Yet the SEC still has Oklahoma, Auburn, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Arkansas remaining. A few will likely get elimiated today but talk about stacking the deck with crap.
On the one hand, that’s baseball. Vandy and UT were legitimately good and still got bounced. On the other hand, there’s a pretty strong correlation between SEC seeding and the number of regional upsets the last few years. As the % of SEC teams in the field grows, the number of upsets does, as well. Something to ponder…
His dive was awkward, and it looked like he knocked the wind out of himself on the flop. But I suppose he could have also smacked his head on the turf. That would explain why it appeared he missed the plate altogether, then just laid there like he was stunned.
Oh I was listening on the radio. Twitter just said there was a collision. He’s a pretty good lead off so having him out would be good for the Beavers… not that you ever root for injuries
Do we risk starting Segura who might have his confidence shot, and got us in this elimination situation to begin with, who only has one inning of pitches under his belt, or do we go with someone else?
btw, Talt had some pretty impressive plays late in the game yesterday in RF.
That throw to 2nd was perfect and really kept USC from running the bases too aggressively.
And later when he sold the catch even though the ball bounced on the ground and picked off the baserunner at 2nd, such a heady move
Did you notice the first throw was done off a spin move?
That’s the move Kwan has. Can’t say it’s original, since the primary Willy Mays highlight with the ots catch ends with that spin move and an amazing throw. But he’s established it as a part of his routine.
If I were to guess, the mechanics are maybe similar to a shot put, with a spin generating more velocity than a simple step and throw.
Are any “major” media covering the Beavers Sunday onslaught? If an SEC team had a day like that, you know they’d be all over it:
“The never-say-die Beavers unleashed a barrage of fireworks during a marathon double-header in the Corvallis Regional, bashing their way to a pair of prodigious victories to stave off elimination. No. 1 seed Oregon State opened the day with a record-setting 20-3 win over No. 4 seed Saint Mary’s, then followed up the offensive onslaught with a 14-1 rout of No. 3 seed USC, muscling its way out of the losers’ bracket of the NCAA baseball tournament.”
Yesterday at Goss must have been a blast for the fans.
Be aggressive again today, show bunts when the situation dictates it and then throw off the defense by pulling back and slapping the ball past the defense.
It is kind of apparent that the kryptonite to Mitch’s roster design will always be a mid 80s fastball mixed with a lot of off-speed stuff. These guys can hit the cover off of bad pitching and hard throwing wild pitchers. But they can’t slow down the timing to hit a 77 mph change-up off of an 88 fastball.
Maybe it is a better approach once you get to the CWS because all other good teams will have fewer junk ball pitchers and more hard throwers. I don’t know.
Obj is correct above though. How USC doesn’t go to a lefty throwing curves all day is beyond me. Beavs are locked in and another 6’5″ golden boy throwing 94 all day won’t cut it today.
The are 3 home wins from another trip to Omaha. Let’s hope thy can get it done.
Going into the tournament, there was not a single dominant team that you could point to and say they’re the team to beat.. That has been the case so far in the regionals. The beavers appear to be getting hot at the right time so if they can win today, I’d give them as good as shot as anyone to win the championship bc they do have the talent and potential. However, first things first and just win today and I don’t care if it’s by 1 or 10 runs…..just win and survive and advance! Go Beavers!
Caraway solo HR makes it 6-0 good guys b5. Makes it a HR in every Regional game, right?
Miiiiitch let him play so much in the middle of the season when I had no faith. Sorry
Yes, but not too short; Miiitch is hoping to build his confidence for the Super.
It may be working as he closes out the 7th his 4th K despite some shakey moments and a couple bb’s
“The Houston Astros on Sunday announced they were calling up the former Oregon State Beavers outfielder from Triple-A Sugar Land, promoting the one-time OSU star in his fourth professional season.
The Astros drafted Melton in the second round (No. 64 overall) of the 2022 MLB draft and he was widely regarded as one of the organization’s top two prospects. He has methodically worked his way up the Houston farm system over the years.
Melton hit .254 with two homers, nine doubles, seven RBIs, 11 walks and three stolen bases in 17 Triple-A games this season, despite battling a pair of nagging injuries. He opened the season on the injured list with a back issue and has played in just 11 games since May 14 because of a groin injury.
But when Zach Dezenzo was placed on the injured list with left-hand inflammation, Melton was promoted, bringing his powerful left-handed swing, speed and superb defense to the Astros.
He’s the second Oregon State player from the 2022 draft to make the Big Leagues, joining teammate Wade Meckler, who earned a call-up in August 2023.
And, like Meckler, Melton is a beloved former Beavers star. He had one of the finest individual seasons in school history during his final year in Corvallis, hitting .360, with 17 home runs, 22 doubles, 21 stolen bases, a school-record 175 total bases and 83 RBIs — tied with Adley Rutschman for the most in school history. Melton was the Pac-12 Player of the Year, a unanimous First-Team All-American selection and a Golden Spikes Award semifinalist.”
