FORT WORTH, TEXAS — It was far from pretty. It certainly didn't feel good.
But it fit the script of the Oklahoma State football season.
For the better part of two months, Pistol Pete has looked like a military-grade sharpshooter when the competition is at its highest, but can't get the six-shooter out of his holster against opponents from the bottom half of the Big 12 Conference.
So Saturday night's 31-24 loss to TCU (6-6) at Amon G. Carter Stadium shouldn't surprise anyone who's been tracking the rise and fall of this Cowboy team.
OSU concludes the regular season at 6-6, and will go to a bowl for the 13th consecutive year, but that's about the only positive those in orange and black could fall back on Saturday night.