The Morning Fade – 5.16.11

Apparently OSU has someone who “could play next to Justin Blackmon” and I can pretty much guarantee you you’ve never heard his name. (NewsOK)

OSU drops two in a row to Baylor to close out the home portion of the schedule. They’ll finish up the regular season at Missouri State on Tuesday and at Tech for a three-gamer next weekend. (okstate.com)

Good analysis of OSU’s recruiting needs here by Chatmon. I like how different positions are labeled as “high need” or “medium need” and then he gets to defensive line and it’s like Defcon 1 “this couldn’t be any higher of a need for OSU.” I think that’s just the way it’s always going to be. (NewsOK)

Bralon Addison de-committed from OSU a month ago and yesterday gave his word to Texas A&M. (ESPN)

Really incredible read here on KD for all my Thunder-loving friends. The recount of how so many people close to him died when he was young is rather excruciating. (ESPN)

Hunter Mahan finished T6 in golf’s 5th major over the weekend, much to Mrs. Pistols’ chagrin as she may or may not have sent in a request to be an officer in the Choi’s Bois fan club. (PGA Tour)

And the Cowboys are still on top of the Rivals Cup after The Players. (Rivals Cup)

Darrell Williams’ court hearing keeps getting pushed back, this time to June. (ESPN)

Cowgirl softball team notched a two seed in the NCAA Tournament and will face, who else, Georgia Tech on Friday. (NCAA.com)

OSU finished last in the Big 12 track & field championships…by a lot. (Big 12 Sports)

I was kind of waffling on whether or not I was going to read the new behind-the-scenes ESPN book. I’m now all in. (ESPN)