Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Previewing Central Michigan Who are the 2022 Chippewas? Ben Hutchens Assistant Sports Editor Mike Gundy isn’t overlooking the Central Michigan Chip-
pewas. Nobody in Stillwater is. The 2016 hail mary and lateral pass that lifted CMU to an upset victory in Stillwater is seared into the minds of thousands of Cowboy faithful. After all the heartbreak and pain the Chippewas caused last time they came to town, they will have the Cowboys’ full attention. Last season, CMU finished 9-4 overall and 6-2 in MidAmerican Conference play. The
highlight of the season was the Chippewas only victory against a Power Five opponent, a 24-21 win against Washington State in the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl. Jim McElwain is entering his fourth season coaching at CMU and has reached a bowl game twice. Gundy said he is somewhat familiar with CMU and the MidAmerican Conference because of See Michigan on page 2
Via Google NASA’s Artemis I planned to launch to the moon Monday morning but an engine bleed forced a delay.
NASA moon launch delayed of going to the moon isn’t a totally new idea, many students have never actually witnessed a man on the moon. OSU student Claire Stolfa said she thinks it’s awesome. Teyte Holcomb “I’ve never News Editor seen anyone go to the moon,” Stolfa said. “Being able to witness NASA has run that would be pretty into issues with the cool.” launch of its latest Even though the rocket to the moon. mission was planned Artemis I, NAto begin early Monday SA’s “mega rocket” has morning, a problem reportedly experienced with the cooling system delays due to an issue in one of the engines with one of the four caused a delay in the engines. NASA was launch date. A NASA experiencing issues representative told with an engine bleed CNN the potential risk that was known about of an engine bleed was before the scheduled never out of the queslaunch date. tion. While the idea See Nasa on page 4
Mackenzie Janish Cowgirl soccer fans waited for hours to watch a Bedlam soccer match never happened because of severe weather Sunday night.
Severe weather, match cancelation didn’t stop Cowgirls during a rivalry game, it drew a significantly larger crowd for the match than usual. Kick off was supposed to take place around 7 p.m. Daniel Allen “I looked out there at the students section Staff Reporter before we would have been kicking off and it When OSU and was packed,” said OSU Oklahoma athletic coach Colin Carmiprograms collide, the chael. “I felt like the Bedlam title comes into atmosphere would have fruition. been amazing, the crowd This time it wasn’t would have been incredexactly in the field of ible, so (I was) just disapplay. pointed for our fans.” On Sunday evening, Mother nature had the Cowgirls and Sooners other plans. were scheduled to play It started with a the first of two soccer 30 minute lightning matches of the 2022 delay, then another. An season at Neal Patterson hour-and-a-half after the Stadium. As expected schedule kickoff, a black-
out occurred throughout the stadium. Utter chaos ensued. “It was like a fever dream,” Mark Williams said. “There was so much (stuff) going on, so many different chains of events, I couldn’t keep my head straight at times.” Even when the circumstances presented were highly unfavorable to allow a soccer match to occur, fans of both sides stayed put. Warnings of severe thunderstorms, flashes of lengthy lighting bolts and rumors of loud, heavy rain didn’t stop fans from wanting Bedlam soccer to take place. “We had singing competitions,” said
freshman student Mason Miller. “I thought I just about sang my lungs out at one point.” Students and fans didn’t have to stay, but they did. They could have gone along with the trajectory of the night, bought into the severity of the weather and presumptive match cancelation, but they didn’t, for one reason. “We love Cowgirl soccer,” said sophomore student Daniel Nickleson. “These girls need our support and if we give up and go home because of a storm then what are we doing?” sports.ed@ocolly.com