Bullets: Gundy says winning the Big 12 is ‘back on the table’

Hoops

What do Le’Bryan and Forte have to do to get on this list? Georges Niang?! Come on.. (Big 12 Sports)

Oh hey, Jeff Eisenberg agrees with me. (Yahoo)

Cool stuff from Mark Cooper here on a night in Lawrence. Also, OSU went 33 minutes without a 3 on Tuesday. (Tulsa World)

This is pretty crazy: Now, the question no longer is whether the Sooners are better than Kansas. The question is, are the Sooners better than OSU? Also, OSU won’t need to get to 9-9 to make the Tournament. 8-10 will get it done. (NewsOK)

Baylor beat Iowa State last night on a little MJ-Bryon Russell move. (Vine)

Liz Donohoe scored her 1,500th point on Wednesday as the Cowgirls beat Kansas State. (O’Colly)

3-on-3 basketball in the Olympics? No, but it would be amazing. (Deadspin)

Women’s highlights.

Football

Mason Rudolph is named the 2015 starting QB. (PFB)

Here’s a longer article on it with all of Gundy’s quotes. He says winning a Big 12 title is “back on the table.” (ESPN)

And here are even more quotes from Gundy’s Wednesday roundtable. “I had an obligation to the 131 guys on the team. How in the world do I walk into that team meeting and say, ‘Guys, listen, here’s what we need to do to beat Baylor. (A walk-on freshman) is starting. Now get ready.'” (Tulsa World)

Last one here. There’s some GOLD in this one. (Scout)

Grading the first year of the College Football Playoffs. I think I’m a B+ or A- overall. Also think it should be eight teams. (NewsOK)

His numbers may drop as a junior, as added attention comes his way, but Ogbah should make plenty of plays while opening up opportunities for teammates in 2015. (ESPN)

Here’s a handy list of all the early entrants to the NFL Draft. (CBS)

Here’s a Kansas State fan who credits Bill Snyder with him losing 40 pounds. Snyder’s powers know no bounds. (Yahoo)

Braxton Miller to OU? I sure hope not… (NewsOK)

I can’t take an All-Bowl team that doesn’t have James Castleman on it seriously. (CBS)

Yeah I don’t really think the Big 12 is the third-best conference. (ESPN)

Here’s what OSU would look like with OU’s colors. (PFB)

You know the question about who you’d most like to have dinner with or play golf with or whatever…here’s the exact opposite of that group of people for me. (Yahoo)

This might be the least surprising headline ever. (Big Lead)

Other sports

I wrote some about the Rory McIlroy-Rickie Fowler “rivalry” here. It’s not one, really, because Rory is already a legend and Fowler is just a pretty good golfer but I don’t really discredit what Fowler said either. (CBS)

The two dudes climbing El Capitan finished. The photos are amazing. (FTW)

More stuff I’m reading

Three tips for dealing with criticism. (99U)

I finished my second book of 2015 last night. It was good for what it was — I’ll read anything with Jon Wertheim’s name on it. (GoodReads)

The new Simmons-Klosterman podcast is pretty good. Carson and I want Klosterman and Brian Phillips to do a podcast or exchange emails or something. (Grantland)

The U.S. border is 100 miles wide? (Kottke)

Consistent work puts you where the good ideas can find you. (99U)