For the first time since Mason Rudolph was slinging the rock around Boone Pickens Stadium, this was supposed be the season where only one Cowboy quarterback was talked about.
Spencer Sanders was, and is, Oklahoma State’s outright starter when healthy. The problem is Sanders wasn’t healthy that long into the Pokes’ 16-7 season-opening win against Tulsa.
Sanders took three hits on the Cowboys’ opening drive that left him hobbling. After a fumble ended OSU’s second drive after only one play, Sanders went back to the locker room and didn’t return.
It left OSU’s coaching staff in an interesting predicament, one that OSU coach Mike Gundy said is one of the toughest for head coaches to make.