Daily Bullets (Mar. 4): Big Saturday for the Cowboys and Cowgirls

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

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Three Thoughts

• Pretty big weekend for OSU athletics – Cowgirls have Bedlam at home today, Cowboys with a MUST-win against Texas Tech, and Cowboy Wrestling is working on a Big 12 title in Tulsa

“I think the guys are obviously disappointed we haven’t finished games better,” Boynton said. “The reality is, we need to win a game if we want to get to the tournament. We probably need to win more than one game.”

[TulsaWorld]

• Lots of new faces in this spring football primer taking a look at the early spring depth chart (247 Sports)

• Fantastic (paid) read on Mike Gundy’s strategy – I’ll be pulling nuggets from this, here’s one:

If they get (Collin) Oliver comfortable working as a regularly blitzing linebacker in the Flyover scheme (likely) this looks like a formidable unit to me. Gundy’s stated preference is for development over the portal, but they seem to evaluate lower level prospects and incorporate them into the program quite well.

[America’s War Game]

Two Quotes

• Jason Taylor is taking advantage of that late combine invitation:

2023 Safety Athleticism Score Leaderboard 📋

With the official 40 times in, Daniel Scott (@CalFootball) and Jason Taylor II (@CowboyFB), currently sit atop the NGS athleticism score rankings pending shuttle drills. pic.twitter.com/cWUvUhxB9A

— Next Gen Stats (@NextGenStats) March 4, 2023

• How the Spencer Sanders’ era ended won’t ever stop surprising me.

👇🏼. pic.twitter.com/rXH9nHKQjL

— Gabe Ikard (@GabeIkard) January 12, 2023

One Question

• What’s the best season on campus?

No matter the season, the #okstate campus is beautiful.

Which one is your favorite, #CowboyFamily? pic.twitter.com/Gch6y4lLKk

— Oklahoma State Univ. (@okstate) March 3, 2023

Most Viewed of the Week

• No. 1 OSU unveils $325m Renovation Plan

• No. 2 OSU teases big announcement around Athletic Village

• No. 3 Updates to the roster for Spring Football

• No. 4 Five Thoughts on the loss to Kansas State

• No. 5 Five Thoughts on the loss to Baylor

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Non-OSU Bullets

• The emotional benefits of wandering
• Looking into smoking steaks this weekend, wish me luck

Lots of smoke around the Pac-12 yesterday – optimism the Big 12 can poach as media talks continue to flounder.

If George Kliavkoff delivers an offer for Pac-12 media rights that is underwhelming, the Big 12 is prepared to pounce. There’s renewed optimism about landing the Four Corners schools.

Story with @slmandel on what we’re hearing: https://t.co/oZiYTcT6Ea

— Max Olson (@max_olson) March 3, 2023