Ollie Gordon starts Heisman campaign with strong opener

Mike Gundy and the Oklahoma State Cowboys heard all offseason about the challenge they would face in Week 1 of the season. The South Dakota State Jackrabbits were going to give them all they could handle in the season opener. The Cowboys put a stop to that with a double-digit halftime lead and 21 third-quarter points. The biggest plus – Ollie Gordon showed why he is a legitimate Heisman candidate .

Gordon put on a show, with 27 rushing attempts, 104 rushing yards, and two touchdowns on the ground. He also caught four passes for 42 yards and a touchdown as well. It was the Gordon show for the Cowboys, and it wasn’t Alan Bowman struggled under center.

Here is one of Gordon’s most impressive runs of the day, which got him into the end zone to make it 17-3 Cowboys:

Bowman threw for 267 yards and three touchdowns. He did not turn the ball over in the game, and neither did his teammates, a clean game for the 17th-ranked Cowboys.

Gordon is coming off a 2023 season where he rushed 258 times for over 1,600 yards. Gordon scored 20 touchdowns on the ground, and another one via the air in 2023. He has over 2,100 total rushing yards for the Cowboys in his career.

The next opponent for Oklahoma State is the Arkansas Razorbacks. They will host the Hogs on Saturday, and then play their first road game at Tulsa on September 14th. The Cowboys have a massive Big 12 affair on September 21st against Utah.