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Which Oklahoma State football freshmen to watch in 2024 preseason camp​

Scott Wright
The Oklahoman

STILLWATER — Oklahoma State enters the football preseason with very few open starting spots, and not many more vacancies on the second string.

So the potential for true freshmen to break through into the playing rotation is slim.

Yet August remains important for the development of those newcomers, and a few of them could find their way into backup roles or special teams action.

Here’s a look at five freshmen to watch during preseason camp who could fight their way toward playing time:

Safety Landyn Cleveland​

Over the last few years, safeties and linebackers have proven to have the best chance of contributing on special teams as true freshmen. So there are a few guys who could go in this spot, like safeties Willie Nelson and David Kabongo or linebacker Temerrick Johnson. Those three, plus Cleveland, arrived in January and got a headstart on adapting to the physicality that will be required to step in and contribute. Cleveland was the highest rated recruit of the group, but that doesn’t guarantee anything. The safety and linebacker groups have good depth, so breaking into the two-deep will be difficult, but special teams is a valuable option.

Running back Rodney Fields Jr.​

Whether it’s Fields or fellow freshman Jaden Allen-Hendrix, the Cowboys are likely to need one of their true freshmen running backs to provide some type of contribution. With the injury status of transfer A.J. Green still murky, the Cowboys likely will enter the season with just two experienced backups for star running back Ollie Gordon II — Indiana transfer Trent Howland and redshirt freshman Sesi Vailahi. If Green is out for more than a few games, one of the rookies could be called upon to help at some point, the way Vailahi did last year.

Tight end Josh Ford​

OSU graduated three players from its tight end/fullback group, so there’s room on the depth chart to step in and help in some fashion. Ford’s physicality generated some buzz in spring, and that’s typically the toughest adaptation for an incoming freshman to make. So the Stillwater product has an edge in that respect, and now just needs to show he can learn the position at a level to be put on the field. Transfer Tyler Foster and veteran Quinton Stewart are the frontrunners for playing time, but Ford could make his way into a backup role of some kind.

Wide receiver Tré Griffiths​

The 6-foot-3, 200-pound Griffiths is the only receiver signee in the class, and there are a lot of other young receivers with an experience edge. But the Cowboys need depth at the position, particularly on the outside, so Griffiths will get a chance to prove himself in camp as offensive coordinator Kasey Dunn determines which wideouts he trusts to be in the rotation.

Defensive end Armstrong Nnodim​

Here’s where it gets to be a bit of a long shot. That’s not a knock on Nnodim, just a reflection of the position he plays. The offensive and defensive lines are the toughest spots for freshmen to break through. Nnodim is on this list simply because of the impression he made in spring. The 6-foot-2, 270-pound defensive end drew a lot of eyeballs because of his strength and toughness in the trenches, and the Cowboys need impact players on the defensive line. He seems to be forcing them to take a serious look at him.

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Kamala Harris will regret choosing Tim Walz over Josh Shapiro for VP​

Kamala Harris could have made a brilliant choice and tapped Josh Shapiro for vice president. Instead, she handed Republicans a gift with Tim Walz.​

Phil Boas
Arizona Republic

I was prepared to tell Democrats what a brilliant choice they made for vice president.

Where Donald Trump had blundered, choosing a lock-step ideologue in J.D. Vance, Kamala Harris was building beyond her base and shoring up perhaps the most important swing state for her electoral success.

A week ago, all markers pointed to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro — a well-respected leader who had first made his mark in the Keystone State as a tough, aggressive attorney general.

He had the right credentials. Georgetown Law. Magna cum laude at the University of Rochester. He is a family man and religious Jew who has run the state as a centrist, proving he can comfortably reach across the aisle.

Shapiro was already taking the fight to Trump​

Because of that, he was one of the most popular governors in the country.

Add to that his fight. Good on his feet, telegenic, articulate, Shapiro was already taking it to the Republicans, telling Donald Trump to stop badmouthing the country.

He would have been a great choice for Harris. The spotlight was turning toward him.

And that’s when it started.

The progressive backlash.

Progressives didn't like his Israel stance​

The far left was miffed that he had bad-mouthed campus protesters who were carrying Palestinian and Hamas flags and calling for the annihilation of Israel and its people.

If Shapiro was appalled at what happened Oct. 7, it would seem a crucial act of self-preservation. Hamas terrorists slaughtered some 1,200 mostly Israeli Jews that day. They were rewarded almost instantly with antisemitic chants on American college campuses.

The murdering hordes that had spread across Israel were now tunneled under their own civilians in Gaza. If Israel was going to deal with that problem, they would have to kill Palestinian civilians in the process.

Undaunted, Israel attacked. Civilians died along with Hamas terrorists. In the pretzel-logic of some American progressives, that meant Israel was to blame.

Later, they would blame Shapiro.

Shapiro's only difference is he's Jewish​

Some 50 progressive leaders penned a screed demanding Harris choose someone other than him. A website and social-media feed called “No Genocide Josh” emerged.

And that was odd, noted the Jerusalem Post.

All of the people on Harris’ short list were essentially pro-Israel — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Arizona U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear.

Only one had a particular problem, the newspaper noted.

Shapiro.

He’s Jewish.

Surely, the Democrats wouldn’t balk at that. Even the new Democrats who are wobbly at best defending our most important Middle East ally are not going to eliminate a candidate based on faith.

Well, here was the test.

And Kamala Harris failed.

Kamala Harris chose a lock-step VP instead​

Instead, she chose the reliably progressive, lock-step Democrat whose biggest splash on the American scene to date was the day he hunkered down.

That’s how I remember Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. And I’m sure millions of Americans do as well.

When his state’s biggest city was on fire, Tim Walz wilted.

Two days after Minneapolis Police killed George Floyd, and protesters started burning down buildings and looting stores, police and city officials were overwhelmed.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, a fellow Democrat, asked Gov. Walz to deploy the National Guard.

Nothing.

Tim Walz froze while Minneapolis burned​

Hours later, the Minneapolis Police Chief submitted a written request for troops, The New York Times reported.

Crickets.

Walz sat on his hands another 12 hours. Not until the next afternoon did he sign an executive order granting the Guard permission to protect Minneapolis.

“It was obvious to me that he froze under pressure, under a calamity, as people’s properties were being burned down,” Minnesota state Sen. Warren Limmer, a Republican, told The Times.


And how did Walz answer his critics?

“I simply believe that we try to do the best we can,” he said.

Republican attack ads write themselves​

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the next vice-presidential candidate of the Democratic Party.

Tim Walz.

A real tiger.

The Republican ads can write themselves.

Tim Walz is the one:To help Harris fight fire with fire

With flaming buildings in background, narrator intones:

“It was the summer of 2020. Rioters set fire to the city of Minneapolis. Police were swamped; the mayor dazed. But not to fear, the Dynamic Duo would soon be there. Tim Walz flexed his muscles and held back the Minnesota National Guard. Kamala Harris swooped in and bailed out the rioters. Order restored.”

Fade to aerial of smoldering Minneapolis Police precinct building. Cut.

Oops, JD Vance is already making that attack​

After I had written the above, I went to National Review and read that Republican vice-presidential candidate J.D. Vance had already painted that picture on Tuesday afternoon:

“They make an interesting tag team because Tim Walz allowed rioters to burn down Minneapolis in the summer of 2020, and the few that got caught, Kamala Harris helped bail them out of jail,” Vance told reporters.

Some mainstream news organizations will try to backfill for Harris on this count, but her original tweet is still up urging people to chip in and bail out the people who broke the law in Minneapolis.

When is the now pro-Palestinian American left going to figure out that the Jews are not mere bystanders in the Democratic Party?

