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1. I included this in the Twitter roundup of the game but I felt like it deserved its own space here as well. Might be the tweet of the year so far…
I think they should switch to a white Bullet when the walk ons come in.
— Nolan (@nolancox) September 15, 2012
2. Just to reiterate: OSU put up more yards than it ever has in its football history with a backup QB who couldn’t even finish a practice last season because his right arm wasn’t up to it. I think this team’s system is here to stay.
3. After Lunt went down and I took 20 shots of bourbon sat void of emotions at my computer for 10 minutes, the only thought I had for the next quarter was “but at least we figured out the punt return situation!” Really though, how much more do we trust David Glidden than, well, anyone else on this roster to return punts?
4. Gundy Badger making another appearance last night with a 38-0 “I don’t give a crap, I’m the reigning Big 12 champ!” second quarter onside kick. So that was nice. It looked like Hudspeth got a little chippy with him after the game but I also read into postgame handshakes like I’m Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest so maybe not…
5. I thought the crowd was excellent given the circumstances (Sun Belt team, coming off a loss, 11 AM kick). Obviously the air gets taken out a little bit after last week and with Lunt’s mangled knee strewn all over the turf but they hung in there. Now if we could get the speakers on top of BPS under 100,000 decibals we’d be getting somewhere…
6. Cowboys still haven’t really forced a turnover this year. The Savannah State game is whatever (my mom and sister could have induced a pick in that game), none last week, then one this week that was basically Louisiana’s running back saying “hey I saw that thing Josh Stewart did last week where he just handed the ball to the other team, I thought that was nice and I wanted to repay the favor and pad Quinn Sharp’s FG stats, thanks for paying us to come play you!”
7. When God created Josh Stewart, He did so knowing that a genius with a mullet from Houston would bring the air raid to Oklahoma State and that Stewart would eventually go to college there. The fit could not be more perfect.
8. OSU only had five penalties for 45 yards. You know, just a Calvin Barnett away game’s worth.
9. Gundy really is the best. I think he’s just trying to see what he can get away with at this point. He wore a tucked in gray1 pullover, gray Nike kicks, and a haircut that looked like something out of Val Kilmer’s 1980s playbook.
Then he straight up lied to everybody in the country about Wes Lunt at halftime2 and you guys (myself included) can’t get enough of the guy!
Jim Knox: “we hear Wes Lunt is OK.” Gundy: “you guys know more than I do, that’s how journalism is these days.”
— Pistols Firing (@pistolsguy) September 15, 2012
10. Two weeks until Texas is a good thing for this team right now. Re-group the injured guys, get Walsh on a deep ball program, and pray the Ole Miss game was an aberration for David Ash.
4. Looked for that at the end of the game, didn’t see it. Also didn’t hear any animosity toward Gundy in postgame, articles or otherwise by anyone who knew the situation (maybe I am wrong?). It was the right coaching move, simple math.
7. Holgorsen is like a wallet dropped in a volcano. Let it go man, it’s gone.
9. At that point, I bet he DID know less about the injury. He is the consummate football CEO and had his priorities in place, I am sure he planned on finding out what the situation was when he should, i.e. halftime.
“7. Holgorsen is like a wallet dropped in a volcano. Let it go man, it’s gone.”
Perfect!
Is this the first time you have noticed that Gundy tucks his pullover jackets in to his pants? That has been one of his trademarks for years.
I thought the onside kick was appropriate after those cheap shots on Walsh!
The onside was definitely appropriate. Kicking off from the 50, you either onside it or kick it through the uprights. The upright option simply nets 25 yards. The onside option puts them closer to their goal line with the opportunity for us getting an offensive series with a short field to work with. Good coaching IMO.
Gundy will knock off that tucked-in-jacket look as he ages from a flat-belly to a round-belly……BTW, interesting little stat from the NCAA statistics file: Right now, Arizona is #4 nationally in Total Offense and smack in the middle at #61 for Total Defense. I think that’s better than any team played by any other B12 member and may take away a little of the sting….
I liked the onside kick call. Good opportunity for practicing it given that there are new rules involved. Plus as was evident in the az game, there might be a need for another one before the season is out. I looked at it as more of a practice opportunity than Gundy trying to score again quickly. Also about az, I really hope, and think they have a legitimate chance of being way better this year than expected. If they make a decent showing in the Pac12, it can only help our ranking later on this season. It’ll be interesting to see what they can muster against Oregon this week.
A) Gundy’s hair hasn’t changed in years.
B) His pullover tuck-in habit hasn’t changed in years.
C) It’s common practice to show a little trickery–i.e. an onside kick–in a blowout before conference play, so other coaches know you might be tricky.
Dude, why the constant haranguing of Gundy? It’s funny sometimes, but you’re overdoing it a little.
Hah, I love Gundy, he might be my favorite OSU coach ever, but he’s a goofball and thus an easy target.
A) No, sorry, your wrong on that one. Gundy got it buzzed pretty tight this time, and it’s pretty ugly. And the only reason I noticed this is because the wives of two of my OSU buddies both have a major crush on Gundy. They are quick to point out stuff like that.
#7 – if memory serves, Stewart committed to aTm as a cornerback.
I was listening to the radio broadcast, and it seems like I should be glad I did. In regards to the onside kick, we were kicking from the 50 because of a roughing the passer penalty. Dave and John said Gundy kicked onside probably to get back at ULL for the late hits. Seemed like a good enough explanation for me and a valid reason for him to do so.
Bingo – Bury the dirty bastards. (posted below already)
After the 2nd late hit on Walsh – the 2 step’s after the ball was release helmet to the throwing shoulder happened, I was all for burying LaLa as deep a possible. Still don’t know why the LaLa player wasn’t ejected.
Stat of the Day:
12 Yards/Carry – 1 TD every 6th Carry for 1 TD.
16.5 Yards/Pass – 1 TD every 5th Pass for 4 TD’s.
Can I please switch places with the trainer on the left, she seems a little bored….
Hah, good observation. Maybe she’s tired of scoring 60+ at home…
I’m not QUITE 60+ and I don’t have that much money…..but ….I did comment on the “are our colors GRAY and black now !!!??” And I did mentiont to PistolsPops that Gundy’s haircut looked like a bad Marine haircut. I mean Howie Long probably doesn’t make 3.5 mil+ and he gets a good flat top…
Shouldn’t be that difficult, right?
PistolsMom and PistolsPops just came out of the woodwork as the two most underrated “why didn’t I think of that” nicknames of all time.