The Oklahoma State Cowboys were smacked 49-17 by Cincinnati for a sixth straight loss, but there was life on the field and on the sidelines for the Pokes.

Cincinnati is tied for first place in the Big 12 conference with Texas Tech and BYU, each boasting a 3-0 conference record. Texas Tech is currently on the ropes against Arizona State, down 19-7 in Tempe, Ariz. BYU will host the holy war rivalry tonight against Utah.

STILLWATER — Oklahoma State's first football game in the post-Mike Gundy era featured a fun first half. The second half? Not so much. The Cowboys fell 45-27 to Baylor on Saturday in the Cowboys' Big 12 opener four days after their longtime coach was fired.

OSU has fallen so far that a 49-17 loss to Cincinnati won’t be remembered at all for the score, but rather as the game when the bananas merged with the shirtless and partied late into the night. And for that you can’t help but smile.

TUCSON, AZ — Another week of change in the rearview mirror, the Oklahoma State football team heads west seeking its second victory of the season. OSU (1-3, 0-1 Big 12) takes on Arizona (3-1, 0-1) at 2 p.m. Saturday at Arizona Stadium, televised on TNT.

Cincinnati holds its largest favored betting spread in a conference game under Scott Satterfield entering the contest. UC is a 21.5-point consensus betting favorite with a point total sitting at 58.5. ESPN's Matchup Predictor has Cincinnati winning 91.2% of the time.

The Oklahoma State Cowboys had little momentum outside of an early trick-play touchdown in a 39-17 loss to the Houston Cougars, dropping a fifth straight game.