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The Cowboys are going back to the College World Series for the first time since 1999.

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Cowboys had to take the tough road to omaha, but wouldn’t change anything about it

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UP NEXT What: College World Series When: Saturday at 7 p.m.

Where: Omaha, Nebraska Where to Watch: ESPN2

Thomas Hatch sat at a podium, wearing a dirty, stained Oklahoma State hat, unconcerned with its appearance because with the way his team is playing, Hatch told the media he doesn’t want to change it or anything else.

All baseball teams have superstitions, but this Cowboy squad has become

even more apprehensive in the postseason.

For the first time in 17 years, OSU is going to Omaha, Nebraska, for the College World Series and after taking a tough road to get there, the Cowboys say they like the weathered, straggly look.

When OSU plays the University of California-Santa Barbara at 2 p.m.

Saturday in TD Ameritrade Park, it wants to present a team that’s different than the one that lost back-toback games in the Big 12 Tournament after giving up nine runs in the eighth inning both times.

These Cowboys want to show the Gauchos, who are making their first CWS appearance, the real OSU team is the one that didn’t lose a single game in the NCAA Regional against Clemson

or Super Regional against South Carolina.

“These kids are sturdy now,” OSU coach Josh Holliday said. “There’s some sturdy kids in that lineup that played a lot of innings and they have some courage. … These kids are so invested here, nothing was going to knock them off this mission.

It didn’t matter how tough it was early or in the middle. They never backed off.”

Holliday said he doesn’t know much about UCSB, but after seeing its road to Omaha, Holliday said the Gauchos deserve to be there. At this point in the season, it doesn’t matter if the team is a national power or a newcomer, the only thing that matters is which team can navigate the rocky road to the CWS, Holliday said.

For the Cowboys, that tough road in-

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team out of all OSU a conference title followed by an easy path teams he’s been on in in the NCAA Tourna- his three years would be the one to make it ment. Yet, the Cowboys still had a chance to Omaha.

“Just the mindset to go to Omaha; it and the veteran leadwould only be a little ership of the older harder. guys on the team re“(Holliday) said ally helped us a lot,” we’re fine,” Cobb Cobb said.

“When we said. “He said we got to South Carolina, were exactly where we said we’re not we wanted to be. We going to think about were definitely in Omaha right now. We the NCAA Tournahave a three-game ment and the season series on the road, but starts over right now.

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cluded having to play in two hitters’ ballparks after those eighth-inning catastrophes. Yet, the pitching staff took away their opponents’ advantage.

Although it seemed as if the staff had an epiphany after the Big 12 Tournament, Tyler Buffett, a right-handed junior, said the blown games in Oklahoma City didn’t mess with the staff’s psyche at all.

“As far as mentally, I really didn’t change anything,” Buffett said.

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Opinion: Holliday, OSU come full circle with trip to Omaha and College World Series in his 4th year at the helm

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Josh Holliday is not a fan of personal praise.

The Oklahoma State baseball coach has had his fair share of individual glory.

He’s in the Cowboy Baseball Hall of Fame, his sideburned mug adorning the wall at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium’s entrance. He was the 2014 Big 12 Coach of the Year.

But, now, finally, he has guided the historic program he once played for back to the College World Series.

The credit he takes is minimal, though.

The players, he said, have earned the right to return to Omaha.

“You don’t deserve anything in sports, but there’s a part of this for these kids that they’ve earned this,” Holliday said.

“I think in many ways, it’s come full

circle. These kids, the interlocking O and S, the panel in front of their chest belongs back on that field. They’ve seen it before. They wanted it again.”

OSU is a program of history, which Holliday is quick to point out as the team heads to its 20th College World Series. But he yearns for its accomplishments in the present to match up to those of the past.

Of course, Holliday takes pride in taking the Cowboys back to Omaha. It’s what he set out to do four years ago when he took over his alma mater. To him, the trip to TD Ameritrade Park is about OSU, not Josh Holliday.

It’s about Rob Walton and Marty Lees heading to Stillwater as assistants to create something special. It’s about James Vilade doing the same when Lees became the coach at Washington State. It’s about recruits recognizing the quality of that staff and knowing enough about the history of the program to want to play a part in rebuilding it.

