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team meeting shortly after. Players were contacted and all had no idea what the meeting was for. Some players, like Liz DonohoePatman, were still asleep when they were called to the gym. They eventually woke up to team managers banging on Davis Cordova their doors at 4 a.m. Staff Reporter “We know it is serious, and you’re kind of nervous,” Donohoe-Patman Many team members didn’t know said. “We were like, is this a practice of the recruiting trip coach Kurt Budke thing? Or something serious, for them and assistant coach Miranda Serna took to do this.” on the evening of Nov. 17, 2011. The meeting was to inform the Lindsey Keller, a player on team Budke and Serna passed away the 2011 Oklahoma State women’s in a plane crash during their trip to basketball team, was one of many who Arkansas. were out of the loop. “I was completely shocked.” The morning of Nov. 18, then Keller said. “Most of us didn’t even assistant coach Jim Littell was woken know they were going on a recruiting by OSU police at 3:01 a.m. and called a trip in general. We didn’t know they
were traveling.” Devastation took over the Cowgirl locker room. No direction for the next steps of the season. “Basketball seems to take a backseat at that point and you’re just kind of worried about your team and their families, and just how things are going to go from here,” Keller said. The Cowgirls still had a whole season ahead of them. Only one game was played before the crash. Littell was appointed as interim head coach, and received help from two former Cowboy head coaches, Travis Ford and Eddie Sutton. “Coach Sutton had told me on his experience of ‘Remember the Ten’ and that, ‘You need to get them (the players) active as quickly as possible. Get them back on the floor.’” Littell said. “Travis
Ford was here at the time and there was no one more gracious than he and his wife. He had our team over to their house, he rented the bowling alley for both programs. He was just very, very good at helping us try to get the kids’ minds elsewhere.” It was difficult for Littell, who had to coach basketball directly after the event. The Cowgirls strung together seven straight wins by a margin of 28 points with wins over Missouri State, Indiana and Mississippi State. The team would finish seventh in the Big 12, and compile a 16-11 record. With a loss to Missouri in the first round of the Big 12 tournament, the NCAA Tournament was in doubt. See Rally on 2
Everything Barry Sanders said after statue unveiling
“Well, I think, fortunately for me, there’s a couple good shots to choose from. So you can only choose one but if they want to choose another (pose), put another (statue) up somewhere else knock yourself out.” How does the culture you Ben Hutchens experienced in your time as an athlete Digital Editor compare to the culture all these years later? How do you feel the statue “Oh, It’s hard for me to speak to captured your essence? that. There’s still just a great excitement “Oh yeah, it’s a great action shot. and it is such a great college football I could see the young Barry doing that.” atmosphere and I know for me I was Is there any part of you that just very comfortable here as a student maybe thinks it should have been the athlete. Loved the community and it Colorado dive or any other play, or do was really hard for me to leave. So, in you like the pose? that sense there’s some similarities.
The differences I really don’t know. Obviously its 30-something years later and a lot of things have changed, stadium looks a lot nicer.” What has it been like for you to get to know the running backs who are on the team now? “You know I enjoyed talking to them a little bit. Telling them how those moments like the night before a game for me are special memories, just the butterflies and the tension and playing over the game in your mind. It almost made me feel like back in that setting so I enjoyed it.” What are the memories and things that do come back to mind? “Well, things like my dad
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dropping me off here in the summer of ‘86 and just the excitement of having the opportunity to play Big 8 college football. Practicing with guys like Thurman Thomas, Mark Moore, Mike Gundy. For me it was just step-by-step progression, like they said earlier, no one knew who I was when I got here, I was just excited to be here. Going from that to being an All-American kick returner as a sophomore and thinking ‘Man, I don’t know if it can get any better than this.’”
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Rally... Continued from 1 The team received a bid to play in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament and would go on to win six games in a row, winning the WNIT Championship. “We were playing for them,” Keller said. “It made us that much closer, it made us play better as a team and it gave us something bigger than ourselves to really dedicate our efforts towards.” Donohoe-Patman, who
averaged 14.5 points as a freshman, complemented Littell on his coaching efforts from the 2011 season. “Littell handled that year phenomenally,” Donohoe-Patman said. “I, to this day, just commend him for how he handled that and how he put himself to the side and really focused on us.” Littell and Budke were best friends, and their relationship has dated back to the mid 1980s. Littell even coached Budke’s wife, Shelley, during his time coaching in Kansas. Budke was his best man at his wedding. Littell continues to honor the legacy of Budke and Serna by taking his team to the memorial outside of Gallagher-Iba Arena and speaking about how they changed the Cowgirl
basketball program forever. N’Yah Boyd, a current player who transferred in from North Texas, is new to this setting, but after Monday’s visit to the memorial, she found her perspective on two coaches she has never met. “I feel like the people had a big impact on the school as well as coach Littell with the way he was explaining about what they did for the community,” Boyd said. One thing Keller remembers about Budke is that he, ‘always had that orange jacket.’ That orange jacket is how many Cowgirl fans remember him. It was his most memorable gesture he would do for the yearly home game against rival Oklahoma.
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The two coaches had an impact on every person they coached and that didn’t stop with Donohoe-Patman. “I still think of them and how they’ve kind of impacted my life,” Donohoe-Patman said. Littell believes Budke’s biggest legacy will be that he was a man of God, a great husband and a great dad. “This is part of our history and this is part of the fabric of who we are,” Littell said. “Serna was a tireless worker, a people person and how loyal she was to coach Budke. For coach Budke, our players enjoyed playing for him and he was a big competitor and winner.” sports.ed@ocolly.com
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Barry... Continued from 1 “As a sophomore in the opening game of the season running it back for a touchdown and then my junior year running it back for a touchdown. Just things like that and obviously the Heisman Trophy year and even after winning the Heisman I wasn’t sure I was going to leave here and my dad really had to give me some choice words to say ‘No son, you got to get out of here. You got to leave.’ So, a lot of things like that.” When you stepped foot on campus as a freshman could you ever have imagined you would have a statue right outside the stadium? “No, no I couldn’t. Like I said I was just thrilled to be here. Thrilled
sports someone gave me a scholarship. I knew a little bit about Oklahoma State, I knew they had Thurman Thomas here, things like Rusty Hilger played for my favorite childhood team, the Raiders and I had heard of Earnest Anderson and Terry Miller just little things like that. But never in anyone’s wildest dreams would they have thought at some point I would have a statue here.” What were you feeling seeing the statue? “Just the overall excitement and thrill of what the honor means. Hopefully my agent didn’t bug these guys too much over the years to do this, but what an awesome privilege and honor it is and something that I’ll continue to be able to appreciate. And then they broke out with the trophysized one that’s like ‘Wow, that’s even more amazing’ something I can actually take home.” Where is that going home? “I’ll find a good special place. I
may have to have a little tug of war with my mom, cause she has my Heisman, and my dad he wouldn’t let the Heisman out of his sight when he was alive. Maybe at some point I can like sneak it out of their house, but so yeah me and mom will have to figure out who actually gets this one.” Do you enjoy the spotlight more now than in year’s past? Do you take it in differently than when you were playing? “Yeah, I think so. I can appreciate it more. I think with a little practice, if you think about where I’m from the era I grew up in you didn’t see very many athletes talking on TV. It wasn’t something really part of my formative years and so I was certainly a little clumsy with it, didn’t really know how to handle it earlier and so yeah. But it’s so much a part of what we do, it’s grown exponentially and so really it’s a major part of it.”These new numbers bring the city’s total cases to 5,179 with
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16 deaths and 4,697 recoveries. On the state level, the health department reported 1,837 new cases, bringing the total confirmed positive cases to 356,816. The state also reported seven new COVID-19 related deaths, bringing the total to 2,994. There have been 314,236 total recoveries since COVID reached Oklahoma in March. Oklahoma state officials are encouraging Oklahomans to wash their hands, stay away from sick individuals and avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth. The virus is primarily spread from person-to-person with symptoms usually appearing two to 14 days after exposure. The most common symptoms of the coronavirus are fever, cough, shortness of breath or loss of taste or smell.
