Daily Bullets (Jan. 14): Sanders Details Reported, Optimism Going Into Baylor

The Pokes take on Baylor in Waco tonight at 5pm (CST), beat the Bears.

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Three Thoughts

• Incredibly fascinating interview that Robert Allen did (see it here on YouTube) – clarity on the Spencer Sanders situation, Gundy’s philosophy on the portal, and tidbits around Derek Mason situation. Speaking of Derek Mason, Tatum Bell has a terrific idea for his replacement.

RA spoke on 365 radio. The interview can be found on YouTube.

Takeaways:

•Spencer was asked to stay and play through the bowl game, but he decided to enter the portal. Nine practices into bowl season he tried to come back, but was turned away.

(Continued…)

— Pokes Uni Watch (@PokesUniWatch) January 13, 2023

• This is a bummer – a guy who committed to OSU in the transfer portal flipped to a Big Ten school. Really need another running back now.

• While Mike Boynton’s Pokes have lost some close ones and open league play at 1-3, they’ve been here before.

Things can turn around. Three seasons ago, OSU opened Big 12 play with losses of 85-50 at Tech, 55-41 to West Virginia and 52-40 at Texas Christian.

But that OSU team rallied to finish 18-14 overall, won its final four games, averaged 68 points a game after that horrid start and was at least in the NCAA Tournament conversation.

[NewsOK]

Cowboy Baseball Tweets

• We all need to follow Coach Holliday’s lead after the football week it’s been.

Our head coach @joshhollidayosu loves dogs almost as much as he loves baseball! #furryfriendFriday #GoPokes pic.twitter.com/ITe87wG4xy

— OSU Cowboy Baseball (@OSUBaseball) January 13, 2023

• Looking forward to seeing this ace in the spring.

Top Transfer Classes: #5 @OSUBaseball

The Cowboys brought in one of the top arms on the transfer market in righthander Juaron Watts-Brown.@JuaronWatts struck out 111 in 73.1 innings as a freshman at Long Beach State last year.

🔗 https://t.co/hDBlFigkHC pic.twitter.com/crOxOEDQvD

— D1Baseball (@d1baseball) January 12, 2023

One Question

• Would you believe if you were told Mike Boynton appears to have signed his highest-rated recruiting class yet?

Most Viewed of the Week

• No. 1 Five QB options after Brennan Armstrong

• No. 2 Alan Bowman commits to the Cowboys

• No. 3 Five things to know about Alan Bowman

• No. 4 Benson, Gordon spout some optimistic takes

• No. 5 Derek Mason resigns, taking a sabbatical

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Non-OSU Bullets

• Texas has its first new state park in 25 years
• Why the Jets should trade for Aaron Rodgers

On American pessimism being overplayed:

The first problem with all this pessimism is that it is ahistorical. Every era in American history has faced its own massive challenges, and in every era, the air has been thick with gloomy jeremiads warning of catastrophe and decline. Pick any decade in the history of this country, and you will find roiling turmoil.

[The Atlantic]