Click here for linkWith a favorable schedule leading up to its regular-season finale at home against No. 3 Oklahoma, the Cowboys should enter that game with an undefeated record and a shot to play in the national championship game. But the reality is they won’t have either by the time of that Dec. 3 contest.
Because a meltdown by seventh-year Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy is coming just like usual, as evidenced by his sixth-ranked team’s sloppy 38-26 victory Saturday against incompetent No. 22 Texas.
It’s the unspoken reason no one is worried about the Cowboys winning the Big 12 championship, let alone the national title, this season.
Everyone is just waiting for Chokie State to once again live up to its nickname under Gundy.
Last season, Oklahoma State was in the same situation entering its game against Oklahoma, but again choked.
The team also had mental errors, which included at least five dropped passes and quarterback Brandon Weeden stepping out of the end zone for a safety in the fourth quarter.
“We had some issues,” Gundy said. “We have to get better.”
The biggest of those issues for Gundy is his porous defense. The only way his team has been able to stop opponents has been by forcing turnovers.
That’s a recipe for a shootout that even Oklahoma State’s explosive offense can’t win. And when that happens, it’ll be vintage Gundy, who for years has been undermined by his leaky defenses.
Of course, Gundy’s biggest meltdown wasn’t even on a football field. It was four years ago, when he infamously yelled, “I’m a man! I’m 40!” while berating a female newspaper columnist for what she had written.
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