Old thread was slowing down so starting a new one.
Football team has 2 coaching vacancies to fill (RB & TE) and the late signing day is coming up in about a month.(Feb 5th)
I’m expecting the RB spot will get filled soon. My money is on Ray Pickering still.
I’m suspicious the TE job will be a promote from within hire with Will Heck getting the increased responsibilities, which would also open an offensive quality control position.
Should continue to be another active month of offseason roster building activity.
Would also think they’ll fill the roles left by Decoud and Roberts
I don’t think Decoud was still on staff when he was hired by Idaho. But Roberts was, as a grad assistant.
I’m sure there will be the usual amount of typical Grad Assistant turnover this offseason, just because those jobs are fairly durational.
Those guys want to get paid.
I’m actually surprised how little some of the staff positions in college football pay. I say a job listing recently for University of Minnesota’s program, and they had a few recruiting positions open. Their listed pay was around $50K
Kindof shocking when you think about how important that job is to a program, and how much the on-field coaches make.
That’s a lot of money for someone young in Missoula… for a fairly insular job. That last part is what makes future bank.
that’s a hell of a commute from Missoula to Minneapolis/Saint Paul
I read Montana, and I’m sticking to it. lol
It’s still a lot for the Twin Cities. It looks like their CoL is less than here. A lot of grads out here would be fine making that out of college.
Oh yeah, first!
Been a fan since Tommy Prothro and Slats Gill days. There has been a lot more bad than good days for the Beavs since then. I think Bray has a good chance of providing more good days but hopefully we can get a quality mbb basketball coach to have them there too.
Thanks for the recruiting updates NiceBeaver. I know recruiting is not what it used to be with the portal, and is more difficult to track with less certainty given the number transfer activity, but I appreciate you posting what info you have time for and interest in sharing.
OSU is doing far better than I expected this offseason and 2025 looks like it could be an interesting season and dare I say it, entertaining at times. I suspect the 4*s that didn’t pan out for whatever reason at their previous stops are looking for PT and a chance to show they weren’t misevaluated. Some quality O and D linemen would be nice, as well as keeping Collins and meaningful growth from existing DL – Johnson, Hickle, Howard, and Pome’e.
With the potential add of another 4* TE addition this weekend, I can see the beavers using a double TE formation much like Stanford did about 10 years ago with an emphasis on a power running game. This would set up the play action with a trio of solid receivers on Vaslin, Clemons and Walker. I also think you could put JJ in the slot to utilize his speed and big play potential. This should be interesting especially if we don’t have any major defections in the portal.
Our offense will only be as good as our OLine though. We took some hits from graduation and the transfer portal. Would really like to see some experience added to that room.
Agreed, but we do have some pieces but need to add some quality depth
By the way, I’d been reading that Jensen Huang gave a keynote speech tonight and Nvidia still continies to show impressive growth, with seemingly undending potential growth to come. So i checked to see where Huang sits on the net worth charts.
He has surpassed Microsoft’s Steve Balmer and currently sits at #9 in the world, a little behind Warrwn Buffet, at $130b and rising. 4x the net worth of Phil Knight.
He has the potential to pick off the next few on the list this year which would put him up around #5, knocking on Larry Ellison’s door.
Just insane how much wealth he has accumulated the past few years.
It would be cool if he offered to purchase Nike and pull the rug out from those smug mother duckers.
Egad! The FCS game last night. Good thing Vigen signed a new multi-year contract. He and Dan Lanning tie for bad coaching in this playoff season. And, tell me again why the Beavs don’t/won’t recruit in the Dakotas.
That last play was egregiously bad
Seriously. With 10 sec left, why not send one guy back to make a fair catch and rush the rest? You would have one maybe two plays to get into FG range. WTF?
That was coaching malpractice!
The top rated players for MSU and NDSU are all from Montana and Idaho. Beavs have always pulled a few players from there each year.
Do they scout better or develop better?
They also have 50 years of recruiting relationships in all the plains states. It’s like asking why they don’t recruit the Portland area, like we do.
Plus if you’re one of these guys, do you stay home and play for a national championship or go somewhere else and…not?
Both QB’s were better than anyone on the beavs roster this past season. It was a fun game to watch.
More evidence that Will Heck is the new TE coach. We just offered this 2026 TE and he tagged Heck in the post.
https://x.com/JaivionMartin/status/1876685496438665572
Yeah from the rumor mill Pickering and Heck are all but confirmed. Big question is who is the other staff departure floated.
people have been asking me about Heyward lately, so maybe he’s on the move?
I haven’t heard those rumors personally, though.
I learned coaching staffs are no longer limited to 11 on field coaches. They can go as high as they want now. So they could hire a coach for each position if they like
What the heck????
Well, Timena Gardner is on #1 UCLA, TVO on #5 USC….but I think had the squad stayed together they could have been top 10…..looks like it’s working out for them though. Individual stats down, but team sport and all…
Gardner played 18 minutes and scored 5 points last game and when I’ve watched USC, it seems like her teammates don’t even look to pass her the ball although she’s had a few 10 points games. Lily Hansford for Iowa State barely shows up in the box scores, I don’t think I’ve ever seen Dom Paurova show up in any of the Kentucky box scores, Reagan Beers is doing very well for Oklahoma, and Devin Hunter at TCU plays a lot of minutes but doesn’t score much bc of Van Lith and Sedona Prince are the main scorers…
On the men’s side, Jordan Pope was averaging just under 8 PPG at last check and Tyler B was UCLA’s leading scorer earlier in the season.
If I had to guess, I’m thinking that some of them wished they had stayed at OSU.
