Daily Bullets (Dec. 20): Pokes Beat Out the Big Dogs for Sun Belt Tackle, Mason Cobb Finds a New Home

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

OSU Bullets

• The Pokes landed a commitment from a quality offensive lineman and a tall safety from the southeast yesterday

• Linebacker Mason Cobb has found a new home out west – Here’s the OSU transfer portal tracker if you’re looking for the ins and outs of football players with early signing day coming up tomorrow

• Mike Gundy closing the deal on Texas State’s starting left tackle out of the portal is a fun tale. Seeing the serious kind of recruiting attention these smaller school players is quite of a head turner as well:

The offer list (Dalton Cooper) compiled in just a few days on the portal was significant, and he had received calls from several others expressing interest. Conference champions, bluebloods, half of the College Football Playoff field.

But Dalton didn’t play games with them.

“He was honest with them,” John (Cooper) said. “He told them he wanted to get back close to home.”

[NewsOK]

• A couple of Cowboys placed at the Reno Tournament of Champions

• OSU lost out to Deion in the transfer portal yesterday for the Kent State lineman they were fighting for

• The Guaranteed Rate Bowl in 18 words.

 The matchup on the surface pits two teams who have solid defenses and underperforming offenses against each other.

[PFF]

• Handy tweet here looking at Big 12 bowl destinations:

Non-OSU Bullets

• Santa’s visit retold on Nextdoor

It’s hard to disagree with Jon’s wife here:

Cooking changes your relationship with food. Instead of consuming something, now you’re making it. Meals become achievements, expressions, discoveries, and relationships.

[Farnam Street]