Daily Bullets (January 5)

Paying the Tab

Take a guess – what do you think will be the biggest question mark in OSU’s offense next fall?

Oklahoma State is probably going to reload in a surprisingly effective fashion. They have a ton of WR talent left on the team as well as Justice Hill and plenty of QB talents that have been developing behind Mason Rudolph. The big question is OL, remember that they fired their OL coach after 2016 when he signed only one player, the butcher’s bill comes due. [Concerning Sports]

While Texas spends 40 years wandering in the quarterback wilderness, Oklahoma State is to a point where you can fee *whispers* confident in their ability to reload. We’ll see about that o-line!

Breaking Through

ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg has a Cowboy wideout as one of college football’s breakout players in 2018.

Oklahoma State WR Dillon Stoner: He nearly didn’t qualify as a 2018 breakout player because he was so productive as a redshirt freshman, recording 44 receptions for 576 yards and four touchdowns.

But the NFL departures of Biletnikoff Award winner James Washington and Marcell Ateman clear the way for Stoner, Tyron Johnson and others to take on more important roles in 2018. [ESPN]

Unless Mike Yurcich is building a blueprint for a ground-raid in Stillwater, it’s not hard to figure out who the new QB will be leaning on while he breaks in the new captain’s seat.

OSU and NCAA Notes

One CBS analyst has Rudolph as his top QB, Washington in his top 20….President of CBS Sports thinks an eight-team playoff will come to pass sooner than anticipated (SI thinks it would fix this year’s problems)….No. 8 Texas rallied late to beat the Cowgirls on Wednesday night….A solid piece here detailing game two of Big 12 men’s basketball

Lindy Waters-(Klay) Thompson would have been nice in Norman.

Mike Boynton on what #OKState misses when Lindy Waters is unavailable: "Just his intellect. He’s a high IQ basketball player. He knows where to be at all times. He’s a guy who can make up mistakes for his teammates because he knows who to cover up."

— Mark Cooper (@mark_cooperjr) January 4, 2018

Hopefully you paid your respects to Cordell Hall this fall – prime parking space opening up. Perfect spot for GameDay!

It's D-Day for Cordell Hall at #okstate. pic.twitter.com/zQRVnURAod

— Kevin Klintworth (@KKlintworth) January 2, 2018

I like what a non-foul troubled Sima brings on both ends.

Seems like every game you get 2 or 3 of these from Sima. So good in the post #okstate pic.twitter.com/CzBzqMmO8b

— Dustin Ragusa (@DustRagu) January 4, 2018

Chip Kelly bringing the gang together in Los Angeles city limits could be scary.

Source tells FootballScoop Chip Kelly has offered his offensive coordinator position at UCLA to Mark Helfrich; but… https://t.co/ppxU2CWIrn

— FootballScoop Staff (@FootballScoop) January 4, 2018

Big 12 Tennis roughly equals ACC Basketball.

The #Big12 has more men's teams ranked in @ITA_Tennis' 1st #OracleITARankings of 2018 than any other conference:

? No. 8 @TexasMTN
? No. 10 @TCUMensTennis
? No. 11 @BaylorMTennis
? No. 15 @CowboyTennis
? No. 18 @OU_MTennis
? No. 24 @TexasTechTennis pic.twitter.com/wK7aacOYIp

— Big 12 Conference (@Big12Conference) January 3, 2018

What You Missed on PFB

• A recap of PFB from 2017 – thanks for reading!
• Previewing OSU wrestling’s top-five matchup with NC State overseas
• Carson and Porter are back at it talking hoops and bowl recap
• Cox has a clever idea on how Gundy should fill his tenth coaching spot
• One last look at 2011 vs. 2017 offenses

Other Stuff I’m Reading

• TheRinger says OKC will be buyers on the trade deadline
• Focusing on progress points and intermediate term goals is the key
• GospelCoalition says that our problem isn’t busyness but superficial relationships (and too many)