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Transfer talk

Why Taylor, Martin opted to stay Cowboys

McCalister and Jarrick Bernard-Converse in 2021 to other schools.

Sam Hutchens Staff Reporter

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Losing friends seems to be inevitable for college football players these days.

Take senior defensive back Jason Taylor. Some of the players he has shared the field with the most as an OSU Cowboy have recently announced their intentions to transfer. Senior safety Thomas Harper, junior cornerback Jabbar Muhammad. The list of departures goes on. Even quarterback Spencer Sanders, Taylor’s roommate, hit the portal. A similar exodus took place last year, and no team or position group in college football was immune. Taylor lost fellow defensive backs

And yet, Taylor isn’t bashing those who leave. Or the current system. He says it serves a need.

“The transfer portal is good,” Taylor said. “I think there should be a transfer portal. A coach can just leave. That is who you connect to during your whole recruiting process. Your whole time, your family gives you off to this coach in a different state that you don’t even live in. Then he leaves and you’re supposed to stay?”

As the portal traffic logjams, players who play out their careers at one school become rarer. Taylor has been at OSU four years. Brock Martin, who coach Mike Gundy joked has been at OSU for nine years, has logged five.

Richardson voted as team captain shows maturity, growth in his young career

most players.

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When you enter the OSU locker room and look to the left, a photo of every player to act as a team captain in the program’s recent history is on the wall. It’s a symbol of what a person has achieved in his career as a Cowboy, not as a player. Those who see it aspire to reach the mark.

On Tuesday, for the Cowboys appearance in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl vs Wisconsin, sophomore receiver John Paul Richardson will

be a captain. He’s been a captain before — in the team’s week nine loss to Kansas State — but that was the coaches’ decision. For the bowl game, each player on the team votes for who the captains should be.

“The team votes for the captains the way they should,” said coach Mike Gundy. “Guys who are dedicated, loyal, trustworthy, tough

See Richardson on page 3

Masking up by choice

Colleges see hope against flu as students continue pandemic practices

Adam Smeltz Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Katie Jordan suspects she never once wore a mask.

But when another respiratory sickness — not COVID, per her test results — knocked her down this fall semester, she didn’t hesitate. When she had to venture out to the grocery store, she masked up.

“I knew (other shoppers) didn’t want the cold that I had, even if what I had wasn’t COVID,” said Ms. Jordan, a doctoral candidate in engineering and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University. She thinks the pandemic has normalized masking for people with a range of respiratory symptoms, no mat-

ter what’s ailing them.

Administrators at Pittsburgh-area universities think so, too. After influenza season’s worst start in years socked local campuses, they hope habits embraced during the pandemic will help contain the virus when students return in January for the spring semester.

Students aren’t just masking voluntarily but sidelining themselves from group activities when they feel unwell — both holdover practices from the pandemic that they said they hope will keep their peers unexposed and healthy.

“There’s no longer any stigma to masking,” said Dr. Elizabeth Wettick, interim director in Student Health Services at the University of Pittsburgh.

Where once students with upperrespiratory infections would rally and party, she said, now their peers would

want to know: “What are you doing here?”

“People are cognizant that they don’t want to sicken others,” Dr. Wettick said. “That messaging has permeated, which is a real bonus.”

Documented flu cases began climbing at Pitt’s Oakland campus in mid-October and outpaced positive COVID tests by more than five to one soon after Halloween, Dr. Wettick said, citing university-collected health data. She estimated Pitt students haven’t faced a flu season this oppressive in more than a decade.

At Slippery Rock University in Butler County, flu cases in the fall semester numbered more than double those of the last two fall semesters, spokesman Justin Zackal said. But he cautioned apples-to-apples comparisons with 2020 and 2021 are a challenge.

Pandemic masking standards and related precautions over the past couple years limited not only the coronavirus but also flu transmission, setting up an eventual flu resurgence, according to epidemiologists. Mr. Zackal said Slippery Rock lifted its masking policy March 1, 2022.

Even without a mask mandate, covering up has become a norm at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, said Melissa Dick, nurse director at IUP Health Service.

“I think it’s accepted that if you don’t feel well, put the mask on,” Ms. Dick said.

She believes the mindset has made a difference: While IUP is seeing flu, it’s not overrun with the virus, she said. Ms. Dick estimated case numbers there were about typical for flu season.

