The David Taylor Era at Oklahoma State has started off with a bang.  The Cowboys opened the season with a dominating performance on the road against Utah Valley.  The 38-6 victory in the season opener was Taylor’s first career team win as the skipper of the Oklahoma State program.

The No. 3 Cowboys took their perfect 1-0 record on the once again to take on the No. 24 Oregon State Beavers who are coached by three-time Oklahoma State All-American Chris Pendleton.  And for the second straight match this season, the Cowboys dominated.  Oklahoma State made it a clean weekend sweep as they dismantled the Beavers by a score of 36-3.

The dual kicked off at 125 pounds between a pair of ranked wrestlers.  No. 6 Troy Spratley of the Pokes and No. 24 Maximo Renteria of the Beavers.  The match went to overtime where Spratley was able to gain control of both ankles to secure the takedown and the 7-4 overtime decision.

No. 33 Cael Hughes took care of business against Damion Elliot of Oregon State to put the Cowboys on top early 6-0.  No. 14 ranked Tagen Jamison put Oklahoma State on top 10-0 when he took down Nash Singleton.

No. 18 Carter Young hit the mat at 141 and controlled the match racking up 2:03 seconds of riding time to come away with the 14-4 major decision. No. 5 ranked Cameron Amine was looking to avenge his loss against Utah Valley and did so in commanding fashion against Kekana Fourier.  Amine’s 13-3 victory put the Cowboys on top 18-3.

No. 5 Dean Hamiti Jr. defeated No. 33 ranked Sean Harman to push the Cowboys advantage to 23-3.  Oklahoma State’s Dustin Plott took his No. 3 ranking into the 184-pound match against Oregon State’s T.J. McDonnell.  McDonnell got an early takedown, but Plott settled down and went on a scoring spree.  He wrapped up the match with a 24-8 win.

The match of night rest on the shoulders of O-State’s Luke Surber who drew 7th ranked Trey Munoz in the 197-pound division.  Munoz is the son of former Oklahoma State All-American and NCAA champion Mark Munoz.  Surber weathered an early barrage by Munoz and jumped out to a 4-0 lead. When the dust settled on the match, Surber moved to 2-0 on the season with the 5-0 victory.

Oklahoma sent out one of the most athletic and dominant heavy weight wrestlers in No. 2 ranked Wyatt Hendrickson to close out duel.  Hendrickson left no doubts on the table with a 16-1 win and a 36-3 team victory.  The Cowboys have now scored over 30 points in both matches this season.

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With only a few games remaining in the college football season, the race for the Heisman Trophy is heating up. After a tough 16-13 win against the Wisconsin Badgers on the road, it appears that the No. 1 Oregon Ducks’ quarterback Dillon Gabriel is falling behind the other three Heisman candidates.

Gabriel’s betting odds to win the Heisman Trophy average from +2200 to +2500. Ahead of Gabriel is Miami senior quarterback Cam Ward (+1400), junior running back from Boise State Ashton Jeanty (+350), and Colorado’s junior cornerback and wide receiver double-threat Travis Hunter (+100). Hunter is favored by every available betting odds website to win the Heisman entering Week 12.

Gabriel falling behind in the Heisman race can be directly attributed to Oregon’s game against the Badgers, which was Gabriel’s worst performance of the season. For the first time this season, Gabriel did not throw for a passing touchdown. Gabriel completed 22-31 passes for 218 yards and an interception. He also struggled with mid to deep ball targets, only hitting 43% of targets over 15-yards. 

Typically known for his legs, Gabriel’s rushing attempts fell flat due to the Badgers’ defense. Gabriel picked up seven yards on 11 rushing attempts, with his last four rushing plays of the game all picking up negative yards.

 “I thought we moved the ball really well early,” Gabriel said in his post game press conference. “Thought we had some good things going early. And getting the first first [down], and moving it that way, but just struggled sometimes in third downs and then taking negatives on my end. So all that doesn’t help in playing efficient. But I think you look at certain drives when we needed it, I thought we played really well.”

Where the Oregon offense and Gabriel really struggled was converting third downs. Oregon was 5-15 on third downs, with three of those failed attempts coming on incompletions from Gabriel. Though the third down conversion problem can also be traced to the shut-down of the run game by the Badgers, those three incompletions were crucial.

However, there were still some amazing plays made by the Heisman hopeful this game. Entering the fourth quarter, the Ducks were on a fourth down on Wisconsin’s 41-yard line. Instead of punting, coach Dan Lanning trusted Gabriel to convert on a fourth down.

