Oklahoma State is in the middle now of final exams, recruiting on the road, official visits, portal opening on Monday, and now preparation for Wisconsin in the Guranteed Rate Bowl.

It was a typical day after the regular season in the West End Zone and the social media doomsday reports resulted in some funny looks with football staffers as work continues.

Gundy believes that college football recruiting is going to morph closer to the way the NFL prepares for the draft or the way pro baseball goes looking for prospects.

Losing is always tough, but losing Bedlam is especially difficult but Cowboys head coach Mike Gundy said his guys were clear-eyed for the Sunday run.

We take the snapshot and the big picture cause and effect of Oklahoma State losing to Oklahoma in a winnable Bedlam game.

Oklahoma State has two games when scheduled where they skip the airport, one is up the turnpike to Tulsa and the other is Bedlam in Norman. Gundy, Sanders, and company left Friday.

The legend grew with the late appearance leading the Pokes to the win over Iowa State and his teammates know what he is. He is their leader and he is capable of making them better.

Social Media, the World shrinking has changed the way players are in these modern days of football. They still want to win, but it isn't because you "hate" those other guys.

A four-star Cowboy recruit that hasn't been able to show much due to injuries showed all of us what we've been missing in the loss at Kansas. Welcome back Langston Anderson!

It wasn't encouraging when the head coach used the word "tired" and we know the injuries have had an impact, but none of that matters. You have to stop the run,

It may have started with a quarterback decision, but it was doomed by Kansas running up and down the field for over 350-yards.

Kansas is a lot better and could be even more enthused with their starting quarterback Jalon Daniels back, while Oklahoma State may have some quarterback uncertainty.

Midway through back-to-back trips to the "Sunshine State" and the Cowboys saw sunshine but next Saturday in predicted rainy weather would like to leave with a better feeling.

Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy is looking to get his football team back on track after the blowout loss at K-State, but took time out to give props to the new Big 12 commissioner on a job well done.

The first tendency is to completely blame and (on social media) attack Oklahoma State coaches and players. The smart thing to do is study and learn how K-State planned and executed.

The product on the field is the product of Cowboy culture. It has come a long way in Mike Gundy's 17-years plus tenure. It will be tested this Saturday like it always is against a similar culture.

Oklahoma State got beat up the first half by All-American running back Bijan Robinson and the Texas version of counter. Halftime adjustments helped and the Cowboys will see more of the same at Kansas State.

Oklahoma State was the higher-ranked team, but the underdog in the game playing with a quarterback fighting through injuries and all kinds of adversity. As Dave Hunziker said at the end on the radio, "the winning culture won the game and the other culture did not."