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The Great One Kicker Ben Grogan goes to Kansas one point away from OSU’s all-time scoring record

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Page 8: Opinion: Big 12 makes mistake in rejecting expansion.

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Grogan destined to break School scoring record >Kicker Ben Grogan is one point away from becoming the Cowboys all-time leading scorer

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BY Ch an d l e r V e s s e l s

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ickers don’t get many chances to make their mark.

When they do, it’s usually at the end of a game.

If they make the field goal, they will be remembered as a hero. If they miss it, infamy will follow them for at least the next few games or, depending on the stage of the game, their career.

Oklahoma State’s Ben Grogan, though, will be remembered not for one field goal, but for the basis of his work as a Cowboy.

Grogan has scored 369 points, one away from tying Dan Bailey for the most in school history.

With the Cowboys preparing to play Kansas at 11 a.m. Saturday, Grogan is destined to break the record. The Jayhawks are allowing 35.7 points per game, while the Cowboys are scoring 40.7.

Grogan said the record wasn’t a goal when he started, but he is excited to be on the cusp of history.

“Being here the past three years, I hadn’t really thought about it until it started coming closer and people started mentioning it to me,” Grogan said.

“I’ve just kind of tried to FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2016

People always, no matter how good or bad you’re doing, someone will be running their mouth. It never really bothered me too much. It just makes me want to work harder if anything.”

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take it a day at a time and not look too far forward.

Just try to stay consistent each day.”

In addition to being the kicker for Martin High School in Arlington, Texas, Grogan played soccer, honing his kicking ability. In high school, kicking came effortlessly to Grogan, but when he got to college, the athletes were better.

He had to be more focused and worry about people attempting to block his kicks.

“Everything seemed faster in college,” Grogan said. “The guys trying to block it are faster. Everything’s kind of more of a blur.”

As kickers do, Grogan faced a lot of scorn from fans during his freshman year. After witnessing Bailey and three-time AllAmerican Quinn Sharp, fans were not willing to

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Oklahoma State kicker Ben Grogan has overcome two hip surgeries to beome the school’s second-leading scorer. Grogan will likely break Dan Bailey’s record Saturday against Kansas.

wait for a young kicker to adjust to the college game.

They wanted results right away. Grogan said the criticism was hard to take at times, but it also motivated him.

“It was kind of difficult,” Grogan said. “Everything was so new. You have people talking. That’s just part of it, though. People always, no matter how good or bad you’re doing, someone will be running their mouth. It never really bothered me too much.

“It just makes me want to work harder if anything.”

If those fans could have seen what would come, they might have been more understanding.

After Tyreek Hill ran back a punt to tie Bedlam in 2014, Grogan finished the Sooners off with a 21yard field goal in overtime.

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For Grogan, despite the pressure, it was an easy field goal. It’s the field goal that endeared Grogan to Cowboy fans, but it’s not his favorite.

His most memorable one came against Texas last season. After a snap bounced off the Texas punter’s facemask, OSU was in scoring position. The Cowboys needed to run only a few plays before trotting Grogan out to kick the field goal.

With the wind blowing, Grogan let the kick fly, but a delay of game penalty forced him to kick it again.

It didn’t matter. The second one went through, and OSU won, preserving its perfect record.

“I had to actually line it up outside the post and it came back with the wind,” Grogan said. “It was just a lot against me, I guess you could say, for that one.”

The next week, Grogan would again save OSU’s season with a game-winner against Kansas State. After the game, KSU coach Bill Snyder sent Grogan a letter congratulating him on his fortitude. Grogan still has a photo of the letter pinned on his Twitter page.

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Oklahoma State kicker Ben Grogan said criticism makes him want to work harder. Last season, Grogan made game-winning field goals against Texas and Kansas State. In 2014, Grogan’s game-winning field goal against Oklahoma gave the Cowboys their first win against the Sooners since 2011.

college football and took the time to write me a personal note, which is really cool,” Grogan said. “I was a little surprised. I’ve seen him write them to quarterbacks and stuff, but to a kicker, I didn’t think he would actually care enough to take the time to write it to me.”

Grogan has endured plenty of hardships since his freshman season. He has undergone two surgeries on his hip. This year, OSU has given kickoff duties to Matt

Amendola to give Grogan a bit of a break.

Those hardships allowed him to learn. That, combined with the experience he now has, has enabled him to be in the position he is. Not only is he more skilled, but also he has a confidence that wasn’t there his first season.

“I think just being here and getting the game experience and offseason and all the work and time we put into has built a lot more confidence,” Grogan said. “The

experience as well. I know what to expect and how to settle in now. It’s like brushing your teeth. It’s muscle memory.”

Grogan’s importance to the team is not overlooked.

His teammates and coaches know his value.

“Ben has done a really good job for us,” coach Mike Gundy said. “He’s been consistent. ... Level-headed and a guy we can trust.”

Grogan would like to play in the NFL after college,

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but he said he knows the opportunities for kickers are slim. A geology major, his backup plan is to follow in his father’s footsteps and work in the oil industry.

Although fewer in number, Grogan’s critics are still there. He said he has learned to deal with it, and it hardly bothers him. He knows the impact he has had. The records will soon show that.

“Some of those people that like to run their mouths aren’t that smart in the first

place, so they probably don’t even realize that (I’m about to break the record),” Grogan said. “I’m just doing it for the team more than anyone.”

Chandler Vessels is a sports media senior from Moore. He can be reached at sports.ed@ocolly.com.

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Kansas’ bottom-feeder status won’t faze osu tive and come together as one.”

Kansas is better than in Although it’s playing years past, receiver Austin Kansas, there is no need to motivate the Oklahoma Hays said.

“You turn on the film State football team.

Since 2010, FCS power- this year, and you can see right away that they’re house North Dakota State not the same team they has more victories, five, against Power Five confer- were last year,” Hays said.

“They have some dudes ence teams than Kansas, that can fly, that can really who has four, and the play in this conference.”

Jayhawks have played 56 The Jayhawks, though, more games against such have the worst scoring universities. offense, turnover margin Kansas is a perennial and third-down conversion bottom feeder in the Big 12, but that doesn’t matter rate in the conference. Alto the Cowboys, including though improved, particularly defensively, Kansas center Brad Lundblade.

“Football’s a sport where has had trouble getting consistent play from its we only get 12 games to quarterbacks. play,” Lundblade said.

Monday, Jayhawks coach “We only have so many opportunities. It’s the only David Beaty said the position is open. sport where you train all Turnovers might be a year for 12 opportunities, point of attack for OSU so we have a mindset that on Saturday in Lawrence, we never want to waste a Kansas. Jayhawk quarsingle opportunity.” terbacks have turned the TCU struggled against ball over 15 times, and the Jayhawks earlier this the Cowboy defense has season. If Kansas kicker caused 13 giveaways.

Matthew Wyman would After watching film, Avhave made a 54-yard field erette said he will go after goal in the final seconds, the ball this week after last the Jayhawks would have week when the Jayhawks had their first Big 12 victhrew four interceptions tory in two seasons.

OSU linebacker Devante and had a fumble against Baylor.

Averette said in watching “They gonna try to come film this past week, the Jayhawks have made some out with some fire and try to throw some strikes early impressions on him. and try to get a rhythm,” “They compete,” AverAverette said. “I’m defiette said. “They definitely nitely gonna try to disrupt play better at home. … that.”

They know they’re down Statistically, OSU has right now, so that just makes ‘em more competi- almost no chance of losBY Hayden Ba r b er N ews ed itor

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ing, but the Cowboys have experience this season with lower-tier teams.

If OSU didn’t score 24 unanswered points against Iowa State two weeks ago, the Cowboys would have a 3-3 record heading into Kansas.

With the lesser-quality teams competing in conference play, the Big 12 has depth and openness, which hasn’t been the case in years.

Averette said there will be no surprises.

“Ain’t nobody gonna lay down for nobody,” Averette said. “People just gotta understand anybody is capable of doing anything at any given time, so we can’t just look over ‘em.”

Safety Tre Flowers said the Cowboys will have to have another hard week at practice, filled with concentration and effort as always. OSU should beat Kansas on Saturday, but heading into a game in which the Jayhawks haven’t won a conference game in 15 tries, Flowers said it’s possible the Cowboys could be the bunch to end the streak if they don’t focus.

“We don’t wanna be that one team,” Flowers said.

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Linebacker Justin Phillips celebrates during Southeastern Louisiana University football game in September. The Cowboys will play the Jayhawks on Saturday in Lawrence, Kansas.

