Daily Bullets (July 7)

Vegas, baby

Oklahoma State has the second-best Big 12 title odds for 2016. [PFB]

OSU is however a two-TD dog to OU. [PFB]

The five strangest early Big 12 lines. [HCS]

Football News

More watch lists. More than there are All-American college baseball teams. [NewsOK]

The new Pistol Pete’s name is Austin Johnson. He talks about what it’s like to don the big head: “It’s about 50-50. I have held several babies who are screaming bloody murder, but their parents are like the world’s biggest OSU fans.” [Miami News-Record]

Oklahoma State has had one of the worst running games of the last few years in the Big 12. Not really a surprise, but tough to see on paper. [ESPN]

Kasey Dunn, like the rest of us, is a Marcell Ateman fan. [Go Pokes]

Brandon Chatmon on Jarrell Owens: “This year Owens should be asked to take on a bigger role as one of the best pass-rushers on the team. No single player can replace Ogbah but Owens has shown glimpses of special pass-rushing skills that could be valuable in 2016.” [ESPN]

Here is what Barry Sanders will look like in an OSU uniform. [PFB]

Coleman Key, gone. [PFB]

This is, uh, interesting.

Nothing final on Jarrett Stidham transferring from Baylor. Coach Jim Grobe is aware, actively trying to persuade him to stay, per sources.

— David Ubben (@davidubben) July 7, 2016

Gundy on that famous 2013 Baylor game: “It was cold.”

Baseball News

What six OSU baseball players have signed for. [PFB]

Thomas Hatch’s message to OSU fans was spectacular. [PFB]

Other Sports

Markel to the Warriors? Thunder? [PFB]

KD, not returning

Berry Tramel still thinks KD leaves if the Thunder win it all? I don’t think a star has ever left a title-winning team. [NewsOK]

Berry: “But in the end, Durant didn’t want to be Mr. Thunder. Didn’t want to be an Oklahoma icon. Didn’t want a statue erected outside Chesapeake Arena. Didn’t want to risk not having a ring by trying to win with the franchise he helped build. You can’t be angry at Durant for not wanting those things. It’s our problem, not Durant’s, that he was not the person we wanted him to be.” [NewsOK]

Kevin Durant’s move was the ultimate cop-out. [Sports Illustrated]

More Berry: “I still claim he is the most popular Oklahoman since Will Rogers. It’s not even close athletically and I don’t know who he would be close with nonathletically. He unified the state. He got everybody together. People that weren’t sports fans were drawn to Kevin Durant. He was an Oklahoma icon unlike anything I’ve ever seen.” [NewsOK]

This is very good.

Lowe Post podcast: @kevinarnovitz talks KD to GSW, free agency madness, those addictive quizzes, summer travel, more https://t.co/T6SiXbGIOW

— Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) July 6, 2016

More Stuff I’m reading

The NBA TV contract is not sustainable. Clay Travis might say some ridiculous things, but he’s smart about this sort of stuff. [Outkick]

Meet Simone Biles who is about to take over the Olympics. [Washington Post]