Glenn Spencer has defended the OSU defense against critics by pointing out that playing defense in the Big 12 forces teams to play more snaps than is required in other conferences. While true, you have to wonder at what point fatigue begins to set in. In fact, Porter wrote a little bit about this earlier on Monday.
Entering this year’s bedlam game, the OSU defense has defended 368 plays over the past four games. I ran the numbers. This is the 2nd highest number of plays over a 4-game span in the Gundy era.
Here are the top 10 games in the Gundy era regardless of the number of days rest:
