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Sep 1st, 8:20 AM

Note: A grade of 85 or higher is an NFL-caliber rating, while a grade between 84-79 is considered "very good." Anything from 78-68 is considered "above average." 60 is considered "average" as that is where each player's grade begins and then goes up or down from there. Below average grades range from 50-59, and anything below 50 is considered "poor."

OFFENSE, 72 SNAPS​

Quarterback
Alan Bowman: 72 snaps, 84.9 offensive grade
Running back
Ollie Gordon: 53 snaps, 78.5 offensive grade
Sesi Vailahi: 10 snaps, 61.9 offensive grade
Trent Howland: 9 snaps, 60.7 offensive grade
Wide receiver
De'Zhaun Stribling: 62 snaps, 69.8 offensive grade
Brennan Presley: 56 snaps, 65.3 offensive grade
Rashod Owens: 70 snaps, 60.3 offensive grade
Talyn Shettron: 1 snap, 60 offensive grade
Gavin Freeman: 21 snaps, 56.8 offensive grade
Cale Cabbiness: 8 snaps, 56 offensive grade

Tight end/fullback

Quinton Stewart: 8 snaps, 57.9 offensive grade

Jake Schultz: 15 snaps, 56.5 offensive grade

Luke McEndoo: 5 snaps, 49.9 offensive grade

Josh Ford: 16 snaps, 49.8 offensive grade

Tyler Foster: 26 snaps, 33.8 offensive grade

Offensive line

Preston Wilson: 72 snaps, 68.2 offensive grade

Dalton Cooper: 40 snaps, 67.3 offensive grade

Joe Michalski: 72 snaps, 65.8 offensive grade

Jake Springfield: 72 snaps, 65.5 offensive grade

Isaia Glass: 32 snaps, 64 offensive grade

Cole Birmingham: 72 snaps, 58.1 offensive grade

DEFENSE, 67 SNAPS​

Defensive line
Collin Clay: 32 snaps, 70.8 defensive grade
Jaleel Johnson: 19 snaps, 67.3 defensive grade
Justin Kirkland: 19 snaps, 64.5 defensive grade
Iman Oates: 42 snaps, 63 defensive grade
Kody Walterscheid: 33 snaps, 62.3 defensive grade
Obi Ezeigbo: 10 snaps, 61.7 defensive grade
DeSean Brown: 24 snaps, 61 defensive grade
Xavier Ross: 24 snaps, 60.4 defensive grade
Aden Kelley: 5 snaps, 59.6 defensive grade
Linebacker
Collin Oliver: 56 snaps, 75.8 defensive grade
Nickolas Martin: 66 snaps, 63.8 defensive grade
Chance Clements: 1 snap, 62.4 defensive grade
Poasa Utu: 1 snap, 60 defensive grade
Gabe Brown: 1 snap, 60 defensive grade
Jeff Roberson: 40 snaps, 58.5 defensive grade
Safety
Trey Rucker: 60 snaps, 67.9 defensive grade
Dylan Smith: 44 snaps, 65.4 defensive grade
Kendal Daniels: 51 snaps, 65.4 defensive grade
Lyrik Rawls: 23 snaps, 62.5 defensive grade
Parker Robertson: 7 snaps, 62.1 defensive grade
Cameron Epps: 29 snaps, 55 defensive grade
Kobe Hylton: 16 snaps, 49.4 defensive grade
Cornerback
Kale Smith: 28 snaps, 74 defensive grade
Korie Black: 60 snaps, 71.1 defensive grade
Kenneth Harris: 5 snaps, 62.6 defensive grade
Raymond Gay II: 3 snaps, 62.5 defensive grade
RJ Lester: 1 snap, 60 defensive grade
Cam Smith: 34 snaps, 30.2 defensive grade

Before I ever posted on this board I took heed to my good friend Sunburnt Indian, and only read posts for a few months. I was interested in his categorization of the "slows" on the board. From our previous banter on an expired board, I didn't exactly understand his cautions. At least on our previous board, where there were many more commies with extremely high IQ's and worldly experience, they didn't overcome those genes in cogent discussion. Sometimes in grandiose and disasterous and embarassing implosions.

At least those several that provided for jocular and intellectual discourse had been travellers to the lands from which they acquired & espoused their particular "hogs breakfast" of liberalist, facist, communist vomit.

P-Dan, post your travels. Post all countries that you have both entered into and exited via visa or other documentation and be prepared to present copies of your pages of your passport denoting same. Remember you must have an entry and exit stamp. Otherwise, no bueno.

Lastly, P-Dan, you need to study up on your military symbology, [OK]?

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It would be so nice if every military could be this moral.

I have a question for our attorneys on the board.
Wouldn’t an athlete have a solid legal case that the NCAA is impeding an athlete’s ability to fully garner NIL capacity with this ruling? I mean there is advertisement on the uniform in the form of Nike, Under Armor, Adidas, etc… and Big 12 is advertised.
Why wouldn’t a student athlete or better yet why wouldn’t an attorney want to jump at the chance to take on the National Communist on this issue?

former Rice head baseball coach...one hell of an American....and a great coach. Really had that program whirling.

GO POKES! BEAT ARKANSAS!

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What was Oklahoma State football's biggest development in win over South Dakota State?​

Scott Wright
The Oklahoman

STILLWATER — With so much already known about this Oklahoma State football team thanks to its 20 returning starters, the season opener presented few unexpected twists.

Perhaps the defense shows a bigger glimpse into the offseason changes it made when the 17th-ranked Cowboys host Arkansas at 11 a.m. Saturday at Boone Pickens Stadium.

And maybe the offense has some new wrinkles in store for the Razorbacks, too.

But in most respects, the product on the field Saturday looked a lot like the one OSU fans watched last October.

It wasn’t a carbon copy, however, and the 44-20 win over FCS No. 1 South Dakota State revealed a few important revelations about this edition of the Cowboys.

Here are three key developments from Week 1 that should benefit Oklahoma State this season:

Sesi Vailahi is growing up fast​

The backup running back’s numbers don’t knock you over, but the way he played in limited opportunities against SDSU was worth noting. He had 18 yards on seven total touches, plus generated a 15-yard penalty when a defender nearly twisted Vailahi’s head off by the facemask.


For a player who was lightly recruited and a late addition to the Cowboys’ 2023 recruiting class, Vailahi has shown significant improvement since arriving at OSU 15 months ago. He’s bigger and faster, but more importantly, has shown he can be trusted in meaningful situations as a backup to Ollie Gordon II.

Indiana transfer Trent Howland didn’t get as many opportunities to show his ability, but that could come this week, considering the size of Arkansas’ defensive line. Having a bigger back like the 6-foot-3, 240-pound Howland enduring some of the pounding might be helpful when the Cowboys decide to rest Gordon.

The defensive line depth looks legit​

A year ago, the Cowboys hoped Iman Oates could provide some depth at nose tackle, but he got injured and redshirted. Now, after getting healthy and reshaping his body, the 6-foot-3, 305-pound Oates has become a starter in a position more resembling a defensive end.

Younger players DeSean Brown and Jaleel Johnson are prepared to play more than a few snaps a game like they did last year. Aden Kelley is ready to be part of the interior rotation and Obi Ezeigbo looks like he’ll be a viable contributor.

And that’s in addition to all the veteran returners, like Justin Kirkland, Collin Clay, Kody Walterscheid and Collin Oliver.

The group isn’t as established as the 2021 front that led the nation in sacks, but the depth is similar, which will pay off over the course of the season.

Logan Ward is ready for his shot​

Logan Ward was perfect in his first day as the Cowboys’ placekicker, hitting all five extra points and field goals of 42, 52 and 25 yards.

Ward has been successful in every role he’s held at OSU, previously working as a punter and kickoff specialist. But placekicking can be a finicky business.

The Cowboys have had better-than-average placekickers for a while now, and it was unclear if Ward, a walk-on from Deer Creek High School in Edmond, was ready to be the guy.

Over the summer, the Cowboys brought in a couple kickers to compete with him, but the arrival of new kicking and punting coach Sean Snyder was the biggest development. Snyder understands the mechanics of kicking, and tweaked Ward’s swing to build better consistency.

“It’s hard to explain unless you know the real world of kicking,” Ward told the Cowboy Radio Network on Saturday. “He has implemented some things into my technique that have been valuable and really helpful.”

Please read this in its entirety and rebut it point by point. As an ardent Israeli apologist it should be easy for you.

