Daily Bullets (Feb. 25): Pokes Working to Lock Up Bid, Beat the Cats

Big weekend for Cowboy Basketball – win and go ahead and get in. Starts by beating the Cats at 1pm today.

Huge weekend for @OSUMBB in Stillwater as No. 14 @KStateMBB & No.9 @BaylorMBB come to town. Cowboys can make NCAA Tourney life easier with a sweep and a split wouldn’t be bad, also. Would be great to see Cowboy 🤠 🏀 fans make a difference Saturday & Monday.

— Fran Fraschilla (@franfraschilla) February 24, 2023

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Three Thoughts

• As you gaze at OSU’s tournament resume, this is probably the right take: win two out of the next three and you take pressure off of the Big 12 Tournament

• Terrific insights from new coordinator Bryan Nardo – loved how he simplifies things

• I geek out over expansion concepts and mostly agree with Berry Tramel’s conclusion here – I think there’s an outside shot the Big 12 expands west without Pac schools.

The optimal quartet for the Big 12 would be Washington, Oregon, Utah and whoever wants to play the Ringo Starr role. 

A viable backup plan would be the Four Corner schools – Arizona State, Utah, Colorado and Arizona. 

There are some who claim the Big 12 might expand West without any Pac-12 schools. I don’t buy those scenarios. Not enough addition to the value of television contracts. 

[NewsOK]

Two Quotes

• Eddie bobbleheads plus a top-15 team at GIA? Yes please.

BRINGING BACK THE BOBBLEHEADS

Saturday, @OSUMBB vs K State
Lower east concourse of GIA
Suggested Donation of $20#GoPokes #BeatCancer@osucvc pic.twitter.com/5o0D1WcWnX

— The Eddie Sutton Foundation (@EddieSuttonFdn) February 24, 2023

• Because we can’t dream about OSU getting back to the Big Dance enough:

Our latest Consensus Last Four In!

“The main thing here is that none of these teams are safe. They’ve gotta keep winning games to stay above that threshold. They’re one bad loss away from being out” – @Brad_Wachtel

FIELDING THE 68: https://t.co/w27iiPaF0f

POWERED by @BetRivers pic.twitter.com/JRfrGULYDR

— The Field of 68 (@TheFieldOf68) February 24, 2023

One Question

• OU + Texas -> SEC, USC + UCLA -> Big Ten, Florida State -> ?

Most Viewed of the Week

• No. 1 Trace Ford <3’s OU

• No. 2 Five thoughts on TCU loss

• No. 3 Five thoughts on West Virginia loss

• No. 4 Cowboys fall in dual to Iowa

• No. 5 Three takeaways from the Cowgirls’ play at Clearwater

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Non-OSU Bullets

• This is the 1950s of the smartphone era
• Holiness is transgressive (faith-based)

I am convinced if you just focus on doing a few repetitive tasks over and over, every day, you will eventually build something huge.

This could mean cold-calling, updating your investor deck or meeting with prospective future employees.

— Zain Jaffer (@zainjaffer) February 7, 2023