STILLWATER — Congratulations, Oklahoma State football fans!
Your long wait for a national championship is finally over. Pop the champagne. Plan the parade. Make room in the trophy case for the program's first title, because the Cowboys did it!
Well, sort of.
The American Football Coaches Association announced Thursday it has recognized the 1945 Oklahoma State (then Oklahoma A&M) team as its national champion. It is part of an effort by the organization, composed of more than 11,000 members nationally across all levels of football, to select coaches' trophy winners from 1922 to 1949: time elapsed between the first year of the AFCA and the last year before the coaches poll was published.