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Aviation trailblazer Wally Funk returns to Stillwater Anna Pope News Editor
Wally Funk grinned and waved to the crowd from the round window on the plane. Oklahoma State’s Spirit Band played and people cheered as Funk walked down the steps of the private jet. The Flying Aggies, pom, cheer, Pistol Pete, students and community members greeted the flying Cowgirl. “I didn’t expect all of this,” Funk said. An OSU alum, Funk became the oldest person to fly in space with Jeff Bezos, Oliver Daemon and Mark Bezos on Blue Origin’s rocket the New Shepard, adding to her ceiling-shattering accomplishments. Funk said her ride to and from space was smooth. “When we lifted off, I didn’t feel anything, all I had was the noise and I had ear plugs,” Funk said. “When the vehicle departed and we went off into space, we didn’t feel it. It was wonderful, and not at all what I expected.” Once the crew got to space, Funk expected to see the world, but she said it was black. In space, she loosened the straps of her seat, and got out of her chair and began to move around the small capsule. Then, after three minutes of twisting and turning in weightlessness, she sat down and strapped herself back in. When the vehicle landed, Funk said she did not feel anything, all she saw was dust out the capsule window. “When we
got into space, it was so fabulous,” Funk said. “The seat was like, ah, I could have gone to sleep in that seat, it was so beautiful.” This summer, Funk’s flight to space made history and the instructor is still dreaming to go higher, immersing herself in the experience. “I would like to go up again, but I want to go to ISS (International Space Station),” Funk said. “I still want to do that.” Later, at the Conversation with Wally Funk event at the McKnight Center, Funk said she wished the house lights were on, instantaneously, the performance hall lit up, revealing hundreds of students, in-
cluding members of Flying Aggies and her sorority Alpha Chi Omega, and people from the community including Rep. Trish Ranson and City Councilor Christie Hawkins. She then pulled out her red camera and took pictures of the crowd. At the event, OSU announced the $1,000 Wally Funk Scholarship. This scholarship is given annually for student who want to be in aviation. Funk not only told her story, but also offered advice to students. “If your goal is to keep on saying ‘Yes, I can do it,’ keep moving forward with confidence,” Funk said. “Don’t ever sit on a pile of negative.” Funk graduated Stephens College, and chose to attend OSU because of aviation. She said in flying competitions, she competed against the Flying Aggies. “You all (Flying Aggies) won, time, and time, and time after time,” Funk said. At OSU, Funk earned multiple ratings and won awards from her involvement in the Flying Aggies. After graduating from the university, Funk worked as a civilian flight instructor at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
Branson Evans Kat Gardner-Vandy speaking at the conversation with Wally Funk event.
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Branson Evans Wally Funk became the oldest person to fly in space this summer.
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OSU’s new ASL major opens opportunities Taeyln Brown Staff Reporter
Adrian Chebultz grew up attending a deaf school until his freshman year of high school. He then made the decision to transfer to a public school. During the first four months at the new school, he did not have access to an interpreter. As a deaf student in a hearing environment, this made learning almost impossible for him. “It was one of my hardest struggles, it’s frustrating and my grades were hurting because of it and then I got a full time
interpreter and it made a complete difference,” Chebultz said. “I had a support system and she knew what I needed and she delivered. Every extracurricular activities and club meetings, she was there. “I took couple of concurrent classes also, she was there every night. If it wasn’t for her then I wouldn’t be able to get the education I needed to get me where I am today. Then I’m thankful for people like Janice Woods and Taylor Woodall-Greene. They’re great interpreters and not only that but they’re also my supporters.” Chebultz is a sophomore at Oklahoma State studying elementary education. Chebultz said students at OSU are
hoping to positively impact people in the deaf community similarly to how his interpreter was able to help and advocate for him. Because of OSU’s new bachelor’s degree in American Sign Language (ASL) studies, those hopeful students have the opportunity to dive into deaf culture and become fluent in ASL. Furthermore, if students pursuing the ASL studies degree want to become interpreters, they have the option to focus their career path specifically on that.
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Inside... Animals................................. 4A Updating the Stillwater Animal Welfare Facility is a proposed TIME project.
Rodeo.................................... 5A Cowboy Stampede features events like steer wrestling, barrel racing and roping.
Culture shock.........................6A OSU multicultural organization come together.
Cookies and Community........7A One girl in the commons makes the dorm feel like home.
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What are some of these sure promises? God will forgive our sins and remember them no more. (Heb.8:12) He will never leave or forsake us. (Heb.13:56) He has promised us a new eternal body. (2 Co.5:45) He has promised us a new heaven and a new earth where everything will be right. (2 Pet.3:13) God had promised and taken an oath; it is impossible for him to lie.
God has a purpose which is unchanging. To make this clear he made promises and confirmed them with an oath. (two unchangeable things). It is impossible for God to lie. We who come to Christ can be greatly encouraged.
All true believers should be greatly encouraged! If you have not come to Christ and submitted to him, you can, for the promises are for all who will come to him. God has the lasting plan and purpose. Let’s trust him, live for him and his will through “...he (Christ) became a priest with an oath this short life. It will count for eternity! when God said to him: ‘The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind: You are a priest forever.’” (Heb.7:21 NIV) “Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.” (Heb.7:22) He has gone into the presence of God for us! (Heb.6:20) He will always be there for us.
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McKnight Center fall 2021 Jaxon Malaby Staff Reporter Nosferatu - Silent Film with Organist Peter Krasinski: Oct. 28 at 7:30 p.m. Just in time for Halloween, Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror with organist Peter Krasinski will accompany F.W. Murnau’s classic silent film. Chamber Music Festival On-Stage Soiree: Nov. 4 at 6 p.m. The Fourth Annual Chamber Music Festival will begin with an On-Stage Soiree including an exclusive musical experience, cocktails and a catered dinner with the artists. This event is sold out. Chamber Music Festival: Nov. 5 and 7 at 7:30 p.m. The Chamber Music Festival returns with Anne-Marie McDermott this season and the critically acclaimed artist Paul Neubauer, soprano Susanna Phillips and the Escher String Quartet. NatGeo Live - Exploring Mars: Nov. 14 at 3 p.m. Senior mechanical engineer for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and NASA Exceptional Service Medal winner Kobie Boykins will talk about the mysteries of space and the latest chapter of Mars exploration. Million Dollar Quartet Christmas: Nov. 19 and 20 at 7:30 p.m Begin the holiday season with Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley. This event is filled with the artists’ chart topping songs. The Polar Express(TM) in Concert with the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra: Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m. The film, The Polar Express, will be accompanied by a live symphony orchestra as the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra performs Alan Silvestri’s score with the movie.
Oklahoma State’s theatre department schedule “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller Nov. 18-21 “The Crucible” showcases a 1692 Salem Village in which the people suspect the devil has possessed some of the community, turning them against each other.
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Tim McGraw sang to a sold out crowd at the McKnight Center.
Tim McGraw kicks off McKnight Center’s grand reopening
Mak Vandruff Staff Reporter Country music flooded the halls of the McKnight Center for the Performing Arts last Friday night, carrying with it the excited whoops and hollers of an electrified crowd. The smell of expensive cologne permeated the air as a sea of cowboy hats filled the theatre. Even without the band on stage, the introductory song had concertgoers dancing. Then, as members of the band picked up their instruments, the lights on stage were flashing bright in time with the beat, and Tim McGraw walked on to sing “Just to See You Smile.” McGraw started off the grand reopening of the McKnight Center with a bang selling out the venue and performing less than
100 feet away from the audience. Seeing McGraw play up close is an exciting opportunity for some people, but others were more excited about the music than the proximity. Annalise Abernathy, an Oklahoma State student, said this was her first time seeing Tim McGraw in concert. She is a music major at OSU and came for her recital hours and to enjoy the show. Although some concert goers are first time attendees, others like Brett Carver have been to every performance at the McKnight Center. Carver said he was accompanied by some special guests. “I even brought the family from Georgia in,” Carver said, “So half that family is inside and half is outside with me.” To make all of its events inclusive, the McKnight Center shows many of its performances on the massive screen it displays outside for free. Carver and some of his family watched it outside, while Abernathy watched it inside. Because it is not everyday that OSU holds a concert for a big name in the country music indus-
try, people from across Oklahoma came to see this concert. Todd Pauley from Piedmont, Oklahoma, said he was delighted to see this concert. Although he has seen a lot of country music stars, Pauley said he never had seen McGraw until now. “Who doesn’t love Tim McGraw?” Pauley said. Throughout the night, the entire audience was buzzing with energy as they were entertained by McGraw’s electrifying stage presence. However, he was not the only fun event the audience received. They were also invited to partake in a free glass of champagne and dessert, as well as a swag bag. In the bag was a hat which said “McGraw at McKnight”, a bandana with the same brand, and a McKnight Center water bottle. For information on more shows at the McKnight Center, check out their other events at the McKnight Center’s website at mcknightcenter.org news.ed@ocolly.com
Winter Dance Concert choreographed by Emma Draves Jan. 29-30, 2022 This dance concert takes inspiration from nature in Oklahoma to demonstrate the bonds Oklahomans have with the state. “Intimate Apparel” by Lynn Nottage Feb. 24-27, 2022 In “Intimate Apparel” a black woman named Esther Mills creates lingerie for the wealthy women of Manhattan and looks for love. “The Wedding Singer (the musical)” by Chad Beguelin and Tim Herlihy April 21-24, 2022 “The Wedding Singer (the musical)” displays the love story of Robbie and Julia as Robbie tries to win Julia’s heart through a magical singing performance.
