Daily Bullets (July 21): National Narratives Around the Cowboys

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

OSU Bullets

• OSU’s nominated candidates for Big 12 athlete of the year (PFB)

• Updates on the three OSU athletes challenging for extra eligibility (GoPokes 247 $$$)

• National pundits are talking about the Cowboys – check out this talk about the Pokes as the biggest turnaround candidates: 

“I think it’s Oklahoma State,” Danny Kanell said. “I don’t think it’s close. Obviously they have the low win total from last year. I think they should make significant improvement. I would probably say out of all of these teams (in all of the leagues), even going back to UCLA, out of the Power Four, I would expect Oklahoma State to be the biggest jump of all the Power Four schools.” [PFB]

• Former Cowboy De’Zhaun Stribling made the watchlist for offensive rookie of the year (247 Sports) 

•  A little misguiding with Craig coming from the Ivy League and Mestemaker from the American, but still, solid QB play incoming in 2026: 

Highest Graded Returning Big 12 Quarterbacks🎯 pic.twitter.com/y7DCof9Clk

— PFF College (@PFF_College) July 20, 2026

Non-OSU Bullets

• Rest is a thing to be received, not bought (faith-based)  

This is a super interesting concept: 

This map re-imagines the states of the #USA. Each state is now home to approximately the same number of people and is of similar size. States are also largely named in a more culturally sensitive way. You’ll find me in Bayou or Yosemite. pic.twitter.com/hOayiI09jZ

— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) July 20, 2026