Daily Bullets (December 7)

Happy birthday to my grandfather who reads the site every day and was born on this historic date. 

Football news

Gundy — [goat emoji] (Tulsa World)

Weeden: “If we lose that Iowa State game the fourth game of the year and we have the year we had for the rest of the way, I would argue that we probably would have had a chance to play for a national championship regardless.” (NewsOK)

Hugh Freeze: “We didn’t fare very well our last time against a Big 12 opponent. I have great respect for those guys and the brand of football they play. We’re probably a bit more similar than we are different. From a distance, I’ve admired the job Mike has done at Oklahoma State. To see how his guys have performed throughout the years, I know it will be a great test for us.” (NewsOK)

I’m glad we’re not playing in the Houston Bowl, but LSU would have been quite fun. (NewsOK)

Good look at who received awards at the awards banquet this weekend. Offensive MVP was …. ? (NewsOK)

We want Bama? Well, we got the only team to beat them. (NewsOK)

Around the country

OSU-Ole Miss as one of the 10 best bowls. (Yahoo)

The New Year’s Six games are SPECTACULAR. I’m glad we get to be a part. (CBS)

Is there a more Big 10 way to win a conference championship than on a 22-play drive? (CBS)

This tiebreaker method is hilariously stupid (on the Big 12’s part). Berry is smart for recognizing it. So if it’s more advantageous to have the middle point differential, why are you judging teams on point differential to start with? (NewsOK)

New playoff unis. All the thumbs. (CBS)

UNC got screwed on Saturday, btw. (CBS)

I actually am bummed OU isn’t playing Bama. (NewsOK)

Though they probably are not.

Craziest stat that could have playoff relevance: Big 12 teams are 0-13 in nonconference games at AT&T Stadium.

— David Ubben (@davidubben) December 6, 2015

Hoops news

Wow, I hadn’t even thought of this but Phil Forte might be considering a redshirt season. (NewsOK)

I’m not sure if it’s intended, but this article does a good job of painting just how bleak that picture was on Saturday afternoon in GIA. Egads, we are bad. (NewsOK)

Recruiting news

Dillon Stoner won four straight state titles at Jenks. (Go Pokes)

We got a DT for 2016. (PFB)

Other sports

Almost all of our non-football sports are going poorly right now. (okstate)

More PFB

Mike Yurcich to Tulane?! (PFB)

Here’s how Mike Gundy voted in his final coaches poll. (PFB)

David Glidden said OSU was better than he could have ever dreamed. (PFB)

Good stuff here from OKC Dave on where OSU ranks nationally over the last four years. (PFB)

More stuff I’m reading

Finished Judd Apatow’s book over the weekend. Tons of takeaways. Basically just a bunch of transcripts of him interviewing comedic geniuses, of which Jon Stewart is pretty clearly the upmost. It’s a good read. (Amazon)