Back on November 23, 2013, Baylor rolled into Stillwater, Okla. after having defended the UCFC twelve times in a row -- and Oklahoma State rolled them 49-17. This year, Texas Christian came in with a string of 13 UCFC defenses -- the longest such string since the great USC teams of the mid-2000's -- and the Pokes pounded them 49-29. We spent much of this game complaining about the Texas Christian defense -- and it was terrible. But we should probably give credit to Oklahoma State, who played a very good game. They did give up 445 passing yards to Trevone Boykin, but they only allowed one touchdown pass. Oklahoma State also sacked Boykin three times and intercepted him four times -- and you can stop a lot of drives that way. The bottom line is that Texas Christian had only 9 points when Oklahoma State had 35 -- and that's pretty good defense by any measure.
On the other hand, we'll have plenty of time to write about Oklahoma State later. It's appropriate right now to bid a fond farewell to a Texas Christian team that has played some incredible football over the last two years. The Horned Frogs now have an all-time record of 45-20-6 in the UCFC, which is very impressive. And we will greatly miss Trevone Boykin and Josh Doctson, who are one of the most dynamic duos we have ever seen in college football. If Doctson had not gotten hurt against Oklahoma State, things may have been difference.
We should also note that all is not necessarily lost for Texas Christian. Baylor will play Oklahoma State on November 21 -- and if the Bears take the Big Gold Trophy in that game, they will bring it to Fort Worth, Tex. for a showdown with Texas Christian on November 27.
As for the new Champs, Oklahoma State is now 4-12 in UCFC competition. The last time they took the title, back in 2013, they immediately lost it in the next game to Oklahoma. We'll see if they do better this time.
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