Daily Bullets
Daily Bullets (September 1)
Football news
Hey, Carson Cunningham and I want to do a podcast. We need a sponsor though. (PFB)
Cool Q&A here with Chris Brown (you may know him as @smartfootball on Twitter) about the air raid offense and his backstory. (NewsOK)
Three stats that should improve significantly for OSU in 2015. (PFB)
The Devante Averette story has now been told a few times, but Jenni Carlson does a really good job with it here. It includes a great Glenn Spencer quote: “That’s something that just seeps through the veins of everybody when you have a guy like that, and he’s one of those guys.” (NewsOK)
Kevin Peterson compares Chris Carson to AD. (PFB)
Mel Kiper ranks the defensive ends. Shawn Oakman is 5th. Emmanuel Ogbah is 6th. (ESPN)
This from Boone on five storylines to watch in 2015 is excellent. (PFB)
Mike Gundy: ““I’m as excited about our football team as I’ve been since I’ve been here.” (ESPN)
Ben Grogan would have Jennifer Anniston over for a four-person dinner. (okstate)
Uniform chatter
Ranking the OSU helmets. (PFB)
Around the country
Do people not think this? Illinois fired football coach Tim Beckman last week, and maybe the reasons were multiple. But we know of one. Beckman didn’t win enough games. Can everyone be honest? Beckman was run off because Illinois found a good reason to do so. (NewsOK)
This Big 12 preview is excellent if you want to read about how OSU is going to fare in the context of other Big 12 squads. (Sports on Earth)
Tyrone Swoopes is starting for Texas at Notre Dame. Good luck with that. (LGG)
Big 12 bold predictions (WVU with the best defense in the B12!) (ESPN)
Tech has no QB. I’m actually surprised it’s not Mahomes by now.
Texas Tech releases Week 1 depth chart. Still no declaration at QB pic.twitter.com/L88i96RTM4
— Jake Trotter (@Jake_Trotter) August 31, 2015
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Briles asked if recent controversy has affected preparation: "Honestly, I haven't felt anything."
— David Ubben (@davidubben) August 31, 2015
Hoops news
Cool story here about a guy who played for Mr. Iba and why he’s selling a gold basketball he was given. (O’Colly)
More stuff I’m reading
Brian Phillips on Serena. All of it. (Grantland)
Rethinking work. (NYT)
Saw this documentary over the weekend. It was good, not great.
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Hoops4 days ago
DeVries to WVU, Sprinkle to Washington, What’s Next for Oklahoma State?
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Wrestling5 days ago
OSU Wrestling: Why Daton Fix Should Never Be a Villain
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Hoops3 days ago
Report: Medved, Alford, Drew ‘In the Mix’ for Oklahoma State Vacancy
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Wrestling3 days ago
OSU Wrestling: Sammy Alvarez Reportedly in Transfer Portal