Daily Bullets (Jan. 10): SEC Linebacker to Stillwater, Steve Lutz’ Strategy Crystalizing

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

OSU Bullets

• Mike Gundy and Co. added an SEC transfer linebacker yesterday, a trade of sorts for De’Zhaun Stribling (PFB)

• Pokes are after a host of 2026 defensive players (PFB)

• The longer we get into OSU’s basketball season, the more clearly Steve Lutz’s strategy comes to light: 

There are 10 Cowboys playing double-digit minutes a game, also leaving little room for selfishness. Lutz’s group plays with tempo, making a bigger rotation more of a necessity, but Lutz deserves credit in constructing a roster of veterans (eight scholarship seniors) who are OK with sharing the floor.

[PFB]

• How big of a loss was Kendall Daniels to the OSU defense? (video from TulsaWorld)

• Can stand for a little good-natured ribbing like this: 

Do you think Notre Dame fans call this “year three of the rebuild” like Oklahoma fans do?

— Keaton It Real (@KeatonItReal_) January 10, 2025

Non-OSU Bullets

• Shopping for seasonal fruits and vegetables

• Hour long podcast pulling thoughts from a Warren Buffett book

I’ts not time to sign a contract yet and players can change their minds but this SGA quote is music to Thunder fan’s ears: 

“I love Oklahoma City,” Gilgeous-Alexander told reporters after the Thunder’s 129-122 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday, via Joel Lorenzi of The Oklahoman. “I can’t see a world where I’m not in OKC. Market, no market. I don’t care. I love where I am.”

[CBS Sports]