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Friday, August 4, 2023

Boynton says OSU basketball’s trip to Spain ‘couldn’t come at a better time’

knew his roster would have nine new players – and by now he would have liked to have had all the players over to his house to get acquainted. This trip will help make up for that lost time.

Mike Boynton is a world traveler these days.

After spending portions of June and July in coaching the U19 Team USA squad and freshman Eric Dailey Jr. at the FIBA World Cup in Hungary, Boynton and his Cowboys team is heading to Europe for international competition.

The OSU coach takes his team to Spain from Aug. 5-15, and the Cowboys will play three exhibition games with stops in Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona. Boynton’s travels have kept him away from the team more than he’d like. He accepted the invitation to help coach the Team USA in December – before he

“It couldn’t come at a better time, considering nine new guys, many of which, for different reasons, could need to play this year,” Boynton said. “So just the opportunity to establish the foundation of what we do on the court, but more importantly to get to know each other and really dive deep into the team bonding.”

And the trip is a good gauge of where the Cowboys are at. John-Michael Wright and Bryce Thompson are the only returners from last season, so the team – with wildly varying ages, such as Justin McBride who turned 18 a week ago and redshirt senior Mike Marsh turned 24 last month – is figuring out how to play with each other while learning schemes and building relationships with teammates and coaches.

2 US sailors arrested on suspicion of espionage, selling information to China

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LES — Two U.S. sailors have been arrested and indicted on suspicion of accepting bribes in exchange for passing sensitive military information to intelligence officers from China, federal authorities announced Thursday.

Cowboys settling into new defense, depth at RB and more from OSU’s first day of preseason camp

ing plays in the box and in deep coverage, as well as disguising his position and coverage snap-to-snap. At such a versatile position, the 6-foot-4, 213-pound Daniels has both the size and athleticism to fit in.

The complexity of the position presents challenges and is reliant on understanding. Daniels said Nardo is approachable and has made the transition as painless as possible for the entire defense.

The sailors were in direct contact with Chinese officers who paid them thousands in bribes to provide national defense information, including technical manuals on assault ships, critical technology and radar systems, according to officials with the U.S. attorney’s offices in Los Angeles and San Diego.

are a reminder of the relentless, aggressive efforts of the People’s Republic of China to undermine our democracy and threaten those who defend it,” Assistant Director Suzanne Turner of the FBI’s counterintelligence division said in a statement that accompanied the indictment announcement.

Wei, also known as Patrick and who was stationed on the USS Essex in San Diego, was arrested when he arrived for work at the naval base there Wednesday, authorities said.

Wei worked as a machinist’s mate and had access to sensitive national defense information about the ship’s weapons, propulsion and desalination systems.

photographs describing the layout of the Essex and location of certain departments on the ship.

The Justice Department alleges that Wei knowingly violated the the International Traffic in Arms Regulations by transmitting a technical manual without obtaining a required license. Wei was approached by a Chinese intelligence officer while his application to become a U.S. citizen was pending, prosecutors said. He also admitted to this officer that he knew this activity would be viewed as spying and could affect his pending citizenship application but did not report the offer, according to court documents.

Kendal Daniels is in his third season at OSU and has had just as many defensive coordinators.

First was Jim Knowles, who built the Cowboys into an elite defensive team before taking the same job at Ohio State. Then, it was Derek Mason, who took a sabbatical from coaching after one season in Stillwater. In January, Daniels found out his next coordinator was a 37-year-old D-II coach named Bryan Nardo, who was taking out the 4-2-5 scheme and implementing a new 3-3-5.

And Nardo wanted Daniels to be the centerpiece of it in the backfield.

Six months later, during the first practice of fall camp inside the Sherman E. Smith Training Center on Wednesday, Daniels expressed his comfort in the new scheme and leadership.

“At first it was like, ‘What are we gonna do?’ said Daniels, a redshirt sophomore safety. “But I actually got to sit down with coach Nardo and go over the defense, and we just figured out how we were gonna do it. And I’ve loved it ever since.”

Daniels will play middle safety, or “rover” as Nardo calls it, which is a key component of the 3-3-5 defense in charge of mak-

“He always tells me, he’s not just gonna tell me the play, he’s gonna tell me the breakdown of everything that the offense is gonna do, the weakness to this defense, the strength,” Daniels said. “I’ve learned a lot about defense just listening to coach Nardo.”

Daniels still pulls Nardo aside and inquires on assignments and advice, but Nardo’s system is settling in. Daniels said his new position reminds him of his role in high school, and the system allows the defense to be instinctual.

“I feel like this defense really gives us the option to play – not how we want to play – but not be a robot and just play freely,” Daniels said.

RBs want to dominate with depth

By the end of last season, Ollie Gordon, who started the year as the team’s thirdstring running back, was earning significant snaps and even started in the bowl game.

That means two things. The first is that Gordon has that much more experience under his belt and is ready to take on a larger role. The second: depth is crucial at running back.

Jinchao Wei, 22, and Wenheng Zhao, 26, are naturalized American citizens who were born in China and were communicating with intelligence officers in China, though it’s unclear if they were speaking to the same intelligence officer, prosecutors said. Zhao is a resident of Monterey Park, according to authorities.

“These individuals stand accused of violating the commitments they made to protect the United States and betraying the public trust, to the benefit of the (People’s Republic of China) government,”

Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen of the Justice Department’s national security division said during a news conference.

“These arrests

The Essex resembles an aircraft carrier, the U.S. attorney’s office said in a news release. He is accused of transmitting information over encrypted channels to a Chinese official. Prosecutors allege he was approached in February 2022 by the Chinese officer, who was interested in the workings of the Essex. Wei provided the officer technical and mechanical manuals that detailed the operations of multiple systems on the Essex and similar ships, including power, steering, aircraft and deck elevators, according to prosecutors.

The Chinese officer confirmed to Wei that at least 10 of the documents were useful to him and paid him $5,000, according to court documents. Wei continued to send documents and

In a separate investigation, Zhao, who is also known as Thomas and was based out of Naval Base Ventura County in Port Hueneme, was also arrested Wednesday and accused of similar charges.

Zhao is accused of recording and sharing the specific location and timing of naval force movements, amphibious landings, maritime operations and logistics support, beginning in August 2021 and continuing through May, prosecutors said.

Zhao is also suspected of taking photographs of radar systems in Okinawa, Japan, at the naval base in Ventura County and on San Clemente Island, officials said.

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OSU heads to Spain from Aug. 5-15, where it will play three exhibition games and spend time bonding with a new roster. See Spain

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Jaden Nixon (right) said the depth at running back, including Ollie Gordon (left), takes pressure off any one back.

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UCF relying on returning players, as the Knights are “on the rise” this upcoming season

conferences in college football, and probably the deepest from top to bottom,” Knights coach Guz Malzahn said at Big 12 Media Days.

Despite stepping into a new conference, the roster is in familiar territory. Six starters on both sides of the ball (plus the kicker and punter) are returning this season, and 11 of the returning players received first, second, or third team conference honors last year.

(albeit against lesser competition), ranking 31st in PPG (32.9) and 46th in opponents PPG (23.6).

Since the July 1 announcement back in 2021, the Big 12 has been awaiting its four new schools, UCF included.

As a new era of the conference begins this season, the Knights, coming off a 9-5 season and an appearance in the Military Bowl, are being called up to the majors, departing the American Athletic Conference for the Big 12.

“I’m very excited. This is a great conference, one of the best football

In the new era of college football, though, the expectation is to also reload via the transfer portal, and the Knights did just that, poaching 18 players from other schools. From all areas, UCF had a successful offseason by officially uprooting its AAC ties for the Big 12 and from a roster standpoint.

The biggest positive in the Knights retaining and adding players from both sides of the ball is that they ranked in the top 50 in both points per game and opponents points per game

However, like all football conversations, the expectations for the upcoming season start and end at the quarterback position, a position that has a familiar face from last season. John Rhys Plumlee, entering his second season at UCF after transferring from Ole Miss, led FBS quarterbacks in rushing yards (861 yards) and threw for over 2,500 yards as well. Malzahn believes he’s ready to take the reins of the program both on and off the field.

