Daily Bullets (July 17): Poke Gets Called Up, The Ideal Cowboy Football Recruit

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

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OSU Bullets

• HCS listed the top games in the Big 12 over the last eleven years – OSU made two of the top four games

• Exciting news for Christian Encarnacion-Strand, getting the call up to the majors [MLB Trade Rumors]

• Justin Kirkland sounds like the ideal OSU recruit – small town, hard-working, already used his free transfer:

“As a player, I haven’t seen what he can do in game situations, but judging off spring ball and all the workouts we’re doing (Justin Kirkland) is going to be a wrecking ball, ” Oliver said. “Dude is like 300 pounds, something like that, 6-2 he’s like a big bowling ball. I can’t wait to see what he does on the field. As a person, he’s a joyful guy. He comes from a small town.”

[GoPokes 247]

• Realignment update – Brock Huard calls the Pac-12 TV situation ‘dire‘ (HCS)

• Sad to hear about the passing of Julius Crosslin yesterday, thoughts and prayers for his family.

We mourn the loss of Cowboy Football alumni Julius Crosslin. Our thoughts and prayers are with his friends and family at this time. pic.twitter.com/zLxVCZeLhW

— OSU Cowboy Football (@CowboyFB) July 16, 2023

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Non-OSU Bullets

• If you want to knock it out of the park this Christmas, get your wife a ticket on the Hallmark cruise in late 2024
• Cheap weekend getaways from 15 cities all over the country – OKC makes the list!
• How to make friends at church (faith-based)