Bullets: A statistical review of Daxx’s first start

Football

Thinking  like the playoff committee: A&M has to be No. 1. (NewsOK)

I’ve seen this 15+ times and it crushes me every time. He looks like a mummy! (CBS Sports)

Your eyes didn’t deceive you — Daxx Garman targeted receivers over 21 yards in the first half far more than he did under 21 yards. That ratio flipped in the second half. Great breakdown here by Kyle Fredrickson. (NewsOK)

Ne contributor here and he took on OSU players playing in Week 2 of the NFL. Dez GIFs included. (PFB)

Enjoyed the weekly Big 12 wrap from Wendell Barnhouse here. Stoops is on the precipice of 100 Big 12 wins? That’s crazy. (Big 12 Sports)

Nerd box score for Saturday. (PFB)

Yurcich on Des Roland: “I don’t know what it is. But I like those guys. Like Marcus Allen – and I’m not comparing him to Marcus Allen – but some guys know how to slide off to get an edge. I think that’s a hard thing to coach.” (NewsOK)

Gary Patterson takes an (unintended?) shot at the Big 10. (CBS Sports)

Five things we learned in the OSU-UTSA game. (PFB)

Gundy on JW’s seat on Saturday: “I’m not sure why you’re asking me this. I’ve got so many things going on. Where JW is at this point is not really part of my equation. I know he’ll find a place. He loves to watch the game.” (Tulsa World)

Tim Beckman: “You take out 21 points on three plays and we’re in this football game.” Okay.. (Yahoo)

Great wrap of Week 3 of Big 12 play by Tyler Ames. (PFB)

Good recap of the non-conference portion of the Big 12 season here. OSU only gets one award. (ESPN)

Other sports

Peter Uihlein saw a frog over the weekend and reacted like it was a grizzly bear. (CBS Sports)

More stuff I’m reading

Why our startup has no bosses, no office, and a four-day work week. (QZ)

Thanks to the availability bias, we travel through life with an incorrect risk map in our heads. Thus, we systematically overestimate the risk of being the victims of  a plane crash, a car accident, or a murder. (250 Words)

This was funny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhhfmKXx8eo

Peggy!

Panda on the Sea-Doo is great.

Here’s a GIF: