Pistols Firing · Nov 9, 2016
Oklahoma State Has Won By Controlling 4th Quarters This Season
We’ve seen the Cowboys play some close games over the last couple of years. The moniker “Cardiac Cowboys” is well earned.
Saturday night, Mike Gundy came home from Manhattan in a good mood for just the second time as a head coach after a game his team had no business winning. We know about the turnovers. We saw the Cowboy defense make another Wildcat QB look like Cam Newton.
So how does OSU win these close games? Simple. They are very good in the fourth quarter.
On average, the Cowboys allow their opponents just 4.6 points per fourth quarter. That’s good for 17th in the nation and second in the Big 12 behind Baylor who allows just 3.3 points per fourth quarter.