Daily Mullets (November 13)

Back at it on a Sunday. Complete coverage coming throughout the day as OSU moves to 8-2* on the season and sneaks up on the CFB Playoff chatter. Let’s hop right in to today’s Bullets. Also, college football is amazing. Michigan, Clemson and Washington all fall in the same day. I love this sport.

Carson chooses to kneel

I feel bad for Chris Carson because of the way the game ended. Especially because he would have had his third TD of the game on Senior Day (which would have been a career high). He was bummed as well but took it in stride.

Then, after Tech took a time out, the Cowboys put not scoring in motion. “(Coach Gundy) was like, ‘Don’t score this play. If you get the first down, slide down and take a knee,’” said Carson, who ran for 73 yards and two touchdowns. “That’s what I tried to do. “It’s the worst feeling for me. You want to take (the TD), but you’ve got to do what’s best for the team.” [NewsOK]

Gundy then went on to compare the situation to landing a jet on an aircraft carrier, and everything is amazing.

OSU Goes 3-3-5 on defense

Glenn Spencer and Mike Gundy went with a rarely-used (for OSU) 3-3-5 defense, and it worked. Sort of.

The real challenge was inserting mostly inexperienced defenders into new roles, especially at linebacker. Chad Whitener was sidelined with injury, so Justin Phillips assumed his starting role in the middle. Gyasi Akem and Kevin Henry also played early and often. In the secondary, true freshman A.J. Green played on critical fourth-quarter downs. [NewsOK]

Oklahoma State still gave up nearly 3.4 points per drive (which is not good), but that number could have been far worse if not for three straight three and outs to start the game. Also, 5.4 yards per play is startling.

Held Tech to 5.4 yards per play, but gave up 6 TDs in 7 RZ trips. Forced 4 three-and-outs, but struggled on 3rd down. But got job done. https://t.co/VJy4WQ2pbl

— Mark Cooper (@mark_cooperjr) November 13, 2016

James Washington’s sandwich shop friends

Good story here on Jenni Carlson on the chastising James Washington receives from some old men at a sub shop throughout the week. They’re going to die an early death because of this team.

Washington is really good and then some, though he knows he’s going to hear it from the sub-shop men come Tuesday. They like to rib him, and he’s more than happy to laugh and joke with them. “They say as long as we win,” he said, “it’s fine.” [NewsOK]

Down goes … everyone

It never fails — when you least expect it is when we get the most thrilling CFB days.

AP Top 25-ranked No. 2 Michigan lost at Iowa, No. 3 Clemson lost at home to Pittsburgh, and No. 4 Washington fell at home to USC. All three teams were undefeated, all three teams fell to cross-division rivals, and it was the first time that Nos. 2-4 in the AP Top 25 have lost in the same day since 1985. [CBS Sports]

Also this is probably true.

That blown situation at Oklahoma State earlier this year against CMU is going to come back to haunt the Big 12

— Joel Klatt (@joelklatt) November 13, 2016

Seth Russell’s leg

Not sure why you would want to watch, but here it is.

Baylor senior quarterback Seth Russell, went down with a gruesome leg injury a little over halfway through the third quarter against Oklahoma today. The video has been added below, but if you are squeamish, consider yourself warned. [LGG]

I thought this was pretty cool though.

Instead of watching replay of Seth Russell's gruesome injury… Watch this. Notice how much respect the OU stars have for this quarterback. pic.twitter.com/oIRtAIfCrz

— Abigail Ogle (@KOCOAbigail) November 12, 2016

Dana on WVU’s balls

Dana was caught on a hot mic saying that his players’ balls are bigger than Texas’ players. Incredible.

West Virginia is beating Texas in Austin. A referee left his microphone on. The crowd was offered some unfiltered thoughts from Mountaineers head coach Dana Holgorsen on the relative state of the two teams. [Big Lead]

I wonder if this is when he said it.

Holgorage pic.twitter.com/ZyFshdn617

— Sam Rybicki (@Rybiculous) November 12, 2016

Mason to The Prez

Everyone was stunned when Washington went deep against KSU last week. Nobody was stunned when he did it this week against Texas Tech. Rudolph explains what happened.

“That play, we were gonna try to take something over the middle, kinda a crossing route, but it was a really good run fake, really good suck out of those (linebackers) and that free safety, and James did the rest,” Rudolph said. “Once he catches that one, it’s pretty much off to the races. You know he’s gonna take it in for six.” [O’Colly]

It is Washington’s third play of 80+ yards which leads the country.

On The close-game Cowboys

OSU has now won 11 of its last 12 games decided by less than 10 points. A stunning number.

If it was the same vibe, it wasn’t the same opponent. Gundy’s team surpassed “Cardiac Cowboys” about five or six close shaves ago. There’s something almost mystical going on now. “Karma,” Spencer offered. Sometimes you make your own magic. You drive 88 yards in three stunning plays to edge Pitt, or surge to 24 unanswered points over the final 17 minutes to overcome Iowa State. [Tulsa World]

I’m worried it can’t last.

PFB reads you might have missed

Out favorite plays from Saturday’s game … OSU-Tech notebook … Rudolph and Weeden are the only multi-3K-yard passers in OSU history … 10 thoughts on the game … postgame show where I try to call Carson and fail … notable recruits who saw the game in person … on the importance of Chris Carson to the two-headed run game OSU has developed.