Tuesday, November 1, 2022
OSU suffers historic college football loss Gabriel Trevino Sports Editor MANHATTAN, Kan. — Jake Rubley had taken snaps before, but for the opposite reason. The third string quarterback threw one pass — an interception — in Kansas State’s loss to TCU a week ago after both starter Adrian Martinez and backup Will Howard went down. If viewers who had not watched the prior three quarters on Saturday saw Rubley
against the No. 9 team in the country, it may have been concerning. In actuality, he played to complete a historic game. On Saturday, OSU received an all-time beatdown from K-State. The Wildcats won 48-0 at Bill Snyder Family Memorial Stadium in Manhattan. No team in the top 10 has ever lost by more of a margin than OSU on Saturday. In 2010, No. 3 TCU beat No. 5 Utah 47-7. No. 10 Clemson received a similar loss by No. 4 Florida State 54-7 in 2000. But both of these losses were to higher-ranked teams. TCU went on to win the Rose Bowl in 2010, and Florida State played in the national championship game in 2000. Mackenzie Janish
See Loss on page 3
Kansas State demolished OSU and gave coach Mike Gundy the worst loss of his coaching career.
OSU-COM at Cherokee Nation dean earns national awards
to make a differAdam Engel ence in the lives of Co-Editor-in-Chief students. There are Dr. Natasha Bray’s work is on national notice. Bray, dean of the OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation, recently earned two national awards. One award, the Internist of the Year from the American College of Osteopathic Internists, recognizes those who understand the importance of their role as a physician. “We have a responsibility to care for the patients in our office, but also, how do we care for society and improve health on a larger scale,” Bray said. “We have systems that make it easy to make bad health choices. How do we make it easier for them to make good health choices.” Bray said the award isn’t just for physician-patient relationships but relationships between physicians and the community. She also won Educator of the Year from the American Osteopathic Foundation. Bray’s students at the OSU-COM at the Cherokee Nation nominated her. “You want
so many outstanding educators — not just at OSU but across the country. To be recognized as Educator of the Year is extremely humbling,” she said. Bray graduated from OSU-COM in 2003. “We work in a system where there are hundreds of faculty, staff and students who are doing their absolute best. No one is succeeding in a vacuum,” she said. “It’s an environment that promotes progress and allows people to pursue their passions. OSU allows us to do our best, and it pulls the best out of us.” Bray received the Internist of the Year award in Baltimore. A week later, she received the Educator of the Year award in Boston. “Education is an opportunity to amplify our voice,” she said. “At OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine, and particularly here at our Cherokee Nation campus, we choose to use that voice to educate students who will go into rural and underserved communities that need access to care.” sports.ed@ocolly.com
OSU Center for Health Sciences Dr. Natasha Bray, dean of the OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation, recently received two national awards.
Mackenzie Janish
A perfect storm of bad No. 22 Kansas State throttled No. 9 Oklahoma State, 48-0, Saturday afternoon at Bill Snyder Stadium in Manhattan, Kansas.
speak of. But there was a storm brewing. OSU’s defense forced a fourthand-10 on the game’s opening drive. KSU quarterback Will Howard threw a perfect strike for a 38-yard touchdown. Ben Hutchens Later in the first quarter, SpenAssistant Sports cer Sanders, OSU quarterback, drove Editor a perfect pass through a zone defense on third-and-eight. Freshman wide receiver Stephon Johnson Jr. dropped MANHATTAN, Kan. – Head the pass and the Cowboys failed their referee Scott Campbell cordially fourth down attempt. greeted the captains in the purple In the second quarter, receiver Wildcat logo at the middle of the field. Brennan Presley caught a pass for 29 He flipped on his microphone yards and continued juking defenders and said he couldn’t ask for a better and fighting for yards entering the red day to play football. He was right, in zone. KSU linebacker Austin Moore late October it was 65 degrees and caught up to Presley and swung his slightly overcast with no wind to arm at the ball forcing a fumble.
Even when the Cowboys did good in their 48-0 loss to Kansas State, it was accompanied by bad. The perfect storm of badness blew in on a wonderful day for football. Like when Spencer Sanders threw his interception early in the second quarter, it wasn’t a poor throw, or an error forced by unblocked defenders. Johnson Jr. inexplicably stumbled at the top of his route, slipping on the green and purple turf that held Cowboy blood, sweat and today, maybe even a few tears. But a category-five storm like the largest defeat during OSU coach Mike Gundy’s time as a head coach doesn’t whip up just because of an untimely fumble and dropped passes. There were more ingredients involved. See Storm on page 2