Well before the final score at Boone Pickens Stadium read Oklahoma State 44, Boise State 21, the Broncos beat themselves.
One of the team’s biggest nonconference games in years, Boise State was playing a fellow ranked team in the regular season for the first time since Aug. 31, 2012. A win certainly would have cemented the Broncos as the Group of Five favorite for a major bowl and maybe a playoff darkhorse.
But that talk will have to wait a few weeks, at least, as the Broncos fell to 3-16 all-time in road games against Power Five schools.