Shapiro would've helped Harris in the long run​

They are a people whose creativity and raw energy, whose enormous intellectual and financial achievements make them tenacious allies in any political fight.

They are the ballast in a party that is frequently sidetracked by voyages of pure fantasy — earth-loving do-goodism unhinged from a real world that is often nasty and self-interested.

I was prepared to tell Republicans that in the short run Josh Shapiro would be trouble for the Republican Party, but in the long-term he would be healthy for America.

These low life limey cocksuckers are simply anti freedom. This kind of bullshit could only come from liberals, and only American liberals would be complicit in it. Are you kind of starting to see the light now, Dan-O?

Really sad how Democrats play politics to hide the crimes of their politicians.

Are the Cowboys dumb enough to trade Cee Dee Lamb to KC for Toney and Sky Moore?????? Yes please!

I'm sure it does you too. So sweet.

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Believe it, don't believe it, I don't care. BUT, this site has been deadly accurate over the last 3-years.

I warned you earlier about this swine.

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Is the women’s shot put this Thursday??

“Imperial history always begins right after Israel’s aggressions, and starts the clock as the retaliations for them emerge.”

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Who did nazi this coming?
Shapiro had no chance.

Disgusting. Should get $0 of funding for this crazy stuff

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how’s anyone saying he’s a good candidate? I truly can’t understand.

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Trump yesterday vs this

Notice the energy and facts.

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Three Oklahoma State football position battles to watch in 2024 preseason practices​

Scott Wright
The Oklahoman

STILLWATER — With nearly every job already spoken for by a returning starter, preseason camp has been uneventful from a position battle perspective for Oklahoma State.

The Cowboys are just over a week into the preseason, and just over three weeks from the opening game against South Dakota State at 1 p.m. Aug. 31 at Boone Pickens Stadium.

While the Pokes return roughly 20 starters, that leaves only a few starting positions to be won, but here’s a look at three important ones at this point of camp:

Safety​

This might be the most unique position battle in preseason camp for the Cowboys because it primarily involves experienced players. Five different guys started at least one game at safety last year and all five are back, plus UTEP transfer Kobe Hylton has inserted himself into the discussion since arriving in January.

One aspect that remains unclear is just how frequently Kendal Daniels will line up at safety, a detail coach Mike Gundy continues to dance around. Even when Daniels is at linebacker, the safety group has plenty of experience to go around for the three starting jobs.

Trey Rucker seems locked into his spot once again, but the other two openings could go a variety of ways. Cameron Epps and Dylan Smith got good experience splitting time after Lyrik Rawls was hurt last year. Rawls is back to health and in the mix as well. Hylton has looked good, and less experienced backups like Ty Williams and Parker Robertson are fighting for spots in the two-deep.

Tight end​

It’s hard to tell how much of a battle this one will be, but it’s the most significant job opening on the offensive side of the ball, where basically every other starter returns. Tyler Foster, the 6-foot-6, 255-pound super-senior transfer from Ohio, looks like the frontrunner after stepping in during the spring. He has experience, as well as the versatility to be an effective blocker and pass-catcher.

Quinton Stewart is a veteran who has filled the role of an extra blocker the last couple years. Stillwater product Josh Ford has wowed coaches with his physicality as a true freshman, which could earn him some snaps. And Tabry Shettron continues to develop in the background.

The position has good depth, which is important at a spot that became more frequently used in a variety of areas last year.

Placekicker​

This is an interesting one, because it includes a late addition to the party. Drake Tabor, a journeyman who was an all-state kicker at Hoover (Alabama) High School, joined the program a week ago and has thrust himself into the competition with Logan Ward and Kason Shrum.

Still, Ward looks like the favorite and is enjoying his recent work with newly added kicking coach Sean Snyder. Ward, a walk-on from Deer Creek High School in Edmond, has filled many roles for the Cowboys. He took over as punter in 2022 when Tom Hutton tore his ACL. He was the kickoff specialist last year, and filled in on extra points at times.