STILLWATER -- Oklahoma State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles doesn’t understand where the Cowboys’ struggles in tackling have come from, after being improved in that area to begin the year. And turning around such a trend can be difficult.
“Tackling people in open spaces is the key to this game in the Big 12,” Knowles said. “It’s a hard thing to do and it’s hard to practice. You don’t ever go live in practice, so it’s a tough thing to practice. We have to keep doing everything we can to simulate that to the best of our ability in practice.