Daily Bullets (Dec 27) – Cowboys’ Christmas Wish, Tramel Picks the Liberty Bowl

Christmas List

There’s one thing Cowboy Football needs that can result in an acceptable season – consistency.

Mike Gundy’s team was a couple of plays away from 9-3. Instead, they finished 6-6. It was a weird season with wins over Texas and West Virginia, along with a near-miss against Oklahoma, while losing to Kansas State, Baylor and Texas Tech. Go figure? Gundy has to work in a new quarterback next season, but does have a lot of other returning pieces, which is a good thing. Now he just needs his team to be more consistent in 2019. Do that, and this program can be right where it was from 2015-17 when it won 10 games every year. [HCS]

Picking the Liberty Bowl

Berry Tramel goes Missouri Tigahs in the Liberty Bowl for the same reason OSU didn’t win ten games this year… inconsistency based on the competition.

Liberty Bowl, Dec. 31: Oklahoma State vs. Missouri in Memphis, Tennessee, Tigers 41-31. The Cowboys have played great against the four good-to-great teams on their schedule. The Cowboys have played mostly poor against the rest of the field. Seems like Mizzou is closer to good. [NewsOK]

What I think he’s really trying to say is that OSU doesn’t play well unless they’re motivated… Here’s to hoping there’s free Memphis ribs to the winner of the game.

OSU and NCAA Notes

Curtis Jones landed co Big-12 Newcomer of the Week….How Chuba Hubbard balances track and football….An early look at OSU’s 2020 football recruiting class….Quarterback transfers aren’t going anywhere….Perspective from CFB defensive coordinators as offenses explode

Perspective from the Cheez-it Bowl last night.

There were more interceptions in the first half of the Cheez-It Bowl than the #okstate defense had the entire regular season.

— Nathan Ruiz (@NathanSRuiz) December 27, 2018

Also – really disappointed TCU didn’t whip this out in their last game against the Pokes.

What is going on?! ?

(via @CalFootball)pic.twitter.com/FfrtqS2kh7

— Bleacher Report CFB (@BR_CFB) December 27, 2018

Pretty incredible that a bowl was canceled for weather (in Texas!)

A CANCELED BOWL GAME.

This pretty much never happens, but the Boise State-Boston College First Responder Bowl has been ruled a no-contest after a weather delay https://t.co/zOcanfMU9L

— College Football by SB Nation ? (@SBNationCFB) December 26, 2018

Another really solid QB transfer hits the market.

More college QB news today. Source confirms to @YahooSports that Buffalo QB Tyree Jackson has requested to be put in NCAA transfer portal. He’s informed UB officials he’s exploring a transfer.

— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) December 26, 2018

Yesterday on PFB

• Love/completely agree with this on PFB and a sense of community
• What a good Curtis Jones means to OSU’s offense
• Carson and Porter talk Gundy ‘crootin in the latest pod
• What Boone did/didn’t like about the 2018 football season
• Pokes are an underdog against Mizzou

Stuff I’m Reading

• What it’s like to go from writing for Sports Illustrated to delivering packages for Amazon
• 538 looks at the Thunder’s contender status
• If consultants ran Christmas
• Why coal symbolizes naughtiness