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Q&A: OSU coaches, players talk biggest concern after blowout loss

other members of the team to answer the question.

A pensive gaze spread over Kasey Dunn’s face as he pondered the question for about 10 seconds.

What was the most concern ing thing about the game?

Oklahoma State lost 48-0 to Kansas State on Saturday. The lopsided game provided a bevy of ways for Dunn, OSU’s offensive coordinator, and

Dunn eventu ally settled on his offense’s failure to run efficiently; even when the Wildcats dropped eight defensive backs into cover age. OSU averaged 1.8 yards per rush.

“Maintain ing positive yards in the run game,” Dunn said. “Sus taining drives that way. They (KSU) are a drop eight team. You have to be able to run the ball versus a threedown front. Have to. And at least draw those (defen sive backs) in and you can start to take shots behind

them. We never got that really off the ground.”

What con cerned head coach Mike Gundy most? “Every thing,” Gundy said. “I wouldn’t even know where to start. We didn’t slow them down on defense, couldn’t score on offense. And we were OK in special teams. Actually we were really pretty good except for one tight punt. There’s just a lot today. We just didn’t play good. We weren’t prepared. You saw a team that wasn’t prepared and that’s what we get.”

Cowboys, Cowgirls claim Big 12 cross country championship

Gina Foster Staff Reporter

OSU left its mark on the Big 12.

The Cowboy and Cowgirl cross country teams brought the full package with them down to Lubbock, Texas, for the Big 12 Cross Country Cham pionship on Friday.

Texas Tech University hosted the race on the

Chaparral Ridge Cross Country Course.

OSU sent 10 runners for both the women’s 6000-meter race and the men’s 8000-meter race, all of whom not only fought for their individual success, but also for the success of their team.

The Cowgirls left the course with the title of Big 12 cham pions for the second

consecutive year, and the Cowboys gained the title for the third consecutive year, all leaving with the feel ing of pride as their hard work had paid off and led to the win over multiple top 25 ranked teams.

The Cowgirls not only won the title, but also set a new record for the lowest points received in Big 12 Championship his

tory, receiving only 22 points and winning over second-place No. 28 West Virginia by 27 points.

“Today was awesome,” said as sistant distance coach for OSU and former Cowgirl runner, Anna Boyert-Thorp. “Every one collectively had a really good day. We had a lot of big perfor mances.”

Stillwater celebrates holiday

Kennedy Thomason Staff Reporter

Costumed runners raced around Boomer Lake on Saturday.

The Boomer Spooktacular, which the Leisure Studies Gradu ate Student Association, featured a few events that provided a familyfriendly Halloween themed environment.

The event held a 5K at 2:30 p.m., a trunk or treat at 3 p.m. and a costume parade at 4 p.m.

The turnout seemed small for the in augural Boomer Spook tacular 5K.

Less than 20 people participated in the race, but the trunk or treat and costume parade had a larger turnout. Cars filled a small parking lot and plenty of families and residents participated in the event.

An energetic an nouncer kept spirits up behind the registration table, playing music and interacting with the at tendees.

The 5K was run around the entirety of

Boomer Lake, with one water station positioned at the halfway point. A cloudy and temperate afternoon made for ideal racing conditions.

“I thought it was special how much the event was geared towards kids and provided a lot of fun for kids in the com munity as well as college students and adults,” Maryanne Hartwell, a racer and OSU student said.

Organizers cheered and encouraged all the runners.

The organizers en couraged the 5K partici pants to dress in costume. About half of the racers dressed in costume.

Some of the elabo rate costumes displayed were a group of grannies, dressed in nightgowns and glasses, and a killer dressed in jeans and a hockey mask who carried a fake hatchet while run ning.

Confused passerby looked humorously to ward the array of Hallow een costumes gathered at the start line.

Prizes were award ed to the top finishers of

the 5K and to the winners of the costume contest. The prizes were provided from sponsors such as Chick-fil-A.

As far as costumes went, the kids were the star of the show.

Children dressed as fairies, princesses, dinosaurs and a variety of other characters roamed the parking lot, cheering on racers and collecting candy from trunks.

Stillwater residents, old and young alike enjoyed the costumed and candy-filled activities.

The trunk or treat drew in the major ity of people. Families brought their costumed kids to gather candy near the lake. The event was positioned near the playground, so kids could play after they visited the trunk or treat.

“I thought the event was fun and good for the community to come together,” Hartwell said.

Mackenzie Janish

The Cowboys and Cowgirls cross country teams won Big 12 championships for the second straight year.

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OSU was blown out 48-0 at Kansas State on Saturday, leaving many players and coaches looking for answers.

Trojan horse: What Kansas State players and coaches said after win over OSU

Baylor Bryant Staff Reporter

Kansas State quarter back Will Howard on playing OSU the past two years:

“Playing against them for two years, losing to them for two years, I definitely felt like I wanted this one for sure. You know, but like we always say, it’s another game on the sched ule. Can’t look too much into that. But it was really, really

good to get that win. We’re a really good team and credit to the defense they pitched a shut out against a really, really good Oklahoma State team.”

Kansas State running back Deuce Vaughn on the game plan for OSU’s defense:

“We understood they like to go man quite a bit. They have some really good defen sive backs and they like to play

man. They feel like they’re a really good team at that, so it gave us some more opportuni ties to have those one-on-one opportunities. So to split us out and get the defense spread out a little bit and get people space to make plays was something we emphasized today.”

Mackenzie Janish

Kansas State head coach Chris Klieman, quarterback Will Howard and running back Deuce Vaughn spoke to the media after the Wildcats’ 48-0 win over OSU.

Big 12 agrees to new media deal worth billions

Davis Cordova Staff Reporter

Brett Yormark has impressed many in his first three months as Big 12 commissioner, and he might have pulled off the most important deal in conference history.

Yormark has secured the future of the conference into the 2030s.

On Sunday, Sports Business Journal report ed the Big 12 Conference agreed to a new six-year media rights agreement with ESPN and Fox that totals to $2.28 billion, which will start in 2025 and run through the 2030-31 season.

With this deal,

the Big 12, excluding Oklahoma and Texas and including UCF, Cincin nati, BYU and Houston, will receive about $380 million per year, com pared to its current deal that pays out $220 mil lion annually.

The 12 schools will split the revenue evenly, with each school receiv ing close to $32 million from the deal. But, with the College Football Playoff and NCAA payouts annually, each school will get close to $50 million, which is up from the $41 million the schools received this year. This deal is huge for the conference because it beat-out the Pac-12.

The two conferenc es are similar. Both lost its two biggest schools to bigger conferences (OU and Texas to the SEC and USC and UCLA to the Big Ten), both are navigating the future

with some uncertainty regarding stability and both were competing to complete a media deal before the other confer ence. Now, the Big 12 has the upper hand.

The new deal not only provides stability to the Big 12, but also gives the conference a recruit ing tool.

Max Olson of The Athletic reported Sunday the deal will have a pro rata clause in the event of future expansion, which ultimately means the deal will rise in the event the Big 12 expands its members. The pos sibility of that happen ing has risen for the Big 12, which was report edly shopping for Pac-12 teams such as Arizona, Arizona State, Utah and Colorado in late August.

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Taylor Roe led her team in the women’s 6000-meter, and had freshmen Billah Jepkirui and Natalie Cook fol lowing behind in third and fourth place. Gabby Hentemann took fifth place. These four run ners were in the top five. Six placed in the top-10 and eight were in the top-20.

The Cowboys also made quite the impres sion during the race.

Three runners placed in the top five and nine found a spot in the top-

15, contributing to the score of 21 points which is second in program history, behind the 19 points set in 2010.

“Alex Maier was incredible today,” said OSU coach Dave Smith.

“He’s clearly on another level than even he has been before. It didn’t look like that took a lot of effort.”

In the men’s 8000-meter Alex Maier finished at 23:55.3, tak ing home his second individual title this season, and became the first Cowboy since 2017 to win the individual Big 12 title.

Other Cowboys that helped earn the title were Rory Leonard who

placed second and com pleted his first top-five finish, Isai Rodriguez and Fouad Messaoudi placed sixth and seventh in their season debut, Ryan Schoppe finished in the top-10, Will Muir head and Jonas Price finished 11th and 12th, and Alex Stitt and Victor Shitsama held onto two top-15 places.

Collectively, OSU performed well and raised the competition for their competitors the remainder of the season.

“Just really excited for what that means go ing into regionals and nationals,” Smith said.

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Mackenzie Janish

Taylor Roe placed second in the Big 12 Championship on Friday morning in Lubbock, Texas. She led the Cowgirls to their second straight conference title.

Billboard lists Greenwood School of Music as top music business school

and perform with the organization.

Adam Engel Co-Editor-in-Chief

A national award for a new school.

