Daily Bullets (Aug. 27): Jim Knowles Loves His Replacement Options

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OSU Bullets

• OSU lost just one returning starter on defense – cornerback A.J. Green to the Cleveland Browns – but defensive coordinator Jim Knowles feels great about the replacement options.

…Knowles no longer faces the perilous question of how to replace Green. Instead, Knowles is choosing between two good options.

“A.J. is a significant loss,” Knowles said. “But to be able to replace him with a guy ( Jarrick Bernard-Converse) who has two years worth of starts and bring in a transfer (Christian Holmes) who is everything you could ever want in a kid in terms of his ability and his focus and his wanting to be a part of the team — I feel great about the position.” [NewsOK]

Even better – OSU returns 20 of 22 on the two-deep on defense. If you want a full-scale breakdown of OSU’s defensive depth chart, check out this podcast.

TDL Episode 40 – Full preview of OSU defense. Then we have special guest @DeionImade_28 join us to walk through some fact/faction on football, and his take on what to expect from OSU defensively this year. https://t.co/yseLkwexmH

— TapeDoesntLiePod (@Tapedoesntliepd) August 26, 2020

• Per on Vegas sportsbook, the Pokes are projected to finish second in the Big 12 with the same odds as the Texas Longhorns – Berry T. breaks down the odds of teams around the league in the same piece

• In a list of “bold projections”, Chuba Hubbard is predicted to not lead the Big 12 in rushing.

I could see Gundy and Hubbard agreeing to a carries limit in each game, depending on how the flow of the game is going, which will prevent him from coming close to last season’s production. Hubbard doesn’t really need it for his NFL stock anyway. [HCS]

That’s a reasonable take – what made Hubbard’s load so large last year was no Tylan Wallace and a partially injured quarterback… There wasn’t an offensive option near as good as “Chuba left” and “Chuba right”.

• This is a bummer if true – Cowgirl Basketball could be losing a nearly 20 point/game scorer. 

Breaking: Vivian Gray is no longer with the #OKState women’s basketball team, the program has confirmed. Gray has entered the transfer portal as a graduate and will be eligible to play elsewhere immediately.

Big blow to the Cowgirl squad that has been on the rise.

— Sam (@samhenderson44) August 26, 2020

• An early round of bowl projections are out, Pokes seeing an all-too-familiar bowl foe in Texas

• Kevin from Home Alone is now a man, as he’s 40.

Macaulay Culkin is officially a man, per Gundy house rules. https://t.co/z7MX9nApLG

— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) August 27, 2020

Non-OSU Bullets

• The Harden vs. Dort battle in the OKC/Houston series has been phenomenal (hoping to see it reach a conclusion at some point
• Ben Franklin donated money to Philly and Boston but told them not to cash part of it for 200 years
• This article on older folks investing in younger ones is great (faith-based)

This new Bill Murray movie looks pretty good:

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn3sK4WiviA&w=1904&h=766]