Oklahoma State Selected in SB Nation Conference Re-Draft

by samuelbryant on Jul 8, 2011 8:04 AM CDT in SB Nation Conference Re-Draft Project

I guess my last "conference re-draft"/"bitch about OSU not being selected" post was a day too early as the very next pick was your very own Oklahoma State Cowboys. We will appropriately be joining the Cult of Les Miles along with LSU, Michigan, UNC, Stanford, Arkansas, Iowa, and then South Carolina was selected on the turnaround after OSU (although, if I were a South Carolina fan I would report this as them being the 7th round pick, and OSU being the first pick of the 8th). Here is the big board as of now:

	12 Pack	SOTP	TSK	TMZ	HoTS	COLM
1	Texas	Florida	Bama	Ohio State	USC	LSU
2	Georgia	PSU	OU	FSU	ND	Michigan
3	UCLA	VT	Nebraska	Louisville	Oregon	UNC
4	Wiscy	Miami	A&M	Sparty	Vols	Stanford
5	U Dub	Auburn	Arizona	WVU	Syracuse	Arky
6	Duke	Kansas	Cal	Maryland	Kentucky	Iowa
7	Clemson	Illinois	Uconn	Missouri	Pittsburgh	Oklahoma State
8						South Carolina

So according to the SB Nation blogging public, Oklahoma State is the 42nd most desirable program/school out there. Sure this isn't a true measure as many conferences looked to round out their lineups with programs that are probably not overall as highly thought of as Oklahoma State, but worked to add variety or a specialty to that specific conference. For example, conferences may have skipped over an overall better program to get a basketball school (Duke, Kansas), an academic school (Cal), or a horrible school (Clemson, Pitt). But overall, this is probably about as good of a measure as one can get on a subject as abstract as "How valued is Oklahoma State?"

What does everyone think? Was Oklahoma State taken too early? Too late? At about the right time?

What about how the COLM conference as a whole is shaping up? Top 2 wrestling programs, some excellent baseball, overall nice basketball programs, and after LSU and Michigan, a good selection of middle tier football programs that are always on the cusp of becoming legit contenders.

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Whoa there...

Horrible school? Wouldn’t go that far. Basketball is top notch, football is average, good academics. I don’t know how that qualifies as horrible.

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by oaklandzoo12 on Jul 8, 2011 10:31 AM CDT reply actions

Im sure its a fine school

It was just an easy joke since Pitt just seems obscure and odd from across the country… just like I assume OSU seems like to people in the northeast.

by samuelbryant on Jul 8, 2011 11:12 AM CDT up reply actions

I'm glad you admit your rant was too early...

Though I think your prior rant is the one that was too early. I was worried it would make someone snatch OKState up earlier than necessary. Honestly, I think my friends over at the Cup had a hard time not picking you in the 6th, but your “image problem” – which we, Ole Miss, apparently share as well – is this conference’s gain. I was more than shocked to see that no one picked you before it came back to the Cup, but I am happy for it.

To answer your question, I think to this point, OKState represents the steal of the draft. I think the school went just a little later than they should have.

I'm a Rebel, but I bleed the cherry and silver of the Lobos.

by Role Player on Jul 8, 2011 10:36 AM CDT reply actions

I'll Second What My Ole Miss Compadre Said

I’m actually surprised you didn’t go a bit higher but OK State provides a solid choice on many levels. Honestly, I wish the “Cult Of Les Miles” existed in real life. I could have all of my favorite teams in one place.

Wait, maybe that’d be a bad thing. There’s a reason I hate schools like Alabama, Kentucky, and Mississippi State and it’s because we play them all the time. At any rate, if I was picking conferences based on their makeup, this would be the one I’d go for.

by Catfish Row on Jul 21, 2011 3:44 AM CDT up reply actions