Daily Bullets (February 24)

Hoops News

Ford on Bedlam tonight: “We’ve got to overachieve. Dig deep inside and find that ridiculous effort, that unbelievable performance that will give us a chance at this point, because that’s what it’s going to take. But the great thing about it, that’s happened before. Why can’t that be us at one time? You have to have the right approach for that to even come out.” [AP]

Must read on the relationship between Kurt Budke and Jim Littell. [O’Colly]

Wow, I didn’t think about this. OSU women could host the early part of the NCAA tournament. [NewsOK]

I like this from Ford: “There’s going to be setbacks in your life. There will be setbacks in your marriage. There will be setbacks in everything that you do. And how you handle that will determine what’s next. This is no different. That’s why they come to college. Not just to learn about math, English, history, science; that’s a big part of it. But one of the big reasons you come to college, whether you’re an athlete or a non-athlete, is to learn how to deal with real-life situations outside of mom and dad being with you every single day.” [NewsOK]

This will stun you (and probably should), but Kansas is a Tech win at home from another B12 title. What a time to be alive. [CBS]

Ford’s post players have not been a total wash. But instead of having two solid players a year, it’s been more of an average of one solid player every two years. That won’t cut it in the Big 12. [NewsOK]

Head Coaching position

The Bring Doug Home campaign has begun. [PFB]

Good job by CRFF in putting together a list of non-Gottlieb candidates. But I’m just bored out of my mind by them all. [CRFF]

Carson and I talked a lot about the future of the OSU program in this podcast. [PFB]

The university has two choices: stay the course and allow a floundering program to undoubtedly get worse, or make an effort to restore the legacy of a once-proud basketball program, starting at the top. That decision should be an easy one. [CRFF]

Football News

I agree with Berry Tramel that Joe Mixon’s status on OU’s team shouldn’t change post-video release. [NewsOK]

A $2M church in Alabama being named for Nick Saban is not surprising at all. [CBS]

Sorry, but BYU and Cincinnati just do not bring enough brand recognition or volume (TV sets) to the Big 12. Together, they’d have to bring $46 million per year just for the Big 12 to break even. [CBS]

Recruiting News

OSU’s new offensive lineman commit grew up an OU fan. [PFB]

Is this LSU receiver going to transfer to Oklahoma State? [PFB]

If you’re a running back in North America, OSU wants to give you a scholarship. [PFB]

More stuff I’m reading

One glimpse of the structural unfairness in America is this: A dumb rich kid is now more likely to graduate from college than a smart poor kid, according to Robert Putnam of Harvard University. [NYT]

Wow, Trump’s going to pull this off, isn’t he? [538]