Daily Bullets (Jan. 3): Portal Opens to a Flurry of Activity, Pokes Head to Lubbock

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

Three Thoughts

• Good heavens, there was a lot of portal activity yesterday for the Cowboys – offers made, visits scheduled (Drew Mestemaker today!), no commitments to sign, and one particular Cowboy that’s tough to see leave (PFB)
– One of the UNT triples – Wyatt Young, scheduled a visit to Stillwater (PFB)
– Wendell Gregory is visiting Texas Tech (X)

While Mestemaker has drawn interest from programs across the country, sources have told On3 that Oklahoma State is in a good spot. [On3 $$$]

• Seeing how the Kyle Whittingham-Utah divorce is playing out helps me to feel a bit better about the Mike Gundy departure (Whittingham is currently pulling a chunk of his assistants from Utah with him to his next gig at Michigan after being nudged out in Utah) So many ways it can go poorly/less than ideal. (HCS)

• The transfer portal is clearly the most exciting thing going on, but the Pokes open league play in Lubbock today – preview and TV details here (PFB)

Two Quotes

• I still can’t get over Parsah Fallah’s reply when he was asked about the Cowboys game against Texas Tech:

#OkState center Parsa Fallah was asked postgame if he’d ever been to Lubbock.

His response: “What’s Lubbock?” — Daniel Allen (@danielallen1738) December 30, 2025

• 51 in the portal as of yesterday morning:

#OKState up to 51 players in the NCAA Transfer Portal.https://t.co/fpAT4IaAUw

— McClain (@McclainBaxley) January 2, 2026

One Question

• I think McClain Baxley of 247 Sports had a great question for Eric Morris and Co.:

Just about every position will need to be recruited out of the portal and now that (Eric Morris will) have money to work with as opposed to North Texas, how aggressive will they be? [GoPokes 247]

Non-OSU Bullets

• Fascinating secular take on the benefits of faith/religion • Been trying to learn a bit about soccer for the US being a host for the World Cup next summer – here’s the current rundown of the US team

😁 #humor 🤣 pic.twitter.com/0p5nPxIJh8

— Happy Motorhead (@HappyMotorhead) December 31, 2025