Daily Bullets (May 23)

Light Sleepers

In an article loaded with college football goodies, CBS has the Pokes in a third tier of national title contenders around some of college football’s most solid brands.

18. Texas (25/1)
19. Oklahoma State (50/1)
20. Miami (Fla.) (80/1)
21. Stanford (85/1)
Who says Miami can’t win the Coastal, get to the ACC Championship Game and knock off Florida State in a second meeting of the season? (Except, you know, they’ve never done it before.)

Oklahoma State doesn’t seem as far behind Oklahoma as the odds suggest, though I would certainly consider it and Texas has the best chance to knock off the Sooners and steal a playoff spot. [CBS Sports]

The numbering system is representative of 100 facts for 100 days to college football but the list has the Pokes with the 14th best odds for a title. For as much hand-wringing there is around Oklahoma State’s football trinity, Oklahoma State fans are reaping the reward of seeing the brand in lights between the likes of Mighty Texas and the U.

Bedlam Rewind

The second game of Bedlam Saturday was a lot like Bedlam football 2012, but Oklahoma State closed this time.

“It tops the cake for me,” Lienhard said. “This is what we play for, Bedlam baseball, a chance to make it to the Big 12 Tournament. I just tried to battle and keep us in the game the best I could.”

In the two games, OU led only briefly, for half of an inning.

“They got momentum over there, they’re going to take advantage of it, and they did a good job of that,” OU coach Pete Hughes said. “Lienhard pitched very well and pitched out of tough situations. [NewsOK]

Unspoiled games where the Cowboys lead all day are the best. Bedlam 2012 saw the Pokes lead until the closing seconds, while this round saw the Pokes lead for eight and a half innings and hold on. Thankfully there were no Bell brothers to ruin the day.

OSU and NCAA Notes

Ranking the amount of pressure on first-year football coaches….A Heisman lands you the key to the city….West Virginia and Texas saw players exit draft, head back to school….Harbaugh delivers a calf on his barnstorming tour….Big 12’s most painful recruiting misses, honorable mentions are all OSU 🙁

A day late but happy birthday to the man who made a new category in university benefactors: T. Boone.

Happy 89th birthday to a transformational donor for @okstate! @boonepickens says "#MyOrangePassion is seeing students get a plan!" #GoPokes pic.twitter.com/bcfRZ4CEpr

— OSU Foundation (@OSUFoundation) May 22, 2017

Watching James Washington play football for your team is the Joe’s cheese fries of football fandom.

https://twitter.com/FballPosts/status/853020055902146560

Let’s all collectively dream about Blake Jar-Witten catching passes from Dak Prescott.

Dang @Jaws_47 looks good in Blue and White pic.twitter.com/NbeWEMYaql

— Davey Boles (@DirectorDavey) May 22, 2017

What You Missed from PFB

• The five most intriguing players on the Cowboy roster in 2017
• OSU raised $94,000 in the Coaches vs. Cancer fundraiser
• The last place Pokes face a daunting yet doable road in the conference tourney
• Get an eyeful of Gundy’s mullet at Coaches vs. Cancer
• Oklahoma State owned the ESPN Big 12 position ranks
• Marcus Smart saved the Celtics in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals

Other Stuff I’m Reading

Fascinating piece on the broken internet and what a Twitter co-founder is doing to fix it….Looking forward to knocking out a couple Texas-top 50 bbq joints this summer….Tim Keller on deep rest is great….On the legacy of Manu Ginobili