Bullets: OSU has a winning record in close games under Ford

Basketball misc.

Phil Forte’s free throws at the end of the Texas game weren’t the first big ones he’s needed in that gym in his career. (NewsOK)

Interesting: Oklahoma State improved to 15-14 in games decided by three points or less under Travis Ford. (Tulsa World)

Breaking down the Nash dunk. (PFB)

I’m shocked at this headline (not really). (okstate)

Jeff Van Gundy is calling the OSU-Kansas game tomorrow? (NewsOK)

If OSU beats Kansas to go with the victory over Texas, might the Cowboys be in? The victory in Austin gave OSU the breathing room it lost in Bedlam. Berry also doesn’t think Mitch Solomon would “take a shot under threat of a bayonet.” (NewsOK)

Wow, somebody is picking OU to go to the Final Four? (Yahoo)

Cowboy baseball

OSU now has some bulletin board material to go with the defense of its Big 12 title. No first place votes, eh? (Big 12 Sports)

Bryan Case would trade places with Tom Brady. Get in line.

Recruiting leftovers

A closer look at the OSU recruiting class from Kyle Boone on PFB. (Offense | Defense)

Here’s Les Miles saying “to hell with” recruits from Louisiana who go elsewhere. Like, uh, Kevin Henry? (CBS)

Why recruiting rankings don’t always matter as much as you think. I would argue that this class was an outlier. (Tulsa World)

On the Butler Community College pipeline into Stillwater. (NewsOK)

I was going to do this but didn’t get around to it. Chris Ross looked at where OSU’s class landed in the rankings at all four major services. Consensus was mid-30s. (CRFF)

Based on rankings OSU only put one player on the Big 12 all-recruiting team. (ESPN)

Oh and the all-name team is way more fun. (Fox SW)

Cowboys in Dallas

Joseph Randle is learning the value of a good lawyer. That’s probably not a thing you should be tweeting out. (Dallas Morning News)

Dez’s ab workout is more difficult than yours. (Fox SW)

Football misc.

TCU is losing its defensive coordinator. (Yahoo)

Tim Beckman thinks the media should be bigger fans of his football team at Illinois. Some incredible quotes in here. (Yahoo)

Oh yay, Joe Mixon is back on the team. (Big Lead)

Other sporting things

Rece Davis is taking over for Chris Fowler on Gameday. (Deadspin)

Steve Kerr could only shake his head at Steph on Wednesday. (Big Lead)

Tiger withdrew from the Farmers Insurance Open. All the sadz. (CBS)

Rihanna, Kanye, Paul McCartney, Russ and KD. Never thought I’d type that. (Daily Thunder)

More stuff I’m reading

Scale. Not Whales. Man, this was excellent. (Saddington)

This video of ocean gravity is insane and awesome. (Kottke)

Is writing a calling or a job. Excellence. (NYT)

Whoa.