back in the Alamodome where he was a Texas prep star.
The Cowboys began the season picked to finish fifth in the Big 12 South. Instead, Oklahoma State came within a wild fourth quarter against Oklahoma of playing for its first Big 12 title. Nebraska handed the Cowboys their only other loss.
Arizona was denied a third consecutive eight-win season and absorbed another bowl pummeling after losing 33-0 to Nebraska in the Holiday Bowl last year.
The Pac 10 returned to the Alamo Bowl for the first time since 1994 after the game ended a 15-year run with the Big 10. The Pac 10's deal with the Alamo Bowl runs through 2013.
