Daily Bullets (Dec. 13): Cowboys Land Next Wrestling Star, ASU Flips an OSU Commit

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

OSU Bullets

• Big news yesterday was Cowboy Wrestling landed a top-five recruit from Stillwater (PFB)

• So. Much. Portal. Activity. You can see it all here or some breakdowns below:
– A verbal commit in the 2024 class flipped to Arizona State
– OSU offered an OU edge rusher in the portal
– Cowboys offered a tight end from a place called Elon (not Musk)
– OSU saw a depth piece at safety enter the portal
– OSU offered an All-American kick returner exiting a Big Ten school

• 247 Sports analysts have the game against Texas A&M picked pretty tight 

• Cowboy Wrestling climbed into the top-ten after back-to-back wins (PFB)

• Big 12 media days heading to Vegas next summer and the one after: 

Big 12 football media days in 2024 & 2025 is moving to Las Vegas, sources told @ActionNetworkHQ, because of scheduling conflicts at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. Host sites being considered in Las Vegas are the Sphere, Allegiant Stadium or an MGM property, sources said

— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) December 12, 2023

Non-OSU Bullets

Thrilled OKC passed the new arena yesterday, Thunder is staying in OKC until at least 2050
• Top Google searches of 2023
• Finished a couple of reads on Monday – this fiction thriller (empty calories but fun) and this terrific business classic on productivity

The long game that MLB star Shohei Ohtani is playing to collect his max revenue is incredible (I still hate the TVOM as a finance guy, but I get the nuance now):

Shohei Ohtani's $700 million deal is one of the most unique contracts in sports history.

He'll earn $2 million annually over the next ten years and then $680 million in payments starting at age 40.

But the details indicate it goes much deeper than Ohtani just being a good… pic.twitter.com/WQbRKYKot5

— Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) December 12, 2023