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Animal Abundance Stillwater’s animal shelter is a city project and is no longer a sufficient size and cannot keep up with the needs for the Stillwater community, according to the city’s website. Current employees, like Mary Dickey, feel that the need for a new shelter is long overdue. Teyte Holcomb “We don’t have any way to Staff Reporter move the animals properly and keep them from not getting sick,” Dickey There are 20 kennels at Still- said. “The whole environment is not water’s Animal Welfare Facility and safe for the animals or the people 1,000 dogs are taken in on average that work here.” annually. The proposed new facility There has been talk recently would not only improve safety for about plans for a new animal shelter the animals and employees, but in Stillwater and the project is part would also build a stronger partnerof Together Investing in Municipal ship between the shelter and OSU’s Excellence (TIME) Projects. In School of Veterinary Medicine. addition to the new facility, TIME This partnership would not only proposes Stillwater community help the students, but it would also developments like Fire Station No. provide much needed assistance in 2 at a different location and street the shelter. projects. For the animal welfare In addition to employees, facility, it is estimated to cost about some students feel there is a need $3-4 million, according to the city for a new shelter. Samantha Koch, of Stillwater’s website. OSU freshman and shelter volunThe facility opened in 1984, teer, said building a new shelter will
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help the community in more ways than one. “I’ve only been here for three months, but I have seen what kind of impact the shelter has on the community,” Koch said. “Coming here (the shelter) helps me a lot. It not only helps my mental space but also gives the shelter some volunteers to help them out too.” Funding for this development is uncertain, but there has been discussion of how these facilities will be paid for. On Sept. 21, TIME Projects discussed funding and information about the new projects in coordination with OSU’ Student Government Association. The purpose of these meetings was to not only encourage students to get involved in the community, but to also “seek citizen feedback on funding the projects,” according to the City of Stillwater’s website.
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son’s life including, work, education, social, medical and legal. Deaf people are often in hearing environments, and need access to the content surrounding them in those situations. Interpreters step in these situations and help people gain equal access where they see a language barrier, whether it is at a hospital, insurance agency, courthouse orschool. Woods said, though, the demand for interpreters is higher than what is
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to work extra in the busier times in order to cover the leaner times, you know, budget-wise, but just in the last - I would say - 10 years, there just haven’t been the lulls… In fact, I’m getting - daily, if not daily then I would say every 2 or 3 days - I’m getting requests for work, for me to do more interpreting either through emails or phone calls or text messages. There’s just constantly a demand, and it’s not being met by the supply.”
the new ASL major and hurriedly added the major to her college degree plan. “Just being in that community - I loved it, and they were so accepting,” Continued from 1A Foss said. “I think everyone should know ASL.” Taylor Woodall-Greene is an If a student wants to have a focus associate professor for the Languages on interpreting, becoming a teacher and Literatures Department at OSU, of deaf students or something similar, and she played a key role in the curathen they have the option to choose it. tion of this new degree. However, at the degree’s core, it’s goal “Maybe somebody comes is to help teach students ASL. in, and it’s a deaf student who If someone at OSU is wants to be an educator and pursuing a career as a doctor, a wants to teach other deaf chillawyer, a teacher or one of sevdren,” Woodall-Greene said. eral other career options, they “They can major in American can also major in ASL studies. Sign Language studies, which we Then, they will be fluent in do have courses that are specifianother language, which can cally for that. Or, maybe it’s a be beneficial in case they come hearing student who comes in across a deaf person within and wants to be a sign language their line of work or even in interpreter, they can take courses their everyday lives. that are more aligned with what Woodall-Greene said the a sign language interpreter would ASL studies degree is more take. than just a career path or an “Or, if they come in and acquired skill. She said this they want to be fluent in ASL, degree can open students’ eyes maybe in the future they want to and have a real impact on their work with deaf students, or they lives. want to work with deaf com“I just want people to munity members by either being know that this degree is not a VR counselor, which is vocajust going to prepare you to tional rehab, or working for the be a fluent signer,” Woodallstate department...We are trying Greene said. “It’s not going to keep it very flexible and open to prepare you only to be an without being too specific on any interpreter. It’s going to preone track.” pare you to be a better citizen. OSU is the only university It’s going to prepare you to be in Oklahoma to offer a bachelor’s a better neighbor. It’s going degree in ASL studies including to prepare you to be a better advanced courses in ASL interAbby Cage parent. preting that can train students to The ASL Club members sign ‘be kind,’ and on the back of the club’s t-shirt is the quote “deaf people can do anything but hear.” “It’s going to prepare become interpreters, Woodallyou for interacting with differGreene said. This will make an intercurrently being supplied. One future interpreter to help ences and having tolerance and being preting career path easier to get, which “We are truly at a shortage in with the demand is Rose Foss. She is a accepting...I mean, it’s just a beauticould help increase the supply of terms of nationwide,” Woods said. sophomore studying communications, ful degree, and I’m really excited. I’m interpreters in Oklahoma. “There’s more demand than there is sciences and disorders as well as the thankful for all the professors that Janice Woods is a lecturer of supply at this point. I’ve been doing new ASL studies major. we’ve been able to hire to come in and ASL at OSU as well as an interpreter, this a long time. I’ve been a private Passionate about learning ASL, teach about this, and I’m really excited and she experienced how interpreters practice interpreter since 1995, and so Foss said she is a strong friend of, and for what the future holds.” can make a positive impact on the deaf there was a time when an interpreter advocate for, the Deaf community. person they are assisting. Woods has needed to plan for a lull in the summer Her hope is to become an audiologist seen how interpreting can be beneficial or over the holidays. as well as an interpreter. Foss said she in several different areas of a deaf per“So, budget-wise we would have was ecstatic when news broke about news.ed@ocolly.com
OSU HOMECOMING SCHEDULE Oct. 24 Sign Competition at Edmon Low Library Lawn 2-5p.m. Live stream scheduled
Oct. 29 College of Arts and Sciences Homecoming Tailgate TBA
Oct. 29 Orange Reflection OSU Residence Halls 9-11:59 p.m.
Oct. 24 Orange Fountain Dyeing and Royalty Coronation at Edmon Low Library Foundation 5:30 p.m. Live stream scheduled
Oct. 29 Homecoming Committee Reunion
Oct. 30 College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology Reunion Phillips 66 Plaza
Oct. 25 Homecoming Tailgate at KerrDrummond Plaza 5-7p.m. Oct. 26 Harvest Carnival & Chili Cook-Off Payne County Expo Center 6-8p.m.
Oct. 29 Orange Friday: Kansas vs. OSU Iron Monk Brewery noon-5 p.m. Oct. 29 OSU Study Abroad/ National Student Exchange Reunion Wes Watkins Center 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 27 Hester Street Painting Hester St. (West of the Business Building) 5-7p.m.
Oct. 29 College of Education and Human Sciences Homecoming Picnic Willard Hall Terrace and Lawn 5-7 p.m
Oct. 28 Orange Reflection OSU Residence Halls 9-11:59 p.m.
Oct. 29 Walkaround Greek Neighborhood 5:30-9 p.m. Live stream scheduled
Oct. 30 Spears School of Business Reunion Business Building Plaza Oct. 30 Kansas vs. OSU Football game Boone Pickens Stadium Oct. 30 Traditions Tailgate: Kansas vs. OSU ConocoPhillips OSU Alumni Center Oct. 30 Sea of Orange Parade Main St, 9 to Hall of Fame 9 a.m. Live stream scheduled
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Hometown Rodeo OSU holds 8th annual Cowboy Stampede Alicia Young
Oklahoma State rodeo member competing in barrel racing at the Cowboy Stampede.
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each. Weddle said she normally ropes, but competed in barrels this year with a young horse that surprised her. “I think I’ve met more people doing this than I ever have in anything my entire life,” Weddle said. “I played softball, basketball and everything growing up. It’s where you make your connections I feel like.” The hometown rodeo receives support from OSU administration and the local fan power, said Kyle Humphrey, OSU Rodeo Team member and biosystems engineering senior. “The Cowboy Stampede was special this year because it was my last year to ride in it,” Humphrey said. “I competed in bareback riding and prepared by practicing with an intentional mindset.” Humphrey said he felt good about his performance as a whole, considering the stock he drew to ride. “I made the short go, which was an accomplishment for my last Cowboy Stampede,” Humphrey said. “This is my fourth year on the rodeo team and it’s amazing to see how much it’s grown because of the persistent effort from coach Hollingsworth on growing the program to be the best it can be.” Smith said she hopes those who watched the Cowboy Stampede saw their hard work and were proud of how everyone competed. For more information about the Cowboy Stampede, visit orangeconnection.org or talk to an OSU Rodeo Team member.
Crowds gathered under the Payne County Expo Center lights to watch events like breakaway roping, steer wrestling, barrel racing, bull riding and more. “I love the support from everyone in the community and from the university,” said Cadlyn Smith, Oklahoma State spirit rider and agriculture leadership senior. “The atmosphere is incredible each night with everyone who comes to support us. I love that we get to share a part of our world each weekend with our hometown rodeo.” Smith said she competed in breakaway barrel racing, although she was not quite quick enough to make the short go, she was still pleased with how she and her horses performed. “I have gained an abundance of respect for the hard work it takes to produce a rodeo,” Smith said. “I’ve also learned the value of a team. I have people that depend on me and keep me accountable. It’s been a unique experience that you can only get in college & something that I will cherish long after college.” Grace Weddle, first year OSU Rodeo Team member and a biochemistry senior, said Cowboy Stampede is “the hometowner” and events such as breakaway and barrels have 200 participants news.ed@ocolly.com
Oklahoma State rodeo team members competed in rodeo events.
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Lariat Larner Oklahoma State agriculture economics graduate student, assistant coach and member of the OSU Rodeo Team, Lariat Larner, died the night of Oct.13. Larner was from Stephenville, Texas. In a statement, Doug Hallenbeck, vice president of student affairs and university officials offered their condolences. “During this time of loss, we are reminded of the importance of community,” Hallenbeck said. “Losing a fellow Cowboy can be very difficult, and I encourage those who feel they may need additional support to reach out.” In the statement, the university linked its website link to grief counseling and anyone needs support to reach out to vpsao@okstate.edu or 405744-5328. The American flag is paraded through the arena before the start of the rodeo.
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Culture Shock The 2021 Culture Shock Event Bailey Sisk Staff Reporter
Alicia Young The women of Zeta Tau Alpha and the men of Sigma Alpha Epsilon performing their Follies show.
50th follies Ellen Slater Lifestyle Editor
Between cheesing, glitter and philanthropy, Freshman Follies has returned. Oklahoma State University sororities and fraternities are back to a tradition that has been around for decades. The 50th Annual Follies is here. The first showing was this Thursday and will be running through Saturday. The show supports Coaches v. Cancer, a charity supporting the American Cancer Society. Follies will raise thousands of dollars for their philanthropy as they have had fundraising events leading up to show week, with more money coming in throughout this week. The total amount will be announced at the Saturday show. Here is a rundown of what to expect for the 50th Annual Freshman Follies: entertainment.ed@ocolly.com
Pairings: -Alpha Chi Omega and Phi Kappa Tau -Alpha Delta Pi and Delta Tau Delta -Alpha Omicron Pi and Alpha Tau Omega -Alpha Xi Delta and Lambda Chi Alpha -Chi Omega and Sigma Chi -Delta Delta Delta and Farmhouse -Gamma Phi Beta and Sigma Nu -Kappa Alpha Theta and Phi Gamma Delta -Kappa Delta and Beta Theta Pi -Kappa Kappa Gamma and Kappa Sigma -Phi Mu and Pi Kappa Alpha -Pi Beta Phi and Sigma Phi Epsilon -Zeta Tau Alpha and Sigma Alpha Epsilon -Alpha Gamma Rho and Phi Delta -Theta and Alpha Omicron Pi Upcoming Showtimes: -Thursday 6:00p.m. -Friday 6:00p.m. -Saturday 6:00p.m.
Alicia Young The women of Gamma Phi Beta and the men of Sigma Nu performing their Follies show.
Tables surrounded the Student Union with organizations embracing different cultures and educating students on the diversity around campus. Oklahoma State’s Sigma Lambda Alpha Sorority Inc. (SLA) hosted its annual Culture Shock event outside the Student Union on Oct. 7. The event celebrated culture diversity through tabling of over 10 multicultural student organizations, performances and the newly added theme of cultural wear. SLA is a sorority under the Multicultural Greek Council at OSU. The mission of the organization is to promote community service involvement, academic achievement and excel the stance of Latino cultures in society. Culture Shock is the sisterhood’s biggest event of the year, and it served as a reminder of all the different presences on campus and how each of them is represented. Junior SLA social chair, Monserrat Solorzano, began planning for this event at the beginning of the year with hopes of showcasing the beautiful and unique aspects of each culture. “Part of the duties of social chair is we have to plan events, and our biggest one is Culture Shock,” Solorzano said. “And it’s an event where all of the multicultural organizations on campus come out
Alex Hernandez The Culture Shock event welcomed various clubs and organizations to participate.
and represent themselves. OSU is a PWI (predominately white institution), so this is a great place for them to have a safe space and a voice to share their platform and what they do on campus.” Many organizations involved in the MGC participated at Culture Shock in hopes of promoting representation. Catherine Xiong, the internal vice president of LILACS (Ladies Involved in Leadership, Academics, Culture and Service), appreciates seeing diversity throughout campus during the annual event. “It’s really cool because you get to see different cultures, ethnicities and just a lot of people that don’t come out to the major events
that are hosted on campus,” Xiong said. “So it’s really nice to see them come out and just interact with them. There is just a lot of love, the environment and the vibe here is all love. Senior Kassandra Gaona, former Spanish club president, hopes students will see how inclusive OSU is and everyone has a place somewhere. “What I think culture shock means to us (the Spanish club) is it’s an event where we can all get together and promote the different cultures that we have on campus, which I think is awesome because there is not enough attention on how diverse OSU is,” Gaona said. entertainment.ed@ocolly.com
Business casual meets comfort for fall fashion Bailey Sisk Staff Reporter
‘Tis the season of pumpkin spice, autumn leaves and oversized blazers. Fall has arrived and Oklahoma State’s students majoring in fashion merchandising shared tips on how to stay stylish this season. Simple is the keyword when trying to stay warm and look fashionable on campus for the next few months. “I would say this season’s trends are business casual meets simplistic comfort,” Bradeyn Carrell, senior fashion merchandising major said. “After staying in last year, people are still dressing comfortable but just adding something to it. This year we’ll see a lot of blazers and trousers which is a great way to elevate and modernize a look. A trend I think everyone needs this season is oversized blazers. I like how it can elevate any look no matter what you’re wearing. Another is faux leather pants in either black or brown. It really makes it look like you put a lot of effort into your look without even trying.” Trends in the fashion industry are constantly changing, especially after the pandemic. With classes
being in person and the majority of the public being open, fashion is beginning to evolve out of loungewear. “COVID-19 has affected the trends over the past year.” said Caitlin Meagher, senior fashion merchandising major. “I think last fall’s trend was very much sweatpants and sweatshirts. But this time around we are getting more into street style since we have places to actually go. Simple outfits with a pop of either a puffer jacket or a shacket (a jacket in the style of a shirt) is a trend I think everyone should add to their closet. Cozy, comfort and simple are what fall trends are all about.” A big question regarding seasonal fashion is what colors should be incorporated in everyday outfits. While neutral colors are a typical choice when considering fall attire, Carell mentions two new colors that students should consider. “Aside from the typical neutral colors we see everywhere during fall, I think everyone this Habbie Colen season needs the colors emerald Blakeley Morrow-Williams shows off fall 2021 green and navy blue in their ward- fashion. robe,” Carell said. “Honestly any from COVID-19 casual to fall fashgreen and blue but for sure those ionable on campus. two colors.” Keeping it simple with cozy entertainment.ed@ocolly.com layers is essential to transitioning
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be found in any grocery store. “I follow the toll house recipe that’s on the back of the chocolate chip bags.” Jollif started to make more than just cookies. Jollif would make oreo cake balls, fried chicken, and other goodies and ask residents when they pass by if they would like some food to take with them. Her generosity helped make the first floor of West Commons closer together in just under one semester, and soon students from other dorms were invited to come try her food. “I have been told that I am going to give everyone diabetes in the freshman fifteen,” Jollif states jokingly. Jollif plans to continue to make food late into this semester and beyond.