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Cowboys content with early kickoffs, fans frustrated

By D ekota G regory D ig i tal S p o rt s E di tor

Linebacker Devante Averette wakes up ready to play football.

On Monday, FOX helped Averette out announcing the Oklahoma State football team will have its fourth 11 a.m. kickoff of the season Oct. 29.

Whichever TV station has rights to that respective game determines the kickoff time.

The Cowboys will play West Virginia in an early homecoming matchup for OSU’s third morning home game of the season.

“It’s like playing when I was little,” Averette said.

“We used to play 11 o’clock games. When you get up, it’s just time to ball. That’s what I love about the game. I’ll be ready.”

The Cowboys will also play Kansas at 11 a.m.

Saturday for their first early road game of the season. The back-to-back early kickoffs will be a first for OSU this season. It will also be a new experience for OSU center Brad Lundblade.

“I’ve never played that early on the road,” Lundblade said. “It’ll be nice to play, and then we won’t be getting back at 3 or 4 a.m. like we have in the past. That’ll be kinda nice, but it’s not too much of a factor.”

Waking up early is nothing new for the Cowboys.

Strength and conditioning coach Rob Glass has the team awake by 6:30 every morning to workout. On game day, OSU wakes up about 8 a.m.

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I can’t blame nobody for wanting their sleep. It’s pretty cool to see up in the crowd a lot of guys are still hype. They ready. That’s loyal fans for you” devante averette

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is spent watching football games in Atherton Hotel rooms. Defensive end Vincent Taylor usually tries to squeeze in a nap but can’t.

“That be the hardest part for me,” Taylor said. “I try to get a nap, but I be so amped up about the game I can’t fall asleep, so I just probably go to one of my other teammate’s rooms and watch a football game.”

When a 6 p.m. game ends, the players’ Saturdays are over. After an 11 a.m. contest, the players get some free time, which is rare for them on a Saturday.

With what time would have been spent in a hotel room waiting, players can escort family and friends around Stillwater. Averette’s favorite destination is Fuzzy’s Taco Devin L. Wilber/O’Colly Shop to eat chicken fajitas Oklahoma State defensive tackle Vincent Taylor tries to nap before late games but can’t because with his visiting family. of excitment. Taylor and other players prefer early games to get the most out of Saturdays.

Taylor watches other college game in respect to the kickoff football games on TV. Yurto start it’s 3 1/2-hour routine for the players.

“It doesn’t matter,” oftime. Once you get started, cich goes home to enjoy extra of meetings, watching film fensive coordinator Mike everything is the same. It’s time with his family. and warming up. No matter Yurcich said. “We have a very routine for our guys, so “It’s beautiful, man,” the kickoff time, the team routine we go through. Coach it really doesn’t matter.”

Averette said. “You can show follows a 3 1/2-hour plan Before late kickoffs, such them around town, you can before the game, coach Mike (Gundy) does a real good job.

The time we eat for a as 6 p.m., players are forced talk about a lot of things that Gundy said. That’s also when 4 o’clock game is the same to kill time and bottle in ya’ll didn’t get to talk about the staff starts its pregame time we eat for an 11 o’clock excitement. The extra time with visiting people.” nutrition and hydration plan OCOLLY.COM

While most OSU players prefer a 2:30 p.m. kickoff time, they’re content with an early start. It’s preferred over a night game, but the fans watching those games disagree.

“I’m not a fan, I’m gonna be honest,” Bret Valenzuela, an aerospace engineering junior, said. “I like tailgating before. It’s kinda hard to get into the tailgating mood at like 8:30.

“I feel like the energy’s not as high because no one’s started having fun yet, for lack of a better word.”

While Averette is a morning person, he still understands the fans’ frustrations and respects their participation.

“I can’t blame nobody for wanting to get their sleep,” he said. “It’s pretty cool to see up in the crowd a lot of guys are still hype. They ready.

That’s loyal fans for you.”

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Opinion: Big 12 passed on chance to make statement

Sam Grubenhoff As st. SPORTS EDITOR

Like many, my phone is set up to get push notifications from ESPN and Bleacher Report.

I probably get 20-30 per day. Most of them get so much as only a casual glance before I open my phone to check Twitter or send a text. Few hurt me the way one did Monday.

Sandwiched between a UFC update and an ALCS Game 3 lineup card, the alert read: “NCAA: Big 12 will stay at 10 members after not reaching consensus on any of 11 expansion candidates – multiple reports.”

