Daily Bullets (Sept. 30): Pokes Open as Favorites, K-State Game Comparison

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OSU Bullets

• Cowboys are an early eight-point favorite against West Virginia (PFB) • Player interviews in this article were encouraging – lots of “one day at a time” mentality in there (247 Sports)

• The Pokes dropped out of the polls after the second-straight loss (PFB)

• This description of Saturday’s game felt incredibly similar to the UCF game last fall:

The Cowboys trailed 14-13 in the second quarter when the Pokes marched down to the K-State 22-yard line when a Bowman was unable to handle a low snap. The ball was batted around for a few moments before Bowman was clobbered, and K-State recovered. Two plays later, K-State was in the end zone, and the route was on from there. OSU was in this game up until that point. [PFB]

• Kind of interesting to look at simulations of the rest of OSU’s season – eight wins and four losses looks plausible statistically (PFB)

• Solid explanation – if you can’t make teams pay for stuffing the box, it’s hard to get anything going:

If the WRs aren’t winning their routes and/or defenses can take the RPO away while keeping a half-man/full-man in the box (and play calling becomes too predictable), I believe that’s when the wheels start to fall off for this offense #okstate https://t.co/reVtNoFKwU

— Feels Like 45 Podcast (@FeelsLike45Pod) September 29, 2024

Non-OSU Bullets

• Most scenic fall road trips

• Jenni Carlson broke down Sam Presti’s press conference

Awesome prank: 

In Rob Gronkowski’s first season on FOX, the crew tricked him into believing there was a #Cowboys TE named Rich Russo, who had two fingers missing.

Then they had to talk about it and Gronk just made up some stuff.

This prank is awesome 😂😂pic.twitter.com/5NbJxJEQOR

— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) September 29, 2024