Jerry Cramer intercepted the pass in the final minute of the 1976 OSU-Colorado football game, and if that had ended things like it should have, Brandon Weeden and Justin Blackmon would be slightly less folk heroes in Stillwater.
The most excruciating loss in Cowboy history was not a Bedlam heartbreaker or one of those Texas meltdowns. The most excruciating loss in Cowboy history came 40 years ago against the same opponent it plays Thursday night in the Alamo Bowl.
OSU's 20-10 loss to Colorado in Stillwater was agonizing in method and consequence. How the Cowboys lost was an epic gut-punch.