Daily Bullets (June 26): Pundits Waving the OSU Flag as a Dark Horse Pick

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

OSU Bullets

• The Cowgirls appear to have added some SEC pitching for depth in their bullpen (X)

• Justin Southwell dug into the dialogue around jersey patches (PFB)

• Josh Pate is waving the flag for OSU as the dark horse, David Pollack is too (X)

• Can Big 12 teams afford a $60M NIL sharing cap? (HCS)

• Average Big 12 school is spending $24M in NIL per report:

Opendorse is projecting college athlete compensation – rev-share + third party pay – to exceed $4 billion this coming year, per its annual NIL Report. A Big Ten school’s annual average spend exceeds all others at $48M, followed by the SEC ($44M), ACC ($28M) and Big 12 ($24M). pic.twitter.com/GU9KokZAKf

— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) June 25, 2026

Non-OSU Bullets

• The Aday Mara pick is growing on me – just want a 6’7-6’10” forward in OKC so badly • Go ahead and shipwreck your ingratitude (faith-based)