Daily Bullets (Feb. 20): Ollie Gordon Was Recruited, Dez Bryant Lands a Big Bet

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

Scores

Softball: Cowgirls 3, Florida 0
Men’s Golf: Pokes are tied for tenth through one day at Watersound Invitational

OSU Bullets

• Ollie Gordon talked at the Doak Walker Award ceremony, with some eye-opening remarks about how he was openly recruited (without being in the transfer portal) (247 Sports)

• Dez Bryant nailed a big bet (CBS Sports)

• Berry Tramel notes the OKC Thunder’s Mark Daigneault and Mike Gundy are kindred spirits (Sellout Crowd)

• A little bit about OSU Football’s only 2025 commit – an athlete from southeastern Oklahoma, Matrail Lopez:

Lopez is a highly productive high school player in all three phases, as evidenced by his ability to score touchdowns in five different categories this past fall: receiving, rushing, interception return, punt return, and kickoff return. Lopez, who debuts in the 247Sports rankings with a high three-star 87 rating… [247 Sports]

• College football analyst Josh Pate has OSU as the No. 3 team in the new look Big 12 (247 Sports)

• Big week for Cowboy Baseball in Arlington:

Big games coming up for @OSUBaseball in Arlington this week!

Wed: vs Abilene Christian
Fri: vs Michigan
Sat: vs #2 Arkansas
Sun: vs #7 Oregon State pic.twitter.com/OqS70n73QV

— Oklahoma State Athletics (@OSUAthletics) February 19, 2024

Non-OSU Bullets

• The history behind President’s Day • An unexpected, overlooked benefit of friendships (faith-based) What President’s Day looked like at our house:

a otter puts her pup on her belly so they can nap together 🥺 pic.twitter.com/Q1HrviX4U2

— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) February 18, 2024