The scent of chocolate chip cookies baking in the oven floated through the hallways of the West Commons dorm. A smell students navigating dorm living for the first time probably have not smelled since they were back home. The comforting aroma is thanks to Molly Jollif. Freshman Molly Jollif made friends on her floor with a sweet gesture. “I would text my group of friends and say ‘I’m going to cook in the kitchen you want to come over’ and they would say yes,” Jolif explained. The more Jollif baked in the kitchen down the hall, more people would join to eat. Her recipe can entertainment.ed@ocolly.com
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“We have people speak from different companies around the community and they speak about the different areas like benefits, compensation, talent development, talent acquiWith over 500 organizations on campus, sition, employee engagement, and all different Oklahoma State ensures a place for every mem- components of HR,” senior Katie Evans, HRMA ber of the Cowboy family. This weeks organiza- President said. “It’s a great way for employers to tion spotlight is the Human Resource Manageget involved with HR students and same with HR ment Association (HRMA). students getting to network with employers and OSU’s HRMA’s purpose is to encourage hopefully it leads to job opportunities.” networking, campus involvement and to provide Sophomore Jaycie Cash, director of recruitconnections for anyone interested in human ment for HRMA, said the process of becoming a resources or the business field. member is easier than ever this semester. Junior Claire Shuster, Vice President of “All you have to do is just request to join HRMA, said that learning about HR can benefit us on campus link, you’re welcome to come to students of all majors. any of the meetings,” Cash said. “Typically, we “Employees and work environment are have dues but with us just getting back in person present in every business, and that’s what HR this semester we don’t. Students also have access is responsible for,” Shuster said. “I think it’s to free food at each meeting. Make sure to follow important for everyone to be aware and learn us on Instagram and Twitter, that will give you about HR especially since they are responsible live updates on our club and the kind of things for recruiting. I would really encourage HR and we’re doing.” any business majors to join because of how interThe organization’s next meeting is on Oct. ested professionals are in it. I’m in the process of 26 at 5:30 p.m. in room 040 at the Spears School applying for different internships for the summer of Business. For more information on HRMA, and HRMA has really helped me stand out.” students can visit the organization’s Instagram A speaker usually attends each meeting and twitter at @hrmaokstate. e chocolate chip with a presentation prepared on his or her expe- bags.” rience in HR or the company they are promoting. The organization is a great opportunity for students to learn about the roles of HR and explore different job opportunities. entertainment.ed@ocolly.com
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OSU students attend yoga sessions led by Laurielle Prema outside the McKnight Center
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Laurielle Prema is a French professor by day, and a yoga instructor from 6 - 7 p.m. on Mondays. Yoga in the Plaza is a free yoga session, led by Prema, taking place outside the McKnight Center for the Performing Arts every Monday, and is open to any level of yoga experience. As people began arriving with their matts and blocks, the class started taking its form. Prema connected to a microphone and the big screen behind her. Wayne Bovenschen, associate professor of percussion at OSU, set up with a djembe to play relaxing percussive pieces complementing the experience for the students. To begin the session, Prema asked, “What is it that you want to accomplish out of this next hour?” Molly Johnson, a sophomore psychology major, attended her second session on Monday. She said the class is uplifting and rewarding for her. “I feel better about myself, for actually coming and doing it,” Johnson said. Sierra McCombs, a freshman finance major also attended the session with Johnson. Johnson and McComb said other people should try yoga and that the class had helped improve their mental and physical state. As the sunset, Prema thanked her students for coming and attending the session. “Thank you for coming and doing something good for yourself, so that you can in turn do something good for the world,” Prema said. Prema said she began her journey to becoming a yoga instructor after going through a stressful period in her
life, and her doctor advised her against lifting weights and running. Prema said this was tough for her because of her active lifestyle, so she began doing yoga at the Colvin Center. After about a year, she decided to pursue yoga as more than a hobby. She did her nine-month, 200 hours instructor training course. The first yoga course Prema did for OSU was in June 2020. She and a close friend had thrown out the idea of a yoga class with live music to Mark Blakeman, the executive director of the McKnight center right before the pandemic began. Originally, the course was virtual, broadcasted through OStateTV. It became in-person as the pandemic had calmed down this year. “People like to be around other people,” Prema said. “They like to go and doan activity. It’s a different experience to be outside in a beautiful place with live music than it is to just hear it over facebook.” Bovenschen said he has learned Prema’s patterns, and has adjusted his playing to fit the session over time. Since Bovenschen began his career at OSU 35 years ago, he said has seen a positive change on campus. “I’m sitting out here amazed at the beautiful building (the McKnight Center), and all the stuff we’re able to do for the community that we were never able to do before,” Bovenschen said. Prema ended the session by telling her students to think of the purpose for coming out and what it was they were trying to accomplish in that hour. “Use your breath to focus on that one word that you chose,” Prema said. news.ed@ocolly.com
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Dreaming... Continued from 1A In 1961, Funk volunteered for the “Women in Space” Program and became one of the first 13 women qualified to be in space, later known as the Mercury 13. The tests, which men also took, included things from swallowing 3 feet of rubber tubing and drinking radioactive water, to floating in a sensory deprivation tank. In an air-tight, humidity and vibration proof room, the 8 foot tank was filled with water matching her average body temperature. “They gave me about a size of a brick of styrofoam and that was to go behind my head and behind my back, and that was all I was going to have to float on,” Funk said. “OK that’s no big deal, I can do anything, me, Wally, I can do anything,” Funk said. Under these conditions, Funk was asked to get out of the tank after 10 hours and 35 minutes. Although the Mercury 13 qualified to be in space, and some scored better than their male counterparts, the program ended. Funk then applied to NASA but was not eligible to join the agency because she does not have an engineering degree. “I didn’t have an engineering degree and had I known that I sure would have gotten it right here,” Funk said. “So, those of you who want to get on with NASA and get on with your aviation and aeronautics endeavors, get that engineering degree.” Funk is a flight instructor who has over 19,600 hours of flying time. In her career, her accomplishments include being the first woman to successfully finish the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) General Aviation Operations Inspector Academy Course, first woman in the U.S. to hold FAA Systems Worthiness Analysis Program specialist, the 58th woman in the U.S. to receive the Airline Transport Rating, a goodwill flying ambassador and became the first female Air Safety Investigator wit the National Transportation Safety Board. Opening the McKnight Center event, Jon Pederson, the dean of the College of Education and Human Sciences, said getting to know and introducing Funk is a proud moment. “I’ve lived a very charmed life,” Pederson said. “I’ve met a lot of people; presidents, dignitaries and I told her (Funk) today, and I’m very sincere about this, Wally, this is best.”
News At the end of the evening, Pederson along with student aviation leaders presented Funk with a Flying Cowgirl poster and a proclamation from Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt for her accomplishments in aviation. Although the “Women in Space” Program ended 6o years ago, aviation is still a mainly male-dominated industry. Tara Serocki is an aerospace administration and operations senior, safety officer for the Flying Aggies, membership chair for the Women in Aviation and secretary for the American Association of Airport Executives. She said, in her first college course, out of 30 students there were two women, including herself. Holding up her commercial pilot’s certificate, she said there are 58,000 other women in the nation who have the license. “We are only 8% of all the certificated pilots in America, that’s why women representation is so incredibly important,” Serocki said. In addition to speaking at the event, Serocki was at Funk’s landing. She said Funk’s motto for the summer “make it happen” reflects Funk’s drive throughout her life. “I know that I have so much to overcome and achieve in my career as a pilot, but if I could inspire just a fraction of the people she (Funk) has inspired, I’ll know my life has been complete,” Serocki said. At the landing, Serocki took a picture with Funk and the Flying Aggies.
A few Wally Funk fast facts - She has logged in over 19,600 hours of flying time. - Funk is an Oklahoma State alum. She was elected an officer of the Flying Aggies while at OSU. - At her first job she was a civilian flight instructor in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. - At 21 Funk volunteered for the “Women in Space” Program and became one of the first women to qualify to be in space. - Funk does not have an engineering degree. - She is the oldest person to fly in space. - She is the first female Federal Aviation Administration Inspector. - First female air-safety investigator for the National Transportation Board.
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Serocki said she learned about Funk in college, but wishes she learned about Funk and her work with the Mercury 13 at a younger age. Although Serocki watched the launch this summer, and has known about Funk, she said meeting the aviation trailblazer in person is indescribable. “I can’t even put into words, my heart is still like, pounding so quick,” Serocki said. When seeing Funk’s grin through the window of the plane, Corinne Kissel, a nonprofit management sophomore and community outreach coordinator for the Flying Aggies, said she could not believe Funk was in Stillwater. Kissel grew up admiring aviation and joined the Flying Aggies to explore her fascination in the field. Kissel is not a pilot, but she said Funk inspires her to stretch beyond her comfort zone, try new things and make things happen, even if doors to opportunities seems to be shut. Although Kissel has been waiting for the arrival, she said once the whole Flying Aggies organization heard about Funk’s visit it was thrilled to take part in the events. “Truly words cannot describe how much she means not only to this organization, and this campus, and this school but to aviation as a whole,” Kissel said.
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Once a start-up program seeking players through newspaper want-ads, OSU’s soccer team now draws premium players and creates excitement in Neal Patterson Stadium.
Sam Hutchens Staff Reporter Colin Carmichael and Karen Hancock collected paintbrushes, gallons of orange and white paint, a trailer and a team. What the Oklahoma State soccer coaches didn’t have on that warm July night in 2001 was permission.
Carmichael and Hancock never officially asked if they could repurpose take the old Cowgirl softball press box. It had been out of use for a while, replaced by a newer one. After softball renovations, the wooden two-story shed sat empty in a parking lot, presumably, Hancock and Carmichael thought, destined for the trash heap. Or a fresh coat of paint and a new home on the sideline of the soccer field. “We weren’t sure we’d get permission otherwise to do it, and we just wanted to take care of it,” Hancock said. “We went and bought the paint and just went to town painting it.”
