Being an Oklahoma State football fan is a lot like rooting for the Chicago Cubs. Every year, most fans convince themselves that this just might be the year. I hear it every year: "If the (offense/defense) picks up (insert new coordinators name)'s scheme, and (insert name of stud recruit) can give us half of what (insert name of departing NFL player/guy who got kicked off the team) did last season, it will come down to the Bedlam game for the Big XII south title! I totally see it happening." Then, it doesn't happen and everyone who bleeds orange feels like they've been kicked in the nuts.
This year is no different. My friends over at CowboysRideforFree, a website that was once called WastedOptimism because of the way OSU fan optimism is--for lack of a better word--wasted, is pumping sunshine. When I get finished reading one of their columns, I am convinced the Cowboys will annihilate Washington State in the opener and finish with eight wins.