It’s fun to talk about quarterbacks. Especially when those quarterbacks are either NFL Draft picks or future NFL Draft picks. Quarterbacks get clicks. So do running backs, wide receivers, Cowboy Backs, first-year coordinators, revamped defenses, Rickie Fowler and literally anything to do with Mike Gundy’s hair.
Offensive linemen? Not so much.
And yet it’s often there that we should start. You can trace Oklahoma State’s success (and honestly the success of most teams in college football) by tracing how good or bad their offensive lines are. In fact, let’s do just that. Here’s a look at OSU’s national ranking in sacks allowed and its national ranking in wins in the modern Gundy era (since 2010).