Daily Mullets (October 14)

The PFB squad is headed off the internet for a few days. I am personally going to the lake with my family to read, hang with the kids and get away from my phone and computer. We will post a few things today and then be back at it on Monday. Hope you guys enjoy the bye weekend. 

National Champs!

Oklahoma State is the 1945 national champion. [PFB]

Here’s the game that got us there. [PFB]

Boone’s reaction: “I was a big fan of that team. They had some real heroes on it. Those were great years for our athletic teams, including basketball and wrestling. I’m glad the football team is finally getting the recognition they earned on the field.” [NewsOK]

Neill Armstrong last December: “We may have been the best team in the country that year. We had a couple of All-Americans and a group of veterans who kept us in check. In practice, we scrimmaged every day. As hard as those scrimmages were, it’s a wonder that we had anything left for the games, but those scrimmages toughened us and made us better. We had a lot of older guys who had fought in the war and understood that you don’t win anything unless you do it as a team.” [ESPN]

The trophy has been in Stillwater for a while. [PFB]

This made me laugh.

Congrats to Oklahoma State being awarded the 1945 national title!! That makes my freshman year in Stillwater even more special

— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) October 13, 2016

This is also true.

Not the same as A&M arbitrarily claiming titles. This was awarded to #OKState by one of the most respected organizations in the sport.

— LandGrant Gauntlet (@the_LGG) October 13, 2016

Yes it is.

Even in 1945 our football AND basketball national championship winning campus was beautiful pic.twitter.com/SyJQ2uRwZP

— wherever Dez Bryant plays next year fan (@Pokelahoma) October 14, 2016

No it’s not.

When an OU fan tries to point out that OSU has never won a national championship in football pic.twitter.com/jE4ZzGGxkD

— trip henderson (@triph3nderson) October 14, 2016

Football News

Mason Rudolph is a finalist for the Golden Arm Award. [CRFF]

But is Mason Rudolph elite? [PFB]

New podcast: We interview Nathan Peterson and make our Mike Gundy Bingo cards. [PFB]

Glenn Spencer on scout teamer Melvin Gilliam: “I think that he’s a guy that just wants to be here. If he wasn’t playing football, Melvin would probably still be here going to school. It’s important to have people in your program that love Oklahoma State.” [okstate]

Midseason grades. First up: RBs. [PFB]

Why Mike Gundy is comfortable where OSU is at. [PFB]

Around the league

Big 12 will hold a press conference on Monday to announce … something. Here’s Chuck Carlton of the Dallas Morning News: “Sources confirmed Wednesday that pretty much all the options are on the table, including the possibility of football-only membership with Houston and BYU the most likely members. The sources also confirmed that expansion has gone from likelihood about six weeks ago to maybe a 1-in-3 chance.” [Dallas Morning News]

Not Big 12 but holy crap!

#okpreps #6A2 #SandSprings scores 2-pt with :06 left in 4Q 25-26 pic.twitter.com/oGr76QJ2Hf

— Tony Russell (@TonyRussellTV) October 14, 2016

Recruiting News

Gonna leave this right here … Offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich is a good example as he will hit high schools and games on Thursday and Friday before heading back to Stillwater for a birthday party on Saturday for oldest son Jack. “We are going to have a magician there, so there will be a rabbit pulled out of a hat,” joked Yurcich. [Go Pokes – $]

Oklahoma State is trying to grab the No. 7 CB prospect in Texas away from Baylor. [PFB]

On the Urban Meyer-Mike Gundy signing day disagreement. [PFB]

Hoops News

Pokes picked to finish seventh in the B12 this year. [PFB]

Durant’s just talking. And he’s not coming close to saying the right things. Every time Durant goes passive aggressive, he’s denting his own legacy. What Durant and Westbrook built in OKC — on the court and off, including state pride and civic self-esteem — was special. He should be proud of it. Instead, he seems the opposite. [NewsOK]

Westbrook’s reaction: “That’s cute.” [Up The Thunder]

This is terrific.

Great catching up with Coach Sutton today. #GoPokes #GnG pic.twitter.com/CL7xFhblO4

— Tony Allen (@aa000G9) October 13, 2016

More Stuff I’m reading

The car that crashed into a crowd of onlookers at the Oct. 24, 2015, Oklahoma State University homecoming parade, killing four people and injuring dozens of others, accelerated before the crash, the National Transportation Safety Board has determined. [Tulsa World]