Daily Bullets (Feb. 17): Comeback Cowgirls, Approaching the Cowboy Standard

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Scores

Softball: Cowgirls 4, Alabama 3
Baseball: Texas 
Men’s Golf: Finished Second at Gators Invitational

OSU Bullets

• The Cowgirls capped a wild, competitive weekend with a come-from-behind win over No. 12 Alabama last night (OKState.com)

Cowgirls Walk It Off…Again!
This time it’s Rosie Davis! The Cowgirls were down to their last out after grounding into a tag play at home when Davis slapped a 2 RBI base hit to Right Field to score Delgadillo & Tallen Edwards.

That was super exciting, but give credit to the… pic.twitter.com/OKKoxmw8Tv

— OState Daily (@Ostate_Daily) February 17, 2025

• Cade Cunningham is on his way to being the best Cowboy in the NBA ever (NewsOK)

Now introducing… CADE CUNNINGHAM ⭐️ #NBAAllStar pic.twitter.com/wRKN7sPXBI

— Detroit Pistons (@DetroitPistons) February 17, 2025

• What do you need to see from Cowboy Football in 2025 to feel like the ship is on the right track? It’s not historically unreasonable to expect ten wins. 

In more than a century of Oklahoma State football before 2010, there were three 10-win seasons.

In 2010-23, there were eight seasons of at least 10 wins.

“Ten wins — is this a phenomenal fluke or should it be considered the new standard for Oklahoma State football success?”: When I would have that conversation with my OSU contacts, most of them seemed comfortable with viewing a 10-win result as a reasonable standard. I feel the same.

[TulsaWorld]

• The Cowboy Golf squad ran out of gas, finishing one stroke behind the hosts at the Gator Invitational (GolfStat)

• After a miserable Saturday, the Cowboys will try to get back on track with UCF coming to town Wednesday: 

#OKState coach Steve Lutz: “What happened today at 2 o’clock is unacceptable for our program. We’re better than that. We had been playing better than that, and for whatever reason today, we did not compete at the level that we need to compete at in this league in order to be…

— Marshall Scott (@MarshallScottOK) February 15, 2025

Non-OSU Bullets

• How did the pandemic change our country • Build your own romantic comedy

This is so cool: 

On Saturday, Isaiah Hartenstein hosted a Valentine’s Day party at a local restaurant for a dozen moms and their 26 kids from the Boys & Girls Club of Oklahoma County. He visited with the families and gifted each mom with a bouquet of flowers and a gift card pic.twitter.com/0gxVUJztIZ

— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) February 16, 2025