Bill Haisten

Tulsa World Sports Columnist

This is like winning a nice lottery prize when you didn’t even purchase a lottery ticket.

For Oklahoma State University’s completely surprised athletic department personnel on Friday afternoon, this was manna from heaven: A USA Today ranking that has Boone Pickens Stadium as the No. 1 venue in college football.

Without lifting a finger, OSU’s marketing people now have the opportunity to brag in various ways about a stadium that before 2004 was a rusted eyesore.

USA Today’s Top 25 list was based on consumer stadium rankings submitted on Google, Yelp and Tripadvisor over the last several years. Stadiums were graded on basics like fan experience and the structure’s condition and appearance.

I’ve believed for a long time that Boone Pickens Stadiu

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