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SQUANDERED Junior quarterback Baker Mayfield looks at the ground as he walks off of the field aftert the loss to Ohio State on Saturday. The Sooners lost 45-24.

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Mayfield, Sooners see title hopes slip away against Buckeyes

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he stage was set for a legendary win Saturday night with No. 3 Ohio State, a record crowd and severe weather rolling into town for a game that had the potential to vault the Sooners back into the playoff picture.

Instead Oklahoma found itself living a nightmare as the Buckeyes (3-0) romped up and down the field for a 21-point win while the No. 14 Sooners (1-2) squandered every opportunity they had to stick around.

“It’s a huge missed opportunity,” quarterback Baker Mayfield said. “You talk about having the No. 3 team in the country coming into your house, playoff implications on the line … it was a missed opportunity to maybe bounce back and move forward.”

It was one of the most highly-anticipated home games of coach Bob Stoops’ 18-year tenure, and it was also a dud. A national television audience and a horde of highly-touted recruits

JESSE POUND • @JESSERPOUND watched as the Sooners’ national championship hopes were stomped, coming up short when they had the chance to prove they belonged in college football’s upper tier.

The Sooners managed just three points on two red zone trips in the first half, with kicker Austin Seibert setting the tone early by ramming a 27-yard kick into the right upright for no points on the game’s first possession.

Their second trip inside the 20 began when receiver A.D. Miller stumbled and fell at the Ohio State 3-yard line. Then Mayfield tried to buy time in the pocket and lost 13 yards in the process, turning first-and-goal at the three into second-and-goal at the 16.

“That’s another example of us.

We need to stay on our feet — get four more points. We fall, and then Baker on first down doesn’t throw the ball away,” Stoops said.

“So now you lose 15, 20 yards and you kick a field goal. That’s

just us.”

Seibert was forced to kick again and made this one, cutting the lead to 21-10. The Sooners would never get closer than 11 points the rest of the night.

“You talk about having the No. 3 team in the country coming into your house, playoff implications on the line ... it was a missed opportunity to maybe bounce back and move forward.”

BAKER MAYFIELD, JUNIOR QUARTERBACK

“It’s very frustrating. The fact that we have three to four drives in the red zone, and the first one we missed a field goal,” Mayfield said. “We could’ve capitalized on the drive and finished out the right way, and that just goes to

show that we need to get better in the red zone. Last year, we were very successful in the red zone with scoring and finishing grabs, but we didn’t do that today.”

Those weren’t the only opportunities Oklahoma saw slip away.

With the game still tied at zero, running back Joe Mixon dropped a second down pass that would have likely given the Sooners a first down. Then Oklahoma had Ohio State in a fourth-andone situation, but running back Curtis Samuel scampered 36 yards for the game’s first score, with the Sooners’ defense seemingly confused pre-snap.

Mayfield, a preseason Heisman favorite, had his fair share of mistakes. He missed an open Mark Andrews on a third down before throwing a picksix on the next play, giving the Buckeyes a 14-0 lead. Then he chose to force the ball down field to Jarvis Baxter instead of running for a first down, hitting Ohio State cornerback Marshon

Lattimore in stride for an easy interception.

“I know right now that I need to play better,” Mayfield said.

“Flat out, plain and simple. That is just how it’s going to be.”

The defense missed chances, too, as cornerbacks consistently failed to turn their heads and find passes in the air, allowing Ohio State receivers to pick up chunks of yards even when the defenders were well positioned.

“Each side failed each other,” Stoops said. “That can’t happen.”

With their ultimate goal extinguished, the Sooners will need to regroup and focus on winning the Big 12. Otherwise they risk repeating the struggles of 2014, when lofty expectations turned into a five-loss season after a rough start.

“Right now, maybe we’ll find our true identity,” Mayfield said.

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Protesters call to ‘dump Trump’ People hold signs, shout outside candidate event

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Several hundred protesters gathered outside the home of Hunter and Kathy Miller starting at 2 p.m. Saturday for a “Dump Trump Rally,” a protest against a fundraiser for the Donald Trump campaign.

Organized on Facebook, some protesters met at the house, near the intersection of Chautauqua Avenue and Timberdell Road, and some met at the Lloyd Noble Center and walked over.

Timberdell Road was blocked off, and more than 10 highway patrol and Secret Service cars lined the street and driveway where the fundraiser took place.

The protesters held signs, chanted, sang and shouted at the Secret Service, Oklahoma

Highway Patrol and other security personnel standing outside the house. They shouted more when people such as, Gov. Mary Fallin, walked into the house from cars.

Many of the demonstrators were protesting Trump, the Republican nominee for president, and his policies, along with Plains All American Pipeline.

However, some pro-Trump demonstrators and Hillary Clinton supporters were also present.

Several dogs and children were also present at the protest, and many people yelled at and recorded protesters on video as they drove by. Sean Braddy, a Norman resident running for the U.S. Senate, and Christina Owens, a Norman resident running for the U.S. House of Representatives, were both present and supporting protestors.

“If we say nothing, we are saying it’s alright to divide people amongst religion, amongst race, gender,” Braddy said. “If we say

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A group gathers outside the Miller residence in Norman to protest Trump’s campaign on Saturday. Trump arrived at 5:15 p.m. to a crowd of nearly 200.

nothing, we’re saying ‘well it’s okay, we’ll let that slide.’”

Around 3 p.m., members of OU fraternity Phi Delta Theta, whose house is east of the Miller

residence, asked protesters to move closer to the road and off of the grass southwest of their house.

The Norman Police Department was called, and a

Norman police officer and member of Oklahoma State Highway Patrol arrived shortly after to settle the dispute. After some angry words between protesters and tailgaters, the protesters moved away from the house.

Joe Maldonado of the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park, who goes by Joe Exotic, left the Miller house at around 4 p.m., claiming he was kicked out.

At about 4:45 p.m., additional Norman police officers and Secret Service members pulled up to the house, and Trump exited of a car and walked inside. The protesters yelled for several minutes, moving to a different part of the house where they could see through the fence of the house into the party.

Protesters began to disperse shortly after Trump arrived at the house.

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Homeowners cash in on game day Norman residents sell parking spots to football fans ANDREW CLARK @Clarky_Tweets

William McCollum currently works six days a year.

Every OU football home game, the political science junior at Rose State College displays a cardboard cutout with a dollar amount written on it in an attempt to court game-goers’ cars onto his property. This is the third football season he has been in business.

McCollum, along with many other Norman residents who live within relative walking distance to the Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, doesn’t spend his Saturdays cheering for the Sooners at the game. He spends his time at home, with vehicles parked on his lawn and pockets filled with cash.

For the Ohio State football game on Saturday, McCollum charged customers $25 for a spot on his property on Garfield Avenue, which is less than a half mile from the football shrine. “ We c a n u s u a l l y f i t around seven or so (vehicles) in the front yard and then about 12 or so in the backyard,” McCollum said.

Do the math. If he sold all of those spots, McCollum would make $475 in a day.

If McCollum were to make that much each OU home game, he’d make $2,850 per season.

A person making minimum wage would have to

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Sonny Priest, a 2008 OU graduate with a degree in film and media studies, courts a vehicle to park at his property on Saturday, before the OU vs. Ohio State football game. Priest has been selling parking spaces on his property since his days as a student.

work more than 393 hours to match those earnings.

McCollum plays to the market, though.

“O n a l e s s i mp o r t a nt game, we’ll do $20 (per spot), but for games like Ohio State, we’ll do $25,” he said.

McCollum’s next-door neighbor, Sonny Priest, graduated from OU in 2008 with a degree in film and video studies, now known as film and media studies.

He’s offered game attendees spots in his yard since

his days as a student.

His business model is more strategic than McCollum’s, though.

“Some people block people in, and then some

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cars and just pile them in the back. But then everybody would hate me afterwards,” he said.

He said he even has a returning clientele.

“Customer service,” he preached. “If you’re nice, if you’re responsible. ... You just treat them like you want to be treated.”

Sonia Adkins owns rental properties across Norman.

Before the Ohio State game, she sold parking spaces at one of her properties on Debarr Avenue with the

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people do what’s called ‘easy-out’ parking,” Priest said. “No blocking in is very attractive to a lot of people. Like last week — if it’s a blowout, and people want to leave at halftime or the third quarter, you don’t want to be stuck at your car and not able to leave.”

Priest said he parks fewer cars than some people can but charges a little more per car since he offers easy-out parking.

“If I wasn’t doing easyout, I’d do like $20, fill 25

help of her son and daughter-in-law for $25 per spot.

She upped it from her normal $20 for that day but not because of the game.

She didn’t even know who the Sooners were playing.

“I see the people,” Adkins said. “I started at $20, but this woman (a few doors down) ... is charging $35.”

She’s been selling spots at that particular property for 15 years. She said she’s earned a nickname from doing so: the moneybag.

“You know Mr. Moneybag in the casino? That’s ‘moi,’” she said.

Adkins immigrated to Oklahoma from Egypt 40 years ago after she fell in love with her husband, who was the first American she ever laid eyes on, she said.

They originally owned a farm in Goldsby, Oklahoma, but since they moved to Norman, Adkins has been selling parking spots.

But she said the business is more about the fun than the money. “ My l a s t na m e i s n o t Trump,” she said. “My last name is Adkins. The Adkins family are very nice people here in Norman. “(Upcharging people for parking spots) is not good business,” she said.

Sometimes customers give the sellers more than just money.

“A lot of times they offer b e e r,” M c C o l l u m s a i d , clenching a can of Michelob ULTRA. “It’s really fun.”

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OU will fund Project Threshold

Support program in place since 1970 federally defunded KAYLA BRANCH @kayla_branch

OU President David Boren has agreed to bridge fund Project Threshold at the university after the federal government decided not to renew the grant normally used to fund the program, said Jabar Shumate, the vice president for the university community.

Shumate told The Daily and students at a meeting Sept. 16 that the government decided not to renew the it.

“It was the federal government that decided not to renew the grant,” he said.

“We applied for it, and last year we were notified that they decided not to renew it, even though Project Threshold at OU is one of the longest running programs and one of the biggest programs in the nation of its kind.”

According to the Project Threshold web page, the program, which started at OU in 1970, is dedicated to giving students who are first generation, economically disadvantaged or disabled a equal chance at graduating and obtaining a degree. The website also says the U.S. Department of Education had funded the program since 1971.

Student representatives from different organizations on campus came to the Sept. 16 meeting, including the Student Government Association and the Brown Collective. Many of these students were also present at Shumate’s “State of the

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Deborah Binkley-Jackson, the director of OU’s Project Threshold, speaks to student leaders and Vice President Jabar Shumate in the Wagner Hall offices. Threshold was federally defunded, but bridge funding from OU President David Boren will keep it on campus.

“But I will tell you this, every dollar that is needed to keep every essence of this program available to support students will be here. It might be a little less than they are receiving now, but they will have everything they need to keep this program running.”

JABAR SHUMATE, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY

Community” forum Sept. 15, where the government’s decision not to renew the grant was also discussed.

“I think it was because of (the students) and our conversations (at the forum) that we began to talk about what is going on with Project Threshold and where we s t a n d ,” S h u m a t e s a i d .

“That’s hopefully what these forums will be, us being able to talk about big issues, getting them out in the open and then onto the desk of the president.”

When Shumate was asked if the bridge funding will be the same amount as the federal government previously granted the program, he said

the university has faced its own budget cuts, but it will do whatever it can.

“We will definitely see what we can do,” Shumate said. “But I will tell you this, every dollar that is needed to keep every essence of this program available to support students will be here.

It might be a little less than they are receiving now, but they will have everything they need to keep this program running.”

After the meeting in Evans Hall, Shumate took the students to Lissa and Cy Wagner Hall, where Project Threshold is officed, to give them a firsthand look at what the program does for

students.

“As most of you w ere made aware of last night, this will be our last year of federal funding,” said Deborah Binkley-Jackson, the director of Project Threshold at OU. “But hopefully, as you all learned, (Boren) has graciously decided to fund the program until we can write the grant again.”

Binkley-Jackson said the grants for Project Threshold to receive federal funding are written every four years for a five-year funding span.

So the next year that the program will be eligible to apply for federal funding is 2019, she said. The program was previously receiving more than $400,000 from the government to maintain its tutoring services, computer lab, kitchen area and staff members who act as counselors, advisers and mentors.

“It takes quite a bit to manage at the same level that we were at, but there are definitely services that won’t go away,” Binkley-Jackson said. “Our tutoring won’t go away, I certainly don’t see the care that our advisers are able to show and maintain for the students ever going away. Those are things that money can’t touch.”

Crystal Perkins-Carter, the assistant director of OU’s Project Threshold, said the program has seen recent success. She said the percentage of students involved in the program who reach graduation has risen to 99 or 100 percent within the last five years.

Marketing sophomore Jessie Pallares, who attended the meetings in both Evans and Wagner halls, said he is glad the university found funding to keep the program

alive.

“I’m glad that the university was able to resolve this,” Pallares said. “Just last night someone said, ‘Hey guys, do you know a good tutor? I’m really in need of one, I’ve tried everything.’ And someone said, ‘Yeah, Threshold has really good tutoring.’”

“I think it’s important to note also that this is not a program that is race or ethnicity based,” BinkleyJackson said. “It targets students who are first generation, economically disadvantaged and/or disabled.

That doesn’t have a skin color, that doesn’t have a gender, that doesn’t have an orientation. This is a program for students, any students who meets those needs.”

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PROJECT THRESHOLD • The federal government decided not to renew the grant for Project Threshhold this year • Project Threshold started at OU in 1970.

• The project has been federally funded since 1971.

• President Boren has decided to have the university subsidize the program until Project Threshold can reapply for federal funding.

• The next year Project Threshold will be eligible to apply for federal funding will be in 2019.

OU accused of animal abuse Animal rights group seeks fines for animal deaths

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An animal rights group is seeking penalties against OU for the recent deaths of animals in OU research facilities.

Stop Animal Exploitation NOW!, a national anti-animal experimentation group, has filed four complaints against OU in 2016 for animal deaths, according to a press release from SAEN executive director Michael Budkie.

Budkie said SAEN is pursuing fines from the U.S. Department of Agriculture against OU. In light of previous animal deaths at OU, Budkie said SAEN is hoping to enact the maximum penalty from the USDA. “Since they’ve already been fined almost $20,000

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but are still violating federal law in a way that is literally killing animals, we’re seeking the maximum penalty, which is $10,000 per infraction per animal,” said Budkie.

“Since there are a significant number of animals, this could easily be a six-figure penalty,” said Budkie.

The USDA set OU with a $19,143 fine in January 2016 for negligence in animal deaths and violation of the Animal Welfare Act. Budkie said the penalties SAEN is now seeking will cover incidents that occurred after these fines were enacted.

In a written complaint to the USDA filed Sept. 7, 2016, Budkie said 13 animals, including baboons, rabbits, chinchillas, a dog and multiple guinea pigs, have died in OU’s care since the payment of the $19,143 fine levied in January. Reports from the OU Health Sciences Center Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee confirm the

deaths of these animals.

A USDA inspection report from February 2016 also indicates “a significant deficiency” in the quality and sanitation of OU’s Comparative Medicine animal facility.

James Tomasek, vice president for research at OU Health Sciences Center, said in an email Sept. 16 that the USDA has not taken any further action against OU. The OUHSC Institutional Animal Care and Use Program voluntarily undergoes regular inspections from the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International, and it has also received the continued approval of the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare and the National Institutes of Health, Tomasek also said in the email.

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Oklahoma in need of leaders Sooners missing departed leaders after rough start SPENSER DAVIS @Davis_Spenser

Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops didn’t mince words after the Sooners’ 45-24 loss to Ohio State on Saturday. “It’s fair to say the leadership isn’t close to what it was a year ago,� Stoops said. “I’ve got to do a better job, and I’ve got to do a better job developing players to do that.�

Stoops is referring to a group of six leaders who brought the Sooners to the College Football Playoff a season ago.

All six were battle tested.

They were there for OU’s upset Sugar Bowl win over Alabama. They were there

when the Sooners disappointed the following year with an 8-5 season. They were on the front row as the team protested after the SAE scandal. And they brought the team back from the depths of a loss to arch-rival Texas last season. “Last year I think we had some special guys and a special team,� senior linebacker Jordan Evans said.

But now, all are gone.

Cornerback Zack Sanchez left early for the NFL. Center Ty Darlington, linebacker Eric Striker, receiver Sterling Shepard and defensive lineman Charles Tapper graduated. Quarterback Trevor Knight transferred for playing time at Texas A&M. The Sooners, now 1-2 and out of the College Football Playoff, are broken again.

Now the question becomes, who will help put them back

together? “When you lose a bunch of guys who have played for years here, you’re going to lose a lot of leadership,� quarterback Baker Mayfield said. “Right now, we need people to step up, but it’s hard when a lot of people don’t feel comfortable being vocal. But some people do, and they need to step up and be vocal. In my case, I have to be the most vocal on the team and maybe in the program. “A lot of that’s on me.�

Oklahoma will get a small reprieve this week as it has its first bye week of the year.

However, the Sooners will then travel to TCU Oct. 1 and then to Dallas for the Red River Rivalry against Texas the week after that.

Mayfield said he’s hoping to use the bye week to regroup.

“I think (the bye week) is good for us,â€? he said. “We can get back to the basics, like I said earlier. Back to square one. We need to restart and go from the fundamentals on ‌ we’re close in a lot of things but it’s the minor details that are kind of killing us right now.â€?

