Watch the video of Matt Campbell after his team got outscored by 17 in the fourth quarter to lose 38–31 at Oklahoma State in 2016, and what he says now makes sense. Minutes after that loss and a week after his team was outscored by 17 in the fourth and lost at home to Baylor on a field goal as time expired, Campbell doesn’t seem frustrated. He seems resolute. “We’ve just got to learn to finish,” Campbell told reporters in Stillwater on Oct. 8, 2016. “That’s part of what we’re doing and where we’re going.”
After seeing Campbell’s reaction that day, it doesn’t seem so odd to hear Campbell say that he’s glad the Cyclones lost those games.