ESPN’s Rece Davis Apologizes for ‘Snarky’ Comment Predicating OSU’s Home Opener Streak to End

The beginning of Oklahoma State’s fantastic cinematic cut up of the Cowboys’ upset win against Oregon started with a line from Rece Davis on ESPN’s College GameDay.

“Did you know the Cowpokes have won 30 straight home openers?” Davis said. “It’s the third-longest home-opener win streak in the AP Poll Era. It’s a really good thing I got that note in because that’s about to come to a screeching halt today when the Ducks come rolling in.”

It didn’t quite happen that way.

Oklahoma State upset the Ducks 39-31 to push that streak to 31 games. It also ended a streak of 21 straight losses the Cowboys suffered to FBS opponents.

Davis went on The Pat McAfee Show on Tuesday and ate crow.

“Also, the Oklahoma State people have been upset, Pat, because when we were doing the warmups — or actually, I think it was before we talked to (Dan) Lanning on Saturday,” Davis said. “I made a comment, sort of a snarky one admittedly, and I said Oklahoma State had won 30 straight home openers and I was really glad I got that note in because it was about to come to a screeching halt. I was wrong about that.

“Yeah, I was wrong about that. Now it’s 31.”

It’s hard to be too harsh on Davis here.

After the Cowboys’ Week 1 loss to Tulsa, not many were expecting OSU to put up much of a fight against the Ducks, but credit to Eric Morris and his team to turn things around so drastically in the span of a week.

“I think Oklahoma State coming off that loss to Tulsa against Oregon at home, Drew Mestemaker told his teammates, ‘You gotta forget about this stuff,'” Davis said. “And then went out and balled out. Overcame mistakes and then put his body on the line to get in the end zone late, and they beat the Ducks.”