jinxing the streak

by andrea cohen 

The preview I wrote for Saturday’s Oklahoma State basketball game was all about the Cowboys’ road losing streak, which appeared primed to extend to 20 games. Timing is everything, right? As we all know by 7:35 a.m. on Sunday, OSU upset the Aggies in College Station yesterday. Big win. Huge win. For a bunch of reasons.

For me personally, it’s nice to stop writing about the streak (trust me, it was getting old. Although, having just written all about it, it was quite easy to recall the facts to talk about breaking it). Clearly the Cowboys were ready to stop hearing about it. I got several teasing comments from players and coaches yesterday — not in a complaining or obnoxious way, which is why these guys are good to deal with — but in a “won’t it be nice to write about something else?” way. Yes, it will.

On the agenda today is a Monday Insider, likely about Byron Eaton. During the game yesterday I got a text from a friend who is a big OSU basketball fan saying: “Changed my mind about Eaton.” I think a lot of people are feeling that way after the way he played Wednesday and Saturday, so we’ll take a look at him this afternoon.