The Untold Struggles Terrorizing Ollie Gordon’s Oklahoma State Season Revealed
But the Pokes have been awful by their standards, and the most overt failure to meet expectations has been the one by the Oklahoma State run game.
Tailback Ollie Gordon was a common preseason pick to be a Heisman Trophy finalist a season after he led FBS with 1,732 rushing yards on an average carry of 6.1.
Gundy had fielded elite running backs many times before (Chuba Hubbard, Justice Hill, Kendall Hunter, etc.) and the program’s long-range tailback history is one of the richest in the sport. No one needed Gordon to be Barry Sanders or Thurman Thomas, but he figured to be a huge star this year.

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