I get it. No bowl game on the line, no winning season, no continuing streak, but Gundy wants to win. I get it after seven straight losing locker rooms.
The popular thing among some Oklahoma State football fans right now is to dog the Cowboys recruiting. You'd better be careful who and what class you take shots at.
Mike Gundy is wired to do all he can to help his players win each game with three remaining. He is prepared to fix issues and put the program at its' best for the future.
The effort and energy was there, much better than Baylor and especially the fourth quarter, but the needed stops on third and fourth downs were missing.
The second half after the delay could of had a much different start if one thing had gone different. A holding penalty on a well planned kickoff return.
For the fans that stayed around, maybe 8-to-10,000 they got to see the third quarterback on the roster play in true freshman Maealiuaki Smith and the best run play of the day.
Missed tackles, passed up opportunities to make tackles, none of those are acceptable. Neither is wholesale lineup changes. The only thing acceptable is doing all you can to win.
This may rub some fans the wrong way, but the offense played well enough to win, at least well enough to have a chance and Brennan Presley deserved better.
Lost in all the quarterback discussion was the advent of Austin Kawecki spelling both guards and freshman running back Rodney Fields getting his first taste of college action.