Daily Bullets (Aug. 8): Is OSU Better than 3.5 Wins?

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

Three Thoughts

• The Big 12 schedule for the Pokes is more friendly than it comes across – assuming you have a positive outlook on the Cowboys. 

OSU is picked to win 3.5 games in the Big 12, while they play five games against other teams also projected to win 3.5 games. (TulsaWorld)

• Fun look behind the curtain with Eric Morris – from nutrition to playcalling with Drew Mestemaker and defensive terms (PFB)

• A Big 12 blog circled in on OSU-Oregon as one of the top non-conference games – a competitive game is a win for the Cowboys and the conference.

 If the offense can get rolling, like it has in recent years at North Texas, this could be a fun game to watch with fireworks all over the field and a high scoring game between both teams. Oregon will be the big favorite, but if the Cowboys can even come close to pulling off the upset, that would be great for the program and the conference as a whole. [HCS]

Two Quotes

• Kind of wild how slow the state of Oklahoma was to induct Terry Miller compared to the National College Football Hall of Fame.

Terry Miller

🤠 College Football Hall of Fame (2022) 🤠 Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame (2026) Absolute legend pic.twitter.com/pgnFmNCNwr — OSU Cowboy Football (@CowboyFB) August 7, 2026

• Wow – impressive that someone has Wyatt Young as a top ten receiver in college football:

The Top 30 College Football Wide Receivers Entering The 2026 Season 🏈 pic.twitter.com/57ayesNtB3

— College Football Report (@CFBReport) August 7, 2026

One Question

• Where will the season Wyatt Young has put him among great Cowboy receivers of the last 15 years?

Non-OSU Bullets

• The internet’s trickiest lawn mowing game • Don’t set your hope on tomorrow (faith-based)

The Protect College Sports Act up in the air for legislative approval, has the following distinctives: 

Here’s most of what the current version of the bill would do:

Provide antitrust protection for: One-time transfer rule Five years to play five eligibility No professional athletes returning to college Creating an agent registry and a 5% max fee Push the revenue sharing cap from $21.3 million to $48.8 million $22 million retention pool $5 million women’s sports pool Create a strict verification process for any other NIL deals – they have to be with outside entities and not connected to the school at all Limits conference size to 19 (basically a Notre Dame clause for the Big Ten) Any team moving from power league to power league has to be independent for 5 years Coaches can’t leave their team before the season ends [Open For Business]