Bill Haisten

Tulsa World Sports Columnist

Over its last 10 games against Big 12 opponents, the Oklahoma State defense gave up 42, 38, 38, 38, 42, 38, 56, 52, 45 and 41 points.

And what did all of those 10 games have in common?

Oklahoma State lost 10 times.

That’s a reason why Mike Gundy was fired on Sept. 23, why 2024 defensive coordinator Bryan Nardo was fired in December and 2025 defensive coordinator Todd Grantham was fired last weekend.

The most recent of those 10 wretched defensive performances occurred on Saturday, as the Cowboys were smoked 41-13 at Arizona. The one-dimensional Wildcats have no run game to speak of, but they riddled OSU by completing 72% of their passes for 433 yards and five touchdowns.

An update on the streaks: OSU has 11 consecutive losses to Big 12 oppone

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