Even when it comes to those players, Hol-

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Oklahoma State coach Josh Holliday addressed the media Tuesday afternoon about OSU’s 20th CWS appearance

liday dances around giving too much praise to any one of them. He values each of them greatly.

Ask Holliday about a pitcher’s dominant performance, and a response about the defense behind him is guaranteed. Point out a batter’s outstanding day at the plate, and Holliday mentions the successes up and down the lineup.

He is not one to praise the individual.

He recognizes the Cowboys are going to Omaha by operating as a whole. But making it there is only the beginning.

“The biggest thing is don’t get ahead of yourself and just to continue to keep the mindset that we can win this tournament and not just being satisfied with making the College World Series,” Holliday said. “We’ve got to go to Omaha with the

mindset required to win.”

Holliday cherishes the upcoming trip to Omaha, his eyes staring softly in the distance, the corners of his mouth form a faint smile as his mind drifts to his childhood watching Pete Incaviglia and Robin Ventura. Now, Omaha is about lasting memories for his players and returning OSU to among those atop the college base-

ball world.

He’s proud of the players and the program. If OSU ends June as a national champion, it will be the Cowboys’ title, not Holliday’s.

“When you get to be the head coach, you’re here to serve others,” Holliday said. “You’re here to lay out an opportunity for people to have a great experience.

That’s what I’m most proud of.” sports@ocolly.com

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What to do while you’re in Omaha S ta ff Re p o rt s @o co lly

With Oklahoma State headed to Omaha for the College World Series, it anticipated that some fans will also make the 6 1/2 hour drive.

Whether starting there or not, fans who drive will end up back on 1-35, the quickest way to Omaha. Fans who take a plane can expect to pay between $506-680, depending on the day of departure.

While not watching baseball, visitors might check out the Henry Doorly zoo, ranked the top attraction in Omaha on tripadvisor.com, or the Durham museum, which features a 1931 train station.

Hotels are still available for Saturday for as cheap at $110 per night. For dining, Orsi’s Italian Bakery and Pizzeria is well-reviewed, or if fans want a place to get breakfast, they can try 11-Worth Café.

There are plenty more things to do when the baseball is over in Omaha. For dessert, check out Ted & Wally’s Premium Homemade Ice Cream, rated as the top ice cream place in Omaha according to Omaha Magazine.

Finally, fans interested in nightlife can try Slowdown, which Esquire named Club of the Year in 2007 and consistently features indie rock. entertainment@ocolly.com

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“The Conjuring 2” is a great addition to horror This sequel to the 2013 hit is a fantastic inclusion and marks the beginning of another thrilling franchise

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For well over a decade now, director James Wan has been honing both his skills and his reputation as one of this generation’s preeminent horror filmmakers.

With “The Conjuring” he had crafted a classy throwback to the heyday of masterful haunted house tales, and that film’s new sequel helps to cement Wan’s genre legacy, one that us thriller fans should tightly hold onto for

as long as it lasts.

“The Conjuring 2” explores another case from the files of famous paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. This time, the couple take a trip to Enfield, where a poor young girl is being emotionally tortured by the spirit of a bitter old man who refuses to leave his family home. Ed and Lorraine, disturbed by the facts of the case and by a deathly premonition on Lorraine’s part, try desperately to rid the

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English family of their haunting and the isolation it brings.

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that is always two steps ahead of the audience, the domestic moments seem lifted from the average CBS family drama.

Far more powerful are the religious aspects of “The Conjuring 2.” Ed and Lorraine believe that they are doing God’s work, and they do that work with all of the love and care it requires.

Wan’s development as a filmmaker has allowed one of the decade’s best mainstream horror films to also serve as one of its best combinations

of genre filmmaking and religious cinema.

Now, to the scares.

If this film doesn’t have you shielding your eyes, few horror movies ever will.

Nothing in “The Conjuring 2” is breaking new ground exactly, but it treads familiar ground with the surest of footing. Demonic nuns, crotchety old spirits, possessed little girls: these are the stuff of my nightmares, and they’ll do the same for you as you leave the theater.

