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Sophomore running back Abdul Adams celebrates his touchdown with senior wide receiver Jordan Smallwood Sept. 16. Adams scored one touchdown against Tulane.
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JUMPING AHEAD Sooners focus attention on upcoming conference play
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he No. 3 Sooners are 3-0 heading into conference play after notching a 56-14 win over Tulane Saturday night, but their victory didn’t come without cause for concern. Oklahoma was riding high a f t e r u p s e t t i n g t h e n - No. 2 Ohio State 31-16 on Sept. 9 in Columbus, Ohio, but it’s often big games that allow teams to get ahead of themselves. The Sooners fell into that funk this w eek, star ting slow against Tulane, and bringing up the question of whether they’ll be able to keep their momentum going before their next big game. “For the most part our mentality was good,” Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley said. “We weren’t at our best early in the week, and I thought we started to respond as the week went on, as we continued to challenge them as coaches. I think we’re growing, but I think we’ve got to understand you’ve got to put together complete weeks if you want play complete games.” OU struggled early against Tulane, with junior tight end Mark Andrews giving up a fumble, and the Sooners’ defense allowing 205 yards two minutes into the second quarter. Senior quarterback Baker Mayfield said the slow start was due in part to not being as focused in practice, something he
KELLI STACY • @ASTACYKELLI takes full responsibility for as a leader. “The Ohio State game was not our highlight of the year,” May f i e l d sa i d . “ We have n ’ t played a conference game yet, so we’ve got to focus in and take it one week at a time and just really play with that chip on our shoulder like we did and like we have throughout this year. You can’t take a win for granted. Tonight wound up being a good win, but it started way too slow and we’ve got to improve on that.”
“You can’t take a win for granted. Tonight wound up being a good win, but it started way too slow and we’ve got to improve on that.” BAKER MAYFIELD, SENIOR QUARTERBACK
Oklahoma defensive coordinator Mike Stoops said OU’s play wasn’t completely unexpected, as big games tend to have that effect on teams. “That game plays on you mentally and physically,” Stoops said of the Ohio State game. “That was a very emotional game and that can wear on you. It was physical, we got back late, it was a late night… It was a little bit of
a struggle getting them up this week, but we were able to execute good enough on both sides of the ball to distance ourselves from that team.” The Sooners aren’t slated to play another big game until the Red River rivalry on Oct. 14 when they play Texas. They face Baylor in Waco, Texas, on Saturday before coming back home to take on Iowa State on Oct. 7 and then heading into a bye week. Neither the Bears (0-3) nor the Cyclones (2-1) are ranked, but OU needs to get out of the lull it was in at the beginning of the game against Tulane if they want to avoid an upset and keep their momentum high for the ever-unpredictable game against the Longhorns. Despite starting slow, the Sooners were still able to manage an impressive win, with 631 total offensive yards. They were able to rebound thanks to a pick six by sophomore corner Parnell Motley in the second quarter. “We’re very excited about the poise our guys kept,” Riley said. “We know we’ve got to play better early, but when you can respond like that, when things don’t go your way, you’ve got a chance.” Kelli Stacy
kelliastacy@ou.edu
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Grant Calcaterra congratulates Jordan Smallwood on the touchdown in the game against Tulane Sept. 16. Sooners defeated Tulane 56-14.
Art curator gets creative at Fred Jones Jr. Collection caretaker readies exhibits for public’s enjoyment ROBYN CRAIG @robyncraig21
Walking through the Eugene B. Adkins gallery’s white walls, curator Hadley Jerman’s face filled with excitement as she showed her favorite painting in the collection, “The Village” by Ernest L. Blumenschein. The painting displays an aerial view
of what Jerman believes could be a funeral event for the people of Taos, New Mexico. The buildings merge with the landscape, a feature of the painting that Jerman loves. Providing a background for both the painting itself and the artist, Jerman’s voice filled with enthusiasm, citing facts about the artist that a regular museum visitor may never know. “I always think about his connection to music and how everything holds together in his paintings compositionally, in a way I think is like music. It’s like a type
of composition,” Jerman said. Jerman is in charge of rotating collections through the Eugene B. Adkins gallery collection, whose American West theme matches Jerman’s master’s degree and doctoral work. Jerman began working for Fred Jones in July 2016. Growing up, Fred Jones was the first museum Jerman, a Normanite, remembers visiting. “It seemed kind of natural, I think, to apply for a position here,” Jerman said. Cur rently, she is w orking on her checklist that involves
rotating the current Adkins gallery, consisting of paintings and sculptures of southwestern American art — combining two facets of her job, meticulous research and creativity. METICULOUS WORK Various sculptures are featured on the gallery’s floor, and beautiful paintings hang on the walls. Jerman is responsible for this delicate arrangement, holding high standards that can be seen in her long to-do list. Putting together an exhibit can take Jerman up to two years.
She has been working on a temporary exhibit set to open next October since “almost immediately” after she began working at Fred Jones. The two-year planning includes an 11-step checklist that begins with writing a proposal, requesting loans and finishing off with working with the museum’s prep department to bring together the exhibit. The design of the exhibit is where Jerman’s creative eye comes to her benefit. What see CURATOR page 4