The Oklahoma State Cowboys have an 18-game Big 12 losing streak they would love to put behind them. They just need to win in Morgantown on Saturday. Easier said than done.
Oklahoma State football watched the Mike Gundy era end at the hands of Oregon last season. The Eric Morris era now started in a massive way Saturday in Stillwater.
The Oklahoma State Cowboys will need to play a near-perfect game to upend No. 6 Oregon in their home opener on Saturday. The Cowboys (0-1) are coming of a 24-10 loss to Tulsa, a team that beat them in Stillwater last year and triggered Mike Gundy’s firing as head coach.
How many of the FBS college football teams with an animal nickname can you name?
In Week 1 of the 2026 college football season, two neighboring college football programs from the states of Oregon and Idaho put together one more doozy of a battle.
College football has historically been known as a sport that caters to the elite. It is very difficult to win a national championship if you aren't Notre Dame, Alabama, Ohio State, or a host of other schools that have great programs that invest heavily in keeping them at the top.
It was one thing for Oklahoma State to get rocked 69-3 against Oregon, but to lose 19-12 to Tulsa – that was too much to overcome. Mike Gundy was let go, Oklahoma State got even worse, and now it comes into the season on an 11-game losing streak.
It's football season, so all the talk is surrounding new head coach Eric Morris and how Cowboys fans hope that he's able to turn Oklahoma State’s football program around.
Before the transfer portal era, the expectations around new Oklahoma State head coach Eric Morris would be muted. Consider when Mike Gundy was elevated to head coach in 2005.
Everyone knows the deal. The Oklahoma State Cowboys have been a bad football team the past two seasons. The Cowboys went 3-9 in 2024, one year after reaching the Big 12 Championship game in 2023.
While there were several head coaching changes in the Big 12, none carry the baggage that Oklahoma State’s change does. For more than 20 years, Mike Gundy set the tone in Stillwater.
SCOTTSDALE – College football doesn’t wait for kickoff to start creating headlines. In Arizona, that conversation begins with the Fiesta Sports Foundation.
Coaching changes happen every year, but they don't all happen the same way. We have had some wild offseason coaching moves in recent seasons, and 2025-2026 wasn't any different.
As a reminder, the last time the Oklahoma State Cowboys made a bowl game was in 2023. Fans could be forgiven for forgetting. That season, head coach Mike Gundy led the Cowboys back to the Big 12 championship game for the second time in three years.
The 2026 season will be filled with opportunity and challenges for the Oklahoma State Cowboys. In many cases those two things will be combined. The Cowboys are undergoing their biggest change as a program since Mike Gundy took over for Les Miles before the 2005 season.
Until the Oklahoma State Cowboys start winning more football games, the narrative will be hard to shake. OSU is coming off an 1-11 season in 2025. OSU is 4-20 in the last two seasons.
Former Oklahoma State Cowboys football coach Mike Gundy is starting to make the rounds on television. As one might expect, he has plenty to say. Gundy appeared on “The Herd” with Fox’s Colin Cowherd on Thursday and spoke on several different topics, including the state of the College Football Playoff.
We know that former Oklahoma State Cowboys head coach Mike Gundy has what it takes to create a viral moment.
With Oklahoma State nearing a decision before the calendar flips into December, the Cowboys’ search for Mike Gundy’s replacement has taken a new turn. Gundy, the school’s all-time wins leader (170-90), was fired after a 3-9 2024 season and a 1-2 start this year, with the university announcing Gundy’s departure on September 23.
In the midst of his 21st season, the Oklahoma State Cowboys fired head coach Mike Gundy. Gundy finished with a record of 170-90 during his tenure, also winning one Big 12 championship.
Could FBS schools shatter the record for coaching buyouts this season, with payouts that could ultimately top a quarter of a billion dollars? So far, nine head coaches — including Penn State's James Franklin and Florida's Billy Napier — have been fired.
Oklahoma State’s recent coaching shakeup just generated another splash. In a video clip from Coach JB & AJ McCarron’s show, controversial figure Coach JB weighed in bluntly on the firing of Mike Gundy, saying he doubts Gundy will ever return to coaching.
The Oklahoma State Cowboys firing Mike Gundy has convinced 2026 commits to look elsewhere. The Cowboys have endured multiple decommits already since Gundy's dismissal a week ago.
We imagine that the Oklahoma State Cowboys had high hopes for the coaching duo of longtime head coach Mike Gundy and new defensive coordinator Todd Grantham.
This morning was the first College GameDay on ESPN since Oklahoma State fired head coach Mike Gundy. So, it was the first opportunity for analyst Nick Saban to speak his mind about the decision.
The Mike Gundy era came to an end for Oklahoma State this week. He was the head coach of the Cowboys for over two decades. Oklahoma State had plenty of success with Gundy, who compiled a 170-90 record during his time in Stillwater.
On September 23, the Oklahoma State Cowboys finally decided to drop the curtain on Mike Gundy’s 21-year run in Stillwater, and apparently it wasn’t the ending anyone pictured.
Despite a long and mostly successful run as Cowboys football head coach, Mike Gundy has been fired.
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