Daily Bullets (Travis Ford Edition)

I usually abstain from posting the Daily Bs on a Saturday morning in lieu of hanging with the fam, but an open spot in the big two sports for the first time this blog has been operating is an open spot in the big two sports for the first time this blog has been operating. Come back later for the Hoiberg/Gottlieb post.

Gone

Ford fired. I thought the language Mike Holder used was odd. And I’m not sure what “mutually agreed to part ways” means. [PFB]

There’s not much from the actual athletic dept. but John Helsley did a gamer on the firing and tossed out a few names. [NewsOK]

A timeline of the Ford era. [O’Colly]

Holder called OSU players and recruits on Friday. Don Dziagwa, the father of OSU commit Thomas Dziagwa from Tampa (Fla.) Catholic, said in a text message that Holder reiterated the school is 100 percent committed to Dziagwa. [Tulsa World]

The candidates

John Klein: Eliminate the media guys. We know how to talk and write, but coaching is a completely different issue. There is no blueprint for success. [Tulsa World]

Jerod Haase, Chris Beard and others. [Go Pokes]

Has OSU hoops fallen so far that Doug Gottlieb is a real candidate? [NewsOK]

Pros and cons of the job. [Tulsa World]

CRFF has a short list of candidates. All names you’ve heard. Gottlieb is on it of course. [CRFF]

Boooo!

Might want to watch CBS and SFA vs West Virginia as all signs and sources point to Brad Underwood as next hoops coach.

— Robert Allen (@RAllenGoPokes) March 18, 2016

Hoops news

OSU women lost last night to the Bonnies. [NewsOK]

Larry Reece is doing PA for the NCAA games in OKC. [NewsOK]

I see you, @cowboyvoice. pic.twitter.com/b3gQxYTV8E

— Pistols Firing (@pistolsguys) March 18, 2016

Dance News

Steve Austin housed WVU. The Big 12 was not great, Bob! [CBS]

The Twitter response to the Michigan State game was insane. [Yahoo]

The fightin’ Farkomaneshes. Down goes Texas.

https://vine.co/v/idiPg2Uhg7J

Wrestling News

OSU nabs six All-Americans but only has two guys in the championship round. [okstate]

Football News

Glenn Spencer on his new DEs: “A lot of times fans, or (media), might see someone make a play and … that’s the guy. But you don’t notice the three other things he did wrong that cost us. And as coaches, that’s what we’re looking at. Our option is to get them good enough to win games for us. That’s the only option we’ll take, to get them to a championship level.” [ESPN]

Mason Rudolph is not small. [PFB]

Russell Okung saved a ton of money by negotiating his own contract. [PFB]