ARLINGTON, Texas — I was in the press box for the Oklahoma State/Central Michigan debacle, but given the stakes, I’m not sure I’ve seen a crazier finish than what I saw in Jerry World on Saturday.
Oklahoma State fell to Baylor 21-16 in the Big 12 Championship, ending the Cowboys’ College Football Playoff hopes by inches after Dezmon Jackson came up just short on a fourth-and-goal run. Here are 10 thoughts from the Cowboys’ heartbreak.
1. Saturday Afternoon Lights
Looking down at an empty AT&T Stadium at 8 this morning, it felt like the scene in Friday Night Lights where the Permian Panthers walked into the Astrodome and looked around in awe of the magnitude of the pomp and circumstance that was about to take place.