The only player that I have any serious bad feelings about is Tvo for the way she conducted herself leading up to and immediately following her declaration to leave.
……that is Tvo for USC…..
Well, she was an OSU graduate and apparently followed her boyfriend down there.
So at least she graduated.
Built not bought, we believe in Oregon bc they believe in us. What a croc of horse dung. No only that, she banged on fans that criticized her in the media for leaving instead of just laying low and saying nothing like the rest of the players who left. As the senior on the team, she showed her level of immaturity when she leveled criticism at OSU fans. Her younger teammates showed much more class than she did.
I read Paurova is 33 years old. Is that true??? I don’t think she’s actually on their roster. Looks like she was playing internationally in July.
No, Paurova is not 33 years old. She was born March 22, 2005. Unless that’s the new math, she is 19 years old and has been out all year with a lower leg injury. 33 lol
Google her!
About
Born: 1991 (age 33 years), Poprad, Slovakia
Current team: Kentucky Wildcats women’s basketball (#12 / Guard)
Height: 6? 1?
Ummm, search results can be wrong. She played on Czech U20 team last year. Pretty sure they verify ages for those girls.
If it’s on the interwebs, it’s true.
Yeah, she is 19 not 33.
You have to Google the right information..I saw the ,33 years old and said no way so I did a more thorough search that said her birth date was March 22, 2005. So she is in fact 19. What coach is going to pick a ,33 years old to play college ball?
Northern Illinois joins Mountain West. Football only
Does that mean unlv is on the move??
Just spitballing here…What if the PAC12 could make a move and convince Oklahoma to leave the SEC and join the PAC12? Add Oklahoma as the 9th team, and sit tight for a while? Or pursue UNLV, Tulane and Memphis as well?
Maybe Oklahoma has buyer’s remorse and realizes they will have a much tougher time getting out of the SEC, turn westward and look at the PAC12 as a better opportunity?
What has you thinking Oklahoma?
I’d imagine they’re locked into the SEC whether they like it or not
I just saw a Locked on Big12 video and they were kind of kicking around some issues around Oklahoma fanbase about regretting the SEC move after this years results. They were pushing a return to Big12 but it got me thinking about 2012(?) what ifs when Larry Scott nearly pulled off the coup of the century be raiding the major Big12 brands before he flopped and destroyed the conference.
Locked On is troll bait nonsense.
https://x.com/TheFieldOf68/status/1876893081175253197
I guess Tinkle isn’t the only one fed up with his players’ attitudes and throwing them under the bus. Mick Cronin goes off in his guys publicly.
I don’t recall a single name of the Tinkle team from hell when the players refused to play. Did any of them make it in basketball or in life?
Unlikely
quarterback Ben Gulbranson is no longer with the Beavers football program.
A source told The Oregonian/OregonLive that Gulbranson will not be included on the team’s roster heading into spring. The source also said Gulbranson is not in the transfer portal. It is not known if Gulbranson enrolled at OSU for winter quarter, but it’s unlikely as he recently wrapped up a master’s degree.”
5′ 10″ 180 lb. Safety Jack Kane has elected to return to Beaver football next season.
Feels like Ben would find a school with a medical school where he can also be on the football team but maybe he just wants to focus on medical school which would make sense as well. The free year of school seems worth being on the football roster somewhere you’d think though.
Best of luck to Dr. Ben – hope you do great things in the world!
Apparently Blitz is now reporting that pickering will be the RB coach, fwiw
https://x.com/beavs_report/status/1877051577460207758?t=brimfpPcGCcJ7KzA3Elm4A&s=19
Curious if anyone knows the connection between Bray and Pickering? Wonder how Bray identified him as the best guy for the job…
I think he and Gundy must have known each other already
Even if they haven’t coached together, many coaches cross paths with each other through camps or recruiting.
He was the top Pick….ering…
Looks like our last home game next year is November 8th! That’s quite early. Love me some late November cold and rainy games. Sucks for the student body as well to not have games to go to for most of November.
Let’s go ducks!!!! Lol!!!
I think your dumb a** Ducks have a couple games in their crap town in November…. Enjoy….. oh I know you are a true “Beaver fan” bla bla bla…. I don’t buy it.
Nemec is reporting that Waverly will commit to the beavers this Saturday FWIW.
I forgot about that guy. I wonder how his New Year’s Day went.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEkPF1ixD_v/?igsh=eWQzZjZ2MzYzNmhn
Jam Griffin’s physical therapist confirms his injury, ACL and MCL tear. Glad to see him rehabbing hope he eventually gets an NFL opportunity.
Pickering is currently in NY and should arrive on campus tomorrow. Talked to someone very close to the process who is very bullish on what his impact will be for recruiting. Of course it’s a biased opinion, but I like the optimism.
OptimisticBeav
Looks like Iowa got their qb in South Dakota State qb Mark Gronowski.
In a piece on Rataj, Eggers says, “The rules have changed to allow foreign players to receive NIL funding.
“I’m getting NIL money here now,” Rataj says…”
Not sure if that has been mentioned here.
https://www.kerryeggers.com/stories/beavers-michael-rataj-he-is-a-fabulous-kid-to-be-around
It’s taking forever for the college football championship games to play out and determine a winner. Losing interest with both the timeframe and remaining teams.
When they expand the playoffs again, we’ll start seeing the championship game played around the time some teams are having their Spring game. I kid, but not really. Some teams play their Spring game in February.
Drew Rasmussen signs 2 year extension with Tampa
https://sports.yahoo.com/drew-rasmussen-rays-agree-2-162936324.html