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merely confirmation of many predictions. No. 9 OSU will play in the Playstation Fiesta Bowl against No. 5 Notre Dame. “The guys are hurting in there, but that’s kind of the way it is,” coach Sam Hutchens Mike Gundy said after Saturday’s Staff Reporter game. “We still got another game, and it’s a special group. They’re still lookThe play removed all intrigue ing forward to being together another from the next day. three weeks or so before we go play in Baylor safety Jarion McVea a bowl.” dragged down more than Oklahoma Senior offensive lineman Josh State running back Dezmon Jackson on Sills said he felt heart break for his Saturday. teammates. He dragged down a College Foot“It sucks,” Sills said. “It hurts. ball Playoff bid. We’ll learn from it. We’ll get in and By downing Jackson one-yard watch the film, and we still have a lot shy of the goal line as the final secto play for. I’m sure we’re going to get onds melted off the clock in the Big 12 a good bowl game.” Championship Game, McVea cemented That consolation prize, a Fiesta a second OSU loss. Bowl matchup against the Fighting Instead of raging arguments and Irish, is indeed “a good bowl game” as blind resume comparisons evaluatSills predicted. ing the merits of OSU against other It is the same bowl OSU reached schools vying for a top-four spot, the (and won) in 2011, regarded by some as Sunday afternoon selection show was the greatest season in Cowboy football
history. If bowl game gift precedent holds, players will get a PlayStation 5 instead of a conference championship ring. But for a team that was separated from a decent shot at its first CFP bid by a yard of the finest artificial turf that Dallas Cowboy owner Jerry Jones can buy, receiving any kind of consolation stings. “Obviously, we all want to win,” senior linebacker Devin Harper said. “That’s the goal. We are all competitive and not coming out on top, it sucks.” For Gundy, disappointment does not lie in his players. “I don’t have any disappointment with our team,” Gundy said. “Again, I’m going to go back to the very first thing. In our culture we ask them to do certain things, and if they do what we ask them to do at the very best of their ability, then that’s all we can ask them to do.” The Cowboys eliminated themselves from playoff consideration,
shoring up a spot for future conference foe Cincinnati and making what would have been a difficult decision for the CFP selection quite easy. said offensive lineman Josh Sills, “I don’t really know other than just heart break. I hurt for the guys around me. You know, they put in the work every day, every month. That’s all the way back from the offseason, fall camp, spring ball up until now. I just hurt for those guys. It sucks. It hurts. We’ll learn from it. We’ll get in and watch the film, and we still have a lot to play for. I’m sure we’re going to get a bowl game. We’ve just got to bounce back and go win that game.” Devin Harper was asked if the disappoint was stemming from losing a Big 12 title, a playoff spot or what? “It’s all of it as a whole,” Obviously, we all want to win. That’s the goal. We are all competitive and not coming on top, it sucks.”
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interceptions and the Cowboy offense sputtered to nothing. “Well, first off, we didn’t protect him very well,” coach Mike Gundy said. “If we protect him well and rush the ball then he usually plays pretty well, and I think that is consistent with Chris Becker any quarterback.” Assistant Sports Editor The offense, without running back Jaylen Warren, couldn’t find ARLINGTON, Texas— Devin room for success. In the first half the Harper took his time. Cowboys had just eight rushing yards, Brock Martin fell to the turf of something they haven’t dealt with much AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. this season. The two veteran Cowboys didn’t “We struggled rushing the ball, want to leave the field after the Cowand it made us a little one-dimensional, boys were unable to overcome a disas- and when you are one-dimensional, trous first half and lost to Baylor 21-16. protection is not easy,” Gundy said. “I don’t really know (the emoThe OSU defense also struggled tions) other than heartbreak,” offensive after having to deal with short fields lineman Josh Sills said. “I hurt for following turnovers from the OSU ofthe guys around me. They put in work fense. Baylor quarterback Blake Shapen every day, every month… It sucks. It gave the Cowboys some issues early. hurts.” In just his second career start, Shapen The Cowboys got an early 23completed his first 17 passes, a Big 12 yard field goal from kicker Tanner Championship Game record. Brown to pull ahead 3-0 over the “He is cool in the pocket. He is Bears, then another 23-yarder with 3:26 accurate. He is a good quarterback. remaining in the half to head to halfThat’s why I thought we needed to step time trailing 21-6. up our pressure in the second half,” Other than the pair of field goals, defensive coordinator Jim Knowles. OSU quarterback Spencer Sanders At halftime, the OSU defense was punished. He threw two first half knew what it had to do in order to give