This team is so disappointing and an embarrassment…..I recall reading several comments on this board similar to that. Well, I guess this team proved some of you fairweather fans wrong!
What was really disappointing and embarrassing were fans like this giving up on this team and Canham and Dorman. Dorman did an awesome job of handling this staff in this regional especially being behind the 8 ball after losing to St Mary’s.
Like I said, I like this team’s chances of getting to Omaha and hopefully proving some of those doubters this board wrong again!
Win or lose, this team has shown the ability to come back from adversity all season long and deserve better than some of you on this board.
Not that you want it to happen but coming through the losers bracket was a blessing in disguise. Got to get a lot of the pitching staff some good run and the hitting was so good that they weren’t forced to give anyone a crazy pitch load
If you haven’t figured out which most of you probably haven’t based on the your lack of….,,
USC is not a good team!!! TCU isn’t much better.
St Mary’s is solid midmajor
All 3 are better coached just don’t have the talent or baseball money.
Beavs will have their hands full with FSU and will probably stretch it to 3 games but same as last year Canham will screw it up they way he did Kentucky. Lol
Your argument might hold weight if Oregon State didn’t beat them all by a combined score of 50-6. So even if they are mediocre, OSU dominated like a good team would.
Not to take the joy out of this thread, and this won’t, but updates on NIL in Oregon:
“Oregon NIL bill passes Senate, nears governor’s desk
A bill that modifies existing Oregon law governing college athletes earning money from their Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) passed the Oregon Senate Monday and has nearly cleared the Legislature.
The bill would provide a legal foundation for college athletic programs like Oregon and Oregon State to begin paying student-athletes directly.
That likely won’t start happening until after July 1, when the forthcoming House v. NCAA settlement terms are expected to kick in, pending approval by U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken.
According to a staff summary, HB 3694 would protect NIL contracts from public disclosure and allow institutions to pay athletes directly.
The amendment to the bill adopted by the Senate Education Committee removed language which would have banned student-athletes from taking NIL deals for “alcohol, drugs, gambling, firearms, sexual entertainment, hate speech, violence, or other topics prohibited by the higher education institution.”
Lawmakers removed that language, conceivably allowing such deals, due to concerns about violating the First Amendment, according to chief sponsor Rep. John Lively, a Springfield Democrat.
Senate Republican Leader Daniel Bonham of The Dalles said the removal of that provision was the “final straw” that convinced him to vote against the bill championed by fellow Republican Suzanne Weber on Monday.
Bonham has historically supported compensating athletes for their name and image in the past, he said. But he and others opposed to the bill said Monday that the rules are going too far, allowing large schools to poach talent from smaller and less wealthy schools because they can pay more or help student athletes earn better advertising deals.
“This went from honoring the students’ intangible benefits to the community to now a money making scheme,” Bonham said. “I never thought that’s what it should become.”
“Just a few teams are going to control who wins and who loses,” argued Sen. Fred Girod, a Stayton Republican.
Democrats Deb Patterson, Mark Meek and Chris Gorsek joined Republicans in opposition to the bill.
The bill as written has the backing of University of Oregon’s athletic department, with Deputy Athletic Director Lisa Peterson repeatedly testifying in support.
“States around the country have amended or are in the process of amending their NIL laws to allow colleges and universities to pay student-athletes directly,” Peterson said on April 30. “Oregon must follow to remain competitive. … Without similar action, Oregon will fall behind in the national recruiting landscape and lose players to other colleges and universities in other states that allow such payments.”
Lively said Oregon State supports the bill as well, with two OSU student-athletes testifying in support including star gymnast Jade Carey. No OSU athletic department officials testified either way, however.
OSU Athletic Director Scott Barnes did not immediately respond to a request for comment but previously stressed the importance of federal legislation.
Barnes is on the committee of college sports stakeholders that crafted the parameters of the House settlement. Some in the industry raised concerns that HB 3694 may run counter to certain aspects of the House settlement, including on issues of the proposed $20.5 million salary cap per school and the NCAA’s ability to enforce NIL rules.
Schools like Oregon State say they won’t likely come close to the proposed salary cap. But perennial athletic powerhouses like Ohio State, Texas and Oregon have more than enough financial backing to go beyond that number, with the Longhorns reportedly spending twice that on football alone in the final year before regulation begins.
Legal questions continue to swirl around the business of college sports, all while power conferences like the Big Ten and SEC reportedly consider their future membership in the NCAA.
But the Oregon bill’s language appears to remedy salary cap and enforcement concerns, as athletes will be required to disclose their deals to the NCAA under HB 3694:
“A student athlete who enters into a contract that provides compensation to the student athlete for use of the student athlete’s name, image, likeness or athletic reputation shall disclose the contract for the sole purpose of demonstrating compliance with (proposed NCAA rules under the House settlement),” the bill reads.
Questions about certain aspects of HB 3694 conflicting with the House settlement could be rendered moot if Congress passes a federal NIL bill and President Donald Trump signs it. That would take precedence and attempt to codify a nationwide standard based on the settlement’s framework.
