{"id":59398,"date":"2025-07-12T11:01:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T11:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/59398\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T11:01:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T11:01:12","slug":"daily-bullets-july-12-understanding-the-2026-cowboy-football-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/59398\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Bullets (July 12): Understanding the 2026 Cowboy Football Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Thanks for stopping by \u2013 here\u2019s your daily dose of Oklahoma State sports news. <\/p>\n<p>Three Thoughts<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Reading between the lines from <a href=\"https:\/\/pistolsfiringblog.com\/what-will-it-take-to-win-oklahoma-states-quarterback-battle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">quotes at Big 12 media days on the OSU quarterback situation<\/a>, here\u2019s what it seems we\u2019re hearing: <strong>Hauss Hjeny is a better pure runner, more dynamic on that front. Zane Flores is athletic enough to create with his feet, but uses them to extend the play more.<\/strong> (PFB)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/pistolsfiringblog.com\/college-football-26-overall-ratings-for-each-oklahoma-state-player\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>What an assessment of talent<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 NCAA Football 2026 evaluated the Cowboy Football roster and grouped a few players into the 80s (PFB)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Cowboy Baseball commit Ethan Holliday appears a lock for a top-five pick in the draft on Sunday<\/strong> and was recently named prep baseball\u2019s player of the year. Will he and his brother be the first to earn this unique honor?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Should the Washington Nationals pick Ethan with the first pick, he and Jackson would become the first-ever brothers to each be selected first overall in the MLB Draft. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocolly.com\/sports\/baseball\/osu-commit-ethan-holliday-earns-2025-national-prep-baseball-player-of-the-year\/article_e922633f-499a-4483-a586-f05195950d47.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[O\u2019Colly]<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Two Quotes<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 This is massive uncertainty compared to what we\u2019ve seen historically.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mike Gundy: When I used to go on vacation in July, I had a really good idea of who are two-deep was and, in most cases, who the QB will be.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nWhen I go on vacation next week, I\u2019m not sure I know that I know who will be starters in 8 of 22 spots.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OkState?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#OkState<\/a> \u2014 Eric Bailey (@EricBaileyTW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricBaileyTW\/status\/1942984354613039587?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2022 Classy move here from Mike Gundy:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy largely absolved ex-defensive coordinator Bryan Nardo for the unit\u2019s struggles last season, saying that the switch from a 3-down front to a 4-down front \u201creally wasn\u2019t Bryan\u2019s strength. It\u2019s not Bryan\u2019s fault. \u2026 I put Bryan in a bad situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 Adam Rittenberg (@ESPNRittenberg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNRittenberg\/status\/1942951386766885142?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>One Question<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 If you could guarantee one win on the Cowboy Football schedule, which would you pick? A win at Autzen Stadium would be epic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Non-OSU Bullets<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 AI is <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/ai\/2025\/06\/the-resume-is-dying-and-ai-is-holding-the-smoking-gun\/?utm_source=join1440&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_placement=newsletter&amp;user_id=66c4c73f5d78644b3abbbea0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">killing the modern resume<\/a> \u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/usafacts.org\/articles\/what-does-it-cost-the-irs-to-collect-taxes\/?user_id=66c4c73f5d78644b3abbbea0&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_placement=newsletter&amp;utm_source=join1440\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">What it costs the IRS<\/a> to collect its revenue \u2022 Is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodgoodgood.co\/articles\/hope-key-in-meaningful-life?utm_source=join1440&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_placement=newsletter&amp;user_id=66c4c73f5d78644b3abbbea0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hope &gt; gratitude?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thanks for stopping by \u2013 here\u2019s your daily dose of Oklahoma State sports news. 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