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Robot Rovie McRoverface rocks Mars rover treks to first place in NASA competition MITCHELL WILLETTS @mitchbwilletts
After countless hours of work, the democratically christened “Rovie McRoverface,” a rugged ma c h i n e o f a l u m i nu m, bolts and wires and OU’s first and only Mars rover, swept its competition in a record-setting display of technological prowess and raw force. Th e i n n ovat i ve rove r took first place at the NASAsponsored Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts-Academic Linkage Exploration RoboOps competition, better known as RASC-AL. The noisy, cluttered workshop in the ExxonMobil Lawrence G. Rawl Engineering Practice Facility was a second home to the OU Engineering
students who make up the Sooner Rover Team, where they created Rovie who, despite the SoRo Team’s relative inexperience, entered and dominated in the May 25 RASC-AL competition. At the “Rock Yard” outside of NASA’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, teams prove the worth of their designs by remotely navigating a mock Ma r t i a n su r f a c e, hu nting and gathering rocks through monitors linked to rover-mounted cameras. The previous competition record was broken when Rovie doubled it, stacking up a grand total of 26 rocks. “We knew we had won pretty much as soon as we went,” team member Nathan Justus said. That confidence did not just show up on the heels of victory. The team has been feeling self-assured since the beginning, thanks in large part to Rovie itself. Rovie was designed from the ground up to be
“We knew we had won pretty much as soon as we went.” NATHAN JUSTUS, SOONER ROVER TEAM MEMBER
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The democratically christened “Rovie McRoverface” is OU’s first and only Mars rover. Rovie won first place at RASC-AL.
something different and bold. “The original design was based on the Marsokhod design concept, which is something that the soviets came up with back in the ‘70s,” team leader Dane Schoelen said in April. In past competitions,
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Alex Borgerding, an engineering senior, works with Rovie McRoverface. Rovie took home first place at the NASA-sponsored Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts-Academic Linkage Exploration Robo-Ops competition, better known as RASC-AL.
most teams have followed in the footsteps of NASA, creating methodical machines that favor a cautious, calculated approach, but Schoelen and company set out to prove that slow and steady does not always win the race. “Our competition is
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Engineering senior Kevin Cotrone works with Rovie at the Norman practice facility.
all about taking risks,” Schoelen said. “That you can get more rocks, get them faster, and just score more points.” In contrast to competitors, Rovie may s e em brutish, but in a contest where form follows function, elegance wasn’t high on the list of priorities. The team didn’t want to build a ballerina or a bulldozer, so it settled somewhere in between. The result is a Renaissance robot, a balance between brains and brawn that no other rover present could contend with. An outdated design from the losing side of the space race, fitted w ith mo dern te chnology, and operated by upstart Sooners, Rovie McRover face, perhaps the unlikeliest contender, emerged victorious. It is a victory that team Sooner Rover believes won’t be soon forgotten.
“It just dominated so hard that I’ll be surprised if I don’t see another Marsokhod-style rover,” Justus said. “We could just drive over whatever, we didn’t care.” The team walked away from Houston with more than just $6,000, bragging rights and an impressive bullet point for their résumés. For Dane Schoelen, the project was, in many ways, its own reward. “I think it’s really cool to be able to do something for NASA that’s forwarding the goals of the administration to get more people interested in space,” Schoelen said. “For me, it just completely confirmed my suspicion that I’d actually like to do this kind of thing for a living, and I think some of my team members would echo that.” Mitchell Willetts
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Big 12 presidents agree on championship game SPENSER DAVIS @Davis_Spenser
Last week’s Big 12 meetings didn’t produce news about potential conference expansion, but it did feature updates on several pressing matters around the league. After six seasons without a conference championship game, it appears the Big 12 will join the rest of the Power Five leagues with a 13th game in 2017. In a “unanimous decision” by university presidents, the
Big 12 cited overwhelming evidence that a conference championship game would increase its chances of having a representative in the College Football Playoff. OU President David Boren also did not rule out the possibility of having the first-place team host the conference championship game each year. Detractors of the idea have voiced frustration about having a 13th game along with a round-robin schedule. Boren called the Big 12 “psychologically disadvantaged” in January for three reasons: It did not have at least 12 teams, it did not have a conference championship game, and it did not
have a conference network. At least one of those elements will not change, Boren said at the end of Big 12 meetings. He told reporters the “boat has sailed” on having a traditional conference network to match the other Power Five conferences. The biggest obstacle appears to be Texas’ Longhorn Network with ESPN, something UT hasn’t been willing to part with. The agreement was in effect for the 2011 season and spans 20 years. Despite firm decisions regarding a conference network and a Big 12 Championship game, university presidents and athletic directors were not
ready to definitively say whether or not the conference would be expanding. Te x a s a t h l e t i c d i re ctor Mike Perrin even said the expansion discussion could take “years,” though most university leaders say they expect a more rapid timeline. Another element of the expansion process is revenue sharing. The Big 12 announced a revenue sharing of $30.4 million per team, which ranks third among Power Five conferences behind the Big 10 and the SEC. Spenser Davis
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Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby addresses the media at the 2015 Big 12 Media Days event at the Omni Hotel on July 20, 2015.