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Deep dive: Cowboys offense dominates TCU Sudeep Tumma Staff Reporter
exactly that. Spencer Sanders made astute decisions OSU’s starting QB has been playing sound football with a 9:1 touchdown to interception ratio his last four games. He has taken only one sack in his last three games. The maturity is on display: the pocket presence is improved immensely, he is going through his progressions before scrambling, he is throwing the ball away when he needs to. The offense is obviously run-centric, but Sanders’ solid play allows OSU to sustain drives, put up points and play complementary football. TCU’s self-inflicted mistakes The Cowboys went up 28-3 in the first half, but that doesn’t tell the whole story. The Horned Frogs had a few plays that would have hit big, but they were called back by penalties or were dropped by receivers. Instead of capitalizing on those plays and scoring points, TCU was forced into third-and-longs, which played right into OSU’s hands. This aggressive unit was given favorable situations, which made this game even more lob-sided. The Horned Frogs couldn’t stretch OSU horizontally Multiple teams have tried to avoid running right into this stout OSU D-line, and instead attack this defense on jet sweeps, screens, etc. in an effort to force OSU to tackle in space. But the Cowboys have athletic, rangy pieces who possess true sidelineto-sideline speed. And from there, OSU’s defense forces you into those unfavorable situations, which is why the Cowboys finished with seven sacks and 12 tackles for loss.
Deep dive goes beyond the stat sheet and takes a look at the film to evaluate how OSU won/lost the game. This Oklahoma State team just continues to impress. After a dominant defensive showing against WVU, the Cowboys oneupped that with their best offensive performance of the season paired with another defensive clinic, resulting in a 63-17 OSU victory. The O-line was dominant The rushing numbers are obscene. The Cowboys pounded the rock to the tune of 447 yards and eight touchdowns on a pristine 7.1 yards per carry. Four running backs had at least 68 yards and one touchdown, and that started up front. Despite losing All-Big 12 right guard Josh Sills, the Cowboys did a tremendous job run blocking and paved the way for these running backs to find holes. The running backs’ vision This goes hand-inhand with the offensive line. The Cowboys had their way with TCU’s D-line, and the tailbacks — namely Jaylen Warren, Dezmon Jackson and Dominic Richardson — stayed north-south and found the holes. But I was most impressed with their vision, finding the cutback lanes, which sprang open some big plays. OSU relied heavily on the zone running game, which gives running backs the freedom to find sports.ed@ocolly.com the hole. And they did
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Johnson’s journey through unfamiliar recruiting process Daniel Allen Staff Reporter
Laverty has close to 64 Divison I football coaches’ phone numbers in his contacts from past recruits to come out of Putnam City North. After the two Jaleel Johnson is often referred to put together Johnson’s tape, Laverty as a humble giant. explained the recruiting process. “He knows he’s good, I mean Laverty said Johnson took his advice he’s going to play football at Oklahoma much better than he anticipated. State, that should say enough right “When I explained the whole there,” Putnam City North head coach process to him I was genuinely Ryan Laverty said. “But just the way he surprised with how well he was able to goes about himself with the spotlight understand what I was saying,” Laverty constantly on him being the big man on said. “It shows how well he pays campus in a sense, for football at least, attention to detail. It showed me he’s and it speaks volumes to who he is as a willing to learn and always willing to kid.” improve something about himself.” As intriguing as the recruiting At 6-foot-4, 235 pounds, Johnson process was to him, Johnson wasn’t is the perfect build for a defensive very well educated in regards to the lineman. Add his speed and versatility process. to the table, he is the essence of a “After (his junior season), he playmaker on the defensive side of the asked me to help him get his tape and ball. highlights put together, and I did,” It wasn’t until January 2021 which Laverty said. “I’ve coached for years. Johnson received his first FBS offer I know how important tape is in the from Eastern Michigan, followed by recruiting process, so I helped him get offers from Memphis and North Texas that done in a timely manner.” shortly after.
