Daily Bullets (April 1)

April Fools jokes do the exact opposite of what comedy should do. The only person laughing is the one who made the joke.

— Simon Blackwell (@simonblackwell) March 31, 2014

Hoops News

Travis Ford hired by St. Louis. You can watch his presser here. [NewsOK]

Ford: “I woke up (Thursday) morning as excited as I’ve ever been. Sometimes you wonder, ‘Is this right?’ But I was locked in. That’s a great feeling.” [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]

Berry Tramel ran into Brad Underwood hanging with Bob Huggins at the Final Four. [NewsOK]

Taking stock of the OSU roster. [PFB]

Bill Self was named AP COY. Shocking. [Big 12]

Recruiting News

Kyle B. has some good stuff on a three-star QB OSU is recruiting. [PFB]

The top recruits for 2018 have been released. There’s an OT from Oklahoma at No. 2. [247]

Football News

Gundy: “We need Cole (Walterscheid) and Jarrell (Owens) and Trey (Carter) and some of those guys to make plays for us out there.” [Go Pokes]

What would an All-Big 12 NFL defense look like? [LGG]

Mike Gundy on how a missed dunk helped him recruit James Washington. [PFB]

Good stuff here.

Other Sports

OSU was run-ruled in Bedlam softball. Yikes. [O’Colly]

I went on the No Laying Up podcast to preview the Masters. Last bit got cut off, but we had fun for 40 minutes. [NLU]