Billboard magazine recently recognized OSU’s Greenwood School of Music’s industry program as a top music business school.

The school, which opened in fall 2021, already received many national awards such as the merit award for mechanical systems from the Architec tural Engineering Institute and awardwinning faculty.

The school recently agreed to a partnership with the New York Philhar monic, which allows students to learn

“So many great musicians come from Oklahoma, and I am pleased that a prominent trade publication such as Bill board recognized our growing program in Stillwater,” Mark Perry, director of OSU’s music industry program, said. “I look forward to continued success and following the careers of our graduates.”

Billboard highlighted OSU’s Bachelor of Science in music industry, specifically for Poke U, the school’s student-run music company. Poke U connects students to industry profes sionals.

OSU alumnus Garth Brooks returned to campus last week to hold a workshop with music and business stu dents. OSU alumnus and country music producer Scott Hendricks will speak to students next month.

“I think our music industry pro gram stood out to Billboard because it prepares students for the multi-faceted job requirements needed in the enter

tainment industry, both soft and hard skills,” Perry said. “I also believe that Billboard recognized the great support we have received from OSU, alumni and our generous patrons.”

OSU and Indiana are the only land grant universities in Billboard’s list. No other Big 12 school made the list.

Full list of Billboard’s 2022 top music business schools

Abbey Road Institute Baldwin Wallace University Belmont University Berklee College of Music BIMM Institute

The BRIT School California Institute of the Arts Cal State Northridge Delta State University Drexel University Fisk University Full Sail University Hofstra University Howard University Indiana University

Kennesaw State University

Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts

Los Angeles College of Music Los Angeles Film School

Loyola University Middle Tennessee State University

Monmouth University

New York University

Occidental College

Oklahoma State University Pepperdine University Rhodes College

State University of New York Oneonta Syracuse University

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University of Colorado Denver Miami North Texas

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ETERNITY IN MIND!

“ 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!

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Garth Brooks and his team spoke with students from across campus at The McKnight Center in OSU’s Industry Insights series, a reason why Billboard named OSU’s Greenwood School of Music one of the best music business schools.

Defensive coordinator Derek Ma son answered the question instantly. “Not getting the win,” Mason

said. “It’s not a good day when you don’t win. You can look at it and say OK, if it was 12-13 was it a good day? No. It’s not a good day. You want to win.”

Mason also touched on the sche matic failures of the defense.

“There’s things that need to be taken out of this game in terms of how we populated to the football, which we

know we needed to do and it looked like we didn’t,” Mason said. “We need to know why. Run game structural is sues. We’ve got to get those fixed. What are they? I don’t know. So you look at the film, figure it out and we’ll be bet ter.”

Senior defensive lineman Tyler Lacy said he had never experienced a game like that.

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“Looking up there at the score board and seeing a zero,” Lacy said. “That was the most concerning part. I’ve never been blown out like that before. But it’s OK. We’ll take it to the head, take it to the chin. We’ve got to get back in it tomorrow and just start over again.”

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Kansas State demolished OSU and gave Cowboy coach Mike Gundy the worst loss of his coaching career.

Lifestyle

‘The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special’ trailer: Groot grown

Baylor Bryant Staff Reporter

Christmas is coming to the MCU in the form of fan-favorite “Guardians of the Galaxy.”

Tuesday, Disney released the trailer for the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special. The special will act as a Marvel Studios special presentation released di rectly to Disney+ just like the “Werewolf by Night” special presentation.

Audiences most recently saw the Guard ians of the Galaxy in action in the beginning of “Thor: Love and Thun der”. “Avengers: Infinity War” in 2018 was the last time they had a huge role. Based on the trailer, the Holiday Special seems to take place between the events of “Thor: Love and Thunder” and “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” that will be released to the aters in 2023.

The trailer opens with Kraglin mentioning to the rest of the Guard ians of the Galaxy that it is approaching Christmas time on Earth. After the loss of Gamora, Peter Quill, a.k.a. Star-Lord, has been down and de pressed and the rest of the Guardians want to be there for their friend and cheer him up for the holidays. The special will focus on the guardians’ mission to make Quill have a good Christmas.

The trailer show cases Drax and Mantis on a trip down to Earth to find the perfect Christmas present for Quill while

the rest of the Guardians try to get him into the holiday spirit. In a mon tage of scene, we now see that Groot has matured past his teenage self that we saw in “Infinity War”, “Endgame” and “Thor: Love and Thunder.” We also get our first look at Cosmo the Spacedog. Cosmo had a brief cameo in the first “Guardians of the Galaxy,” but it looks like he will have a much larger role in the special.