I think we are 8.5 with a chance at 9 if we stay healthy and improve like most Gundy teams do

Texas @ Michigan —Horns -7.5

Kansas @ Illinois — Jayhawks -5

Colorado @ Nebraska — Huskers -7.5

Tennessee @ NC State — Vols -8

Miss St @ Arizona St — Sun Devils -6.5

Texas Tech @ Washington St — Wazzu -2

… is Trump going to accept the results of the election if he loses, it should be, will Democrats accept the results if he wins?

It is my belief that if Trump wins, there will be all kinds of unholy hell break lose of Trump wins that will make the so-called insurrection look like a nice get together of friends.

What are your thoughts and analysis? Here's mine.

OFFENSE
1) Blocking needs to improve. We ran a lot of zone read option plays. When we are doing this, it's hard to run a lot of gap scheme plays. I would rather see Dunn call designed gap scheme run plays or play action passes.

2) Ollie needs to hit the hole hard and fast. He spent way too much time dancing around at the line of scrimmage and not going full speed. He needs to be way more decisive in his reads. Running more gap scheme plays will help in this area too.

3) At times the oSu offense was running at a break neck pace and the SDSU defense couldn't keep up. There MUST be a rule change after this season regarding players faking injuries to slow down offenses. I think Gundy's idea is the best. He believes anybody that is "hurt" on defense (where an official time out is used) shouldn't be allowed to play for the rest of that series unless a team uses one of their own timeouts. Today's game was slowed down over half a dozen times due to injured players or cramping players. This rule needs to change because it's ruining the game of football.

4) Our time management needs to improve. Why in the world are we still running a hurry up offense in the 4th quarter with a lead and refuse to pass the ball against a stacked box? I believe we had 3 three-and-outs and ran very little time off the clock. I remember seeing Bowman snap the ball with 20-25 seconds on the clock multiple times in the fourth quarter while simultaneously trying to run the ball to run out the clock. This makes no sense. The coaches and the players can do better.

5) Bowman played much better in the season opener than he did most of last season, but we will face better defensive lines who will give him a lot more pressure. I don't remember seeing him throw off his back foot, which is a great thing to see. He did have one play where the ball should have had been intercepted. He needs to learn to throw the ball to where only his receiver can catch it or it goes out of bounds. This may have been the reason for his inaccuracies to Stribling yesterday. If it wasn't for Stribling's incredible hands most receivers would not have made those three incredible catches.

6) We have three legitimate NFL receivers in Stribling, Presley, and Owens. I don't know if all of them will get drafted to, but they will all make an NFL roster or practice squad. Hopefully Stribling will stick around for another year.

7) Anytime we are up by 4 scores in the 4th quarter or up by 3 scores with less than 10 minutes remaining, we need to try and get Flores some game action. He is a very talented kid and needs experience in games. This way when he is needed he has game experience and isn't overwhelmed by the moment.

DEFENSE
1) Tackling is once again an issue for oSu. SDSU missed very few tackles. This is a coaching issue and needs to be fixed in practice with tackling drills. I know Gundy is always worried about players getting hurt, but tackle freshman who aren't going to be playing in the games. They can be tackling dummies.

2) There is still too much confusion in the secondary. This leads to way too many huge gains when receivers are running wide open.

3) Our DB's are going to get abused against a good team. I think we are the only college team whose corners are taught to play the receiver and not the ball. This makes absolutely no sense. Look at the NFL, do you see corners playing the receiver or do they turn their head to play the ball? Watch Alabama and Georgia, pay attention to what their corners do. I think this is an issue with our DB coach. Gundy needs to get with him to change his philosophy to match what we see in the NFL and the great defenses in the college game.

4) Our safeties cannot defend 12 yards off the ball in man-to-man. Why is this still an issue every year? We are not disguising our coverages and teams know how to exploit this. We need to mix up our coverages on third and long and run more zone (as long as we still rush at least four people).

5) I would love to see us go back to some bump and run coverages in the secondary. This throws off the timing of offenses and allows our defense to disguise our coverages when we are playing man-to-man or zone.

6) What I miss the most about those Jim Knowles defenses is his attacking style. I loved how he used a lot of bump and run coverages in the secondary, but the thing I miss the most were those blitz disguises. Pre-snap the opposing team offenses never knew where the pressure was coming from or when.