Daily Mullets (November 9)

Donald Trump is the 45th President of the United States. No matter who you voted for, those are strange words to read.

Football News

Oklahoma State moves to No. 13 in the CFB Playoff rankings. [PFB]

This is interesting.

Kirby Hocutt on OkSt loss to CMU on final play: "We're viewing it as a loss. It's not within our purview to decide wins and losses."

— Chuck Carlton (@ChuckCarltonDMN) November 9, 2016

Intriguing quote here from Mike Yurcich: “We’re not banging our head against the wall. We’re taking what the defense gives us, which is a good thing. The quarterback is doing a great job distributing the football, and the running backs are running tough. I think all those things add up into a better run-game and a better balance of attack. We have to make sure we do it again this week, come out and play tougher and continue to improve.” [Go Pokes]

Nyc Burns, gone. [PFB]

Devante Averette is set on not allowing Texas Tech to score 53 points again: “We want revenge. We want revenge and we have to get those numbers down. We have to settle this on defense.” [NewsOK]

Whoooo! Rudolph made his debut on this list last week, after a start to the season that didn’t match his level of play from 2015, when he was one of the top-graded passing QBs in the nation. He then went out and posted his highest grade of the season in the Cowboys’ win over Kansas State, and he now ranks fourth among Power-5 QBs with a grade of 87.4. He leads the nation in passing yards recorded on throws of 20-plus yards downfield, with 1,142. [Pro Football Focus]

Which Oklahoma State duos would make the best presidential teams. [PFB]

I really enjoyed this from our intern Caleb Deck on what the win predictor percentage numbers tell us about OSU. [PFB]

Max Olson of ESPN: “Have people noticed Oklahoma State has won five in a row? I feel like the Cowboys are still flying under the national radar. They’re legit. Great defense, great playmakers, veteran quarterback, well-coached. They’re supposed to be 8-1 right now, too. I’m honestly a little more optimistic about their chances of winning the Big 12 than I was last season when they started 10-0.” [ESPN]

Mike Yurcich on The Prez: “I know (Washington) is one of the best receivers I’ve ever seen.” [NewsOK]

How Oklahoma State needs Patty Mahomes to be less Michael Jordan and more DeAndre Jordan. [Tulsa World]

OSU is getting consistently better on offense this season. [PFB]

Good stuff from OKC Dave.

|@pistolsguy Washington vs Rashaun & Blackmon by career game pic.twitter.com/8uwPAQzefm

— Oklahoma State Stats (@OSUStats) November 7, 2016

Around the League/Country

Berry Tramel doesn’t have a single Big 12 team in his national top 10, and he’s probably right. [NewsOK]

Baylor will not get the Penn State treatment. [Yahoo]

The Heisman race might already be over. [Yahoo]

With the loss to Texas last week, Kingsbury fell to 23-24 in four years in Lubbock. While he has taken the Red Raiders to two bowl games, Tech must win two out of three games to end this season to go to another. [Tulsa World]

Hoops News

Most OSU coaches don’t win in their first year as head coach at Oklahoma State and none do when taking over a sub-.500 team. [PFB]

Ranking Oklahoma State’s non-conference basketball schedule. [PFB]

What will Brad Underwood’s rotations look like in 2016-17? [PFB]

More Stuff I’m reading

This was great.

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— Mason Cox (@masonsixtencox) November 9, 2016