Daily Bullets (July 7)

NFL-Ready

Here’s an interesting look into James Washington’s pro-readiness from a Philadelphia Eagles’ site, plus an interesting NFL comp.

Washington is a very appealing player for a lot of reasons and his drawbacks are not that big. The biggest concerns that show up (or don’t rather) is that the OK State offense is rather simplistic from a route perspective and the amount of contested situations Mason Rudolph targets Washington in mean that there is a high chance of drops. While learning a more complex route tree cans surely affect a learning curve in the NFL, Washington has the agility to be a truly deadly route runner in the NFL.

NFL Comparison: Steve Smith [Bleeding Green Nation]

Washington is the opposite of Steve Smith’s colorful personality but a smaller stature with undeniable burst and deadly deep ball skills make for an uncanny likeness.

Macro Level

OSU made Yahoo’s top 25 of most successful athletic departments.

23. Oklahoma State
Trajectory: Steady. After vaulting into the top 15 in 2015-16, Cowboys returned to the 20s this year. Consistently good at their niche sports. [Yahoo Sports]

The further we get from wrestling, golf and cross country titles the Pokes will slide a bit in rankings like this.

OSU and NCAA Notes

CBS ranked Gundy as “safe and secure” in annual hot seat rankings….Rickie and the boys did it big for the 4th….ESPN ranked OSU the sixth best QB situation in the country (Insider)….Superlatives from the 2017 Cowboy baseball season

Markel got buckets in Orlando.

Here's an up-to-date look at the most efficient offensive players at the Orlando #NBASummer League to this point. pic.twitter.com/bOvjCtl9d5

— Synergy Basketball (@SynergySST) July 6, 2017

Could you imagine how incredible it’d be to have this pair of mullets roaming the sidelines?

#OKstate DC Rob Ryan in 1999

Mike Gundy this summer

What a world pic.twitter.com/ru8Ei8cPuD

— Kyle Fredrickson (@kylefredrickson) July 6, 2017

Big 12 revenue numbers are always interesting – always wish TCU and Baylor were reported.

Big 12 (revenue by millions)
UT: $187.9#Sooners: 150.3
WVU: 105.1#OkState: 93.6
KU: 90.6
TTU: 82.9
ISU: 78.3
KSU: 77.9
BU/TCU: unavailable https://t.co/gqrkrIJnMJ

— Eric Bailey (@EricBaileyTW) July 6, 2017

What You Missed on PFB

• OSU is top 40 in athletic revenue in the country
• Come be the PFB fall intern!
• Where are theOSU football decommits, part two
• Mike Gundy can establish himself by winning the Big 12 media days
• Check out the schedule for Big 12 media days

Other Stuff I’m Reading

Benefits of being bored….Tim Keller on ways ministry can make you conceited – principles likely apply to other occupations