Night to forget in College Station

Coach Ford during Tuesday's game at Reed Arena

OSU ran into a buzzsaw Tuesday night in College Station against a sound Texas A&M team.  What was a 2-point game through the first 10 minutes turned into a 9-point deficit for the Pokes by the half, and the second half just got worse for Coach Travis Ford and his team.  The momentum that was generated by a win over a ranked Kansas State team the weekend before also took a hit as K State was beaten by Colorado, giving the Buffaloes their first win over a ranked team on the road in 14 years.

As I stated in my last post, A&M is a good team, and to use a tired cliche, it's hard to win on the road in this league.  Nevertheless, it's games like in College Station that the Cowboys have to find a way to win if they want to get back to the level of success enjoyed under Eddie and getting to the Elite 8 on a fairly consistent basis.  With that said, Saturday's game provides another great test for this team to show what they're made of and what kind of fight they have in them.  A road game at a suddenly - and shockingly - 2-0 Colorado team gives the Cowboys a great way to rebound from a bad defeat in  College Station, and offers a chance to get to 2-1 in conference play heading back home for a game against Iowa State next week.

Colorado is still tough to figure out, even after impressive wins to start conference play over Missouri (first home win over ranked team in 8 years) and at Kansas State.  Can they keep it up?  Has the tide turned in Boulder?  OSU beat Colorado last year at GIA and didn't play in Boulder, which is historically a tough place to play not because of the team, but because of altitude.  Getting the first conference road win of the season against a team that's full of confidence is going to be tough, and beating CU at their place would be huge.

And that's just what I see happening...
Pokes - 70
Buffs - 64

GO POKES!!