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klahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield was granted an extra year of eligibility at last week’s Big 12 meetings. The decision came down just a day after the Big 12 faculty representatives opted to not pass the rule change. Big 1 2 c o m m i s s i o n e r Bob Bowlsby cited “unintended consequences” as a reason for why the vote failed. Last week’s proposal left the Big 12 open to schools poaching other program’s walk-ons with a scholarship offer, Bowlsby asserted. A f t e r a s l i g ht a d ju s tment to the language of the amended rule, however, Mayfield and Oklahoma won the vote 7-3. Mayfield initially lost the year of eligibility because
he transferred from Texas Tech as a walk-on after his freshman season. Since Mayfield was not offered a written scholarship while at Texas Tech, he is eligible under the new rule. Mayfield finished fourth in last year’s Heisman voting during his junior season at Oklahoma. He threw f o r 3 , 7 0 0 y a rd s a n d 3 6 touchdown passes, leading Oklahoma to the College Football Playoff semifinal. “I’m impressed by their decision,” OU President David Boren said to reporters at the Big 12 meetings in Irving, Texas. “It’s not only fair in this individual case, but fair for all athletes. It sets a sound policy for the future, not only in this one case.” After the vote initially failed on Wednesday, both Mayfield and OU coach
Bob Stoops released statements. Mayfield tweeted over 800 words of thoughts after the ruling, saying he would “be damned if he let anyone think he was handed everything.” “I appreciate the Big 12 faculty athletics representatives spending more time studying the important issue of walk-on transfers and am pleased by the result of today’s Big 12 vote — not just because it potentially impacts Baker Ma y f i e l d , b u t b e c a u s e it was the right thing to d o,” St o o p s sa i d i n t h e statement. Mayfield continued to have fun on Twitter after the second decision was announced, saying, “And y’all thought you were getting rid of me....” If the new rule had not passed, Mayfield would
have ha d t h e o p t i o n t o transfer to a school outside the Big 12 and become immediately eligible for the 2017 season. Mayfield’s new status means he will be one of four scholarship quarterbacks on OU ’s roster in 2017, pending any other changes, including: Kyler Murray, Austin Kendall and 2017 signee Chris Robison. Murray joined the program after transferring from Texas A&M in December. He will be a re d s h i r t s o p h o m o re i n 2017 but is not eligible this season. Kendall will be a true freshman in 2016 and Mayfield’s lone backup on scholarship. Spenser Davis
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“And y’all thought you were getting rid of me....” BAKER MAYFIELD, OKLAHOMA QUARTERBACK
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Junior quarterback Baker Mayfield celebrates after scoring a touchdown at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Saturday, Sep. 19, 2015.
BAKER’S BEST MOMENTS 5. Mayfield wins QB job When Baker Mayfield transferred to Oklahoma, there was no guarantee he would be the starter. The incumbent, Trevor Knight, was fresh off a Sugar Bowl victory over Alabama. But after an 8-5 season in 2014, Mayfield was announced as the starter just before the 2015 campaign. He took advantage of the opportunity and finished fourth in last season’s Heisman race en route to the College Football Playoff. 4. Mayfield performs at Norman PTA Council Just weeks after the Sooners’ season came to an end in the College Football Playoff, Mayfield found himself on stage at a Norman PTA Council meeting. He led a lip-synced performance of Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” in costume and danced for the crowd in attendance. The event was an initiative put on by the Norman PTA Council for Earth Rebirth. 3. Sooners beat Texas Tech In a revenge game against Kliff Kingsbury and the Red Raiders, Mayfield and the Sooners didn’t have much trouble. Mayfield was serviceable, completing 15 of 22 passes for 212 yards and two scores in the 63-27 victory. But it was Oklahoma’s running game — 405 rushing yards — and defense — four interceptions — that earned Mayfield his revenge. 2. Heisman moment vs. Baylor Oklahoma went into Waco, Texas, on Nov. 14, 2015, in need of a win to keep its College Football Playoff hopes alive. Mayfield’s performance against the Bears was excellent, throwing for 270 yards and three touchdowns while also rushing for 76 yards and a score. But he launched his name into the Heisman conversation with a fourthquarter touchdown pass to Dimitri Flowers. The pass saw Mayfield scrambling all over the field, epitomizing his season and sealing the game for the Sooners. 1. Baker hits the whip Mayfield earned a name for himself at Texas Tech — he was named 2013 Big 12 Conference Freshman Offensive Player of the Year despite making only seven starts — but he was launched into the spotlight when a viral video showed Mayfield dancing for teammates before the Russell Athletic Bowl in 2014. Mayfield’s display of technique when performing the whip earned him national notoriety long before he stepped on the field as a Sooner.
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Capturing thunder and lightning OU photographer focuses on unique flash of intensity BRIAN CREEKMORE @creekmorebrian
The Asp Avenue Parking Facility — located just to the west of the Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium — is home to much anticipation and excitement, but for one faculty member it isn’t Sooner football that sets his heart racing. When Hugh Scott lugs all of his photography gear to
the parking garage that overlooks the campus, he has only one thing on his mind: lightning. Scott is a photographer at OU. His photos of lightning
“I like taking pictures that are a challenge, like lightning... And I like sports because it’s always a challenge to get the best shot.” HUGH SCOTT, PHOTOGRAPHER AT OU
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Lightning strikes behind the Chase Tower in Oklahoma City.
over the campus do more than just illuminate the beauty of a mid-western thunderstorm as it roars over Norman; they also offer a sense of perspective. He uses the parking garage to find this perspective as well as a storm’s best angles while he waits to capture streaks of lightning that dance over the campus. Scott sat at his desk and held up a photo of lightning with a tree looming in the background. “It’s just lightning,” Scott said. “There is a tree there but you don’t know where it is or the scope of it.”
Scott then pulled out a photo of his own that showed lightning hitting the Sooner football stadium and said, “If you see this, then people can see ‘Oh yeah, that’s the scoreboard at the football stadium.’” Scott does not consider himself a storm chaser. “My philosophy is, I look at the radar and let the storms come to me,” Scott said. Getting the perfect shot of lightning takes a lot dedication and patience, which Scott has, but it can also be extremely dangerous. While taking a photograph of lightning near the
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Oklahoma State Capitol building in Oklahoma City, Scott describes an experience when he got too close to the action. “I was in the parking lot south of the Capitol and the lightning went around the crane, around the dome, through an oil rig and right by me. I could feel the hair stand up on the back of my neck,” Scott said. Scott worked as a photographer at The Oklahoman before coming to OU, and often shot at Oklahoma City Thunder games. While his target is different, Scott still aims to provide perspective,
no matter the situation. “I like to capture the expression on their faces. To me that’s really important. I’d rather have a shot where I see a lot of intensity on their face and it could even be an average play,” Scott said. That same intensity can be seen in Scott’s lightning shots. “I like taking pictures that are a challenge, like lightning … And I like sports because it’s always a challenge to get the best shot,” Scott said. Brian Creekmore
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Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook and Lightning strikes behind the Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Houston’s Aaron Brooks prepare to jump just after the referee Memorial Stadium. Hugh Scott worked as a photographer at tosses the ball into the air during the Thunder - Rockets game The Oklahoman before becoming a university photographer March 24, 2010 in the Ford Center in Oklahoma City.
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This week in OU history
OU Regents approve funding for construction of Lloyd Noble Center JUNE 9, 1972
The Lloyd Noble Arena has enough money to cover construction and operating costs for the first year, according to statements heard by the OU Regents at their monthly meeting. University Architect William R. Campbell in a report to the regents said that he had the construction documents “in my hands right now waiting to be signed.” The construction documents and details would take about three months to go over. Private donations amounting to $2 million and funds totaling $4 million from a bond issue bring the
needed total of $6 million to a reality. Campbell told the regents that he thought the indoor swimming pool would be under construction within a month. Advertisement for bids for the pool started yesterday and included two bids: one for the site and building and one for the pools and decks. Pat Kimbrell
BLAST FROM THE PAST This story is the first in a series exploring and recounting important historical events about the University of Oklahoma. SIANDHARA BONNET/THE DAILY
Senior guard Buddy Hield watches the ball as a TCU player makes a free throw at the Lloyd Noble Center Feb. 2, 2016. Thirtyfour years ago this week, Lloyd Noble Arena funding was approved by OU Regents.
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