Daily Bullets (June 12): Steve Lutz on Expectations

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

OSU Bullets

• Cowboy ace Harrison Bodendorf was named an All-American, and the Cowgirls are bringing in an outfielder from the Big Ten (PFB) 

• OSU athletes are now competing in the last athletic event of the 2024-25 school year: the outdoor track and field championships in Oregon (OKState.com)

• Steve Lutz met with the media yesterday – this quote was encouraging: 

“But our bottom line is not to go to the NIT. Our bottom line is to go to the NCAA Tournament. That’s what I was hired for, and that’s what the administration, and the boosters, and the fans, and the university expects. We had a much longer process of investigating and vetting players that fit our system and fit our program and fit our culture, and I think that that will certainly prove at the end of the year to have value.”

[PFB]

• Cowboy Basketball released an updated roster with jersey numbers and heights (PFB)

• Viktor Hovland caddying for his old teammate is so fun – could you imagine having that experience with a good friend from college?

A full circle moment for these two Pokes 🧡

In 2023, Viktor Hovland caddied 36 holes for college teammate Zach Bauchou at U.S. Open Final Qualifying … 12 hours after winning the Memorial.

Today, they’re playing a practice round together at Oakmont. https://t.co/K4O7iIQN7r pic.twitter.com/F2ps3lFBCS

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) June 11, 2025

Non-OSU Bullets

• Sad news – Oklahoma weather legend Gary England passed this week at age 85

• Wild fact from WWII – Germans were sinking American ships in the Gulf of Mexico/USA

• Interesting take – parents who keep their kids from smartphones are doing it with other families doing the same