Daily Bullets (November 11)

College football playoff

OSU is No. 8 in the College Football Playoff rankings. (PFB)

Why OSU is underrated at No. 8. (CBS)

Jeff Long’s explanation of the OSUs here is hilarious and ridiculous. (FOX)

Why Oklahoma State will make the Playoff. (HCS)

A lot can still happen, but are we looking at a second straight year of the Big 12 being left out of the playoff? (ESPN)

“I think the committee remains feeling that Baylor is strong and stronger, therefore we voted them ahead of Oklahoma State.” (Go Pokes)

Football news

Can OSU really win the Big 12 without a running game? (NewsOK)

Mike Warren is the Iowa State rushing leader with 997 yards. He is on the brink of becoming the first Cyclone freshman and the seventh Big 12 freshman to rush for 1,000 yards. He’s from Lawton. 😐 (Tulsa World)

Tre Flowers on James Washington: “I’m going to put my kids into just as many sports as he played, so hopefully they come out as good.” Great article here. (NewsOK)

Trace Clark on Jimmy Bean: “It’s an unbelievable feeling, but then it comes with great sadness for Jimmy Bean because I’ve worked with him, I’ve grinded with him in the summers, in the winters, when we have the offseason. He’s felt my pain, and I’ve felt his, but now, for him to go down like this is definitely not something you want to see happen to anybody.” (O’Colly)

Nah, the 2011 team would smack this team around a little bit. That team was all-time. (CRFF)

J.W. Walsh: “The (TCU) win was tremendous for our football team. To be able to have all facets of the game working for us is big. Moving forward, we are going to be a confident football team. We’ve been confident all year and are excited for the opportunity to play Iowa State. Focus is huge this week.” (NewsOK)

Keep this up for three, possibly five (!), more games and you’ll have the entire Cowboy family bringing you fried chicken by the barrel, coach. (CRFF)

Recruiting news

Devin Harper had a “great time” on his visit to Stillwater. (PFB)

See how some future Pokes performed last week. (PFB)

PFB News

Let’s talk about points per drive and see where OSU ranks. (PFB)

Boone’s house in November will be (and has been) immense. (PFB)

Notes on Mike Gundy’s Monday presser. Some great, great stuff. (PFB)

How about these new hoops threads? I like them. (PFB)

Glenn Spencer: “We can get beat by anybody.” (PFB)

I had OSU ranked No. 7 in the CFB ranking. Silly me for not thinking Iowa (!) and Stanford (!!) would be ahead of them. (PFB)