Bullets: James Castleman was relentlessly recruited to Stillwater

Football

OU, Baylor, and the Pokes. Just like 2013. (NewsOK)

I watched Florida-Bama, OU-WVU, and FSU-Clemson over the weekend. I saw no bigger clown show than the large one wearing the No. 5 on FSU’s sideline. (CBS Sports)

And ESPN made sure I saw him a lot. (Deadspin)

On how the firing of Texas Tech’s defensive coordinator will affect the OSU gameplan on Thursday. (NewsOK)

Welp, I’m officially terrified of Samaje Perine and I thought OU’s uniforms were terrific. (Big 12 Sports)

Good story of how James Castleman ended up in Stillwater. Pretty shocking that Glenn Spencer is a relentless recruiter. (NewsOK)

Two pretty funny A&M things that happened recently: First an SMU player got smoke because he almost ran into Reveille. (CBS Sports)

Then, A&M couldn’t find a suitable field before the season started so now they’ll have to pay $300K for a replacement. (CBS Sports)

Gundy on not having Zac or Weeden at QB: “You get used to having players like that. When you don’t have them, you have to rally back real quick. All of a sudden, you have to start coaching again.” (NewsOK)

This discount double check injury was pretty amazing. (Big Lead)

This Arizona-Cal ending was insane. I would have had a heart attack, either side. (Yahoo)

Good story comparing Kliff Kingsbury and Mike Gundy and their dueling coaching paths. (NewsOK)

I believe I linked this on Friday at some point but it’s worth another shout — Tyreek Hill and the unanswerable question. (SB Nation)

OSU is up to No. 24 in the AP poll. (AP)

Are people really mad about Auburn’s signal-stealing? Pardon the hot take but if you’re Kansas State you have to figure that out.. (Yahoo)

Kliff has a tailor fly in once a year to help him with things…? Maybe he should have a defensive guru fly in once a week. (NewsOK)

Good Big 12 recap here from Ubben. Kansas football’s Twitter account favorite-ing “fire Charlie” tweets! (Fox SW)

Tyler Patmon: “Just making the team isn’t my goal, but it’s something I’m very proud of. I’m playing in the NFL, living every kid’s dream.” (NewsOK)

What we learned from non-conference play about this OSU team. (PFB)

Imagining football after the NFL. I read it, it’s good. (Grantland)

Incredible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEj9o0h2OIk

Nice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf8jBxInb8E

More stuff I’m reading

This is really good — on dealing with your worst boss. (Acuff)

Stumbled into reading this on Detroit over the weekend — it’s a little older but still excellent. (Fast Company)

Berry Tramel writing about the Amish? I’m in. (NewsOK)