Daily Bullets (June 9)

Baseball News

Josh Holliday:“When we left Stillwater, we said we hope to not be back here for a couple weeks. We’d like to go play baseball all across the great state of South Carolina. That was our mindset. If you don’t leave home thinking that way, there’s no way you can do it.” [NewsOK]

Pokes added three more All-Americans this week. [PFB]

South Carolina is the only SEC team to post at least 40 wins every season since 2000. The Gamecocks have made six trips to the College World Series over the past 13 years, second only to LSU. The program’s 759 wins since 2000 are the second-most among all Division I teams. [NewsOK]

The last 16 outs that led OSU and others to the Supers. Pretty great stuff. [PFB]

The MLB Draft starts today which Josh Holliday thinks is an awkward time to have a draft. [Tulsa World]

Football in BCS bowl, baseball in Super regionals, Women's tennis in national championship, men's/women's golf ?? https://t.co/SiZv8b085I

— Clint Chelf (@Cchelf10) June 9, 2016

Recruiting News

Reload again must read stuff. Top-ranked OL from Missouri talks about his offer from the Pokes. [PFB]

OSU offered a 2018 QB this week. [PFB]

Football News

Solutions to the new (alleged) five-team divisions. I love the man vs. wild plan so much. [ESPN]

Vegas moved OSU’s title odds to 80-1 recently. Why? [PFB]

Justin Blackmon’s judge kicks the can down the road (for good reason this time). [NewsOK]

Remember when OSU used to stink on third down defense? No more. Getting after the quarterback is one of Oklahoma State’s biggest strengths, as the Cowboys’ 35 third-down sacks are tied with Kansas State for second during this span. The Cowboys defense was solid, allowing just 5.01 yards per play and 6.39 passing yards per attempt on third downs. [ESPN]

Hoops News

Eight notable stats from the NCAA annual attendance report. We’ll get to OSU later on today. [Yahoo]

On KD’s impending free agency. I mean, it would just be stunning if he went to Boston or Miami or San Antonio, wouldn’t it? Are these even plausible scenarios? [Daily Thunder]

More Stuff I’m Reading

Oklahoman outsourcing its print production to the Tulsa World. Wowza. Btw, I always thought it would be the other way around for some reason. [NewsOK]

Great Bill Simmons profile here. I’ve been a follower since the early days, and I think he intrigues (and inspires?) folks in my generation (27-35?) more than anyone else in media. [Hollywood Reporter]