Daily Bullets (Sept. 7): Confirming All Your Optimistic and Pessimistic Assumptions about the Pokes

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

OSU Bullets

• Pokes moved up in both the AP and Coaches Poll after week one

• Update on Pokes in Big 12 power rankings – CBS Sports has the Pokes at No. 3, TulsaWorld has the Pokes at No. 3, and HCS has the Pokes at No. 4

• Here’s how OSU is striping the stadium this weekend and here’s who will be on the call Saturday on the ESPN2 game

• Love how this writer described Oklahoma State Football in 2022 thus far:

This game ended up confirming all of one’s optimistic and pessimistic assumptions about this year’s Cowboys. They still have a dynamite defensive line (they made 13 tackles for loss, and CMU’s star running back Lew Nichols III averaged 2.8 yards per carry), but that probably won’t be the last time their remodeled secondary gets lit up. But on the bright side, they might have an offense that can keep up in track meets again.

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• Pretty cool – Spencer Sanders was named the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award National Player of the Week

• I’m not a big SP+ guy but 29-24 Pokes over Sun Devils doesn’t feel crazy:

• The Pokes 2023 forward commit has a spot in billboard advertising in the OKC area – pretty cool:

Non-OSU Bullets

• Lord’s prayer is meant to be lived (faith-based)
• Rules for disagreeing productively

Folks are looking to get this playoff into action: