headlines from Monday’s meeting with the media.
Davis Cordova Staff Reporter
Defending TCU quarterback Max Duggan is a huge task, but OSU coach Mike Gundy may not have had to worry about it had he taken an NFL head coach ing job 10-plus years ago.
On Monday, OSU held Gundy’s weekly press conference. Here are the top
will gather data on adults’ im portant social relationships.
Defending Duggan Duggan has played lights out since becoming the starter (again) for the Horned Frogs. Duggan and the TCU offense have a playstyle that technically OSU hasn’t seen, but it’s a combination of ones the OSU defense has seen from Arizona State and Texas Tech. TCU passes heavy and Duggan has the ability to run all over OSU.
“From here on out, most of the guys we play have the ability to run and take off,” Gundy said. “This guy is really fast, so it’s a little different. But, we look to do a good job in the pass game and make sure we eliminate some creases. So, that’ll be a big factor in this game, making sure we set an edge to contain the quarterback.”
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A $2.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) was awarded to Adam Roth to fund his research on rural-urban disparities in cognitive ag ing.
Roth, an assistant pro fessor in OSU’s Department of Sociology, will use the grant over the next five years to advance research in the effects of cog nitive aging.
Brea Perry and Siyun Peng, Roth’s two col laborators from Indiana Uni versity, are cur rently focusing on the social determinants of cognitive aging but will now be able to extend their research beyond their current area.
Using multiple areas of primary research tech niques, such as surveys and smartphone technology, Roth’s team
The research team will also conduct in-themoment assess ments of social activities and interactions of the adults and places where they engage with those rela tionships. Over a two year pe riod, a series of clinical assess ments will be conducted, and the data will be used to predict the cognitive performance of the adults in question.
“There is plenty of re search suggest ing that people with diverse and expansive social lives cognitively out perform people with limited social lives,” Roth said. “We also know that rates of cogni tive impair ment are higher in rural areas than in urban areas. Yet it is unknown how much of these geographic dis parities operate through social mechanisms.
This grant will allow us to explore these mechanisms and identify ar eas to target for healthy cogni tive aging in rural and urban areas.”
Ben Hutchens Assistant Sports Editor
It took a while for the butcher knives to get rolling.
In the first half of OSU’s 41-31 win against Texas Tech, the Cowboy defense was overwhelmed, hurried and beating itself.
Halftime came, and TTU scored a touchdown on its first possession, pushing its lead to eight. The Cowboy defense did the only thing it could do: keep playing.
“When you keep playing and you can bring that energy and you get a wave of guys rolling through, you know, it can become a rolling ball of butcher knives and I thought that’s what it started to become,” said Derek Mason,
OSU defensive coordinator. “I thought slowly but surely, we started to put them in a chokehold.”
OSU (5-0 overall, 2-0 Big 12) held TTU scoreless the final 21 minutes of the game. Finally performing on fourth down was the reason why.
Joey McGuire, TTU head coach, sent a message of aggression early. On the first drive of the game, TTU quar terback Behren Morton converted a fourth-and-one from his own 34. The pickup led to a touchdown.
‘Getting the butcher knives rolling’ OSU defense tightens in second half to beat Texas Tech
OSU quarterback Spencer Sanders con tinued to match the Red Raider offense. Sanders threw for 297 yards, ran for another 56 and ac counted for three touch downs. While his defense struggled, Sanders kept the Cowboys from ever getting two scores down.
McGuire’s aggres sive play calling was effective and similar to what the Cowboys faced a week ago against Bay lor. TTU (3-3, 1-2) began the game four-of-four on fourth down conversions.
Although OSU coach Mike Gundy downplayed missed tack les in his postgame press conference, they were still problematic. His argument was because TTU ran a whopping 62 plays in the first half, there would inevitably be more missed plays.
It changed the sec ond half.
Defensive adjust ments, a staple of OSU’s previous Jim Knowlesled defensive unit, were made. Mason said part of it was countering TTU’s fast-paced offense with speed of his own and part was eliminating the selfinflicted wounds.
“We leaked at times
and then you know, like, all of a sudden the leaks went away,” Mason said. “And what you started to see was, was guys just bowing up. Sometimes we just got to bow up.”
OSU linebacker Mason Cobb intercepted Morton, a redshirt fresh man, late in the third quarter. It set up a goahead field goal for OSU kicker Tanner Brown.
Mason said he thought the turnover created momentum the Cowboys took off with.
Midway through the fourth quarter, when Texas Tech handed the ball off to running back SaRodorick Thompson on fourth down, Cow boy lineman Collin Clay and safety Sean Michael Flanagan combined for a stop.
The Red Raiders didn’t fare any better on their next two fourth down attempts, when they were stopped for turnovers.
“The fourth down stops, man we were able to get off the field,” Ma son said. “You know, if people want to continue to challenge us on fourth down challenge us on fourth down. We’re not afraid, we carry a big stick around here.”
While the Cowboys scored 41 points and got the win Satur day, the result show there are still plenty of issues still plaguing the Cowboys.
The No. 7 Oklahoma State Cowboys defeated the Texas Tech Red Raiders 41-31. The Cowboys were outgained in many categories and gave up far too many yards defensively. In a somewhat backand-forth affair, the Cowboys were inconsistent in many phases of the game. Here are some numbers from Saturday afternoon’s match up between the Cowboys and the Red Raiders.
379: Texas Tech passing yards
For the third time this year, the Cowboys have given up 300 yards through the air. This time, to backup quarterback Behren Mor ton. To Morton’s credit, he played a tough game and most certainly earned respect for his toughness. However, seeing how OSU gave up 83 passing yards in last year’s matchup in Lubbock compared to the 379 yards Morton posted, it raises questions about the second ary
49%: Spencer Sanders completion percentage
Sanders didn’t have his most efficient game of the year as he completed 22 of his 45 attempts with only one touchdown. He was on the run for the majority of the game, but he was unable to com plete many of his deep attempts. Brennan Presley was the only receiver to haul in all of his targets (minimum two targets).
Sanders was more efficient in the run game, scoring two touch downs and running for 56 yards. He was also sacked three times which hurt the average, but he was instrumental in the Cowboys’ inef ficient run game on Saturday.
115: Bryson Green’s yardage
Green had a career day Sat urday afternoon, logging a careerhigh in yards with 115 and tying his career-high in catches with five. Green is starting to evolve into not only one of the Cowboys’ best playmakers, but one of the best deep threats.
For OSU, the closest quarterback it has faced to Duggan is Arizona State’s Emory Jones, who was known to run the ball in his time at Florida, but he rushed for -17 yards versus OSU. Quarterback depth and develop ment
Quarterback depth has been on
display as of late in the Big 12 with Texas Tech’s Behren Morton playing well versus OSU and TCU’s Duggan playing as one of the best in the coun try as of late after not starting week one. This just shows how deep and complicated a quarterback’s develop ment truly is, Gundy said it starts way before the college game.
“Now you’re seeing these coaches that are getting young players who are 13-14 years old and training them,” Gundy said. “They’re getting a lot more reps so when they get to our level they’ve had reps. Same thing my boys
did to me both came and said they needed to hire a throwing coach. I said ‘Well I’ve been coaching quarterbacks for a long time’ and they said ‘We’re looking for a real coach.’”
Gundy has had his fair share of replacement quarterbacks throughout the years, with in-season backup quar terbacks such as Mason Rudolph, Clint Chelf and Zac Robinson securing the starting role after filling in.
Once a thought to the pros Gundy once almost became an NFL coach about 10 years ago. During availability, Gundy was asked about
Matt Ruhle, the most recent collegeto-pro head coach that didn’t work out, and then Gundy was asked if he’d ever thought of being an NFL coach, well, apparently he was close about a decade ago.
“I don’t know what year, I can’t remember, but I went and interviewed three times with one team and then didn’t take the job,” Gundy said. “It was Tampa Bay, they ended up hiring the guy from Rutgers. Anyways, long story short, I’ve thought about it obvi ously.”
Baylor Bryant Staff Reporter
For OSU student Eric Livingston, college didn’t come first. Livingston wanted to pur sue a passion of his first.
“I loved watching the F16s fly around Tulsa, so the Air Force was definitely some thing I was interested in,” Liv ingston said. “Plus, the military in general is super cool.”
Livingston enlisted in the military to help pursue a that passion but he gained much more than that.
“The military taught me work ethic,” Livingston said. “As a crew chief, I was kind of forced to work long days and weeks that were pretty unpre
dictable, but after a while, I got used to it. Also, I’m more mature about lots of things in life. I’ve learned how crucial patience is. As far as disci pline goes, mine isn’t perfect. I don’t make my bed every day. I don’t have good time management. Sometimes I’m not as meticulous with certain chores. I mean, I’ll sometimes white glove inspection myself as a joke to see if I still got it. However, I do believe you should always carry yourself with a professional and confi dent swagger. Also giving your full attention to someone is key to showing respectful body language.”
Though Livingston was able to grow as a person from his experience serving, he said
that was not the best thing he was able to gain from his time serving.
“The best part about serving is the people you are with,” Livingston told The O’Colly.
“The job is going to be difficult, and if you’re strug gling through a tough time with people who are experi encing it together, your bonds grow even further. You endure the bad things together and it just makes for a better friend ship. Plus, traveling is a cool perk. I got paid to go to Spain for three weeks. You can’t beat that.”
After he finished his first enlistment, Livingston found the best route for himself.
“I wanted to separate
after my first enlistment and didn’t have plans lined up,” Livingston said. “So, with my Veterans Affairs benefits, col lege was the best route.”
Deciding where to attend college can be difficult for an individual. However, Livings ton knew that OSU would be the best place for him to fur ther pursue his passion.
“I work a job in Tulsa part time, so it was more convenient for me,” Livingston said.
When deciding his major, Livingston knew the best course of action was with the aviation program.
“Aerospace operations,” Livingston said. “I had credits built up in the Air Force that fully transferred to this major. I
either want to commission back into the Air Force as a fighter pilot or go to med school to go into neurosurgery. I haven’t really made up my mind 100% yet.”
Livingston learned a great deal from the Air Force that prepared him for college as well as values that he holds close.
“The will to get some thing accomplished when I don’t feel like doing it,” Liv ingston said. “I just think of the bigger picture after some thing gets done. Every choice and action has a meaning and purpose. Sitting around do ing nothing won’t reveal that purpose anytime soon.”
Cognitive aging is quickly becoming a major pub lic health concern, including cases of Alzheimer’s disease and certain cases of dementia.
Nearly two out of every three Americans will experience some degree of age-related cognitive decline by the age of 70, Roth explained.
Pharmaceutical treat ments have had limited success in solving these issues which has led researchers, such as Roth and his collaborators, to further study the social deter minants of cognitive aging.
“We are excited that Adam has joined us and will be able to continue this im portant work as a member of OSU’s Department of Sociol ogy,” said Tamara Mix, the head of the department of soci ology. “Projects like his are a key part of OSU’s land-grant mission and serve a pivotal role in addressing contempo rary social problems impacting
the lives of Oklahoma resi dents and beyond.”
The grant also has plans to address important issues extending beyond cognitive aging.
“The data we propose to gather will provide a rich account of the daily lives of older adults,” Roth said. “This data can inform our approach es to other public health issues
such as loneliness, social isolation and access to social and health services — all of which are salient issues in our world today, including in rural America and much of Okla homa.”
Baylor Bryant Staff Reporter
The Bleach anime makes its return from its 10 year hiatus with the release of “Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War.”
Bleach’s last episode aired on March 27, 2012 and a lot has changed from the animation, to the pacing, to the overall feel of the story.
Before we dive into how “Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War” compares to the original series, let us look at what the original Bleach series had to offer.
Bleach is an action shounen an ime that originally aired from 2004 to
2012. Bleach follows Ichigo Kurosaki, a high school student, as he is tasked with taking up arms as a swordsman known as a soul reaper to defend his town against demonic beings called hollows.
