Daily Bullets (July 7): OSU a Top-25 Athletic Department, Three Pokes Make Preseason All-Big 12

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

OSU Bullets

• Rivals’ Jeff Johnson who covers the Cowboys weighed in on realignment with an OSU-lens
– What an 18-team Big 12 would look like
– Pac-12 and ACC are discussing a loose alliance to increase TV right values

Pretty crazy thought:

• OSU finished as a top-25 athletic department for the 2021-22 school year

• Three Cowboys made pre-season All-Big 12

• The TulsaWorld did a deep dive to see where OSU’s viewership numbers landed week to week last season. This one, in particular, was powerful:

More fans watched the Cowboys beat Tech than watched UCLA beat USC, Clemson beat Wake Forest and Notre Dame beat Georgia Tech. More supportive data for Weiberg & Co.

[TulsaWorld]

• Cowboy pitcher Kale Davis is transferring to a school in Norman

• Cowboy Wrestler Cade Lindsey is transferring out and heading north

• Mike Gundy still got it:

• New turf going in at Boone Pickens Stadium:

Non-OSU Bullets

• Three pretty solid rule changes to be pulled from the USFL model
• Ten reps is a great place to begin

Pretty crazy – what NFL teams would be called if named after the city they’re actually in: