Oklahoma State Has a Championship Mentality

Oklahoma State has appropriately been tagged the Cardiac Cowboys, pushing several games this season to the limits and winning several in dramatic fashion. On a Halloween afternoon in Lubbock, things got weird early, but their response said everything you need to know about this team.

The Cowboys trailed by 17 points on multiple occasions on Saturday, and their calm demeanor in the face of adversity allowed them to rally to a 70-53 victory on Saturday.

“Never once did I see panic in my teammates eyes. We just gotta stay calm and execute,” Washington said in the postgame interview.

“With the guys I play with, they know how to keep their composure and execute every time we step on the field.”

That mentality is just flat out not normal. Under normal circumstances, a 17-point deficit is enough to make many teams crumble, or at least go into mild panic.

But that calm mentality that is instilled in the players by the coaches and the staff is one that has consistently helped this team turn early game adversity into late game triumph time and time again.

“Gundy always tells us never get down, stay calm, and keep doing what you’re supposed to do.” And that’s exactly what they did.

That composed mentality has helped carry this team to several unlikely victories this season; and that very mentality is what could help boost this team to several more in November.