Tuesday, August 22, 2023
Chelf talks quarterback battles, OSU career
Daniel Allen Staff Reporter
Q&A With a quarterback competition underway at OSU, a former Cowboy quarterback sees some
parallels to one he underwent a decade ago. Clint Chelf spent five seasons in Stillwater (2009-13), and while he had a productive career, he was also part of a couple of quarterback battles. “I didn’t really know anything other than showing up and working my tail off,” Chelf said. “There was no transfer portal or anything else back then. And I was determined to prove the coaching staff wrong.” And he did just that: 8-4 overall as a starter, 17 touchdowns and 2,139 passing yards in his last season of college football. “The last couple (games) didn’t end how I wanted them to,”
he said. “But the general ending couldn’t have been much better.” With just two weeks remaining until OSU’s season opener against Central Arkansas Sept. 2 at Boone Pickens Stadium, The O’Colly caught up with Chelf. Q: What was your favorite game you played in at Oklahoma State? Chelf: “I’m not gonna lie, beating Texas is always fun. So, if I had to choose a particular game, I think going into (Darrell K Royal Texas-Memorial Stadium) and beating the heck out of the Horns was pretty memorable, at least for me. We got on ‘em from the start and didn’t look back.” See Battles on 3
Courtesy of OSU Aug. 21, 2023, kicked off the year with highest attendence in OSU undergraduate history.
Student enrollment hits new high Lauren King Staff Reporter
File Photo Former OSU quarterback Clint Chelf said going through a competition for the starting QB job is a demanding task.
Promise students and the College of Education and Human Sciences, which is welcoming its first group of students in the new nursing program this semester. The OSU College of Veterinary Medicine continues to grow with a North American Veterinary Licensing Examination passage rate from 92 to 96% – 10 percentage points higher than the national average. The college will see its largest class in history this fall with the creation of the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority. Karen Chen, vice president for enrollment management, said these positive enrollment figures highlight OSU’s academic quality, its visionary strategic plan and its commitment to students.
This semester, Oklahoma State University set a new record for the highest undergraduate enrollment in school history with 21,219 students enrolled for classes. The number includes a record-setting first-time freshman class of 4,868 students. With total OSU System enrollment reaching 34,000 students, OSU remains the largest university system in the state. The new records include non-resident enrollment, the Honors College, new graduate students, the Spears School of Business, Native American students, first-generation students and online students. Other enrollment highlights include increases in the number of new Oklahoma See Enrollment on 6
This 6-year-old boy just won a national mullet contest Beatrice Forman The Philadelphia Inquirer
“I feel famous,” Rory told The Inquirer after waking up from a nap on Wednesday. “I’m never going to cut my hair off.” Begola started the mullet chamPHILADELPHIA — America’s pionships in 2020 after watching beard most well-regarded mullet sits on the competitions take off. In the kid’s head of a 6-year-old slugger from division, Begola said Rory competed Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. against around 900 children over four Rory Ehrlich — the soon-to-be rounds to become America’s favorite first grader from West Pottsgrove who pint-sized mullet. asked his parents for permission to Contestants are judged on the compete in the USA Mullet Champinumber of votes they receive, money onships — won the kid’s division this raised for former Minnesota Viking week by nearly 6,900 votes. defensive end Jared Allen’s charity Ehrlich, who is referred to as the Homes 4 Wounded Warriors, and style jorts-loving “Cheddar Whiz” on his points awarded by judges. Fan votes are mullet profile, earned more than 16,000 weighed the most, Begola said. votes to clinch the top spot, according Rory’s mullet has “great flow,” to competition founder and Michigansaid Begola, 43, who is part of the judbased barber Kevin Begola. He beat out ing panel. “If Rory was older I could Ezekiel “Mr. Aloha Mullet” Arita of see him playing for an NFL team and Hawaii and Luzerne County’s Kamden taking off his helmet and whipping Cunningham, whose curly mullet was around. It’s cool.” the result of an impromptu haircut from See Mullet on 8 his older brother.
Courtesy of Tribune Rory Ehrlich, beat out Ezekiel “Mr. Aloha Mullet” Arita of Hawaii and Luzerne County’s Kamden Cunningham, whose curly mullet was the result of an impromptu haircut from his older brother.