OSU’s Offense Must Improve to Compete in Big 12

The Oklahoma State offense came out of the gates as a shell of what most of us expected in Thursday nights opener, scoring just 24 points against a middle-of-the-pack MAC team in Central Michigan.

Statistically, it’s pretty simple: the Cowboys need to score my points. As Paul Myerberg noted, every Big 12 team that has averaged less than 27 points per game in the last five years has finished with a losing record.

Why UT's season smells like a disaster: In last 5 yrs, every B12 team that averaged less than 27 ppg finished with a losing record.

— Paul Myerberg (@PaulMyerberg) September 6, 2015

Last season, OSU just narrowly avoided that dismal number. They finished the season averaging 27.6 PPG. And ended the season with a winning record of 7-6.

In OSU’s losses last season, the Cowboys averaged just 16.5 points per game in each of their six losses. During the five-game losing streak, they averaged just 13.6 ppg.

Not ideal.

Looking ahead, the season opener could be a hiccup that could be written off as first game jitters. But in order to compete in a offense heavy Big 12, the offense is going to have to improve significantly if they are to compete with the Big 12 heavyweights. And scoring more points is where it needs to start.