That was some really good defense. Our guys were tired in the last 8 minutes and were reaching instead of moving their feet, but other than that, they did a great job both on the ball, and with rotating and helping. Cisse probably had his best OSU game as a rim protector. Was getting blocks, and making BU players adjust shots in the lane.

I will say that we benefitted from BU being really off the mark from 3. Some of that was good defense and some was just uncharacteristic misses from them.

Even so, considering it was our 3rd road game in a week, these guys deserve a lot of credit for playing so hard on defense and making it tough on the bears.

God bless Dave Hunziker.

What a win! Go Pokes!

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I don’t know who the Republicans will run, I assume either Trump or DeSantis.

But the Democrat nominee is more perplexing. I doubt anyone thinks Biden will run for re-election. And Harris is unelectable, she can’t even get Democrats to vote for her.

The bench is shockingly shallow and weak. I keep seeing headlines like “Why Not Hillary?” Is Hillary viable anymore? She’ll be 76 years old. Hasn’t America had its fill with old people? About half of my generation (she and I share the same generation) are repulsed by the mere mention of her name, and would never vote for her under any circumstance. The next generation is probably chomping at the bit to have their turn. And the generation after that likely feels the same way. Hillary will have been out of the glaring spotlight for 8+ years, the youngsters may barely know who she is.

Michelle Obama looks like a real possibility, but politically speaking her only experience will be she slept next to a former president. Should a complete amateur be ceded the job?

I’m sure between now and then the clique that runs the party will find someone to replace Old Joe. I just don’t know who it would be.

Anybody got any ideas?

Good grief!

Re Bradford:

Bradford’s staff now not only does the early identification and evaluation of high school and junior college prospects in recruiting, but they also handle the constant evaluation of players pouring into the transfer portal. Some schools are currently putting together a staff to do the portal alone.

“This is the most movement and fly-by-night operation there’s ever been in college football, in my opinion, I’ve been in it for 35 years,” Gundy said. “So, before then, I don’t know. But, with the availability of the portal, which I’ve said before, there’s good reasons for the portal.

Using and administering portal stuff:

“The way the portal is operating right now, you’re seeing starters, young men that are starters at places are still leaving,” Gundy continued. “So, because of that, the instability in this game is growing year by year. What direction is that gonna go? I don’t know. But, again, I go back to here, we have a chance, if we take that step and decide this is what we want to do here at Oklahoma State in football, we can take the lead, because we have as much stability as anybody in the country.”

NIL stuff:

Gundy says he and some of his staff are also working in conjunction with Bradford and the recruiting analysts in coming up with answers to NIL. It is not supposed to be a school thing. The schools were supposed to be out of it. It is not that way and schools are currently building up NIL accounts to use in recruiting.

Players can do their own branding and sell their own apparel and that is fine. It’s the mega-million suspicious deals that will ruin the sport. There are schools with tens of millions of dollars earmarked for NIL opportunities. There is no confirmation, but I’ve had people inside the department tell me that has happened at OSU. This is a process that back in the day would put schools on a serious probation. Now it is common practice. Recently, Bedlam rival Oklahoma put it in a public release on transfer quarterback Caleb Williams.

Thought this NIL stockpiling of money was both interesting and scary!!!

KenPom has us 56th. Surprised we were that high.

Only to be shocked to discover the evil they unleashed. They’re not soccer moms any more. I present to you the newest term: Covid Moms.

Karma’s a bitch!



We know things are bad at Hawai'i because, on Wednesday, the program put out a pair of statements, from head coach Todd Graham and AD David Martin, addressing the alarming number of Rainbow Warriors looking to leave the islands.

And that was before the head coach's own son hopped in the transfer portal.

Michael Graham, a freshman defensive back, is the 14th different player to enter the portal so far this winter.

This news comes on the heels of a scathing SF Gate article which described the culture inside the program as "miserable."

