FORT WORTH, Texas — Friday night, as the time neared for Oklahoma State baseball players to go to bed, they got a text from Josh Holliday.
In the team-wide group text, the Cowboys’ coach posted a video of South Carolina basketball coach Frank Martin discussing how attitude leads to technique after his team’s Elite Eight berth. Similarly, Holliday wanted a focus on effort, not necessarily results, after a loss to TCU earlier in the day. When OSU lost 6-5 to TCU on Saturday at Lupton Stadium, Holliday’s message again centered on effort as the Horned Frogs clinched the series.