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Chase Davis

OSU wide receiver John Paul Richardson doesn’t lead the team in stats but he led the team as a captain during the Guaranteed Rate Bowl.

Mackenzie Janish

OSU defensive end Brock Martin chose to finish his career the way he started — as a Cowboy.

The Guaranteed Rate Bowl between OSU and Wisconsin did not finish before time of publishing. Please visit ocolly.com for full coverage of the game.

Martin said the portal can assist various problems players have.

“There’s a lot of different reasons for guys transferring,” Martin said. “Some of it is playing time. Some guys can be starting at the school and not be happy with where they’re at or their development.”

Martin said he is not a huge fan of how the portal is being used. But it has it positives. As he reasons, kids need to do what is best for them.

Even players such as Taylor,

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steady starters who are at the heart of OSU’s defensive or offensive schemes, feel the temptation. Taylor said temptation is situational. What may be alluring to one player is not an attraction to another.

Has Taylor ever thought of leaving?

“Maybe in my early career because I was mad that I wasn’t playing or whatever,” Taylor said. “But after a certain point I knew this is where I was going to be at.”

The transfer process is complex enough to befuddle a four-time First Team Academic All-Big 12 player.

Martin said players transferring multiple times starts to form a complicated web.

“I’m not trying to knock those guys but I saw that JT Daniels went from USC to Georgia, Georgia to West Virginia and now he’s going to Rice… I’ve never transferred so I don’t have to deal with that stuff,” Martin said. “I don’t understand transferring four different times.”

Having a forever home appealed to Taylor. When he is middle aged, would any place truly feel like an alma mater if his career spanned multiple schools?

“I think that’s going to be big for me,” Taylor said. “Whether I decide to leave this year or come back. I think that Oklahoma State is going to be my home regardless and I think I’m going to enjoy that my later years.”

Other players who have not explored the portal are more simple in their contentment. After all, you can’t transfer a good fishing hole.

“It hasn’t been tempting at all actually,” said redshirt senior cowboy back Braden Cassity. “I just love everything about OSU. The people, the food, the community. I just love it. The small town feel of Stillwater. It’s amazing, and there’s not really a whole lot of places like it. I’m a massive outdoorsman. I love to hunt and fish. Being right there in Stillwater I get to do all of that all the time.”

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OSU cornerback Jason Taylor addressed the media on Monday during the Guaranteed Rate Bowl media day. The game did not finish before time of publishing. Please visit ocolly.com for full coverage.

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and want to compete. That’s essentially what a captain is… We knew what we were getting with John Paul, and it held to be true. He meets those criteria.”

Richardson wasn’t the star wide out this season like other past Cowboys captains and receivers, but being a captain is more than performance for OSU. Since arriving on campus in 2021, coaches and other players have commended Richardson’s work ethic and toughness on-and-off the field.

Those traits he’s said he got from his father, Bucky Richardson, who played quarterback at Texas A&M and a few seasons in the NFL. He was also the first person John Paul called when he learned there would be a “C” on his jersey to commemorate the accomplishment

“My dad was really pumped up, he knew how big of an honor it was,” Richardson said. “He also reminded me of that too, and gave me some advice on how to carry myself and how to represent this school the right way.”

With only two upperclassmen receivers to catch a pass this season still on roster, Brennan Presley and Braydon Johnson — the latter of the two missed multiple games this season — Richardson added leadership to his blue-collar personality; building relationships with many of the players who would later vote for him as a team captain.

The five other team captains for the Guaranteed Rate Bowl are all seniors. Brock Martin, Tanner Brown and Matt Hembrough are out of eligibility after this game, Jason Taylor II has not made a decision on whether to return to Stillwater for another season, and Braden Cassity said he will come back.

But Richardson still has three years of college football after this. He’s just one of two underclassmen to be a captain at all this season. Being a captain is a sign of respect by his peers, and as a young player, shows there’s even more time to grow.

“I remember when JP first got here, and with him being a captain, it shows how far he’s grown since he first got here and where his ceiling is,” Taylor II said.

