Daily Bullets (Nov. 17): CFP Poll Update, Jim Knowles on the Shortlist for Assistant of the Year

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Scores

MBB: Pokes 80, UMass-Lowell 58

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OSU Bullets

• The Pokes climbed a spot in the College Football Playoff rankings after the Sooners went down in Waco

Here’s where the BCS would have had everybody ranked:

This week’s side-by-side comparison of the just-released #CFBPlayoff rankings and our simulated #BCS — where very little changed from the committee near the top, leaving the two ranking systems unaligned on top-4s, but agreed on top-2s: pic.twitter.com/Tyxk4us998

— BCSKnowHow.com (@BCSKnowHow) November 17, 2021

• Jim Knowles is a Broyles Award nominee – given to CFB’s top assistant. The list will next trim to five and be given away on 12/7.

The rest of the nation is finding out what we already knew.#LetsRide I @BroylesAward pic.twitter.com/bSKVdo7gYE

— OSU Cowboy Football (@CowboyFB) November 16, 2021

• Watching Saturday’s game against TCU, it was hard not to wonder – “how did these guys throw for 531 yards against the Baylor team that just beat OU?” Well, here’s the answer.

OSU held them to 30 percent less successful passes – and it’s sort of a chicken-or-the-egg question when you try to figure out if its the pass rush or the coverage to blame.

The (Cowboy) coverage unit, in particular, played at a high level, as it held TCU’s offense to the second-lowest successful pass rate of any FBS team for the week (20.7%). Quarterback Chandler Morris and the Horned Frogs ranked 12th in the FBS in that metric last week (55.1%) against Baylor.

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• 21 points is the conference low for Texas Tech – the number to keep Tech under to keep up the trend of holding teams to their lowest total in Big 12 play

Tech’s season-low for scoring was the 21 points the Red Raiders managed against Oklahoma, given how this season has gone for Knowles’ group, that could be in danger this weekend.

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• Fun NFL update: Tevin Jenkins is back to practice, reviewing Rudolph-to-Washington. We appear to be headed to week two of Rudolph in charge!

• What a fun idea to engage the students.

Hey students… While we’re on the road, we had an idea.

We want to take one of you, and a friend, with us to Lawrence to take on the Jayhawks. ⤵️#NewEra I #GoPokes pic.twitter.com/pF7X1a9XQz

— OSU Cowboy Basketball (@OSUMBB) November 16, 2021

• These Fox guys know what they’re talking about:

Fox commentator’s on Oklahoma State’s performance last night “ Outside of Georgia I don’t see anyone better (or deeper) than this Oklahoma State team in the nation. With what they can do defensively along with a power rushing game and passing game. This team is special”

— Davis Harmon (@DavisM_Harmon) November 14, 2021

• Cade Cunningham had a career-high 25 points against the Kings on Monday night – and made history in the process.

Cade Cunningham (20 yrs, 51 days) became the youngest player in NBA history with at least 25 pts, 8 rebs, 8 asts and 5 3FGM in a game. He is followed by LeBron James (20 yrs, 100 days), Trae Young (20 yrs, 163 days) & Luka Doncic (20 yrs, 248 days). #Pistons

(via @EliasSports)

— Pistons PR (@Pistons_PR) November 16, 2021

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