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Scissor TailThis is great local bourbon. The bottle is

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Paddle People push limits with Big 12

As fans stand huddled by the gates of Boone Pickens Stadium for a few hours, hiding from the icy winds and freezing cold, 250 students will have done the same for three days — voluntarily.

They are the Paddle People, arguably the most recognizable fan group in the Big 12 and one of the tops in the nation.

When the Oklahoma State football team takes on the Texas Longhorns on Saturday with bowl-eligibility on the line, one sound will echo through the stadium.

“Pow, pow, pow!” de-fensive end Emmanuel Ogbah said. “The hit, that just gets my mind ready. I get hyped off of hearing that.”

Now sitting at 250 strong, the Paddle People cause opposing offenses to cringe. The Longhorns won’t only have to deal with the weather — Sat-urday’s high is 45 degrees with a chance of snow

KURT STEISS/O’COLLYThe Paddle People have 250 students who pitch tents and camp outside Boone Pickens Stadium days before football games.

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— but also the incessant banging on the walls of Boone Pickens Stadium.

“Incessant” used to be a more accurate descrip-tion of the Paddle People’s assault. Prior to 2012, the “Pow!” Ogbah mentioned never stopped. There was nothing stopping the Pad-dle People from pounding

through plays until blis-ters were all that was left of their palms, and even then they wouldn’t stop.

But a Big 12 rule put in place in the middle of the 2012 season, just before the Cowboys’ matchup with Texas that year, banned artificial noise-makers from stadiums.

OSU athletic director Mike Holder argued that existing traditions, such as the Paddle People, who have been around since the late 1990s, should be permitted to stay.

“They wanted to make exceptions for univer-sity traditions,” Big 12 Assistant Comissioner,

Communications Bob Burda said. “That’s a long-standing Oklahoma State tradition.”

Holder’s request was granted, but the Paddle People were forced to change their methods.

No more paddling through plays. No artifi-cial noise when the quar-

terback was under center. It altered everything the Paddle People were about.

“When we first changed, it was just kind of a culture shock,” Paddle People president Graham Coffelt said. “Everything kind of just changed on the fly. That was a little different, but after a couple years of doing this, it’s gotten better.”

The rule is that no pad-dling or music is allowed while the offense is as the line of scrimmage and especially not when the ball is in play.

“It was directed toward artificial noisemakers,” Burda said. “We had policies in place in some sports, and in other sports, there were NCAA poli-cies. We wanted consis-tent application for all Big 12 sponsored sports for which the NCAA rule-book was silent.”

When the quarterback is under center, ready for the snap, Coffelt will throw his fist in the air, giving all paddlers three more pounds before they must stop.

Often, paddlers are


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‘Interstellar’ flawed, yet ambitious sci-fi

Throughout the past 10 years, Christopher Nolan has become one of the most influential directors working today.

With “Interstellar,” Nolan explores mankind’s reliance on Earth and its need to venture beyond our solar system. Although this is far from being his strongest film, it is definitely his most ambitious.

With drought, famine, and extreme climate changes plaguing the earth, the sun is setting on the human race. When scientists discover a wormhole leading to po-tentially habitable worlds, though, a group of explorers rise to the occasion.

This expedition is es-pecially challenging for a former pilot named Cooper (Matthew McConaughey), for he has to choose between seeing his children again and ensuring that they have a future at all.

The cast is perhaps “In-terstellar’s” most consistently affective element. This film doesn’t work without Mc-Conaughey, who, thankfully, carries the proceedings with an endearing everyman quality.

Anne Hathaway, too, is at the top of her game, even if the script occasionally mis-handles her character. And although child actors tend to jarringly approach dialogue as if they’re adults, Macken-zie Foy sells it as Cooper’s daughter, Murph.

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The standout for me, though, is Jessica Chastain, who is quickly becoming one of the most formidable actresses out there. Her shifts between resentment and affection make for a tough balancing act, but it more than pays off.

I won’t say much about the characters themselves beyond that point, though, for the marketing shrouds much of that in mystery.

The film’s comic relief, for instance, is excellent, but because he hasn’t spoken in the trailers, it wouldn’t feel right spoiling his identity. You’ll know him when you see him.

Considering the brooding machismo that permeated his “Dark Knight” trilogy, “Interstellar” is easily Nolan’s most sentimental movie. The relationship between Cooper and Murph is the heart of the film. Although it’s more affective in some scenes than it is in others, I admire Nolan for being willing to stretch his wings.

At this point, saying Hans Zimmer’s score is excellent seems redundant. As is often the case with his music, it’s intensely bombastic one minute and eerily unsettling

the next.The cinematography is

gorgeous, both on earth and in the cosmos. A few of the film’s otherworldly shots in particular are hauntingly mesmerizing.

A movie’s length doesn’t usually bother me. Because the plot is fairly repetitious, though, I definitely felt the 2 hours, 45 minutes runtime. A good 45 minutes could have been trimmed from this movie and it would’ve benefitted greatly.

Unlike most of Nolan’s films, “Interstellar” often gets lost in its themes at the expense of the story. At the same time, though, the film’s biggest ideas aren’t properly explored.

The third act — and the last few minutes, especially — will either heighten your appreciation for the movie or take you out of it. I enjoyed it, but it did feel strangely segregated from the rest of the film.

“Interstellar” is a solid, if needlessly drawn out, film that represents a new step in Nolan’s career. It may not hit all the right notes, but at least he went there.


‘Birdman’ captures attention with visuals

“Birdman” is ambitious, and director Alejandro G. Inarritu’s impressive tech-nical exhibition is only accentuated by Oscar-worthy performances from Michael Keaton and Edward Norton.

“Birdman” is simply a lot of fun. It’s satisfying to see Michael Keaton perform so brilliantly in 2014 in itself, but Inarritu’s unique vision is more than worthy of the film’s hype — he’s able to create the impres-sion that the entire film was shot during one take.

The ambitious nature of Inarritu’s technical showcase is paired with a captivating story about the human spirit that’s emotionally gratifying, erratic yet warm, and has a funny side that will sneak up on you.

“Birdman” is a black comedy that literally fol-lows Riggan (Keaton), a washed-up actor who earned his fame from starring in a superhero franchise decades earlier, and documents the days leading up to the premier of his Broadway play. The once iconic movie star must battle with his lingering ego while he attempts to repair his bro-ken relationships, career and inevitably himself.

Inarritu is close friends with “Gravity” direc-tor Alfonso Cuaron, and was able to partner with

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cinematographer Em-manuel Lubezki (who won a technical Oscar for “Gravity”). The end result is a sensational piece of cinematic magic. Flowing from narrow corridors to crowded New York streets, the camera’s lengthy track-ing shots are captivating and an example of stylisti-cally orchestrated film-making at its finest.

Watching closely, an at-tentive viewer may be able to locate several instances where there may have been a cut, but doing so will take away much of the enjoyment the imaginative shooting provides. Falling for the magic is the whole point of going to the movies.

Keaton’s involvement is obviously amusing. He’s an actor who “peaked” more than 20 years ago when he starred in Tim Burton’s “Batman,” much like Riggan. Keaton plays on this, toying with his real-life persona and the somewhat quiet career he’s had since going toe-to-toe with The Joker.

His performance is hyper-active and full of

emotion, and at times made me question wheth-er he’s acting — checking the ticket again to make sure I wasn’t watching a Keaton biopic. There is a sense of desperation in his character, visibly build-ing up and weighing on Riggan’s psyche as the play’s premier quickly ap-proaches.

Edward Norton also toys with his real-life reputation of being de-manding and difficult on set. His character, Mike Shiner, is Riggan’s co-star and stepped in after an actor was injured dur-ing rehearsals. Norton’s performance is calm but electrifying, finding the right balance between pre-tension and candidness.

For those who enjoy an extravagantly hypnotic visual experience, “Bird-man” is more than satis-factory. The compelling nature of the acting core, paired with the exhilarat-ing movie magic makes “Birdman” one of the more intellectually satisfying movies of 2014.


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Bowl or no bowl? Does it matter?

For the first time since Mike Gundy’s first season as coach at Oklahoma State, the Cowboys are in serious jeopardy of missing a bowl game.

How big of a deal is that?It might depend on whom

you ask.“That’s always a focus

around here,” receiver David Glidden said. “Playing in the postseason is what it’s all about. You want to get to a bowl game and have an extra chance to go play and com-pete at the end of the year.”

OSU enters Saturday’s matchup against Texas with a 5-4 record. It needs a sixth

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win to become bowl eligible. After Texas, the Cowboys face No. 6 Baylor and Okla-homa.

So Saturday could be its best or — depending on how you look at it — last chance.

“The only thing we need to worry about is the next game,” OSU coach Mike Gundy said two weeks ago. “For us to worry about trying to get bowl eligible more than the next game, it all kind of ties in together. If you win the next game, then you’re bowl eligible.”

To state the obvious, there’s no doubt players want to go to a bowl game. But given that OSU has the nation’s 11th-longest streak of consecutive bowl appear-ances (eight), history and

legacy are also part of the conversation.

“It’s definitely a known thing,” Glidden said. “The older guys have preached it and they know about it, so it’s known, it’s been brought up and it’s a streak you definitely want to keep alive.”

Some players, like tight end/fullback Jeremy Seaton, aren’t so up-front.

“It’s an awesome tradition that we’ve started,” Seaton said. “Thinking about it, I’m not really too worried about it right now. We’re just focused on the team we’re coming to play. We’re focused on Texas right now. We’re not looking past that. We’re not focused on bowl games.”

So is that not motivation?“I’d say it can be motiva-

tion, but we already have a drive inside of us where we want to win,” Seaton said. “Saying that drive is coming from a bowl game would not be correct.

“I don’t really think about (the streak).”

Redshirt freshman Tre Flowers contradicted Glidden, saying it’s not something the team actively discusses.

“We don’t really talk about it a lot, but it’s been brought up before,” Flowers said. “It’s just a game we’ve got to get over with, and Texas is a team we’re trying to beat.”

Flowers, though, remem-bered his experience in last season’s AT&T Cotton Bowl and said he takes pride in OSU’s bowl streak.

“Last year it was real

exciting,” he said. “It was my first bowl game. I was with people who went on to play in the NFL.

“It would mean a lot (to make another bowl). The

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GAME GUIDE: TEXASKieran’s Keys

Ride EmotionIt’s Senior Day. It’s against Texas. It’s primetime on national

television. Bowl eligibility on the line. Oh yeah, the whole Joe Wickline thing, too. Lots of intrigue here. But none of that stuff tackles or scores touchdowns. Cowboys have to focus on the issue at hand, and that’s Texas.

Rollin’ Roland The Cowboys should be helped by running back Desmond

Roland’s return. He hasn’t had the season he and the coach-ing staff imagined. But he is still a bruiser between the tackles and capable of breaking a big run. Roland is healthy and could have a big game.

Best Be ReadyThis is the most important game of the season, and the

coaches had two weeks to prepare. There is no excuse for being outcoached this game. This is OSU’s best chance to become bowl eligible for the ninth straight season, a school record. Pull out all the stops to make it happen.

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CELEBRATING BRANDING SUCCESS WITH A BANG

InsiderFrom OSU Communications

November 14, 2014

SHARED SUCCESS

102,700 donors to date

$587 million raised to support students

57% of gifts to OSU are $100 or less

All OSU campuses have benefitted in some way from the campaign

Branding Success, the most successful higher

education fundraising campaign in the history of the

state of Oklahoma, is winding down, but you still have

about six weeks to discover your orange passion and

make a gift.

The campaign ends December 31 after raising

approximately $1.2 billion in seven years to support four

priorities: students, faculty, facilities and programs. Half

of the $1 billion goal was dedicated to student support.

“Oklahoma State alumni and friends have transformed

our university during Branding Success,” said OSU

President Burns Hargis. “More than 100,000 people

have participated in the campaign, and you can’t walk

more than a hundred yards in any direction on campus

without seeing the result.” In April 2013, Hargis proudly

announced outside the Student Union the goal had

been achieved nearly two years ahead of schedule but

that the campaign would continue in order to complete

unfunded projects.

