Monday, November 7, 2022
OSU run defense struggles shows last year was an outlier Stadium in Lawrence. OSU has been gashed on the ground before. Saturday’s 351 rushing yards allowed marks the most since OU ran for 378 yards in 2018 against the Cowboys. It just hasn’t happened in a while. Allowing a grotesque amount Gabriel Trevino of rushing yards used to be the norm. Sports Editor Against OU in 2015, 350 rush yards allowed. In 2016, 340 to Texas, 363 to LAWRENCE, Kan. — Two hours Kansas State, 360 to OU, and also in before kickoff, when the news of start2018, 317 to Kansas State again. In all ing OSU quarterback Spencer Sanders’ of those games, the opposing teams all game-prohibiting injury came to light, attempted at least 47 rushes. hope began to diminish for the Cowboys On Saturday, KU only ran 46 in the odds of victory. times. But he may not have helped much The tumultuous run defense struganyway. gles began to decline in 2019. From ‘19 Not when OSU’s defense allowed to 2021, OSU’s defense never allowed 37 points and 554 total yards in its 37-16 300 rush yards in a game. loss to Kansas at David Booth Memorial See Run on page 2
Mackenzie Janish Kansas running back Devin Neal led the Jayhawks to 351 rushing yards in a win over No. 18 OSU, 37-16.
OSU places annual flags and dog tags on Library Lawn Kennedy T. the number of Staff Reporter lives lost. OSU is
also unique in the fact that the dog tags are printed with each veteran’s name, branch and how long they served. Vince Rivera is the veteran success coordinator and has been doing this event since he arrived at OSU. “It’s a way for us to not only show our student veterans, but our active students who are active duty, our guard and reserve students, our military family members, so their parents might have been in the military, so they’re going to school here using the G.I. bill of some sort, and the Stillwater community how much our veterans mean to us,” Rivera said.
A total of 7,168 flags stand proudly in Edmond Low’s lawn, a tribute to our veterans. These flags, along with the corresponding dog tags, serve as a reminder of the soldiers lost since 9/11. The Department of Transfer and Student Veteran Success, along with the ROTC, student and community volunteers uniformly placed the flags and dog tags in the lawn. Placing the flags and dog tags is the start to a week of events that recognize veterans for their service and sacrifice. This display is nationally recognized, as OSU is the only university that creates a display that accurately reflects See Story on page 5
Chase Davis Kansas handled No. 18 OSU 37-16 which marked the Jayhawks first win over the Cowboys since 2007.
Column: In a pivotal game, OSU was a defeated team Braden Bush Staff Reporter
Molly Jolliff Dog tags are hung on flags throughout Library Lawn to honor Cowboy veterans, and all who have served our country.
LAWRENCE, Kan. – By the time Devin Neal’s 42-yard rush took the game into the fourth quarter, the faces on the Cowboy bench were deflated. Fifteen game minutes later, those solemn faces jogged through the jeers and traffic of another field storming and goalpost demolition. Neal, Kansas’ lead tailback, juked and swerved OSU defenders
down inside the 10-yard line. One of many instances. An OSU field goal just cut the Jayhawk lead to three touchdowns, but that run at the thirdquarter buzzer squandered what little hope remained. All of the problems from last week’s historic loss 70 miles down the road in Manhattan made the trip with the Cowboys. This time, not even Spencer Sanders was there to help cure their ailments. OSU entered Saturday’s game at a crossroad: bounce back or get bounced again. Set the season straight or spiral further. And the Cowboys were a defeated team in their 37-16 loss to Kansas. On the Cowboys’ first drive, wideout Stephon Johnson Jr. dropped a pass from freshman quarterback
Garret Rangel that would have at least put OSU deep in the KU red zone. Neal responded with two rushes for 55 yards and a touchdown on the ensuing drive. Rangel tossed an interception on two consecutive drives, then was asked to take a snap under center on a fourth-and-one at the KU 14-yard line – something the offense doesn’t often do even with Sanders at the helm. The results were a mishandled snap and a fumble. Later, the Cowboys were 22 seconds from getting to the halftime whistle with just a 10-point deficit, but KU quarterback Jason Bean found receiver Lawrence Arnold open in the end zone. See Column on page 3