OSU a chance to surmount the halftime deficit. “Get a shutout. We came out of half and said, ‘Hey, no more scoring,’” linebacker Malcolm Rodriguez said. “The guys did that. We just kept fighting.” The Cowboys defense did pitch a second half shutout. Propelled by the pass rush the Cowboys defense allowed no breathing room and put the ball in the offense’s hands. “We got more aggressive in the second half,” Knowles said. “We talked at halftime, and we knew we had to step up. You could sense the flow of the game, that our team didn’t have any momentum, and we were determined to get it back on defense. “I thought we did that.” The Cowboys offense, while still struggling to run the ball, found enough success to put themselves in position to complete the comeback. A four-yard touchdown run from running back Dominic Richardson and a 20-yard field goal from Tanner Brown added to the defensive success. The Cowboys had clawed within five points. Sanders found a some marginal success, but also added two more interceptions in the second half. Sanders finished 31 of 46 for 257 yards and four
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guard Avery Anderson said. “Just, we have to get good looks.” Coach Mike Boynton said he is fine with his team taking threes at that volume, but only if they are good looks. Anderson, who knocked down Sam Hutchens three of his six 3-point attempts and Staff Reporter led all players with 26 points, said he thinks OSU needs to keep shooting The Oklahoma State Cowboys I feel like we’re not getting as lost to Xavier 77-71 on Sunday in Still- good of looks and that’s why our perwater. Here are three notes that tell the centages are bad right now,” Anderson story of the second straight OSU loss. said.” OSU struggled on 3-point atInjuries are impacting OSU’s tempts: lineup The Cowboy’s (6-3) made seven Sophomore guard Woody Newton 3-pointers, one more than Xavier. But played in the final minutes, with the in the battle between the Musketeers game in the balance against Xavier. (7-1) and the team represented by Pistol Newton proved himself capable, hitting Pete, it was OSU that did most of the a pair of threes and providing a spark, firing. but has played sparingly throughout the The Cowboy’s attempted 26 season. threes in the game and shot at just a Though Boynton had been look27% clip. ing for a spot to give Newton more “I feel like we’re a good team that playing time, injuries provided impecan shoot well at a high clip,” junior tus for the personnel at the end of the
game. “We’re struggling,” Boynton said. “Bryce Thompson, Rondel Walker and Keylan Boone all were out for a variety of reasons and couldn’t go.” Boynton said Thompson is dealing with a hip injury, and Boone’s back was the reason he couldn’t go. Walker, who shot 0-3 and recorded two fouls, was playing through an illness. OSU’s next game is against Cleveland State in eight days. Boynton said the break has positives and negatives. “May not be bad to not have to sit around on a two-game losing streak,” Boynton said. “But we got guys banged up to. It gives us a chance to maybe get a little bit more mended and for our staff to figure out some things from a schematic standpoint that we can do better. The Cowboys were out-rebounded Senior guard Isaac Likelele looks to immeasurable things when analyzing the rebounding battle, not height or
athleticism. “It comes down to toughness,” Likekele said. “No matter how tall or how athletic a team is. Xavier was just as tough if not tougher than us.” The Musketeers pulled down 42 rebounds, nine more than OSU. Anderson said the Cowboys need to improve their focus in the little things blocking out and making the extra pass. The small details Anderson listed would help turn things that OSU struggled with in its last two games like shooting and rebounding into strengths moving forward. “(Xavier) kicked us at the free throw line and on the glass,” Boynton said. “So we’ve got a lot of work to do. This team has got a long way to go. There’s a lot of season left. We know that but we’ve got to get more consistent play throughout the roster.”
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Ben Hutchens Digital Editor It was emphasized in practice. Auburn drives the basketball. The Oklahoma State Cowgirls were unable to stop the Auburn Tigers’ biggest strength, falling 77-66 Sunday afternoon in Auburn, Alabama. It is OSU’s third consecutive loss. The Cowgirls trailed for the majority of the game. The Tigers dominated points in the paint 44-28 in large part because of the driving efficiency of guards Aicha Coulibaly and Honesty Scott-Grayson, who combined for 47 points on only 26 shots from the field. “We had been pretty solid defensively against pretty much everyone, but Tennessee and I just couldn’t dream we’d play this poorly on the defensive end of the floor,” OSU coach Jim Littell said. The Tigers got downhill momentum toward the basket too often for the Cowgirls to have defensive success. “I don’t know if some of these kids are a little shell-shocked right now but we got to do a better job of listening,” Littell said. Auburn converted 60% of shots from the field, a mark that didn’t leave OSU in a position to mount a comeback. The Cowgirl offense, on a day where not much was falling, couldn’t keep up. OSU shot 43.1% from the field and 25% from three. Lauren Fields led the Cowgirls with 20 points. Freshman forward Macie James scored a career-high 10 points. Early in the contest, sophomore forward Taylen Collins was helped off the floor not putting any weight on her right leg. She reentered the game a short while later and was described as walking “without a hobble.” “It was a scary moment when Tay went down, and I think the world of her not only as a player but more importantly as a young lady and it was a scary moment for us and I’m glad she’s ok,” Littell said. “She’s had some ankle injuries; she’s had some knee issues before and you just get really concerned for the young lady when that happens.”
