Daily Bullets (Aug. 20): Optimism Remains for Cowboy Faithful

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

OSU Bullets

• Chicago over Thanksgiving sounds fun – join the Pokes for this Big Ten matchup (PFB)

• This dream “Big 12 roadtrip” stops in Stillwater on November 15th for a surprisingly OSU-dominated matchup (HCS)

• The results are in from OKC Dave’s OSU fan survey, and this was the best summary:

My big takeaway from all the football data was that, yes, people are down about the Cowboys after the 3-9 season, which makes sense. But there is still that little glimmer of optimism that the fanbase has that this team will outperform the more national predictions for it. [PFB]

• Ollie Gordon’s case to be RB2 in Miami + updates on the other Cowboys playing in the pros (PFB)

• The official charcoal of OSU, Michigan and the SEC: 

Kingsford is launching partnerships with Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Mizzou, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas ahead of the season.

Negotiated with Learfield, the agreement includes NIL deals with athletes at the schools. pic.twitter.com/JP3YgS4RWn

— Pete Nakos (@PeteNakos_) August 19, 2025

Non-OSU Bullets

• Auburn decided to claim four new national titles in football yesterday • The effect of 7,000 steps per day