One year ago, Oklahoma State and its fans were in a cautiously optimistic position.
Finally, the Travis Ford contract-sized cloud looming over Stillwater seemed to be dissipating. A new head coach was being sought and one of the names championed for it was as polarizing to the fan base as Mike Yurcich’s offense finishing top-20 in scoring for two straight years.
Many wanted Doug Gottlieb as the head man, but when Brad Underwood took the job, he really took the job. There were few naysayers after his introductory press conference at Gallagher-Iba Arena.
It was quite a show.