I wrote earlier this week about how unaffected Oklahoma State seems with its 12-game winning streak. By how unimpressed this team is with itself. The main reason? Its two coordinators are pumping negativity in the face of 12 straight wins and a No. 4 ranking.
This is the old Bob Stoops theory. Treat ’em like kings when you lose and like peasants when you win. I don’t know if that actually works, but Mike Yurcich and Glenn Spencer are giving it a go.
“I know you guys are doing a story … and they’re having to answer these questions about why this has happened,” Glenn Spencer told the Tulsa World, “but as soon as I get ‘em in that meeting room tomorrow: ‘Guys, forget about that.