Daily Bullets (Sept. 29): Spencer Sanders Practicing, Chris Carson Update

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OSU Bullets

• Gundy says he expects reps to head towards Spencer Sanders this week – I say you rest Sanders because Illingworth gives you more than what Coastal Carolina’s QB did. Gundy announced a couple of linemen will be out for a month-plus yesterday as well

• Update on Chris Carson’ s injury – one to two weeks and his coach is upset

• Berry T. has the Pokes No. 1 in his weekly Big 12 power rankings – and he’s got a solid argument:

Last week, I said hold your nose and vote OSU No. 1. This week, you can let go of your nose. Winning twice without Spencer Sanders is impressive. Hard to win these days without your starting quarterback. Or is it? I guess I ought to research it. 

[NewsOK]

• This week’s Believe it or Not is spot on – loved the Sun Bowl unis (seeing that print on the back shoulders again was great) and Marshall’s tweet on Mike Gundy finally having two games without a passing TD is Gundy’s dream come true

• Cowboy corner Rodarius Williams named PFF defensive player of the week (nationally) – he was a monster on Saturday. Doege didn’t want none of Rodarius’ side of the field.

• Summary of Mike Gundy’s presser Monday

• This from punter Tom Hutton is pure comedy – this is what he’s talking about for context

• 20 points total and 4.4 yards per play? We’ve got a defense folks.

Non-OSU Bullets

• Terrific blog on “when life is miserable” (faith-based)
• Finished a pretty good goal-setting book over the weekend
• Some narratives were tough to follow but this Atlantic piece on the kids left behind in virtual schooling was good

I give this 95 percent odds that it plays out like a Parks and Rec episode: