Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Big 12 Power Rankings
Kansas jumps in week three Wyatt Phillips Staff Reporter
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No. 8 Kansas
After an impressive showing from star running back Deuce Vaughn in week two, the Wildcats were geared up to take on Tulane. Tulane came in and upset the Wildcats 17-10. The Tulane defense locked up the run game all day and forced Kansas State to get uncomfortable with the offense. Kansas State needs to get its momentum back and have a strong showing against a talented Oklahoma football team. No. 7 Iowa State The Cyclones had so much momentum going for them heading into Saturday’s game against Ohio. Iowa State looked great this past weekend. Quarterback Hunter Dekkers had his best game yet. He passed for 268 yards and three touchdowns. The real test is coming up this week against Baylor in both teams’ first conference game this season. No. 6 Texas Tech A week ago, the Red Raiders took on No. 25 ranked Houston and beat the Cougars in double overtime. Texas Tech played No. 16 NC State and lost 27-14. The Wolfpack defense was too much
This is the third edition of the Big 12 football power rankings from The O’Colly. Each week, The O’Colly will give a recap and preview of each Big 12 team and give reasoning as to why a team is ranked at a spot. No. 10 West Virginia After losing in overtime to a powerful Kansas offense, WVU looked to get its first win at home against Towson. The WVU offense looked strong. Quarterback JT Daniels performed well, going 16-for-24 with 174 yards and a touchdown. The Mountaineer defense is what led this team to the blowout win. They allowed 180 yards of total offense. This week, WVU is traveling to take Virginia Tech. A win would give the Mountaineers an even road record. No. 9 TCU Coming off a bye, the Horned Frogs are ready to compete against SMU. TCU has had a strong offensive showing in its first two games this season. Quarterback Max Duggan tossed five touchdowns with a 92 quarterback rating in week two. The Mustangs are trying to improve to 3-1. See Kansas on page 2
Pistols Cooking
Courtesy of Katy Stockard
Dave Hembree (back row, second from right) and other OSU fans enjoying a cookout with Hembree’s OSU-themed grill.
OSU alumnus brings massive OSU-themed grill to campus
Sam Hutchens Staff Reporter Dave Hembree’s employees got to the end of their to-do list, so they started on their bucket list. When COVID slowed business at Sawyer Manufacturing
and Fabrication in 2020, about 50 employees were relegated to tasks such as painting fences and repairing the building. Anything to avoid layoffs. “We got all that done,” Hembree said. “So we decided to build a grill.” The design process took a couple weeks. Then maybe three more weeks for construction. After about a month, the folks at Sawyer Manufacturing and Fabrication in Tulsa had built a mammoth, Oklahoma State-themed pistol-shaped grill that is both extravagant and outlandish.
“I thought it’d be like a little backyard-sized grill, and they came in with this thing,” Hembree said. “I’m like, ‘That’s pretty cool, but it’s bigger than I thought it was gonna be.’ But yeah, it’s great.” On its trailer, the steel grill stands about 10 feet tall. Hembree, the president of Sawyer Manufacturing and Fabrication, said his employees bought two regular grills at Home Depot, stripped them for parts and outfitted their project with the guts. See Pistols on page 2
‘No Questions Asked’ Pete’s Pantry Network provides free food and basic needs items to OSU students Luisa Clausen Staff Reporter
Mackenzie Janish Coach Lance Leipold’s Kansas Jayhawks are 3-0 for the first time since 2009.
students as they transitioned to a socially distanced reality. SGA President Riley Pritzlaff is a senior at OSU majoring The Pete’s Pantry Network in political sciences and believes is a student initiative that has his main job is to help students. the main goal of reducing food “We have students helpinsecurity across Oklahoma ing students and that’s the whole State’s campus and provides free, point of our organization,” Pritnon-perishable food items, canned zlaff said. “We’re here to provide food, clothing items and basic help to students whose needs are needs items. either partially being met or aren’t The pantry began as a being met.” pop-up pantry in 2019, inside the SGA assures Pete’s Pantry Student Government Association is a safe space for students to vice president’s office. The pantry go to and does not require any grew into the conference room student ID or someone guarding at the Student Union during the the shelves. Madilyn Dunn, SGA’s COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, vice-president, believes students serving as a helpful resource for should be allowed to have their
personal lives kept private. “It is a no-questions-asked kind of model. Anyone is welcome to come, explore our pantries and take what they need,” Dunn said. “There’s more than just food that’s accessible for students. We have some menstrual products throughout the pantries. During the winter months, we will have gloves, coats and whatever our students need.” Dunn connects Pete’s Pantry to the Cowboy Code, where students are encouraged to do what’s right even when it’s hard.
See Pantry on page 4