Thursday, December 2, 2021
OSU rises to No. 5, Barta explains path to CFP for Cowboys
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ing contest, the Big 12 Championship Game, against No. 9 Baylor and needs to climb one spot to make the four team College Football Playoff. The Cowboys are coming off a 37-33 victory over Oklahoma. According to CFP Selection Committee Chair Ben Hutchens Gary Barta, the rivalry win showed the Digital Editor committee OSU could handle pressure well. Oklahoma State keeps moving “We just learned that two really on up. good football teams, but Oklahoma When the season began, the State came out on top,” Barta said. Cowboys were unranked, but have “They were able to score some points. fought their way to No. 5 in the College The defense continues to play well. Football Playoff rankings. OSU (11-1 I don’t know if we learned anything overall, 8-1 Big 12) has one remainspecifically about offense or defense,
but certainly learned a lot about the character of the team under pressure. “Oklahoma State showed the committee that in a playoff-like environment against Oklahoma in a rivalry game, they really found a way to win.” The team ahead of the Cowboys, the No. 4 Cincinnati Bearcats, will play No. 21 Houston in the AAC Championship. There is some belief that because of Cincinnati’s relatively weak conference championship matchup they could get jumped in the rankings. When asked if the Bearcats might get overtaken, Barta reiterated in a Tuesday conference call the committee
doesn’t project. It only evaluates games that have been played. “Georgia and Alabama are going to play. Michigan and Iowa are going to play. Oklahoma State and Baylor. We’re going to watch all those games. And then until that occurs, until the last game is played, we won’t be having any conversations about who is going to be one, two, three, four, five et cetera, and that is the way we go about it,” Barta said.
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OSU releases 2022 football schedule
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bye week after their first three games before opening Big 12 play with a game against Baylor, in Waco, Texas, on Oct. 1. Homecoming for the Cowboys is scheduled for Oct. 22 against Texas. Following Chris Becker Assistant Sports Editor Homecoming OSU will take a road trip north to the Sunflower State back-to-back weeks to face Oklahoma State’s 2021 Kansas State and Kansas. season is still on the climb but Bedlam is scheduled for the 2022 schedule has also been Nov. 19 in Norman against the released. Sooners. The game will come a The Cowboys will open week before the Cowboys close the 2022 slate with a home game their season with the West Viragainst Central Michigan on ginia Mountaineers in Stillwater. Sept. 3. The Cowboys other two All times will be deternonconference games are Arimined closer to the games play zona State on Sept. 10 and Ardates. kansas Pine Bluff on Sept. 17 all three nonconference matchups are at Boone Pickens Stadium. The Cowboys will have a sports.ed@ocolly.com
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Ethan Holliday commits to OSU, joins brother, father Daniel Allen Staff Reporter
The Holliday family tradition continues within the Oklahoma State baseball program. Class of 2025 infielder and righthanded pitcher Ethan Holliday, son of former MLB great Matt Holliday, announced his commitment to Oklahoma State. Holliday is currently a freshman at Stillwater High School. He is the brother of current class of 2022 commit Jackson Holliday, who recently signed his National Letter of Intent to Oklahoma State.
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OSU outplayed by Shockers Sam Hutchens Staff Reporter
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All of Oklahoma State’s problems bubbled to the surface in the final three minutes. Playing too fast. Turning the ball over. Missing shots. All were reasons cited postgame by OSU players and coaches for the Cowboy’s lackluster performance against Wichita State. The hodgepodge of reasons, all valid, were evident at the same time Wednesday night in crunch time. OSU lost to WSU 60-51 in Stillwater, moving the backand-forth nature of the series between the two teams back into Shocker control. “The past (six) times we played the away team has won in this matchup,” senior guard Isaac Likekele said. “We knew that they were going to come in here and play hard and feel like they could win. That’s what they came here and did today.” The Cowboys started the game in impressive fashion, going on a 10-0 run in the first five minutes. The more clinical and precise team eventually even the game out. “Just didn’t make the plays necessary to really put pressure on them to come back,” coach Mike Boynton said. “We kept having self-inflicted wounds that kept their confidence enough that they never felt like it got away.” Neither team pulled away at any point. It was a two-point game in favor of the Shockers at the half, and the Cowboys held a two-point lead with 2:53 remaining in the game. That OSU lead, earned on a pair of sophomore guard Bryce Thompson’s successful free throws, would be the last one the sports.ed@ocolly.com
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Cowboy’s held. OSU committed three turnovers in that stretch, two of which were committed by junior guard Avery Anderson, who had been in the middle of a solid 17-point game. “You kind of offset some of your scoring if you are turning the ball over,” Boynton said “I’m proud that he looked confident out there. Trying to score. But there’s a balance to this thing.” OSU played too fast down the stretch, like every possession started with five seconds on the shot clock. “We wanted them to make the extra pass and force them to make threes,” WSU coach Isaac Brown said. “I thought we did a good job getting into gaps. Getting deflections and turnovers.” Lob passes went awry, and poor shots were missed. “We take a lot of risk but that’s the team we have,” Anderson said. “We’ve got to make some plays. But we got to know not to make plays. So when the game is down in crunch time, you just have to just slow down.” The Cowboys committed 21 turnovers — a season high. That contributed to a season-low tally in points, which meant the strong defensive performance was not rewarded with a win. “The tougher, more resilient team tonight won,” Boynton said. “And unfortunately, it wasn’t us.” The Cowboys also shot 9-19 (47%) on free throws WSU held OSU scoreless in the final 2:56 and turned the back-and-forth game into one where OSU hardly felt the need to foul in the final seconds. “It’s obviously hurtful to lose,” Boynton said. “But it’s more hurtful to lose when you lose your own identity. I have tried to build this program on toughness and resiliency.”
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Stillwater’s Hughes commits to OSU Adam Engel Staff Reporter
Cael Hughes isn’t going anywhere. The Stillwater High School junior wrestler announced his verbal commitment to Oklahoma State Wednesday morning on Instagram. “I grew up in Cowboy Wrestling Club and Stillwater is my home. It’s always been a dream of mine to wrestle at Oklahoma State,” Hughes said on Instagram. “I guess you could say I’ve always been a COWBOY! GO POKES!!” Hughes, a twotime Oklahoma 6A state
champion 106 and 120 pounds in the No. 18 Class of 2023 recruit according to Willie Saylor of MatScouts. He projects as a 141 to 149-pound collegiate wrestler. Hughes’ former teammates, Teague Travis and Carter Young are both OSU 141 pounders. Hughes is the second commit in the 2023 class joining Jersey Robb of Bixby.
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Notebook: Free throws and WSU zone factors in Cowboys loss to us to execute. It works. “We’re not utilizing what we need to get the ball to the spots we want to. We gotta be basketball players and just be better, Chris Becker because they got us in the Assistant Sports Editor right positions.” The Cowboys also struggled against the Oklahoma State zone in their loss to Oaklost to Wichita State by land. Something Wichita seven after a second half State coach Isaac Brown collapse. knew from watching film The Cowboys and wanted to use it to missed 10 free throws, stop the surging Cowboys knocking down just nine and it worked. of 19 attempts from the “It kept goline. ing through my head, OSU has struggled ‘There’s no way I’m with free throws through- going to sit here and out the season and in play these guys man-tothe Cowboys two losses man all night,’” Brown they are a combined said. “We’re gonna keep 15-31 from the stripe, changing defenses.” something coach Mike OSU’s bench falBoynton wants his team ters to provide spark. to clean up amongst other The Cowboys bench issues with the team. can normally provide a “But that was us spark for OSU, but on today, and so it needs to Wednesday the Cowboys be