Nice. Great time of year. Was out on my (pedal) bike as well…did 40 miles. I think I’m mostly over Covid. My dinner was not as glamorous. Got home and didn’t want to make food, so I ordered Jersey Mike’s for the first time ever today on the recommendation of a friend, and boy was that disappointing. Slimy old lettuce and meat with no flavor. Can’t wait to do it all again tomorrow. There’s nothing like cycling in the Fall/Late summer.
BTW. I’ve been able to find a lot of today’s games on YouTube. I’m not sure if the Beavs will show up there, but if they do, it’s nice because you can stream it on the big screen via Roku TVs with the YT app.
Type in “College football live” and it should pull up whatever is streaming on YouTube at that moment.
That’s a brutal one on the QB, damn. Utah still probably the best in the Pac unless USC pops right away with all their transfers. It really is amazing though how much higher level Bama and Georgia are. Even the Gators are clearly inferior to them in every way just on the eyeball test.
Line up like your going for it and try to draw them offside if can’t let chamce drop back for a quick pooch punt. Don’t go for it right after you dropped a touchdown and lost momentum.
guys on the Boise post game call-in show said that since the first two guys didn’t play well, it might be time for Vidlak who, they said, throws the best ball among the 3 of them.
Why? The passing game will open up the run game because they expected a heavy run game, not this type of passing game. Take advantage of them being unprepared for the pass game. Soon the screen will open up and then we can implement the run game.
Nolan looks really sharp. Defense is frenzied. And this is pretty much the only decent game on right now. Hopefully a few more eyeballs than normal After Dark.
sitting in the stands I said this my self “uh-oh, a first time QB–Beav kryptonite”. You cold see early on however that he could run but was perhaps even less accurate than Bachmeir
That was one of the things I said earlier this week. If I don’t have to yell at my TV to RUN THE BALL!!! it will be because the game is in our control.
guys on the post-game call in show in Boise and callers bemoaning demise of coaching staff in Boise. Apparently one problem is lack of money for hiring assistants. It’s always interesting to hear what the “other” guys are saying.
If this keeps up I’d like to see Smith keep running it up. Lots of game to go but Smith too nice. Gets 3 score lead then stops. We need to step on a neck. Get the points. Get the swagger going. Tough first half of the season and some confidence and a dominating win would go a long way.
Run it up to where you know they can’t catch up and put in backups in the middle to end of the 3rd quarter like Georgia did to Oregon today. Grant it, we didn’t have 5 TD’s on 5 consecutive possessions.
Just need to hit him a few times. Dial up some CB blitzes he won’t want to hang back there for very long. Just keep him on edge enough to affect his passing.
He’s a freshman, but the defensive line are making sure he does not have a lane to run up the middle. They are flushing him to the edges where the coverage guys are which is smart defense.
He hit 18 straight field goals at that range stemming from last season. That was a surprise miss and it didn’t miss by much.
If there was an award for kicking a missed field goal by getting it as close to the upright as possible, Boise State kicker would be the champion.
Outsiders will be talking about Nolan. I am going to be talking about this defense if they keep it up. Great penetration, fast sideline to sideline. Making open field tackles. Playing disciplined.
That’s why I let everyone know two days ago beth mowins was announcing tonight’s game. I have Mike Parker on and Ron callan just interviewed Scott Barnes and he isn’t worried about realignment and said we shouldn’t be either.
Man, every time we have turned the ball over our defense responds. I feel like it’s our game to lose. Put the ball on the ground and let’s chew some clock. Can’t be giving them short fields like that.
They should have put the cameras on lifts to get them up higher. At least the one on the 50. It’s too damn close to field level to see the full play develop, especially on the far side.
It’s week one… gotta expect some struggles with penalties and other things. That being said, damnit Musgrave! If you weren’t having such an awesome game I would be pissed at you!
The full back Colletto formation earlier in the game set this play up. Great call at that point in time. Beavers bring back the fullback position? Love it!!
Throwing it away was my biggest concern going into the season next to the deep ball. He fixed the deep ball, now he needs to fix throwing it away and having better ball control when running. The interception he threw was slightly behind the receiver, but flipping the ball into the air was what caused that interception. Again, all fixable things.
It was there when bachmeier was in the game, but had to change the pass rush to maintain the edges(still can’t execute it) once the backup came into the game.
This game reminds me of the lunch lady from Billy Madison “I made ‘em extra sloppy for yous”. More positives than negatives, good win but lots to work on
Yeah, my Stihl sounds better than that. That sounds like an underpowered saw trying to cut through a log….get a better soundtrack. Go out to Starker forest if you have to….
The game wasn’t as close as the score. At the game there was a general expectation we were going to win. I think the first time I’ve seen that at reser. Ever.
Again, the guys on the Boise post game call in show called it a complete beat down, maybe the worst BSU loss in memory. Said Davalos didn’t have them ready to play.
The good: The win, the points, point differential, D with lots of negative yardage plays for 2.5 quarters…Nolan hitting intermediate to deep passes, Musgrave, D getting TOs, open field tackling. Colletto: fumble recovery, 41 yd TD run…another streak ends: finally win a season opener.
The bad: Penalties, TOs, OLine play underwhelming in run game, poor third down conversion rate.
Don’t forget dropped passes. Specifically that opening possession wide open on the money pass that Harrison dropped(I like Harrison a lot but that was rough)
I give poor third down percentage because the penalties equaled punts or turnovers on offense. Defensive penalties is what you get when your more aggressive. Think back to the Erickson defenses. They were penalized a lot for PI and late hits. Doesn’t mean you shouldn’t work on positioning better to make a play and keep your hands of the WR.
With that said, more holding penalties than false starts(were there any?) Holding is fixable with learning hand placements and when to release from your block.
A win is a win when a program is trying to build upwards, so I’m not going to dwell on the sloppiness, but damn it must be baked into the Beav’s DNA no the coaching staff that they can’t stop mobile freshmen quarterbacks with little to no experience!
Its like they sleep on them. He’s a redshirt, former track athlete. But they did pick him, and that Austin pick was on a real “rookie” throw.
A few big runs and the scoreboard looked much different.
Also, with that many TOs, the Beavs should have had more points if they could have run blocked better and converted more third downs. Boise’s D played the run pretty well actually. But for Colleto, no big runs. Yet.
Boise looked like a shadow of their former selves, but decent win altogether. Nolan looked great and awful, don’t think he learned anything from last year regarding ball control.
No significant injuries and defense looks serviceable. Fresno State will be a tough game on the road, Beavs need to cleanup turnovers to keep it close.
Pros: Musgrave, DBs (man coverage), Nolan deep pass accuracy, forcing turnovers, great coaching on when to punt and when to take the field goal, hung in tough through some adversity in the 3rd, open field tackling
Cons: Penalties, Nolan careless with ball randomly, some key dropped passes (missed touchdown and tipped INT, a 10 point swing between the two plays), running game was not effective (albeit a good defensive front who was daring us to throw all night, which was why the deep balls were open), Hayes remains a wild card, mobile QBs remain a thorn in the side
A nice win. It might end up being a good thing we didn’t straight up rout them. Prevents our heads from getting too big over one win and now everyone has a LOT to look at and improve on. Next week is a whole new animal. Won’t be as good of a defense but a much different pace on offense. Fresno will throw it around sideline to sideline. I would say that performance today overall might not be enough for a win in Fresno. They won’t turn it over 5 times.
Did you not see the CB’s stop the WR screens in the flats? This defense is so much better at open field tackles and recognizing the sideline passes. Offense worries me way more than defense does.
Martinez is going to be really good once he irons out some wrinkles and gets more confident. Fenwick is really good at getting 4-5 yards every carry, but always seems to get the last few by falling forward.
From what I saw tonight, Nolan is going to have to carry this offense. He clearly has the ability.
Lindgren is the man. Some of the stuff he draws up is just brilliant.
Credit to Bray’s defense. It was kind of hard to gauge them because BSU kept giving us the ball, but we took what they gave us and stopped just about everything except the unplanned for QB runs.
According to PFF, Gray and Brewer were the weak links on the OL. That’s actually kind of reassuring because they were two of the best last year. Hopefully it’s a one off.
Nolan currently a top 20 QB nationally and scored better than Stetson Bennett for week 1.
I thought/think Lowe looked to be the best rb and trusted him not to fumble. He looks explosive whereas Martinez and fenwick looked solid, lack that burst
Lowe is explosive, but he can’t get past first contact. Martinez was routinely bouncing off the first tackle. If he has more space to run (and doesn’t fumble) he’s going to be dangerous.
The ability to keep every back fresh the whole game is big, too.
Except he had lots of yards past first contact. IDK why you say that aside from the assumption he’s a fast back so he must not be able to break tackles.
Passed the first test. It definitely isn’t the same Boise so a loss would have been catastrophic. The more I think about it the USC game will be the defining game of the season. Pull off a win there to go 4-0 and it will lead in to an epic matchup at Utah. Would be the most nationally relevant non-CW game I can remember. We’d also be playing with house money and a loss wouldn’t really hurt us as long as the game is competitive. Then the schedule opens up after that. On the other hand, a home loss to USC and another at Utah the following week to go 3-2……that feels pretty meh to me and would likely lead to 8-4, 7-5 or even the dreaded 6-6. Really need to beat USC to put us on the right path.
Starting 3-0 would set up a ranked vs ranked matchup with USC that would be bigger than a game against Utah. USC gets more hype and could get Gameday that week. Arkansas/A&M and Clemson/Wake would be the only competition.
I’m not ready to jump on the 9 win train but now I can see there’s a good chance at making a bowl game this season. So many amazing plays last night on both offense and defense! I thought the defense got good penetration and caused a lot of chaos. Obviously, the penalties and turnovers need to be cleaned up. Might have been the GREATEST start to a season in Beaver history. Nothing better than a blowout win AND seeing the ducks get boat raced!!! GO BEAVS go pound the bulldogs!
The big problem last night was the loss of focus. We’re not good enough to lose focus for large chunks of games. That has been a problem in the past, and it still looks to be a problem.
Waking up the day after I’ll share a couple thoughts on last nights game:
1) worst and best moments – worst was Nolan throwing int while throwing it away. Best – was Nolan slapping himself in the head on the sideline after that play. Reminded me of Tommy Boy.
2) worst and best moment #2 – worst was the anxiety just before the game because Beaver football game one was starting. Best was going to bed knowing the Beavs won their first game and just maybe I can be excited for Beaver football this year instead of just anxious.
3) most excited about – Nolan… short and long balls were good with good spirals and the boy can run if needed. Plus he went through his progressions. The QB was my biggest concern for this year. Not so much now. RB play has replaced that for now.
