Daily Bullets (Dec. 3): How the Pokes Shut Down Marquette, Dezmon Jackson Has License to Spin

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OSU Bullets

• Good piece outlining how the defense shut down the Marquette offense Tuesday night – PFB says it was the zone defense

• Chuba Hubbard’s draft stock is evaluated (see No. 6) on this PFF list

• Kasey Dunn had two keys for Dezmon Jackson’s success last Saturday:

“I told him he could hit the ‘B’ button 15 times after you get four yards,” Dunn said, referencing the button for a spin move on a video game controller. “But until you get four, you’re gonna smack it downhill, and he did.

“Our offensive line blocked, and that made calling the run plays a heck of a lot easier.”

[NewsOK]

As nice as the blocking was on Saturday – the Red Raiders are hardly the 85′ Bears on defense this year. TCU’s defense is a few slots better at stopping the run.

• Jerry Jones isn’t thrilled about facing Dez Bryant this weekend, here he’s quoted on the matchup:

“I couldn’t be happier to see him on the field. Now, I’m going to be a little worried because I do know how that rascal can get up there and get a ball.”

[CBS Sports]

• Seeing national pundits pump up Cowboy Basketball is fun:

• A frustrating aspect of the College Football Playoff debate – it’s just a matter of what the Committee wants to say:

Non-OSU Bullets

• These monoliths that have appeared are lines straight out of “An Absolutely Remarkable Thing”, a fun fiction read for the new year

• These two skills help me understand what an entrepreneur does (classic HBR piece it alludes to here)

• 52 things this guy learned in 2020 was pretty good

• Two faith-based pieces I really enjoyed: “He is Enough” and blessings of seeing our sin (I’m way onto the Ed Welch bandwagon) – both great