Daily Bullets (October 12)

Football news

This story on how those weird sideline signs got started is awesome. Gundy sounds so proud to have outsmarted other coaches in holding up fake signs. (AP)

Agree with this on the bye week coming at the exact right time. Also, Walsh: “We’ve had these games the last three weeks where we had to win them at the end of the game. To come into Morgantown on a night game against a very good West Virginia team and come out with a win, it doesn’t matter how it is. It’s a good win.” (NewsOK)

Great stat from Mark Cooper: On 35 first-down plays against the Mountaineers, Oklahoma State gained 84 yards. That’s 2.4 yards per play. To put it another way, it means OSU faces a lot of second-and-8s and second-and-7s. And the likelihood of a third-and-long increases. (Tulsa World)

Mike Gundy: “We changed our blocking scheme in overtime. We had enough time to talk about it. We made some adjustments formation-wise. We changed our blocking scheme. Rennie (Childs) came in and ran the ball really effective for us. That would be the only answer for how we were able to actually rush the ball some in overtime.” (Go Pokes)

Yikes. Quarterback Mason Rudolph had a career-best 40-yard run, the team’s second-longest gain on a running play this season. (Big 12)

Enjoyed this post from Whetsell on the WVU game, and his note on OSU’s combined performance against Texas and WVU is pretty incredible. (CRFF)

Pretty cool that the O-State defense is playing for No. 52. (NewsOK)

Mike Gundy: “People don’t realize how close teams are to each other and that each week it is hard to win football games, especially on the road.” (Go Pokes)

That Cowboy defense

More Gundy: “[Emmanuel Ogbah] was tired. I could see by looking in his eyes. He plays so hard and he’s had so many reps the last three weeks and then tonight. But he’s a force. There’s no questions that he’s a really, really good college football player. His leadership and his effort and his ability to make plays obviously gives us a chance to be a really good defense.” (O’Colly)

Great stuff here from Robert Allen on how the defense performed at the end of the game. Interesting tidbit on how Glenn Spencer changed things up because of the Kevin Peterson injury. (Go Pokes)

The Cowboys lead the nation with 59 tackles for loss in six games. They’re on pace for 128, which would break the record of 112 set in 1998 (the statistic has been tracked since 1969). (Tulsa World)

Weeden in Big D

Is Weeden done as the Cowboys starter? (NewsOK)

“I don’t want to talk about it. I’m going to let my play do the talking. That’s their decisions. That’s what their role is. My role is to play football and be ready. I’m going to prepare like I always do.” (Dallas Morning News)

Tom Brady, by the way, remains the best.

https://twitter.com/_MarcusD_/status/653329704666198016/

Around the country

Wow, Sark is taking a leave of absence from SC. (CBS)

He was reportedly drunk during a game. Wow! (Big Lead)

I do think Baylor is better than TCU, but I don’t understand why they jumped TCU in the AP Poll. (Yahoo)

Speaking of SC, this is must watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPC5USfnjA8

Pokes in the pros

Marcus Smart’s best comp according to 538 is James Harden. (538)

Here’s the explanation behind where that comparison comes from. Really interesting stuff. (538)

Dez got a therapeutic injection that “involved him having bone marrow stem cells removed from his hip and injected into his ankle.” (Dallas Morning News)

Hoops news

Team is “verrrry competitive.”

PFB news

This headline from the Oklahoman … not great. (PFB)

There are only six 6-0 teams in the country. OSU is one of them. (PFB)

Oklahoma State moved up in the polls and is now ranked inside the top 20. (PFB)

Player reaction on social media to the big win. (PFB)

Here are the highlights from Saturday with Dave Hunziker on the call. (PFB)

Here’s the infographic on the game. (PFB)

The nine best quotes from the OSU-WVU game. (PFB)