Daily Mullets (September 29)

Football News

Tre Flowers on Texas: “They are really big. Big and physical guys. It’s going to be a tackling thing, and I know we can do it.” [NewsOK]

OSU’s offense has been more efficient than its defense. No huge surprise. [PFB]

OSU’s run game is key against Texas. Good stuff here by Thomas Fleming. [PFB]

Jordan Sterns: “Over the last couple of months I’ve just grown a lot in my spirituality. At the end of the day I wouldn’t be doing any of this stuff. I wouldn’t be here without God. I wouldn’t be alive without God. I wouldn’t be blessed with the talent I’ve got to play football without God.” [okstate]

Mason Rudolph on Jalen McCleskey: “For being a little undersized and little lean, he really sticks his head in there and he’s not afraid to take a hit. Just so durable. A wiry, strong kid.” [NewsOK]

Pickens-Gundy News

OSU will never do better than Mike Gundy. [PFB]

I missed one for OU here so they have played for two (2011, 2015), but OSU has played for the most Big 12 titles since the league went to 10 teams.

No. of times B12 teams have played final game for B12 title (i.e. win & you’re champ) in last 5 yrs:#okstate: 3
BU: 2
KSU: 1
TX: 1
OU: 1

— Pistols Firing (@pistolsguys) September 29, 2016

And wouldn’t you know it, both of these powerful men are extremely stubborn. They are hard headed. They are strong willed. Maybe you don’t scale the heights that they’ve climbed without that mentality, but you don’t necessarily play well with others either. [NewsOK]

We had Gundy on the podcast on Wednesday (sort of). [PFB]

Great timeline here from Mark Cooper of everything inflammatory that has been said over the years. [Tulsa World]

Hey, let’s re-visit those Pickens quotes from the beginning of the year. [PFB]

Even if the Pickens situation occupies only 1 percent of Gundy’s brain, it’s 1 percent too much. While Gundy has prevailed in four consecutive games against Texas in Austin, he has never beaten the Longhorns at Boone Pickens Stadium. [Tulsa World]

It is sort of getting lost that Boone also said OU’s president should retire (!) [Yahoo]

Evan weighs in.

You can't win championships if it's not your goal to win. You can't win if it doesn't make you sick to achieve anything less than that goal.

— Evan Epstein (@EvanEpstein60) September 29, 2016

Around the Country

Ray Rice on Joe Mixon: “My advice to him would be to take full responsibility for his actions, surround himself with anybody who can keep his mind rehabilitated on the do’s and don’ts, give him an environment that’s going to help him be better. You have to get it. It shouldn’t take a video. It shouldn’t take any of that. Take full responsibility. I had to learn that. It wasn’t about the drinking or anything like that.” [Tulsa World]

The Big 12 might stink: Record against fellow Power-5 teams plus losses to lesser-level teams: ACC 7-9, Big Ten 7-9, SEC 5-7, Pac-12 7-10, American 5-12, Big 12 4-11. This is the best metric of all. Games against peer leagues, plus penalized for losing to lower-status teams. And the Big 12 stinks. [NewsOK]

Recruiting News

Basketball targets to keep an eye on as the recruiting period nears an end at the beginning of November. [PFB]

Ryder Cup News

I ranked all 24 golfers. [CBS]

Rickie Fowler is prepared for his third Ryder Cup. [PFB]

I’m out here for Patrick Reed.

If Patrick Reed doesn’t come to the first tee like this on Friday morning then why even play the event? pic.twitter.com/yaxaR5B49k

— Kyle Porter (@KylePorterCBS) September 28, 2016