Daily Bullets (Apr. 19): Spring Game Details Released, Cowboys Love Texas Being Overrated

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Scores

Men’s Tennis: Pokes 4, Charlotte 1

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OSU Bullets

• Details around this weekend’s spring football game in Stillwater – Gundy announced it’ll be more of a practice (PFB)

The finale. We’ll see you Saturday at BPS!#DAT | #GoPokes pic.twitter.com/O3DPhuCze7

— OSU Cowboy Football (@CowboyFB) April 18, 2022

• Marcus Smart won the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year award yesterday (PFB)

• Seeing Texas rated No. 6 according to ESPN’s FPI is a wonderful thing for Oklahoma State (and Oklahoma), here’s why:

The Sooners and Cowboys are a combined 10-3 against the Longhorns since 2016, putting the two Bedlam fan bases in best position to realize a burnt orange overrating when they see it.

[TulsaWorld]

• OSU offering Zane Flores early paid off (PFB)

• Three takeaways from the Cowboys’ weekend series’ win over the West Virginia Mountaineers (O’Colly)

• The Cowboys are +1,800 to win the national title in baseball

Odds to win the College Baseball National Championship

Tennessee +380
Oregon State +1000
Arkansas +1200
Texas +1200
Vanderbilt +1500
LSU +1800
OK State +1800
Virginia +2000
Texas Tech +2000
Notre Dame +2200
Miami +2500
Arizona +2500

— Allan Bell (@AllanBell247) April 18, 2022

• Mike Gundy and his coordinators are throwing out the first pitches at this weekend’s home series against TCU:

#OKState football coach Mike Gundy will throw out the first pitch of Friday's baseball game against TCU.

New DC Derek Mason will throw out the first pitch Saturday for baseball and softball.

OC Kasey Dunn will throw out the baseball first pitch Sunday.

— Jacob Unruh (@jacobunruh) April 18, 2022

• Pretty solid Twitter thread here taking a look at the new QB who committed to the Pokes on Easter:

For this week's thread, we are going to take a look at recent 2023 OSU QB Commit Zane Flores.

— Feels Like 45 Podcast (@FeelsLike45Pod) April 18, 2022

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Non-OSU Bullets

• Comparing motivation by affiliation to by success (and High Noon to Rio Bravo)
• The poison pill blocking Elon Musk from buying Twitter
• Loved this excerpt from Pilgrim’s Progress that Charles Spurgeon highlights (faith-based)