Carmichael, Hancock, former volunteer assistant Robby Hagemann and former OSU golf coach Amy Weeks hitched the ratty press box to the previously commandeered trailer. They towed it over to the soccer field and worked by the light of their cars’ high beams — less conspicuous than the stadium lights. “We decided to ask for forgiveness instead of permission, one of those deals,” Carmichael said. “I felt pretty good if Amy was involved because she had some pretty good connections to get us out of trouble if we needed to.” When morning came, all but a few were bewildered at the sight of the
press box, sporting a fresh white coat of paint with orange trim, that had appeared where a tent usually stood as the only source of shade. Carmichael said it was a great addition to the then fledgling soccer program. Over time it deteriorated. The lone press box on the south end of the field was exposed to every type of weather Oklahoma could throw at it. Eventually, looking inside one of its six exterior rectangle windows revealed a suspect floor. See Program on 4B
Sanders, Thompson converge in Austin on opposite trajectories
Bedlam barrage Chris Becker Assistant Sports Editor In this fifth installment in a seven part series, the O’colly looks back on the 2011 Oklahoma State football season, widely recognized as the best season in OSU history. Two weeks removed from the tragic loss to Iowa State, No. 3 Oklahoma State still had a sour taste in its mouth. That taste carried into Bedlam and Cooper Bassett said they were ready to trample in-state rival Oklahoma. “I’m not saying we wouldn’t have (beat OU in that manner) regardless, but I
know kind of getting embarrassed on national TV and getting our hearts broken kind of put an extra fire under our a-- to go kick Oklahoma’s butt,” Bassett said. The Cowboys were searching for one more statement to make toward their BCS resume. A resume that had its first blunder put on it the game prior. “We kind of knew as a team the only way we had to get into the National Championship was if we had a really big, very convincing win over OU,” Bassett said. “We went into that game not only wanting to win, but we wanted to have a statement win.” Bedlam presented OSU with a chance to add two more notches onto the resumé with a win, an 11 win season and a Big 12 Championship. See Bedlam on 5B
Dean Ruhl Sports Editor Saturday’s battle in Austin, Texas, will be a far cry from a high school football camp. But for Oklahoma State quarterback Spencer Sanders and Texas quarterback Casey Thompson, it will be first time they share a field since a football camp. “I went to a camp with him,” Sanders said. “I chopped it up with him a little bit. He is a great cat, he has got unbelievable athletic abilities, he has got a great touch with the ball, he has got a great rotation on the ball.” Each quarterback’s performance will likely be overshadowed by their respective teams’ running backs, as OSU’s Jaylen Warren and UT’s Bijan Robinson continue grabbing headlines for their performances, but quarterback play will be paramount Saturday. Both enter the game
Abby Cage OSU Quarterback Spencer Sanders (above) will share a field with former OSU recruit Casey Thompson on Saturday.
with opposite narratives surrounding them. Sanders, the Cowboy starter for the third consecutive year, was lauded by Gundy and quarterback coach Tim Rattay during the offseason for his development. The lofty expectations haven’t quite lived up to real-
ity thus far for Sanders. After missing the opening game with COVID-19 complications, Sanders started the following four games, but has relied on his rushing talents more so than his passing. See Sanders on 2B
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Robinson’s rushes Cowboys determined to stop star Longhorns running back
Key matchup: OSU vs. Texas Jaylen Warren vs. Bijan Robinson It isn’t the typical offense vs. defense matchup, but Warren and Robinson will duke it out, even with one on the sideline while the other is on the field. Each are sparkplugs for their teams, with Robinson breaking 100+ yards in five of his six starts, and Warren in all three of his starts. Whoever has the more impactful performance will likely determine the winner Saturday.
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Courtesy of Tribune News Service Texas running back Bijan Robinson will be a key piece for the Longhorn’s offense against OSU on Saturday.
Mike Gundy on Israel Antwine’s personality “He is very, very talented, very intelligent, and he is one of those guys that you get something out of him and you’re like, ‘Wow.’ And he is that way just like he imitates the former president.”
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Number of the week: the number of wins coach Mike Gundy has in Austin as head coach of OSU. OSU has won five of the last six games in Austin.
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An injured wide receiver corps has played a roll in this, with receivers Tay Martin, Bryson Green and Braydon Johnson all missing time this season, but coach Mike Gundy said it is also an issue of fundamentals. “He needs to be in a good athletic position,” Gundy said. Gundy said the team has not done a sufficient job protecting Sanders, which has led to unsatisfactory performance with his passing, something Sanders concurred with. “Footwork and fundamentals,” Sanders said. “As long as I can harness in the little things and just keep going, I feel like as an offense we’ll really just overcome a step.” Despite the rocky passing performance, his rush threat continues to have prominence. The Longhorn defense allowed Oklahoma quarterback Caleb Williams to torch them for 88 yards, including breaking a 66-yard touchdown rush. Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said blocking rush lanes will be vital to stymying Sanders’ attack. “Our rush integrity, our rush lanes definitely have to improve so that we can keep those types of players in the pocket and try to collapse the pocket so that we can minimize some of those off-schedule plays,” Sarkisian said. Thompson enters as the opposite. After starting the season as a backup to Hudson Card, Thompson entered against Arkansas in the second week of the sea-
Texas running back Bijan Robinson has taken a leap from his first season into his sophomore season with the Longhorns. Robinson had just 86 carries and barely 700 yards in the shortened 10 game 2020 campaign. Robinson also had just four touchdowns last season. In just six games in 2021, Robinson has already surpassed all of those numbers and has seen himself climb into the national spotlight. Robinson has 125 carries with 789 yards and eight touchdowns. On Saturday, Oklahoma
son and earned starts in the following five games. After sitting behind quarterback Sam Ehlinger for two seasons, Thompson almost transferred to Oklahoma, but now has blossomed as Texas’ starter, tossing 14 touchdowns, the most by a Big 12 quarterback this season. Thompson himself was recruited by OSU, with Gundy and then offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich offering Thompson during his junior year at Newcastle High School. “We liked him from the first day,” Gundy said. “We offered and kind of hung around, but in the end, we weren’t in the picture for whatever reason.” Sanders, who was recruited during the same time as Thompson, said he is unfazed by the simultaneous recruitments. “I’ve never been scared of competition,” Sanders said. “I don’t really remember who they were recruiting at the time, I just knew I really wanted to go here.” The different paths will converge Saturday, with wins for each leading down equally opposite directions. For Sanders, Saturday is an opportunity to guide OSU to a 6-0 start for the first time in six years. For Thompson, another quality start could propel him to a Heisman Trophy candidate just six games past him being a second-string quarterback. “(Thompson) has (played) and done really well,” Gundy said. “I was watching the game Saturday…I was happy for him because he has been around. He has another year. I was happy for him. He has hung around and getting to play, and he is obviously playing very well.” sports.ed@ocolly.com
State will travel to Austin with the Cowboys 12th-ranked rushing defense tasked with stopping Robinson and the Longhorns. “He’s a good player now. He’s gonna be a pro player,” coach Mike Gundy said. In the Longhorns win against OSU in 2020, Robinson ran the ball 13 times for just 59 yards, against a Cowboys run defense that has carried itself into the 2021 season. The Cowboys have allowed 91 rushing yards per game through five games, Texas is averaging more than 240 yards per game through its first six games. One of those two trends will meet its end when the two face off. “In my opinion, if you run in and don’t wrap up, you know, just kind of cut block, for lack of a better term, you’re not going to get him down,” Gundy said. “You’re going to
have to wrap and roll to get him down.” Robinson was recruited as a five-star back out of Tuscon, Arizona and was rated as the top running back in his class as well as the No. 21 overall recruit. Robinson has been used as so in 2021 with the Longhorns relying heavily on the run with quarterback Casey Thompson being in his first year as a starter. The Cowboys don’t expect that to change Saturday. “I feel like this will be a big test, especially because of his explosion and all the jump cuts and stuff he does,” defensive lineman Tyler Lacy said. “So I feel like this is gonna be a good game for us and a good battle for us, especially up front for the defensive line.”
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Jarrick Bernard-Converse Texas quarterback Casey Thompson has averaged 250 passing yards per game in his four starts with 13 TD’s and three interceptions. OSU's secondary will need to step up, and with Bernard-Converse as one of the Cowboys best oneon-one defenders, he will look to have a big game in Austin.
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DeMarvion Overshown It’s not hard to spot Overshown, UT's linebacker, on the field with all his armbands, but also because he is somehow always involved on the defense. Last year, he gave OSU's offense fits as he had five total tackles and a key forced fumble late in the game. Jaylen Warren Warren has two huge tasks on Saturday. Balance the offense with the run game to allow deep plays for quarterback Spencer Sanders and outplay arguably the best running back in the country, Bijan Robinson.
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Rush defense vs. offense The battle in the trenches could very well define Saturday’s ranked showdown in Austin. OSU boasts the third ranked rush defense in the Big 12 heading into the game, while UT has averaged the most yards per game in the Big 12 with Bijan Robinson, one of the best running backs in the country.
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Which Spencer Sanders will OSU get? OSU quarterback Spencer Sanders has had a shaky season. After a slow start against Tulsa and Boise State, Sanders exploded against Kansas State, passing for 344 years and two touchdowns. If Sanders can repeat this performance against a mediocre Texas defense, it gives OSU a much better chance to win.
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Special team woes One thing that has been overlooked due to OSU’s 5-0 record is the struggling special teams. The Cowboys rank among the bottom of the Big 12 in kicking this season. Oklahoma State and Texas games have been decided by one possession the last four years, so special teams will be important in deciding a winner.
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OSU defensive end Tyler Lacy (above) plays against his childhood team Saturday.