In the current state of college football, Richardson could’ve entered the transfer portal and found a new

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team to play for and school to attend in a week — like some of his former teammates have already done. Instead, he’s sticking with the team and team-

mates who first stuck with him. And for that, he’ll be on the wall. “It means everything to be honest with you,” Richardson said. “Shoutout

to my teammates for giving me this honor. I love those guys.”

Mackenzie Janish

Although just a freshman, OSU wide receiver John Paul Richardson was one of the Cowboy captains for the Guaranteed Rate Bowl. The game did not finish before time of publishing.

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Gundy advocates for five years of eligibility

from a practice standpoint which I’m guessing this is what the answer is, but ultimately, they need to go to five years of eligibility. Everything else has changed, so you might as well go to five years.”

Feeling it out

Ben Hutchens Staff Reporter

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A Tshirt popular among students at OSU carries a funny and cynical message.

“Stillwater: the best four or five years of your life”

Mike Gundy, OSU’s football coach, might be a fan of that shirt. Ahead of OSU’s matchup in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl, Gundy, always willing to share what he thinks about college football as a whole, offered an idea.

Players should get five years of eligibility.

“Eventually (the NCAA is) going to have to go to five years of eligibility because of all the movement in the portal,” Gundy said. “And when you have movement where guys opt out and are not able to practice or play in these games you then have potential risk for injury because guys are being overworked.”

Gundy’s logic is simple, even though the problem of roster size fluctuating at various points in the season is confounding. He gave the example of in August, being limited on how many players he can bring in even though the team is practicing more than it does in season.

“It’s a big picture,” Gundy said. “We should be able to bring in what our roster is in August. They haven’t gotten that changed yet, so they allowed the extra game to not count for redshirt in my opinion because of all the movement with all the teams across the country and when you lose a certain number of players you need to find a way to recoup that.

And so, I think it’s beneficial for all of us and it was a good move on their part seeing what happened with all the movement. They said we’re going to need to do something to help

This season, when OSU’s opponent has a clouded quarterback situation, Gundy said he usually has a good feel for who the opponent will play.

Not this time.

“Well, we don’t have a lot of feel for them based on the circumstances,” Gundy said.

The Badgers play redshirt senior Chase Wolf or potentially take a look at the future and start redshirt freshman Myles Burkett. Gundy didn’t sound concerned about not knowing which player his team might see more of.

“I think the concepts are going to stay relatively the same,” Gundy said. “I’m guessing that they’re in a similar situation as us, they’re going to feel their way through as they decide what to do and what direction to go as the game starts.”

Running into a familiar problem

OSU’s defense is surrendering 171.3 rushing yards a game this season.

That’s not good.

Wisconsin averages 173.3 rushing yards this season.

That’s good.

Now it should be clear why badger running backs Braelon Allen and Chez Mellusi are pumped for Tuesday’s game. It is a golden opportunity to end the season on a high note.

“They are good players,” Gundy said. “You got to get down in there and stop them, got to tackle them.

You know when we look back at our defense, we were in position most of the time to stop runs for six yards or less, and I’m talking about the ones that ended up being bigger than that. We missed tackles, we were in position we missed tackles. So, it will be important for us to tackle well, be able to wrap those guys up and get them on the ground.”

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OSU football coach Mike Gundy addressed the media Monday morning and advocated for the NCAA to grant players five years of eligibility.

For this point in the season, statewide health data show by far the highest volume of confirmed flu cases in at least eight years. People in the commonwealth had more than 124,000 confirmed cases between early October and mid-December, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Overall new-case reports appeared to be easing slightly around mid-December. The state was counting 27 flu-rated deaths at that point.

Flu season generally follows an autumn-into-winter pattern, with a peak in cases often between December and February, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But when flu strikes — and how long it lasts — are less predictable since the start of the pandemic, the CDC warned.

At Duquesne University, which recorded 149 flu cases by mid-December, students are keeping themselves out of class when they’re sick and pledging to make up the class work, said Provost David Dausey. The university has an eye on the holiday break, too.

“We always ask people, if they’re experiencing [illness] signs and symptoms before they come back, to wait” and delay their return to campus, said Mr. Dausey, a professor of medicine and health sciences.

He and other campus officials emphasized it’s not too late for an annual flu shot, which they pitched as a primary safeguard against the virus. Data suggest early flu outbreaks in a campus environment could contribute to the virus’ spread in the broader community, said Dr. Linda Nabha, an infectiousdiseases specialist with UPMC.

In addition to providing the flu shot, a clean environment and health supplies, colleges and universities can emphasize flu prevention through direct communications including text messages and emails, the CDC said via email. Among its suggested messages: Sick students should stay out of class, and everyone should clean frequently touched objects and surfaces, cover coughs with a tissue and wash hands often with soap and water.

The CDC said people can consider masking, too, to protect against respiratory viruses.

Adjusting the culture

Back at Carnegie Mellon, flu volumes by mid-December were higher than expected but not overwhelming, according to Christine Andrews, the executive director of University Health Services. Indicators suggest an increase in January and February, she said. Having gone through the pandemic, the university “developed the capacity to assist students when it comes to notifying faculty and working with them to support flexible deadlines.”

The university’s culture has adjusted to better support staying home

during illness, said Ms. Jordan, who is a vice president at the CMU Graduate Student Assembly. Still, she cautioned that day-to-day habits seemed to shift again later in the fall semester — back toward pre-pandemic norms. Precautions had appeared to lessen.

“It’s one thing to miss a class. But you really can’t miss a final” exam, Ms. Jordan said. “There’s not much you can do in that situation.”

She cited “a growing feeling that if you tested negative for COVID, even if you’re symptomatic, it’s fine for you to come to campus and continue as

usual.”

Her take: Everyone should apply COVID-style precautions to the flu. Dr. Wettick said students have gotten much sicker from the flu than historically many have been with COVID — tangling with high fevers, myalgias and nasty coughs.

“Just because it’s not COVID doesn’t mean it’s not highly transmissible and dangerous,” Ms. Jordan said.

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A Cal State Los Angeles graduate removes his face mask to to take a graduation photo after walking across stage at his commencement ceremony, which was held outdoors beneath a tent on campus, on July 27, 2021, in Los Angeles.

What do Wisconsin players know about Oklahoma State?

first think of when you hear the words Oklahoma State University?

Maema Njongmeta, junior linebacker

Ben Hutchens Staff Reporter

Almost exactly one year ago, Mike Gundy proclaimed on a Fiesta Bowl stage Oklahoma State has a logo too.

What is that logo known for? A day before OSU and Wisconsin play in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl, five Badgers answered the question: What do you

“Honestly, I think Boomer Sooner, but I know that’s Oklahoma. One of my former teammates, Bryson Williams, his brother played at Oklahoma State I believe for a little bit, so I think about that, but yeah I don’t know much about Oklahoma State.”

John Torchio, senior safety

“Probably the first thing, I’m a big college basketball fan, and so I’ve watched probably a lot of their college basketball games would be my main thing. I just like college basketball, it’s probably my favorite sport to watch on TV and the Big 12 is usually pretty good you know back when they had

Trae Young they were good and Oklahoma State and Texas and Texas Tech those teams. That year I got into it a lot so that’s why Oklahoma State rings a bell.”

“Marcus Smart, when he punched some lady in the stands.”

Braelon Allen, sophomore running back

“Barry Sanders, yeah that’s probably it. I forget the -- Thurman Thomas is that his name? Him too, that’s it. I’ve watched a little bit of Barry Sanders (film), but as a bigger back there’s not much point in watching him like, I’m not doing that. I just watch guys similar to my running style.

Chimere Dike, receiver, junior “To be honest, like Dez Bryant is the first thing that comes to mind. I

grew up watching, obviously they have a great program. I remember Brandon Weeden, he’s another guy that I think about. Obviously, I’m a big college football fan so they have a great history.”

Chez Mellusi, senior running back

“Oklahoma State University the first person I’m going to say…Dez Bryant. That’s the first person I think of when I think about Oklahoma State or Barry Sanders. I’m a college football guy so I’m going to go with those big time college football players.”

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The O’Colly sports reporter Ben Hutchens tested the Wisconsin Badgers’ knowledge of OSU during the Guaranteed Rate Bowl Media Day on Monday morning.

‘Glass Onion’ Review

Michael Clark Staff Reporter

“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mistery” is complex and ersatz, sincere and disingenuous, honest and deceiving.

