Daily Bullets (February 26)

Football News

Travis Haney ranks OSU as the 30th-best head coaching job in the country. Baylor and TCU ahead of it. Even Oklahoma State fans begrudgingly acknowledge that the program is more often than not in Oklahoma’s shadow. The 2011 Big 12 title-winning season was the exception, not the rule. [ESPN – $]

The OSU spring game will be April 16 — the week after the Masters. [okstate]

Laquon: ““I wouldn’t say I would model my game after anyone, but I do like the way Dez Bryant plays, the way he attacks the ball, makes plays and makes the difficult plays. Similarities are there, but I don’t like to model myself after anyone. I like to learn and create my own style of play.” [ESPN]

Team Crabtree wins the offseason workout competition. [okstate]

Wait, the Joe Mixon video wasn’t entered as evidence for either side of the Joe Mixon court case? Is that for real? [CBS]

Recruiting News

2018 QB Casey Thompson visits Mike Gundy. In light of that Travis Haney article above, I really hope OSU improves in recruiting. It would be so much more fun to read about the four and five-star guys it’s getting than trying to convince ourselves that three-star from Tonkawa is a baller. /rant over [PFB]

OSU and LSU jump in on a 2017 DB. [PFB]

Hoops News

I wrote down a lot of thoughts about the OSU head coaching job. [PFB]

NCAA Selection Show expanded to two hours. [CBS]

Agree or disagree with banning court stormings? [Yahoo]

Steph had 51 and set the NBA record for consecutive games with a three. [yawn] [Big Lead]

Other Sports

Interesting story on the career of OSU track star John Teeters. [O’Colly]

More stuff I’m reading

What is the Genius annotator? [Politico]

Studies of conversation both in the laboratory and in natural settings show that when two people are talking, the mere presence of a phone on a table between them or in the periphery of their vision changes both what they talk about and the degree of connection they feel. People keep the conversation on topics where they won’t mind being interrupted. They don’t feel as invested in each other. Even a silent phone disconnects us. [NYT]