Daily Bullets (Aug. 30): Enjoy Some Stress-Free Football, Hauss Hejny Injury Thoughts

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

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Three Thoughts

• Happy college football is *majorly* back weekend – you can see a weekend watch guide here (PFB) •  No beating around the bush, it’s a bummer that Hauss Hejny is out for a projected five weeks – solid thoughts here on how tough it is to lose Hejny for a time, but also finding excitement around Zane Flores (PFB) • Berry Tramel’s realistic (with clear shades of pessimism) comments below feel fair – it’s just worth noting that Mike Gundy teams so often get better as the season goes on.

This couldn’t be what Mike Gundy hoped to see from his revamped roster. Indiana’s extreme makeover a year ago gave every team in this transfer-portal era hope that a turnaround could be quick and massive. But the Cowboys, with 56 new players, showed no evidence that such will be the case in 2025. [TulsaWorld]

Two Quotes

• Fun highlight of a little offensive creativity from Thursday night:

Modern Triple Option pic.twitter.com/gkkW1fnZqQ

— Coach Dan Casey (@CoachDanCasey) August 29, 2025

• No one shot more than the Pokes this offseason.

Confirmed. 𝙉𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚 outworks the Cowboys😤

3⃣7⃣3⃣,1⃣0⃣4⃣ shots this summer. 🥇No. 1 in the nation, per @ShotTracker. pic.twitter.com/k25jVCe2mK — OSU Cowboy Basketball (@OSUMBB) August 29, 2025

One Question

• Can you remember a more anticipated game against an FCS opponent than Tennessee-Martin? Montana State in 2005?

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Non-OSU Bullets

• 101 best movie acting performances of the 21st century • Don’t want to go to church? Go anyways (faith-based) Rumblings of realignment swelled a bit this week:

North Carolina and Virginia are attractive to both the SEC and Big Ten in expansion, per @Brett_McMurphy👀 pic.twitter.com/YLgv2EPDYD

— On3 (@On3sports) August 27, 2025