MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — With midnight approaching and his team looking fatigued from what surely must be the most dramatic 6-0 start in Oklahoma State history, coach Mike Gundy opened with a postgame joke.
“Well, I’m guessing that TV loves us,” he said. “If you’re going to an Oklahoma State game, you don’t turn it off all the way until the final buzzer goes off.”
Of course, there is no buzzer in the untimed format of college OT, but Gundy’s gist was accurate nonetheless. The Cowboys have conquered their own flaws and three consecutive opponents during a string of final-possession outcomes that won’t let some outside the program buy in. Just last week, OSU fell one spot in the AP poll after defeating K-State.
For an encore, the Cowboys tossed three interceptions at West Virginia, were outgained 443-362 and had one PAT that failed to get off the turf. Gundy couldn’t find the words to make sense of it.
“We had way too many turnovers tonight. Had special teams mistakes. We had a botched extra point and we weren’t very good in our coverage units. I don’t know what to say.”
Hear what Gundy had to say, along with postgame reaction from quarterbacks Mason Rudolph and J.W. Walsh and defensive end Emmanuel Ogbah.