Lacy anticipates ‘personal’ game against Longhorns “Growing up in Texas, I was a fan. Growing up as a kid I always wanted to play in the burnt orange,” Lacy said. “But it didn’t go that way and now I’m in a different color orange and I’m glad to be here.” Lacy said the Longhorn coachDaniel Allen ing staff, then headed by Tom HerStaff Reporter man, approached Lacy well after his commitment to OSU. Coach Mike Gundy and his staff had already Nine Oklahoma State starters made an outstanding pitch to Lacy, are Texas natives. and had shown interest well before For almost half of the Cowboys Texas, ultimately allowing his decistarters suiting up against Texas this sion to remain committed to OSU weekend, it is a homecoming. easy. Defensive end Tyler Lacy is “They didn’t really pull the one of those players. trigger until the last day before
signing day,” Lacy said. “That kind of got me a little upset, but hey, I’m here. I love it here. I’m glad to be here. There was no thought at all.” Lacy has been a starter since his freshman season in 2019. He has yet to play in a game in which the Cowboys beat the Longhorns, but looks to change that Saturday. “This is a personal game, especially if you’re from Texas,” Lacy said. “Obviously I feel like every game coming up is a personal game, but I feel like this is more of a personal game.” sports.ed@ocolly.com
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Program... Continued from 1B “We think we did a good job, and I’m not sure if they ever repainted it,” Hancock said. “It just held up as long as it held up. Until eventually structurally the wood was starting to rot and it became an eye sore. But for a place that didn’t have anything it was like, ‘We’ll take it.’” Early days Like the repurposed press box that housed writers and sports information directors who chronicled the early days of the program, the history of OSU soccer itself has been defined by a committed team of people getting an opportunity and taking it. Nothing about starting a program, or painting in the dark, was easy. The first step, Carmichael found out, to both things thy did was assembling a team. Hancock was the first OSU soccer head coach from 1996, the programs inception, till 2006 when she moved to an assistant coaching role in part due to her husband Will’s tragic death in the OSU plane crash of 2001. A successful coach at South Alabama, Hancock was offered the job in ‘96 at OSU when the university decided to field a team. She had worked with Carmichael at South Alabama and offered him a job as an assistant coach. Originally from Scotland, Carmichael considered staying at South Alabama, his alma mater, but chose to join Hancock. “I needed a work visa to stay in the United States after college because I was on an international student visa,” Carmichael said. “Everything aligned timing-wise for me to get a job, get a work permit and start life.” Carmichael, who would take over as head coach in 2008 after splitting duties with Hancock for two years after the plane crash, packed up his compact Toyota Corolla and left Mobile, Alabama, in August 1996. He had only been to Oklahoma once and arrived in Stillwater on the first day of preseason. The first OSU soccer game was about one month away and the goal for the coaches was clear. Scrounge up enough players to field a team. “Karen had been here for about six months before I got here,” Carmichael said. “She’d been recruiting, trying to piece together a team just to have a roster. Not even worried about how good the kids were, just basically saying we need a team.” Hancock used her connections in Tulsa, her hometown, to find players enthusiastic about playing at OSU. Carmichael brought a few players from South Alabama. The ’96 team only carried about 24 roster spots (as opposed to 31 currently) and it was enough to cobble a team together. “It was not hard to fill out our roster,” Hancock said. “I think it was difficult to build it and be competitive there for a while but there was no shortage of interest for playing for Oklahoma State.” OSU placed ads in The Daily O’Collegian, the OSU student paper, encouraging women to try out. The roster was full but the overall team skill level was… developing. “Most of them probably wouldn’t be able to be on the team roster today,” Hancock said. “But at the time some of them did alright.” The newly-minted Cowgirl soccer team won its first game 8-0 on a Friday night in Stillwater against Oklahoma Christian. The coaching staff had been together for less than a month. The budding program finished a respectable 10-7-2 its first year but could not compete with Big 12 powerhouses like Nebraska and Texas A&M that had been established for a while. “It was rough,” said Andi Lute, who played at OSU from 1997-2001. “We didn’t have a lot of wins. It was an amazing experience still.” Recruiting to eventually topple a giant proved challenging. The pitch to prospective players did not center on, well, the home pitch. “The fields were sloped, the wind was howling, the field was slow, there were no bleachers or anything,” Carmichael said. “(Playing) was almost like a glorified club soccer experience.” The Cowgirl’s field the first year was an intramural field that featured a noticeable slope from sideline to sideline. Fans had no bleachers. The 200odd spectators who would come out brought lawn chairs and had to be on the lookout for a stray Frisbee from the adjoining intramural field. The Cowgirls moved their field to its current location in 1997, but that was well before Neal Patterson
The 2003 Cowgirls soccer team (above) won the program’s first Big 12 tournament title.
Stadium was built around it. Players, coaches and spectators used PortaPotties, and halftime adjustments were made under tents. “There were chairs, and a little whiteboard,” Hancock said. “You made it into a makeshift locker room on the field.” Lanzara, an Italian shoe and clothing company, sponsored the Cowgirls in their first year. There is a reason you’ve never heard of them. “Those were the ugliest running shoes I have ever worn,” Lute said, laughing. “I don’t think I ever wore them. They were so bad.” The field at the new site OSU moved to in ’97 was a drastic improvement over the sloped intramural fields. They once had a game stopped against LSU because a hapless student accidently turned off the lights on the exposed light post. The field was so nice, in fact, that the team was forced to make some additions to the fence surrounding it. “We put barbed wire at the top because the grass was so nice people
were good, too. It was fun to play with them.” Hancock said she remembered getting pounded by the Aggies or Cornhuskers in the early days, throwing out 9-0 as a final score estimate but not knowing for sure. “We could tell, especially when we brought in that ‘01 class, which those kids were juniors when we won that Big 12, you could tell we were getting better,” Hancock said. “2001, 2002, 2003 — You could just tell we were getting more competitive with everything.” Winning the first Big 12 tournament championship in OSU history in ’03 was, at the time, the biggest moment in Cowgirl soccer history. Seeded No. 7 out of eight teams, the Cowgirls upset-filled run ended with a golden goal in the championship on a free kick that Nikki Witowitch delivered. “(It was) very satisfying,” Hancock said. “That is what you’re striving to do is be a competitive program.” The dogpile atop Witowitch, on a championship field in San Antonio,
Courtesy of OSU Athletics Karen Hancock (above), was the initial coach for the Cowgirls, before stepping into an assistant role.
were always hopping the fence to come out there with their dog and play frisbee,” Hancock said. “Because of the chain link and the barbed wire on the top it had a penitentiary feel.” The class that elevated The first permanent seating around the barbed wire protected emerald field was installed in 2001. It was right after the turn of the century, coinciding with steady improvement to the stadium, that Hancock and Carmichael were able to do some building of their own. Carmichael said the coaches were recruiting their butts off, and the 2001 class showed the fruits of their labor. “I think we have four Canadian kids who all played for the U19 National Team,” Carmichael said. “We got those kids, which was huge. There’s a kid from Houston who was very good. There were three kids that I coached on the Oklahoma State Olympic development team. It was a really good group.” Lauren (Spencer) Colwell, who played at OSU from 2002-06, said the ’01 class was important on and off the field. “They had big personalities,” Colwell said. “They were super fun, really competitive. That class was the life of the team. You came in feeling they were very welcoming. They
was a moment of validation for the team that had played on an intramural field at Willis and McElroy five years earlier. “On the heels of that, of course, you can recruit better players,” Carmichael said. “Because you have a little bit of success, you win the Big 12, you go to the NCAA tournament it all of a sudden opened up some doors for us to get better players.” Penitentiary to a palace One Wednesday in 2015, where the then established Cowgirls were scheduled for a routine practice, Carmichael got a call from OSU’s athletic director Mike Holder. Carmichael could ignore any thoughts of a routine rest of the day. He had never been on a private jet, after all. “Neal Patterson wants us to go up to Kansas City and meet the architects up there to get some ideas for our stadium that we’d be talking about, and also the watch of US Men’s World Cup qualifier,” Holder said. Carmichael, Hancock and longtime assistant coach Justin Elkington wrapped up practice at 5:30 and boarded Neal Patterson’s, the owner of Sporting KC, private jet 30 minutes later. The group sat right behind the American’s bench, where the coaches watched the United States Men’s Na-
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tional Team coach Jurgen Klinsmann coach from a few feet away. They toured Sporting KC’s stadium, the site of the match, but it was Holder, not a tour guide, who said something that floored the coaches. “You didn’t know you were getting $5 million dollars out of this trip, did you?” OSU Athletics matched Patterson’s gift in the coming days and a state-of-the-art soccer-specific stadium was dedicated in 2018. The Cowgirls first year occupying Neal Patterson Stadium full time was in 2019. While the new stadium was under constructed, the players used the Demaree dorms just a short walk from the stadium “I kind of got claustrophobic because it smells bad,” Senior midfielder Grace Yochum said about her experience in Demaree. “It was so crowded that you couldn’t even think.” Instead of making halftime adjustments from the kitchen area of a small dorm with players spread across two rooms seated on old couches, the new stadium provided a place to keep Cowgirl Soccer at the forefront of NCAA programs. The gleaming clubhouse underneath the shaded orange stadium seating is outfitted with couches, countertops stocked with fruit and snacks, and a trophy case containing seven Big 12 championship trophies. A line from the 1989 movie Field of Dreams resonated with Hancock. “If you build it, they will come.” Originally applied to a cornfield baseball diamond, it can also be said about a $10 million stadium. Or a field surrounded with barbed wire, or a Lanzara outfitted program that practiced on a sloped, not entirely metalfree field. “We got our freaking butts kicked in the Big 12,” Lute said. “But we still practiced every single day. We still put in all the time and all the work and fit it in with our schoolwork. It’s one of the things I’m most proud of that I did in my life…I’m really proud that I feel apart of this program that now when you mention you played at Oklahoma State people think it’s awesome.” More good players came, in 2001 and later on. Trophies followed. Carmichael and Hancock have spent the last 25 years of their lives in a college town, growing up with a program. Carmichael married and started a family in Stillwater, Hancock stepped back from raising a program to raise her daughter Andrea. “If I brought some of my friends from Scotland or family members to this, they’d be like, ‘Ok, this is a pro team, right?’ It would blow their mind,” Carmichael said. “Our locker room training room and facilities would be better than the majority of professional teams in Scotland.” Carmichael said he has to pinch himself when he comes in to work every morning. He enjoys the little things — the manicured lawn, spacious locker room outfitted with modern lighting and the ping-pong table where he claims to exercise dominance. Oh, and the dark grey press box high above the stadium that houses dozens of media members. That one was painted in the daylight.
