Daily Bullets (Sept. 21): What Are OSU’s “Majors” to Fix?

Thanks for stopping by – here’s your daily dose of Oklahoma State sports news.

OSU Bullets

• Why Mike Gundy needs to name a quarterback now (Sellout Crowd)

• TV details, betting lines, and more around the game against Iowa State (PFB)

• Great take by Guerin Emig on what the “majors” are that Mike Gundy is downplaying:

I sense three major issues after three games — average quarterbacking, a below-average offensive line and a good defense that needs to be great, but not be able to grow into great in Bryan Nardo’s first year as DC, to overcome the first two issues.

[Sellout Crowd]

• Cade Cunningham is a favorite for the NBA’s Most Improved Player award (CBS Sports)

• Next week the Big 12 will release their basketball schedule:

• This is fun – a quote from the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Mike Tomlin about his struggling offense. Doesn’t it sound like something Mike Gundy would say?

“We’re not going to have knee jerk reactions in terms of trying to make wholesale changes in an effort to change that outcome, but we do acknowledge that two is a pattern,” Tomlin said. “We’ve had two outings that are not up to snuff in that regard, and so it has our attention as we are preparing for this next one.
“We’re all in this thing together. We’re not assigning blame for anyone. Obviously it starts with coaching; we’ve got to coach better. We’ve got to get these playing faster with more fluidity, and surer. And start faster.
“We realize that there are no secret formulas in that regard. It’s not a wave of a magic wand. What we have to do is continue to work, be true to ourselves and each other and honest about how we’re built, how we need to be built and the things that we need to do in an effort to extenuate our strengths and minimize our weaknesses.”

Non-OSU Bullets

• Brilliant concept for a relegation-infused Pac-2 and MWC
• 15 of the best sandwiches in America – not sure why Red Rock isn’t on there

This old commercial is hilarious: