Daily Bullets (Dec. 5): Pokes Find a (New) Bowl Opponent

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

Scores

Wrestling: Minnesota 18, OSU 15

OSU Bullets

• The Pokes are headed out west to a familiar destination against a completely unfamiliar Big Ten opponent
– Five thoughts on the matchup with the Badgers
– Five things to know about Wisconsin
– Everything Mike Gundy had to say after the announcement

• Cowboy Wrestling lost a tough one against a Big Ten foe in GIA yesterday

• ICYMI – Mason Cobb entered the portal over the weekend. Cobb was one of the five guys I listed last week the Pokes really need to keep around

• Couple of Wisconsin updates (OSU’s bowl opponent) – new head coach Luke Fickell appears to be coaching the bowl game and

• CFP expansion is massive news for the Cowboys – it’ll probably be tough for a Big 12 team to land one of the at-large bids but anything that gives two teams in the league a shot at the title is massive.

Just think about the injustice corrected:

The four-team Playoff boxes out a ridiculous number of competitors by numbers alone. It’s so absurd that we celebrate USC potentially getting in Sunday like we celebrated Michigan getting in last year.

[TulsaWorld]

• Read here about the next great Aussie punter heading to Stillwater

• Season ticket holders can put in requests for the bowl game by tomorrow at 5:30pm

Non-OSU Bullets

• Deion Sanders taking the job at a sleepy Colorado program and creating excitement within hours is incredible and a picture of CFB in the age of NIL

• Love this take:

“Some things are a job, others are a craft. The primary difference is not the task, but the enthusiasm and curiosity put into the task. The more engaged and interested you are, the more it becomes a craft.”

James Clear

• Not a bad plan.