Some elements of the transformation are more

obvious than others. For example, the College of

Engineering, Architecture and Technology’s Student

Excellence Center, Anne and Michael Greenwood Tennis

Center and OSUIT’s Chesapeake Energy Natural Gas

Compression Training Center are examples of new

facilities constructed during the campaign. Still to come

are a new home for the Spears School of Business, a

new Performing Arts Center and Music School, and

expansion of the College of Human Sciences Building.

Also obvious to most visitors is the renewed focus on

landscaping and campus beautification. Donors have

made it possible to create some of the new gardens and

other features now seen around campus.

Not so obvious are the scholarship funds benefitting

current and future students. More than 1,100

scholarships funds have been created during the

campaign, which equals thousands of new annual

scholarships since the funds often benefit more than

one student. Also, more than 135 endowed faculty

positions have been created during the campaign and

new academic programs and centers have launched to

help students succeed.

While major donors made a tremendous difference

in the campaign’s success, a little-known fact is that 57

percent of gifts to OSU are $100 or less and 43 percent

are $50 or less.

“We can never forget about donors who give annually

to OSU and help sustain the momentum we’ve achieved

through the campaign,” said Kirk Jewell, president of

OSU President Burns Hargis is joined by alumnus and top donor Boone Pickens, First Cowgirl Ann Hargis, and campaign chairs and OSU graduates Billie and Ross McKnight for the launch of the $1 billion Branding Success campaign in February of 2010. The campaign reached its fundraising goal nearly two years ahead of time and will celebrate the historic accomplishment with Cowboy fans during halftime of the OSU/Texas game Saturday night. If weather permits the festivities will include a pyrotechnics show. the OSU Foundation. “No one thought the goal was

attainable when the economic collapse occurred, but

we accomplished so much thanks to all our donors.”

OSU joins a short list of universities nationwide that

set out to raise $1 billion and achieved the goal. Fewer

than 50 public universities have accomplished the task.

For more information on how you can make an impact

during the final days of the campaign, visit

OSUgiving.com.

The campaign’s success will be celebrated during

Saturday’s last home football game of the season.

Among other things planned, the festivities will include

a first-ever halftime pyrotechnics show (weather

permitting).

WHERE THE $1 BILLION IS GOING

STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

Parker Shultz made strong connections to

Oklahoma State his freshman year through a new

scholars program meant to help students become

ethical leaders. He was one of 37 students included

in the first class of the McKnight Leader Scholar

Program, which included a scholarship and

enrollment in Introduction to Leadership courses.

The program was created in 2011 and endowed

with a $10 million gift made by Oklahoma State

alumni Ross and Billie McKnight. Up to 50

students will be selected for the program each

academic year. It provides freshman scholars

a full out-of-state tuition waiver for four years and a $5,000

scholarship for their first two years at OSU.

FACILITY SUPPORT

The OSU Museum of Art’s Postal Plaza Gallery has been offering

the Stillwater area a unique art experience since the first exhibitions

were displayed

last January. Now

it’s mapping an

avenue for student

education and

community outreach

by expanding its

teaching mission.

The future

education center

rests underneath the

existing gallery with

more than 15,000

square feet of space

for expanding the

OSU Museum of Art’s teaching mission. The center will house a media

gallery and multipurpose classroom, both designed to encourage

creativity and innovation.

PROGRAM SUPPORT

The Entrepreneurship Program, established

through a generous gift from Amy and Malone

Mitchell, includes both an academic School

of Entrepreneurship and the Riata Center for

Entrepreneurship. The program operates

on a fundamental belief that all students,

from undergraduate to graduate across all

disciplines, have immense entrepreneurial

potential and the program has the tools to help

students discover and act upon that potential.

FACULTY SUPPORT

The Harrison I. Bartlett Chair in Chemistry is one of OSU’s

298 important endowed faculty positions, which

produce annual funding for faculty salaries, graduate

assistantships, equipment and other academic needs.

Frank Blum, head of the chemistry department,

holds the Bartlett Chair. He says endowed positions

like this are important in attracting and retaining faculty

and researchers because of the additional funding

they provide. Blum has utilized the funding to repair

instruments, provide fellowships for graduate students

and take six students with him to an American Chemical

Society meeting in New Orleans.

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Senior Day brings emotion,motivation to Texas game

Saturday marks the final game at Boone Pickens Stadium for 18 players on OSU’s football roster.

For most of the season, the attention has been focused on the team’s youth and the talented, yet inexperienced group of underclassman.

But this year’s relatively small senior class made key contributions in all phases of the game.

Senior punter Kip Smith has a 40.3 net punt average and was named a Ray Guy Award Can-didate in late October. Fellow special teams player Elliot Jeffcoat, once an OSU walk-on, had a kickoff recovery against Iowa State that undeni-ably shifted the game’s momentum.

And OSU’s offense, with just three senior starters, will have to fill the offensive holes on the left side of the line where Chris Grisby and Daniel Koenig will no longer be.

Cowboys coach Mike Gundy said the ceremo-nial and inevitable senior night has always been difficult for him.

“It’s one of the few times or days or moments during the year that actu-ally affects me emotion-ally,” Gundy said. “Most of everything else that we

‘It’s one of the few times or days or moments during the year that actually affects me

emotionally.’MIKE GUNDY, OSU football coach

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do, or I do, is pretty much routine. I’ve been doing this for 25 years. But to have players that have committed themselves and paid the price, and gone through everything it takes to be a college football player, to see those guys leave is hard at times.”

OSU defensive coor-dinator Glenn Spencer echoed Gundy’s thoughts. With seniors James Castleman, Ofa Hautau and Sam Wren as defen-sive lineman, Spencer said the team will miss their leadership.

“Well we’ve got a solid bunch there,” Spencer said. “It starts with the two guys inside, James and Ofa … Those are two strong individuals, good players, (and) strong personalities that have provided good leadership upfront, along with Sam.”

Sophomore defensive end Emmanuel Ogbah said the tight-knit defen-sive line will lose more than just playmakers when the seniors leave.

“I mean, we’re going to miss a lot from them,” Ogbah said. “James is an athlete and Ofa is a ball player.

“We’re going to miss them because they’re de-fensive lineman and we’re real close.”

Perhaps the hardest goodbye for the defense will be to senior safety Larry Stephens, who hasn’t played since suffer-

ing a left Achilles injury against Texas Tech.

“Larry, you know, it’s a shame because I’m sure he hasn’t had the senior year that he wanted, that none of us wanted out of him,” Spencer said. “I hurt for him because of that and hopefully here in the end he can come back and help us out.”

Redshirt freshman Tre Flowers has taken over Stephens’ starting role but says the game against Texas will be a chance to give back to the senior who mentored him in his first year.

“(Stephens) gave us a lot of experience,” Flowers said. “He helps us out a lot. Without him, it would have been a lot different this year. He helped us out a lot so I want to send him out on a good note.”

The need to snag a win this weekend is a theme among the players. Many said they want to win more for the depart-ing senior class than for themselves.

Junior wide receiver

David Glidden said beat-ing Texas, which would give the team the sixth win needed to be bowl eli-gible, is an added pressure for the team.

“When a day comes around like this, anytime

there’s a senior day, it’s one of those things that gives you just an extra little motive to play for,” Glidden said. “You got to respect the seniors, those guys that have been around here a long time. When there’s a big game like this coming down at the end of the year with postseason implica-tions, you got the older guys fighting to play in the postseason, it’s one of those things you don’t want to let those guys down.”

Before kickoff, the seniors will enter the sta-dium to join their family or friends in one last ap-

pearance in front of their home crowd.

The impending game will likely be on their minds, but Gundy said he hopes they realize their lives extend far beyond the field.

“It’s like always,” Gundy said. “It’s hard to see the guys go … Hopefully the time they’ve spent here with us has prepared them to go out there and con-tribute to society, and do things that makes them happy, and come back on homecoming and be glad they came to Oklahoma State.”


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drumming to their own beat or simply not able to see Coffelt, a problem he has tried to correct by changing his seat and having two other members throw up fists.

The first time the Pad-dle People aren’t able to follow the rule, they can receive a sideline warning, which has yet to happen since the rule’s implemen-tation, Coffelt said.

If the issue continues, the Cowboys will have a 15-yard penalty against

them.With the effort Holder

and the athletic depart-ment went through to save their home-field advantage in 2012, Cof-felt is hopeful that if that penalty were ever assessed, that the Paddle People would survive.

Still, he’d understand if they were punished.

“I think if that hap-pened, we’d deserve to be reprimanded,” he said. “I don’t think we should just come off scot-free. It would be a reflective of me and the exec team, and I would want to make sure that it gets rectified.”

If fans have watched the Paddle People throughout this season, they may have noticed, as the O’Colly did, the Paddle People are pushing that line. The paddling continues when

the quarterback is ready for the snap and often leaks into plays, a direct violation of the Big 12 rules.

Coffelt has noticed the issue occurring.

“It did concern me,” he

said. “I was contacted by some people in the Big 12 letting me know that we

need to taper it back some. “That was really the

point that I said, ‘OK, this needs to get dialed back some. I know that we’ve been a little bit lax this year, but here it is. We’re going to keep it this way.’

“I think people kind of realized this isn’t just messing around.”

He’s right — the Paddle People’s impact is seri-ous. There’s no point in denying the effect Paddle People can have on an op-posing offense.

“I know anytime you mess with noise anywhere it’s disturbing,” receiver David Glidden said. “It’s actually really frustrat-ing. Whether they say it is or it’s not or it doesn’t really affect them, I think it actually does. Whenever you hear that banging, the slapping on the wall, I think it’s something that really plays into effect.”

That is the reason Holder saved his army of paddlers. Playing college football is hard enough; take away the ability to hear and success becomes near impossible.

The Cowboys are 26-5 in Boone Pickens Stadium

since 2010. The tightness of the sidelines, mixed with the non-stop berat-ing of the walls, creates a deadly atmosphere for visitors.

Coffelt wants to make sure the Paddle People aren’t responsible for hurting the team and that atmosphere.

“The guys on the field, they put all their work into perfecting their craft and making sure that they’re executing 100 percent,” Coffelt said. “We want to do the same.

“You don’t want to bite the hand that feeds. … I love this school and I love the athletics that comes with it so much, it wouldn’t be something that I would want to see happen.”

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Cowgirls enter rematch a new team

Do-or-die soccer comes to Stillwater this Friday at 2 p.m. as the Oklahoma State Cowgirls take on the Arizona Wildcats in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

The tournament presents a familiar foe for the Cow-girls, having lost to Arizona 3-1 earlier in the season. But the OSU team on the field in November is noticeably different than that of early September.

The Cowgirls were an injury-riddled shell of their current selves at that point in the season and the team is

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looking forward to a healthy crack at the Wildcats now.

“When we played them we were missing six starters, so it’s nice knowing that we’ve got them back,” OSU goalkeeper Rosa Medina said. “I think we can give (Arizona) a better run for their money.”

Arizona presented a dif-ficult challenge in the first matchup and will do so again this weekend.

“They’re big, they’re athletic, they’re good at set plays, we’ve seen some things from them and they’ve seen some things from us,” Oklahoma State coach Colin Carmichael said. “We’ll give them a little bit of a different look, but we have respect for them. We know they’re a very

good team.” The postseason focus has

been all around the team in practice this week, espe-cially for older players on the team, including Medina, a senior.

“It definitely gets more

surreal down the stretch because Friday could be my last game, so I just want to make the best of it,” Medina said. “I’m definitely prepar-ing a little harder, just plan-ning for the best.”

The team is determined

not to let this good oppor-tunity slip away, especially given 2013’s first-round loss to Arkansas.

“This week’s practice has been a little more focused, they’ve been a lot more driven to do well in the tournament,” Carmichael said. “I think last year we were just happy to be there and I think this year there’s more of a focus. We get a reprieve where we get to play at home again so let’s make the most of it.”

It is worth noting that the high in Tucson, Arizona, for Friday is a comfortable 77 degrees and partly cloudy, compared to the 40 degree temperature expected in Stillwater. The Cowgirls have been practicing in the cold weather all week,

which could end up giving the home team an advantage this weekend.

