Oklahoma State’s road to Arlington starts just 20 miles west in Fort Worth. If the Cowboys plan to make it to their first ever Big 12 title game in 2020, they’ll probably want to buck an annoying trend of losing conference openers.
In Mike Gundy’s 15 seasons, the Cowboys are 6-9 in Big 12 openers, and that includes four-straight wins against Texas A&M from 2008-11. If we count current conference rivals only, the Pokes are 2-9 under Gundy in league openers — and have come up short in six of their last eight.
We already covered the first leg of the Cowboys’ 2020 schedule, now let’s jump into Big 12 play starting with that tilt with TCU.