“I actually recruited (Plumlee) out of high school; (he) went in the portal two years ago, transferred from Ole Miss; did a very solid job for us. He is in a great spot to take that next step really as our team leader,” Malzahn said on his QB1.

Whether it’s Plumlee, the city of Orlando, or the UCF program, Mal-

zahn’s key theme in Arlington, Texas, in July when talking with reporters was how his team was “on the rise.” With double-digit numbers of players returning and incoming transfers, the roster is ready to be competent in the Big 12, but only time will tell if they’ll be competitive.

Malzahn’s confident. The sky’s the limit.

“I really feel like we’re a program that’s on the rise. When I took this job, I really thought it was a gold mine, the potential,” Malzahn said. “I really felt strongly we would be in the Power Five in a short period of time. I didn’t know it was going to be in the Big 12, but just the potential, like I said earlier, in Orlando, the best brands in the world, no NFL team...

“So, the sky’s the limit potential.”

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UCF coach Gus Malzahn said he feels like his program is a potential gold mine.

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“Unfortunately, that’s the one position that guys get hurt. They take direct hits from all different angles; very difficult position to play,” Gundy said. “So, you would like to go into the season with four of ‘em. If you go in with three and a fourth guy learning on the run, that’s OK. But that’s the one position you always concern yourself with.”

That’s where Gundy said he and his team sits. Gordon, Jaden Nixon and Elijah Collins will be the top three workhorses in a rushing attack that Gundy hopes to revamp this season. Behind them, true freshman Sesi Vailahi is the “fourth guy learning the run.”

Limited hitting during camp makes it difficult to set a pecking order and judge a position group that revolves around taking hits.

“They really have to run full speed and get hits in order for you to know where you’re at,” Gundy said.

Nixon, a redshirt sophomore, likes where the group is at and said their depth takes away individual pressure.

“You know if I get tired, I can bring in Ollie in, I can bring Elijah in, I can bring Sesi in, and they all know what they’re doing,” Nixon said.

New offensive line scheme welcomed

If the Cowboys are to rush the ball as much and as effectively as they’d like, it’ll take some help from the offensive line.

OSU is adopting an under-center fold to its offense, as well as more gap blocking to help the rushing attack. This is new for several players, especially linemen like Jake Springfield who played fast-pace, spread offense at Flower Mound (Texas) High School.

And that’s not a bad thing.

“This might be my first year where we actually have (an offense) – that’s not a goal line package –where it’s under (center),” Springfield said. “I’m a big fan of it because I get to put my hand in the dirt, and I feel like it helps me come off the ball a lot faster and harder.”

Springfield, a right tackle, returns the most starts of anyone on the offensive line (29), and he said he likes the physicality of the new style. It adds emphasis to run blocking, which is an important aspect to Springfield.

“Personally, I feel like I need to become a more dominant run blocker, because last season toward the end we had our struggles in certain areas,” he said.

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Kendal Daniels said the defense is starting to mesh into Bryan Nardo’s new 3-3-5 scheme.

Boynton heads to Spain after spending his summer in Hungry at the FIBA World Cup.

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As a result, Wright and Thompson have stepped up as anchors and the only program veterans. They’re both quick to brag on how the new additions have progressed in the offseason, but an

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overseas group trip could be the most beneficial part of the summer.

“I think it could provide a lot of team chemistry,” Thompson said.

“We’ll get to spend a lot of time together without actually having to be here, be in the continuous grind of lift and practice. It’s something different where we can be in a different area, different part of the country, just kinda bond with each other.

“I think doing that kind of stuff

translates back on the court.”

Time on the court in live games is the best way for a new team to mesh, but time together off the court is just as important, and Boynton is eager to watch his team grow on the trip and compete. Their first opponent has an average age of 32, and the youngest player is 28, so Boynton is interested in how his team responds.

And the team is ready for a challenge, too.

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“It’s very exciting because we’ve been putting in all this work all summer, and to be able to cap it off with a trip to Europe, that’s a once-in-alifetime opportunity for everybody in this program,” Wright said. “We’re just excited to see the work we’ve put in against some more competition and just be able to gel with the new team against other players.”

