Daily Bullets: OSU prepping for KU ‘just like they would for Alabama’

Football

Shaun Lewis on Kansas: “Nothing changes for us. We’re preparing for them just like we would for Alabama.” (NewsOK)

I thinK Berry is inventing his own advanced stats and they’re pretty great. (NewsOK)

I feel like we always get to this point in the season, throw up our hands, and say “nine teams will be undefeated” and then a bunch of crazy stuff happens. I really think Baylor could play for the title, by the way. (Big Lead)

Glenn Spencer on the first fourth and goal: “I made it a point to walk down there. I got in their huddle and I tapped him (Gundy) on the shoulder. And I said, ‘Punch it in’ with as much resolve on my face. I said ‘We’ll get them stopped.’ I’m glad they did because I would have had to hold up my end of the bargain if they hadn’t.” (O’Colly)

Could Bama lose to LSU this weekend? (CBS Sports)

Best Big 12 receiving duos in conference history. Dez and [anyone] and Rashaun and [anyone] should have made the list. (ESPN)

Choo Choo shirts back on sale. (PFB)

Heck of a lede here. (Tulsa World)

Some crazy college football stats here. Look at No. 2. (Football Scoop)

Josh Stewart: “When you come home on a plane ride after a win like that, you’re just thinking how amazing it is. It definitely puts a lot of confidence in your team. It’s definitely good for the rest of our season.” (O’Colly)

Hilarious that Baylor and OSU have the two best Big 12 defenses in terms of yards per play. (Grantland)

Yurcich made a “get-away-from-the-cops speed” joke on Monday. Kind of. I think. (Tulsa World)

Mack Brown: “This will be probably the most exciting and fun five weeks in the history of the Big 12.” (Yahoo)

Emptying my notebook on the Tech game. (PFB)

The Big 12 conference call yesterday was classic. Dana talked Red Bull, Gundy talked March Madness. (B/R)

LDJ on his faux-ejection: “The way he fell, I really think he was flopping. I know I didn’t hit him that hard.” (O’Colly)

Clint Chelf was Big 12 offensive player of the week. (Big 12 Sports)

I missed this: Texas Tech fans dancing during extra point. (Big Lead)

Tyler Patmon, unsung hero. (ESPN)

Remember when we all LOL at Jerry Palm having OSU in the Fiesta Bowl. Might not be as funny anymore. (B/R)

Justin Blackmon to enter rehab. (PFB)

More good stuff on the fourth and goal call. (NewsOK)

Hoops

Eamonn Brennan on the interesting AP All-American first team list. (ESPN)

Emporia Staet’s coach breaks down OSU, this is really good. On Marcus: “There’s a reason why David Stern or whoever the new commissioner is, Adam Silver, will be waiting with a crispy lid and a jersey for him on draft night.” (Yahoo)

Jay Bilas calls Markel Brown one of the most underrated players in the country and says the 35-second shot clock is embarrassing. (NewsOK)

OSU listed as one of the best NCAA title bets at 40-1. (ESPN)

Great Stevie Clark GIF here. (PFBc)

Other

Editor of Esquire on what he reads. (Atlantic)

Couple meets and gets engaged via Instagram. Weird or cool? (ABC)

Can’t stop watching.

LOL that Anthony Bennett (!) got taken over this guy.

Maybe Yurcich has been working on this all year and just got back to the offense last week?

Here’s Gundy’s presser from Monday, I didn’t get around to transcribing it.