The Cowboys waltzed into Waco like they had just beaten the No. 6 team in the country but played like a team with a losing conference record. If it could have gone wrong for the Pokes, it did and they had no one to blame but themselves.
Let’s debrief.
Penalties, special teams snafus, a couple of bad whiffs on defense and a sack (more on that below) harpooned Oklahoma State’s chance to lock up bowl eligibility in Week 10.
There are a multitude of what ifs, any one or couple of which could have changed the outcome of a crucial road game.