Oklahoma State might be having a tough time this football season, but the team’s struggles didn’t bring down the homecoming spirit in Stillwater over the weekend. Oklahoma State does homecoming unlike any other university. I know I might be a little biased as an alumna of the school, but the spirit of OSU’s Walkaround and the house decks on display make it so much more than just a football game. Each year, the Greek organizations on campus pair up and begin planning their homecoming house decks more than a year in advance. The students start “pomping” during the first few weeks of school and are required to complete a certain number of pomping hours each week leading up to homecoming weekend. Now, I’m sure some of you are sitting there scratching your heads thinking, “What the hell is pomping?” Well, as a seasoned pomper, I’m here to give you the rundown. Oklahoma State fraternity and sorority members are responsible for bringing these house decks to life. We spend countless hours in the fraternity house pushing tiny squares of tissue paper into chicken wire using the end of a pencil. Following a color-coded grid, each piece of paper is carefully placed to create incredibly detailed images — often with moving parts welded by fraternity members. Right before homecoming, the students participate in All Night Pomp which is when each house begins to assemble all of the pomped panels, handing them up and making sure that all the moving parts of your house deck work. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Oklahoma State University (@okstate) Then, the night before the homecoming game, folks from all over flock to Stillwater — more than 80,000 were expected at this year’s Walkaround, according to KOCO News — to view and admire these pieces of art during walkaround. Who would have thought that glue, tissue paper, and chicken wire could make such elaborate art, eh? Each year I am always in awe of the designs that are featured on the decks, and this year there was a trend that I was especially loving across many of the decks—red dirt music. Last year Stillwater hosted The Boys From Oklahoma event, which was the massive reunion of Cross Canadian Ragweed and a huge love fest to celebrate red dirt country music featuring many other talents like the Turnpike Troubadours, The Great Divide, Stoney LaRue, Jason Boland and the Stragglers and more. The even was such a hit, “The Boys From Oklahoma” concert is heading back to Stillwater’s Boone Pickens Stadium on Saturday, April 11, 2026. Round 2 of the event will fall during Red Dirt Music Week (April 7-13), a newly instated celebration instituted by Stillwater Mayor William H. Joyce earlier this year. To honor Red Dirt Music Week and the incredible music that’s come out of Stillwater, many fraternities and sororities featured famed red dirt artists on their homecoming decks this year. Kappa Alpha Theta and FarmHouse had an amazing Rolling Stone magazine feature that cycled through some of the musical powerhouses with roots in Stillwater, including Garth Brooks, Wyatt Flores, and Cross Canadian Ragweed. @life.gave.u.lemons legends make homecoming decks & @Wyatt Flores you’ve made it!!! #osuhomecoming #americasgreatest #okstate #pomping ♬ Please Don’t Go – Wyatt Flores Jason Boland was given a massive feature on the Tri Delta and Lambda Chi Alpha deck, which is beyond deserving given Boland is such a staple red dirt artist. @stella_rod6 happy homecoming 2025!!#americasgreatesthomecoming #osuhomecoming #trilamb ♬ If I Ever Get Back to Oklahoma – Jason Boland & The Stragglers Kappa Delta and Alpha Gamma Rho tipped their hat the Turnpike and Ragweed, while also celebrating the re-opening of the legendary Wormy Dog Saloon. Social media had picked up on the Wormy Dog posting to their social media accounts, and were thrilled to see the bar is returning to Stillwater after closing the doors of the OKC location in 2017. @ellisoncaroline_ we done!!! | #foryou #okstate #agrkd #homecoming #americasgreatesthomecoming ♬ Traveler’s Song – Flatland Cavalry Oklahoma Stated does homecoming right and it’s incredible to see the university honor the country legends that have come out of the city of Stillwater and the state of Oklahoma. They don’t call it “America’s Greatest Homecoming” for nothing… God bless the Pokes and red dirt music.The post Oklahoma State University Pays Homage To Red Dirt Legends Like Cross Canadian Ragweed, Turnpike Troubadours & More With Epic Homecoming House Decks first appeared on Whiskey Riff.