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Oklahoma State CB A.J. Green Shares Mike Gundy Stories, Favorite Cowboys Memories

What’s Coach Mike Gundy like? “He is what you see on TV,” according to former Oklahoma State University cornerback A.J. Green. As he prepares for the NFL Draft, Green shared some of his favorite Oklahoma State memories and games, how he’s getting ready for the NFL, his Combine experience and what it’s like having the same name as Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green.

What’s Coach Mike Gundy like? “He is what you see on TV,” according to former Oklahoma State University cornerback A.J. Green. As he prepares for the NFL Draft, Green shared some of his favorite Oklahoma State memories and games, how he’s getting ready for the NFL, his Combine experience and what it’s like having the same name as Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green.

Oklahoma State CB A.J. Green Shares Fun Facts

Get to know 2020 NFL Draft prospect and former Oklahoma State cornerback A.J. Green as he reveals his favorite food, music and more.

Get to know 2020 NFL Draft prospect and former Oklahoma State cornerback A.J. Green as he reveals his favorite food, music and more.

Three keys for Oklahoma basketball against Oklahoma State

Oklahoma (13-7, 3-4) faces off against Oklahoma State (10-10, 0-7) in an intriguing and equally important Bedlam matchup.

Oklahoma (13-7, 3-4) faces off against Oklahoma State (10-10, 0-7) in an intriguing and equally important Bedlam matchup.

Both the Sooners and Cowboys have struggled of late with Oklahoma State still being winless in the Big 12. Oklahoma has been treading water but has slowly dipped to sixth in the conference.

In order for the Sooners to come out of the matchup with a win, here is what needs to happen.

STAY TRUE ON DEFENSE

Despite being on the losing end of four of their last six, Oklahoma has kept their opponents under 70 points in its last five games. Once the Sooners can get some shots to fall, they can be back on the correct side of the win column.

GET IN THE PAINT

With getting shots to fall, Oklahoma needs to get in the paint early and often. Austin Reaves has been ice-cold over the last handful of games, Kristian Doolittle has not been his usual double-double self, and Brady Manek has been streaky. With jump shots not being its friend, Kruger’s crew needs to penetrate the Cowboys paint to get on the board.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE

Yes, Oklahoma State is winless in Big 12 play, but that should not cross the Sooners’ minds. It’s called Bedlam for a reason. Anything can happen. The Cowboys took No. 1 Baylor to the wire just a couple weeks ago. If Oklahoma isn’t careful, they could be the first conference victims for Oklahoma State.

The Sooners and Cowboys are set to tip at 2p.m. CT on ABC. For more broadcast details, click here.

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Klutch Sports will represent Ohio State cornerback Jeff Okudah in NFL Draft

Rich Paul and Klutch Sports will represent Ohio State defensive back Jeff Okudah in NFL.

Rich Paul and Klutch Sports will be representing Ohio State cornerback Jeff Okudah in the upcoming NFL Draft. Okudah is an All-American and the No. 5 overall player on Mel Kiper’s big board as the top cornerback prospect coming out of college. He expects to be the first NFL player that Paul and Klutch will have in professional football and should enter the league as a top pick.

The Buckeyes best defensive back emerged as one of the premiere cornerbacks in the country during the 2019 season. He earned unanimous All-American honors this past season and also made the All-Big Ten first team while becoming a finalist for the Jim Thorpe Award.

Okudah wrote in the Players Tribune about his team’s season under first-year coach Ryan Day.

“There’s Coach Day, who took over for Coach Meyer and made sure we didn’t miss a beat. That was huge. Coach Day’s trust in me really allowed me to develop over this past year as a leader — and he’s also been a great leader by example himself. He has this unique personability, this ability to bring a big group together, that I’ve learned a lot from.

“It’s like, yeah, football can be a cutthroat sport. It can get rough. But at the end of the day we all have love for each other. I want to make sure I keep some of that with me from Coach Day as I move on to the next level.”

Despite the loss in the semifinal, Okudah turned in one of his best games of the season during the College Football Playoff loss to Clemson. He helped slow down the Tigers talented receivers and keep the game within striking distance for the OSU offense in the 29-23 loss. As Klutch Sports continues to enter the professional football ranks, Okudah will always be the first player who helped the agency expand outside of basketball with his marquee commitment.

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Ohio State football: The three key players needed in the postseason

Ohio State has made it this far on the backs of three dynamic players. It’ll need those three to still come up big in the postseason.

Ohio State beat Michigan to continue its dominance against that team up north. It finished an undefeated regular season and now has a chance to win consecutive Big Ten Championships. Is it realistic that this could end in a picturesque season? Imagine Ryan Day hoisting the trophy alongside Dobbins, Fields, and Young. Here are three reasons why Ohio State could win it all this year which boils down to the three best players on Ohio State’s team. 

JK Dobbins

On the offensive side, it comes down to the ability to run the ball to open up the passing game. With Dobbins being one of only two players in Ohio State history to run for the 4,000 yards during his career, he’s been a beast. In fact, based on history, when Dobbins runs for two touchdowns and 140 yards, the Buckeyes normally win. 

While he’s been an unstoppable force in almost every game this year, it will be critical that he continues to eat up the defense with his rushing ability to create passing opportunities for Justin Fields and the passing game.

Chase Young

Young has lived up to expectations this year. So much so that he’s in the conversation for the Heisman as a defensive player. With his ability to pressure the quarterback, it has limited the time and space opposing quarterbacks have had. In the Michigan game, he didn’t statistically show out, but a lot of it factored into him being constantly double and tripled teamed. But he still took on multiple players, which allowed for others along the D-line to get into the backfield. 

Coming down the stretch, if Chase Young continues his dominance and continues to be a game-wrecker in the backfield it’ll allow OSU to slow down teams like LSU and Clemson since they have mobile quarterbacks.

Justin Fields 

At the helm of it all is Justin Fields. He has more than met expectations after the departure of Dwayne Haskins last season. So far this year Justin Fields has been incredible with his decision making with just one interception all year. He does have a tendency to hold onto the ball a little too long at times, but that’s just nitpicking at this point.

His ability to continue and make plays with a bum leg bears watching, but he’s been a warrior so far. For Ohio State to meet its ultimate goal of winning a national championship, he has to still provide that threat on the ground.

So far Field’s youth has not been in question and he has handled the big stage incredibly well. It will be interesting to see how the end of the season finishes. Maybe, just maybe, it will end with Ohio State hoisting a large trophy in New Orleans.