Daily Bullets (Nov. 1): Pokes Move Up in the Polls, WV Game Kickoff Time Announced

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Scores

Women’s Soccer: Cowgirls lost in the Quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tourney in PKs 

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OSU Bullets

• The Pokes are moving on up – four spots to be exact in both the AP and Coaches Polls

• OSU is blacking out the stadium, unveiling the next statue of an OSU great during the TCU game

• Kickoff time for this weekend’s game against West Virginia has been set

• ESPN gave the Pokes a few paragraphs of thought on OSU’s CFP chances after the KU win:

The Cowboys rebounded from their 24-21 loss at Iowa State with a 55-3 thumping of Kansas on Saturday. It didn’t help Oklahoma State’s case that Iowa State lost at West Virginia. It’s one thing to lose a close game on the road to a top-25 team, but if the Cyclones spin below .500, it could be an issue.

Oklahoma State is ranked No. 4 in the country in defensive efficiency, but its offense has been mostly pedestrian. The Cowboys will have to win two of their last four on the road — Nov. 6 at West Virginia and Nov. 20 at Texas Tech. ESPN’s FPI only gives Oklahoma State a 35.4% chance to win Bedlam.

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• ICYMI: Homecoming and Hoops had a new format this year – Bryce Williams won the dunk contest

• This quote from Woody Newton, an OSU Basketball player who transferred in from Syracuse (and grew up in the DMV), is the epitome of why Mike Boynton is such a great fit in Stillwater:

“Ever since then, it’s just been real genuine. He was real nice to my parents, showed us around. I thought that was real big of him because he could’ve had someone else do that also. It’s just been nothing but love and genuine since I got here with Coach Mike.”

[PFB]

• Ten Thoughts from the Homecoming win over Kansas

• OSU will play TCU in two weeks without their all-time greatest coach who resigned yesterday:

TCU and coach Gary Patterson have agreed to mutually part ways. Jerry Kill to serve as interim coach.

— Drew Davison (@drewdavison) October 31, 2021

• This tweet from halftime had me rolling Saturday night:

Hell, at this point #OkState might score a touchdown in the third quarter.

— Zachary Lancaster (@zlancaster91) October 31, 2021

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Non-OSU Bullets

• Action > Overthinking
• This Matt Chandler moment is one of my all-time favs (faith-based)

This guy gets it:

✅ Autumn
✅ Cold
✅ Rain
✅ Run pic.twitter.com/iILqkIwBG9

— Andrew T. Walker (@andrewtwalk) October 30, 2021

This take on good/bad ideas seems like the right one.

“Your time is better spent championing good ideas than tearing down bad ones.

The best thing that can happen to a bad idea is that it is forgotten. The best thing that can happen to a good idea is that it is shared.

Feed the good ideas and let bad ideas die of starvation.”

James Clear