In a conference where parity has meant that just about any game is up for grabs, one Big 12 team had been surprisingly consistent, and seemed like a lock to at least compete for a conference title. Thanks to injuries and standard Big 12 weirdness, Oklahoma State now finds themselves in the scrum with the rest of the commoners.
OSU started the year 5-0. They didn’t do anything magical in the non-conference schedule, but they looked like a solid team. Then they kicked off Big 12 play by beating Baylor in Waco (at that time viewed as a bigger accomplishment than it would be now), and beat an up-and-down Texas Tech squad by 10.