Daily Bullets (Nov. 9): OSU Unusually Winning with Defense, Pokes Rise in the Coaches

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OSU Bullets

• Happy Monday. If you have a tough moment this week, just remember where you were this weekend when Will Howard coughed up the game to the Pokes.

• Pokes stay at No. 14 in the AP and move to No. 13 in the Coaches

• To frame just how unusual the “winning with defense” argument is in Stillwater under Mike Gundy, check out this stat:

 From Gundy’s hire in 2005 through last season, the Cowboys were just 14-35 when scoring fewer than 28 points in a game, but after Saturday’s 20-18 win over Kansas State, they’re 4-0 in such games this year.

[ESPN]

• Here’s a take from former Cowboy head coach Pat Jones take that may turn some heads:

Of the university decision to display a Pickens statue before a Sanders statue, Jones said, “I think it’s a disservice to all Oklahoma State football people – to everyone who has played or coached over there. I think it’s an insult.” [TulsaWorld]

• The Masters is coming – and Cowboy alum Charles Howell is ready

• Big Ben threw a TD to James Washington yesterday before he briefly left the game (Mason Rudolph finished two of three in middle relief)

• Cool video of OSU in fall:

• Two weeks in a row that Emmanuel Ogbah has forced fumbles that went for six.

Non-OSU Bullets

• Principle is inconvenient
• Really good faith-based take on “unequal comparisons”

A dad tweet I can get behind: