Daily Bullets (August 17)

Football News

James Washington on Mason Rudolph’s arm strength: “Sometimes when we run a post, I tell him to overthrow me and make me run it down. We’ve kind of gotten on the same page with that. He’s definitely gotten his arm stronger. He’s able to out-throw me now.” [NewsOK]

Carson and I talked about that arm strength a little in our pod on Tuesday. [PFB]

Get to know Obi Obialo. Terrific reporting from Mark Cooper. [Tulsa World]

This is so good: How OSU can better use the cowboy back in the run game. [PFB]

Mike Yurcich on QB2: “I had very high expectations for him. I told him that when we were recruiting him. He threw for a billion yards in high school and he’s a great kid. He’s got a great family, a lot of support back home and he’s the type of kid who likes to compete and loves the game.” [NewsOK]

Let’s talk about Jalen McCleskey’s ceiling. [PFB]

Robert Allen’s takeaways from fall camp: “The best move in spring was switching redshirt freshman Marcus Keyes to left guard. Without a doubt, that day and every day in practice after the move the offense ran the ball better and looked better overall. Keyes had worked hard, has a big strong frame, and honestly, he cares a lot. You’d be surprised how much that is a factor with how good players are and how soon they are good. If the care factor and the work ethic is high then if can happen like it did here with Keyes.” [Go Pokes — $]

Vincent Taylor as the fourth-best DT in the Big 12. Here’s Jake Trotter: “Taylor really broke out in his first season as a starter. He recorded 48 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss and five sacks as a sophomore, and his mix of strength, size and quickness make him a tough guy to handle. Now that ends Emmanuel Ogbah and Jimmy Bean are gone, the Oklahoma State defensive line will rely on Taylor’s continued development as a leader and playmaker.” [ESPN]

Mike Gundy breaks down his mullet which is all you need to know. [PFB]

Mason Rudolph and Baker Mayfield are bros. How we feelin’ about that? [Tulsa World]

Recruiting News

Kyle B. with a solid recruiting update here. [PFB]

Big 12 News

Might not want to misspell “research” when touting yourself as a research school to get into the Big 12. [Yahoo]

This isn’t really Big 12 news, but … it is interesting.

Art Briles visits #Texans practice: "I've never done anything illegal, immoral or unethical." pic.twitter.com/gf0rGDJlj7

— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) August 16, 2016

Rice! RICE!!

Big 12 expansion wannabes now 20:AF ArkSt Boise BYU Cincinnati CSU UConn ECU Houston Memphis NIU NM Rice SDSU SMU Temple Tulane UCF UNLV USF

— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) August 16, 2016

Hoops News

WE HAVE A 7-FOOTER! [PFB]

Good stuff here from Kyle Cox on Jeff Newberry’s past and future. Enjoying Kyle’s writing on CRFF. Three of the four five?) biggest outlets covering OSU now have a Kyle doing work (and we have two!) between CRFF, NewsOK and us. [CRFF]

Olympics News

Simone Biles is incredible. Mrs. Pistols and I enjoyed her floor performance last night. [Big Lead]

/whispers Usain Bolt is more fun to watch in the 200.

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More Stuff I’m Reading

This from Ev Williams on the future of publishing and the internet was solid.