Daily Bullets (June 15)

Omaha

This is the greatest thing I’ve ever read. [NewsOK]

Pokes get UC Santa Barbara to open the weekend in Omaha. Never heard of her. [PFB]

Holliday: “These kids feel like the interlocking ‘OS’ and that panel across our chests belong back on that field. They’ve seen that before. They wanted it again.” Dang. [NewsOK]

More Holliday: “These kids are sturdy now. There’s some sturdy kids in that lineup that played a lot of innings and they have some courage. … These kids are so invested here, nothing was going to knock them off this mission. It didn’t matter how tough it was early or in the middle. They never backed off.” [O’Colly]

The 2016 super regionals will go down as the most exciting and improbable ever. Upsets were rampant, as unheralded upstarts went into the wildest of dens and came away with shocking results. Only three home teams emerged unscathed from the super regional round, and all three of their series went the full three games. [ESPN]

This is true. It’s weird to be satisfied with Omaha. No NCAA Tournament basketball team would be like, “yay, elite eight” in the same way baseball teams do. [NewsOK]

Tom Holliday on his son: “The only job left for him is to win a national championship.” [Tulsa World]

How Thomas Hatch could lead OSU to its first title since 1959. [Tulsa World]

I lied by the way. I thought OSU was the only undefeated team left in the tourney. UCSB is still undefeated as well.

Here’s the full presser if you want to watch.

Football News

With all five offensive linemen returning and the addition of Sanders, the Cowboys should have an improved run game, which could be enough to put them over the top in 2016. [ESPN]

Former people in charge of Dr. Pepper and the Houston Astros are trying to bring back Art Briles. [Yahoo]

Recruiting News

This massive former Baylor recruit is joining Oklahoma State. [PFB]

A 2019 guard visited Stillwater on Tuesday. [PFB]

Gundy looking pretty tan here, and Kyle B. just interviewing future OSU players. [PFB]

Another player OSU is recruiting: “Stillwater is an awesome place. The facilities were awesome. Really great everywhere.” [PFB]

U.S. Open

I have Fowler as one of the nine golfers who I can see winning this week. [CBS]

But he’s not my pick. [CBS]

Jordan Niebrugge embarks on pro career after U.S. Open. [PFB]