I don’t care about testing or guidelines or any other attempt to make this political – just the practicality that when you’re in a locker room yelling and huffing and wooting you’re going to get Covid in every other players’ face, and then you won’t be able to field a team, and then you will have to forfeit. It’s stupid to be huffing in one another’s face like in that video.
I got Covid walking around Costco with a mask on. These dudes will get it and spread it around the team. I am 100% sure this will happen. Irresponsible by the coaches.
My perspective is completely different on the video. For me, it gives me hope that after years of being told not to congregate, not to show your face in public, not to hug, not to be human; that life goes on! To take these things away from us, is to take a piece of our humanity away. We can never take for granted going to stadiums full of people, going out to restaurants, traveling, church, school, etc..
Sorry Angry, wasn’t trying to make this political either. Just trying to point out that the universities and NCAA are most likely all following CDC protocols that essentially all are saying that mass testing no longer needs to happen and being exposed to the virus doesn’t warrant a test either
So basically what you are going to see are those players only testing if they are symptomatic and even then they may not even test to avoid having to sit out. We are definitely not going to see whole teams being wiped out due to Covid like we saw last year.
Sorry again was not trying to make it political just wanted to share my thoughts on university policy when it comes to following Covid guidelines.
I think Angry’s point is it doesn’t matter if you test or not, it doesn’t prevent you from getting Covid, and Covid makes some people pretty ill for prolonged periods of time. So if a bunch of kids on the team are ill at the same time, they aren’t going to be real effective on the field.
I just want to know what is in place to ensure we can field a complete and competitive team. That is on Smith to put some kind of protocol in place since it’s his team. And what I saw in the video it looked like nothing like that is in place.
I wouldn’t worry too much about Covid at this point. The current variant is much weaker and I’d guess a lot of the team probably got BA.4 or 5 in recent months.
Enjoyed the double pass call. Wasn’t desperate, was well executed, and should give other team something to think about when Dunmore (at least) is in the game. Next time Dunmore likely keeps it or throws it somewhere else.
Here’s a map graphic on most “popular” teams by Google searches. They don’t discuss how Google pushes information out and influences, or what people are searching for. Nebraska dominates the middle of the country, and I bet after Frost makes a bonehead call/loss the searches go up, ha!
Fresno will be a tougher game than this one. Biggest concern for that game is these guys think they’re better than they are…they showed that in the BSU game by taking off 3/4 of the game once they saw they were superior. Can’t do that. Sign of a mentally weak team. Smith better be all over that before FSU.
Which is funny because JS’s teams have been defined by never really being out of games and staying focused the whole time. They need to get used to playing with a lead.
I’d agree. Getting over the hump from a loser mentality happens in stages. We are at the precipice of the last stage where they not only believe they can win any game, but now stay focused throughout to win the game. This is the final stage of a championship mentality and we will observe how the team responds to success this year compared to last year. They choked 3 winnable games in a row after tasting success last year, perhaps the lesson is learned by losing focus for a half last night.
I think there are some good leaders and a lot of talent, the difference will be between the ears.
Yeah they seem less focused when they have the lead. Which makes me think it’s ego/thinking they can just show up. I mean they can win any game, they are correct there, but not by just showing up. Have to give effort at least 90% of the game (there’s always some slacking off by both sides), and they’re around 25-35% right now.
I agree with you Angry, that is a concern of mine as well when it seemed the Beavs let their foot of the pedal. Hopefully, they address it this week. Need 100 percent focus against Fresno
It’s always interesting to review this board after attending a game in person. To answer a question Angry asked up top, the pre-game vibe at the tailgate scene was great, but then so was the weather. The stadium was surprisingly loud, even when you factor that no one was shouting at you from the opposite side of the stadium. The atmosphere in there when the project is complete is going to be awesome. BSU fan presence was notable, even had their whole band there, but OSU kept them pretty quiet. Harrison’s first drop could have been a season-defining play. It was certainly a game-defining play for him. Agree that Colletto should be the main back. I mean: who else has broken for 50 yard TD runs the last two years in critical situations? You have the sense that the team plays more confidently when he’s in the offensive huddle.
The game wasn’t as close as the score. At the game there was a general expectation we were going to win. I think the first time I’ve seen that at reser. Ever.
I am much more confident we can win @ Fresno now. The defense can generate interior pressure, defenders can make open field tackles, and the DBs are in the right spot every time to make a play on the ball.
Don’t think Julian played at all. I think it will be great if they can afford to ease him in, maybe have him get meaningful snap count when USC comes to town.
I’d also expect the run game to be much more effective against Fresno St. Boise St had some beef and they were intent on stopping the run. Nolan needs to be consistent and have time for downfield throws again.
Run game may come alive and be much better next week.
Defense looked great, especially for playing against the Frosh qb for 3 quarters…! No Banker hangover this morning.
Nolan’s first deep play if the game i believe. Would have hit Harrison in stride with a defender on his heels but Harrison seemed to lose focus and twisted his body awkwardly when trying to catch it and just didnt make the play. Guessing it was around a 25-30 yard pass with a decent chance at a TD or getting 1st and goal, but i’m going off memory.
Around that time Nolan missed an open receiver downfield but made a nice throw to a receiver about 20 yards downfield along the sideline I can’t remember who it was but that caught it. I still worry how locked on he gets sometimes.
According to the olive
‘One of the Nolan incompletions was a beautifully thrown pass, feathered over the shoulder and through the hands of receiver Tre’Shaun Harrison in stride. It would have been a 53-yard touchdown pass if Harrison had hung on.’
Should have added…
53 would have been had the pass been completed…if memory serves he was at maybe the 15 because he bobbles and bounces it off the turf before recovering it on the endzone . So maybe 35 yd pass. Better than most anything we had seen since usc last year for sure
I’ll leave this alternative take on Harrison here: from the FG cam replay, he appeared to expect the throw over his right shoulder, but it ended up over the left shoulder and he made the adjustment but failed to make the catch. Not an excuse; he appears to make more drops than others, but that’s what I saw.
A couple points:
A lot has been said about the improved Beavs DB’s, and if they can stay aggressive while limiting the PI’s they may turn out to be the heart of the D. That said, rushing D was pretty good last night as well, take out the big QB’s 71 yd run and you have less than 2 yds per carry. As ever, consider the opponent.
Penalties: 10 for 100 yds. But, only 2 in the first half. Seems to me that’s a real indicator of a lack of focus which JS has avoided to this point. The week 1 to week 2 improvement thing may center on the teaching done by coaches M, Blue, and Perkins.
Mid third quarter scoreboard showed three penalties on us. Then it got to 9 penalties really quick and that didn’t include a declined pass interference call. Overall good first game avoiding a slow start.
It says a lot about Bronco expectations when it’s “disastrous” to lose to a third-place power five team on the road. If one looks back over the past 10 years, they’ve been Mountain West great, but we’re not talking undefeated seasons and playoff talk. The fan base is heading towards delusional. Beavers rolled them in the 2013 bowl game also seems like the writer forgot about that.
Something popped up on the big screen last night promoting nil site for osu athletes, the wood shop…had forgotten about the discussion of this coming back whenever that was. Good to see osu promote it at the game.
Did they do anything unusual with board, or was it just bright, crisp, good color snd visual depth?
I saw some images of the construction from the field. The west side looked decently sized and more impressive than i expected. I think they can partially offset the loss of seats with the standing room on the “Beaver Walk”(?).
The board is large, unencumbered by the previous ads, and bright/crisp, sort of seeing a 4k vs standard def comparison.
The new side is still a skeleton, aside from the lower part of the bowl. At one point the moon was passing through it looked pretty cool. You can’t make out the beaver walk its blocked by coaches boxes and construction. It will likely be a good viewing if you’re front row, if its stacked with people three deep you may not get much view, except of the scoreboard.
I’m curious if they’ll allow season ticket holders to an open house or something where we’d be allowed to check viewing angles before deciding on a new seat.
After sleeping on it, I’m a little more bullish on the Beavs going into Fresno………
I watched the first quarter and a half of Fresno/Cal Poly Thursday night. Fresno scored TD’s on their first 3 possessions to go up 21-0. They looked good. After that? They just looked so so. Did they take their foot off the gas? Did Cal Poly make some adjustments? Hard to say as I didn’t watch much more after that.
The games that make me nervous in no particular order…..At Fresno, USC, at Utah, at UW. The rest of the games I can see OSU being favored and they all look winnable. Not saying the 4 games I mentioned aren’t winnable. Just tougher.
Forecast at kickoff in Fresno shows a temp of 94 degrees cooling down into the mid 80’s by end of the game. Gonna be a hot one and I imagine we will be seeing some guys cramp up.
A loss to Fresno isn’t the end of the world. But a win and a possible 3-0 start heading into conference play? a 9 or 10 win season certainly looks more attainable. I imagine we’ll all know more after next Saturday.
USC had 3 pick 6 ints so that game was fairly skewed by poor qb play but Rice still had a lot of success running against USC which should be the case for the Beavs, much like last year. If Beav defense can continue Williams and get some pressure I think it will be a win at home.
Utah had some coaching issues and they should have won the game. Utes showed poor tackling and looked gassed at the end when Florida just lined up and ran at them. Rising is a gamer and likely the best qb Beavs will face. On the road is a challenge but Beavs should be in the game with a shot to win. Beav defense may be the difference in both of these games.
I’ll give my 2 cents of the game day experience. It was the first game I had been to since COVID, we didn’t make any games last year because of my sons Pop-Warner schedule conflicting with every home game.
We were late arriving and just got to our section at kickoff, so we didn’t see any of the pre-game activity.
Parking was easier than usual.
The new video board is incredible. Though, there were some technical glitches when showing replays, it’s never a good sign when we can see the computer screen and mouse cursor on the jumbotron.
Boise showed up strong, hard to put a number on it since a lot of folks were wearing orange on both sides, but most of the south endzone was Bronco territory. (They have a good school band too) and Their fans were pleasant, before and after the game.
Fans were engaged and loud, bringing a good energy to the venue.
The Bad:
The temporary lights on the west side need to be adjusted. The angle was such that it was glaring into the crowd. I had a hat on, so that helped…but, Mrs. Sweaty got a bit of a headache.
The in game club music was too much. It was loud and constant. The club music was going when the PA announcer was speaking making it hard to hear him. If there is a way to isolate the music more toward the student section and less toward the… adults. I was in section 220, and about 1/4 of the people were wearing earbuds or noise cancelling headsets.
Beer was too expensive. I forgot to bring a “walking beer” to drink from my parking spot to the stadium, so $12 for a decent beer was all my heart and wallet would justify.
My seats are in 120 you should have waved down at us. Damn the noise was sniffling at times…and I dont mean crowd noise. There were times the alumni band and bsu band AND the dj music were ALL going at the same time, wtf?
The lights were irritating but somewhat understandable given the circumstances.
Beer line was so long I simply avoided altogether, sad day no beer for oj.
Bsu fans were out of it most of the game due to the score but brought the noise when they climbed outta their hole scorewise. Considering how many of them were at reser, they were considerably less douschy than anything I’ve ever seen drive up from Eugene.
The crowd was engaged, the tailgating was still popping off, the weather was awesome, the new side looks like it will fit nicely despite not being mirrored, I may try to get tix on that side when complete, I hate facing the sun. Good outcome and a w. Got not gripes today
For the horror buffs out there, the lady and I are trying to curate a movie playlist for the next two months as we’re both Fall and horror fans and love this time of year. Hit me with anything good you’ve seen recently. Any era and style is fine.
I’ve seen most of these, but keep them coming. So far I haven’t seen The Platform or Abraham Lincoln Vampire Dude. Gonna add those. I tried The Descent but couldn’t get into it. The lady liked it so maybe I need to try again.
I think you could describe that as a hot and cold win. Every unit had great plays and some really bad plays. Boise St is trading on its past reputation, clearly the newest coach had not brought the scrappiness that had made the past teams really good. Their energy level was pretty low through the game.
On offense – Nolan showed every part of his good and his bad last night. Improved deep balls but a couple real dumb throws led to picks. That won’t work on the road. Both picks were also in the Beavs side of the field so they got lucky Boise St didn’t cash in. RB will continue as a committee which is fine. Hopefully someone takes charge. Fenwick with a terrible fumble but then an outstanding TD run. Martinez looked like he belonged. Longest run by a RB was 15 yards. OL had more than an acceptable amount of penalties but they allowed zero sacks. WR did a great job on a number of drives but then a big drop early by Harrison. I see why Bolden is on the field, he laid out a BSU defender to spring Colletto for his TD. Musgraves had a great day catching, but then had two penalties in a row. 4-13 on third down leaves much to be work on.
On defense, pretty much everything looked good except the pass interference penalties. No body looked lost and the LB were flying around the field. Had issues adjusting the backup QB since I wouldn’t have expected BSU to pull their 4 year starter so early. Good third down defense and getting stops when BSU drove deep into Beavs side of the field.
Special teams looked ok. Hayes missing a 47 yarder isn’t too concerning but it would be great if he starts making those. Punting, no issues which means it went great.
I don’t think the beavs win on the road playing like they did yesterday. Too many turnovers and penalties. But the silver lining is that most of the issues are correctable. Opening line feels right. Beavs need that underdog motivation after a good step forward.
Misc items – watching the TV broadcast back, they really adjusted the lighting for viewers. It looked nothing like that in person. Had the feel of a high school stadium lights with heavy shadows and some dark spots. Ditto to above, it felt like the sun was in your face the entire time.
– new side looks pretty good. Fans will be right on top of the field and it’ll be loud.
– beer lines are too long
– no more opponents band
Emphasis and fixing problems this week of practice.
1. Dropped balls. Goes without saying catch the ball!
2. Penalties. Need less penalties all around. 100 yds is bad.
3. Improve the run game. The run game was pretty average aside from Colleto’s big run. Still would like to see Jam.
4. Stop committing turnovers. If it wasn’t for the defense getting 5 this game could’ve been much closer. Can’t be turning the ball over that much against the pac 12 teams and Fresno.
5.Improve the pressure and sacks. They had 2 sacks but with the way the game was being dominated they should’ve had more. 1 of the sacks was from JC transfer Ryan Cooper who plays nickel. I saw a lot of guys step up and standout but I didn’t see anyone in the front 7 do much especially in the passing game
More sacks- loved the way the line stuffed the run game most of the night. I think they had 22 rush yards med way through the third. More sacks would be nice but they had to keep contain of the backup qb.
BSU QB’s were quick to get rid of it or roll out. Our DL did a good job of collapsing the pocket and making them feel the pressure. Think about Bachmeier’s first few series.
Eggers piece has a few good quotes, this from The Hammer: “Coming in, we knew Coach Bray had us dialed in,…With the schemes and how simple it is and by allowing us to play fast, it’s really night and day. The sky is the limit for our defense. We just need to be able to finish games.”
Jaydon Grant added: “We’ll enjoy the win, because they’re hard to come by. We took a step, but we’re nowhere close to where we want to be, nowhere near where we’re capable of being.”
– It’s all about the QB Haener. They win or lose on his performance. He is an elite QB and he has WRs that help him out.
– In their three losses last year, he turned the ball over 10 times. vs Oregon, lost 2 fumbles, vs Hawaii 4 INTs and 1 fumble, vs Boise St 3 INTs.
– in their wins – 2 INTs in 10 games so the Beavs have to get to him and force turnovers.
– He’s very good at home. 70% completion rate at home last year but did lose to Boise St
Not sure if there is a clear game plan to slow him down, it might have to be reduce the amount of times he touches the ball. A slow grinding offense by the beavs might be the best bet. BUT if Fresno is within one score near the end of the game, it’ll be pretty impossible to stop Haener from driving down the field.
xfactors are the “new” coaching staff.
misc – Smith was his primary recruiter when he went to UW.
I scanned the Olive Sports the other day. It seemed like the headlines downplayed the 49 points given up, and the 3 scored. I think there was one headline that had it but it was buried pretty well. You’d think given a team of Oregon’s elite talent, and Lanning’s “national championship coaching resume,” there might have been more attention called to the fact in his first outing he gave up 49 points.
But then finally an article pointing out they gave up a 90% third down conversion rate, and it was their worst performance in 17 years.
The Oregon media want the Quacks to be playoff-relevant so badly, probably a shock to have that discussion end so quickly. Even Canzano went to Georgia to report on the game for his own site. He already started a bromance with Lanning after Cristobal left him high and dry.
80′ x 30′ I think. So maybe they didn’t sell it, but its close in size to 77′ x 37′
Maybe a different configuration? Are panels 3′ x 7′? Maybe they flipped them around?
I see classes don’t start until 9/21. I wonder if this week Smith can schedule practices in the late afternoon to try and work in peak heat and prepare for @ Fresno? 92 tomorrow, 85 Wednesday…cooling after.
I like the writer calling out the defender for waving his finger in the air like he had done something great after Harrison dropped the sure TD. Boise media is harsh on the team! Very high expectations. Avalos isn’t going to last long at this pace.
Line moves from Fresno by 1 to Beavs by 1 already. Bettors thinking Boise St win is worth more than it was. I’d guess the line moves to even by game day.
Daschel calls it 31-28 Fresno.
The question is (from your nice Early Look up above) “what did the Hawaii and Boise State defenses do to cause Haener to get picked off?” Seems Beavs DB’s could be the difference this week.
That has USC in the national championship. I just can’t see them making that huge of a jump. I k ow they got like 40 transfers and some are big time but to have all of these that are learning new schemes and coaches. Rice isn’t shit.
The saying is “defense travels” and I believe that to be true. Have to have a serviceable defense to win on the road. Our defense looked great all game. The announcers mentioned they had pulled some starters when Boise had that 74 yard run. Not sure if that was true but definitely would make sense. We need to do the same thing to Fresno we did to Boise out of the gate. Make Haener uncomfortable. Doesn’t necessarily have to be pressure. Those athletic picks by our DBs will do the trick. I do not think Fresno’s D will be as good as Boise’s. So I think our defense is the key here.
Fresno game comes down to execution and ball security. Based on very limited sample size and reviewing the tape, I think Beavs are better team… but does Musgrave have another run of stupid penalties at the goal line? Do WR drop critical passes? Does Nolan throw a couple costly picks? Do the RBs hold on the the ball? Do DBs make plays or drop potential INTs? Does JS go for it on 4th and 2 from midfield when we’re up 10?… or does this veteran team finally learn how to win tough games on the road. I’m predicting the latter… Beavs 32-26. I don’t see the Beavs getting blown out but I could foresee the Beavs in a route if everything clicks. Say 42-20 best case. 27-21 FSU worst case.
This Fresno State article has the breakdown of the Oregon State scores and how all big plays came from play action pass. Also, the transcript of the video interview is below the TV radio info for those not able to hear the audio.
First!!! Osu…56 and Boise 3.
Go Beavs!
Beavs 107 blue donks -56
GoBeavs!
A Beav win would be the capper on a gorgeous day…..:
Ducks get their asses handed to them. Followed by a nice motorcycle ride. Now time to throw some rib eyes on the BBQ.
Nice. Great time of year. Was out on my (pedal) bike as well…did 40 miles. I think I’m mostly over Covid. My dinner was not as glamorous. Got home and didn’t want to make food, so I ordered Jersey Mike’s for the first time ever today on the recommendation of a friend, and boy was that disappointing. Slimy old lettuce and meat with no flavor. Can’t wait to do it all again tomorrow. There’s nothing like cycling in the Fall/Late summer.
Gooooooo Beavs. Put a bow on this day.
Yeah, i dont get Jersey Mikes. Too mich vinegar and i always get a side of attitude
40 miles, nice! I haven’t been on my bike all summer. Need to get some mountain biking in this fall.
One of the few time I got over 50 mph on my bike was the road on the west side of the reservoir just west of Ft. Collins.
Beavs win 31-20
#GoBeavs
Rising off his game. Missing open receivers.
Players make plays, players win games.
I was rolling my eyes BEFORE Utah went for that 4th down.
I’m not even a fan of conservative play calling, but these coaches have become so reckless they make me seem conservative.
Agreed. Anytime you can take the lead with a chip shot field goal, you do it.
Meanwhile, two legitimately good teams (tOSU and ND) are playing the field position game. Stupid aggressive play calls are born from insecurity.
Now that’s 4 points pissed away. SMH.
And they go for 2 when they could just kick it and go up 6 in the 3rd lol. Chasing points fails again…
Every coach is a degenerate gambler who doesn’t understand stats.
Those cheat sheets they use are flawed and not the actual probabilities.
Passed up a chip shot earlier in the game.
Holy cow that 415 lbs dude for Florida is massive
Probably Heart attack by 45 at the latest.
BTW. I’ve been able to find a lot of today’s games on YouTube. I’m not sure if the Beavs will show up there, but if they do, it’s nice because you can stream it on the big screen via Roku TVs with the YT app.
Type in “College football live” and it should pull up whatever is streaming on YouTube at that moment.
Whats the pregame atmosphere for those of you who are at the game?
really quiet all day but picked up a just a little bit right before.
WSU down 10-0 to Idaho. PAC losing all credibility today.
What credibility?
41-24 Beavs.
Utah is about to lose. PAC-12 looking stellar today. Not.
Utah…. Unbelievable. Actually feel bad for Rising.
I should’ve bet on that. It always happens to OSU.
I was replying to angry about Utah running into our game.
Bet wittingham wishes he took the points…
They had time to run the ball at the end.
That’s a brutal one on the QB, damn. Utah still probably the best in the Pac unless USC pops right away with all their transfers. It really is amazing though how much higher level Bama and Georgia are. Even the Gators are clearly inferior to them in every way just on the eyeball test.
They left 4 points on the board.
Sodomy apparently legal in Atlanta Georgia..
Damn, I can’t stand her voice.
I’m streaming Mike Parker and streaming on ESPN. Radio is about 45 seconds behind. I would rather have radio behind than ahead.
Yuck. This camera angle. Wtf?
Omg Harrison!
Wow. Just wow. Chance finally does look long ball and Harrison has stage fright.
Nolan put that on the money…
Punt.
Line up like your going for it and try to draw them offside if can’t let chamce drop back for a quick pooch punt. Don’t go for it right after you dropped a touchdown and lost momentum.
Glad they got it. Jack picking up where he left off.
Can’t blame that on Squints. Great ball. Great play call. Hit wr in a bad spot apparently…the hands.
same thing happened when Harrison dropped that sideline pass. Perfect throw, bad hands. He should have ridden the pine after that.
Passing on 4th down at mid field on the first drive of the season. Nothing like going all in on the first hand of the game.
4th downs are scary these days
Man the gambler just got the fix he needs to keep gambling.
Yep stupid call. Stupid calls can work but doesn’t make it right.
Musgrave off to a hot start!
That a way Luke Musgrave! Nolan’s passes are looking more crisp. Well, that fumble is on Fenwick.
One of my jeys to the game was take care of the ball and Fenwick fucks up. No excuse for that as a senior and being given the nod.
As I said, Martinez not starting could cost us the game…smith not having the correct personnel…
His only run looked terrible. Scared to hit the hole and running straight up and down.
Damn. This is some schoolyard football
Our dbs are going to be wicked this year.
Wright and Musgrave r off to a good start. Fenwick not so much. I would sit him for awhile with the talent they have.
Nice punt.
Need to take over the field position.
Fuck ya! IDK who that was to but I’ll take it!
Bachmeier is over throwing his receivers.
Would like to see better play from the O Line.
Like what, pancake blocks?
I can’t get the game, but it isn’t sounding like a dominating performance.
It will turn into that quickly. We should be up 21-0 if Harrison hadn’t of dropped the 3rd down pass in the first drive.
Ma boy!
Musgrave with another catch! This time for a Touchdown! Nolan has definitely worked on his deep balls!
Musgrave, Grant, Wright, and Harrison making plays is a good sign. Good bounce back from his terrible drop. Nolan having all day to pass.
Nolans gotten stronger. He use to float balls like those last 2. They’re Lazer beams now. Hope it holds up for the duration of the season.
Kind of sad when you see more Bronco fans here.
Win some games in dominant fashion and they will come.
Nice. Love Fischer.
Ma other boy, Lindsey!
I wasn’t worried about the deep ball. Unless you have a learning disability reps fix that.
I want to score 77 points. We are playing to prove we deserve to play at the highest level. Time for a statement!!!!
Dominating.
Maybe we’ll see Vidlak tonight…
guys on the Boise post game call-in show said that since the first two guys didn’t play well, it might be time for Vidlak who, they said, throws the best ball among the 3 of them.
I wanna see some running the ball now.
I’m like our defenses play but more their attitude right now
Why? The passing game will open up the run game because they expected a heavy run game, not this type of passing game. Take advantage of them being unprepared for the pass game. Soon the screen will open up and then we can implement the run game.
I’m impatient. I want to see if we can run the ball too
Jaydon Grant has hops! Holy smokes!
There’s still 45 minutes of football…
Nolan looks really sharp. Defense is frenzied. And this is pretty much the only decent game on right now. Hopefully a few more eyeballs than normal After Dark.
Best 1st quarter of a first game in a decade. Keep it going and this will be fun.
I would say in 12-15 years to be honest. When did we go up 14-0 in the first half with 2 take aways after we had fumbled? Been a long time.
I think we were up big against Stanford like that about 10-15 years ago.
Nice to see the D having fun.
And may end up being the only good PAC win today.
Don’t need to be cute, just play it straight and grind them down.
This punter is a weapon.
Where the he’ll did this punter come from? He’s kicking bombs.
This team has definitely hit the weights hard in the off season and are definitely stronger as a team.
The Rams let Hekker go. Maybe he’s in disguise.
If I remember correctly, Loecher would have been up there nationally last season, but not enough punts to qualify.
You’re not wrong. He’s always had a leg but we go for it on 4th down like 90% of the time. Lol
Jackhammer!
Buchmeier is a turnover machine.
Wow! That was a team bullrush and team forced fumble!
Nolan can’t throw on the run if he’s not set.
Chatfield dominated that left tackle on the bull rush.
Man, if Coletto ever threw out of that it would really catch teams off guard
Didn’t he throw one last year? I Don’t remember the outcome though.
He did last year and it was a TD. He was a HS QB.
He was a college QB also. He started at least one game during the GA era and played in a couple more.
To just get 3 there is crap.
O-line is not able to open up running lanes yet
I agree. They are pass blocking well, but the run blocking is struggling.
We need a running back!
Shit guys this QB is fast! I was afraid this would happen.
Oh shit backup qb in.
sitting in the stands I said this my self “uh-oh, a first time QB–Beav kryptonite”. You cold see early on however that he could run but was perhaps even less accurate than Bachmeir
Uh oh. New FR WB.
New QB Traylan Green.
This is now Brays chance to reject all of Bankers suggestions.
Now a real test for the D. Better be swarming to the ball.
Is there a new QB in?
Yes he is 10 feet 2 and runs a 40 in 2 seconds
“The Prototype”
Yes, freshman dial threat. Better than Bo Nix. This kid was an all state long jumper in track per Mike Parker.
Thank good he’s not a hurdler.
Fuck Green looks big.
Grant having a nice game.
Lets see some running and 3rd down conversions.
6′ 6 220 lbs
Time to get the run game going. And a check down pass. I’m ok with that even if it’s a loss.
God dammit
Harrison have bricks for hands? Jesus
That wasn’t n Nolan
*on
that’s when Harrison should have been benched
I am not liking all these passes. There will be more turnovers the more you throw and the more drops our receivers make like this one.
Jaydon Grant!!! Hat on the ball and Beavers get another forced fumble takeaway!!!
Beautiful man!
What a stand. Totally different team. Next step type stuff there.
7 year senior who wants to go to the next level…so makes sense that elevates everyone.
R.T.F.B.
That was one of the things I said earlier this week. If I don’t have to yell at my TV to RUN THE BALL!!! it will be because the game is in our control.
Need to get the run game going here.
This defense is legit
This has to be the lowest rushing yards with the lead by an Oregon State team….
Gould is gold
Where was this passing abilities last year!?! Holy shit!!!
USC then tits up.
Nolan is a different QB. Awesome!
Yes he is!
More reps. No learning disability.
Contacts??
Gould! One of our dark horse breakout guys.
Clearly down.
Oh thank God his knee was down and the elbow was down and the ground caused the fumble.
Pac-12 refs. Scared
Q rushing TD by my boy, Fenwick!!
Pour it on boys! 98 yards and a cloud of dust.
Fenwick looked to have a better burst on that TD run than he showed last year?
Or am I exaggerating?
No, he did have a good burst.
Bring on Bama. Haha
This BSU QB has neutralized our pass rush. Smart move by the BSU coach.
Former duck coach.
guys on the post-game call in show in Boise and callers bemoaning demise of coaching staff in Boise. Apparently one problem is lack of money for hiring assistants. It’s always interesting to hear what the “other” guys are saying.
Might as well TOs if this kid gets on a roll?
If this keeps up I’d like to see Smith keep running it up. Lots of game to go but Smith too nice. Gets 3 score lead then stops. We need to step on a neck. Get the points. Get the swagger going. Tough first half of the season and some confidence and a dominating win would go a long way.
Run it up to where you know they can’t catch up and put in backups in the middle to end of the 3rd quarter like Georgia did to Oregon today. Grant it, we didn’t have 5 TD’s on 5 consecutive possessions.
Boise qb is scared of pressure.
He’s too amped. If he settles down he could be a problem.
Just need to hit him a few times. Dial up some CB blitzes he won’t want to hang back there for very long. Just keep him on edge enough to affect his passing.
He’s a freshman, but the defensive line are making sure he does not have a lane to run up the middle. They are flushing him to the edges where the coverage guys are which is smart defense.
Like Seth Collins.
Boise QB is fast but inconsistent
Lol is that Hayes’ brother?
He hit 18 straight field goals at that range stemming from last season. That was a surprise miss and it didn’t miss by much.
If there was an award for kicking a missed field goal by getting it as close to the upright as possible, Boise State kicker would be the champion.
Outsiders will be talking about Nolan. I am going to be talking about this defense if they keep it up. Great penetration, fast sideline to sideline. Making open field tackles. Playing disciplined.
Of course they have great penetration – colletto is on the D.
Even the cheerleaders look better this time around.
They get younger and younger every year.
I get a year older yet they stay the same age.
That’s the joke
I was thinking that!
The only downside to this game is the woman announcer.
BIG JIM and Parker on the radio, available anywhere on tune in…..KEJO 1240
That’s why I let everyone know two days ago beth mowins was announcing tonight’s game. I have Mike Parker on and Ron callan just interviewed Scott Barnes and he isn’t worried about realignment and said we shouldn’t be either.
https://www.facebook.com/notoBethMowins/reviews/?_rdr
Sideline reporter makes up for it a bit
Even without the sound.
Stormy the mvp
35 rush yards. Bleh.
Ok, we need to come out RUNNING THE BALL!!!
Martinez still running with one arm on the ball…
There’s Nolan’s inability to throw n INTO THE STANDS!!!
he did that twice last year. you throw it away to the sidelines HIGH.
Dumb decision. Maybe a little learning disability?
Squints. Wtf
What the hell…
Looked like that bronco slit WR was off sides on that 2nd down?
Nice zone in 3rd…
Man, every time we have turned the ball over our defense responds. I feel like it’s our game to lose. Put the ball on the ground and let’s chew some clock. Can’t be giving them short fields like that.
New ab T-shirt: “I came for the recreational outrage, I stayed for the Jack Colletto jokes.”
you should offer to sell his Jackhammer t-shirts on this site.
The TOs and lack of running game are taking the shine off a 24-3 lead.
Hope the OLine shows a lot of improvement next week.
Martinez is clearly the best back.
Except he had the lowest YPC.
Looks like Fenwick as number 1 was a bit over emphasized.
BSU getting a bit of pressure with 4.
Why run the ball on 3rd and 16? I want them to run the ball but don’t get that.
Pretty minimal contact on that int by Wright.
What makes you say that? He worried me the way he holds the ball. I’m sure he will adjust next weekend. Looked worse live than it was.
Is this the first time this camera man has worked a football game? Fucking worst camera movement I’ve ever seen.
Different angles at the lower level makes it harder to follow the ball.
They should have put the cameras on lifts to get them up higher. At least the one on the 50. It’s too damn close to field level to see the full play develop, especially on the far side.
Austin gets away with an obvious PI.
Alex Austin lost his footing. I’m actually shocked that wasn’t a PI.
This is fun
Timely mic on Overman!
Musgrave on track for best TE season since Newton?!?
Mah boy Dunmore!
What did overman say?
“Fuck!”
Luke is getting more involved in the pass game.
Hell of a pass by the WR from Penn State!!
Lowe for backup QB!
I like the upgraded Stormy.
Nolan, lol!
Way too many holding penalties. This isn’t good. We had the ball at the 2. That’s incomplete by rule.
Oh brother. Beavs showing theie true colors?
Nolan still being dum with the ball.
Smith needs to yell at the team for this goshdarn sloppy play! Terrible series.
The offense is mentally fading. D is still in the game and focused.
teaching moments for coach M
Unreal. They’ve gotten better as a whole but this tricky tacky bullshit ruins an otherwise clean game.
JS needs to gather the guys and call them out on this meltdown…
At least this isn’t the 1st quarter
Meltdown? They’re kicking the shit out of Boise and they’re also 20 years old. Relax.
At 20 years old I was in Vietnamese Nam. They are men
Welcome home, brother. Semper Fi !
Thank you for your service
And still 20 years old.
Go for it
There’s my design QB run!!!
Followed by a camera shot of the squint.
It’s week one… gotta expect some struggles with penalties and other things. That being said, damnit Musgrave! If you weren’t having such an awesome game I would be pissed at you!
That better piss someone off.
And now a teaching moment for Bray. Lost contain on a qb they had to know was a threat to run.
Hello darkness my old friend
new “Pac 10” on ESPN tag line.
Uh Oh. Knew this dude was a problem.
Colletto looked slow chasing Green…
Dude this fuckin QB. They better show that they can run it down their throats.
Time for smith to blow a 4th down call.
Nolan getting run happy.
Thank god he punted there. Old smith would have gone.
Looks like they pulled the starters on D too early. Come on you guys. Finish.
That’s crazy. Mid 3rd they’re pulling starters???
Yup.
Who did they pull?
This team still doesn’t have the ability to bury a team. Still stepping on their own dicks.
Unbelievable
Completely believable. “Beaverable.”
The defense is starting to look more like Baker defense. Guess they should use more tennis ball drills?
Bray needs to move.
I can imagine the neighborly advice he’ll get this week..
“If he settles down, he could be a problem.”
Is it a meltdown in process yet?
Need to right the ship and score here. No more penalties, ints, fumbles. Finish the game with a score here and run some clock.
Coaches are problem right now. You have to put a team away before backing off… wait until 4th qtr
PTSD for long time Beaver fans is beginning to creep near
Mike Riley trauma response in effect now. Beavs win this.
Watch this 6’6″” 220 lb FR start running over Beavers. Or more Beavers…
Lindgren is going bipolar again.
Run the ball boys. Keep the clock going.
This is what happens when you don’t step on a team’s throat and bury them.
BSU definitely more physical niw.
Jack Hammer!!!
Colletto goes legend mode
Earlier someone mentioned that Colletto looked slow chasing a bronco; here he looks fast enough but good thing he didn’t need another 20 yds.
Leave it to Colletto.
Hide the milfs
Jackhammer! Best QB we’ve ever recruited.
Soooo much truth to this.
Just make Colletto the #1 back.
The full back Colletto formation earlier in the game set this play up. Great call at that point in time. Beavers bring back the fullback position? Love it!!
Bring back the FB, bring back Wing T
Silas Bolden with a huge block to seal that last defender. Love to see the smaller receiver get in and make a big play.
Who was that WR that blocked on the inside and sprung him? Sweet!
Used Colletto as a decoy on that series on the quick throw out to Harrison, then he goes house a few plays later! Fucking sweet!
Colletto: Andersen’s recruit. Ha!
Bolden. Great block.
Colletto? No he wasn’t, Smith got the Washington Gatorade player of the year who was jackhammer
I’m ordering a jack hammer shirt asap. The kid deserves it.
So do the wounded Warriors!
Like wounded warriors project? Or are you talking in general.
Part of his merch sales go to WWP.
Oh gotcha.
Remember when he was Crazy Legs Colletto? And now a Beaver legend, hilarious how a guy can adjust and just be a gamer/leader
I’m happy we didn’t inside kick there. Difference between Scott Frost and JS. Glad we have the latter.
Alex Austin!!
Lets see Jam!
If he’s faster than Lowe lets get him a couple of carries.
The milf sideline reporter clearly getting worked up.
The defense didn’t pull starters, they just play lots of guys.
Did I just see Nolan with a pen in his hand in the huddle??
Right in line with the Tennessee lineman signing a kids shoe after they scored a TD. Lol the kids had a pen and their shoe for players to sign lol
Gotta give the DBs a shout. 3 picks and probably could have been 4. Excellent job hawking the ball today.
DB’s performance marred by PI’s
Nolan’s play marred by TOs…
OLine unimpressive in run game…
Too many penalties, sloppy play.
First game, hope they clean it up next week.
Hard to believe Nolan still can’t make the out of bounds pass.
Penalties?……….fixable, but need to see it.
Throwing it away was my biggest concern going into the season next to the deep ball. He fixed the deep ball, now he needs to fix throwing it away and having better ball control when running. The interception he threw was slightly behind the receiver, but flipping the ball into the air was what caused that interception. Again, all fixable things.
Fenwick quietly looking pretty good tonight.
Good burst, looks close to breaking one.
Hayes’ kicks are a consistent as my driver in golf. I have a terrible slice.
Even his extra points are a little sketchy.
Elbow down
Well, his short game is better than his woods.
Smith needs to give the backup kicker a shot.
Still didn’t see a serious pass rush.
It was there when bachmeier was in the game, but had to change the pass rush to maintain the edges(still can’t execute it) once the backup came into the game.
Good push up the middle, not much speed on the edge.
Push in the back in Austin after the play by a benchwarmer! Unsportsmanlike!
2 minute drill defense is terrible.
Huge difference in open field tackling. I also like the DL penetration into the backfield.
Yes! It wasn’t too long ago those sideline one on one tackles were a guaranteed wiff.
Surprising BSU tries a FG, Bray used that TO very well to force the decision for the Broncos.
This game reminds me of the lunch lady from Billy Madison “I made ‘em extra sloppy for yous”. More positives than negatives, good win but lots to work on
That Benny costume needs a good dry cleaning.
That chainsaw needs a good trip to the dump.
Wasn’t there another chainsaw sound being tested?
Yeah, my Stihl sounds better than that. That sounds like an underpowered saw trying to cut through a log….get a better soundtrack. Go out to Starker forest if you have to….
Holy smokes this camera work at the end is dizzying.
Today’s performance far exceeded my expectations for an opening game against a good opponent.
This probably should have been a bigger point win but I’ll take the win. What can I say, I’m a golfer and a Beaver fan… neither are ever happy.
I bitched about my hole in one because the rest of my game sucked. Lol.
Damn! Congrats on the ace
Just remember: You can never win, you can only play the game (Bagger Vance)
The game wasn’t as close as the score. At the game there was a general expectation we were going to win. I think the first time I’ve seen that at reser. Ever.
Again, the guys on the Boise post game call in show called it a complete beat down, maybe the worst BSU loss in memory. Said Davalos didn’t have them ready to play.
Smith with a nice game. No real errors.
Yes, good point.
And pretty good call on the score Angry.
Except that whole pulling defensive starters early in the 3rd quarter. May not have been him though
The good: The win, the points, point differential, D with lots of negative yardage plays for 2.5 quarters…Nolan hitting intermediate to deep passes, Musgrave, D getting TOs, open field tackling. Colletto: fumble recovery, 41 yd TD run…another streak ends: finally win a season opener.
The bad: Penalties, TOs, OLine play underwhelming in run game, poor third down conversion rate.
Yeah delighted over Nolan, Musgrave, Jackhammer, and our defense secondary.
More good: secondary was always in the right place to have a shot at the ball
Don’t forget dropped passes. Specifically that opening possession wide open on the money pass that Harrison dropped(I like Harrison a lot but that was rough)
I give poor third down percentage because the penalties equaled punts or turnovers on offense. Defensive penalties is what you get when your more aggressive. Think back to the Erickson defenses. They were penalized a lot for PI and late hits. Doesn’t mean you shouldn’t work on positioning better to make a play and keep your hands of the WR.
With that said, more holding penalties than false starts(were there any?) Holding is fixable with learning hand placements and when to release from your block.
Yes, but mostly called on TE
Positives:
A watchable, entertaining product
QB rollout, hitting a receiver on the opposite side line (this resulted ~2 big plays)
Pass protection
To Improve:
Ball security/awareness!
Offensive play calls in red zone
Dying less often when we blitz
Fewer 3rd & Long
A win is a win when a program is trying to build upwards, so I’m not going to dwell on the sloppiness, but damn it must be baked into the Beav’s DNA no the coaching staff that they can’t stop mobile freshmen quarterbacks with little to no experience!
Its like they sleep on them. He’s a redshirt, former track athlete. But they did pick him, and that Austin pick was on a real “rookie” throw.
A few big runs and the scoreboard looked much different.
Also, with that many TOs, the Beavs should have had more points if they could have run blocked better and converted more third downs. Boise’s D played the run pretty well actually. But for Colleto, no big runs. Yet.
Had company this evening so had to watch off the DVR. Only took about an hour and a half…..
Nice to finally win the season opener. Glad I was wrong.
Honestly, didn’t think Boise was that impressive. Their run may be over.
D got what? 5 turnovers? They get the game ball tonight.
Nolan had a few bad plays. One of the Beavs receivers has hands of stone. Harrison?
The bad…..none of the stable of RB’s did anything to impress me. Waaaaaay too many penalties.
The awful….Beth Mowins. Good god. I had to turn the TV on mute after the first drive. Nails on a chalkboard.
Good win Beavs. Better effort will be needed to get that elusive win in Fresno next Saturday.
Forgot about Colletto. Sealed the game with that TD run on 4th down. Also had a fumble recovery.
Game ball also goes to the Milf hammer.
Gould needs more of Harrison’s reps
you got that right
Boise looked like a shadow of their former selves, but decent win altogether. Nolan looked great and awful, don’t think he learned anything from last year regarding ball control.
No significant injuries and defense looks serviceable. Fresno State will be a tough game on the road, Beavs need to cleanup turnovers to keep it close.
Pros: Musgrave, DBs (man coverage), Nolan deep pass accuracy, forcing turnovers, great coaching on when to punt and when to take the field goal, hung in tough through some adversity in the 3rd, open field tackling
Cons: Penalties, Nolan careless with ball randomly, some key dropped passes (missed touchdown and tipped INT, a 10 point swing between the two plays), running game was not effective (albeit a good defensive front who was daring us to throw all night, which was why the deep balls were open), Hayes remains a wild card, mobile QBs remain a thorn in the side
A nice win. It might end up being a good thing we didn’t straight up rout them. Prevents our heads from getting too big over one win and now everyone has a LOT to look at and improve on. Next week is a whole new animal. Won’t be as good of a defense but a much different pace on offense. Fresno will throw it around sideline to sideline. I would say that performance today overall might not be enough for a win in Fresno. They won’t turn it over 5 times.
Did you not see the CB’s stop the WR screens in the flats? This defense is so much better at open field tackles and recognizing the sideline passes. Offense worries me way more than defense does.
I did see it…. That’s why I said pros were tackling in open space and our man coverage.
Good to see Musgrave, Nolan, Grant, Wright, Austin Breakout . Harrison was hella steamy. Ryan Cooper looks like a surprise player.
Martinez is going to be really good once he irons out some wrinkles and gets more confident. Fenwick is really good at getting 4-5 yards every carry, but always seems to get the last few by falling forward.
From what I saw tonight, Nolan is going to have to carry this offense. He clearly has the ability.
Lindgren is the man. Some of the stuff he draws up is just brilliant.
Credit to Bray’s defense. It was kind of hard to gauge them because BSU kept giving us the ball, but we took what they gave us and stopped just about everything except the unplanned for QB runs.
According to PFF, Gray and Brewer were the weak links on the OL. That’s actually kind of reassuring because they were two of the best last year. Hopefully it’s a one off.
Nolan currently a top 20 QB nationally and scored better than Stetson Bennett for week 1.
Martinez the top ranked OSU RB.
More PFF:
Austin is the #5 CB nationally and tops in the PAC
Wright is #15 nationally
Rawls is the top DT in the PAC
Fisher had the best run stopping rating for a LB, but coverage was weak.
Mascarenas was our top all around LB.
Nolan is the #4 P5 passer behind the guys from Cuse and Baylor and Penix. He definitely had the toughest defensive challenge out of the four.
It’s going to be tough to beat Penix with Nolan’s small hands
Jayden de Laura is ready to grab hold of the challenge with both of his massive hands.
Too bad he didnt stay at WSU. Apple Cup between those 2 would have been epic
Who said Martinez should be the starter? I think it was someone here. ;)
Martinez is the better RB, put he has a lot of potential to fumble unless he learns to cover the ball in traffic.
I thought/think Lowe looked to be the best rb and trusted him not to fumble. He looks explosive whereas Martinez and fenwick looked solid, lack that burst
Lowe is explosive, but he can’t get past first contact. Martinez was routinely bouncing off the first tackle. If he has more space to run (and doesn’t fumble) he’s going to be dangerous.
The ability to keep every back fresh the whole game is big, too.
Lowe has zero cutting ability. Just runs into linemen, refs, and anyone else directly in front of him.
What? Lmao
Except he had lots of yards past first contact. IDK why you say that aside from the assumption he’s a fast back so he must not be able to break tackles.
He had the lowest YPC of anyone.
Martinez that is.
Passed the first test. It definitely isn’t the same Boise so a loss would have been catastrophic. The more I think about it the USC game will be the defining game of the season. Pull off a win there to go 4-0 and it will lead in to an epic matchup at Utah. Would be the most nationally relevant non-CW game I can remember. We’d also be playing with house money and a loss wouldn’t really hurt us as long as the game is competitive. Then the schedule opens up after that. On the other hand, a home loss to USC and another at Utah the following week to go 3-2……that feels pretty meh to me and would likely lead to 8-4, 7-5 or even the dreaded 6-6. Really need to beat USC to put us on the right path.
Starting 3-0 would set up a ranked vs ranked matchup with USC that would be bigger than a game against Utah. USC gets more hype and could get Gameday that week. Arkansas/A&M and Clemson/Wake would be the only competition.
Anyone joining my 9 win train after last night?
Saw MexiBeav got 10 to lead the pool. Pretty impressive. I was pretty terrible with mine
Thanks! Gonna be tough to keep it up.
I’m not ready to jump on the 9 win train but now I can see there’s a good chance at making a bowl game this season. So many amazing plays last night on both offense and defense! I thought the defense got good penetration and caused a lot of chaos. Obviously, the penalties and turnovers need to be cleaned up. Might have been the GREATEST start to a season in Beaver history. Nothing better than a blowout win AND seeing the ducks get boat raced!!! GO BEAVS go pound the bulldogs!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVYcHDEAQFc presser
Also, boise’s new qb reminds me of Vince Young. That kid’s a beast in the making..maybe we can get him in the transfer portal next year : )
Nah, we have Aidan Chiles coming in next year and we have Gulbranson and Throckmorton. We’re fine at QB.
He’s a great athlete, but I’m not convinced he’ll become a good passer. He has weird mechanics and missed some throws really badly.
That’s the kind of guy you build your offense around, though. Perfect run-heavy spread option QB. He won’t finish his career in Boise.
Check out his offers and it’s obvious most big programs wanted him to change positions. His best offers were SDSU, Marshall and Wyoming.
The big problem last night was the loss of focus. We’re not good enough to lose focus for large chunks of games. That has been a problem in the past, and it still looks to be a problem.
Waking up the day after I’ll share a couple thoughts on last nights game:
1) worst and best moments – worst was Nolan throwing int while throwing it away. Best – was Nolan slapping himself in the head on the sideline after that play. Reminded me of Tommy Boy.
2) worst and best moment #2 – worst was the anxiety just before the game because Beaver football game one was starting. Best was going to bed knowing the Beavs won their first game and just maybe I can be excited for Beaver football this year instead of just anxious.
3) most excited about – Nolan… short and long balls were good with good spirals and the boy can run if needed. Plus he went through his progressions. The QB was my biggest concern for this year. Not so much now. RB play has replaced that for now.
OH GOD. We’re going to have Covid forfeits this year. Book it.
https://twitter.com/BeaverFootball/status/1566309865307287552
I don’t know per the new CDC guidelines you really don’t even have to test anymore.
I don’t this Covid will be a factor anymore
I don’t care about testing or guidelines or any other attempt to make this political – just the practicality that when you’re in a locker room yelling and huffing and wooting you’re going to get Covid in every other players’ face, and then you won’t be able to field a team, and then you will have to forfeit. It’s stupid to be huffing in one another’s face like in that video.
I got Covid walking around Costco with a mask on. These dudes will get it and spread it around the team. I am 100% sure this will happen. Irresponsible by the coaches.
My perspective is completely different on the video. For me, it gives me hope that after years of being told not to congregate, not to show your face in public, not to hug, not to be human; that life goes on! To take these things away from us, is to take a piece of our humanity away. We can never take for granted going to stadiums full of people, going out to restaurants, traveling, church, school, etc..
Sorry Angry, wasn’t trying to make this political either. Just trying to point out that the universities and NCAA are most likely all following CDC protocols that essentially all are saying that mass testing no longer needs to happen and being exposed to the virus doesn’t warrant a test either
So basically what you are going to see are those players only testing if they are symptomatic and even then they may not even test to avoid having to sit out. We are definitely not going to see whole teams being wiped out due to Covid like we saw last year.
Sorry again was not trying to make it political just wanted to share my thoughts on university policy when it comes to following Covid guidelines.
I think Angry’s point is it doesn’t matter if you test or not, it doesn’t prevent you from getting Covid, and Covid makes some people pretty ill for prolonged periods of time. So if a bunch of kids on the team are ill at the same time, they aren’t going to be real effective on the field.
I just want to know what is in place to ensure we can field a complete and competitive team. That is on Smith to put some kind of protocol in place since it’s his team. And what I saw in the video it looked like nothing like that is in place.
I wouldn’t worry too much about Covid at this point. The current variant is much weaker and I’d guess a lot of the team probably got BA.4 or 5 in recent months.
Enjoyed the double pass call. Wasn’t desperate, was well executed, and should give other team something to think about when Dunmore (at least) is in the game. Next time Dunmore likely keeps it or throws it somewhere else.
Here’s a map graphic on most “popular” teams by Google searches. They don’t discuss how Google pushes information out and influences, or what people are searching for. Nebraska dominates the middle of the country, and I bet after Frost makes a bonehead call/loss the searches go up, ha!
No real surprises though:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2022/09/02/most-popular-college-football-teams/7888658001/
Fresno will be a tougher game than this one. Biggest concern for that game is these guys think they’re better than they are…they showed that in the BSU game by taking off 3/4 of the game once they saw they were superior. Can’t do that. Sign of a mentally weak team. Smith better be all over that before FSU.
Biggest improvement comes from week 1 to week 2.
Very true.
Which is funny because JS’s teams have been defined by never really being out of games and staying focused the whole time. They need to get used to playing with a lead.
I’d agree. Getting over the hump from a loser mentality happens in stages. We are at the precipice of the last stage where they not only believe they can win any game, but now stay focused throughout to win the game. This is the final stage of a championship mentality and we will observe how the team responds to success this year compared to last year. They choked 3 winnable games in a row after tasting success last year, perhaps the lesson is learned by losing focus for a half last night.
I think there are some good leaders and a lot of talent, the difference will be between the ears.
Yeah they seem less focused when they have the lead. Which makes me think it’s ego/thinking they can just show up. I mean they can win any game, they are correct there, but not by just showing up. Have to give effort at least 90% of the game (there’s always some slacking off by both sides), and they’re around 25-35% right now.
I agree with you Angry, that is a concern of mine as well when it seemed the Beavs let their foot of the pedal. Hopefully, they address it this week. Need 100 percent focus against Fresno
It’s always interesting to review this board after attending a game in person. To answer a question Angry asked up top, the pre-game vibe at the tailgate scene was great, but then so was the weather. The stadium was surprisingly loud, even when you factor that no one was shouting at you from the opposite side of the stadium. The atmosphere in there when the project is complete is going to be awesome. BSU fan presence was notable, even had their whole band there, but OSU kept them pretty quiet. Harrison’s first drop could have been a season-defining play. It was certainly a game-defining play for him. Agree that Colletto should be the main back. I mean: who else has broken for 50 yard TD runs the last two years in critical situations? You have the sense that the team plays more confidently when he’s in the offensive huddle.
The game wasn’t as close as the score. At the game there was a general expectation we were going to win. I think the first time I’ve seen that at reser. Ever.
I am much more confident we can win @ Fresno now. The defense can generate interior pressure, defenders can make open field tackles, and the DBs are in the right spot every time to make a play on the ball.
Imagine having Julian back out there at full strength. Teams will be forced to run on us.
(Did Julian play at all last night?)
Don’t think Julian played at all. I think it will be great if they can afford to ease him in, maybe have him get meaningful snap count when USC comes to town.
I didn’t see Julian on the field, nor Robinson
Was there any one that did not play that we could expect to be in starting line up?
The open field tackles are so refreshing to see.
I’d also expect the run game to be much more effective against Fresno St. Boise St had some beef and they were intent on stopping the run. Nolan needs to be consistent and have time for downfield throws again.
Run game may come alive and be much better next week.
Defense looked great, especially for playing against the Frosh qb for 3 quarters…! No Banker hangover this morning.
I missed Harrison’s first drop. What was the distance on the pass and the likely TD(?) yardage?
Nolan’s first deep play if the game i believe. Would have hit Harrison in stride with a defender on his heels but Harrison seemed to lose focus and twisted his body awkwardly when trying to catch it and just didnt make the play. Guessing it was around a 25-30 yard pass with a decent chance at a TD or getting 1st and goal, but i’m going off memory.
Around that time Nolan missed an open receiver downfield but made a nice throw to a receiver about 20 yards downfield along the sideline I can’t remember who it was but that caught it. I still worry how locked on he gets sometimes.
According to the olive
‘One of the Nolan incompletions was a beautifully thrown pass, feathered over the shoulder and through the hands of receiver Tre’Shaun Harrison in stride. It would have been a 53-yard touchdown pass if Harrison had hung on.’
Should have added…
53 would have been had the pass been completed…if memory serves he was at maybe the 15 because he bobbles and bounces it off the turf before recovering it on the endzone . So maybe 35 yd pass. Better than most anything we had seen since usc last year for sure
I’ll leave this alternative take on Harrison here: from the FG cam replay, he appeared to expect the throw over his right shoulder, but it ended up over the left shoulder and he made the adjustment but failed to make the catch. Not an excuse; he appears to make more drops than others, but that’s what I saw.
A couple points:
A lot has been said about the improved Beavs DB’s, and if they can stay aggressive while limiting the PI’s they may turn out to be the heart of the D. That said, rushing D was pretty good last night as well, take out the big QB’s 71 yd run and you have less than 2 yds per carry. As ever, consider the opponent.
Penalties: 10 for 100 yds. But, only 2 in the first half. Seems to me that’s a real indicator of a lack of focus which JS has avoided to this point. The week 1 to week 2 improvement thing may center on the teaching done by coaches M, Blue, and Perkins.
Mid third quarter scoreboard showed three penalties on us. Then it got to 9 penalties really quick and that didn’t include a declined pass interference call. Overall good first game avoiding a slow start.
Learning how to step on throats means not getting complacent. Here’s Chance recognizing last nights complacent attitude.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1566442025414959104
The players are only half to blame for that. It showed in the play calling also. Like they just wanted to hold the lead instead of boat racing boise.
Yeah it did feel that way…play calling got passive and even gimmicky.
Some Idaho press hand wringing over BSU and some platitudes for OSU:
https://www.idahopress.com/blueturfsports/bachmeier-benched-broncos-fall-in-disastrous-loss-at-oregon-state/article_7e6e954c-2c0c-11ed-8770-130264f0e344.amp.html
It says a lot about Bronco expectations when it’s “disastrous” to lose to a third-place power five team on the road. If one looks back over the past 10 years, they’ve been Mountain West great, but we’re not talking undefeated seasons and playoff talk. The fan base is heading towards delusional. Beavers rolled them in the 2013 bowl game also seems like the writer forgot about that.
Something popped up on the big screen last night promoting nil site for osu athletes, the wood shop…had forgotten about the discussion of this coming back whenever that was. Good to see osu promote it at the game.
https://opendorse.com/oregonstate-beavers
Also the new board is fucking great.
Did they do anything unusual with board, or was it just bright, crisp, good color snd visual depth?
I saw some images of the construction from the field. The west side looked decently sized and more impressive than i expected. I think they can partially offset the loss of seats with the standing room on the “Beaver Walk”(?).
The board is large, unencumbered by the previous ads, and bright/crisp, sort of seeing a 4k vs standard def comparison.
The new side is still a skeleton, aside from the lower part of the bowl. At one point the moon was passing through it looked pretty cool. You can’t make out the beaver walk its blocked by coaches boxes and construction. It will likely be a good viewing if you’re front row, if its stacked with people three deep you may not get much view, except of the scoreboard.
I’m curious if they’ll allow season ticket holders to an open house or something where we’d be allowed to check viewing angles before deciding on a new seat.
After sleeping on it, I’m a little more bullish on the Beavs going into Fresno………
I watched the first quarter and a half of Fresno/Cal Poly Thursday night. Fresno scored TD’s on their first 3 possessions to go up 21-0. They looked good. After that? They just looked so so. Did they take their foot off the gas? Did Cal Poly make some adjustments? Hard to say as I didn’t watch much more after that.
The games that make me nervous in no particular order…..At Fresno, USC, at Utah, at UW. The rest of the games I can see OSU being favored and they all look winnable. Not saying the 4 games I mentioned aren’t winnable. Just tougher.
Forecast at kickoff in Fresno shows a temp of 94 degrees cooling down into the mid 80’s by end of the game. Gonna be a hot one and I imagine we will be seeing some guys cramp up.
A loss to Fresno isn’t the end of the world. But a win and a possible 3-0 start heading into conference play? a 9 or 10 win season certainly looks more attainable. I imagine we’ll all know more after next Saturday.
…I imagine we will be seeing some guys cramp up.
Been a lot of talk about the depth of the Beavs; interior D-line is my biggest concern in the heat.
Just going to put this here like Angry like to do n when he’s right about something. I was correct that Oregon was going to get crushed.
http://angrybeavs.com/football/16724#comment-381953
Ouch!
You got credit for yourself AND a jab at angry all in one link.
After watching a bit of USC and Utah games,
USC had 3 pick 6 ints so that game was fairly skewed by poor qb play but Rice still had a lot of success running against USC which should be the case for the Beavs, much like last year. If Beav defense can continue Williams and get some pressure I think it will be a win at home.
Utah had some coaching issues and they should have won the game. Utes showed poor tackling and looked gassed at the end when Florida just lined up and ran at them. Rising is a gamer and likely the best qb Beavs will face. On the road is a challenge but Beavs should be in the game with a shot to win. Beav defense may be the difference in both of these games.
Did Riley Sharpe play last night? Another name i didnt see all night night, but i was watching on a small screen
I saw him play and he seemed to play! Was moving fast!
*play well
I think he might’ve had a sack.
According to the write up he caused the fumble that Colletto recovered.
2 Boise state players are done for the season after last night. WR broke his leg and CB has a torn ACL.
Havent heard of any caualties on the OSU side
Saw the broken leg. Didn’t look bad at first but then they brought out the cart
Didn’t see any Beavs limp off the field during the game and it looked like everyone played the whole game
It looked terrible. He was screaming and crawling. Felt terrible for the young man.
I thought I saw Lindsay exit with an injury, didn’t seem like anything major.
Temps expected in the 90s at kickoff in Fresno. A 7:30 p.m. kickoff.
Early line: Beavs 1 pt dogs to Fresno
https://www.vegasinsider.com/college-football/odds/las-vegas/
Seems like easy money. I feel like beavs should win this outright.
I’ll give my 2 cents of the game day experience. It was the first game I had been to since COVID, we didn’t make any games last year because of my sons Pop-Warner schedule conflicting with every home game.
We were late arriving and just got to our section at kickoff, so we didn’t see any of the pre-game activity.
Parking was easier than usual.
The new video board is incredible. Though, there were some technical glitches when showing replays, it’s never a good sign when we can see the computer screen and mouse cursor on the jumbotron.
Boise showed up strong, hard to put a number on it since a lot of folks were wearing orange on both sides, but most of the south endzone was Bronco territory. (They have a good school band too) and Their fans were pleasant, before and after the game.
Fans were engaged and loud, bringing a good energy to the venue.
The Bad:
The temporary lights on the west side need to be adjusted. The angle was such that it was glaring into the crowd. I had a hat on, so that helped…but, Mrs. Sweaty got a bit of a headache.
The in game club music was too much. It was loud and constant. The club music was going when the PA announcer was speaking making it hard to hear him. If there is a way to isolate the music more toward the student section and less toward the… adults. I was in section 220, and about 1/4 of the people were wearing earbuds or noise cancelling headsets.
Beer was too expensive. I forgot to bring a “walking beer” to drink from my parking spot to the stadium, so $12 for a decent beer was all my heart and wallet would justify.
“… Mrs. Sweaty got a bit of a headache.”
Mrs. Sweaty! Ha!
Hop you had some Tylenol at the ready for post-game functions!
Everything you posted is spot on.
My seats are in 120 you should have waved down at us. Damn the noise was sniffling at times…and I dont mean crowd noise. There were times the alumni band and bsu band AND the dj music were ALL going at the same time, wtf?
The lights were irritating but somewhat understandable given the circumstances.
Beer line was so long I simply avoided altogether, sad day no beer for oj.
Bsu fans were out of it most of the game due to the score but brought the noise when they climbed outta their hole scorewise. Considering how many of them were at reser, they were considerably less douschy than anything I’ve ever seen drive up from Eugene.
The crowd was engaged, the tailgating was still popping off, the weather was awesome, the new side looks like it will fit nicely despite not being mirrored, I may try to get tix on that side when complete, I hate facing the sun. Good outcome and a w. Got not gripes today
Please mention it to the people in charge as I think they’ve been forced to kind of wing it and are trying to figure it out.
For the horror buffs out there, the lady and I are trying to curate a movie playlist for the next two months as we’re both Fall and horror fans and love this time of year. Hit me with anything good you’ve seen recently. Any era and style is fine.
If you think caves are interesting, you’ll probably like The Descent
The road
28 days later
The shining
The platform
Squid Game
Stranger Things
Or any Beavers game played in 1980…good grief
The Thing
Evil Dead 1&2, Army of Darkness
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
Shaun of the dead
Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter
Sleepy Hollow
The Crow
Halloween (original 1978)
Night of the Living Dead(original 1968)
The Decent, The Thing, Identity, Event Horizon
If you don’t mind foreign movies, The Orphanage, and The Devils Backbone
Funny Horror: Shaun of the Dead, Zombieland, Tucker and Dave vs Evil
I’ve seen most of these, but keep them coming. So far I haven’t seen The Platform or Abraham Lincoln Vampire Dude. Gonna add those. I tried The Descent but couldn’t get into it. The lady liked it so maybe I need to try again.
30 days of night.
Crimes of the Future (2022)
Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
Gary Anderson series…
Season 1 Big Boy Pants
Season 2 War Daddies
Season 3 Red Nose Bastard’s Revenge
For what it’s worth (maybe not much), the Beavs are in at #25 on this site! However obscure this is, I’ll take it!
https://www.profootballnetwork.com/top-25-college-football-rankings-week-1-north-carolina-and-oregon-state-join-the-fray/
NC is top 25 after giving up 61 pts, 40 in 4th quarter to App St? Yeah that site is a bit suspect.
They also scored 63, just sayin’. Just win baby! No idea on the site, came up during a Google on Top 25 Beavs.
Well the fact that they moved up is shit!
No quacks? I would put them where they have the Tarheels
Late hot takes,
I think you could describe that as a hot and cold win. Every unit had great plays and some really bad plays. Boise St is trading on its past reputation, clearly the newest coach had not brought the scrappiness that had made the past teams really good. Their energy level was pretty low through the game.
On offense – Nolan showed every part of his good and his bad last night. Improved deep balls but a couple real dumb throws led to picks. That won’t work on the road. Both picks were also in the Beavs side of the field so they got lucky Boise St didn’t cash in. RB will continue as a committee which is fine. Hopefully someone takes charge. Fenwick with a terrible fumble but then an outstanding TD run. Martinez looked like he belonged. Longest run by a RB was 15 yards. OL had more than an acceptable amount of penalties but they allowed zero sacks. WR did a great job on a number of drives but then a big drop early by Harrison. I see why Bolden is on the field, he laid out a BSU defender to spring Colletto for his TD. Musgraves had a great day catching, but then had two penalties in a row. 4-13 on third down leaves much to be work on.
On defense, pretty much everything looked good except the pass interference penalties. No body looked lost and the LB were flying around the field. Had issues adjusting the backup QB since I wouldn’t have expected BSU to pull their 4 year starter so early. Good third down defense and getting stops when BSU drove deep into Beavs side of the field.
Special teams looked ok. Hayes missing a 47 yarder isn’t too concerning but it would be great if he starts making those. Punting, no issues which means it went great.
I don’t think the beavs win on the road playing like they did yesterday. Too many turnovers and penalties. But the silver lining is that most of the issues are correctable. Opening line feels right. Beavs need that underdog motivation after a good step forward.
Misc items – watching the TV broadcast back, they really adjusted the lighting for viewers. It looked nothing like that in person. Had the feel of a high school stadium lights with heavy shadows and some dark spots. Ditto to above, it felt like the sun was in your face the entire time.
– new side looks pretty good. Fans will be right on top of the field and it’ll be loud.
– beer lines are too long
– no more opponents band
Emphasis and fixing problems this week of practice.
1. Dropped balls. Goes without saying catch the ball!
2. Penalties. Need less penalties all around. 100 yds is bad.
3. Improve the run game. The run game was pretty average aside from Colleto’s big run. Still would like to see Jam.
4. Stop committing turnovers. If it wasn’t for the defense getting 5 this game could’ve been much closer. Can’t be turning the ball over that much against the pac 12 teams and Fresno.
5.Improve the pressure and sacks. They had 2 sacks but with the way the game was being dominated they should’ve had more. 1 of the sacks was from JC transfer Ryan Cooper who plays nickel. I saw a lot of guys step up and standout but I didn’t see anyone in the front 7 do much especially in the passing game
More sacks- loved the way the line stuffed the run game most of the night. I think they had 22 rush yards med way through the third. More sacks would be nice but they had to keep contain of the backup qb.
I recall a play where Gould got the ball and lost four yards because he tried to outrun the safety to the corner.
He’s fast, but not that fast. He and Lowe need to be patient and follow blockers
BSU QB’s were quick to get rid of it or roll out. Our DL did a good job of collapsing the pocket and making them feel the pressure. Think about Bachmeier’s first few series.
Eggers piece has a few good quotes, this from The Hammer:
“Coming in, we knew Coach Bray had us dialed in,…With the schemes and how simple it is and by allowing us to play fast, it’s really night and day. The sky is the limit for our defense. We just need to be able to finish games.”
Jaydon Grant added: “We’ll enjoy the win, because they’re hard to come by. We took a step, but we’re nowhere close to where we want to be, nowhere near where we’re capable of being.”
https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore/_/gameId/401403969
Someone may have posted this but stats from last night. LB’s were busy
That’s a good stat to see.
8TFKs + 2 sacks.
23/36 for 185 and 3 INTS was nice too.
After week 1, Beavs have a better projected record than Nike, according to ESPN FPI.
Still not much respect in the overall rankings, as they have us 7th best in the conference (with Nike ahead of us).
Curious to see how Hole does against BYU. Not sold that they’re a bad team based on their performance against a semi-pro team.
Thats fair. But let’s not forget they’re the same team with all the 4/5 star recruits that thinks they’re equal to the semi pro teams.
Early look at Fresno
– It’s all about the QB Haener. They win or lose on his performance. He is an elite QB and he has WRs that help him out.
– In their three losses last year, he turned the ball over 10 times. vs Oregon, lost 2 fumbles, vs Hawaii 4 INTs and 1 fumble, vs Boise St 3 INTs.
– in their wins – 2 INTs in 10 games so the Beavs have to get to him and force turnovers.
– He’s very good at home. 70% completion rate at home last year but did lose to Boise St
Not sure if there is a clear game plan to slow him down, it might have to be reduce the amount of times he touches the ball. A slow grinding offense by the beavs might be the best bet. BUT if Fresno is within one score near the end of the game, it’ll be pretty impossible to stop Haener from driving down the field.
xfactors are the “new” coaching staff.
misc – Smith was his primary recruiter when he went to UW.
With how well the D-line and corners played last game I wouldn’t be surprised if Bray implements a 3-3-5 scheme
I scanned the Olive Sports the other day. It seemed like the headlines downplayed the 49 points given up, and the 3 scored. I think there was one headline that had it but it was buried pretty well. You’d think given a team of Oregon’s elite talent, and Lanning’s “national championship coaching resume,” there might have been more attention called to the fact in his first outing he gave up 49 points.
But then finally an article pointing out they gave up a 90% third down conversion rate, and it was their worst performance in 17 years.
Enjoy if you like:
https://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/2022/09/what-theyre-saying-nationally-in-athens-after-georgia-blew-out-oregon-ducks.html
The Oregon media want the Quacks to be playoff-relevant so badly, probably a shock to have that discussion end so quickly. Even Canzano went to Georgia to report on the game for his own site. He already started a bromance with Lanning after Cristobal left him high and dry.
other misc item – video board looks really good. On par with other modern video boards.
I wonder if the old board gets re-purposed somewhere? Would it be an upgrade for men’s baseball?
Minus the advertisement.
I guess Mont. St. Has the one before this old one. They’ll probably sell it to a smaller school.
I wonder if they sold it to Boise State?
This is the article stating the new video board.
https://broncosports.com/news/2022/6/24/football-agri-beef-cos-1-8m-gift-to-install-and-upgrade-north-endzone-video-board
How big was our old 1?
80′ x 30′ I think. So maybe they didn’t sell it, but its close in size to 77′ x 37′
Maybe a different configuration? Are panels 3′ x 7′? Maybe they flipped them around?
I see classes don’t start until 9/21. I wonder if this week Smith can schedule practices in the late afternoon to try and work in peak heat and prepare for @ Fresno? 92 tomorrow, 85 Wednesday…cooling after.
https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=44.565&lon=-123.2635
My guess is they will be in the Truax building with AC off and spray the field like Utah did to prepare for Florida.
The air’s really dry in that part of CA though. The best they can do is run around in the sun in Corvallis before playing in a hot oven.
BSU “knew OSU”s passing game was dangreous:”
https://www.idahostatesman.com/sports/college/mountain-west/boise-state-university/boise-state-football/article265315561.html
I like the writer calling out the defender for waving his finger in the air like he had done something great after Harrison dropped the sure TD. Boise media is harsh on the team! Very high expectations. Avalos isn’t going to last long at this pace.
OSU is #3 in the pac 12 power rankings.
Coach Smith presser: https://oregonstate.rivals.com/news/watch-oregon-state-head-coach-jonathan-smith-press-conference-1
Line moves from Fresno by 1 to Beavs by 1 already. Bettors thinking Boise St win is worth more than it was. I’d guess the line moves to even by game day.
Daschel calls it 31-28 Fresno.
The question is (from your nice Early Look up above) “what did the Hawaii and Boise State defenses do to cause Haener to get picked off?” Seems Beavs DB’s could be the difference this week.
It looks like Boise played more zone against Haener.
Jeff Tedford and Jake Haener interview.
https://youtu.be/ndsNo0soJqo
FWIW (nothing) CFN ranking of all teams:
#68 – Fresno State
#58 -BSU
#42-OSU
#13 – UO
https://collegefootballnews.com/2022/09/college-football-rankings-1-to-131-after-week-1/amp
That has USC in the national championship. I just can’t see them making that huge of a jump. I k ow they got like 40 transfers and some are big time but to have all of these that are learning new schemes and coaches. Rice isn’t shit.
The saying is “defense travels” and I believe that to be true. Have to have a serviceable defense to win on the road. Our defense looked great all game. The announcers mentioned they had pulled some starters when Boise had that 74 yard run. Not sure if that was true but definitely would make sense. We need to do the same thing to Fresno we did to Boise out of the gate. Make Haener uncomfortable. Doesn’t necessarily have to be pressure. Those athletic picks by our DBs will do the trick. I do not think Fresno’s D will be as good as Boise’s. So I think our defense is the key here.
Agreed. I expect the offense to be improved and get around 30-35 again. D just needs to keep Haener out of sync and stop the run again.
Should be a good test.
Fresno game comes down to execution and ball security. Based on very limited sample size and reviewing the tape, I think Beavs are better team… but does Musgrave have another run of stupid penalties at the goal line? Do WR drop critical passes? Does Nolan throw a couple costly picks? Do the RBs hold on the the ball? Do DBs make plays or drop potential INTs? Does JS go for it on 4th and 2 from midfield when we’re up 10?… or does this veteran team finally learn how to win tough games on the road. I’m predicting the latter… Beavs 32-26. I don’t see the Beavs getting blown out but I could foresee the Beavs in a route if everything clicks. Say 42-20 best case. 27-21 FSU worst case.
This Fresno State article has the breakdown of the Oregon State scores and how all big plays came from play action pass. Also, the transcript of the video interview is below the TV radio info for those not able to hear the audio.
https://www.fresnobee.com/sports/college/mountain-west/fresno-state/bulldogs-football/article265342576.html
New thread up.