Daily Bullets
Daily Bullets (April 7)
Ramon Speaks
The more Glenn Spencer explains, the better Ramon-to-Safety feels:
“He’s got top-end closing speed,” Spencer said. “Once he gets it diagnosed, he really can track the ball. He does a good job of reading eyes of quarterbacks. What we thought, him playing back there, having a little bit more freedom than he does at corner, it’s helped him a lot.” [O’Colly]
That word “freedom” both makes me squirm and excites at the same time concerning Ramon in the open field. You can see him being in the wrong place but you could also see the below happening with greater frequency.
#Big12FB: The week nine #TopPlays winning play is Ramon Richards' interception in OSU's win over West Virginia. https://t.co/XuCLbxX3DP
— Big 12 Conference (@Big12Conference) November 3, 2016
Who is John Cooper?
A little history and context on the new OSU basketball assistant.
And though Cooper doesn’t appear to have past ties to the Oklahoma and Texas areas — the states where 80 percent of OSU’s 2016-17 roster came from — he does have experience.
Cooper spent the last eight seasons as a head coach — five at Miami (Ohio) and three at Tennessee State. He was 43-52 at Tennessee State and at 59-100 at Miami (Ohio) before he was fired on March 10.
Prior to becoming a head coach, Cooper worked from 1995-2009 as an assistant coach at power-conference schools. That’s how he and Boynton are connected.
Cooper was an assistant at South Carolina from 1995-2001. That means he was on the staff that recruited Boynton and coached him his freshman season, 2000-01.
Cooper went on to stints at Oregon (2002-04) and Auburn (2004-09) before landing his first head-coaching job.
Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Cooper played at Wichita State from 1987-91. [TulsaWorld]
Boynton has planted himself between two experienced assistants with wide ranging ties. A former head coach is nice to have on staff, Cooper is a James Dickey with ties in other parts of the country. This staff is decidedly not-southwestern (Texas, Oklahoma) and that’s a contrarian move for the Big 12.
Welcome the newest member of the Cowboy coaching staff, John Cooper! #letswork #okstate
DETAILS: https://t.co/unvzKacz1E pic.twitter.com/X8wsMUMRxa
— Cowboy Basketball (@OSUMBB) April 7, 2017
OSU and NCAA Notes
Mason cracked a rib then housed the Horns 49-31….Travis Ford is going after Underwood’s decommitted star….Pokes come home to try and get that first Big 12 series win against K-State this weekend….Details for next Saturday’s spring game….A touted Kansas big who was looking to replace a potential no. 1 pick is transferring….Was Monday’s title game the ugliest ever?
Unsure about this source but somebody thinks our QB commit for 2018 is can’t miss. The city of Denton has been good to us before.
2018 Top 10 Texas QB Rankings #recruiting #cantmisssports pic.twitter.com/fxV4ivS7gq
— CAN'T MISS SPORTS (@cantmisssports1) March 13, 2017
#Big12FB: 2017 Media Days will be held at the Frisco Star Ford Center on July 17-18. pic.twitter.com/BKm6DXM1EY
— Big 12 Conference (@Big12Conference) April 6, 2017
Dez guest speaking at media days from training camp?
What You Missed on PFB
- Pokes made the cut on a four-star receiver from Houston
- Mike Boynton added a former head coach to his staff yesterday
- Cowboys reached out to a 6’5″ grad transfer from Wright State
- Darius Curry’s fifth year in Stillwater may be his most important one
Other Stuff I’m Reading
Incredible story on former Thunder assistant Monty Williams and life after losing his wife….Westbrook’s closing argument for MVP: he’s climaxing while others plateau….Super challenging thoughts on defining masculinity….Loved this long piece on Sam Hinkie and “the process”
Hearing about the filibuster in DC on Wednesday night, this was all I could think about:
Masters Coverage
- Charley Hoffman leads after day one and nine thoughts from KP
- Fun piece on a how a crowd is trying to fill in for Arnie
- You can buy a green jacket?
- All the winners over the past 11 years have been marked by this one thing
- Jordan Spieth took a tumble
- Dustin Johnson, currently no. 1 in the world, pulled out minutes before round one
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