Daily Mullets (September 23)

My kids had their first sleepover last night. Or rather, our friends had a date night and their kids stayed at our house. Five kids under four all night. ☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️

Football News

Three numbers to know ahead of this year’s Baylor game. Great stuff from Sam Aldrich here. [PFB]

As of right now OSU would have the worst Big 12 rushing offense since WVU and TCU joined. But they didn’t go back and take out all the sacks for every team in every year so I dunno if I believe any of these numbers or really any college football rushing numbers at all. [HCS]

Rennie Childs 100-yard performance is a rarity since Joe Randle left. [PFB]

Good behind the scenes look at Rudolph’s first start. [NewsOK]

S&P+ and F/+ both say you should take OSU plus eight points this weekend. [Football Study Hall]

Devante Averette: “In junior college, I was the 23rd linebacker on the depth chart. I had to work hard to make it.” [Tulsa World]

This is a terrific breakdown of OSU vs. Baylor and specifically what’s up with OSU’s offense. OSU only put up 29 yards per drive against the Bears last year. [SicEm365]

Throwback Thursday yesterday was a fun one. [PFB]

Around the League

Get to know Baylor. Awesome Q&A with the Waco-Tribune sports editor here on what to expect on Saturday. [PFB]

Joel Klatt on the Big 12: The worst thing that can happen to your conference is when your top-tier teams lose to middle-of-the-road teams from other conferences. [NewsOK]

Seth Russell on Saturday’s game: “It’s the start of a new season. Preseason is over with. As our strength coaches say, ‘It’s our heavyweight rounds.’ These guys are coming in swinging hard, and we need to answer back.” [NewsOK]

Everyone at ESPN is taking Baylor over Oklahoma State. [ESPN]

Amazing.

If it looks like a Duck. Moves like a Duck. Must be a Duck. #GoDucks pic.twitter.com/iKz5cOUdfF

— GoDucks (@GoDucks) September 22, 2016

Recruiting News

Tylan Wallace is fast. Very fast. [PFB]

But maybe not as fast as Chuba Hubbard. [PFB]

Podcast

Mark Cooper came on. Carson and I broke down the Gundy rant and discussed genetic crootin. It was a delight. [PFB]

Also, we got an answer to Cooper’s favorite COOP beer.

Always a pleasure. (The answer, btw, is Alpha Hive. Oktoberfest's a solid second) https://t.co/yVpWCAJQt9

— Mark Cooper (@mark_cooperjr) September 22, 2016

Other Sports

Josh Holliday on his new recruiting class: “I don’t think we’ll really feel the impact of last year’s success until more generations of recruiting have a chance to come to campus and really continue to feel the direction of our program and the validation of what we set out to do. That we can hopefully be a perennial College World Series team.” [O’Colly]

IDK

???? Jawun Evans https://t.co/jedp3sjKPl

— Doug Gottlieb (@GottliebShow) September 22, 2016

More Stuff I’m Reading

I finished this book last night at the recommendation of Bill Haisten. I could not put it down. [GoodReads]

This on the KD interview was strong, good. [Up The Thunder]

This is incredible, but the ending is all-time.