“It’s about your mentality when it’s cold,” Carmichael said. “That’s what we’ve stressed all week is that you can’t control the weather, but you can control your mental-ity about it.”


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Following two convinc-ing exhibition victories, the Oklahoma State Cowgirls open up the regular season Friday morning at 11 with a home game against Loyola Marymount, followed by a Sunday night matchup with Texas Southern.

The Cowgirls come into the season ranked No. 21 in the country in the AP poll, but aren’t looking past these two opponents. Although games early on in the season often feature smaller non-conference opponents, they still hold great importance in building a good foundation

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for the season resume. “They count and you’ve

got a lot to lose,” OSU coach Jim Littell said. “If you drop a game to a mid-major or a low-major school it’s going to crush you (in) tournament time. When the committee looks at it, they’re looking for quality wins, but they’re also looking for bad losses.”

This weekend features two opponents lacking big-name recognition. Although Loyola Marymount finished 9-21 last season, it was a young team that was very competitive all year, losing 10 games by four or fewer points and losing five by one or two points.

“(Loyola was) on the verge of being very good, and they returned five of their top six scorers,” Littell said. “If

they’ve matured and have got the game experience, you can expect them to win a lot of those tight games this year.”

OSU won’t overlook Texas Southern, either. The Lady Tigers, from the SWAC, had an impressive season in 2013-14, winning 22 games and coming just short of a conference championship.

“(Texas Southern) returns all five starters so it’s going to be an experienced team that knows how to win,” Littell said.

The players understand the importance of starting the season on the right foot and expect to continue to improve every game.

“It’s very important because we don’t want to just go into a huge game and

not have any experience on the floor,” freshman Mandy Coleman said.

The two exhibitions gave the Cowgirls some sense of where they are as a team and hope to make improvements on both ends of the floor.

“Just based on those games we have a lot to work on,” junior guard Brittney Martin said.

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tradition here is being built, and we want to keep it alive. I want to be a part of it.”

Becoming bowl eligible is also about more than

a game. It would give OSU about three weeks of extra practice — needed for a young team — and come with plenty of other benefits.

“You get an extra month of practice when other guys are sitting at home,” Seaton said. “We get to come together, we get experience, get to go somewhere else, play in a different atmo-sphere and play against a team we probably wouldn’t

have gotten to play other-wise.”

So how important is making a bowl game?

Maybe it depends less on whom you ask and more on how many times you ask them.

“It excites me a lot,” Flowers said. “I’m proud to be here and excited to play a bowl game, so we’ve got to get a win.”

Bowl: the cowBoys are in danger of missing a Bowl game for the first time since 2005.

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Solomon emergingin OSU post game

With senior center Mi-chael Cobbins unavailable for Oklahoma State’s next three games, the Cowboys are in need of an answer in the post.

OSU coach Travis Ford seems to think he’s found it, but not in any of the players you might think.

Because Cobbins played a combined five minutes in two games his redshirt year, the NCAA ruled he had to sit out the first four games of this season, in-cluding OSU’s exhibition last week.

The answer, though, likely isn’t the 7-foot-1 Anthony Allen, a junior college transfer known for his shot-blocking prowess.

It’s also doesn’t seem to be Marek Soucek, a 7-foot senior who can shoot as well as he can play in the post.

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COLLIN MCCARTHY/O’COLLYMitch Solomon has the chance to see significant playing time in the post.

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might have come from nowhere to steal a start-ing spot in OSU’s season opener Friday at 7 p.m. against Southeastern Louisiana.

“I’m seeing incredible progression, and he’ll be rewarded for it,” Ford said.

Solomon wowed team-mates with a putback dunk in practice this week, and Ford said he has improved his athleticism vastly since arriving in Stillwater.

“I’ve seen a different guy that last three or four days,” Ford said. “I really like what I see. Great pro-gression, great understand-ing. What I’ve seen mostly is his athletic ability rising, and he’s able to play to his athletic ability rather than thinking.”

Beyond that, Solomon plays defense at an ad-vanced level.

“He’s as far along as any freshman I’ve ever coached as far as a big man,” Ford said. “The best I’ve coached, by far.”

Will he actually start?“We’ll see,” Ford said.