The trailer also showed off another big cameo, Kevin Bacon. Across the “Guardians of the Galaxy” franchise, Quill has had an affin ity toward Bacon and his movie, “Footloose,” call ing it the greatest movie of all-time in “Avengers: Infinity War.” Drax and Mantis spend the trailer trying to bring Bacon to Quill as a Christmas present.

In true James Gunn fashion, the special looks like it will be an upbeat and cheery presentation just like the previous “Guardians of the Gal axy” movies. With this charismatic cast of charac ters and Gunn’s directing, the Christmas theme is perfect for this franchise.

“The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special” will be available Nov. 25 on Disney+.

Courtesy of Jason Merritt/Tribune News Service

Chris Pratt, who plays Peter Quill, will star in the “Guardians of Galaxy Holiday Special” on Disney+.

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This article does not contain spoilers for “House of the Dragon” or “Game of Thrones”

When I finished the final episode of HBO’s “House of the Dragon” last weekend, I couldn’t help but feel giddy. Not only because of the emo tionally charged, dramatic events within the episode, but because I felt an emotion I never thought I’d feel again — the feeling of genuinely look ing forward to the future of the “Game of Thrones” franchise.

When “House of the Dragon” was first announced, nobody was particularly ex cited about it. If you’ve been living under a rock for the past three years, the general con sensus is that the series finale to “Game of Thrones” is one of the worst in television his

tory. It killed practically any goodwill toward an otherwise beloved series.

Because of this, the excitement for “House of the Dragon” was one of extreme caution. HBO hovering new “Game of Thrones” content over our heads was rather similar to Lucy taunting Char lie Brown with a football in “Peanuts”. Is iit just a trick, or are we in for a fulfilling expe rience? Because of this, I was reluctant to dedicate myself to the series.

Now that the series is over,, I can definitely say that “House of the Dragon” suc cessfully lives up to the legacy of its predecessor, even if it has a few warts.

The show follows the tumultuous history of House Targaryen, set about 200 years before the story of “Game of Thrones.”. With a new set of characters, “House of the Dragon”wastes no time mak ing the audience love or hate

certain characters. Unsurpris ingly, there are stellar perfor mances across the board. It’s hard to name a weak perfor mance. Two of the best have to be Matt Smith and Paddy Considine. Matt Smith man ages to successfully break away from his iconic role as the 11th Doctor and perfectly plays the complex, love-to-hate character Daemon Targaryen. However, the best performance undoubtedly goes to Paddy Considine. His portrayal of Viserys Targaryen is already one of the best performances in recent history. Considine plays Viserys as a conflicted king with such grandiose and nuance that he’s received praise from the author George R. R. Martin for not only enhancing, but surpassing the author’s vision of the charac ter. This is best highlighted in episode eight of the series, “The Lord of the Tides”. These are just two of a wide array of excellent performances.

The plot itself has all the political intrigue, betrayal, and dubious family affairs that define prime “Game of Thrones” although it hasn’t quite reached the heights of its predecessor. Pacing is an issue of this season. IIn 10 episodes, the story is covering about 20 years of Targaryen history, most of which is set up for second season and beyond.

Because of this, the story is very dense and can get pretty confusing. An infamous mannerism of Martin’s writ ing is to give all the characters dreadfully similar names. Daemon, Aemond, Aegon, Rhaenyra, Rhaenys and so on. It isn’t too bad, but it can get tiring for some viewers. Nei ther the pacing nor the density of the writing take away from the nuanced, complex tale the show weaves. At its core, “House of the Dragon” is a story about a broken family.

As you can probably guess, the season finale, “The

Black Queen” sticks the land ing. I can name a few scenes that made me sit on the edge of my seat. The special effects budget is blown to oblivion to make an excellent climax to the episode that may change how you see the dragons in this franchise. It’s well writ ten, memorable, and ends on the perfect note of dread that leaves the viewers excited for season two and onward.

I would compare this season to an elegant setting of dominos. Despite being a slow burn, with occasionally shaky pacing and a few hard to fol low plot points, the show sets its pieces successfully. Now the players are established, and there’s plenty of ground left to cover. “House of the Dragon” has potential to spread its wings and fly high.

“House of the Dragon” can be viewed on HBO or HBO Max.

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Milly Alcock, foreground, with Paddy Considine in HBO’s “House of the Dragon.”