The sequel to “Knives Out” was released in September during the Toronto International Film Festival and is now streaming on Netflix. The new movie is a standalone story, separate from its predecessor, but still expands on the themes of the original in interesting ways. While “Glass Onion” may have a few small flaws, peeling back the layers of this film is a fantastic and rewarding experience.

The story of “Glass Onion” follows Daniel Craig’s returning character Detective Benoit Blanc as he investigates a murder mystery on an eccentric millionaire’s private island. The setting is tropical, luxurious and a far cry from the warmer and more contained set pieces of the original. This time around the story feels looser, crazier and sillier. The movie is hilarious as the social satire is turned up to 100. As the film goes on, it turns itself on its head, drops the farce and takes a deeper and more nuanced look at the themes it sets up. The movie simply shines the most in its boldness.

I appreciate Rian Johnson’s (the director) ability to cast underdog characters you can easily root for. Janelle Monae puts on a complex and nuanced performance as her character Helen Brand. Daniel Craig’s detective persona is classic, being both a satire and a love letter to those quirky detective characters we all know

and love.

The themes and message in the narrative are fantastic. With minimal spoilers, the film sharply critiques the ignorance that comes from the upper-class characters. “Glass Onion” perspective on these characters and the harsh truths they must fake are the most accurate depictions of the “insidious rich” type that I’ve seen. Taking such a politically relevant perspective was a risky gambit, but it paid off in spades.

There are a few flaws inside this onion. In some cases, the lack of subtlety in its political satire feels a little over the top when contrasted to the first movie’s subdued tone, but it’s funny enough to forgive. The foreshadowing was obvious. I managed to call out a few of the twists in the opening acts. My biggest bone to pick lies within the climax, it feels just a little too over the top and showy for me to really buy, especially when compared to the rest of the franchise. However, I can understand why the events played out the way they did. It adds to the story and overall themes even if it’s a bit much.

In summary, “Glass Onion” is a layered film with a comedic heart of gold, a compelling, thematic narrative and a brilliant cast of characters anyone could fall in love with. I don’t know if I love it just as much as the original, but it stands on its own as a fantastic successor. Whatever Rian Johnson does next, I’ll be the first person in the theater cheering him on, despite what “Star Wars” fans may say.

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Edward Norton, left, Madelyn Cline and Daniel Craig in “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.”

Henry Cavill to Bring Warhammer 40K to TV Screens

Jaden Besteda Staff Reporter

Henry Cavill is no longer a Superman or a Witcher, but fans of the “Warhammer 40K” tabletop game may have just found the biggest silver lining ever. Henry Cavill announced, Shortly after his re-departure from Superman, that he will bring the very popular tabletop game to the screen. Amazon Prime Video, which has been vying and bringing several IPs to life as of late, has signed the star up for movies and TV shows based on the sci-fi fantasy universe where he will star and

serve as executive producer for.

The biggest thing to note is that now Cavill will have a huge say in the direction of the show and its overall path. Rumors have circulated that Cavill’s biggest reason for leaving “The Witcher” was not his at time commitment to “Superman”, but his dismay with the direction of the show. The showrunners strayed away more and more from the source material, which was too much for Cavill who’s an avid and huge fan of the original video games.

So, if you’re reading this you may be asking, what is “Warhammer 40K”? “Warhammer 40K” is a tabletop wargame that had its first ap -

pearance in the 1980s as a spin-off of Games Workshop’s hugely successful Warhammer fantasy series. It features orcs, demons and elves, but is set thousands of years into the future. Different races and cultures are often at war with each other, so that will likely give the show a very huge scope that can only be rivaled with “Game Of Thrones” and “Lord of The Rings” in terms of shows that have been brought to the TV screen. The Space Marine is the protagonist of the show. He wears a suit of power, metal boots, and other gears that leave him ready for war. There are still many things uncertain about the show. As in how many stars will be attached or how

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many episodes and movies they are planning on making. The only thing we know for sure is that “Warhammer 40K” will be on Amazon Prime Video.

The video games themselves are available on Xbox and PC and will most likely see a boost in profit giving Cavill’s new-found passion project start. Amazon has been known for its gritty and darker hero tales like “The Boys” and “Invincible”. I think that “Warhammer 40K” can follow the same route and they’ll find great success.

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Henry Cavill attends the world premiere of “The Witcher: Season 2” at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on Dec. 1, 2021, in London.

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