Gabriel scrambled left to find a target, sent a pass flying through three different Wisconsin defenders, and landed it right in the hands of tight end Terrance Ferguson for a 15-yard first down. This conversion directly set up a Jordan James 11-yard rushing touchdown three plays later, the Ducks’ only touchdown drive of the game.

“Find a way,” Gabriel said during the postgame broadcast on FOX. “Whatever it takes. We had a bunch of unselfish players that want to win. It didn’t look the way maybe people thought it would, but that ‘W’ on the scoreboard is all that matters.”

The Wisconsin game was Gabriel’s 60th career start, the most amongst current FBS quarterbacks. He also broke the NCAA total touchdown record against Maryland with 179 touchdowns. 

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Wisconsin football fans are livid following the team losing to Oregon.

The Badgers lost to the number one Ducks at home 16-13, and it’s the team’s third straight loss. Luke Fickell’s program now sits at 5-5, and what fans witnessed late Saturday night was beyond unacceptable.

The offensive was so atrocious that it made me want to puke. Quarterback Braedyn Locke finished the game with 96 yards on 12/28 passing with one touchdown and a game-ending interception.

The defense did everything necessary to beat the top team in the country, and the Badgers went into the second half winning.

Wisconsin fans seethe with anger after blowing golden opportunity against Oregon.

Instead of getting the biggest win of the year, Fickell and his squad blew another second half lead to lose. Fans have had enough, and they’re taking their frustration out on social media.

Check out some of the reactions below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com: 

• I’ve watched a million mid quarterbacks for the Badgers and almost all of them win this game
• I don’t think Locke outperforms a single QB from the last decade. I’d take Bart Houston, Hornibrook, Coan, Van Dyke, literally anyone.
• Two things changed this game: The phantom chop block call killed all momentum Inexplicable delay of game out of a tv time out Although we all agree any sort of competent qb play we win.
• Locke needs to ride pine unless there’s an emergency situation, the dude sucks. That said, taking Oregon and Penn State to the deep waters is nothing to scoff at. OC can take a hike but Fickell has them going the right direction.
• Woof… on the plus side this had to be better for recruiting than losing by 30 and the fans being gone by half time.
• I never want to see Locke play another snap of football – we win that game with anything but a black hole at QB.
• 12/29 96 yards. Should be lockes last game
• 96. F*cking. Yards. Golly. That’s just unfathomable. Air raid though amirite. 
• Locke is in his third year of college football and being this bad can’t be acceptable
• When I die, I want those Wisconsin Badgers to be my pallbearers so they can let me down one last time
• How many winnable games that result in pathetic backbreaking losses in big time games can this program endure before we collectively just lose hope. Because I’m losing hope.
• Locke might be even worse than Allan Evridge and Danny O’Brien
• I cannot wait until the day that I no longer have to watch Braedyn Locke play football.
• Enough with Locke. A student from the damn student section would have won us that game!!!
• Team would be at least 8-2 with any competent QB. Locke is an embarrassment and better not be on the roster next year. He shouldn’t be starting for a D3 team let alone a FBS school.
• Oregon might be the better team. But they were not better than us today.
• Longo is not the problem. It’s Braedyn.
• Longo is a big problem, but Locke is an even bigger problem

It’s pretty obvious Braedyn Locke has found himself as the main target of frustration, anger and disappointment from fans.

By all accounts, he’s a great person and a very smart guy. However, being highly intelligent and a great dude doesn’t change the fact he’s simply not up to the task of playing high-level FBS football.

He has two passing touchdowns and five interceptions over the past three games and Wisconsin has lost every single one.

Wisconsin QB Braedyn Locke played terribly against Oregon. (Photo by Dan Sanger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

The tough part for fans to swallow is that Mabrey Mettauer – the team’s future at QB – is simply not ready right now.

If he were, then he’d be playing. It’s that simple. Instead, the Badgers have to keep riding with Locke, and it’s an absolute disaster.

As a Wisconsin man, I’m every bit as upset as everyone else. There’s no excuse for blowing games to Oregon and Penn State at home. The team wins those games and people are talking about having a very different season.

Wisconsin quarterback Mabrey Mettauer hasn’t been able to get reps over Braedyn Locke. The Badgers are 5-5 after losing a winnable game against Oregon. (Photo by Tony Ding/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Now, there’s just two games left against Nebraska and Minnesota. Get to 7-5, win a bowl game, finish 8-5 and fans can start talking about whether there’s a clear upset to the program.