Cowboys' blowout loss nothing but embarrassing

 
By Berry Tramel | Published: September 15, 2007    Comment on this article Leave a comment

TROY, Ala.Mike Gundy's Cowboys went to Georgia two weeks ago and showed, in the words of their own coach, that they weren't ready for the big time.

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Friday night, in Wiregrass Country, Gundy's Cowboys showed they're not ready for the small time, either.

The Troy Trojans, pride of the Sun Belt Conference, pinned a 41-23 loss on Oklahoma State in a college football clunker at Movie Gallery Stadium.

Embarrassing. Totally embarrassing. Embarrassing performance, embarrassing result.

It's no high crime to lose at Troy; the Trojans are a gutty little team with an innovative offense, a fair share of athletes, good facilities and in a football-rich region, with plenty of leftovers for the lower class of Division I-A.

But it's a high crime to be non-competitive. A high crime to get blown out. A high crime to seemingly be unprepared for a team you knew would be hungry to ambush the rare BCS-league foe brave enough to find its way south of Montgomery.

This game was not as close as the score indicated. Troy made three scoreless journeys inside the OSU 20-yard line and another inside the 30.

OSU's only first-half touchdown came courtesy of Troy's bonehead fake punt, setting up a 26-yard drive, and its first second-half TD was set up by a blocked punt.

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