Daily Bullets (July 28): As the World Turns with Realignment, Cade Signs a Deal

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OSU Bullets

• Thoughts on where the ball lies on OSU and conference realignment:

– OU and Texas have formally petitioned the SEC for membership in 2025

– Until OU and Texas are officially accepted into the SEC, we’ll wait for any real direction on what conference the Pokes will play in. That could come as early as the end of this week. This Rivals piece is terrific and lays it out well.

– Believe that three of the Power Five leagues (ACC, Big Ten, and PAC-12) are doing their diligence on the Pokes.

• It’s all about OSU’s increasing desirability from a football and media perspective at this point – Berry Tramel looks at the TV numbers and this individual on Twitter did a terrific job as well

• Cade Cunningham signed a (believed to be) lucrative deal with Nike

• A Cowgirl softballer was the first OSU athlete to bring home a medal at the Olympics this year:

• Looks to me like Alex Noren and Viktor Hovland are the Cowboy alums that will be competing in golf at the Olympics

• Josh Sills and Malcolm Rodriguez were named to pre-season watchlists

• Neat move here from TU Football commemorating Cowboy alum (and former defensive coordinator) Bill Young who passed earlier this year:

Non-OSU Bullets

• What comes first – a narrative or your feelings?
• One learning rule never to break

This is a funnier aspect of realignment that we’ll see right before our eyes: