Originally published at: https://pistolsfiringblog.com/daily-bullets-jan-3-portal-opens-to-a-flurry-of-activity-pokes-head-to-lubbock/
Thanks for stopping by – here’s your daily dose of Oklahoma State sports news. Three Thoughts • Good heavens, there was a lot of portal activity yesterday for the Cowboys – offers made, visits scheduled (Drew Mestemaker today!), no commitments to sign, and one particular Cowboy that’s tough to see leave (PFB)– One of the UNT triples – Wyatt Young, scheduled a visit to Stillwater (PFB)– Wendell Gregory is visiting Texas Tech (X) While Mestemaker has drawn interest from programs across the country, sources have told On3 that Oklahoma State is in a good spot. [On3 $$$] • Seeing how the Kyle Whittingham-Utah divorce is playing out helps me to feel a bit better about the Mike Gundy departure (Whittingham is currently pulling a chunk of his assistants from Utah with him to his next gig at Michigan after being nudged out in Utah) So many ways it can go poorly/less than ideal. (HCS) • The transfer portal is clearly the most exciting thing going on, but the Pokes open league play in Lubbock today – preview and TV details here (PFB) Two Quotes • I still can’t get over Parsah Fallah’s reply when he was asked about the Cowboys…
“Seeing how the Kyle Whittingham-Utah divorce is playing out helps me to feel a bit better about the Mike Gundy departure”
At least Whittingham went from 5-7 to 10-2 at Utah. Gundy found a way to go 3-9 and make us even worse for the 2025 season. I wasn’t upset about his departure at all. The program will always be bigger than any single individual coach.
We should’ve moved on after the 52-0 loss at Colorado last season. If that wasn’t a signal of a washed up coach that doesn’t really care any longer, then I don’t know what is. I told you guys he wouldn’t fix it, and it took losing at home to Tulsa for the first time since 1951 before some of you finally figured it out.