Daily Bullets: OSU-LSU would be a great non-con matchup

Football

Jim Brown off the top rope: “The NCAA is probably the most reprehensible organization God ever created.” (CBS Sports)

We talked a little bit about dream non-conference matchups on Friday. LSU got over 75 percent of the vote. (PFB)

Jake Trotter agrees. (ESPN)

Yeah, New Year’s Day is going to be awesome for football again this year. (CBS Sports)

Who cares about the interview, we’re going to run a tight end again?! (NewsOK)

OSU with the second worst special teams unit in the Big 12? (ESPN)

Oklahoma State’s Justin Gilbert is an Antonio Cromartie-type cornerback — he lacks aggressiveness and is considered a poor tackler, but he’s a tremendous athlete with terrific ball skills. (ESPN)

Zac Robinson, gone. (NewsOK)

Clemson is covering itself now. I hope OSU does this. (Clemson Insider)

Blackmon might not play at all in 2014? Yikes. (NewsOK)

Hoops

So Kamari Murphy might be transferring… (NewsOK)

Remember when this dude was committed to OSU? He and Forte could have done a homeless man’s Klay Thompson/Steph Curry impression. (ESPN Insider)

Kansas replaces Naadir Tharpe (with probably an All-American). (Yahoo)

In case you missed an update on all the recruiting action on Friday. (PFB)

Baseball

Sweepity sweep, Holliday is rolling. (NewsOK)

Tanner Krietemeier on the ASU sweep: “It definitely felt pretty good (to sweep). Going out like that, coming home, it’s definitely nice. It’s a fun time.” (O’Colly)

Good baseball photos here from the weekend. (Flickr)

Jim Littell’s son is really, really good at baseball. (NewsOK)

Other

So the silver medals in the greatest 4×100 of all time are gone now? (Deadspin)

Cristiano, my goodness. (Deadspin)

I read the best book I’ve read all year over the weekend. (Amazon)

Lillard is a monster. This shot was insanity. (Deadspin)

Five World Cup games worth skipping work for. Spain-Netherlands will be immense. (Big Lead)

This Simmons feature is pretty good. He makes $5 million a year? (Rolling Stone)

What I learned from Gary Smith is amazing. (Deadspin)

Austin Kleon’s “How I Write” is fantastic. (CopyBlogger)

Nobody loves a favorite but California Chrome was worthy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joMozA0V_es

Yes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th7nbtKVkLY