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I did 40 last year when you could, you know, do 25 alone on W2B. Here are 10 to get you started with 10 more to come later in the week.

1. Josh Stewart will lead the team in receptions – Gundy’s already said it will be either Stewart or Randle and I just can’t bring myself to believe that an offense led by Todd Monken will allow a running back be its leading receiver.

2. Gilbert moves into a tie for 3rd in kick returns – He has four and trails 4th place Brandon Banks (K-State) and 3rd place Ashlan Davis (Tulsa) with five and six respectively. And he might get both in the first game.

3. Wes Lunt throws 30 TD – It’s only happened three times in OSU history but it’s also never not happened since OSU installed the air raid. The freshman record is 36 (Bradford).

4. OSU Leads the Big 12 in scoring offense for the third straight year – They led by a TD in 2010 and by three last year over the fightin’ Griffins. The margin, if it exists, won’t be nearly as comfortable but I think it still exists.

5. OSU starts 15+ guys on defense – Did you realize the Cowboys only started 13 different guys on defense last season? Unheard of, and won’t happen again.

6. Joe Randle goes 25+ TDs again – They’re going to ride him all season so barring the i-word I see him getting this. He put up a TD every eight carries (208 total) last year¹ so that might not happen again but he’ll also catch more than 43 balls for 2 TD out of the backfield. I see a 18-8 rush/receiving split. Something like that.

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Big thanks to Melanie Weeden taking some time out of her busy life to chat on Pistols Firing. You should follow her on Twitter if you aren’t already.

1. You guys have been caught up in quite a whirlwind over the last few years. What was the non-football moment where you were like “whoa, I can’t believe this is my life now”?

While Brandon was a collegiate athlete, he was busy with football and academics. I had a full-time career. We didn’t have much extra time or money.

However, during the spring, I was able to quit my job, and we’ve been fortunate enough to go on some fun trips. e went to the Masters, spent time in Scottsdale, visited wine country, San Fransisco, Los Angeles, New York City, and now we’re in Cleveland! It’s been a crazy whirlwind!

We enjoyed every minute of our time at Oklahoma State, and so far, we’re really enjoying Cleveland. We are lucky to have amazing family and friends who are supportive and genuinely care about us. We realize things are changing, but we will always remember where we came from and we’ll continue to appreciate the people and blessings in our lives.

2. Three favorite sports-related movies or tv shows?

Happy Gilmore – a classic…I probably watched this movie thousands of times as a kid. I bet I could watch it right now and remember every line. It was one of the few movies my brother and I could agree on…so we watched it a lot. It probably saved the sanity of our parents on every road trip.

A League of Their Own – I remember seeing this movie when it was in theaters…another childhood favorite.

30 for 30 – these documentaries are interesting. I enjoy hearing about the great stories of sports history.

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I’ve been busy putting together a social media guide for college football season and this is part one.

I’ll have more OSU/Big 12/Local follows later but this list is a pretty good national one to get you started. And I’ve tried to make it as easy as possible for you to start following these guys and gals. If you’re logged into twitter on your browser you can simply click follow on the right column and you’re ready to roll.

This list isn’t comprehensive by any means, these are simply the people and sites I follow to keep up with college football on a national level. If I’ve missed any great follows, let me know in the comments.

Name	Company	Twitter	Comments	Follow
Adam Kramer	Bleacher Report		One of the most consistently funny college football people on Twitter. A must follow.	Follow @kegsneggs
Andy Staples	Sports Illustrated		Keeps it light-hearted and funny. Really clever feed and a great writer.	Follow @andy_staples
Bill Connelly	SB Nation		Smart as hell, one of the many highbrow feeds on this list you should be following.	Follow @sbn_billc
Brandon	SB Nation		Mostly SEC stuff but minus the insanity. Seems like a pretty good guy too.	Follow @teamspeedkills
Brett McMurphy	ESPN		If you follow one feed strictly for college football reporting, this should be it.	Follow @mcmurphyespn
Brian Fremeau	Football Outsiders		Doesn't tweet very often but one of his tweets is worth 10 of most other people. Plus Football Outsiders is usually high on OSU.	Follow @bcfremeau
Bryan Fischer	CBS		A lot of Pac-12 news but always brings great links and some solid humor to the conversation.	Follow @bryandfischer
Charles Robinson	Yahoo!		Fair warning: great investigative journalist. If you see him in Stillwater or tweeting about OSU, we can all just pick a new squad...	Follow @charlesrobinson
Chris Brown	Grantland		The handle says it all - you'll be more intelligent about football (and sports) for having followed him.	Follow @smartfootball
Dan Rubenstein	SB Nation		Great pulse of college football feed. And he's hilarious to boot. And on Grantland.	Follow @danrubenstein
Dan Wetzel	Yahoo!		He's a machine during college football season, one of the best national columnists around.	Follow @danwetzel
Dan Wolken	USA Today		Interesting, unbiased, very funny. Intrigued by what the folks over at USA Today are doing...	Follow @danwolken
Erin Andrews	Fox		She takes heat but knows her stuff. Fun, not-too-serious twitter account too.	Follow @erinandrews
Fieldhouse Media	Fieldhouse		The place to be for keeping up with social media and colleges.	Follow @fieldhousemedia
George Schroeder	USA Today		According to some, the nicest guy in the business. Newly hired by USA Today and formerly of the Oklahoman.	Follow @georgeschroeder
Jerry Palm	CBS		The stat nerd in me loves his feed.	Follow @jppalmcbs
John Walters	-------		Clever and always interacts with followers. Extremely thoughtful in his opinions. If he ever writes a book on why college football shouldn't have a playoff, I'll be the first to buy it.	Follow @jdubs88
Mark Ennis	SB Nation		Covers the Big East primarily but he's pretty funny. And a great gateway to discovering other good feeds.	Follow @mengus22
Matt Hinton	CBS		For my money, the most underrated college football media mind in the country.	Follow @mattrhinton
Pat Forde	Yahoo!		Don't LOVE his columns but he's a solid follow for national coverage. And the Forde yard dash is salty.	Follow @yahooforde
Paul Pabst	Dan Patrick Show		One of my favorite all-time follows. Loves MACtion and always helps find games coming down to the wire.	Follow @paulpabst
Pete Thamel	Sports Illustrated		Doesn't tweet a ton but it's usually because he's snagging a story. Can't wait to see what he does at SI.	Follow @sipetethamel
Pollspeak	Pollspeak		Amazing roundup of all the various polls throughout the year. A must follow for me.	Follow @pollspeak
SB Nation GIF	SB Nation		#FatGuyTouchdowns and other amazing GIFs.	Follow @sbnationgif
Spencer Hall	SB Nation		Potentially the most obscure, intelligent writer of the footballs on the internet today. Brilliant.	Follow @edsbs
Stewart Mandel	Sports Illustrated		One of the many horses in Sports Illustrated's stable. His postgame pieces from whatever game he's at that week are must-read.	Follow @slmandel
Timothy Burke	Deadspin		Your other GIF and screenshot master. Not much slips past him. Strong follow.	Follow @bubbaprog
Tom Fornelli	CBS		Lover of Italian football, covers the Big 12 (mostly) for CBS.	Follow @tomfornelli
Tom Luginbill	ESPN		I don't follow a ton of recruiting stuff because I find it mostly appalling but I feel like Luginbill keeps it pretty real. There are other, probably better, recruiting follows but he's my pick.	Follow @tomluginbill
Travis Haney	ESPN		I'm pretty biased but there isn't another writer who can handle the breadth of national coverage like Haney. Good non-sports tweets too.	Follow @travhaneyespn
Ty Duffy	The Big Lead		Michigan man, Premier League aficionado, one of my favorite college football feeds.	Follow @tyduffy
Wright Thompson	ESPN		The best.	Follow @wrightthompson

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It’s inevitable when you have a pair of studs like Weeds and Blackmon last year that players, great players, are going to get lost in the fold.

Here are five guys I think the national media, and maybe even OSU fans, are underrating.

1. Jeremy Smith – Here’s the career yards per carry list for Oklahoma State.

1. Barry Sanders – 6.8
2. Jeremy Smith – 6.6

Nobody else has ever averaged over 6.0 yards per carry¹. Granted, he doesn’t have the carries to prove his longevity, but if you’re looking at initial production predicting the future…look no further than #31.

2. Desmond Roland – He’s backing up the Barry and Thurman of his generation. We’ve covered Smith above but if Randle has two more years like he did last year, he’ll go down as the most decorated OSU RB of all time.

Roland could be Randle 2.0 for all we know. With Sims out of his way this season, we’re going to see more of the former three-star athlete from Dallas. And you’re going to be impressed.

3. Shaun Lewis - Known by many fans more for his ability to single-handedly melt down message boards (Shawn, Sean, Shean, etc.²) than his ability to play football.

He’s not going to lead the planet in tackles but he does so many things so well, it’s easy for him to get lost in the fray. Example: the only two players last year with 60+ tackles, 2+ INT, and 1+ fumble recoveries were Lewis and Brodrick Brown. Brown is all over the preseason watch lists, Lewis is nowhere to be seen.

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