Daily Bullets (Jan. 15): Cade’s List to be No. 1, Gundy’s Four Qualities of a Coach

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OSU Bullets

• Cowboy cornerback Christian Holmes will be back for 2021, Amen Ogbongbemiga has hired an agent

• The KU game proved how difficult it is to guard the Pokes

• Mike Gundy raved to Penn State coach James Franklin about his former offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich – here’s why:

“I told (Franklin), Mike is a great teacher, he’s highly intelligent, he’s a hard worker and he’s extremely loyal,” Gundy said. “There’s your four keys to being a good coach, and he’s got all of them.”

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• Two leading NBA draft analysts weighed in on Cade Cunningham’s chances at being the top pick in the draft – here’s what they’re looking for down the stretch:

I would expect Cunningham to take his lumps at times efficiency-wise, but he impacts the game in so many ways as a passer, rebounder and defensive playmaker even when he isn’t scoring. If he is able to power through the rest of the season, lead the Cowboys to more wins than expected and answer critics’ questions about creating against elite athleticism, Cunningham could emerge as the runaway top pick. As it stands now, the race is still open.

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• Lookout for Aden Kelly to make an early impact during his Cowboy career – film study on his game here

• Isaac Likekele is vital to the Cowboys’ potential tourney run

• Q&A with Cowboy football signee Ty Williams – a four-star defensive back from Muskogee

• This blows my mind – Texas is paying their special teams coach $1M per year

Non-OSU Bullets

• The millionaires forgetting their bitcoin password
• The winners and losers of the James Harden trade

The co-founder of Pixar on how they make good movies:

“Initially, the films we put together, they’re a mess. It’s like everything else in life—the first time you do it, it’s a mess. Sometimes it’s labeled … “a failure” … but that’s not even the right word to use. It’s just like, you get the first one out, you learn from it, and the only failure is if you don’t learn from it, if you don’t progress.”

Ed Catmull