Daily Bullets (July 20): OSU Against Preseason Expectations

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

OSU Bullets

• Former Cowboy big Moussa Cisse got another contract from the Dallas Mavericks (PFB)

• Another former Cowboy big, Parsa Fallah, joined a lawsuit against the NCAA for eligiblity (GoPokes 247)

• Liked this take from AI analyzing a chart posted about how Cowboy Football has performed against expectations: 

Oklahoma State has spent the past quarter-century making preseason voters look pessimistic, outperforming its starting position in nearly three times as many seasons as it has fallen short. [ChatGPT]

Here’s a ranking of the 10 most overrated CFB teams since 2000. For a more comprehensive analysis, see my data from Jan.

My analysis gave an unranked team a “rank” of 30th (for both pre/post season) whereas this analysis gives them a rank of 26th… so that’s the reason for… https://t.co/9M0oVWD7E5 pic.twitter.com/VkGEuqk9D0

— Jeff Fuller (@jjfuller72) July 19, 2026

• Carson Cunningham and Colby Powell talk Eric Morris retaining play-calling duties and look at OSU’s strength of schedule (PFB)

• Fun rabbit trail to go down – just reading about simulations of this Cowboy Football season: 

We’re starting our 100 sims of #okstate’s season on College Football 27.

Hope to get through 25 today. I’ll share some interesting findings in this thread 🧵 pic.twitter.com/h8HDEzYQ13

— Pistols Firing (@pistolsguys) July 17, 2026

Non-OSU Bullets

• It was tough to read Presti on the Lu Dort trade – logical reason to move is to let other players develop, but money/getting assets for a player are hard to get excited about 

•  Let me dwell in your tents forever (faith-based)