This past Bedlam heartbreak got me thinking about how many close games OSU has played during the Gundy era, as well as how they’ve fared.
Not surprisingly they’ve fared pretty well.
Over the first 13 full seasons under Gundy, OSU competed in 45 “one-possession” games (games decided by eight points or less).
The Cowboys average 3-4 of these games per season, and those are likely to be conference games as 36% of those fall under this category. That’s over a one in three chance that the fans are biting their nails to the very end against Big 12 opponents.