Daily Bullets (Apr. 4): Tylan’s Shown Enough, OSU’s New Prez Announced

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Scores

Baseball: Cowboys 21, Mountaineers 11 ?
Softball: Cowgirls 2, Cyclones 1
Soccer: Cowgirls 0, Horned Frogs 4
Men’s Tennis: Cowboys 3, Red Raiders 4

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Three Thoughts

• Tylan Wallace’s Pro Day performance was more about checking a box than causing a stir, because his film speaks for itself.

• Dr. Kayse Shrum was announced as OSU’s next president late on Friday night. She and Oklahoma State are making history.

Shrum will also be the first woman to hold the title of president at OSU and the first woman to lead a research institution in Oklahoma. [PFB]

And she didn’t waste any time in making an appearance or two to the Loyal and True.

Presidents' Day at O'Brate!#GoPokes | #MakeItHappen pic.twitter.com/w0SVNj2F6y

— OSU Cowboy Baseball (@OSUBaseball) April 3, 2021

Beautiful day for @CowgirlSB and @OSUBaseball wins!#PitchtoPitch | #MakeItHappen | #GoPokes pic.twitter.com/iR8DpqZTh2

— Dr. Kayse Shrum (@drshrum) April 4, 2021

• OSU makes the cut for a bonafide scorer by way of the transfer portal. With Cade and Ferron Flavors exiting stage left, the Cowboys can use both guards and buckets next season, and Jalen Cone would answer both needs.

• And one bonus, painful thought

Every day for the past couple weeks, at some point, I think to myself ‘man, #OKState squandered an incredible opportunity to make the Final Four.’

I know it was mostly a feel-good season, but still hard to swallow.

— Cayden McFarland (@caydenmc) April 3, 2021

Two Quotes

• Mike Gundy talked about returning former transfer Tay Martin and what he could bring to the Cowboys offense, “I’m excited about him.”

[Tulsa World]

• In Year 2, Brennan Presley is both learning and leading.

“The speed of college is a lot faster than the speed of high school,” Presley said. “The more you get reps, the more you understand things and get a knack for what certain things are. The more I got reps in the bowl game, the more I caught onto things.” [NewsOK]

One Question

• What does Avery Anderson’s draft declaration (without an agent) mean?

As Marshall Scott points out, unlike in football, basketball players are able to test the NBA waters and then still return to school, as long as they don’t secure representation. Short answer, unless he just gets a ton of early first-round buzz, there’s a good chance Sauce is coming back to Stillwater.

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Non-OSU Bullets

• I had just made peace with rooting for Kelvin Sampson (one of the people I hated the most in my adolescence). Then Scott Drew’s team won.

But in all seriousness, Sampson has become very easy to root for.

We HATED Kelvin Sampson when I was in school. HATED. But he is an amazing coach. His teams defend, play for each other and have just the right amount of nastiness… everyone in basketball thought Houston could be big time if they just put money and a coach into it.

— Doug Gottlieb (@GottliebShow) April 3, 2021

• Oh…

Miley Cyrus has more Final Four appearances this season than the Big Ten. pic.twitter.com/ueO0k8n4Ey

— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) April 3, 2021

• When an April Fools’ joke goes terribly wrong.

[Bloomberg]