Daily Bullets (July 30): Projecting a Faster Start for the Cowboys This Fall

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OSU Bullets

• General football news: OSU’s four-star quarterback decommitted yesterday for another Big 12 school, James Washington signed with another team (PFB)

• A new kicker at OSU has reportedly left the squad (X)

• Marshall Scott lines out why OSU should expect a quicker start than previous years this fall: 

The start of last season saw OSU rotating three quarterbacks and Ollie Gordon receive just 19 combined carries through the nonconference. Well, Alan Bowman is the Cowboys’ quarterback, and after claiming the lion’s share of carries, Gordon went onto win the Doak Walker. Those two paired with seniors roaming the receiver and offensive line rooms should give this 2024 squad a higher floor than the 2023 one had.

[PFB]

• Two Cowboys are in the all-time top ten of receiving yards – a third player on the list was once an OSU commit (X)

• This was fascinating – around the NCAA releasing violations against Michigan, they came out with some “benefits” for parties that cooperate with the NCAA. Is it kosher just to call that the Mike Boynton rule? 

Schools the NCAA recognizes as cooperating in an exemplary manner in the ways above benefit in two big ways. First, exemplary cooperation could result in the NCAA knocking a violation down a level. That means a cooperating school could be subject to much lighter penalties than the infraction(s) dictate by NCAA rule. Second, schools that cooperate in an exemplary manner will not be subject to a postseason ban unless the school is a repeat offender. 

[247 Sports]

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