Daily Bullets (May 11)

The Replacements

Soon-to-arrive Cowboy Dru Brown intrigues college football talking heads as an immediate impact guy.

It will be interesting to see whether any or all of these QBs can win the starting job at their new destinations: Keller Chryst, formerly of Stanford, at Tennessee; Wilton Speight, formerly of Michigan, at UCLA; Dru Brown, formerly of Hawaii, at Oklahoma State; Brandon Dawkins, formerly of Arizona, at Indiana; K.J. Carta-Samuels, formerly of Washington, at Colorado State.

None are the next Russell Wilson, but they have experience (some more than others) to build on. [The Athletic]

So somewhere below Russell Wilson seems like a good heads up. Game experience may be Brown’s biggest asset as he enters the race this fall.

Out on the Waiver Wire

So what’s the deal with nobody signing Dez Bryant?

Sometimes these falls from grace are justified. Sometimes they aren’t. With Bryant, it’s impossible to know. Things might have deteriorated significantly in Dallas behind the curtain in Bryant’s final year. But on the surface, he seems like less of a handful than Odell Beckham Jr. Bryant is not anywhere as talented as Beckham anymore. But if there’s enough talent, players find a home in the NFL. So does Bryant still have enough talent? [TheBigLead]

It could be the orange glasses but Dez Bryant doesn’t seem like half as much trouble as former Dallas star Terrell Owens, which made perfect sense that nobody wanted to risk signing.

But it appears there’s something about wanting to be the alpha dog, as opposed to singing a constant team-first rhetoric, that appears to make him a bad fit. He’s a rich man’s second or Boone Pickens’ level third banana in any depth chart.

OSU and NCAA Notes

Where Dez Bryant could land in free agency (plus others)….Mike Gundy in a cowboy hat made this discussion on college football coach fashion….Commission of College Basketball is showing sort of pulse on the amateurism issue….Heinously disagree with the one-two rankings in this Big 12 pro golf talent ranking

Movement on the ‘tron.

Progress. #GoPokes #okstate #CowboyUp19 pic.twitter.com/kfxfpX6EQT

— Cowboy FB Recruiting (@CowboyFB_Elite) May 10, 2018

Pokes back in action tonight, first pitch at 6:35pm.

The Big 12 leaders are back in conference action this weekend in Waco, Texas. Here's what ya need to know about #okstate's series at Baylor: https://t.co/0ilCHJh625 #GoPokes pic.twitter.com/hCiJwaI2O8

— Cowboy Baseball (@OSUBaseball) May 10, 2018

Spears School of Business would be proud.

Congrats to all the new #okstate grads! Especially those who now own a Business Administration degree (like my 30+ yr old one)…another old decal surfaced, put it next to your @OKStateAlumni sticker on the back window of your car #GoPokes #Classof2018 #TBT pic.twitter.com/NJTD4GMSKa

— Doug Shivers (@casdas29) May 10, 2018

CC: Boynton, Mike.

In Honor of State TOMORROW ‼️‼️ here’s a lil 24 foot jump??? pic.twitter.com/2HuFqomKHG

— ??CJ Moore?? (@daddydimes35) May 10, 2018

Expert troll job here by Tennessee’s little brother in Nashville.

slow down, you haven’t even beaten us since 2015 https://t.co/6nFIo1KYJH

— Anchor of Gold (@anchorofgold) May 10, 2018

What You Missed on PFB

• Boynton landed a 2018 power forward who announced on PFB
• Enjoy this PFB interview with incoming phenom Spencer Sanders
• Enjoy Marcus Smart’s series-clinching big plays from Wednesday night
• Chalk Talk: See how Jim Knowles’ defense creates pressure
• Pokes landed a defensive end late Wednesday night

Other Stuff I’m Reading

• A tall task but I think I agree with the three requirements for authentic generosity
• In search of the real (Steelers’ head coach) Mike Tomlin was good
• Nick Collison’s retirement story told to Royce Young is fantastic
• Liked this idea of making stopovers a part of your vacation