As one current player told SFGATE, “A lot of players want him fired, especially the starters.”

Another told SFGATE: “Me and a lot of others can truthfully say Graham has killed our love and passion for football.”

It goes on from there. From one player: “I would go as far to say it’s verbal abuse the way he talks to guys. … It’s personal. It’s not like, ‘Oh, you need to be faster.’ He’s calling guys useless, jackass and a sack of s—t.”

FootballScoop reached out to a program spokesman for comment on the article and our message was not returned. The program did not address the report, or the glut of players in the portal, until Graham and Martin's statements on Wednesday.

It's hard to believe Graham would verbally abuse his own son to the point where he had to leave, the younger Graham assuredly has his own reasons for leaving. In fact, the program would likely tell you each departing player has his own reasons for entering the portal.

But at 14 players now with their hands up waiting for rides elsewhere, that's a lot of hands in the air no matter the reason.

The Red Raiders are a damn good basketball team. I love the involvement of the assistant coaches during the action and during timeouts.

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Took my Pete flag down today and hung up Bigfoot we have no chance tonight.

'We’re in a bad place right now mentally': Oklahoma State looking internally to end skid at Baylor​

Jacob Unruh
Oklahoman

Oklahoma State veteran Isaac Likekele let out some frustrations.

Following Thursday night’s disheartening 78-57 loss at No. 19-ranked Texas Tech, OSU’s leader spent nearly five minutes on the postgame radio show and answered six questions.

Honesty is often cathartic.

“(It’d) be different if I believed we didn’t have the skill level or we didn’t have the talent or anything like that,” Likekele told Dave Hunziker and John Holcomb.

“We have more than enough talent. We’ve shown glimpses of it this season of what we can be.”

'Let's see what we can do about it': Why OSU basketball is playing three Big 12 road games in five days



The Cowboys are deeper than in years past. They’re incredibly athletic. They can play elite defense.

But inconsistency has become their identity.

They have been reeling for more than a month, losing six of eight games. Their offense has sputtered.

Their mojo is simply nonexistent.

“I know we had a great win against Texas, but that stuff is over,” Likekele said. “That was a long time ago, compared to where we’re at now. Past game we didn’t play good and now this game we didn’t play good.

“We’re in a bad place right now mentally.”

Now, the Cowboys get one more shot to turn things around on a cross-country, three-game road trip over five days. But it’s a doozy of an opponent Saturday afternoon: No. 1-ranked Baylor coming off a loss Tuesday to the same Texas Tech squad that routed OSU.

Win or lose, it’s a chance to show life in a season that went south before it began. Losing the NCAA appeal was heartbreaking, but the skid now makes everything worse.

Still, even in his frustration, Likekele remained positive. As the locker room leader, he has no choice.

“I believe in everybody on this team right now and we have great guys in the locker room, so I’m not worried about that,” Likekele said. “I believe we’re going to go into Waco and play hard, but we have to have a better mental focus coming into the game, including myself.

“I have to set the tone for my team from the mental-focus standpoint. (Texas Tech) came out on a 10-0 run to the guys that start, which is supposed to be our best five. That’s just completely unacceptable.”

That put the Cowboys in a hole they eventually dug out of, tying the game at 21. But that was just a small burst.

Texas Tech’s defense swarmed the Cowboys’ offense on a night their own defense had a letdown.

Shots did not fall again, with OSU shooting a season-low 32.1%. OSU shot just 6-of-21 from 3-point range. It had a season-low 20 points in the paint.

The only improvement came at the free-throw line. The Cowboys made 15 of 22.

“We’re not shooting it well from the 3 line,” Likekele said. “You’re not going to win too many games scoring 50 points. It’s a tough league. You’re playing against high-level players in this league. Teams are scoring 70, 80, different nights like that, so we gotta come out and we just gotta make our shots.

“Our 3-point shooting has to step up. We got shot makers, not just takers. We got makers. So, they’ve just gotta be ready and step up and knock them down.”

