Daily Bullets (January 3)

Sugar Bowl Recap

Some great pics from the game on Friday. [okstate]

J.W.: “It was probably the last time I’m walking off of a football field. I was just trying to take it all in and kind of relish those final moments.” [O’Colly]

On that insane 2013 crootin class for Ole Miss and where they go from here. [ESPN]

Kevin Peterson: “I sat there when Coach Gundy was giving his postgame speech, I’ve heard it a thousand times, four years. It was my last time hearing it, and it hit me when he said that. But you never know the magnitude until you walk away from everything and you see everything that’s been effective that you are walking away from.” [O’Colly]

Todd Monken on being at the game: “This is only the second game I’ve attended as a fan in 27 years as a coach.” [NewsOK]

2015 was a very good season for OSU. But despite a 10-0 start, despite rising to a No. 6 national ranking in late November, despite making the Sugar Bowl, the Cowboys showed that their championship contention hopes were far from reality. [NewsOK]

How does a season that finished 10-3, played for a Big 12 title, and got a chance to play in a New Year’s six bowl game, manage to feel worse than a season that was one idiotic Bob Stoops’ decision from staying home? [CRFF]

Tre Flowers: “We came to the Sugar Bowl, but that’s not enough. We lost our last three, so we’ve got to find a way to finish. And that’s what we’re going to do.” [NewsOK]

Mason Rudolph (apparently without a hint of irony): ““I think at some points, we kind of shot ourselves in the foot.” [NewsOK]

Gundy on the General: “J.W. will always have a special place in the hearts of the Oklahoma State family.” [NewsOK]

Football News

A quick (good) look at the state of the program going into the 2016 season. [NewsOK]

Burns Hargis: “Football rows the boat. That’s really what pays for everything. If you’re not competitive in football, you’re going to have a lot of trouble supporting your other sports. It’s not just the revenue you get through television from your conference.” [Tulsa World]

Mike Gundy: ““As a coaching staff, we have to have a tremendous commitment to recruiting to continue to build some depth.” [Tulsa World]

Emmanuel Ogbah says there’s no timeline for his future. [Tulsa World]

Around the Country

TCU completed the biggest comeback in bowl history last night against Oregon. The Big 12 badly needed it. [Yahoo]

Speaking of TCU, here’s the Trevone Boykin punch (allegedly). [Deadspin]

WVU also beat Arizona State. The Big 12 is saved! [CBS]

Our 7-5 team is beating your 6-6 team. Our conference rules!!!! Woohoo

— Danny Kanell (@dannykanell) January 2, 2016

Hoops News

Five thoughts on OSU’s win over TCU. [PFB]

Notebook on OSU-TCU. [PFB]

Travis Ford: “We have talked about our identity as a team and what we want that to be, today it was defense. We aren’t the greatest offensive team. We are going to have to win games with our defense. That means you have to scrap and claw.” [Go Pokes]

TCU coach Trent Johnson: “Oklahoma State is a great example of guys playing together as a team. “We have to learn from that.” [AP]

Big Monday is going to be No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 1 OU. [Yahoo]

Other sports

OSU finished second at the Southern Scuffle. [okstate]

More PFB

J.W. Walsh finishes his career with a 2-TD performance. [PFB]

Mason Rudolph played with a screw in his foot. [PFB]

10 thoughts on the Sugar Bowl. [PFB]

Sugar Bowl notebook. [PFB]

OSU players react after the Sugar Bowl loss. [PFB]