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Renovated Wrestling Hall of Fame has something for all ages

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Although the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum will look completely different to anyone who’s been there before, two things never changed.

When the Hall of Fame was reopened to the public June 6 after a $3.8 million renovation, visitors were treated to a state-of-the-art facility featuring interactive displays and exhibits that hadn’t been seen in years.

Yet, the plaques featuring all of the Hall’s distinguished members and the green marble rendering of “The Wrestlers”, the only one of its kid, never left the building.

Throughout construction, they would be moved all around the interior but never left. Although all the other exhibits were being housed in the Oklahoma State Library annex, having the two mainstays

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This green marble rendering of “The Wrestlers” on display at the National Wrestling Hall of Fame never left during renovation.

there made sure it would never be just a building. Through all the dust and debris from construction, it was still the Hall of Fame.

Executive Director Lee Roy Smith, OSU coach John Smith’s older brother, said he wanted patrons to know that the Hall of Fame, like the sport of wrestling, has never died or gone away, but rather is reinventing itself.

“From a recognition standpoint, it is important to the sport and to us to be able to tell the heroes of wrestling’s stories and inspire a newer generation,” Smith said. “With this renovation we now have that technology and ability to share their stories.”

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Throughout the Hall of Fame, visitors will see what Smith is talking about as different displays feature fun facts about past United States presidents who had wrestling backgrounds, along with interactive exhibits that teach people how different wrestling techniques can be performed.

Visitors will also be able to watch wrestling highlights from legends in the sport with the touch of a button on digital kiosk. Other ways of connecting with the past include walking down a hallway that showcases benchmarks in the sport or by going into the updated library.

There are also plans to sometime in the future send some

exhibits on the road something. and help teach people “I bet if I go to the about the sport and OSU campus, I could why it’s still relevant, ask people about why Smith said. For now, the road is called Hall there is so much of Fame Avenue and memorabilia in the most of them couldn’t back of the Hall of tell me,” Carnefix Fame that they can said. “… I want cycle out exhibits and people to know that keep them fresh for along with Canton years to come, Smith and Cooperstown, said.

(Homes of the NFL Jack Carnefix, the and MLB Halls of Hall’s Operations Manager, said he More info hopes along What: National Wrestling Hall with Smith, of Fame and Museum the updates Hours: M-F, 9 a.m.- 4: 30 p.m will appeal Admission: $5 for adults, $2 to a newer for students or $10 for family. generation.

Children 5 and under free Carnefix said that someone might come in and not know anyFame) Stillwater is up thing about the sport, there too. This is the but by the time they National Wrestling leave they will have Hall of Fame.” definitely learned Located to the

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east of Gallgher-Iba Arena and south of Bennett Hall, Carnefix said though the Hall isn’t part of the university, he would love to see it someday be a place students go in their free time.

Although the updates are many, even for wrestling aficionados or former wrestlers themselves, the Hall has a place for them as well. Not only are the plaques and the green marble icon still there, but also singlets from throughout the ages and kiosks that can help them find their local wrestling chapters and maybe even long-time friends.

Wrestlers will be able to connect with the past while also seeing where their sport is heading.

“There’s a blend here of something for everyone,” Smith said. “So the person that doesn’t know a thing about the sport of wrestling can come here and identify with certain aspects of history and be impressed with the way we have informed them. …

Then there’s those from the wrestling community who are very knowledgeable about the sport and there’s a lot for them too.” news@ocolly.com

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This wheel showcasing milestones in youth wrestling is one of the many new interactive exhibits at the HOF.

Another fixture in the HOF is the original medal platform from the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Visitors are allowed to stand on the platform and take photos with the backdrop of that year’s gold medal match.

Other new exhibits include a glossary of wrestling terms and presidents with wrestling ties.

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Do it for love.

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

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Love grows by leaps and bounds.

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Your morale gets a boost.

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Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Confer with your allies over the next two days. Your friends are your inspiration.

Guard against being impetuous. Committees are especially effective. Get into a party phase.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 7 -- A professional challenge has your attention today and tomorrow. The financial situation may be unstable. Slow down to navigate rocky waters. Unusual methods may be required.

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