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The 10 Most Pivotal Moments of the 2017 Oklahoma State Football Season

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The 2017 season will likely be seen as a disappointment by most for years to come.

So where did the bad go wrong? Where did the good go right? There’s obviously more #analysis than a few plays from the season. But here are the 10 biggest and most important, ranked, that helped shape the 2017 season for the Cowboys.

10. J.D. King scamper vs. Tulsa

OSU’s decision to put true freshman J.D. King as the backup to Justice Hill paid off almost instantly. On his second career carry of the season in the first game against Tulsa, King busted one loose for 71 yards and a score.

It wasn’t exactly a jaw-dropping carry. In fact, he broke through without much more than a slap at the line. But this play was a sign of things to come for King in 2017. He was an awesome thunder to Hill’s lightning. He might rock as a sophomore when OSU evolves into a Big Ten team and runs it 50 times a game.

9. A.J. Green’s game-saver in Ames

A.J. Green is a dude. It took me several weeks to realize it, and took me even longer to publicly admit it. But No. 4 can ball, and he proved it in Ames with a game-saving INT in the corner of the end zone that was as awesome a walk-off I’ve seen as an OSU fan.

8. Thumping Baylor

There were a lot of really good plays for OSU, and not many for Baylor in this lopsided homecoming tilt so we’re just throwing the entire game on this list.

Considering OSU’s recent struggles against Baylor — and taking into consideration the entirety of the Art Briles era — this was a satisfying moment in the 2017 season. It feels good to thump Baylor. It feels even better when Baylor stinks.

7. Whitener picks Baker in Bedlam

This list could be 10 plays from Bedlam honestly, but I’m going to keep it to three. ?

The third biggest? With OSU’s backs against the wall late in the fourth, Chad Whitener delivered a clutch INT to give OSU a shot to take the lead late.

Considering how Baker sliced and diced OSU’s defense all game, this was yooge for morale. The crowd was rocking. My hands were quivering. Our pets heads were falling off. It was an unreal moment!

6. Rudolph’s Heisman moment

Remember when OSU hung half a million on Pitt in Week 3 and Rudolph was a Heisman frontrunner? Doesn’t that felt like 46 years ago?

In any case, it was a sweet time, nonetheless. This play would have been played on loop at the Heisman ceremony if things had gone differently for Oklahoma State this season.

5. The Bundage touchdown that wasn’t

What happens if the fumble-that-wasn’t doesn’t get overturned? What happens if Bundage just leisurely Conor McGregors into the end zone in the first half against OU and the Pokes take a 10-0 lead that stands?

We will never know. But man, I can’t believe this was overturned. A what-if for the ages, really.

4. Marcell bails out OSU in Taco-town

It’s not entirely unrealistic to think OSU could have opened league play 0-2. The Cowboys did not play well in Lubbock against the Red Raiders and squeaked out a 41-34 win. But if not for this Marcell Moss snag on third down, things could have been way different.

That snag set up a bootleg for No. 2 who delivered the go-ahead score with just over a minute to play. A thriller that (probably) shouldn’t have been a thriller to begin with!

3. The double-pass against TCU

Despite falling behind double digits to TCU, Oklahoma State’s offense was finding its groove in the second half …. before the double pass with McCleskey happened. This was the dagger that ended OSU’s comeback attempt and, in hindsight, maybe OSU’s Big 12 title hopes.

2. Ramon INT in Austin

How clutch is Ramon?! Game on the line. Defense backed up on the road. In overtime. Yet No. 7 rises up to snag a game-winning INT.

I will never forget this sequence. Insane. (Also, no idea where Ehlinger was throwing that.)

1. Fourth down in the fourth against OU

On fourth and eight with Bedlam bragging rights hanging in the balance, Mason Rudolph overthrows Tyron Johnson by a few yards, effectively ending OSU’s chances at coming out on top and securing the drivers seat to the Big 12.

Oh, what could have been.

Maybe if the two connect in stride, Baker marches down the field to rip OSU’s hearts out anyway. But boy, would I have loved to see this thing happen. BPS would have erupted. I would have fainted. The line at Murphy’s would have been backed up to I-244!

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