Daily Bullets (November 12)

2011-esque

While the Bedlam loss eliminated most comparisons on account of season trajectory, the multi-faceted offensive attack was reminiscent of the 2011 squad.

The Cyclones have done a great job in their biggest wins playing pass defense, and so it set them up perfectly to lean on a pass coverage-heavy game plan against Mason Rudolph. Oklahoma State has seen a lot of teams in Big 12 play drop seven and even eight men into coverage, bracketing the Cowboys’ gifted wide receivers and trying to shut down the passing attack in exchange for the defending the run.

That set up plenty of opportunities for running back Justice Hill and on Saturday, he cashed in with 134 yards and three touchdowns. [CBS Sports]

This tends to be true about the offense all too often:

OSU has one of the all time great offenses and seems content to let their defense try to survive one more time.

— Bryan Keating (@KOCOKeating) November 11, 2017

Opponents, on the other hand, are left to the old “cut off the nose and spite the face” reality plays out when you try and take away one facet to only be dominated by another. But hey, you gotta try something.

Complete and total freak. Five getting justice for 2011. pic.twitter.com/XCLUlG00Eh

— Pistols Firing (@pistolsguys) November 11, 2017

Swing and A Miss

Everyone’s happy the Pokes came home with a win but one issue did surface – missed tackles.

An early-season problem reared its head in an ugly way. The OSU defense missed tackles by the bushel Saturday. That hadn’t been a huge issue since early in the year, but from the start Saturday, the Cowboys failed to wrap up and get ballcarriers on the ground. [NewsOK]

Now I won’t pretend it’s easy to tackle this 5’10”, 220-pound boss but Bill’s Cats will run all up in that business next week.

David Montgomery does it all pic.twitter.com/t86arUrrlT

— Barstool ISU (@BarstoolISU) November 11, 2017

OSU and NCAA Notes

D3 offense wins by 90 again (bookmark me, Gundy)….Fun profile on the rise of Mississippi State….Pokes add a bluechip golfer….This on the fall of Texas football/basketball is wild….Rickie is co-leading going into the final day south of the border

Happy late Veteran’s day to all who serve(d).

Thank you. ?? #VeteransDay pic.twitter.com/qhrCHLiSGT

— Oklahoma State (@OSUAthletics) November 11, 2017

I think he’s worth considering.

Maxwell #SemifinalistSpotlight: Mason Rudolph, QB, Oklahoma State Rudolph is known as one of Oklahoma State’s star quarterbacks. Heading into the 2017 season, Mel Kiper recognized him as the number one senior quarterback in the country and Rudolph has done an incredible job this season to live up to that standard. This season alone, Rudolph has thrown for 3,314 yards and has a total of 27 touchdowns. Rudolph hopes to lead the Cowboys to another victory this Saturday as the team travels to face Iowa State.

A post shared by The Maxwell Football Club (@maxwellfootballclub) on Nov 10, 2017 at 4:37pm PST

How unfortunate – can you fire an interim coach?

Uhhh…what just happened? pic.twitter.com/aRumkgf5Ub

— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) November 11, 2017

It’s hard to enjoy the time up to the win but gotta be easy to breathe after right?

If you still can find a way to complain with a win like that.. You need help.

— Ryan Simmons (@RS_52) November 11, 2017

Cardiac Cowboys.

Since Mike Gundy was hired in 2005, @CowboyFB leads FBS with 13 comebacks of 14+ points.

That includes three straight such wins over Iowa State. pic.twitter.com/AQk08Huzzr

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) November 11, 2017

When the wife brings home Hideaway.

NC State wins! Chubb seems pretty happy pic.twitter.com/WF2Npdl1u9

— Pack Pride (@PackPride) November 11, 2017

Still hope.

22 days. Don’t snooze on ‘em. pic.twitter.com/ekW84zk7pU

— Big 12 Conference (@Big12Conference) November 11, 2017

What You Missed on PFB

• Ten Thoughts from the win over Iowa State
• Take another look at the game-saving interception from multiple angles
• Get Boone’s thoughts on the win in the Instacap
• Cox emptied the notebook after the Cowboy win
• Social media reaction from the Iowa State game
• Tuberville bombed on the call yesterday in Ames

• Five Thoughts from the Pokes win over Pepperdine
• OSU outlasts Missouri State in penalty kicks