The pain of losing Thursday, December 15, 2022
Personal account of the World Cup in Brazil Luisa Clausen Staff Reporter
Editor’s Note: One of our staff reporters, Luisa Clausen, was born and raised in Brazil and moved here for college. She recounts the feeling of being Brazilian and having pride for her country during the biggest event in the nation. In Brazil, soccer is a relief.
We wait for the World Cup as if when it’s here, we can finally breathe. A relief from the hard reality we all face. Politics, money, poverty, hunger. I grew up in Brazil, where people work 12 hours a day, just so their kids don’t starve. It seems that the more you work, the less you have. Less freedom, less time, fewer opportunities. Dreaming is silly, everyone knows you should not dream big. Yet, against all the odds, Brazilians still dream, they face their
hard reality every day, hoping for a better day. There is this unspoken love for the nation that does not let people stop trying. Kids grow up playing soccer as a way to believe in a better future. There is this innocence surrounding the sport. Where when you’re playing or when you are watching, you believe everything is going to be okay. Soccer means to Brazilians, what football means to Americans. The World Cup is our Super Bowl. We have
won five World Cups and this year, we needed the sixth win. We had a chaotic presidential election, with the new president, Luis Inacio Lula Da Silva, getting 50.9% of the votes, and the current president, Jair Bolsonaro, getting 49.1% of the votes. The country was divided and the only thing that could unite us was soccer. When the 26 players put on their bright yellow jerseys, Brazil was finally See Cup on page 5
OSU lands Texas State transfer offensive lineman Cooper he surrendered just seven sacks through 1382 passing plays as a starter. With the likely departure of senior offensive lineman Hunter Woodard, Cooper’s Daniel Allen 6-foot-6, 320-pound Staff Reporter frame brings a feasible addition to the offensive front for OSU in 2023. As the offseason The Cowboy approaches, OSU coach running game averaged Mike Gundy and his just 131.8 yards per staff continue to hone game as a unit — most in on compiling addiof which derived from tions for next year’s the legs of starting roster. quarterback Spencer On Wednesday Sanders — as well as morning, Texas State 3.5 yards per carry, redshirt-sophomore which ranked ninth offensive tackle Dalton among all Big 12 teams Cooper announced his just above Iowa State. commitment to OSU, The addition of Cooper becoming the fourth should provide enough commitment for the size and stability at the Cowboys out of the offensive line to bolster transfer portal for the the run game to a feacurrent class. sible production total A native of come 2023. Prague, Oklahoma, Cooper started 36 games in three years as a starter at Texas sports.ed@ocolly.com State. In that span,
Abby Cage Travis Wittlake celebrates his sudden victory win over No. 29 Greyden Penner in OSU’s 21-15 Bedlam win in Norman.
Cowboys riding high of Bedlam win, gearing up for Reno and Southern Scuffle Rowdy Baribeau Staff Reporter
struggled. However, there will be a chance to gain confidence at the Southern Scuffle coming on Jan. 1 and Jan. 2. Here’s three notes as the Cowboys go on dual hiatus over the break and enter open tournament season. The Cowboys enter a break Wittlake says Sunday’s Bedof dual meets, but the wrestling lam dual was the greatest dual doesn’t stop there. he’s been apart of On Sunday, the OSU Cowboy If ESPN’s 30-for-30 series did wrestling squad made a triumphant a segment on the history of Bedlam comeback against the Sooners, wrestling, the Bedlam dual that down 12-4, to win 21-15 in Nortook place in McCasland Stadium man. on Sunday would most likely be a During the match, the Cowpoint of emphasis. A spirited Travis boys were bolstered by their heavi- Wittlake, fresh off beating wreser wrestlers as lower-weight classes tling manager Keenan Seymour
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two out of three rounds in pool, elaborated why the dual victory against the Sooners was the favorite of his career. “We were down, losing multiple matches and it was OU, obviously it was a rivalry and I think they really thought they had us,” Wittlake said. “And they did, they had us on our heels. It was getting scary for a minute, you’re seeing their team score go up and ours is staying the same. Just to have them excited and jumping to conclusions like they were going to win, they had it in the bag, and then us turn Courtesy of @_super_coope
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OSU football received a transfer commitment from Texas State offensive lineman Dalton Cooper on Wednesday morning.