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Kyle Porter —  December 19, 2012 — 2 Comments

Another day, another four tickets to give away on Twitter. Tune in. #santapistols

Football

Wow. (Scout)

Is Oklahoma State about to need two new coordinators? (NewsOK)

Ubben thinks OSU is definitely a Big 12 title contender next year. I concur. (ESPN)

Weirdest stat here? Big 12 teams averaged more runs than passes… (Big 12 Sports)

Cooper Bassett is sad it all has to end. (NewsOK)

Sure is nice to have an SEC-esque DT. (ESPN)

Interesting: NationalChamps.net doesn’t think OSU will be ranked to start the year. These guys are usually spot-on too. (NationalChamps)

Jonovan Griffin leaves the program. (NewsOK)

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Stranger In A Strange Land

Kyle Porter —  December 18, 2012 — 9 Comments
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This is a guest post from friend of the blog (and former OSU intramural all-star) Cam Hardaway. He’s an entrepreneur at heart and wrote a cool post about how Oklahoma State is like that sexy Silicon Valley startup right now. You can follow him on Twitter at @cambronhardaway.

Cowboy Faithful,

I’m a stranger in a strange land.  One year ago, I moved my wife (a die hard Native Texan) and son (we have two now), to the most obscure of places in the minds of Republicans and meat eaters alike, Silicon Valley — I caught the tech bug.

Google is awesome, Facebook sucks, Jobs lived on Waverly Street and Box is making enterprise software sexy. I love it. The inhabitants of our peninsula are entrepreneurial, ridiculously smart (don’t assume that I am) and ambitious. They also love sports, most competitive people do. Some of the most innovative and disruptive ideas are nurtured and developed here, to be shared (hopefully at a profit) with the entire world (see Twitter).

Companies in the Bay Area come and go — running out of venture capital because their ideas suck or the market opportunity wasn’t as big as originally thought, getting gobbled up by Apple, Microsoft, Oracle or Cisco and in rare feats of accomplishment go public and embark to take over the world!  Which brings me to our alma mater.
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Daily Bullets

Kyle Porter —  December 18, 2012 — 2 Comments

10 AM bowl ticket giveaway on Twitter. Follow here…


Football

Ubbs picked Wes Lunt to have 4,000 yards. Instead he had 3rd most on his own team. (ESPN)

This is always funny: looking back at how All-Big 12 guys were projected coming out of high school. (ESPN)

How excited am I supposed to be about this? (ESPN)

Goodness, Dan Bailey is just doing work this year. (okstate)

Weird…guess he wants to win titles. (ESPN)

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My favorite parts…

0:14 — where do I get that jacket?

1:33 — I can’t not get chills.

2:20 — the other day I said Markel bought Kobe’s jumper on Ebay. I lied, I think he actually bought Joe Adkins’ jumper…

2:51 — I think Country literally raised the roof with that ball.

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My Team Sucks

Kyle Porter —  December 17, 2012 — Leave a comment
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Every fan has a propensity for thinking their team gives up the most career days to its opponents.

We’ve been there as OSU fans, everybody’s been there, Baylor’s been there for a long time.

So what really happened in 2012?

Here’s a look at which teams gave up the most Big 12 players of the week this year.

OffenseDefense
Kansas11
Baylor11
Iowa State01
West Virginia53
Texas10
Texas Tech11
Oklahoma State22
TCU01
Kansas State01
OU00

Goodness, West Virginia. From 10/15 to 11/19 they gave up five of the six offensive players of the week. And they had an off week!

They also gave up the most defensive players of the week.

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Daily Bullets

Kyle Porter —  December 17, 2012 — 3 Comments

Happy first day of CBS blogging to me. The Links (my golf version of the Bullets) is posted here.