My heart sank.

On Sept. 1, reports indicated the Big 12 had cut down its original list of almost two dozen candidates to 12. On that day, expansion had seemed a virtual certainty.

Two days later, the Houston Cougars, one of the 12 remaining teams, upset Oklahoma in the first week of the 2016 college football season. Expansion was all but guaranteed. Houston answered the question asFRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2016

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The Big 12 declined adding any new teams to the conference Monday. Potential teams for the expansion included Brigham Young University and University of Houston, but they were left out in favor of the conference remaining at 10.

sumed to be on the Big 12’s mind: Could any of these candidates compete at a Power Five level and produce a watchable, bankable product?

Yes. Yes they could.

Three weeks later, BYU, another team on the conference’s radar, gave undefeated West Virginia a run for its money in a 35-32 Mountaineer victory.

The buildup to expansion was impressive. BYU would have given the Big 12 one of the largest national fanbases in the country. Houston would have secured the largest city in Texas. It was the perfect

storm.

And then Monday, we got nothing.

“Ten presidents came together in unity and came to the same conclusion,” Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby said Monday. “We like the competition model we have with the full round robin. We do a very good job in competing at the highest level, and this decision in part was a celebration. It was an endorsement and reinvestment in the strength of the 10 we have.”

Really? If that’s the case, why all the talk of expansion? Why waste all this time researching and run-

ning background checks on potential candidates?

The Big 12 is barely recognized in the national scope as it is.

Adding a championship game in a 10-team league isn’t going to fix that.

Only two schools, Texas and OU, represented the Big 12 in a national championship game during the 15-year BCS era. Texas did it twice, and OU did it four times. Neither team, nor any of the others in the conference, accomplished that feat after Colorado and Nebraska bolted in 2011, and Texas A&M and Missouri followed a year later.

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Sure, OU made the College Football Playoff last year, but if TCU had upset the Sooners during the regular season and finished the regular season 11-1, would the Horned Frogs have made the playoff? Probably not. They didn’t in 2014, despite finishing the regular season ranked third in the College Football Playoff poll. After the conference championship games, the Frogs fell to No. 6, while Michigan State and Ohio State secured the final two spots in the playoff. The CFB committee got lucky because the fourth-seeded Buckeyes upset Alabama

and Oregon to claim the title, and few outside the Big 12 asked any questions.

Ohio State made the playoff because it had a stronger strength of schedule. With an 11-win season, it earned the opportunity to pound then-13th ranked Wisconsin 59-0 for its 12th victory in the Big Ten Championship.

The Big 12 doesn’t get it. Adding a championship game alone won’t fix the problem; it wont put TCU, Baylor or any other Big 12 team not from Austin or Norman in the national spotlight.

The Big 12 needed to get stronger to justify the efficacy of its conference championship game.

It needed to add teams.

Strong teams. Two would have been fine. Four would have been better. It needed to justify the creation of its own TV network. It needed to expand its brand into bigger markets. It needed to compete with the other Power Five conferences.

It needed to stand up at a podium and bellow, “We’re here to stay.”

Instead, it cowered before the spotlight and meekly whimpered, “We’ll be fine.”

Only time will tell.

Sam Grubenhoff is a sports media senior from Mansfield, Texas. He can be reached at sports.ed@ ocolly.com.

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Cowgirl equestrian team set for home opener

By Sa m G r u b e nh off Assista n t S p o rt s Edito r

For junior reiner Danielle Cohen, Saturday is more than the Oklahoma State equestrian team’s home opener.

It’s a homecoming of sorts, as Cohen’s home is coming to her.

Cohen, from Cooper City, Florida, said she hasn’t seen her family since she returned to Stillwater in August to begin prepping for a new semester and a new season. That will change by 10 a.m. Saturday when her mother is in the stands as the Cowgirls take on Baylor at Totusek Arena.

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gets to come, and maybe my brother will come, too, hopefully.”

Cohen said typically the team’s parents only make it out to the home events because finding a place to stay is easier in Stillwater.

The first home meet of the year comes on the heels of the No. 9 Cowgirls first loss of the season. OSU fell to No. 6 SMU 10-8 last weekend in Dallas.

OSU coach Larry Sanchez said close losses are tough to stomach, but the Cowgirls are always prepared to correct mistakes and encourage one another the week after a meet no matter the outcome.

