Monday, July 17, 2023
Cowboys vs. Cancer Celebrity Waiter Night Emi Norton Staff Reporter
loved ones that are battling cancer and puts on events that are meant to provide meaningful experiences. All proceeds collected from Celebrity Waiter Night will be benefiting the Eddie Sutton Foundation. Eskimo Joe’s is hosting special VIP This night of events will be falling on cancer kickin’ kiddos and OSU athletes for the week of Eskimo Joe’s 48th anniversary a fundraising event night. which brings in thousands of visitors for Cowboys vs. Cancer Celebrity Waiter a week-long party. Front-house manager, Night will be held at Eskimo Joe’s on Whitney Bruning, explains how this chain Tuesday from 6-8 p.m. Current and former of events is typically placed around the OSU athletes, as well as VIP kids who are same week to bring awareness and support battling cancer will be greeting customers to the cancer kickin’ kiddos. and walking around to visit with the crowd. “Along with other big events that On the night of the event, an we do, Celebrity Waiter Night is almost online auction will be commencing in always included in the same week as our which people will be able to place bets anniversary,” Bruning said. “It’s usually a on a number of items, including apparel packed house and gets a lot of attention.” representing the Eddie Sutton Foundation. For more information on the event, Oklahoma State University Cowboys vs. you can visit the OSU Cowboys vs. Cancer Cancer operates under the Eddie Sutton Twitter page: https://twitter.com/osucvc. Foundation, fundraises for new cancer research, supports families who have news.ed@ocolly.com
Francisco Ochoa/ O’colly Eskimo Joe and his partner Buffy.
Gardening conference to be hosted this Friday and Saturday Lauren King flowers, while the Staff Reporter afternoon session
will cover how to establish a garden Teachers, in schools and administrators communities. and community The event leaders will on Saturday learn how to is an optional begin a school self-guided or community tour of school garden at the and community Oklahoma School gardens in and Community Oklahoma City. Garden “For Conference. some people in The today’s modern conference is society, there partnered with is a disconnect Oklahoma between State University themselves and Extension nature,” said horticulture, Julia Laughlin, gardening Oklahoma County experts and OSU Extension local gardening horticulture enthusiasts. educator. “They The don’t know where conference will be their food comes hosted on Friday from other than from 8:30 a.m. the grocery store. to 3:30 p.m. and Having access Saturday from 9 to a school or a.m. to noon at community the Oklahoma garden is County Extension beneficial to Conference all ages. It’s Center, 2500 healthy for the NE 63rd St., in human spirit to Oklahoma City. be connected The events to nature, and on Friday will teaching people include two class about gardening sessions. The helps make that morning session connection.” will cover how to grow vegetables, See Conference herbs and on page 6
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Does the Big 12 Preseason Poll matter? At Big 12 Media Days this year, several coaches have dismissed the preseason poll for being inaccurate in recent years.
Examining the last three polls versus how the season wound up
Courtesy of OSU (Photo by Shutterstock). During the conference, experts will cover a wide array of areas including gardening basics, gardening as a theme in school curriculum, soil building and raised bed construction, gardening rules and regulations and funding sources.
So, he addressed the ranking that he found out about while on a beach via text in his opening statement to the group of people who voted on the poll. “Upset with the media poll, definitely do not agree with that,” Ashton Slaughter Brown said. “The positive is the media (when predicting the Big 12) Staff Reporter has not been very successful in recent years; so, I think that bodes well for ARLINGTON, Texas – It’s us. common coach talk: avoid the outside “My vacation was over; I went noise, eliminate all distractions and into football mode.” don’t dwell on what the media says. Other coaches, including but West Virginia head coach Neal not limited to Steve Sarkisian (Texas), Brown broke all of the coach talk Sonny Dykes (TCU) and Chris rules Thursday morning, telling the Klieman (Kansas State) spoke on the media that he did, in fact, dwell on rankings, often downplaying them what they said. and denouncing their importance to a Brown’s Mountaineers were team. voted 14th in the 2023 Big 12 Football But clearly, these rankings do Media Preseason Poll, coming matter. Brown later went on to say he in at the last spot in the enlarged brought up the last-place ranking in a conference (and it wasn’t close). team meeting on Tuesday while using
more “colorful terms.” It’s a source of fuel, and early on, it lets your team lean into the “they doubted us” shtick if met with success during the season. Acting like they don’t matter is dismissive. So, I took a dive into what Brown said. Has the media not been successful in predicting the Big 12? Here’s a look at the last three Big 12 Football Media Preseason Polls versus how the season actually played out. 2022: Yeah, the media missed on this one. Following Baylor and Oklahoma State’s Big 12 Championship in 2021, the Bears were selected as the favorites, and OSU came in at third, with Oklahoma slotted at the No. 2 spot. The 1-2-3 projected teams ended up at 5-6-7. Yikes. See Poll on page 3