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Born ready Cowgirls travel to Madison
Courtesy of OSU Athletics OSU runner Molly Born (above) returns to Madison, Wisconsin, expecting to win.
Adam Engel Staff Reporter It was a snowy Wisconsin day. In November 2018, Molly Born raced the NCAA National Championship in Madison, Wisconsin, with a mindset of a freshman earning her first experience in the biggest race of her career. For the Oklahoma State Cowgirls, the goal was to improve its 30th place finish at the 2017 NCAA National Championship. Three years later, a win is the goal. The No. 13 Oklahoma State Cowgirls cross country team will race on the same course in a crowded field at the Nuttycombe Invitational on
Saturday morning. OSU will race with 18 other ranked squads, including BYU, the defending national champions. Since that race, the team’s talent and experience has greatly increased. “I think we’re really underrated as a woman’s team,” Born, a 2019 AllAmerican said. “I think it’s the best women’s team we’ve ever had.” Coach Dave Smith has seen a major transformation in Born’s career. “She’s in an entirely different stratosphere from where she was,” Smith said. “She’s thinking differently. Her strategies are different. Her goals are different than that.” The collective push for a trophy originates from the same dirt road north of Stillwater. (North Sangre Road, to be exact). It’s the same route the team has used for years. Smith remembers the talent from the 2015
ing event for the basketball programs to bring in top prospects. OSU basketball has made a rise in recruiting over recent years and the fun night in Gallagher-Iba has a big selling point. Boynton has made a point this school year to get back to the students Chris Becker after having no interaction in 2020 beAssistant Sports Editor cause of COVID-19. Now he’ll be able to host fans, alumni and students during In past years, Oklahoma State the biggest football event of the season, fraternity’s, sororities, other students Homecoming. and fans pack into Gallagher-Iba Arena The night will take place on the for a night of fun and celebration on the court at 9 p.m. Oct. 29. Admission is Friday of Homecoming. free, but is first come, first serve. Both Homecoming and Hoops had pre- men’s and women’s teams will be repreviously been called off, but coach Mike sented as well as the spirit squad. Boynton decided to plan his own HomeReports are that Boynton will apcoming and Hoops-Remix presented by pear on a horse, and a DJ will be at the Homeland. event for music. Instead of the hardwood, the event will take place on the Beta Theta Pi basketball court on Greek row. The event is an important recruit- sports.ed@ocolly.com
team that finished seventh in the nation. But the 2021 Cowgirls are faster. “The women right now are running 2-3 minutes faster on a sevenmile tempo run than the women did back then,” Smith said. “That’s a big difference.” In the group’s workouts on the track, Smith has seen a 10-15 second increase than previous teams.
Fifth-year transfers Kelsey Ramirez and Clarissa Morales have bolstered OSU’s depth. At the top of Smith’s roster is Taylor Roe, the 2020 national runner-up, and junior Gabby Hentemann, along with Born. “This team I know is in a better position than that team (2015) was,” Smith said. “We’ll see. You gotta do what you gotta do on the day.” sports.ed@ocolly.com
Chris Becker Homecoming and Hoops is moving from Gallagher-Iba Arena to the outdoor court at Beta Theta Pi this year.
Bedlam... Continued from 1B “We took that personal. (Bedlam) is always a big rivalry, that one was very special to us because of what happened (two) weeks prior,” wide receiver Isaiah Anderson said. “We wanted to go out and show that we were a team and capable of doing what we had done all year.” The atmosphere was electrifying with 58,141 people jammed into Boone Pickens Stadium for the 7 p.m. kick off. Before the Cowboys took the field in front of the crowd that found itself inside of the top-10 all-time in OSU history the Cowboys had a sense of what the outcome would be. “That whole year we had a good vibe going on, we enjoyed playing and practicing, after that Iowa State loss we came in the next day and no one said anything, everyone was super dialed in,” offensive lineman Lane Taylor said. “You knew from that Sunday practice that we were going to destroy OU.” That outcome was clear early in the game. The Cowboys started early in the first quarter scoring on their second drive of the game on a Jeremy Smith nine-yard touchdown run. “I remember (coach Mike Gundy) just saying, ‘We’re going to run the ball, we’re going to run the ball this week. If they are going to beat us they have to stop the run,’” Smith said. “We went out there and ran the ball, they couldn’t stop it.” The Sooners didn’t score until the second quarter expired on a Mike Hunnicutt 48-yard field goal. The Cowboys held a 24-3 lead heading to halftime, and after half, they did not plan to turn back. “To me I was like, ‘I’m witnessing history here, this is going to shape the next 10, 15, 20 or 30 years of Oklahoma State football,’” O’Colly beat writer Brendon Morris said. “It didn’t quite carry that much weight, but after the first half nobody was sweating that game.” In the second half the Cowboys scored 20 more points before OU scored again. The normally pass heavy Cowboys stuck with the run game to the tune of 33 carries for 278 yards and four touchdowns. Cowboy star quarterback Brandon Weeden threw 36 passes, completed 24 of them for 217 yards and no touchdowns. The yard mark and touchdowns were both season lows for the prolific quarterback.
A strong home crowd of nearly 60,000 fans witnessed the Cowboys dismantle Oklahoma in an important Bedlam matchup.
“It was personal. That entire season everyone just kind of always kept their cool on the sidelines in close games. That OU game, nobody was calm,” defensive back Yves Batoba said. “(Fans) really wanted to beat the heck out of OU. I loved it. “Even when it was decided that we were going to win that game nobody wanted to take their foot off the gas.” The Sooners only other score came on a late game 28-yard Blake Bell run with 2:25 left in the game, a score that meant next to nothing in the grand scheme of the game. At the point of the game fans were beginning to realize what the game meant for the school and students were preparing to storm the field in celebration. The 44-10 win gave the Cowboys the school’s first Big 12 Championship in football, but more importantly it brought the fanbase together in a conquest of the heartbreak from two week prior. OSU has prized itself on a family atmosphere in its fanbase and that was noticeable in Stillwater, Dec. 3, 2011. “There are other programs that have more championships, more wins and they might have shiner stuff, but
the people, the family and the community of Oklahoma State and how special that is, it’s real and it’s tangible,” Bassett said. “Because of that our family was hurting, and Oklahoma State family has rallied around each other with such heartbreak, we all go through it together. “To have that moment of happiness and joy and to give them something to celebrate was fantastic.” A decade after that Bedlam win still stands as OSU’s most recent victory over OU in Stillwater, and for Weeden it is one of his favorite games of his career. Fans overtook the field and the goalposts, alumni screamed from the metal bleachers of Boone Pickens Stadium and other fans chanted, ‘We want Les,’ a calling for the BCS to pair the Cowboys in a National Championship matchup LSU and former OSU coach Les Miles. The Cowboys fate, and hopes of a championship, was in the hands of the BCS committee, but at that time the celebration would rule. “Being an Oklahoma City guy and being in the middle of this rivalry my entire life I know how much weight that game pulls,” Weeden said. “It was
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File photo Brandon Weeden didn’t throw any touchdowns in the 2011 Bedlam game, but it still ranks at the top of his favorite games.
awesome. I get the question all the time from OSU fans, ‘What was your favorite game?’ That one is definitely 1A. That was a sweet night, a lot of fun, we took it pretty deep that night.” sports.ed@ocolly.com
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Analytical view of OSU’s defense on third down Gabriel Trevino Staff Reporter Kansas State needed a big play. The Wildcats were trailing Oklahoma State by double-digits entering the fourth quarter. It was third and 15 on the 25yard line. The Cowboys showed a deep “prevent” defense, lining up defenders far from the line of scrimmage. The safeties then charged toward KSU quarterback Jaren Lewis. Lewis could not escape the wrath of black jerseys, firing a pass out of reach for his target while enduring a blow from safety Jason Taylor. The Cowboys blitz stopped Kansas State from gaining momentum. For most defenses, a man-blitz on third and long is something to be avoided. If just one receiver gets open down-field, it could result in a touchdown. Defensive coordinator Jim Knowles and the Cowboys are not a normal defense. OSU is currently ranked the 14th best third down defense in the NCAA. The Cowboys have allowed 22 conversions on 74 total third downs, equaling a 29.7% success rate for opposing offenses. In a film review, I analyzed the schemes, formations and adjustments OSU has used to be successful against Kansas State and Boise State on third downs, as well as discovering what does not work ahead of its matchup with Texas. Defensive Line The abnormal defensive line formations and lineups caught the opposing offense off-guard. OSU would often place five or six
OSU’s defense, inculding Malcolm Rodriguez, Kody Walterscheid and Jason Taylor, has carried over its third down prowess from the 2020 season.
