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Oklahoma State football went 3-9 last season and laid a goose egg (0-9) in Big 12 play. I’m going to go out on a limb and predict improvement for the Cowboys in 2025.
How much improvement? Eh, you’ll see, but things can’t be as bad as they were last season. Can they???
Mike Gundy fired everybody except himself, so it’ll be a new coaching staff that we know little about leading a roster we know next to nothing about. Oh, and there’s a four-man competition at quarterback. Sounds fun!
Here are my ridiculously early OSU football predictions for 2025:
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Oklahoma State head football coach Mike Gundy speaks during a press conference at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater Okla., on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025.
OSU vs. Tennessee-Martin, Aug. 28
Fun fact: You can drive from Martin, Tennessee, (population 11,000) to Stillwater in less than nine hours.
UT-Martin has been a solid FCS program in Jason Simpson’s 18 seasons as coach. The Skyhawks three-peated as Ohio Valley Conference champions from 2021-23. UT-Martin made it to the second round of the FCS playoffs last season before losing to national runner-up Montana State.
This is a soft opening for a new-look OSU team. That’s good, because trouble awaits the Cowboys in Week 2.
Prediction: OSU 42, Tennessee-Martin 17 (1-0)
OSU at Oregon, Sept. 6
The good news for OSU: This isn’t the same Oregon team that went 13-1 last season. The dynamic quarterback/running back/wide receiver trio of Dillon Gabriel, Jordan James and Tez Johnson are gone. As are Derrick Harmon and Jordan Burch, two stars on the Ducks’ defensive line.
The bad news for OSU: Oregon has reloaded. Dan Lanning, 35-6 in his three seasons as coach, signed a top-five recruiting class and a top-five portal class, according to…
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Publish date : 2025-02-23 11:03:00
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