Daily Bullets (December 2)

On a day when we were supposed to be pooing our pants over Bedlam II, we are instead trying to figure out is Mike Gundy is a genius or just the luckiest Oklahoman of all time.

When you're favored in all your games but go 9-3 to probably fall to the Camping World Bowl and still somehow parlay it into $5 million a year during the week of a Big 12 title game you were supposed to be playing in. pic.twitter.com/rRa4qUtu9D

— Pistols Firing (@pistolsguys) December 1, 2017

Offense/Defense Efficiency

Berry Tramel rolls through the offensive and defensive efficiencies of Big 12 teams. OSU finished second in O and fourth in D. His take on the offense:

The OSU fans who don’t seem to like offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich are not grounded in reality. The Cowboy offense was phenomenal. Last year, OSU’s number was a rousing .436. But .467 is significantly better. This is a performance that ranks with Baylor’s great offenses. Just not quite as good as Baker Mayfield’s. But this is championship offense. [NewsOK]

He also notes that while the defense could be better (obviously), it could also be much, much worse.

Alamo Wants Pokes

And, in a cruel twist, we are all hoping for the Alamo. The upshot here is that it means we can root hard for TCU today because them winning is the cleanest path to both OU and TCU making a NY6 game and OSU getting to San Antonio.

OSU and NCAA Notes

Good story on a Cowgirl who has played all over the country before stopping in Stillwater … On the future of the spread option in the Big 12 … Winning teams in the first game are 28-28 in the rematch in recent college football history … Texas A&M fully guaranteed the $75 million! The full Aggie! … Phillip Fulmer staged a coup in Knoxville (and it worked) …

Remember, Currie fired Fulmer at UT in 2008 — as AD Mike Hamilton’s top assistant — now Fulmer ascends back to power with Currie fired.

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) December 1, 2017

Not sure we have fully dissected the fact that Mike Leach was basically interviewed by a rogue AD, who all but sold him on the job, before he was fired like 15 hours later.

— Adam Kramer (@KegsnEggs) December 2, 2017

Jason Witten, impressed with Dez.

Jason Witten on Dez Bryant: "I don't know that there's been anybody in the history of the league that can high-point the football like he does. He works at it every day. He catches more passes than anybody I've ever known over the last 8 years. I'm really proud of him."

— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) December 1, 2017

Ice.

Finishing up my bowl projections. Where you guys headed? https://t.co/eMCbCB9inr

— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) December 1, 2017

I laughed.

Jimbo Fisher: The Seminole fans are intense, I gotta get out of here.

Also Jimbo Fisher: I’m going to Texas A&M.

— Greg Tepper (@Tepper) December 1, 2017

I’m here for Eddie’s JoJo hate.

How does Baylor fare in the Big 12 Championship this weekend @Joey_Galloway?

— Eddie Radosevich (@Eddie_Rado) December 1, 2017

This is true.

Carousel season is CFB at its finest. Only place a tweet like this can exist https://t.co/dttSHJkz4q

— David Ubben (@davidubben) December 1, 2017

What You Missed on PFB

• Where does OSU turn for OC if Yurcich gets another job?
• A brief history of Mike Gundy contracts
• Alcohol sales approved at OSU games
• Gundy gets bump in salary to $5M
• Grading the WRs for 2017
• Preston Weigel was recently cleared to wrestle again

Other Stuff I’m Reading

• It’s time to end the anything-goes attitude on Twitter
• How to survive the media apocalypse
• I think this might be the best book I read in 2017