Originally published at: https://pistolsfiringblog.com/daily-bullets-feb-1-most-viewed-of-the-week-3-2-1-life-without-osus-first-families/
Beat the Sooners. I’m on the record for projecting (way back on 1/18) that this would be the Pokes first conference win. Bullets Rundown • Life without OSU’s first families • One free mulligan to transfer • Boynton’s practical timeline Scores • Wrestling: Cowboys 35, South Dakota State 3 Three Ideas • If you eliminated these three families, how different would Oklahoma State athletics look? Next to the Gundys and Smiths, the Hollidays are Oklahoma State and Stillwater royalty. [O’Colly] Is that normal for a school? If you took the Selmons out of Norman or the Shipleys out of Texas, you’re turning down the history from one degree of glory to the next. At schools with less tradition, one guy (see Snyder, Bill) means the world but I think the fact that OSU has multiple families anchoring is unique. • The Big Ten proposed allowing all players one opportunity to transfer without sitting a year – is this to gain a competitive advantage for recruiting? The cost-benefit of this feels shaky long-term – if others adopt, you just increased mobility long-term for short-term advantage. Can confirm @dennisdoddcbs report that Big Ten has proposed a 1-time transfer exemption for athletes in…