Daily Mullets (September 5)

Football News

Ramon Richards on the freshmen: “We give them rotations in practice, but to get these guys experience early on in the season really helps later on. We’re gonna needs these guys, especially on special teams later on down the line.” [NewsOK]

Mason Rudolph calls the greatest running back of all time, “Senior.” [PFB]

Senior on Junior’s punt return: “He’s watch that tape so many times he wore it out. He knows the route on that one.” [Go Pokes – $]

Second-largest field position margin of any game over the weekend? How about OSU over SE Louisiana. [Football Study Hall]

The six best stats from Saturday’s game. [PFB]

OSU had two plays from its first game on SportsCenter Top 10. [PFB]

Did a fun pod here with my old pal Pete Mundo previewing the OSU season. [HCS]

Your best plays from Saturday’s game.

Jhajuan Seales interview after Game 1.

State of the Run Game

Zach Crabtree on breaking some big runs: “It feels good. We expected that from ourselves going into this game. We expected to break those big runs from the get-go. I think when it’s an expectation, when you expect it to happen, it’s going to happen more.” [Tulsa World]

After Game 1, what do we actually know? [PFB]

Around the League

Berry Tramel on why Houston proved it belongs in the Big 12 is good. But in the short term, Houston and BYU are no-brainer picks if the Big 12 expands. And without a short-term fix, there might not be the chance for long-term viability. [NewsOK]

Texas Tech rolled up 758 yards on the way to a 69-17 win over Stephen F. Austin in the season opener Saturday night, but all anybody wants to talk about is the defense which looks much improved over the past several seasons. [ Go Pokes – $]

No idea if Texas is back, but that was a dang college football classic on Sunday night. Whoo boy. [CBS]

Big 12 standings after Week 1:

T1. Oklahoma State
T1. Baylor
T1. TCU
T1. Texas
T1. WVU
T1. Kansas
T1. Tech
T8. Iowa State
T8. KSU
T8. OU

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— Pistols Firing (@pistolsguys) September 5, 2016

Other Sports

OSU gave up a TD to Florida in soccer over the weekend. Yikes. [okstate]

Oklahoma State’s men’s golf team rolled at Pebble Beach over the weekend. [okstate]