“It gives me the energy to want to go work and

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address those things I know we can do better,” Sanchez said.

Playing a familiar foe such as No. 4 Baylor helps, too. The Cowgirls went 2-1 against the Bears last season, beating them twice

at Totusek with the second victory coming in the Big 12 Tournament to secure OSU’s fifth conference title.

Although OSU (1-1) had success against Baylor, Sanchez said his team is

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focused on the coming weekend.

“We don’t really bring up what we did last year,” Sanchez said. “It’s just protecting our home-field advantage, making sure that we ride the best that we can while we’re hosting a very tough Baylor team here in Stillwater.”

The Bears (3-1) ride into town with one of the best riders in country over the past month. Sophomore horsemanship rider Kaylee Mellott was the National Collegiate Equestrian Associations Rider of the Month after posting a 4-0 record in September. Mellott also added three Most Outstanding Performer awards in that span.

Despite the Bears’ run, Sanchez said the home atmosphere will go a long way toward flipping the past weekend’s script.

“We’re very excited,” Sanchez said. “To be able to compete in front of our spectators and our fans here in Stillwater is always a lot of fun.

“But also, I think the best way to get over a tough loss is to get back in the win column.”

Sam Grubenhoff is a sports media senior from Mansfield, Texas. He can be reached at sports.ed@ ocolly.com.

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3 Devil 4 Social convention 5 Country bordering three seas 6 Kickoff 7 Grab for clumsily 8 “Royal Pains” network 9 Declare 10 “Well, whoop-dedo” 11 Get duded up 12 With 45-Across, “The Bicentennial Man” author 13 Up __ 18 Deadwood’s state: Abbr.

21 Like new bills 22 Out of the way 23 Nag 24 Essay makeup 26 Locking blocks 27 End-of-term ordeal 29 Letterpress need 32 VP after Hubert 33 Expert 34 Fairy-tale intro words

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35 Do a juice cleanse, say 36 Theme of this puzzle 38 El Niño feature 39 Female gamete 40 Action film weapon 44 Mendel’s science 45 Novelist Waugh 46 Wave to from the dock 47 Initiated

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48 Andean transport 49 Edmonton NHL player 50 Hull region 51 Deduce 55 Sigh-inducing 57 Holder of locks 58 Shelley work 59 Scheider of “Jaws” 60 Seek payback, maybe 61 Fumble, e.g.

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By Nancy Black Tribune Content Agency Today’s Birthday (10/21/16). Pursue personal goals and dreams this year. Reinforce connections with friends, and strengthen communication channels. Group changes peak by springtime, before new energy animates your work. Shifting sentiments around loves and passion next autumn lead to a community victory. Together, you’re invincible.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 6 -- Keep your focus close to home over the next few days. Review the budget before spending. Work it out with your partner, rather than risk an argument.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Carefully consider communications. Keep secrets confidential. Listen and learn.

Shift the context to provide a new outlook for someone. For different results, say something different.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 7 -- There are profits to be made today and tomorrow. Things may work differently in real life than on paper. Adapt to unconsidered realities. Don’t maintain an illusion.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Different interests compete for your attention. Slow down and follow personal directions today and tomorrow. Tell others to take a number.

Clean and organize to reduce chaos.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 5 -- Enjoy private tranquility over the next few days. Peaceful productivity makes a difference behind the scenes. Let someone else make public announcements. Think and make quiet plans.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Friends pull together today and tomorrow. Take care of shared business, and take time out for fun. Parties, gatherings and meetings go well. Find something to celebrate.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- A professional route could seem blocked. Find another way, by talking to people with experience. Stick to your principles. A rise in status is available today and tomorrow.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Travel and exploration recur as themes over the next two days. Expect changes and deviations from the plan. Keep your temper. That’s all part of the adventure.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- You can find the funding by working together. Handle financial paperwork and maintenance tasks over the next two days. Pay bills and send out invoices.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- New information compels a change in plans. Collaborate on a tricky project today and tomorrow. Guard against losses, and shift priorities as required. Partnership makes the difference.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 9 -- Get into a groove or rhythm to manage the fast work pace over the next two days.

Chop wood and carry water. Use quality ingredients, and fine craftsmanship.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 6 -- Step back from confusion or controversy. Take time off to let things settle down. Focus on fun with your sweetheart and family over the next two days.

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