Mike Gundy, as you may have once heard, is a man and he is now beyond 40. But did you know he is also King Leonidas and he’s the leader of the 300?

Today’s game against West Virginia being his Oklahoma State team’s third away from home in four games this season and the sixth game away from home in the past seven overall, Gundy has taken kindly to the movie about famed struggle at Thermopylae.

“That’s pretty much how it is for us,” Smith said. “We’re not traveling with much, so we all have to stick together and be just one sound team. When we go down there and do that and we take care of things we’re supposed to take care of, we can win. We can beat anybody.”

OSU’s Big 12 road success has been one of the biggest ways the Cowboys have built their national stature over the past six years. But they took a step back in that category last season, going just 1-3 in conference games away from Boone Pickens Stadium.

The No. 11 Cowboys will try to tilt the scales back in a positive direction when they open their Big 12 road slate Saturday at West Virginia, the league’s most unknown destination.

“When you get there, it’s 100 or 115 people against however many people their stadium holds for the most part,” Gundy said. “We have always challenged our team that way and told them to come together as a group and play hard and that gives them the best chance to win.”

The numbers are not quite as disjointed at this hour of the day.

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