Last year’s pairing of Oregon and Oklahoma State did not go well, as the Ducks dominated the Cowboys in every sense of the word on their way to a 69-3 victory.
This, however, is a new year, with a new OK State team that’s ready to trip up anyone who fails to suspect it as a serious threat…or at least that’s what I’d be saying if Week 1 didn’t go completely haywire.
I am on the record as being a doubter of the Cowboys, as I wasn’t sure their UNT-esque squad was going to do them much good throughout the meat of their season, but even I had not adequately prepared for a 24-10 loss to Tulsa. I mean heck, the 2025 Cowboys played the Golden Hurricane better than that.
So now, instead of going into your rematch with Oregon as a lovable underdog barely budding with potential, you look like another misfit just stumbling in, ready to be massacred.
And let the record show that I don’t say this from a place of Duck supremacy, as Oregon was also a colossal loser in Week 1, looking nothing like a top-two team in its squeak past Boise State. But, in their defense, the Ducks at least had a respectable offensive display, and I’d much rather you hang on to narrowly beat a program of Boise State’s standard than actually get beaten up by one of Tulsa’s.
If you really (and I mean really) wanted to cling to the positive outlook here, you could perhaps try to convince yourself that OK State was merely looking ahead to the Ducks, while they are even worse than we’re thinking after their struggle against the Broncos.
Through those factors meshing with an enthusiastic Boone Pickens atmosphere, maybe—just maybe—we could see the Cowboys give us a better fight than everyone and their mother is now anticipating, but again, I was a doubter to begin with, so that seeps into delusion if you ask me.
Therefore, what I envision is another embarrassment, not to the extent of last year, but nonetheless severe enough to where the Ducks will likely be able to hit cruise control for the second half. If you want a score to go with it, pencil me down for 48-17 Oregon, with the halftime score clocking in somewhere around 35-10. Is that an extreme prediction? Yes, but after seeing so little take shape against the Golden Hurricane, you certainly can’t say it’s an unfair one.
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