And 48 hours after OSU coach Mike Boynton said West Virginia was the more aggressive team and the Mountaineers’ physicality won out, the Cowboys showed improvements.

However, Likekele made a stronger statement about that.

“There’s a difference between physicality and toughness,” Likekele said.

He looked at the game’s stat sheet.

“We have 15 turnovers — that’s not tough,” he said. “That’s not being a tough team. Fifteen turnovers compared to their 12, even though it’s just a three-turnover difference that’s a big difference in this league. That’s possessions you’re not getting shots up.”

Likekele then pointed to the 3-point struggles.

“Coach B been preaching that to us,” he said. “We have the physicality. We just need the mental toughness. Whenever we’re down 10 points, can we be mentally tough to communicate on the backside, different things like that?

“The physicality from both teams was great but when it comes to toughness-wise and focusing, they definitely beat us on that. That’s something we can correct and hopefully go into Waco and get a win.”

For the Cowboys, there is no quit. They understand they have 15 games remaining.

Improvement will come from within, though.

“It’s not an issue of us needing to go get better players,” Boynton said on the postgame radio show. “I truly believe the answers are in the locker room. We have the right guys. We’re doing this in short-enough spurts to see that it can be done. We’re just not sustaining it.

“When you go back to the shooting thing, until you do it consistently you don’t really believe. We made shots against Texas and we felt good, but you gotta do it a couple games in a row.

“We’ll get there. I truly believe we have the right guys in the locker room. We just gotta get them out of their own heads mentally and more in tune with one another and helping each other.”

And Likekele isn't placing blame on the coaching staff.

“A lot of people want to blame it on the coaches and different things like that, but this is not a coaches thing at all,” he said. “Those guys put in endless hours. They put in endless hours to get us prepared, they tell us the right stuff and we just go out there and not do what they say.”

OSU’s players just need to stick with the gameplan.

That — along with brutal honesty and some belief — might be the way to turn things around.

“I believe we can win and we have to win,” Likekele said about Saturday’s game at Baylor. “That’s why I feel like it’s a must-win game. If we go out there and play like we did tonight, it won’t be a pretty game.”

Sounds like he plans to come in early after all, which is awesome. According to his IG, he’ll be in Stillwater in March.

Here are the OSU football players in the transfer portal & those declared for the 2022 NFL Draft​

Scott Wright
Oklahoman

STILLWATER — After going through the regular season without a player entering the transfer portal, Oklahoma State has seen roster movement pick up steam in recent weeks.

Here’s a look at who’s in and who’s out for OSU, following the 2021 season:

'Business in front of feelings':Jayden Jernigan details his decision to leave OSU football for Missouri

Players with eligibility remaining leaving OSU or in the transfer portal​

Hunter Anthony, OL (Nebraska)​

Anthony, a redshirt junior originally from Tuttle, won a starting job in 2020, but was injured in the season opener. This past season, he was occasionally used as a backup and as an extra blocker in short-yardage situations.

Israel Antwine, DT (NFL Draft)​

Antwine was a three-year starter at OSU and a four-year starter at the college level, beginning his career at Colorado. In the past three seasons at OSU, the Millwood High School product had 65 tackles with 13 tackles for loss and six sacks. In 2021, he finished with 20 tickles, four tackles for loss and three sacks.

Cade Bennett, OL (San Diego State)​

A redshirt freshman from Scottsdale, Arizona, Bennett appeared in two games this season.

LD Brown, RB (NFL Draft)​

Having just completed his sixth season as a Cowboy, Brown decided the time was right to attempt a jump to the NFL. Because of injuries this past season, he would have been eligible for a seventh season in Stillwater, but chose to pass it up. The DeSoto, Texas, native finished his career with 1,235 yards and nine touchdowns on 214 carries. He also averaged 20.1 yards on 30 kickoff returns with one touchdown, coming this past season.

