Daily Bullets (July 15): Pokes Add A Receiver Commit, Boone Responds to Gundy Shirt Backlash

The Daily Bullets are brought to you by Hoboken Coffee: perfectly roasted in historic Guthrie. Two bags ship free. Order now!

---

OSU Bullets

• Kasey Dunn added his fourth wide receiver in the 2021 recruiting class yesterday

• This piece by Boone – his response to the questions about “why’d you post the Gundy/OAN shirt picture?” – was great. You’ll want to stick around for the whole piece.

In hindsight, I wouldn’t share the photo if I had a re-do. It was relevant to the public and I feel justified in sharing it, despite the fallout. But it’s affected people close to me, and it has affected my mental health. It’s affected OSU football and Mike Gundy. Maybe you don’t care about any of that except for what happens or doesn’t happen on the football field this fall. That’s totally understandable. [PFB]

I’m proud to write with (and for) a guy with this kind of self-awareness and humility, it trajects really well.

• I think we have to get this either “this” or “that” perspective out and see that it’s shades of both – is playing football about a cash grab (yes) or keeping people healthy (sort of)?

“I feel it is imperative and timely to clarify the reasons why we are doing everything in our power to try and safely play college sports this fall,” (Iowa State AD Jamie) Pollard wrote. “Some people have incorrectly framed the issue as safety versus revenue generation. The simple fact is that reality lies somewhere in the middle.” [CBS Sports]

• You can watch Cade and Co. play in DFW when they take on the North Texas Mean Green

• Pretty wild – one-half of the Big 12’s quarterbacks made the Davey O’Brien watchlist

• Catch Mike B. talking about his newest additions to the squad:

• What an incredible locker room:

Honoring our tradition while preparing the next generation. The @OSUWBB locker room is second to none.#okstate I #GoPokes pic.twitter.com/X91PzAr5xD

— Oklahoma State Athletics (@OSUAthletics) July 14, 2020

---

Non-OSU Bullets

• Props to this guy for trademarking the possible Redskins’ names
• Intriguing NBA piece on playing Ben Simmons at the four
• This shorter blog post on taking the time was great (faith-based)