Daily Bullets – 8.8

Peter Uihlein had my attention as a golfer. Now he has it as a person. (Western Amateur)

Kye Staley is back and every touch is a story. (NewsOK)

Apparently Phil Steele has a formula that says OSU had the best special teams in the country last year. His formula apparently didn’t watch the games. (NewsOK)

Vote for Deik Scram and Dusty Harvard in a “best names in the minor leagues” competition. (MILB)

Here’s a phenomenal story on freshman WR Josh Stewart who has been through more in eighteen years than probably the rest of the people reading this blog combined. (Dallas Morning News)

Chris Fowler has OSU 13th in his preseason poll. (Twitter)

Rickie Fowler made more money today than I’ll make in the next 5-10 years. So that’s fun. For him. (ESPN)

Texas gets 70% of gross revenues after ESPN recoups its initial investment? Is this real life? (Outkick the Coverage)

A good look at all the RBs in the Big 12. (CRFF)

Jimmie Tramel confirms what I’ve been preaching: that Brandon Weeden is the best QB in school history. (Tulsa World)

As a blogger and social media fiend this article intrigued me, even if I disagree with its premise. (NewsOK)

Berry Tramel with a good point: Bob Simmons went 3-3 against OU, Les Miles went 2-2, and Mike Gundy is now 0-6. (NewsOK)

Richetti Jones on all the hype this team is getting: “We’re going to prove [coach Gundy] right. We’re not going to let him be a liar.” (NewsOK)

Todd Monken thinks he’s a “pretty smart son of a gun” and will call plays from the coaches box. (Tulsa World)

Rivals thinks OSU will be a disappointment this year. They also think Robert Griffin is the All-Big 1st team QB so grains of salt and such. (Rivals)