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schools will face off Jan. 1 in Glendale, Arizona in the Playstation Fiesta Bowl. Here are some notes from the first press conference with OSU coach Mike Gundy and Notre Dame offensive coordinator Tommy Rees. OSU has tried to schedule the Chris Becker Irish before. Assistant Sports Editor Although it will be the first meeting for the Cowboys and the Irish, Notre Dame has played an Oklahoma Oklahoma State and Notre Dame school before. The Irish have played have never met on the gridiron in Oklahoma 10 times, and won eight of either school’s long history. them, as recently as a home-and-home On Sunday, the schools found out in 2012 and 2013. that statistics would change. The two OSU has, however, tried to get
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use it to bounce back even stronger. “Well with our team I haven’t really had to do much all year. This is a mature group. They’ve handled themselves the right way, they compete each week,” Gundy said. “We’re going to give them a week off and I fully expect later this weekend, be ready to go and be excited to play Notre Dame.” Gundy on Jaylen Warren’s availability moving forward.
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Fiesta... Continued from 5 The Cowboys running attack was nonexistent Saturday without their starting running back Jaylen Warren. Warren 1,134 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns for the Cowboys in 2021. Coach Gundy didn’t have a direct answer for if Warren will be available for the Fiesta Bowl, but he remains hopeful. “I won’t see him until I get back off the road on Friday. I know that he’ll be in treatment and we’re hoping to get him better. It was difficult for him to not play (Saturday), but we didn’t feel like he was full speed. We didn’t feel like he could protect himself,” Gundy said. “Hopefully we can get him back.” Knowles remains a priority to keep in Stillwater. OSU’s defense has reached
heights that seemed unimaginable for a Big 12 team. But with the Big 12’s style of play changing and defensive coordinator Jim Knowles at the helm the Cowboys defense is surging. The success has made Knowles a national job, and a candidate for open jobs. OSU is working to keep him in Stillwater. “We want our players to trust the coaches and obviously they trust coach Knowles. Blank checks are a little much. I don’t know that I could go that far,” Gundy said. “We’re in the process today and in really some over the last couple of weeks and trying to work out a deal to keep him here. I think it’s best for Oklahoma State football, and I think coach Knowles wants to be here. We’re working hard to keep it in place.” Rees on being awarded a bid to the Fiesta Bowl Notre Dame entered Sunday with an outside chance at making the College Football Playoff after an 11-1 season. Instead the Fighting Irish
ended up at No. 5, just one spot outside of competing for a national championship. “We’re excited to represent a historic game in a great manner. We got a great opponent in Oklahoma State,” Rees said. “I think our entire program is extremely excited to get back out there on the field.” OSU’s defense presents challenges to Rees and the Notre Dame offense. Notre Dame’s Rees led offense touts the No. 21 scoring offense in the country scoring 35.2 points per game. The unit is now met by the No. 3 defense in total defense and the No. 8 scoring defense. One of the two will need to give in the New Year’s Day meeting. “We’ve heard about Oklahoma State all year,” Rees said. “I know a lot of the conversation has been about how strong their defense has been playing, you know, I think over the last 10 years or so when you think about that program you think offense first, right.
