Daily Bullets (July 22): NCAA Recommends Changing Up Transfer Rules, Why Big 12 and Pac-12 Didn’t Merge

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

OSU Bullets

• NCAA Division I Council Votes to Endorse Radical Change to Transfer Landscape

• This five-year-old SB Nation piece on Mike Gundy is so good – in case you missed it 😉

• This is probably the best take on why the Big 12 and Pac-12 didn’t merge:

Commiserating probably is a good idea, but shared misery doesn’t equate to common goals.

The Big 12 has designs on poaching from the Pac-12. Preferably Washington, Oregon and Utah, but perhaps Arizona State, Arizona and Colorado.

Hard to have meaningful talks when one side is breaking the 10th commandment. (Do not covet your neighbor’s things)

[NewsOK]

• Look no further for the Cowboys’ defensive leader than Brock Martin:

“He’s the old man of the group and just gets everybody on track,” fellow defensive end Tyler Lacy said. “Even if we’re goofing off, he’s the one that brings us back on track and tells us the reason why we’re here.”

[TulsaWorld]

• Pretty cool story of how an OSU recruit went from unranked to a four-star recruit

• The Cowboys’ presumed starting running back, Dominic Richardson, was named to the preseason watchlist for the Doak Walker Award

• These are the athletes OSU nominated for Big 12 athlete of the year:

• This is a terrific idea – make games against FCS schools the spring game for college football teams:

Non-OSU Bullets

• This Twitter thread on useful websites is great
• The day you become a better writer

Just loved waking up to my annual Masters rejection email yesterday:

Great five-minute video by JJ Reddick diving into the OKC Thunder: