Daily Bullets (Nov. 6): UCF Game Details, “With a Loss to the Pokes Etched Eternally on Their Souls”

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

OSU Bullets

• OSU gets an afternoon kickoff against UCF this weekend, opens as a one-point favorite (PFB + X)

• Cowboy Basketball takes on Abilene Christian tonight in Stillwater at 8pm (OKState.com)

• The Cowboys cracked the top-20 in both Coaches and AP polls – behind OU in one, ahead in the other (PFB)

• Masterful words from ESPN here on the final Bedlam – “with a loss to the Pokes etched eternally on their souls” (ESPN)

On Saturday, Oklahoma State — long cast as the little brother — sent big brother off with a swift kick in the rear.

So of course Cowboys fans charged the field as Drake Stoops was wrangled short of the line to gain on fourth down. It was his 12th catch of the game, and it wasn’t enough. “Happy Trails to You” echoed over the sound system, and Oklahoma slinked off into a future in the SEC with a loss to the Pokes etched eternally on their souls.

[ESPN]

• When your Sooner coworker brings up how unfair the refs are (it’s a fruitless exercise to discuss logic with a majority of those folks) but this is the play to run through your mind where the refs bailed out the Sooners.

• A little Bedlam humor for parents with young kids:

Non-OSU Bullets

• The Ringer dove into Chet’s play so far
• One thing my parent’s did well – family devotions (faith-based)

The economics of Aldi grocery stores: