Who To Treat Well & Who To Treat Badly
- By Ponca Dan
- 24/7 Politics
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It’s a dilemma.
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You Can Measure The Health Of A Society By How It Treats Its Warmongers And Its Peacemongers
When those who push for war are elevated to positions of prominence in government and media while those who push for peace are smeared as antisemites and Russian agents, you know you are living in …
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Here’s One For The Road
- By Ponca Dan
- 24/7 Politics
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Another example of the most moral military of the most moral society in the world in action. As previously discussed, I’m sure the torture was justified. The IDF only tortures for moral reasons.
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Israel arrested a Palestinian. Two hours later soldiers returned with his body
Ayman Abed's family and medics say there are clear signs he had been tortured and badly beaten in Israeli custody
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Former Sooner Gavin Freeman wanted to redshirt at OSU, but will that change after his performance Saturday?
- By OKSTATE1
- The Corral
- 9 Replies
OSU FOOTBALL
STILLWATER — Gage Gundy tried to warn his dad, Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy, that he was making a mistake in 2021 by not offering Gavin Freeman a scholarship.
“We (coaches) watched him and watched him and liked him and watched him … (Gage) crossed paths with him in summer seven-on-seven and all that stuff,” Mike Gundy said. “But we had a reason for not, I think we were in a year that we didn’t take a bunch, but we certainly were aware that he was good enough to play at this level.”
Oklahoma State took four receivers in 2022. All of them were ranked significantly ahead of Freeman, according to 247Sports. Two, Tayln Shettron and Mason Gilkey, are still with the Cowboys in reserve roles this season.
Oklahoma State wide receiver Gavin Freeman, right, finished the opener with two catches and 21 total snaps played, making him a clear-cut No. 4 receiver.
Daniel Shular, Tulsa World
In Saturday’s win over South Dakota State, Gundy’s youngest son didn’t even have to wait for the second quarter to start before his long-held belief in Freeman was validated.
Freeman, who transferred from Oklahoma during the summer, caught his first pass as a Cowboy in the opening quarter for a six-yard gain. He then hauled in a four-yard pass in the fourth quarter.
Despite joining the team late in the offseason, Freeman finished the game fourth among receivers in snaps, with 21, making him the team’s clear-cut No. 4 as none of the other receivers who came off the bench saw more than eight snaps and they combined for one target which went to Shettron.
“Well, he’s fast, and he’s tough,” Gundy said. “Has always had success with the ball in his hands. He disregards his body at wide receiver. He takes hits all the time. He tries to hurdle people. He runs through people. He’s a returner. You know, he wrestled for 10 years. He just has a toughness about him, competitive nature that you want guys like that on your team.”
That competitiveness, in combination with an injury to fellow slot receiver Da’Wain Lofton, a Virginia Tech transfer, might be the biggest reason Freeman earned a role with the Cowboys so quickly.
Which kind of blows up his plan.
“I was probably going to be splitting reps a lot 50-50,” Freeman said of his decision to leave Oklahoma. “I didn’t want to do that again … I wanted to come to a place where I could redshirt.”
After Saturday’s performance, even Gundy doesn’t seem to know if the Cowboys will be able to limit Freeman to four regular-season games, which is the maximum number of contests in which players can participate and still take a redshirt.
“I don’t know that it’s fair to say one way or the other right now,” Gundy said. “I will say that we’re very pleased with what he’s bringing to the table. He still has a ways to go, learning our system, but he’s made really good strides, and we’ll just have to play it by ear as we move along.”
Gundy is extremely familiar with changing plans on the fly. The Cowboys had to make a similar decision with Leon Johnson last season despite initially planning to redshirt him so he could be available for the 2024 season.
Johnson finished third in snaps among OSU receivers despite only playing two games prior to a Week 8 trip to West Virginia.
“Leon is a perfect example,” Gundy said. “We’d love to have him back, but at that point, we were on a run and had a chance to get into the Big 12 Championship game. We would not have gotten in it without him.”
Despite Johnson’s impact late in the season, the decision to burn the redshirt and give up his eligibility this season wasn’t made by Gundy and the coaching staff alone. Johnson had to be willing to sacrifice his ability to extend his career.
“We had the discussion,” Gundy said. “At first, I think he still wanted to redshirt, and then he finally said, ‘OK, I’ll play.’”
Expect a similar process to play out this fall with Freeman. When deciding when to preserve redshirts or burn them, Gundy said he tries to prioritize what he believes is best for the player and what that player wants to do first.
“Now, those two don’t always jive together,” Gundy said. “And so the second (part), we ask and think what’s best for the team.
