Oklahoma State scooted past Central Michigan on Thursday night in a wire-to-wire 58-44 win, and yet, weirdly, it felt a bit like a rollercoaster game from the Cowboys in their season-opener. They hit the turbo button on offense early and the defense mostly looked sound, but CMU made things mildly interesting with a big second half to make the final score look a little closer than it probably should have been.
So what to make of it?
Marshall laid out his 10 Thoughts on the game here. I’ve got my own assessment via the first progress report of the season.