Stat update: Through three games, Oklahoma State offense still humming

After the 2011 season, Oklahoma State lost two first-round draft picks–and arguably the best two players at their respective positions in school history–in quarterback Brandon Weeden and wide receiver Justin Blackmon.

Then in the first offensive series of the Cowboys’ third game, they lost their starting quarterback in Wes Lunt.

Still, the Cowboys’ up-tempo spread offense has continued to roll so far in 2012. OSU ranks in the top six in the nation in scoring offense (first-62.33 yards per game), total offense (first-686.67 yards per game), passing offense (fourth-378.33 yards per game) and rushing offense (sixth-308.33 yards per game).

“We’ve got pretty good players,” OSU coach Mike Gundy said. “I think we have a good scheme and we have flexibility in our offense and we can do different things…we’ve always tried to have some sort of a system that gave us flexibility to do both (run and pass).

“I don’t know that anybody has a perfect system, but we have to be able to make adjustments.”

Of course, a school named Savannah State skews these numbers. And Gundy cautioned not to read too much into the offensive numbers right now, since the meat of the Cowboys’ schedule is still ahead, starting with their Big 12 opener against Texas on Sept. 29.