Daily Bullets (Dec. 29): Pokes Close Out Non-Con Tonight, Slew of North Texas Players Hit Portal

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

OSU Bullets

• The Pokes take on Bethune-Cookman at home tonight, one final tuneup before league play starts (PFB)

• The Cowboys’ acting playcaller over the second half of the season was named an assistant in the SEC yesterday (X)

• North Texas star running back Caleb Hawkins is headed to the transfer portal – he’s one of many North Texas players headed that way, including their star wide receiver: 

(Hawkins) is the latest North Texas player with plans to transfer after coach Eric Morris was hired by Oklahoma State on Nov. 25. Wide receiver Wyatt Young, the third-leading receiver in the FBS with 1,264 yards as a sophomore, also plans to enter the transfer portal, a source told ESPN. (ESPN)

• ICYMI – Eric Morris is bringing another coach with him, one who spent time at Alabama under Nick Saban (PFB)

• Could have gone for Kyran Duhon not hitting the portal – seemed like some solid upside there for year two in Stillwater (X)

Power Four teams with most *anticipated* transfer portal departures (as of Sunday ~4 p.m. CT via @247SportsPortal):

Oklahoma St — 43
Iowa St — 33
Florida St — 25
West Virginia — 24
Auburn — 23
Florida — 23
Kansas St — 22
Mississippi St — 22

The window opens Friday.🌀🏈 pic.twitter.com/JDHcwe2Vre

— Cody Nagel (@CodyNagel247) December 28, 2025

Non-OSU Bullets

• A lady bought DVDs and eliminated streaming services

• Quite a bit of opinion in this article, but liked “the moral beauty of Bedford Falls” for It’s a Wonderful Life fans

“Reflection requires stillness.

One cost of rushing from thing to thing is that you lose the space to think. Hard work matters, but nonstop motion often hides a quiet truth: you could have used your time better.

If you never pause, you confuse activity with effectiveness. Make time to think. Walk outside. Sit quietly. Create space. Then move again, but this time on purpose.”

James Clear