Bleach is an incredibly action packed adventure with some of the best fights and music in anime. Bleach also has an incredible side cast of charac ters, with each one bringing something unique to Kurosaki’s story. Bleach is also known for having one of the best villain casts in mainstream shounen.
Every Bleach arc has its own intimidat ing threat for Ichigo and his crew to face off against. And with the stellar buildup that Bleach has, the finales of every arc have a huge pay off.
The original Bleach series did have its issues though. Especially dur ing its older days, Bleach lacked strong animation and it felt stiff. This is not a knock on Bleach however, since it did come out in 2004. The animation for the series has gotten substantially better throughout the years. The pacing is the original series’ biggest flaw. Many arcs would drag on adding in filler scenes or the series’ fights would drag on for way too long. Most of the time this would be to add build up to the final fight of an arc, but it could make the middle of the arcs go by slowly.
Now how does the new “Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War” compare? Though only one episode has been out there are a few key takeaways from the
new adaptation. The animation looks absolutely incredible. Some of the best animation we have seen since Demon Slayer and Jujutsu Kaisen. The episode itself was well paced, and it never felt dull. And finally the action was spec tacular. Even though “Thousand-Year Blood War” is just one episode in, the anime series looks like it could be a top contender for anime of the year along side “Chainsaw Man” and “My Hero Academia”.
New episodes of “Bleach: Thou sand-Year Blood War” will air on Hulu on Mondays.
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Today’s Birthday (10/12/22). Benefits follow collaboration this year. Prioritize fun and romance with regular practices. A creative project takes off this autumn, motivating a change with winter explorations. Hit the jackpot together this spring, before unraveling an intellectual puzzle next summer. In partnership, you can handle anything.
To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most chal lenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 7 — Envision a financial goal. Get spe cific. Schedule actions to take. Strengthen basic infrastructures. Make an impor tant connection. You can get what you need.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — Energy surges are predictable. Rou tines get tested. Nearby obligations could clash with distant fantasies. Consider your situation from a higher perspective. Nurture yourself.
Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 7 — Consider options and potential. Op portunities could hide behind changes. Listen and observe. Notice unspoken clues. Build long-term value with thoughtful planning and preparation.
Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is an 8 — Have fun with friends. Lasting value can spark. Social connections can open unexpected doors. Strengthen bonds and alliances. Discover important news through the grapevine.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is an 8 — Forge ahead to make professional deadlines and measures. Avoid distractions. Work with what other people deliver. Make a lasting beneficial connection. Take charge.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Your exploration could wander. Follow serendipity, curiosity, inspiration and dreams. Discover long-term connec tions. The shortest distance between two points isn’t always a straight line. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Don’t waste money on extra stuff. Stick with simple, quality basics. Lasting durability is worth the investment. Re duce consumption. Collaborate to grow shared savings.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — Compromise pays into the future. Strength includes a willingness to bend. Consider the big picture with a relation ship. You’re gaining wisdom and respect.
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By Amie Walker“
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be stead fast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.”
(1 Co.15:58 NKJ)
Just about everything in this life is tempo rary. Yet, most people work very hard to have a pleasant few years in their lifetime. I would like to remind the true Christians that God is offering us an eternity of bless ing as we serve him and his purposes now.
In 1 Co.15 the Apostle Paul is reminding these believers of Christ’s resurrection and how true and real it was. He continues by emphasizing the sure promise of God that we are going to share in that resurrec tion one day. We will have a new, eternal body like Jesus has now. As we help in the work of God, furthering his kingdom;
demonstrating the love of God in blessing and serving others; as you and I get involved with helping missionary work, even going to help in short term mission trips or providing finances for others to go, we are laying up treasure in heaven “where moths cannot corrupt and thieves cannot steal.”
Actually, this kingdom of God, with forgive ness of all our sins and a new relationship with God as our Father, is offered to all mankind. If you have never opened your heart to Christ, asking for a clean heart and a new life; the door is open wide for you to come. You will not be turned away. Then you too can begin to live for the eternal: laying up treasure in Heaven. I en courage all to consider these words, no matter your age, and choose the best and most satisfying life. It is a life following Christ as your Lord, and going for God’s best in eternity. It is a great and sure future!