addressed,” Boynton bench was out scored said. “Guys have to own 34-12 by the Shockers what happened tonight. bench. Both Bryce WilThere’s no two ways liams and Rondel Walker, about it.” normal spark plugs on Cowboys struggle both ends of the floor for with Wichita State’s the Cowboys, were held zone defense silent against the ShockThe first few ers. Williams scored zero minutes of the game the points just one game after OSU offense was rolla career-high 21 against ing mainly because the Oral Roberts. Shockers were in man de“It’s been the oppofense. Then the Shockers site,” Boynton said. “It’s made the switch to zone, been the starters haven’t the Cowboys and then the been starting great and offense sputtered. The then we’ve subbed and Cowboys 51 points are we’ve made or ground or the lowest they’ve scored taken a lead or whatever this season. it is. Tonight it was the “Coach B and opposite.” them, they put together a great game plan for zones,” OSU senior Isaac Likekele said. “It’s down sports.ed@ocolly.com
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Students at OSU discuss finals
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“I’m a transfer, so this is my first year at OSU,” Buckmaster said. “Even though I’m in my first year, I am already seeing how different profesFinals are among students at sors handle different situations when it Oklahoma State, and they are preparing comes to test taking.” for what is considered by some the most In an article published in Yale stressful week in college life. Daily News, Yale University’s student There are multiple aspects of newspaper, said the psychological imfinals week that add on or take away pact finals puts on students is anything pressure for students and professors. but healthy. Katherine Buckmaster, a sophoAnother challenge students face more, said most of her professors have is burn out when it comes to finals. Ivy been accommodating during this time, league students aren’t the only ones there are a few who can add to the feeling burned out when it comes to fistress of finals week. nals. Chloe Best, a junior, said she feels
like she isn’t able to put her best effort into studying. “The amount of things that professors throw on us at the end of the year is overwhelming,” Best said. “Of course I want to do well on my finals, but the amount of work that every professor gives can be too much to handle all at once.” Finals week is known for adding stress for students and professors. An article in The Chronicle of Higher Education said the COVID-19 pandemic has limited the amount of in-person test taking, which results in a gap between actually learning the material and tak-
ing a test. Nic Cryer, a junior at OSU, said his finals have not been as stressful compared to years past. “I feel like my finals this year are a lot more laid back compared to last,” Cryer said. “My major is definitely test heavy, but this year I haven’t really gotten the same amount of tests I usually do.”
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Study habits during dead week What lengths do students go?
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Francis said as she transitioned into college, the best way to memorize material was to create notecards a couple days before the test date. Writing material on notecards and studying the specific topics covered through lectures helps retain information for Reagan Glass exams, Francis said. Staff Reporter “The craziest thing I’ve ever done to prepare for a final is create a song to After a long semester, dead week memorize definitions for my agriculture has arrived at Oklahoma State. sales exam and then dance to the song I From Monday to Friday, students made up,” Francis said. “I pulled an allprepare for the final countdown of nighter for this exam too and the only classes and study for final exams. thing going through my head during the “I utilize memorization as a rest of the day was the song.” studying tool,” said Aly Francis, an On the contrary, Jessica Rodrianimal science and agricultural comguez, an elementary education junior, munications junior. does not stay up all night to study for
exams. “I value my sleep so much, so by 11 I’m already in bed,” Rodriguez said. “I would have to say the craziest thing I’ve done is just stay up super late. For me, it’s not common. I prefer waking up early, so waking up really early for an exam is more common.” Some students go to extreme lengths to study for finals, like consuming lots of caffeine. “I once walked to a convenience store at 3 a.m. to get Red Bull, which is wild enough when studying engineering,” said Cale Sawatzky, a civil engineering senior. Sawatzky said pulling an “allnighter” is not uncommon, especially when having multiple tests close to-
gether. Sawatzky’s biggest tip: figure out how you learn best. “Everyone learns differently, so applying the best study habits to utilize your time is going to be the most effective,” Sawatzky said. “Getting started early to review the material multiple times is better than cramming everything at the last minute.” Francis said to plan the things going on during dead week and the week of finals so students can set study times, as well as times to decompress and relax a bit.
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