Daily Bullets (Apr. 23): Players to Watch in Spring Finale, Top Viewed of the Week

Thanks for stopping by – here’s your daily dose of Oklahoma State sports news.

Scores

Men’s Tennis: Texas 4, Cowboys 0 @ Big 12 Championships
Women’s Tennis: Cowgirls 4, Texas Tech 3 @ Big 12 Championships
Women’s Golf: In 5th after Day 1 @ Big 12 Championships
Baseball: Cowboys 13, TCU 2
Softball: Cowgirls 3, Texas 2

Three Thoughts

• Today’s the spring football finale and here are ten players to watch for if you’re making the trip – here are a pair of high-level recruits that will be in attendance

• After last night’s thrashing, the Pokes will try to make the next step towards a weekend sweep of Horned Frogs today at 2 p.m.

• I’m not sure how many times I can say “we’re going to learn a lot about Mike Boynton over the next two years” but ESPN’s latest “bracketology” has the Pokes in as a No. 8 seed – that’s a good start

Two Quotes

• This sounds like “sports agent training” but what a fun idea linking OSU business students to athletes to help with NIL:

The Brand Squad was born in August, connecting trained and certified members directly with athletes who can discover and maximize opportunities allowed as a result of the NCAA rule change.

[TulsaWorld]

• A rule change will be in place in 2022 that will impact Cowboy Football’s opponents that tend to break it frequently (cough* Texas *cough):

The NCAA also addressed players faking injuries to slow the pace of a game, a practice that has become more common with the widespread use of up-tempo offenses. Conferences and schools will now submit a report to the national coordinator of officials, who will provide feedback to the conference. The conference or school would then levy any additional punishment.

[CBS Sports]

One Question

• Football staffing question: would you rather have Derek Mason as defensive coordinator and Charlie Dickey as the offensive line coach… or Joe Bob Clements as the defensive coordinator and (someone-like-a) Bill Bedenbaugh as the offensive line coach?

Most Viewed of the Week

• No. 1 Gundy Landed his 2023 Quarterback

• No. 2 What Zane Flores’ Commitment Means to OSU

• No. 3 Daily Bullets from Monday

• No. 4 OSU Makes Contact with Former No. 1 Overall Recruit

• No. 5 OSU Hosted Two Five-Star Recruits on Visits

Non-OSU Bullets

• Habits that make you an effective reader
• Avoiding things but ‘being busy’ is still lazy
• Fun faith-based take on why the Voyage of the Dawn Treader is the best Narnia book