Daily Bullets (Sept. 23): Projecting the K-State Game AKA The Anti-Big 12 Game

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OSU Bullets

• Here’s some solid K-State game analysis: K-State will want to run the ball on the Pokes and comparing the strengths and weaknesses of both teams

• The Western Illinois Leathernecks are coming to Stillwater in 2027 – completing the football schedule for that season

• This take on how OSU-K-State is sort of the anti-Big 12 game is a little overdone but still accurate:

The Big 12 is known for its high-scoring games, but this matchup is more like the antithesis of that reputation.

[The Athletic]

• Supporting the above conclusion, Berry Tramel projects a 21-20 Pokes win and cites recent history as the reason for picking a low-scoring affair:

The Wildcats have quit scoring big on OSU. K-State averaged 39 points a game in the series from 2011-18 (OSU went 4-4 in the series during that span), but the Cowboys have won 20-18 and 26-13 the last two years.

[NewsOK]

• Fun look at starting safety Jason Taylor II and how he’s developed as a player

• Fall in Stillwater is an A+

• Winning by a frog’s hair. I can’t help but here Gundy’s presser from a few years back talking about how they always deliver an entertaining game.

Non-OSU Bullets

• The science of habits
• One small thing
• Visual representation of the most-used phone apps