Oklahoma State, with its flower staff staff, heads for Arizona on Saturday in Tucson, Ariz.
Cowboys’ head coach Mike Gundy was dismissed last week after the team lost two of his first three games, including an eruption defeat at the time. 6 Oregon and a loss at home against the Tulsa state rival. The attacking coordinator Doug Meacham has become the acting head coach.
Sunday, after a 45-27 home loss against Baylor, the state of Oklahoma ousted the defensive coordinator Todd Grantham. Clint Bowen, an offensive quality control assistant, has been installed as acting defensive coordinator.
The ranks of the defense of Oklahoma State last in the Big 12 in average points (35) and Yards (473) authorized per game.
The cowboys (1-3, 0-1 Big 12) gave more than 600 yards twice this season-631 in a defeat of 69-3 against the Ducks and 612 last week against the Bears.
“I have never been coach of a primary school,” said Meacham, who is his 38th year of coach and previously was the attacking coordinator of TCU, Kansas and Houston. “This is a lot of new things I have never thought. Everyone thinks that being a head coach is easy.
“I am so proud of children, their desire to participate and the atmosphere they provide.”
Oklahoma State will try to take a sequence of 12 consecutive defeats against FBS teams when it plays Arizona.
The Wildcats (3-1, 0-1) come from his first defeat, a setback of 39-14 in State 14 of Iowa in their first match on the season.
The Arizona Noah Fifita quarterrier will seek to bounce back from top to bottom which included two interceptions.
The Wildcats missed a goal on the ground to top their first possession, and they returned the ball on Downs twice in the second half.
“For me, the most important thing, there was only our lack of execution,” said Arizona coach Brent Brennan. “This part was frustrating and disappointing. (Sunday) was a good day for us to assess everything, go back to work and reset.”
Fifita made 32 of the 48 pass attempts for 253 yards with two affected. In the season, he has 78 out of 126 for 965 yards with eight Touché passes and the two interceptions.
His counterpart in Oklahoma State, the first -year Redshirt student Zane Flores has not yet launched a hit pass. Flores completed 68 of the 120 passes for 649 yards with two interceptions.
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