“Years ago, coaches made that determination. But over the last three, four, five years, there’s a neutral conversation between the player, their family, their representatives and the coaches, as you move forward. It’s just one of the changes that we’re going through that’s part of the game. I guess, ultimately, a coach could just say, ‘This is what you’re doing one way or another.’ That’s not what we do here. Because I think long term, that would be counterproductive in a free agency world.”
Former Sooner Gavin Freeman wanted to redshirt at OSU, but will that change after his performance Saturday?
- Sep 3, 2024 Updated 1 hr ago
Tyler Waldrep
OSU Sports WriterSTILLWATER — Gage Gundy tried to warn his dad, Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy, that he was making a mistake in 2021 by not offering Gavin Freeman a scholarship.
“We (coaches) watched him and watched him and liked him and watched him … (Gage) crossed paths with him in summer seven-on-seven and all that stuff,” Mike Gundy said. “But we had a reason for not, I think we were in a year that we didn’t take a bunch, but we certainly were aware that he was good enough to play at this level.”
Oklahoma State took four receivers in 2022. All of them were ranked significantly ahead of Freeman, according to 247Sports. Two, Tayln Shettron and Mason Gilkey, are still with the Cowboys in reserve roles this season.
Oklahoma State wide receiver Gavin Freeman, right, finished the opener with two catches and 21 total snaps played, making him a clear-cut No. 4 receiver.
Daniel Shular, Tulsa World
In Saturday’s win over South Dakota State, Gundy’s youngest son didn’t even have to wait for the second quarter to start before his long-held belief in Freeman was validated.
Freeman, who transferred from Oklahoma during the summer, caught his first pass as a Cowboy in the opening quarter for a six-yard gain. He then hauled in a four-yard pass in the fourth quarter.
Despite joining the team late in the offseason, Freeman finished the game fourth among receivers in snaps, with 21, making him the team’s clear-cut No. 4 as none of the other receivers who came off the bench saw more than eight snaps and they combined for one target which went to Shettron.
“Well, he’s fast, and he’s tough,” Gundy said. “Has always had success with the ball in his hands. He disregards his body at wide receiver. He takes hits all the time. He tries to hurdle people. He runs through people. He’s a returner. You know, he wrestled for 10 years. He just has a toughness about him, competitive nature that you want guys like that on your team.”
That competitiveness, in combination with an injury to fellow slot receiver Da’Wain Lofton, a Virginia Tech transfer, might be the biggest reason Freeman earned a role with the Cowboys so quickly.
Which kind of blows up his plan.
“I was probably going to be splitting reps a lot 50-50,” Freeman said of his decision to leave Oklahoma. “I didn’t want to do that again … I wanted to come to a place where I could redshirt.”
After Saturday’s performance, even Gundy doesn’t seem to know if the Cowboys will be able to limit Freeman to four regular-season games, which is the maximum number of contests in which players can participate and still take a redshirt.
“I don’t know that it’s fair to say one way or the other right now,” Gundy said. “I will say that we’re very pleased with what he’s bringing to the table. He still has a ways to go, learning our system, but he’s made really good strides, and we’ll just have to play it by ear as we move along.”
Gundy is extremely familiar with changing plans on the fly. The Cowboys had to make a similar decision with Leon Johnson last season despite initially planning to redshirt him so he could be available for the 2024 season.
Johnson finished third in snaps among OSU receivers despite only playing two games prior to a Week 8 trip to West Virginia.
“Leon is a perfect example,” Gundy said. “We’d love to have him back, but at that point, we were on a run and had a chance to get into the Big 12 Championship game. We would not have gotten in it without him.”
Despite Johnson’s impact late in the season, the decision to burn the redshirt and give up his eligibility this season wasn’t made by Gundy and the coaching staff alone. Johnson had to be willing to sacrifice his ability to extend his career.
“We had the discussion,” Gundy said. “At first, I think he still wanted to redshirt, and then he finally said, ‘OK, I’ll play.’”
Expect a similar process to play out this fall with Freeman. When deciding when to preserve redshirts or burn them, Gundy said he tries to prioritize what he believes is best for the player and what that player wants to do first.
“Now, those two don’t always jive together,” Gundy said. “And so the second (part), we ask and think what’s best for the team.
“Years ago, coaches made that determination. But over the last three, four, five years, there’s a neutral conversation between the player, their family, their representatives and the coaches, as you move forward. It’s just one of the changes that we’re going through that’s part of the game. I guess, ultimately, a coach could just say, ‘This is what you’re doing one way or another.’ That’s not what we do here. Because I think long term, that would be counterproductive in a free agency world.”
Week 2 Polls - #16 AP & #17 Coaches
- By CowboyMedic
- The Corral
- 4 Replies
NCAA College Football Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports
The US LBM Football Coaches Poll, published by USA TODAY Sports, is conducted weekly throughout the NCAA college football season. See the latest Top 25 rankings from the game’s best head coaches.
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Last September, I lost my daughter... (9/4/24 - up to $10,915)
- By BAPoke
- The Corral
- 47 Replies
Hello OSU family.
I need to take a moment today to tell a story, and ask a favor.
My daughter's name is Lauren Lenaburg.
She was a great kid… beautiful, smart, funny, and sharp as tack. She was an Owasso HS graduate (2015) who went on to attend Oklahoma State on a full ride scholarship after scoring a 34 on her ACT. She graduated Oklahoma State Magna Cum Laude in 2020 with a 4.0 gpa and a distinguished degree in engr (IE). She had been married for 3 years, and was halfway through her Master’s degree program also at Oklahoma State. She was our only child and had not yet had any children.
She passed away this past September (9/12/2023). It was tragic, and it was totally unexpected.
She was dealing with some stress and anxiety issues, which included counselling and prescription medications as a part that process. Despite those efforts, she took her own life in a heated moment that ended in disaster and heart break for those of left behind.
It seems to me that it was one brief moment where she just could not see how much she was loved, how much she mattered, and how important she was to her husband, her family, and her friends.
In retrospect, there were signs. We missed them. I missed them. There are no words that I know to tell how much it hurts to have to type those words.
Which brings me to the favor I would like to ask…
We would like it if no one ever had to type those words. No parent should ever have to bury their child.
While we cannot do anything to bring Lauren back to us, we would like to try to do something to honor her memory, and to do at least some small thing to bring some awareness to these mental health issues that can lead to such tragedy.
To that end, in an endeavor to educate others and support students attending Oklahoma State, we have established a memorial scholarship in her name. Through this scholarship, we hope to tell this part of Lauren’s story. It may be that this can help others find a better way.
The scholarship funding goes through OSU. It is 100% tax deductible. If you choose to donate, OSU will sent you a tax receipt for your records.
We need to raise $25,000 to endow the scholarship which will then be awarded on an annual basis. If we get more than that, then the annual scholarship amount can be increased, or we can award multiple scholarships per year.
If you the ability and the inclination to help us fund this memorial scholarship, it would mean a lot.
Lauren (Lenaburg) Hara Memorial Scholarship
I need to take a moment today to tell a story, and ask a favor.
My daughter's name is Lauren Lenaburg.
She was a great kid… beautiful, smart, funny, and sharp as tack. She was an Owasso HS graduate (2015) who went on to attend Oklahoma State on a full ride scholarship after scoring a 34 on her ACT. She graduated Oklahoma State Magna Cum Laude in 2020 with a 4.0 gpa and a distinguished degree in engr (IE). She had been married for 3 years, and was halfway through her Master’s degree program also at Oklahoma State. She was our only child and had not yet had any children.
She passed away this past September (9/12/2023). It was tragic, and it was totally unexpected.
She was dealing with some stress and anxiety issues, which included counselling and prescription medications as a part that process. Despite those efforts, she took her own life in a heated moment that ended in disaster and heart break for those of left behind.
It seems to me that it was one brief moment where she just could not see how much she was loved, how much she mattered, and how important she was to her husband, her family, and her friends.
In retrospect, there were signs. We missed them. I missed them. There are no words that I know to tell how much it hurts to have to type those words.
Which brings me to the favor I would like to ask…
We would like it if no one ever had to type those words. No parent should ever have to bury their child.
While we cannot do anything to bring Lauren back to us, we would like to try to do something to honor her memory, and to do at least some small thing to bring some awareness to these mental health issues that can lead to such tragedy.
To that end, in an endeavor to educate others and support students attending Oklahoma State, we have established a memorial scholarship in her name. Through this scholarship, we hope to tell this part of Lauren’s story. It may be that this can help others find a better way.
The scholarship funding goes through OSU. It is 100% tax deductible. If you choose to donate, OSU will sent you a tax receipt for your records.
We need to raise $25,000 to endow the scholarship which will then be awarded on an annual basis. If we get more than that, then the annual scholarship amount can be increased, or we can award multiple scholarships per year.
If you the ability and the inclination to help us fund this memorial scholarship, it would mean a lot.
Lauren (Lenaburg) Hara Memorial Scholarship
Does supporting Hamas terrorists qualify as political discussion?
- By 22LR
- 24/7 Politics
- 12 Replies
Or is it something far deeper, more sinister and comes from the darkness of a hate-filled soul?
If I were a mod for one day, I'd take out the garbage and his redundant posting until after the election, and return this board to it's political-discussion theme.
Rest in peace.
If I were a mod for one day, I'd take out the garbage and his redundant posting until after the election, and return this board to it's political-discussion theme.
Rest in peace.