Daily Bullets (July 3)

Top Ten Talent

SI thinks there’s a top ten talent in Stillwater in 2017.

Why is Washington still in college? Oklahoma State fans certainly won’t complain and neither should other college football fans whose teams don’t have to face the 6’1”, 205-pound sensation.

Washington has 2,467 receiving yards and 20 touchdowns in the past two seasons, and now gets to team up with quarterback Mason Rudolph for another prolific season. [Sports Illustrated]

Rudolph-to-Washington is truly unique in that they’ll get a third round as an uber-productive duo.

These are the top 10 #CFB players according to @SInow pic.twitter.com/XKDsP9UHCZ

— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) June 30, 2017

Sought After Relief

Details are surfacing on the seat shuffling in Boone Pickens Stadium.

OSU will open the 2017 football season at home against Tulsa with 3,428 fewer total seats — its capacity shrinking form 60,218 to 56,790 — as part of an effort to improve the game day experience in Stillwater.

Fans previously averaged about 14 inches of space to sit on the north and south bleachers, the source of a longtime overcrowding complaint among OSU faithful that finally prompted change. This fall, fans in 25 sections of the stadium will now have a roomy 20 inches to take in Cowboy football… [NewsOK]

What a tough decision – appease the faithful or capture extra money for a few games that demand it. A near fifty percent increase in space will be fantastic though.

OSU and NCAA Notes

Athlon thinks Mason Rudolph is one of the top ten QB’s of 2017….Georgia’s blue chip QB got into the jet ski throwing game….CH3 got edged in a playoff at the Quicken National….Oregon wide receiver suspended for nailing a McDonald’s drive-thru pole

Cowboys running the tour circuits.

#okstate #golfschool@EuropeanTour
2. @PeterUihlein
10. Alex Norén@PGATOUR
2. CH3
T3. @RickieFowler@ChampionsTour
T7. Scott Verplank

— Oklahoma State Golf (@OSUCowboyGolf) July 2, 2017

Catch the Rangers game tonight to see Phil go from deep one more time.

Don't miss Monday night's @Rangers game. Cool custom #okstate cap and you won't want to miss @PhilForte13 throwing out the first pitch! pic.twitter.com/iENwNMxgi4

— Cowboy Basketball (@OSUMBB) July 1, 2017

Markel doing aight.

Did you catch @iMarkelBrown22 in his OKC Thunder @NBASummerLeague debut? 9 points on 3-of-4 shooting, including a clutch 3 with 13.9 left. pic.twitter.com/WNDJr9hX3Y

— Cowboy Basketball (@OSUMBB) July 2, 2017

Washington is hanging around to get a masters in the deep ball.

Oklahoma State WR James Washington outpaced, by a large margin, all returning Big 12 WRs with his 690 deep pass receiving yards. pic.twitter.com/33nVkb3UQE

— PFF Draft (@PFF_College) July 1, 2017

What You Missed on PFB

• Get to know the Cowboys’ stud tackle
• Boynton is going after a 2020 shooting guard

Other Stuff I’m Reading

Sedentary to 100+ mile marathons: self-control….The Ringer on next steps for OKC with Paul George