Daily Bullets (December 8)

Rashaun Washington

As James Washington closes in on Rashaun Woods’ career yardage record at Oklahoma State,  the personality and interest overlap is strong.

Washington is a farm and ranch management major, which includes some challenging business and science classes, but because of his commitment to his academics, he’ll have a light workload next spring when he’s preparing for the NFL Draft.

By taking 17 hours this fall, he’ll have only three courses remaining, and two of them will be online.

“I’d rather take a bunch now,” he said. I’ll be taking nine hours in the spring so I can have time to train.” [NewsOK]

Primarily the farm and ranch management gels with Rashaun the fisherman but the strong silent type plays well at Oklahoma State. Is there a more West Texas major?

Must be an All-American kind of thing.

SI's All-America teams: From Baker Mayfield on down, college football's best of the best in 2017 https://t.co/TWfRRzdYx4 pic.twitter.com/yp3KfWOLPn

— SI College Football (@si_ncaafb) December 7, 2017

Gloom and Doom

The Big 12 flavor to last night’s award shows certainly imply this reality – the Big 12 isn’t dead (yet).

No other conference claims the best player in college football. Baker Mayfield is about to give the Big 12 its first Heisman Trophy winner since Robert Griffin III in 2011. The Sooners will get the biggest bounce off Mayfield’s Heisman tour, but their league will feel it as well.

The Big 12 benefits from Mark Andrews’ Mackey Award, an honor the OU tight end claimed Wednesday. It benefits from Mason Rudolph’s Unitas Award, a prize the Oklahoma State quarterback bagged last week.

It is sure to benefit Thursday night, when Mayfield competes for the Maxwell and teammate Orlando Brown competes for the Outland; when Mayfield or Rudolph wins the Davey O’Brien; when OSU’s James Washington likely wins the Biletnikoff over West Virginia’s David Sills; and when Texas’ DeShon Elliott and Michael Dickson vie for the Jim Thorpe and Ray Guy.[TulsaWorld]

The league is a far cry from a gimmicky relevance and it’s likely the bowl season will continue to prove that truth.

OSU and NCAA Notes

See TV viewing numbers from this year in CFB….Big 12 players took home some hardware last night….Maisel on Mike Leach struggling to break in is timely….UNT will hold a graduation ceremony at their bowl game to convince students to go….Statistical comparison of James Washington vs. Justin Blackmon….Why a 14-22 Chad Morris just got a big promotion

h/t to Southwell for finding this gem of Barry toasting the Bucs.

How dominant was @BarrySanders against the Bucs?

In 20 career games: 2,653 yards from scrimmage + 16 TDs.

Unbelievable. #tbt (via @HarrisonNFL) pic.twitter.com/uqqMFxzRXA

— NFL (@NFL) December 7, 2017

This piece on the Heisman made the rounds yesterday. Made in OK!

The Heisman Trophy is made in Oklahoma. No, really. It's actually made in Oklahoma.
‘No Two Are Exactly the Same’: How the Heisman Trophy Is Madehttps://t.co/IqNbfxaxtI

— John E. Hoover (@johnehoover) December 7, 2017

Good breakdown of OSU vs. Wichita State this Saturday.

Osu + Shockers = Unselfish
Assist/TO Comparison@OSUMBB: 1.43/1 @GoShockersMBB: 1.5/1
Defense Lives Here!@OSUMBB : 39.8%DFG, 28.6% 3PTD, 4.0BPG, +5.4RPG@GoShockersMBB : 37.8%DFG, 32.1% 3PTD, 5.6BPG, +15.1RPG
Saturday, 4PM EST ESPN2

— Mark Adams (@EnthusiAdams) December 7, 2017

Some epic Pokes finishing up in Orlando this month.

Top of the class pic.twitter.com/Z4Z4su2Ly1

— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) December 7, 2017

Finalist for the Texas Heisman.

FINALIST: @CowboyFB WR James Washington (Stamford HS). #GoPokes pic.twitter.com/eKY4kIRPs8

— Earl Campbell Award (@CampbellAward) December 7, 2017

Can’t spell Biletnikoff without OK.

The state of Oklahoma has now captured four out of the last eight Biletnikoff Awards

— Jake Trotter (@Jake_Trotter) December 8, 2017

What You Missed on PFB

• James Washington brought home the Biletnikoff and he’s racking up the All-American honors
• The heir apparent to the quarterback depth chart is signing early
• Mason Rudolph has a shot at 5,000 yards
• Who would the Pokes turn to if Glenn Spencer left?
• Carson and Porter talk basketball attendance, coordinators and more

Other Stuff I’m Reading

• These pics from Pearl Harbor are wild
• Godin on the modern lazy is super challenging
• Scott Sauls and the bad math of “derailing spiritually” was convicting