Daily Bullets (June 3): Cowgirls Open the World Series with a Win

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Scores

Softball: Cowgirls 4, Arizona 2

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OSU Bullets

• Cowgirls beat Arizona 4 runs to 2 on the back of a sixth-inning bomb by Karli Petty in front of a record crowd– setting up a Saturday at 6pm showdown against the Florida Gators

Petty!!!!!!! 3 RUN BOMB!!! 4-2 Cowgirls in B6 #okstate pic.twitter.com/vVmyBljk7t

— Feels Like 45 Podcast (@FeelsLike45Pod) June 3, 2022

• Excellent preview of the Stillwater (Baseball) Regional in the “Stock Up” section of this newsletter, detailed info on the opponents

• Great piece highlighting the development of Cowgirl Softball head man Kenny Gajewski – worth checking out.

“The reason why so many coaches don’t make it is they don’t change,” said Cain, who today consults with the nation’s top athletic programs. “Tim Corbin (at Vanderbilt) evolved. The best coaches evolve. I think as a coach it takes you a while to get there.

“Kenny has gotten there.”

[TulsaWorld]

• The Cowboys made the cut for a four-star safety out of Texas

• This power ranking has Boynton’s Pokes in the bottom half of the Big 12 this winter

• Relive the pain of the 2016 CMU loss

• Interesting tidbit – more clarity on teams joining the Pokes than when others are leaving them:

Takeaway from Big 12 spring meeting: League has firmer sense of incoming members’ timeline than outgoing. BYU, UCF, Houston, Cincy closer to determining their finish line than #Sooners, Texas. “Anticipation” for OU, UT SEC exit remains 2025.

— Guerin Emig (@GuerinEmig) June 1, 2022

Deep rabbit hole here – was enjoying this clip of James Castleman AKA check engine light mode on Washington Huskies, this Huskies team was loaded.

If you’re an NFL fan – the Huskies team featured these guys: Budda Baker, Vita Vea, Danny Shelton, Will Dissly, John Ross, Dante Pettis, Marcus Peters, Shaq Thompson, and Kevin King – these are all real NFL guys. There’s a half dozen undrafted guys/late round picks that made teams also.

Coached by – Chris Petersen, Pete Kwiatkowski (now the UT DC), Jonathan Smith (Oregon State head coach), Chris Strausser (Indianapolis Colts offensive line coach), and Jimmy Lake who would succeed Chris Petersen.

Rumor has it there’s still gold paint flecks somewhere in Tempe #TBT #DAT | #GoPokes pic.twitter.com/2ZDFoRaChw

— OSU Cowboy Football (@CowboyFB) June 2, 2022

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Non-OSU Bullets

• Difference between solitude and loneliness
• Why DJ’s decision to participate in the LIV Golf Invitational makes sense
• If God really loved me, He would… (faith-based)