Daily Bullets (Oct. 1): OSU – King of the Backup QBs, OSU on the Market for a Preseason Tourney?

Mike Gundy expressed optimism that starting quarterback Spencer Sanders can play Saturday at Kansas. But if not, the Cowboys are comforted not only by Illingworth’s solid, though not spectacular, play as a true freshman, but also by their history.

“What we do is try to keep it as simple as possible,” Gundy said. “Our system is built to come in and function. The simplicity allows another guy to come on. [NewsOK]

• Cowboys are favored by three scores over the Jayhawks on Saturday

• OSU had reportedly pulled out of the Charleston Classic (pre-season tourney)

• Teven Jenkins has some serious pro potential – is he the best lineman prospect to come through since Russell Okung? Mike Gundy says he’s a $40m man

• The luxury that is OSU’s defense – it’s a bizarre world that happens once every seven or eight years under Gundy when the Twilight Zone occurs: OSU’s defense carries it’s offense (2013 the only other time? Chelf had that offense rolling, this may be the only example in 2020)

Legit Cowboy D! #LetsRide | #GoPokes pic.twitter.com/mDCbsVfvsv

— OSU Cowboy Football ??? (@CowboyFB) September 30, 2020

• Chuba Hubbard is now on a list with some pretty serious OSU running backs

• Fun story – a former Cowboy wrestler became a U.S. citizen

• The Pac-12 wanted to expand the CFP to eight-teams for 2020 and was shut down hard yesterday

Non-OSU Bullets

• Do smartphones make us dumber?
• Great faith-based piece on listening for God
• The magic of tradeoffs

Hopefully this is as political as we’ll get this year – really miss watching these kinds of debates. 

It's crazy how far we've come in 12 years. Watch the moderator make an attempt to get Obama and McCain to engage more with one another. Two people with completely opposite ideas coming together to debate peacefully. This is what a presidential debate looks like. #Debates2020 pic.twitter.com/tHwCShubVf

— John Shermenti (@shermenti) September 30, 2020