defenders on the line-of-scrimmage, with many not in their normal spot. On a third and 11 play during the third quarter against Boise, defensive end Tyler Lacy, placed his hand in front of the Bronco center. Normally, Lacy rushes off the edge, combating with tackles. On this play, Lacy used his speed to easily get past the center, who was not experienced against speed rushers, sacking the quarterback, despite OSU only rushing three players. On blitzes where many players are across the defensive line, stunts are also frequently used. A stunt is when a defensive lineman, typically an edge rusher, fakes as if he is going to rush as normal, then before making contact with the offensive line, flips their hips and switches to rushing another gap. The use of stunts is to catch offensive lineman off guard, and get to
the quarterback. The use of a stunt is exemplified by Brock Martin on a third and eight in the third quarter of the KSU game. The stunt allowed Martin and Jayden Jernigan to apply pressure to the quarterback, leading to an incomplete pass. Placing different defenders in several different spots across the defense line, and the use of stunts put offensive lineman in uncomfortable situations. Instead of winning in the trenches by being more physical or more athletic, the Cowboys are winning with planned attacks. Secondary The Cowboys often blitz on third down. OSU sent five or more defenders toward the quarterback 11 times across the 31 total third downs during the Boise and KSU games. Blitzes on
third down are risky, as if a receiver gets open due to the lack of presence in the secondary, the offense may get a big play. The Cowboys secondary is experienced. All five of the starters are at least redshirt juniors, with four of the starters being seniors. When OSU blitzes, its secondary must step up. On the 11 third downs where the Cowboys blitzed, they prevented a first down nine of those times. The defense’s success is built from trust and experience. When OSU blitzes, the secondary is in one-on-one man coverage, also known as “Cover 0”, or in man coverage with only one safety in zone, known as “Cover 1.”
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Record:24-12 Last week:3-3
Spread:19-17 Last week: 3-3
Dean Ruhl Record:19-17 Last week:3-3 Spread:22-14 Last week: 3-3
Sudeep Tumma Ben Hutchens Sam Hutchens Record: 22-14 Last week: 3-3
Record:23-13 Last week:5-1
Record:22-14 Last week:4-2
Spread:16-20 Last week:4-2
Spread:17-19 Last week:5-1
Spread: 14-22 Last week:3-3
OSU vs UT UT -5.5
UT 27-24
OSU 31-30
OSU 28-25
UT 27-23
OSU 34-28
AUB vs ARK ARK -3.5
ARK 33-24
ARK 34-28
ARK 30-20
AUB 34-28
ARK 26-17
UK vs UGA UGA -23.5
UGA 41-13
UK 38-35
UGA 40-10
UGA 43-17
UGA 41-20
BYU vs BAY BAY -6.5
BAY 35-24
BYU 35-32
BAY 27-10
BAY 38-34
BYU 27-24
TCU vs OU OU -13.5
OU 34-24
OU 41-24
OU 35-14
OU 44-30
OU 31-13
UCF vs CINCY CINCY -20.5
CINCY 42-21
CINCy 42-10
CINCY 33-13
CINCY 48-27
CINCY 41-17
Dean Ruhl There is still one giant task in front of the Cowboys if they beat Texas. Oklahoma. OSU heads to Iowa State following its game against Texas, but after that, a relatively easy schedule follows until a Thanksgiving weekend showdown against OU. Until OSU faces, and defeats, the Sooners, I’d be hesitant to crown them favorites for a Big 12 title, even with the turmoil OU is currently dealing with.
Does a win against Texas make OSU favorites in the Big 12?
Chris Becker Oklahoma State with a win would be on top of the Big 12. The Cowboys would have won three straight top 25 games, and be 6-0. Sure Oklahoma, with a win would also be 6-0, but they have one less top 25 win than OSU. On top of the resumés, it would seem OU has a quarterback battle, which I see as an upper hand for the rest of the Big 12.
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Eyes on the prize Cowboys expect national prominence with defense
Chris Becker
Led by gaurd, Avery Anderson (No.0), OSU is focused on building its defense this season.
Chris Becker Assistant Sports Editor Bryce Williams trotted past the half court line of the Oklahoma State basketball practice gym Williams looked back as coaches asked players to man up during a scrimmage. Williams chose Avery Anderson, and Anderson chose Williams, a constant in OSU practices. “That’s just what we do,” Anderson said. “That’s a big matchup that everyone would love to see.” The push and drive to earn the locker room title of the best one-on-one defender puts fire into the guards during practice. The Cowboys defense, a mix of man-to-man, zone and press with a load of different disguises was a strong suit for OSU this past season, and the team expects them to be even better this season, near the top in fact. “I think we should be the best defensive team in the nation,” Anderson said. “The backcourt is crazy. It’s going to be crazy.”
The Cowboys defense was led from the sparks of Williams, Anderson, Rondel Walker and Cade Cunningham last season. All of those guards return with the exception of Cunningham, the No. 1 pick in this year’s NBA draft. Walker made a mark off of the bench with his ability to lock down guards and manufacture steals to pull momentum for the Cowboys. Williams, a supersenior, decided to come back to Stillwater for a final year of eligibility. Anderson tested NBA draft waters during the offseason, but ultimately returned to OSU for another year after a breakout campaign at the end of the 2020 season. “Avery (Anderson) is not small, he’s thin, but he’s not small. Rondel (Walker),” Boynton said. “We got it across the board.” The Cowboys brought in Kansas transfer and Oklahoma native Bryce Thompson to add to their already loaded guard group. In the paint the Cowboys return Kalib Boone who broke onto the Big 12 scene with his presence down low for the Cowboys. Boone broke the OSU single-season field goal percentage record in 2020 shooting at a 64.2% clip. He also blocked 49 shots last season, which ranks 15th all-time in the
OSU record books. The Cowboys added 6-foot10 center Moussa Cisse, who transferred from Memphis. Cisse was the 10th ranked overall prospect in the 2021 recruiting class when he committed to the Tigers. Cisse averaged 1.6 blocks per game with the Tigers, totaling 46 total blocks. “I think Moussa (Cisse), obviously, from a length standpoint, I think we had the leading returning shot-blocker in the league already (in Kalib Boone),” Boynton said. “I think Moussa was, maybe from a percentage standpoint, a more efficient shot-blocker than even Kalib was last year.” The Cowboys offense did enough to get the job done last season, but the defense was the strength and they expect that to continue. “I hope that we’re able to really continue to hang our hat on our defensive presence,” Boynton said. “I think defensively is where you’ll see it translate the most in terms of our style of play. Then you’ve got some versatile pieces on the offensive side that you could move around as well.”
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past Rodriguez down the field. Kansas State quarterback Jaren Lewis was under pressure from the OSU pass rush, and was unable to locate Vaughn. However if Lewis completed a pass to Vaughn, it may have been a touchdown. Looking to Texas OSU coach Mike Gundy acknowledges the Texas Longhorns will be the most talented offense they will face so far. “They’re challenge will be greater this game,” Gundy said. “There will be skill across the field and this will be the best offensive line they faced.” Texas running back Bijan Robinson has exploded for the Longhorn offense, totaling almost 1,000 total yards of offense, and ten total touchdowns. The Texas offense, helmed by quarterback Casey Thompson, scored 48 points and over 500 total yards of offense in its most recent game versus Oklahoma. Ahead of OSU’s matchup in Austin Saturday, Gundy said the Cowboys defense will have to continue to play at a high level, and will rely on Knowles to make adjustments. “Well coach Knowles and his staff deserve a lot of credit,” Gundy said. “Since he’s been here he’s been impressive to me. We’ve been good at what we do. We take a lot of risks, at times you can get beat, but it’s worked for us so far. We would not have won at least three games if they had not been playing at an extremely high level. I have confidence in them. As long as we have a decent pass rush we’ll have a chance.”
Knowles frequently asks his cornerbacks and safeties to play in one-onone coverage. The experienced secondary, such as seniors Jarrick BernardConverse and Tanner McCalister excel in man coverage. When the five upperclassmen in the secondary lock up their man, it makes it harder for opposing quarterbacks to complete passes. OSU safety Tanner McCalister has not taken for granted the trust defensive coordinator Jim Knowles has in his secondary, and credits Knowles for their success. “You’re going to lose some and you’re going to win some too,” McCalister said. “The fact that coach Knowles has that trust in us, I think it’s also helped our defense become the defense we are now.” The combination of pressure applied to the quarterback and the secondary locking up the receivers forces opposing offense to punt. Linebackers in pass coverage OSU linebacker Malcolm Rodriguez leads the team in tackles, with a whopping 54 total tackles in five games. Fellow linebacker Devin Harper is second on the team in tackles, with 29. However, the OSU linebackers can be too aggressive in pass coverage. On a third and seven play versus Kansas State, Wildcat running back Deuce Vaughn ran a wheel route with Rodriguez in coverage. Rodriguez, thinking Vaughn would run a simple check down route in the flats, tried to jump in front of Vaughn. Vaughn planted one foot in the ground, and ran full speed up field sports.ed@ocolly.com
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