For the third time in a 12 month span, Oklahoma State didn't just lose bad; it was ran off the field.
Whatever verb you want to use to describe OSU's 45-3 loss to UCF on Saturday, it'll likely be similar to the Cowboys' losses to South Alabama two months ago and Kansas State last year.
Those led OSU down two opposite paths. After its 48-0 humiliation in Manhattan, Kansas, last year, the Cowboys won just one game the rest of the season and were outscored 127-85 in its last five games.
The opposite showed after their 33-7 loss to South Alabama earlier this year.