Daily Bullets (Sept. 4): Pokes Open as Favorites, Special Teams Saves the Day

Happy Labor Day from the gang at PFB.

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OSU Bullets

• ICYMI – Ten Thoughts from Saturday’s win, videos of interviews with Gundy and coordinators, and a special update that one of OSU’s middle linebackers will be out a few weeks (PFB)

• Pokes open as three-point favorites against Arizona State (Twitter)

• Special teams swung the game for the Pokes Saturday – just win baby.

(Alex) Hale’s made field goals and (Korie) Black’s blocks create a 12-point special teams swing. OSU won by 14.

[Sellout crowd)

• A little deja vu with OSU missing two offensive linemen for most of Saturday night but per Robert Allen (Preston Wilson + Jake Springfield) sounds like both will be available next week (Twitter)

• A little early on the trigger here but was all of the under-center talk all smoke? (O’Colly)

• Can’t stop watching this – all of the Chris Carson comps are bubbling up internally:

Air Gordon 😱#SCTop10 | 📺 ESPN+ | @Ollie_Gordon2 pic.twitter.com/WOTQD6brZv

— OSU Cowboy Football (@CowboyFB) September 3, 2023

• How can you not be romantic about sports?

People hear “Wyoming” and picture the Tetons. In reality that’s a small slice of a state that is treeless, windy and oftentimes bleak. Only one city has +50,000 people. If you don’t arrive there already having made your millions, it’s a hard place to scratch out a life. People… pic.twitter.com/0Yh3bAkcDZ

— Graham Coffey (@GrahamCoffeyDC) September 3, 2023

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Non-OSU Bullets

• Ranking how every NFL offense will fare in 2023
• Team USA lost Sunday morning in the World Cup but advance to the knockout rounds
• Three habits for the internet age (faith-based)

As many chances to get lucky as you can.

“‘Give yourself a lot of shots to get lucky’ is even better advice than it appears on the surface. Luck isn’t an independent variable but increases super-linearly with more surface area—you meet more people, make more connections between new ideas, learn patterns, etc.”

Sam altman