Roundtable Thursday: Tyreek comps and #hottakes

We are back at it with Rountable Thursday. Let me introduce you to this week’s contributors:

Kyle Porter (editor) – I love jump balls, Markel Brown breakways, and Kevin Durant 30-footers. Thank you for reading Pistols Firing.


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Carson Cunningham (uniform connoisseur) – Carson does uniform drive-bys and actually has a real job covering sports for a real news station in OKC.


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Justin Southwell (other uniform connoisseur, former WR) – Justin played at OSU as a wide receiver for a few years and is a pretty big uniform critic himself.

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OKC Dave (statistician) – Unofficial statistician of Pistols Firing. His GPA was likely as high as the rest of ours combined.


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Kyle Boone (covers recruiting) – Will keep you informed on football and basketball recruiting. Could likely out-recruit Travis Ford.


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Wes Shepherd (covers Big 12 football) – He invented the Big 12 QB fantasy rankings which is pretty terrific.


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1. How much did the FSU game change your prediction for OSU’s record this season?

Porter: None. I’m sticking with 8-4 because I’m 99 percent certain JW has that 2012 Kansas game lingering somewhere inside him. Except this time we won’t be playing Kansas.

OKC Dave: I’ll tack on one win for the remainder of the schedule. I had us pick up two wins out of ISU/@TCU/@KSU/UT. I’ll say we get three now.

Shepherd: Thought we’d win eight games — now thinking nine, maybe 10. I’ve learned to take it week by week, though.

Carson: Not so much their record as their chance to win games in November increased exponentially. Tough out for anyone.

Southwell: I had them winning nine; we can win 10+

Boone: I predicted 8-5 last week before the game, I think we could pull out nine wins.

2. What are you most excited about for the home opener?

Porter: The use of the new ribbon video board. Hopefully it’ll just be a 60-minute scroll of this.

OKC Dave: Seeing Hill in person.

Shepherd: Realizing Tyreek Hill is actually faster than Bullet.

Carson: Intro video. “Ready for War” is a great addition, tradition.

Southwell: New field, new turf monster? Keep your eyes on that east 10-yard line.

Boone: Getting to see Daxx sling it (hopefully).

3. One word to describe how you felt the first time you saw Tyreek in space

Porter: Weak
OKC Dave: whoa
Shepherd: Emotional.
Carson: Egads
Southwell: Whaaaaaaaaat?!
Boone: Barry?

4. How has your view on the Big 12 landscape shifted after one week?

Porter: I feel like OSU has a legit (if not small) chance to win the league. I didn’t last week.

OKC Dave: Not much; still OU’s league to lose. Petty’s back could open up the No. 2 spot, though.

Shepherd: Hasn’t changed. However I do feel more optimism creeping in.

Carson: Probably more than it should. Texas is already falling apart at the seams.

Southwell: Still about the same… Wait, is Iowa State still in the Big 12?

Boone: Sticking with Baylor, but OSU may be a darkhorse.

5. Do you have any favorite Missouri State memories? Can you name a Missouri State athlete (all-time, any sport)?

Porter: We played them in basketball a few years ago right after Ford took over. Probably lost. I cannot name a Missouri State athlete.

OKC Dave: Without using Google? I admit I had to look up the year, but OSU had its first OT game in a 1996 win over Missouri State with a game-winning Tim Sydnes field goal.

Shepherd: I’m not going to lie and say I do.

Carson: Perrish Cox took the opening kickoff back against them, right? I can’t name one.

Southwell: Kingjack Washington (Owasso) played RB there. I only know that name because he tore through Westmoore’s defense in the 2nd round of the playoffs to ruin our perfect season.

Boone: Too young for this one, but the Perrish Cox opening TD after reading about it yesterday.

6. Give me your best Tyreek comp.

Porter: Michael Bennett (Kansas State — race No. 2):

OKC Dave: Prentiss?

Shepherd: Every player I’ve ever created on a video game.

Carson: De’Anthony Thomas after a couple of red bulls.

Southwell: Kendall Hunter because of his size and the number 24.

Boone: Tavon Austin

7. What is the Week 1 #hottake that has you the most nervous (ie: Tyreek/Heisman, OSU D = legit, etc.)

Porter: The “fire the coordinator unless he talks about balls on ESPN or lives in a hotel” takes are always piping out of the gate but the “JW stands for just win or get really close against the champs” take will always scare me.

OKC Dave: Don’t have one, but I’m excited to watch Ashton Lampkin go after the NCAA record for defensive holding penalties.

Shepherd: Definitely the legitimacy of the defense. Mostly nervous because I actually buy it..

Carson: “Daxx can throw a football over a mountain!” is still scalding from preseason.

Southwell: I don’t really have one, I just want this “legit defense” to cover slot receivers better before I can confidently call them legit.

Boone: Defenses legitimacy because of our secondary.

8. Over/Under on when Gundy busts out the metal chairback on Saturday…

Porter: If he sits on a chair built exclusively from Legos I will die.

OKC Dave: Right after the 3rd snap goes over Kip Smith’s head during pregame warmups.

Shepherd: I mean, I think it’d be fine if he sat all game.

Carson: Late 3rd quarter will be visor time.

Southwell: We’ll see him run out from the tunnel after halftime with some sort of chair

Boone: Gundy will be at Karsten Creek by the third quarter.

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