After a breakout junior season Johnson was finally on the recruiting map. However, he wasn’t receiving much attention from power 5 coaches, resulting in a lack of offers. “To me he’s always been a power 5 type player, or at least capable of being one,” Laverty said. “He certainly has the potential, there’s no doubt in my mind.” On March 25, Johnson received his first power 5 offer from Missouri. “It’s something he’d always wanted,” Laverty said. “I was extremely happy for him, as were his teammates, family, and the rest of my coaching staff.” As offers continued to pour in, Johnson began to narrow his list, developing a fondness for Missouri and Memphis. That was until June 8, when Johnson attended a camp at OSU. “Obviously they saw his size and length and raw talent,” Laverty said. “I think it was really his 40 (yard dash) time that really left a mark on them.” After he met with coach Mike
Gundy, Johnson was offered on the spot. On June 18, Johnson took an official visit to OSU. He was entirely blown away by the visit, particularly with the honesty and transparency of the coaching staff. “After he took that official visit, he told me he knew that’s where he wanted to be,” Laverty said. “He was so impressed by the honesty of the coaching staff. Not only that but just how genuine they were, and how much they seemingly cared about him.” Two days later, he committed to OSU, choosing the Cowboys over a handful of schools. “He’s just ecstatic to have the opportunity to play college football at a school like Oklahoma State,” Laverty said. “His ability to wreak havoc on opposing offenses consistently I think bodes extremely well for him at the collegiate level… Oklahoma State’s getting a good one, there’s no doubt about it.” sports.ed@ocolly.com
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Flood closed entrance in OSU’s Student Union Anna Pope News Editor One of the first floor vestibule entrances in Oklahoma State’s Student Union was flooded with water, after testing a heating unit. Student Union officials closed the entrance to put fans on the space, pull up the mats and let the concrete dry. Tracie Brown, the senior director of Student Union operations, said she suspects the entrance to be put back together soon. Brown said she did not know how long the water dropped from the ceiling. “Just long enough to make a mess,” Brown said. The union has wall heater units around the campus life lounge on the second floor of the building with large windows facing Classroom Building. The university installed wall the heater units in the space to not only provide heat for the lounge but also, to help with energy efficiency. Brown said so far this year, the university has not turned on those heaters because it has not been needed. Brown said when they sent someone to turn on the heaters to ensure they are still working, an old coil unit broke and water was released. Below this is the vestibule entrance by the university store and information desk in the union’s first floor. “That was installed in 2011 and so, we’re in the process of finding a replacement for it,” Brown said. “At least the water stopped, you know? We’re able to shut it off, figure out the problem and order the part.” news.ed@ocolly.com
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What to stream: ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ headlines upcoming music documentary slate Katie Walsh Tribune News Service
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“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Ro.6:23 NIV) “...all have sinned...” (Ro.3:23) Everyone has sinned and the payoff is death; eternal separation from God; a lake of fire. No matter how you paint it, it is a terrible, eternal state of being. The Bible talks of those who “because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath.” (Ro.2:5 NIV) Those who, with a hard heart, resist and reject God’s help; only store up their terrible wages for the judgment day to come. It is so important to consider and act on God’s love gift. The gift of God is eternal life. At the age of 12 years, my wife heard about God’s free gift of eternal life. In fact, the person sharing with a group of young people had a picture of a gift box with a big, colorful bow on top. God was offering her, that day, this gift, and she stepped out and received it. You see it is a gift. You can’t do enough to earn it, but you must receive it.
This gift is found in one place (person); in Jesus Christ. It is found nowhere else. You only access God through Christ. (Jn.14:6) You need to trust God’s word and turn to Christ, ask and receive his free gift of eternal life. What is included in this eternal gift? You receive the forgiveness of all your sins; they are never to be remembered by God. (Col.1:14, Heb.8:12) You also receive a new life; you are born of God. (Jn.1:12) As you continue to trust in Christ, he will work in and through you his very life given freely to you. When you leave this life in physical death, you will go into his presence forever. (2 Co.5:8)