Before yesterday’s big hiring news, Ian Boyd of Football Study Hall had a great thought on how important this defensive coordinator hire will be in Stillwater.
…Oklahoma State is definitely one of the more likely teams to win a national championship without hitting the blue-chip ratio. Now that they’ve locked up Mike Gundy on a long-term deal and probably ensured that he retires as the King of Stillwater, much like Bill Snyder in Manhattan, he has the time to work out the missing variables to his formula in pursuit of a title.
The big one is a defensive strategy that can ensure that they are in striking distance in years when the offense is elite.