But I think Coach Knowles has done a great job preparing them… We’re going to have to really dive into who they are and what they do and how we want to answer some of those issues that they present.” Notre Dame has rallied together since Brian Kelly left for LSU. Brian Kelly had been at Notre Dame since 2010 before abruptly leaving to take the head coaching job at LSU. Since the departure the team has rallied around newly named coach Marcus Freeman, who has served as the Irish defensive coordinator this season. “I think you’re gonna get a team that’s extremely hungry. I think you’re getting a team that’s going to be extremely motivated to go out there and play their best football,” Rees said. “ I’m really looking forward to the energy that this entire week has brought the program and continuing to build off of that.” sports.ed@ocolly.com
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game, I saw everybody getting closer to the front and getting ready to storm the field, and at that time I knew that this was something we were all about to do and there was no stopping this,” Anderson said. “So, I knew I had to go and celebrate with everybody.” Luisa Clausen After the game ended, the public Staff Reporter showed the players, coaches and all the ones involved in making this win happen, that they were ready to celebrate Katey Anderson hesitantly leaped it. When the clock hit zero, a sea of over the wall at the Bedlam football orange stormed the field and turned a game. Saturday night into an evening some On Saturday, the Oklahoma State OSU fans will never forget. football team won over the University Even though OSU won six atof Oklahoma, making OSU Bedlam home games this season, students did champions after 7 years. Anderson, a not cross the line and rush the field. freshman, did not expect to see the sea Caden Davis, a former high of orange plow onto the field in Boone school football player and a freshman Pickens stadium after the game. But at OSU, attended Bedlam for the secwith each passing moment in the end of ond time at Boone Pickens. However, the fourth quarter, the crowd inched to he never stormed a field before Saturthe field. day night. “Towards the last minute of the “ I didn’t want to make the jump
cause it’s an 8 foot wall, but I knew this wasn’t going to happen ever again, Davis said. “We went along with the flow and it turned out to be the best time ever. Once everybody was getting ready to rush, you could feel a shared excitement that it’s indescribable for the people who weren’t there.” Being a former player, Davis said witnessing and being part of the crowd supporting the players made him proud. Jumping over the wall for some students is daunting. At the football game, some fans who made the leap sustained injuries resulting in medical teams treating them and police escorting others on the field. One OSU student, for instance, posted a video on TikTok of her broken leg. Michael Schlotthauer, a senior in Mechanical engineering at OSU, got to experience Bedlam at the stadium his sophomore year. “I honestly cannot remember that
Bedlam, and this one, I know I will never forget,” Schlotthauer said. This was my last game as a student, our last chance to beat OU while I’m a student, and it might have been the best bedlam at Boone Pickens Stadium, ever. “I wasn’t planning on storming the field, but I could only think it was my last game, I am never gonna get another chance to do this as a student and it was amazing, at least this time I knew how to carefully get down.” Even though there was not an easy way to get down to the field, students and parents helped each other. Davis and Schlotthauer said they helped people get down. “It was cool to see all the students helping each other, I felt like we were all meant to be there,” Davis said.
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Former OSU student starts Smokin Joes Stilly. Smokin’ Joe’s Stilly is located on 616 Range Rd. and are open from 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
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“We have been watching the building process of Smokin’ Joe’s Stilly for a while,” said Brian Vaugh, a Smokin’ Joes customer. “And have The subtle country music played been looking forward to the opening for in the background as the noise of a months.” packed restaurant set the stage for A variety of staple barbecue Smokin’ Joe’s Stilly’s opening night. meats are offered on the menu including On the outskirts of Stillwater, brisket, pulled pork, hot links, bologna, a new barbecue joint, Smokin’ Joe’s chicken along with other meats. Plates Stilly, kicked off the grand opening last offer side dishes that include coleslaw, week. fries, beans and okra. Customers can Loaded with activities for all finish the meal with desserts like peach ages, Smokin’ Joe’s Stilly offers food cobbler or banana pudding. and entertainment. Entering into the “I got the chopped brisket sandbuilding, the interior design of the res- wich and it was delicious,” customer taurant gives a very rustic feel complet- Hailey Obradovich said. ed with barnwood walls and cowhide More than just a restaurant, chairs for seating. Smokin’ Joe’s Stilly offers entertain-
ment. Two volleyball courts, outdoor seating and an outdoor bar give customers an added experience. “My vision was to create a restaurant with something to do,” Scott Stedman, the owner and former OSU student, said. “Stillwater doesn’t have anything like that, so I wanted to start Smokin’ Joe’s Stilly.” Stedman was inspired to open his own barbecue joint after visiting a restaurant in Arizona years ago. Stedman said the restaurant was filled with carousel horses, airplanes and volleyball courts. Several years later, Stedman took that inspiration and created Smokin’ Joes Stilly. “It’s the perfect place to play volleyball, drink a beer and watch a
sunset,” Stedman said. He said even though there’s a bar, the outdoor entertainment area is family friendly and open to all ages. “Anybody can come,” Stedman said. “I have kids playing in the sand all day long.” Stedman said the restaurant is a family affair and he’s very excited to work alongside his sons in his new adventure. The restaurant was a big reason why Stedman moved back to Stillwater and is happy to be back home. When asked what Stedman is most looking forward to, he replied with a grin, “I enjoy the people and being back in Stillwater.” news.ed@ocolly.com