Oklahoma State football: 5 takeaways from Cowboys' 2018 season

Oklahoma State football: 5 takeaways from Cowboys’ 2018 season

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE - DECEMBER 31: Taylor Cornelius #14 of the Oklahoma State Cowboys runs with the ball as Terez Hall #24 of the Missouri Tigers defends during the first half of the AutoZone Liberty Bowl at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium on December 31, 2018 in Memphis, Tennessee. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images) /

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MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE – DECEMBER 31: The Oklahoma State Cowboys celebrate after winning the AutoZone Liberty Bowl against the Missouri Tigers at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium on December 31, 2018 in Memphis, Tennessee. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images) /

4. Winning seasons streak lives on

It wasn’t a pretty way to reach seven wins (look at losses like those against TCU and Kansas State, for example), but this year’s group of Cowboys managed to reach 13 consecutive winning seasons, all postseason appearances.

This run of success is unparalleled in school history. Consider that between 1988 and 2002, before the arrival of current Kansas head coach Les Miles (still sounds weird, right?), OSU had gone to just one bowl game.

OSU’s bowl game run is the ninth-longest active streak in the NCAA, ahead of schools like Stanford and Texas A&M and just one season behind — get this — the current national champion, Clemson.

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