How the Mike Gundy era at Oklahoma State came to an end

STILLWATER, Okla. -- Earlier this month, Oklahoma State athletic officials, regents and donors took a chartered flight to Oregon for the Cowboys' Week 2 game against the Ducks .

The trip's purpose went beyond watching the game. The group of roughly 50 visited Nike's headquarters and toured a winery founded by an Oklahoma State alum in Oregon's Willamette Valley. But OSU's power brokers also wanted to see for themselves what it would take to compete against the very best in college football's revenue-sharing era.

The game itself would reveal just how far the Cowboys had fallen in a little over a year under their legendary head coach. In a 69-3 beatdown , the Ducks handed OSU its worst loss since Nov. 8, 1907 -- days before Oklahoma gained statehood.

The charter flight back to Still