In the long arc of college football, few moments carry more meaning than when a program rebuilding from ruin finds its footing against a giant. On a Saturday night in Stillwater, Oklahoma State — a team that won just one game last season — defeated preseason No. 2 Oregon 39-31, ending a 21-game losing streak and shattering the Ducks' 41-game winning streak against unranked opponents. Quarterback Drew Mestemaker, reunited with first-year coach Eric Morris, delivered a performance that was equal parts precision and will, reminding the sport that belief, once restored, is a difficult thing to con