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Monday, October 3, 2022

Trojan Horse: What Baylor said about the Cowboys

P.J. Tikalsky impressive player, and we didn’t hit Staff Reporter really dynamic… ‘em. We pretty

Abby Cage OSU linebacker Mason Cobb got a key tackle on fourth-and-1, on a similar play to last season’s Big 12 championship game.

Role Reversal: Cowboys conjure critical stops to exact revenge on Bears role reversal.

It was Baylor’s turn to lose.

Cobb’s tackle in the second quarter, which prematurely ended Reese’s attempt Sam Hutchens Staff Reporter at a fourth-and-one conversion from the OSU 10-yard line, WACO, Texas — looked eerily similar to Mason Cobb darting the play that haunted through an opening to the Cowboys. The play drag Baylor running that many Baylor fans back Richard Reese brought homemade down epitomized the signs about. The play

that ended the 2021 Cowboys’ shot at a Big 12 title on AT&T Stadium’s 1-yard line.

But Jarion McVea, the Baylor tackler who heroically pulled down Dezmon Jackson in OSU and Baylor’s previous meeting, is now out of college. And on Saturday, OSU was the beneficiary, not the victim, of spectacular plays.

and he used his speed well today.

He broke our Oklahoma contain, and that’s State marched on us too. We’ve into Waco and gotta [sic] rush tamed the Baylor with good rush Bears in a 36-25 integrity and good victory. Here’s rushing lanes, what some of the but he did a lot opposing team of good things to had to say about win, and we didn’t the Cowboys. do enough good Baylor things to win. We Linebacker Dil- just didn’t do our lon Doyle: job on a lot of On Spencer plays, and I think Sanders’ perfor- you see the result mance there. I think they “He’s a scored 36 points.” super dynamic On OSU’s player; he always offense has been. I think “I think the going into this tempo was somegame he was lead- thing, but that ing the country wasn’t something in all-purpose we didn’t expect. yards per game, They threw their but yeah, super fastballs our way

Coming off a bye week, OSU beat Baylor 36-25 in the Cowboys’ first conference game of the season.

“Players stayed focused for two weeks and practiced well,” coach Mike Gundy said. “They gave great effort. They were competitive…obviously it was a good win for us.”

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much had it down to a T what they were gonna run, and we just weren’t able to stop it. We were simplified defensively, we were just not able to stop it.”

Baylor Coach Dave Aranda: On the Game in General “A lot of credit to Oklahoma State. I thought they started fast, I thought that all three sides of [the ball] for them played really confident and fast.”

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Abby Cage The Cowboys avenged their loss in the Big 12 Championship last season with a 36-25 win against Baylor on Saturday. After the loss, some members of the Baylor team spoke highly of the Cowboys.

The NFL announced the elimination of the traditional Pro Bowl in favor of the Pro Bowl Games and a flag football game.

Courtesy of Tribune News Service

NFL Pro Bowl replaced with Pro Bowl Games Baylor Bryant Staff Reporter

tial dangers of this additional game and players have started to not try in the game as much as previous years.

The Pro Bowl has always been a polarizing topic among NFL fans.

The NFL is giving fans what they Many fans resent the game because wished for. the Pro Bowl is treated more like an exThis past Monday, the NFL anhibition game rather than a competitive nounced the annual Pro Bowl will be football game. The criticism is valid. replaced with a week-long skills comHowever, the Pro Bowl functioned as petition and a flag football game. an unimportant game added onto the The Pro Bowl began in January season with no real benefit, so players 1951 and has been a staple of the NFL were not incentivised to perform well. postseason since. As the years passed, The new Pro Bowl Games will studies and research showed the poten- give fans exactly what they have

wanted out of the Pro Bowl for years, seeing their favorite players during the postseason. The Pro Bowl Games will allow players to show off their skills and personalities more than they have been able to in the Pro Bowl.

The flag football game looks to be an outstanding replacement for the Pro Bowl game. Full contact has not worked for the game in the past few years, and replacing that with pulling flags could allow players to play more competitively and make the overall viewing experience better for fans.

Peyton Manning, a 14-time Pro

Bowler and Hall of Fame quarterback, and his Omaha Productions will help promote and shape the outcome of the week-long games. Manning will also be present among the coaching staff for the flag football game.

The Pro Bowl Games will take place in Las Vegas in February, with the flag football game on Feb. 5.

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Continued from page 1 On Oklahoma State’s Performance “I thought on particularly special teams we were outplayed, and it’s disappointing to see. You have to look at all the improvement that has to take place there to get us to where we’re a viable outfit. A lot of good learning has to go on; it’ll be good with some of the time we have to get some of the emotions in some of the players and the staff out of it so we can address the reality of it… Oklahoma State is a fast

team, a good team, and we are too, so I think our ability to take the lessons learned, apply them and not weaponize them is really gonna be key.”

On OSU’s safety “What Oklahoma State was doing versus that particular wing set was they were basically playing two defensive ends. That was somewhat of a particular new set that they were playing just versus us, and that really showed itself on that particular play. Credit goes to them; I think we’ve got two tight ends at the point of attack and you wish all that would’ve been better. I think that play in particular had been a positive play just a week earlier, so we were looking at it through that lens… I go back to the [punt] prior to that; I just think we have to handle that better.

I think the hidden yardage in this is not good for the Baylor Bears. Of all the three sides of the ball in all of it, [special teams] is the one area where we must have improvement.”

On OSU getting the edge in key plays “I think there was a lot of confidence with them. I think I’d call that grounded confidence, and I think we’re not there yet. I think some of that is ‘hey this isn’t last year,’ and I think the other thing is the sacrifices that it takes for guys throughout the week, and continually attacking the process and the grind of it. From a bye week perspective, I think it’s good timing for us because of the grind that we’ve been through. But I think everything is training for something, and I think

those attitudes that we bring into it really matter because that’s what you train.”

On containing Sanders’ rushing in the second half “I think the energy level was better. I think our energy level was better, so we were able to match that. There were times in the first half, just on the sidelines and in the huddle where it was as if someone had drained the blood from our faces. It didn’t feel at all like that in the second half.”

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Mackenzie Janish Baylor coach Dave Aranda credited OSU with playing fast and confident in OSU’s win in Waco Saturday.

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Column: OSU must remain typical in not so normal Big 12

Adam Engel Co-Editor-in-Chief WACO, Texas —An expected result on paper became a Big 12 anomaly Saturday.

But Saturday was no ordinary day. At least not in the Big 12.

Minutes after the final whistle, Spencer Sanders yelled toward a posse of Cowboy fans.

The group serenaded its quarterback with exaggerated “Heisman” chants and “Go Pokes.”

A 36-25 win for No. 9 Oklahoma State against No. 16 Baylor in enemy territory deserves a welcome applause.

Sanders, OSU’s quarterback thrived running the ball. It’s not ordinary for a quarterback to lead his squad in rushing. Sanders did with 75 yards.

Two yards better than what running back Dominic Richardson recorded on 24 carries.

In the postgame media availabilities, OSU players and coaches spoke about the maturity exhibited within

Abby Cage Momentum shifted for OSU many times, particularly on the defensive end.

Reversal...

OSU prides itself on “doing the little things right.”

the group. A team, as defensive coordinator Derek Mason suggested, focused on itself.

Nothing else.

Defensive end Brock Martin described his team as one with guts. Determination, will and last man standing levels of conditioning forged from strength coach Rob Glass. That’s the Cowboy way.

OSU, the team that outlasted Baylor in a Big 12 championship rematch could become the one constant in the conference’s

future.

OSU players and coaches again assured reporters of their “we’re focused on ourselves” mentality. Maybe that’s what it takes to become the standard. Great teams achieve that status because of their desire to be committed to a goal. One that may seem foolish to outsiders.

Outside the Cowboys’ mental bubble, chaos erupted in the conference. No team is safe.

Earlier in the day, about 85

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miles north on Interstate 35, TCU trampled No. 18 Oklahoma, 55-24.

A sight so unexpected that media members in the McLane Stadium press box exchanged quips of disbelief over their meal of green chile chicken tacos.

The Sooners didn’t want to give credit to the Horned Frogs.

“Today, OU beat OU,” Sooners linebacker David Ugwoegbu said.

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ations. He ran 14 times for 75 yards and a score.

“He converts a lot of plays with his legs,” Gundy said. “And Continued from page 1 you see that in college football now. The quarterback, in my opinion, Like the aforemen- what he brings to the table is he can convert tioned championship first downs and keep the matchup, the meeting was a high-stakes game. chains moving with his legs.”

The Cowboys, ranked Early, the CowNo. 9, and No. 16 Baylor boy offense put together are expected to settle multiple methodical near the top of the Big drives, something offen12 standings when the sive coordinator Kasey season ends. But that Dunn said he was quite was about where similarities stop between the pleased with. In the third quarter, the fast-paced games.

Cowboy offense picked OSU quarterback up its speed.

Spencer Sanders stayed Redshirt freshman sharp and stayed crisp — a contrast to his four-in- Jaden Nixon took just terception game against 13 seconds to score on Baylor’s kickoff to open the Bears last season.

Sanders completed 20 of the second half. OSU scored a touchdown in 29 passes for 181 yards 44 seconds on its foland a touchdown, with lowing possession. A one pick.

50-yard return from “The game was definitely more personal junior receiver Brennan Presley set up Sanders for me, and I just made at midfield, where he sure I did everything I could to hold myself ac- threw an arching pass to countable,” Sanders said. senior receiver Braydon Johnson at the front right Sanders also pylon. displayed his knack for Johnson elevated, picking up yardage on made the catch and came the ground in key situ-

down at the 1-yard line, where Dominic Richardson (24 carries for 73 yards) scored to expand OSU’s lead to 30-17.

“Third quarter was like a video game,” Gundy said.

OSU also flipped the script on defense.

The Cowboys picked Baylor quarterback Blake Shapen off twice, after not doing so at all in the Big 12 Championship.

The Cowboys also stopped Baylor twice on fourth down. Though surrendering 457 total yards, OSU’s defense turned Baylor over in the red zone — courtesy of the Cobb tackle — and held the Bears to a lackluster scoring output.

Jason Taylor’s toe-drag interception with 2:55 left allowed the Cowboys to salt the game away and perhaps alleviate some salt in the wound of their defeat in the 2021 postseason.

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With the soon-to-be departure of OU and Texas to the SEC, Saturday’s showdown in Waco could be the main matchup of the future.

Continued from page 3 After all, the two play a similar brand of football.

“When you watch our two teams play, there’s Oklahoma sits 0-2 in conference play for second no BS,” OSU coach Mike Gundy said. “There are no time since 1998. That won’t work in the SEC, Soonlate hits. Guys aren’t slamming people down. There’s ers. nobody talking trash. Guys just playing football.”

Elsewhere, the seemingly almost miserable Other teams show that parity continues to beKansas Jayhawks are 5-0 after a 14-11 win over Iowa come a theme in the Big 12. The expected losers are State. Cyclones kicker Jace Gilbert, a freshman from winning and vice versa. BYU, Cincinnati, Houston Marlow, shanked a 37-yarder that would’ve tied the and Central Florida, are soon the newbies. game with 25 seconds left.

This isn’t your typical Power Five conference.

Those two games created outliers in Saturday’s “I think this is as attractive league as it gets,” Big 12 action. Everything else went chalk.

Gundy said Monday. “I don’t know if there’s very

many teams in this league that have a losing record right now, if any.”

Think about it. Nothing is “typical” anymore.

Conference realignment, a proposed 12-team College Football Playoff and massive media contracts galore.

But to continue to be a national force, the Cowboys need to be typical. Focus on yourself. Control what you can control. Don’t let yourself beat yourself.

All those coach cliches are just what the Cowboys need in an ever-changing college football landscape.

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Abby Cage After a wild week in the Big 12, OSU should take the title of the top team in the conference.

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New beginnings: OSU names new Alumni Association president

Teyte Holcomb News Editor OSU has voted to have another woman lead as president, but this time it’s for the Alumni Association.

Ann Caine was voted to serve as OSU’s Alumni Association president after an unanimous vote from the association’s board of directors.

Although Caine received her doctorate degree from OSU, she wasn’t always a Cowgirl. Caine graduated from Kansas State University, earning her degree in elementary education. From there, she spent her time teaching in elementary schools in Junction City, Kansas, until she later went on to earn her master’s in special education.

Later, she went to OSU where she earned her doctorate, allowing her to serve as Stillwater Public Schools’ superintendent for seven years.

Even after retirement, Caine’s responsibilities didn’t slow.

“I was actually on the Alumni Association board,” Caine told The O’Colly. “We had this position open, and the recruiter called me and said ‘Why aren’t you putting your name in?’ And here I am now.”

Along with her doctorate degree,

Caine earned other achievements outside the classroom. Caine received the Oklahoma Chairman’s Award from the National FFA Organization and was also named Oklahoma Superintendent of the Year. Caine is a lifetime member of the OSU Alumni Association and was an active member on the board up until her appointment of president.

Caine’s appointment comes nearly a year after Kayse Shrum was appointed OSU’s first female president, and almost four years after Blaire Atkinson was appointed to lead the OSU Foundation. With these leadership roles being occupied by women, Caine said the future deserves to have more women in power.

“I know when I was a superintendent there weren’t very many females in the room,” Caine said. “I understand what it’s like to be in the minority, and I know there are a lot of girls who are wondering if they can be a leader when they grow up. My goal is to be a positive role model and to be successful, to show them to dream big.”

Caine isn’t the only one who has a passion for serving OSU students either.

Caine’s husband, Tracy, as well as both of her children and son-in-law, are all OSU graduates and passionate about the fans and people at the university. While it is clear her passion for OSU is strong, her passion for family is even

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“My dad was my first mentor,” Caine said. “He told me ‘If you could be anything you wanted, what would it be? I told him, ‘Well I’d want to be an Air Force pilot like you.’ I wanted to be like him, but I couldn’t, so when deciding what to be, I decided to help students by becoming a special education teacher. I was always a daddy’s girl, first born, which probably explains why I’m the way I am today.”

The Alumni Association oversees more than 250,000 OSU graduates. Caine said she hopes she can represent these people with grace and respect.

“I am excited for the opportunity to serve our 250,000 alumni around the world who, like me, love OSU,” Caine said.

“As a believer in the land-grant mission, I am humbled and honored to lead this wonderful association.

I appreciate and thank the board members for their confidence and support. I am already enthusiastically looking forward to this year’s Homecoming celebration and working with our university and foundation presidents on our shared goal of advancing OSU.”

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The OSU Department of Theatre’s “Slapped” is an example of musical theater.

Theater vs Musical Theater: What’s the Difference?

Michael Clark Staff Reporter

important.

Jessie Fish is a student who has plenty of experience in musical theater, when asked to weigh in on the issue, she had quite a bit of insight.

One of the most universal forms “I love the performing arts, and I of entertainment has always been the- think the main thing that draws me to ater. In almost every culture you can it is the community aspect of it,” Fish think of, you’ll find some form of the said. “I love getting on a stage to perperforming arts. In recent years, the form something I’ve worked on with most recent phenomenon has been mu- the people I love and respect.” sical theater, which has taken western She shared some of her warm up civilization by storm. routines to prepare for performances.

In fact, if you ask an average “In high school, I did a lot of person what their favorite play is, they musical theater, we would do a musimay answer with a popular musical cal warmup,” she said. “We would sing such as “Hamilton,” “Les Misérables,” ‘Piccolomini’ over and over again to a or “Wicked.” Musical theater is a much musical beat.” more appealing spectacle to many She also shared advice on how to audiences, which often leads to high prepare for a musical theater piece. ticket sales. However, when compar“The main difference in preparaing the two, you can see the ways that tion for a music is preparing your voice musical theater and classic theater are in a more musical way,” Fish said.

“There are lots of dances I had to learn and memorize to deliver in a convincing way.”

She explained that non-theater pieces, on the other hand, focused more on character work and handling situations in a realistic way.

Professor Bryson Baker, on the other hand, mainly sticks to classic theater. He revealed his thoughts on both and why he chose to teach acting to students.

“Being able to participate in and witness the human condition is inspiring,” Baker said. “It can bring empathy to the audience. A more empathetic world, I think, is a good thing.”

Baker said he conditioned his mind and body to prepare for performances.

“I really focus on breath control as well,” he said. “I have terrible stage fright and controlling my breathing is

important preparation.”

It’s relieving to think that even an experienced professor in acting can experience stage fright just like the rest of us.

Baker and Fish’s advice show that musical theater can bring spectacle and wonder, and require a more rigorous physical routine for practice. However, non-musical theater provides a more personal and raw experience, with the actor truly tapping into their character.

Fish focuses primarily on training her voice through voice exercises, while Baker focuses on breathing exercises.

It’s hard to say that one form is truly dominant over the other, yet they certainly have their differences.

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Today’s Birthday (10/03/22). Together, you’re invincible this year. Collaboration, romance and fun thrive with steady practice. Autumn’s creative masterpieces win acclaim before winter changes affect your educational or travel plans. A lucrative springtime boost benefits shared finances, helping resolve summer creative challenges. Love matures like fine wine.

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Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 7 — Review shared budgets to increase efficiency and cut waste. Find creative ways to conserve resources. Discuss ideas and options. Talk about long-term dreams.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is an 8 — Don’t push your luck with your partner. Provide a stable shoulder to lean on. Listen generously. Relinquish petty concerns. Consider the bigger picture.

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