Football

Maybe we won’t have to fire him… (NewsOK)

So much yes. (ESPN)

Can the Pistols Firing crew get a series or two? Also, how about Dana calling plays from a cocktail napkin?! (NewsOK)

We’ll know early on if OSU is interested in being in this game. If so, they’ll run away with it. (ESPN)

A bit dramatic, no? (NewsOK)

@carsonc5 had a sweet headline idea for this: CHELF STARTER. (NewsOK)

Gundy tries to clear the air about him and Holder, actually says nothing. (Tulsa World)

What fans think about Gundy right now. (NewsOK)

Scary that our punt returning was actually improved from last year. (NewsOK)

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Five Thoughts On The Central Arkansas Game

Kyle Porter —  December 16, 2012 — 1 Comment

Box Score

1. If you were sitting around this holiday season wondering what Big Nasty has been up to since his 1994 national title and subsequent NBA career, you now have your answer — coaching the honey badgering-ist team in small college hoops. They should call it “40 minutes of purgatory.”

2. There were two huge runs in the first half: first Central Arkansas went on a 22-11 streak to open the game, then OSU responded with a 29-4 spot that essentially put the Bears away. The Cowboys put on a defensive clinic during this streak too — and considering the ineptitude of the halfcourt offense, this is going to be what defines their Big 12 season.

3. One thing that scares me — OSU’s transition interior defense and rebounding. When teams run sets I have confidence in the ability of Jurick and Cobbins to protect the rim and get boards. On the run with fast-paced teams…not so much.

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Dirty.

Posted by Kyle Porter on December 16, 2012 In Hoops
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Daily Bullets

Kyle Porter —  December 14, 2012 — 4 Comments

Hope your Christmas shopping goes well this weekend.

I’ll be giving away four OSU bowl tickets on Twitter today, follow for more details…


Football

That worst case scenario scares me… (ESPN)

Jimmie Tramel ranks OSU’s bowl games. (Tulsa World)

Bill Connelly tabs OSU to win by 26 (!) over Purdue. (SB Nation)

Some good what-ifs here from Slater and why OSU’s season could have been much different. (NewsOK)

I might get the Slip N Slide back out. (via @sjwalton425) (Maui News)

Hoops

I’m (obviously) biased, but I don’t know how Smart can’t be in the top 10 here. (ESPN Insider)

Berry on what would save college hoops in OKC. (NewsOK)

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Which Big 12 Offense Was Best?

Kyle Porter —  December 13, 2012 — 6 Comments
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David Ubben posed the question yesterday on his Big 12 blog. There are a number of ways to look at this but the title of “best offense in the Big 12″ definitely belongs to one of the following five schools: Baylor, KSU, OSU, OU, and WVU.

First, let’s rid ourselves of the archaic points per game metric when looking at best offenses. Oklahoma State does not necessarily have a better offense than Alabama because they score 20 or 30 more points per game. That’s dumb and outdated.

The true measure of a great offense is how efficient you are when you get the ball.

For example, if you get 1,000 possessions in a season and score 200 TDs but punt 800 times, you’d set the NCAA record for points scored, but you were ridiculously inefficient in doing it. And since other teams get the same amount of possessions (roughly) as you, you probably went 0-12. Plus, your punter needs a leg replacement and those are expensive.

So to answer the question about which offense was most efficient, let’s dig into the numbers.

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Daily Bullets

Kyle Porter —  December 13, 2012 — 14 Comments

Clint Chelf lost his “most revered figure by sororities in the Big 12″ title belt last night…to a coach.

Football

Pretty crazy that three QBs from the ’99-’00 Big 12 are now calling plays for Big 12 teams. (NewsOK)

OSU bowl game worth meeting at a bar for? Is it? (CBS Sports)

On Lane Taylor’s marriage. (Tulsa World)

Why the Big 12 won’t expand. (ESPN)

Gina doesn’t think OSU will switch from the air raid. #freestitt (NewsOK)

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Three Reasons For Joe Randle To Turn Pro

Kyle Porter —  December 12, 2012 — 9 Comments

I have three great reasons Joe Randle should declare for the NFL draft on January 2, 2013.

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