Daily Bullets (Aug. 22): The Cowboys’ Best Case Scenario for 2023

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

OSU Bullets

• PFB’s Marshall Scott makes his five predictions for the season including which Cowboy will make All-American and which Big 12 newcomer will beat the Pokes (PFB)

• OSU alum Coleman Scott has officially joined John Smith’s staff to help coach the Cowboy Wrestling team (PFB)

• HCS outlines what a “best-case scenario” season for the Pokes this fall – one of seven teams who could finish in double digits if they meet their full potential.

BEST-CASE RECORD: 10-2

Mike Gundy’s track record of exceeding expectations in perceived down years continues as Oklahoma State’s offense rediscovers itself under a true gunslinger in Alan Bowman. While staying fully healthy, a return to the Big 12 turns Bowman into the story of the year in the conference as the Cowboys run through a favorable schedule mostly unscathed.

After being picked in the middle of the pack following a portal exodus, Oklahoma State finds itself in the Big 12 championship for the second time in three years.

[HCS]

• Sad deal here – Teven Jenkins is out indefinitely in Chicago with a leg injury, should miss at least the first month (CBS Sports)

• Brett McMurphy has the Pokes in the First Responders Bowl against Michigan State (On3)

• Pokes have seventh-most wins against top 25 opponents over the last decade – pretty impressive.

Non-OSU Bullets

• Why every man should have three signature dishes
• Wager on getting out of bed (faith-based)

I’ll be darned if this isn’t true:

This one, too.