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Collin Oliver needs a breakout season. Not just for his stock, but for OSU’s defense

Most of the successful 3-3-5 defenses have one thing in common — a dominant edge rusher.

Of the ones in the Big 12: Kansas State had Felix Anudike-Uzomah and Iowa State had Will McDonald IV, two players who were drafted in the first round of the 2023 NFL draft. When a defense has three down, it’s immediately outnumbered, but it can be countered by a dominant rusher, who can single-handedly break through for a sack or tackle for loss, or set the edge.

Though OSU’s Collin Oliver will be playing more upright linebacker this season in new OSU defensive coordinator Bryan Nardo’s 3-3-5 scheme, if he and the Cowboys want to be the best it can be in the first year of the system, Oliver will need a breakout that puts him on the national stage. Oliver burst onto the scene with a 2021 freshman season where he led the No. 3 defense in the country in sacks and tackles for loss (11.5, 15.5). His highlight of — after being pancaked — crawling to sack then OU quarterback Caleb Williams to seal the Bedlam win for OSU marked him as a fan-favorite.

Last year, as OSU’s

defense took a step back, so did Oliver. He again led the team with sacks, but with only five, it was a lofty step-back from the year before. Snap count was mostly behind this issue, as some drives Oliver wasn’t on the field. When he was, his limited pass rush plan made it difficult to get past larger, athletic tackles. As OSU begins training camp before the 2023 season with a projected three new starters on the defensive line, the Cowboys will rely on Oliver

to have his best year, even with less snaps rushing off the edge. After fifth-years Brock Martin, Brendon Evers, Tyler Lacy and Sione Asi graduated, OSU replaced them with portal additions Justin Kirkland (Utah Tech) and Anthony Goodlow (Tulsa). Goodlow is an experienced, big defensive lineman at 6-foot-5 285 pounds, but has lacked production in pass rush, while Kirkland is expected to be the Cowboys starting nosetackle as a sophomore.

Otherwise, Nathan Latu, Xavier Ross, Collin Clay and

Kody Watlersheid — defensive lineman who are expected to get significant snaps — are fine players but haven’t showed a starter-level of play as upperclassmen.

Oliver, a prototypical 3-3-5 edge rusher at 6-2 235 pounds, can be the speed-topower rusher OSU needs using his best traits — a great get off speed, inside hand swipes and quality pad level.

Stopping the pass and the rush starts at the defensive line, which showed when the Cowboys couldn’t do either in the

back half of OSU’s 2022 season. The Cowboys were mauled by Kansas State, Kansas, OU, West Virginia and Wisconsin, allowing almost every rush into the second level and failed to provide pressure onto the quarterback.

If Oliver put together a complete defensive season at linebacker and on the line, he can cement himself as a future NFL player, all-time OSU great and be the force behind OSU’s defensive resurgence with Nardo.

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Mackenzie Janish Collin Oliver, after one of the best freshman seasons in OSU history, took a step back in production in 2022.

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‘Inspiring others to achieve excellence’

Brothers are AAMP youth ambassador finalists

dents interested in the meat industry to be involved and provides opportunities for a generation of new leaders in the industry.

The brothers are involved in their family’s plant, Ralph’s Packing Company and The brothers own and operate J&L Farms, managing their own herd of Red Angus cattle and various breeds of pigs.

youth more involved in what we do, which is to help small meat processing companies,” Logan said.

Joel Jackson, meat pilot plant manager, said Josh and Logan have demonstrated an outstanding work ethic and are quickly becoming an integral part of the Cowboy Meats team.

and deliver technical and business information that will stimulate and support the growth of value-added food and agricultural products and processing in Oklahoma.

Young students are making a difference in the meat industry.

Josh and Logan Hering, student workers at Oklahoma State University’s Robert M. Kerr Food and Agricultural Products Center, have been selected as two of four finalists to participate in the Youth Ambassador Competition at the annual American Association of Meat Processors Convention, which started on Tuesday and ends on Thursday in Omaha, Nebraska.

AAMP encourages young stu-

Josh, a meat and food science freshman, said the youth programs teach younger adults about the meat industry and he hopes they can keep the program going and get more people involved in the industry and in the association.

Logan said he learned a lot working at FAPC and he plans on working on his skills as a meat cutter as the year goes on.

“The AAMP Youth Ambassador Program is a new initiative to get the

“I congratulate them on their achievements and acknowledgment from the American Association of Meat Processors and look forward to working alongside Josh and Logan to see their continued success at OSU,” Jackson said.

The winner of the Youth Ambassador Competition will participate in AAMP events and receive a customized frock, belt buckle and $500 scholarship award.

FAPC, a part of OSU’s Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, helps to discover, develop

Roy Escoubas, FAPC director, said Josh and Logan are motivated and dependable workers and he is pleased to have them working at FACP because they inspire others to achieve excellence.

The upcoming AAMP contest involves an application, an interview with a panel of judges and judged events at the 2023 American Convention of Meat Processors and Suppliers’ Exhibition. This event features activities for youth to become a part of the meat and poultry industry and engage with their peers.

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Left to right, Josh and Logan Hering, student workers at the Robert M. Kerr Food and Agricultural Products Center, were recognized by the American Association of Meat Processors as finalists in the Youth Ambassador Competition.

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Zhao worked as a construction electrician and was responsible for installing and repairing electrical equipment on U.S. military installations, according to prosecutors. He had access to unclassified information and information on the Navy’s operation security, but he was not allowed to transmit that information and was required to report suspicious incidents, including attempts by non-Navy personnel who sought that sensitive information.

He had a security clearance and was able to access material up to and including the secret level, according to court documents.

“By sending this sensitive military information to an intelligence officer employed by a hostile foreign state, the defendant betrayed his sacred oath to protect our country and uphold the Constitution,” U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada said in a statement. “Unlike the vast majority of U.S. Navy personnel who serve the nation with honor, distinction and courage, Mr. Zhao chose to corruptly sell out his colleagues and his country.”

Zhao is accused of sharing information about a “large scale” military exercise in the Indo-Pacific region throughout August 2021. From November 2021 through March, Zhao received bribes in Chinese currency, prosecutors said, including a year-end bonus.

“The Department of Justice will continue to use every tool in our arsenal to counter threats from China and to deter those who aid them in breaking our laws and threatening our national security,” Olsen said.

Stacey Moy, special agent with the FBI’s San Diego field office, said the announcement is not an indictment of Chinese or ethnically Chinese American people.

“This is solely based on individuals, regardless of

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national origin or ethnicity, conducting criminal activity, violating the rule of law,” Moy

said during the news conference. Bryce Miller, a Naval

Criminal Investigative Service agent, said the acts carried out by the sailors threatens Navy

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“readiness and capabilities.”

File photo from Naval Base Ventura County Port Hueneme in California, where one of the arrested sailors was stationed.

USS Mobile Bay, a major player during Operation Desert Storm, will be decommissioned next week in San Diego

Diego on Aug. 10, ending the service life of one of the oldest ships in the Navy.

The cruiser USS Mobile Bay, which launched 22 Tomahawk cruise missiles during Operation Desert Storm and helped carry people to safety when Mt. Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines, will be decommissioned in San

Mobile Bay will become the latest Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser to be sidelined by the Navy, which is phasing out the Cold War-era vessels in favor of the newer Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.

The cruisers were designed for a

35-year service life. Mobile Bay was commissioned 36 years ago and initially operated out of Mayport, Fla. It later spent years based in Yokosuka, Japan, then moved to San Diego in 2000.

In the naval community, the ship is known for the moment in January 1991 when it joined other U.S. forces in launching missiles against Iraqi targets during the start of Desert Storm.

Mobile Bay also played a key role in protecting American aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf area.

The ship also served stateside. It was dispatched to the waters off San Francisco following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. At the time, the government was concerned that more attacks could be launched against U.S. cities.

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File Photo: USS Mobile Bay Cuts Its Way Through The South Pacific Ocean In Support Of Exercise Tandum Thrust 99 March 25, 1999.

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