With a pair of talented teams on the horizon and a potential 1-4 record looming, the Sooners desperately need to fix its leadership problem — and do so quickly. “You’ll just find out now who’s all-in,� Evans added. “Guys that are all-in will keep us together. Guys who want to sit there and become individuals, that’s when you’ll see a team fold.�

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Sooners fail rowdy crowd Students waited through rough weather to see loss SPENSER DAVIS @Davis_Spenser

Hours before Ohio State embarrassed Oklahoma on its home field, OU’s home crowd — specifically its student section — was ready for a fight.

The student section filled up early and was overflowing with enthusiasm, even as a torrential rain storm cascaded down the aisles of Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

The student section was challenged earlier in the week by former OU center Ty Darlington to arrive early and stay late.

They certainly showed up early. The crowd was rowdy amid a storm that delayed the game’s start by 90 minutes. Most students remained in their seats despite persistent pleas from OU to move to the concourse, more interested in leading chants to “Seven Nation Army� than in giving up their seats for the most highly-anticipated game on the Sooners’ schedule “Hell no, we won’t go,� the crowd reportedly chanted.

OU’s defense, however, was not as unwavering Saturday night.

The Sooners permitted 291 rushing yards and never put up a fight against the Buckeyes’ passing attack. J.T. Barrett passed freely for 152 yards and four touchdowns in Ohio State’s 45-24 win.

Oklahoma’s student section eventually yielded after Ohio State took a 42-17 lead on Noah Brown’s fourth touchdown catch of the day.

By the start of the final stanza, the student section — and the rest of the crowd — was noticeably bare.

But who could blame them? OU looked flat. Baker

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OU fans in the student section of the stadium cheer on the Sooners during the Ohio State game on Saturday. Both OU President David Boren and former player Ty Darlington asked for students to increase their spirit in the stands leading up to the game.

Mayfield threw two picks and looked more like a former walk-on from Texas Tech than the fourth-place Heisman finisher that he was a year ago.

OU’s secondar y acted more as a turnstile rather than a brick wall, and the Sooners’ defensive front had almost no success stopping J.T. Barrett, Curtis Samuel or Mike Weber.

Mayfield, who also threw for 226 yards with two touchdowns, said after the game that news of the student section’s inspiring stubbornness did get back to the Sooners’ locker room. “It’s important to know that they were there for us from the get-go ‌ thankful for the support, but for right now it’s all about us. We have to find our identity and move forward,â€? Mayfield said. “I appreciate everything they did, especially the fact that they were loud for most of the game until it got to a certain point.â€?

This game was a wasted opportunity for the Sooners.

Not only did they waste a tremendous crowd effort, but they missed a chance to impress dozens of top prospects who were in town for the game.

OU’s recruiting class currently ranks in the top five nationally, but even that

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could be in jeopardy. The Sooners get a bye week before traversing down to Texas for two consecutive weeks — first to play TCU and then a much-improved Texas squad.

The Sooners had a crowd to woo prospects on OU’s biggest recruiting weekend ever. The atmosphere was there. The execution was not. “We’re disappointed as hell tonight,� OU offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley said. “The crowd was phenomenal. It was a great

atmosphere, and I’m disappointed we didn’t look better for all of them.�

Now, the Sooners have to regroup. With a pair of top20 opponents coming after the bye, Oklahoma could be looking at a 1-4 record.

Th e Co l l e g e Fo o tba l l Playoff is now out of t h e q u e s t i o n . A Bi g 1 2 Championship? That’s the new goal — it’s the only one left. “The first and foremost goal is always winning the Big 12 title,â€? Mayfield said. “We’ve got to realize that (TCU and Texas) are two very, very good opponents ‌ We’re going to have to move on from our mistakes, learn from them but just forget about it.â€?

Oklahoma won’t play at home again until Oct. 15 when it hosts Kansas State.

Until then, this is the sentiment the Sooners have of the crowd’s performance: “They showed up ready to play, but we didn’t,� Mayfield said.

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Senior linebacker Jordan Evans looks to the crowd as he walks onto the field before the Ohio State game on Saturday. Evans is the Sooners defensive captain for the Sooners.

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OHIO STATE WEEKEND Sooner fans raise their fingers in the air after the national anthem before the OU vs. Ohio State football game on Saturday. The Sooners lost 45-24.

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Junior quarterback Baker Mayfield looks around the field after the snap for an open teammate during the game against Ohio State on Saturday. Mayfield had 226 passing yards in the game.

