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OSU is loaded in basketball, you already know this. And I’m mentally preparing myself to hear the term “loaded” 292,000 times in the next seven months when describing this OSU basketball team. In fact, I might eschew that word in favor of something less traditional. How does “this team is drunk on talent” sound? How about “this team is full of highly skilled American basketball players”?
OK, “loaded” it is.
On Wednesday, Kentucky (perennially ”loaded”) released its non-conference schedule. It includes Michigan State, Baylor, Carolina, and Louisville.
Salty.
That got me thinking about five matchups I’d love to see OSU pursue for the non-con portion of their schedule this season. I get tired of the SE Louisianas and Tennessee Technicals of the world. There’s really no point in playing those teams, especially with the squad you have coming back. Let’s fill the beginning of December – middle of January entertainment void with these five games.
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Thanks for getting your questions in today on Twitter. I’ll try to start doing this more often if you guys promise to ask good questions (“talk about” will get you blocked). I feel inspired by the #AskGundy shenanigans. I won’t make you start an #AskPistols hashtag but let’s start having some fun with this…
Who is your favorite PFB contributor? – @mattquade12
OKC Dave.
Which would you rather experience in person again: ’04 Regional Final, Durant 3OT game, 2011 Bedlam, Ventura breaks hit streak? – @mattquade12
First of all, aren’t you working on your PhD? Do you really have time to be interacting with a blogger multiple times on Twitter during the school day? If I had to pick one of those though it would probably be the 3OT game. You guys know my feelings on GIA and despite that game being kind of the last great moment (other than beating KU in Sean’s last season) it was as pure and as unhinged as I’ve ever seen the place. Plus the fact that we knew with 100% certainty that KD was going to be a future killer in the NBA made it that much more special.
Better chance… #okstate football making a BCS game or #okstate football making the final four? – @mttruelove
Pretty good (fair) question that I’ve been debating for 15 minutes. I told you guys earlier this year that our basketball team was definitely better than our football team and got laughed off the Internet. It’s going to be much of the same next year but (and I can’t believe I’m saying this about a dude who tucks hoodies into his pants) I trust Gundy a lot more than I trust Ford.
Plus there’s a blueprint for getting to a BCS bowl. You know pretty much exactly what you have to do (win the conference) and exactly how you’re going to do it before the season starts. Making the Final Four is much more volatile. You could get a wildly mis-seeded team in the first round (hi, Oregon) or a Steph Curry reincarnate in the second. The NCAA Tournament is such a wild card so even though our basketball team will again be better than our football team, I’ll go BCS bowl.
What’s your favorite mythical creature? – @aboedeker
Dana Holgorsen.
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And we really wonder why these kids are so drunk on themselves when they get to college?
Here’s the original tweet:
This takes the cake as far as recruiting mail goes haha #extramile #okstate instagram.com/p/YynGDuQwpg/
— Jimmie Swain IV (@jimmieswain) May 2, 2013
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Since Gundy is now taking three questions a day on Twitter “every day for the foreseeable future” I thought I should list the 10 I’d most like to see his answers to1…
1. What do I have to give you to get one minute of footage of you and Monk at a craps table in Vegas?
2. Will you take a pay cut if the words “Bill Self” are involved?
3. Alex Cate’s father: does he have photos of you or Kristen? Or both?
4. How many times have you wished you had a mulligan on naming your kid “Gunner Gundy”?
5. Have you considered eschewing the porcupine look and reverting to the mop-top of the early 1990s? Why or why not?
