Daily Bullets (Oct. 2): What Must Chuba Do for Heisman Candidacy?

Pokes landed a verbal commitment from a 6’4″ Arizona receiver last night – a prime suspect to join Gundy’s “basketball team” next fall. 

Bullets Rundown

• What must Chuba do
• OSU playcalling dynamics
• A fascinating schedule quirk

Scores

• Men’s Golf: Fourth place finish (-12) at Nike Collegiate Invitational

OSU Bullets

• Chuba Hubbard-for-Heisman talk is buzzing. Besides, what else would the guy need to do?

If by now Hubbard hasn’t commanded the attention of every Heisman voter and all significant national media members, then what must the Cowboys third-year sophomore do?

He’s got to do what Sanders did in 1988: stack huge yardage totals, week after week. Hubbard’s got to have another big game at Texas Tech, and then another against Baylor, and another at Iowa State, and so on.

Surely a 2,000-yard season would result in a flight to New York for Hubbard, a 20-year-old Canadian who has become one of the very best of all Gundy-coached Cowboys. [TulsaWorld]

• Jenni Carlson had a comment that looks to be pretty insightful on the dynamics behind OSU’s playcalling process. 

(Mike) Gundy says he makes it clear when he shares opinions he isn’t doing so as some dictatorial head coach.

“You can use it if you want. If you don’t, you can throw it in the trash can,” he will tell his offensive coaches. “I just want to at least give you my information after 30 years of coaching offensive football.”

But it can be difficult to trash suggestions and ignore opinions when they come from the boss. [NewsOK]

I also agree with something Carlson implied in the above piece – toss the headset and let Gleeson make some red zone calls.

• Here’s a fascinating schedule quirk:

Starting last weekend against Kansas State, OSU is on a five-game stretch against teams it lost to in 2018. At this point in the year, the Cowboys would be favorites in most if not all of those games. [PFB]

• Florida is following California’s lead and filing pay-for-play legislation – here’s how the state coaches (OSU, OU, and Tulsa) see the issue

Non-OSU Bullets

• Some tips on how to experience meaningful progress in life

• I’ve liked Sturgill Simpson’s music to this point, super curious to see what his new album is about – this song from a previous album wrecked me when I became a dad

• I’m professionally unqualified in the field but this faith-based look at depression and the topics around it is one of the best reads I’ve seen on the subject

• Enjoyed this Ringer article on how LeBron needs to pull a Michael Jordan-esque “revenge tour” – but mostly this bit that applies to watching sports:

Part of the pleasure of learning NBA history is watching it repeat itself. In this case, it’s like the basketball gods plagiarized themselves to write the LeBron James story. [The Ringer]