Daily Bullets (Sept. 3): OSU and CFP Expansion, McElwain ‘Can Easily See Them Winning the Big 12’

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

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Three Thoughts

• Big-time win for the Pokes and the rest of the non-Big Ten/SEC teams – the College Football Playoff is expanding to 12 as early as 2026. Oklahoma State would have been a participant last season if it were in effect already (also, here are some FAQs)

How 12-team playoff would have looked in '21:

1st round
12 *Pitt at 5 UGA
11 *Utah at No. 6 NDame
10 Mich St at No. 7 Ohio St
9 Ok St at No. 8 Ole Miss

Quarters
1 *Bama vs. Ole Miss/Ok St
2 *Michigan vs. Ohio St/MSU
3 *Cincy vs. ND/Utah
4 *Baylor vs. UGA/Pitt

*conf champs

— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) September 2, 2022

• CMU’s Jim McElwain has seen big-time football from his time in the Power Five, his take after Thursday’s game turns your head:

“That’s a hell of a football team we played,” McElwain said. “They’re going to be in the national picture as the season goes on. I can easily see them winning (the Big 12). They’ve got a complete team and they’ve got a quarterback who can make plays not only throwing the football but obviously with his feet.”

[GoPokes 247]

• This sure was a fun development to watch on Thursday night:

Last year the Cowboys played controlled offense and won games with defense, but Thursday night Dunn got to run an autobahn offense — no speed limit.

Oklahoma State had seven touchdowns drives that lasted less than two minutes, including three that were under a minute.

[PFB]

Two Quotes

• Cowboy Football’s Izzy Diaz is a pretty big deal:

👏👏 @izzydiaz_ https://t.co/8sjpFqdvYw

— OSU Cowboy Football (@CowboyFB) September 2, 2022

• Congrats to Matthew Wolff on the first ace in LIV history:

MATTHEW WOLFF HOLE IN ONE

FIRST IN LIV GOLF HISTORY ⬇️ 🕳️ #LIVGolf #LIVGolfBoston pic.twitter.com/pxukPFdYxH

— LIV Golf (@LIVGolfInv) September 2, 2022

One Question

• Is he wrong?

H3ISMAN#okstate

— Kyle Porter (@KylePorterCBS) September 2, 2022

Most Viewed of the Week

• No. 1 Detroit Lions released a former first-round pick at linebacker, Rodriguez makes the roster

• No. 2 Gundy talked about calling Switzer to Decommit

• No. 3 OU/Texas are reportedly in discussions about leaving early

• No. 4 Burning Questions ahead of the Season Opener

• No. 5 Rodriguez and Warren among five OSU rookies to make 53-man rosters

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Non-OSU Bullets

• Donovan Mitchell to Cleveland is fun to think about (not excited to have the Jazz in the tank race though)
• Finished the latest John Grisham novel on vacation this week… it was ok.

What Giannis can do in 1 second:

UNREAL pic.twitter.com/CiIcPue4Z6

— Half Court Hoops (@HalfCourtHoops) September 2, 2022