Nice shout out from Stewart Mandel in his weekly college football column for BillC. 

Oklahoma State reminds me a lot of last year's Oregon team, and not because of the array of uniforms. The Cowboys and Ducks both had an electrifying offense that overshadowed an unsung and frankly misunderstood defense.....For a better read on Oklahoma State's defense, you might want to try Bill Connelly's S&P rankings, which measure play-by-play efficiency while eliminating garbage-time possessions. It's the closest thing we have to Moneyball. As of last week, the Cowboys ranked ... seventh.

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