OU and Ohio State fans walk around Campus Corner before the game at the Gaylord FamilyOklahoma Memorial Stadium on Saturday. The Sooners lost to the Buckeyes 45-24.

Running back Joe Mixon asks the crowd to make noise before a kick return in the third quarter of the game against Ohio State on Saturay. Mixon had 78 rushing yards and 15 receiving yards in the game.

The Ohio State offensive line holds back the Sooner defense to protect quarterback J.T. Barrett during the game on Saturday.

The Buckeyes defeated the Sooners 45-24 for their first game against each other in 33 years.

The Sooners run onto the field before the game against Ohio State on Saturday. The game was delayed until 8 p.m. due to weather and resulted in a loss to the Buckeyes 45-24.

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Wide receiver Noah Brown pushes back on cornerback Jordan Thomas in the third quarter during the OU vs. Ohio State game at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on Saturday.

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Hendrik Swanepol holds Honey Boo Boo, the youngest Swifty Swine pig outside of the Swifty Swine trailer at the Oklahoma State Fair. The piglet is eight weeks old.

Animals take state fair Agricultural exhibits attract 2016 fairgoers

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It’s no secret that the Oklahoma State Fair means fried food and carnival rides, but watching a goat give birth or a piglet race for an Oreo offers a more unique fair experience.

While most of the fair workers gear up for each day before noon, the agriculture area spends those hours in a flurry of activity. One of the attractions in the agriculture area is the barnyard birthing center, which allows fairgoers to sit hidden behind animal pens and watch animals give birth.

The birthing center is run

by Rod Hall and Katie Tyler and staffed by volunteers who are studying to be veterinarians and veterinary technicians. Tyler teaches veterinary tech at Murray State College in addition to working at a small clinic in Ada. At the center, fairgoers have a rare opportunity to see the live birth of goats, sheep, cows and pigs or just watch the newborns from a distance, Tyler said.

“When we get here in the

morning, we take what we call a TPR on the patients. When they first arrive at the fair, we do a full physical examination, and then we monitor them while they’re here,” she said. “We take temperature, heart rates, respiratory rates on all of them, just to get a baseline for that morning.”

The pregnant animals come from many different walks of life, and the fair staff makes sure the animals are left alone and kept comfortable during their fair stay.

“Once (the animal) does go into active labor, we just keep an eye on it the same way — make sure everything goes smoothly. Most of these goats and sheep have already had kids or lambs before, so we hope that they’ll be just fine,” she said.

Another facet of the birthing center is feeding calves.

The calves are donated from Braum’s Dairy, and the birthing center staff bottle feeds the calves and takes care of them during their stay, Tyler said.

One of the more action-filled exhibits is the “Swifty Swine Racing Pigs.”

If the name doesn’t say it all, it’s a free show where audience members get to watch piglets race around a track for an Oreo. If watching an Oreo chase wasn’t enough, the swine race includes an

intermission complete with a piglet swimming across a small tank.

Hendrik Swanepoel, self-proclaimed swine master, said his South African roots acclimated him to racing pigs and working with monkeys. The swine race is popular with people of all ages, Swanepoel said.

“This is better than horse-racing, man! You don’t lose your money, and you just have fun. You can bet against your friends if you want, but if you bet against me, I’m going to take your money,” he said.

The fair has more than animal attractions. There are a few arenas full of business stands, and one of those stands offers a literal breath of fresh air. The ladies at the Pink Zebra stand just prefer that air to be scented.

The Pink Zebra company specializes in selling small scented wax or “Sprinkles” that buyers can melt in Pink Zebra’s decorated simmer pots.

Diana Pence, one of Pink Zebra’s executive managers and independent consultant, said the scented stand has been at the state fair the past four years, but this year has brought the most change.

“We have seen an increase in traffic. Some of it is the size of the booth because you can

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walk all the way through, and we’re able to have more displays where the sprinkles are just open, and people can fill their own jars,” she said.

The waxy sprinkles vary in color and scent, with dozens of options ranging from the tan “Cafe Latte” to forest green “The Great Outdoors.”

The sprinkles sell for $10 for a jar or three jars for $28.

Simmer pots run at $32 with a jar of sprinkles.

The scented sprinkle concept is a hit with fairgoers — droves of women stopped by to see all the unique scents.

Pink Zebra also works to sign-up customers to be Pink Zebra consultants themselves. The company is run through a network of independent consultants who sell Pink Zebra’s product at house parties and events, Pence said.

For more information about Oklahoma state fair attractions, hours and admission prices visit okstatefair. com.

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