MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Oklahoma State began this season ranked 17th in the preseason Associated Press Top 25 poll. But as of today, the Cowboys sit at 0-2 in Big 12 play following consecutive losses to Utah and Kansas State and have their backs against the wall.
It was a similar deal last year when Oklahoma State dropped consecutive September games to South Alabama and Iowa State before veteran coach Mike Gundy rallied his team to five straight victories and eventually to the Big 12 championship game.
Among those wins was a 48-34 triumph in Morgantown that featured the fourth-quarter running of Ollie Gordon II, who gained 141 yards in the final stanza alone and finished the contest with a WVU opponent-record 282 yards and four touchdowns…