Kolby Harvell-Peel, S (NFL Draft)​

A four-year starter and true senior, Harvell-Peel initially declared for the draft after his junior season, but reversed course and stayed at OSU for 2021. He became a third-team All-American this past season, leading the team with three interceptions. For his career, he had 237 tackles, 10 interceptions and 24 pass breakups.

Dezmon Jackson, RB (transfer portal)​

A redshirt senior with an extra year still available, Jackson played in 17 games the past two seasons, including every game as a junior. Injuries kept him on the sideline for about half of the 2021 season. In his two years at OSU, he carried the ball 148 times for 686 yards and six touchdowns.

Jayden Jernigan, DT (Missouri)​

A backup in the regular rotation as a redshirt sophomore this season, Jernigan was a consistent contributor on a strong defensive line. He finished the year with 22 tackles, two sacks and six quarterback hurries.

Gabe Lemons, S (transfer portal)​

Appeared in 22 games over four years, almost exclusively on special teams. A redshirt junior in 2021, Lemons will have two years of eligibility remaining.

Tanner McCalister, S (Ohio State)​

McCalister has been a rotational player since he arrived in 2018 and was a starter the last two seasons. In all, he finished with 125 tackles and 12 pass breakups in 50 games as a Cowboy. A true senior with an extra year of eligibility remaining, he is joining former Cowboy defensive coordinator Jim Knowles at Ohio State.

Monroe Mills, OL (Texas Tech)​

A redshirt freshman reserve, Mills appeared in two games over his two seasons with the Cowboys.

Matt Polk, WR (transfer portal)​

Hampered by injuries at times this season, the redshirt freshman did not appear in a game in his two years on campus.

Josh Sills, OL (NFL Draft)​

A two-year starter after coming to OSU as a graduate transfer from West Virginia, Sills was the heart of the offensive line during his time as a Cowboy. He was a sixth-year senior, but would have been eligible for a seventh year because of injuries suffered earlier in his career.

Tre Sterling, S (NFL Draft)​

A redshirt senior who could have opted to stay for a sixth season, Sterling chose to pursue the NFL. He rose to a starting role as a sophomore in 2019 and held it until an injury cost him most of the 2021 season. He finished his career with 159 tackles, 22.5 tackles for loss, three sacks, three interceptions and 12 pass breakups.

Jaylen Warren, RB (NFL Draft)​

Another redshirt senior passing on a sixth year of eligibility, Warren is the posterboy for what can be found in the portal. He came to OSU as an unheralded transfer from Utah State and became the Cowboys’ offensive MVP, particularly in the early part of the year when the offense was finding its footing. In his lone year at OSU, Warren rushed for 1,216 yards and 11 touchdowns, adding another 225 yards on 25 receptions.

Tyrese Williams, OL (transfer portal)​

Appeared in three games this past season as a redshirt junior, including a start against Texas Tech, and backup duty at both guard and center because of injuries in the Fiesta Bowl win over Notre Dame. In all, he appeared in 10 games over four years at OSU.

Oklahoma State at Baylor men's basketball: How to watch, what to know, lineups, live updates​

Jacob Unruh
Oklahoman

How to watch Oklahoma State at No. 1 Baylor​

When: 4 p.m. Saturday

Where: Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas

TV: ESPN (Cox 29/HD 720, Dish 140, DirecTV 206, U-verse 602/HD 1602)

Radio: KXXY-FM 96.1

Three things to know about OSU vs. Baylor​

► OSU guard Avery Anderson III did not make a field goal in Thursday’s loss to Texas Tech, going 0 for 6. He has made just 10 of 45 shots in five games since scoring a season-high 29 points on Dec. 13 against Cleveland State. After scoring a combined 72 points in three straight games against Wichita State, Xavier and Cleveland State, Anderson has scored just 33 total points.

