David Taylor glanced around him and took a moment to relish everything transpiring.

The spectacle of confetti falling from the ceiling, funneling around him. The reality of his Cowboys clinching their second-straight conference title at the Big 12 Wrestling Championships, which took place last weekend in Tulsa. The roar of Oklahoma State fans present at the BOK Center to witness it. All of it was a sight Taylor said he appreciated.

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