Daily Bullets (Oct. 7): Take the Odds on the Pokes to Win It All, How the Defense is Terrific

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OSU Bullets

• If you’re the betting type, here’s an argument for taking the Pokes to win the natty at it’s current number: 100-to-1 odds.

The Cowboys are the Big 12’s lone unbeaten team. They’ve got the best chance among Big 12 teams to make the playoff. Once you get to the playoff, anything can happen. Well, not anything can happen. The playoff almost always goes to order. But this is 2020. You never know.

Put down $10 on the Cowboys, and it could turn into $1,000. 

[NewsOK]

• Solid piece last week from Bill Haisten on how OSU is winning (like it’s 2009)

• This Cowboy defense is terrific – yards per play and third downs are absolutely fantastic.

Oklahoma State’s first three opponents are a combined 7-for-43 on third down. That’s 16 percent. The closest the Cowboys have come to that in the Mike Gundy era came in 2013 when the Pokes allowed teams to convert on 31 percent of their third-down attempts.

[PFB]

• Robert Allen highlighted two state running backs the Pokes should be after – sign me up for the younger Pressley from Bixby.

• Fun article listing OU in this sportswriter’s “Bottom 25” 🙂 🙂 🙂

• Pretty cool – an OSU account dedicated just to sports stats is up and running on Twitter. This is one of the first ones:

• Bright shines your name.

Non-OSU Bullets

• “Well, that’s a dumb idea.”

• Fun ideas for a post-COVID city

• Found my favorite chapter of this great faith-based book online – the first section on “Our’s and God’s” is terrific

• Being a curious reader (some faith-based elements but good)