► Baylor is coming off its first loss of the season, falling to Texas Tech on Tuesday. The Bears had gone 305 days since a loss, which came against the Cowboys in the Big 12 Tournament on March 12, 2021. Baylor is still ranked No. 1 overall in the NCAA NET rankings and No. 2 on KenPom.com.

► Oklahoma State has beaten Baylor just twice in 13 matchups since 2016. Baylor is also 13-2 at home against the Cowboys since 2007, when it snapped a 1-18 skid in Waco against the Cowboys.

Projected starters for OSU vs. Baylor​

Oklahoma State (8-7, 1-3 Big 12)

Pos.;;Player;;Ht.;;Cl.;;Pts.;;Reb.

G;;Avery Anderson III;;6-3;;Jr.;;10.8;;2.9

G;;Bryce Williams;;6-2;;Sr.;;11.1;;3.1*

G;;Bryce Thompson;;6-5;;So.;;8.5;;2.1

G;;Isaac Likekele;;6-5;;Jr.;;7.4;;5.9

C;;Moussa Cisse;;7-0;;So.;;6.4;;5.4

Baylor (15-1, 3-1)

Pos.;;Player;;Ht.;;Cl.;;Pts.;;Reb.

G;;James Akinjo;;6-1;;Sr..;;14.6;;6.1*

G;;Adam Flagler.;;6-3;;Jr.;;12.6;;3.5*

G/F;;Kendall Brown;;6-8;;Fr.;;11.0;;3.8

G/F;;Matthew Mayer;;6-9;;Sr.;;8.6;;4.9

F;;Flo Thamba;;6-10;;Sr.;;5.1;;4.4

Not looking good for the Biden Administration. Who would've ever thought out-of-control government spending and printing money would have a negative effect on the economy? Hey maybe Democrats can spend another few trillion dollars and drive the dollar done even further.

Seriously, fvck that guy. RA’s site reports that Koy McFarland, Michael Hunter and another quality control person are likely leaving to take lateral positions on Knowles’ staff.

Not sure how reliable the source or how it was figured, but saw a report ranking the Top 50 DL coaches.
Joe Bob is ranked 5th. Unfortunately Todd Bates who is coming to OU is 3rd. Michigan guy Shaun Nua is number one and Georgia’s Tray Scott 2. Freddie Roach Alabama is 4. Brian Early of Houston is 11, Dennis Johnson Baylor is 15, Andrew Jackson WV 17, Eli Rasheed Iowa State 22, OU ex Calvin Thibodeaux 24,Buddy Wyatt KSU is 31.
Jernigan should know Missouri coach not ranked.

Interesting how this hasn't been discussed (that I've seen) on this board.

Senator Cruz called the January 6 attack on our Capitol a terrorist attack. In fact, he has said this at least 18 times. His latest use of this discription though caught the attention of right-wing propagandist Tucker Carlson. And boy, did Cruz have to do some major groveling to Tucker for it!

Seriously, how spineless and weak is Ted Cruz? Does the man have no shame? He seriously wants to be President but yet he can't even stand up to the lies and attacks from someone like Tucker Carlson?

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… by Peggy Noonan in the WSJ in which she talked about Joe Biden’s disastrous speech he made in Atlanta and I stumbled across a line which, when I read it, I thought “my God she has described @my_2cents to a T.” See if you agree.


“(The speech) seemed prepared by people who think there is only the Democratic Party in America, that’s it, everyone else is an outsider who can be disparaged.”

After all Democrats wouldn't want to upset Putin. The irony of Democrats using the filibuster to prevent Republicans from passing a bipartisan bill is absolutely hilarious. Why anyone takes anything these Democrats say seriously is beyond me.

If there’s a huge Republican blowout in the upcoming elections, as there are strong indications there will be, the more moderate Democrats will grow a backbone and push back against the looney progressives that will have been responsible for the humiliating defeat?

turn that ship right into the wave

excellent thread


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