Daily Bullets (Dec. 6): UNT Drops American Title Game, Regents Approve

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

Three Thoughts

• Eric Morris and Co. were still in the hunt to win the American title game last night until their fifth turnover late in the game – the good news is Morris gets to get after it in Stillwater while potentially balancing bowl game prep (ESPN)

• OSU regents approved Eric Morris’ contract and the new wrestling center yesterday – There’s a little bit of a discrepancy out there on Eric Morris’ salary (TulsaWorld reporting $3.8M in first-year and $100k raises, other outlets reporting “$3.8M annually”) – either way, the Cowboys are saving millions compared to Mike Gundy, and that’s a heck of a deal. 

• It sounds like Drew Mestemaker will be a hot commodity on the market.

Most in the industry believe that he’ll just follow North Texas coach Eric Morris to Oklahoma State. But Mestemaker is someone who will draw considerable national interest. [247 Sports]

Two Quotes

• Eric Morris railed against the expedited calendar that college football faces:

“The timing of everything in college football, the calendar doesn’t make sense on a lot of different levels,” Morris said. “Something that I hope the NCAA works on to get fixed and allows this to kind of line up a little bit better with a championship series the way college football has done…” (PFB)

• I can get behind this coach’s stance on portal vs high school:

Fran Brown on the portal and taking a large ’26 high school recruiting class: “All we doing is swapping 2’s…everybody’s 2’s are upset, so they all want to leave..so for me, I’m not trying to swap spit. “I’ll stick with our guys and develop our guys.”pic.twitter.com/P7tPLf2UMj

— Ashley Wenskoski (@AshleyWenskTV) December 4, 2025

One Question

• Seeing how the coaching carousel has played out – is there anybody else you hoped OSU would land? 

Non-OSU Bullets

• Hidden cost of sports fandom • Kept (faith-based) Love this Advent quote (X)