Daily Bullets
Daily Bullets (Dec 20) – Signing Day Dreams Realized, Other Signing Day News
Outside of the Langston Anderson commitment, Gundy said it best here about signing day for OSU fans:
Gundy on signing day: "It's a very anti-climactic day compared to the past."
— Mark Cooper (@mark_cooperjr) December 19, 2018
Early Christmas
It’s a lot of fun to hear about football recruits signing with the school they grew up cheering for. Booker T. Washington’s Demarco Jones lived that dream yesterday.
This year Christmas comes six days early for DJ Jones, the Booker T. Washington cornerback set to sign with Oklahoma State on Wednesday.
“I talked to DJ’s grandmother at our banquet. She’s a big OSU fan,” Booker T. coach Brad Calip said, “and she’s been collecting OSU Christmas ornaments for 20 years. So he has been seeing this since he was a little bitty kid. That’s who he always wanted to play for.”
“After I sign,” Jones said, “it’ll be a dream come true, honestly.” [TulsaWorld]
It’s a family affair with the Jones’ family – his grandma was a Cowboy, his uncle played linebacker for the Pokes, and his cousin is former Cowboy running back Jeremy Smith.
Changing Image
While I don’t love the general premise of these comments made by a retired Alabama professor, it’s fascinating to consider how football coaches shape the national perception of a state.
(Professor) Voss said, “I think Bear Bryant is to Alabama what Bud Wilkinson was to Oklahoma, in many ways. I grew up in Kansas. Back when I was a boy, Oklahoma was thumping everybody. The Sooners kind of redeemed the image of the Okies that John Steinbeck put out in The Grapes of Wrath. Made Okies respectable, at least on the gridiron. [NewsOK]
It’s always interesting (and slightly nauseating) when you travel and mention you’re from Oklahoma/went to college there/etc. that folks generally mention the Sooners. Surely if one mentioned Oklahoma State, Boone Pickens and Mike Gundy come up naturally.
OSU and NCAA Notes
Absolutely love this scholarship limit idea….Early signing day is the new signing day….Deondrick Glass Update: Alabama signed the running back they needed to but Texas didn’t sign there’s….Great profile of new Cowboy quarterback Brendan Costello….Winners and losers for the early signing day
Best signing day announcement I’ve seen.
This is one of the greatest signing days you will ever see. Hanahan’s Cooper Dawson picks Syracuse- but does it by first telling close friend Kingsley Feinman. Kingsley announces the decision- Dawson adds that Kingsley taught him the only disability is a bad attitude. @ABCNews4 pic.twitter.com/3OGJzJmlXg
— Scott Eisberg (@SEisbergWCIV) December 19, 2018
Loved the signing day graphics the Pokes had yesterday, earned them a bit of national attention.
Two of the best #SigningDay graphics themes ever!
Ohio State: NCAA 14
Oklahoma State: Red Dead 2https://t.co/q1dy6UfcKp— College Football by SB Nation ? (@SBNationCFB) December 19, 2018
2019’s all-name team – Storm Duck is the new Kobe Buffalomeat.
In keeping with tradition, the only signing day list that matters: The Class of 2019 All-Name Team. pic.twitter.com/6RnfhWOIRp
— Matt Hinton (@MattRHinton) December 19, 2018
Totally forgot about these guys – technically OSU has 22 signed now (Anderson news followed this tweet).
Worth noting: Mike Gundy clarified that Dru Brown and Kemah Siverand count toward this year's numbers. So while #OKState signed 19 today, it's at 21 for 2019. Four spots remaining. #okstate
— Mark Cooper (@mark_cooperjr) December 19, 2018
Yesterday on PFB
- Pokes landed a four-star wide receiver yesterday
- Dax Hill flipped his commitment last minute (back to his original school)
- Gundy explains why OSU doesn’t land top-end recruits
- Daniel Cormier was named ESPN’s fighter of the year
- Gundy riffed on the eight-team playoff concept
A Break from the News
- Enjoyed reading this legal thriller – book was even better than the McConaughey movie
- Good thoughts on winning by losing
- Webster’s words of the year
Holiday advertising at it’s absolute best.
#heygoogle Have you ever wondered what Kevin McCallister is like as an adult? Me neither. But just in case you’re curious you should totally watch this #ad pic.twitter.com/uO9qMPrUT3
— Macaulay Culkin (@IncredibleCulk) December 19, 2018
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