Daily Bullets (September 18)

All In

USA Today’s George Schroeder spared no hyperbole when talking about the Pokes in reference to their week three performance.

How good is Oklahoma State’s offense? See 2011, when the Cowboys probably should have played for the BCS championship, and then upgrade the quarterback. No offense intended to Brandon Weeden, but Rudolph is better. When the best quarterbacks in college football are discussed, he’s been on the list. But late in the first quarter he showed another reason NFL scouts are drooling, escaping a rush, scrambling to his left and then firing a strike to Marcell Ateman, who avoided one defender and raced for a 69-yard touchdown pass.

It’s time to move Rudolph into the topmost tier — and that’s whether you’re talking about pro potential or Saturday afternoon explosiveness. It might be time to do the same with the No. 8-ranked Cowboys. That touchdown built the lead to 21-0 less than 12 minutes into the game, which sent us fast-forwarding through the calendar. [USA Today]

I’m not really ready to go out on that limb – the greater than 2011 offense limb – but what would it look like for a unit to be better?

Big Rudolph

Berry Tramel has a new NFL comp for No. 2.

Mike Gundy says Rudolph’s commitment to quarterbacking is like Tom Brady’s or Peyton Manning’s. Studious. Serious.

Maybe so. But on a pristine Saturday hard by the Allegheny River, Rudolph looked more like Ben Roethlisberger, who has become a Pittsburgh Steeler icon by bouncing off defensive linemen.

That’s what Rudolph did Saturday, and it’s a development in his game that makes the Cowboy offense even more dominant. [NewsOK]

I’d argue this is the ideal Oklahoma State quarterback – big enough to require two to bring down and capable of hitting any receiver.

OSU and NCAA Notes

SI says Pittsburgh is only the latest victim of OSU’s lethal offense….Ranking college football’s hot seats and the misery index…Cowgirl Soccer lost for the first time yesterday….K-State fell in the latest Big 12 power rankings….Pokes taking on Harbaugh in this iteration of bowl projections

Love to see this.

Here's where things stand after Week 3 ⤵️

You'll want the full list, because after No. 13, the rankings get weird. https://t.co/aqm0sCOBcO pic.twitter.com/64MG7MWnC8

— ESPN CollegeFootball (@ESPNCFB) September 17, 2017

Those Oklahomans and their offenses.

1st Down Conversion Frequency
(min 3 FBS opp)

1. Okla.. 41.3% of O plays
2. Okla St.. 38.0
3. Wisc.. 37.2
4. UCLA.. 36.5
5. Lville.. 35.9

— The Solid Verbal (@SolidVerbal) September 17, 2017

Rickie ripped off some birdies on the back nine to secure a second place finish at the BMW Championship.

The fight for the #FedExCup top 5 intensifies!@RickieFowler's hanger drops on 16. #QuickHits pic.twitter.com/M1TqdiH2TI

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) September 17, 2017

Texas’ All-American left tackle is out for a while 🙁

Texas LT Connor Williams will miss a lot of time. Huge blow the the offensive line pic.twitter.com/3C95kmE6tk

— Anwar Richardson (@AnwarRichardson) September 17, 2017

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