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Tulsa Stuns Oklahoma State: Costly Loss In More Ways Than One

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Oklahoma State paid Tulsa what to lose? Costly game for the program in the loss column and for that check book.

Tulsa head coach Tre Lamb talks to the press after an NCAA football game between Oklahoma State (OSU) and Tulsa at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Okla., on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. | NATHAN J. FISH/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

It was supposed to be a warm-up. A tune-up. A paycheck game. Oklahoma State, like many Power Five programs, scheduled two non-conference home games against smaller opponents, Tulsa and UT Martin, to prepare for the grind of the Big 12 season.