Momentum on that front is unclear, however. Barnes said the NCAA and member institutions have been lobbying for it in Washington, D.C., in recent months as the House settlement case nears its conclusion.
“We’re trying to build infrastructure to create consistency and standards at a national level,” Barnes said in March. “Any variation of those standards limits the effectiveness of what we’re building. It’s not unlike past years with NIL where there is a patchwork of different state legislation, and the standards aren’t consistent, so you have different opportunities for different student-athletes instead of the same access and same opportunities.”
The Oregonian/OregonLive’s Sami Edge contributed to this report.
I wish we’d just remove “College” from college football. Get these people off campus and make this an unaffiliated pro sport. We can then sign amateurs who want to play at a school. Whatever this is now is a Frankenstein product.
Oklahoma lost the early game today and are out too.
LSU ends up winning, so 4 SEC teams out of 13 survived.
And Tennessee/Arkansas will knock one more team out before Omaha
I know I’m hard on Mitch and company, but major props to every. This series took some massive resilience and skill. It appears the team may be getting hot again at just the right time. Still don’t think they’ll be an Omaha team, but would love to be proved wrong again.
Props to the pitching staff, they showed out these last 4 games. Love the offensive display these last 4 games too. Got plenty of long balls but didn’t reley solely on them. FSU staff looks to be much better than what we faced recently, which is to be expected, so hopefully we can keep the approach at the plate going and carry this momentum through the weekend. I think the keys to success are still the same. We need TC and Talt to continue being a key part of the offense to keep pressure of Arquette, Turley and Weber. This offense can be tough in multiple aspects if more than 3 guys are involved.
If the starting pitching can continue to give 6 innings of solid work, that’s huge for us. I do think we’re better off being able to avoid having to give too many innings to the 4th and below options in the pen.
We need Goss to be loud too. Sounded pretty hostile these last 4 games and we’ll need that true homefield advantage.
Just checked FSU team stats and their offense is very good as they hit .311 as a team and 100 HRs. SOS was #23 in the nation and their team ERA is 4.59 (if I remember correctly). Their road record was 12-6 so they played a heavy home schedule.
They will be a formidable opponent for the beavers so it should be an interesting series
Alex Lodise is FSU best hitter, I just hope Mitch and Dorman aren’t as stubborn as they were in 2022 when pitching to Auburn 1B, who single handled beat us in super. The gap between Lodise and their next best hitter it isn’t as glaring as Auburn from 2022, but don’t let their best hitter beat you.
They also have a true ace in Jamie Arnold who is projected to go top 5 in the draft. When he is on, he is nasty. Low arm slot lefty hander who touches 96, with plus off speed stuff. Found this comparison when looking at his draft profile. “His floor looks like a Cooper Hjerpe type, while his upside could be Chris Sale.”
Arnold could be a real problem. However, if you review his season stats, he pitched great against bad teams like you would expect. He had 14 starts and was pulled at 5 innings or less in 8 of them.
He was 5-2 vs current CWS contenders- @ Miami, NC both losses; @Louisville, Duke both wins; got the win vs Miss St this past weekend, also had wins against Clemson, Wake Forest and was the beneficiary of a big offensive output during most of his starts.
Since Segura pitched yesterday, I would imagine Dax gets the start this Friday. There’s a decent chance I’ll be at the game Friday. So if you see a 5’2″ 275 balding guy sitting behind homeplate with a sign that says Ohiobeav, Krol and Whiskey soaked napkin, you guys suck! It ain’t me! It’s probably another admirer of those three stooges. Lol
Relax…we can all have opinions and make comments. This forum is my favorite ongoing sports conversation so don’t let me bother you. I have my say, make my observations, make predictions and express my reactions to OSU sports success and failures. I’m a Beaver fan and I’m not going anywhere.
Tinkle still stinks as a coach.
Mitch needs to get to Omaha.
Bray may be the next Kyle Whittingham.
Rueck is a genius.
Casey is the GOAT.
Riley stayed around too long.
Erickson should have stayed longer.
You can leave anytime.
Love seeing Mitch’s teams respond to the pressure. This is similar to all of Casey’s teams. I like this matchup. FSU has only played on the west coast once at Cal Berkeley this year. They went 14-7 at away/neutral games. Bodes well for us. After losing the first game, you could see these boys lock in. Let’s see if that focus carries on into this weeks games.
https://www.latimes.com/sports/usc/story/2025-06-02/usc-baseball-oregon-state-ncaa-tournament
“Sophomore Laif Palmer entered after just USC’s third hit of the game. He induced the fifth double play of the day and got another groundout to close out the game. All three Oregon State pitchers fired mid-90s fastballs, something rare among USC pitchers and too much for the Trojan hitters to handle.
“We had a hard time controlling their arms,” Stankiewicz said. “The fastball was pretty hot.”
The Trojans struck out 27 times in the two games against the Beavers. Ethan Hedges, their most developed hitter, reached base five times in nine plate appearances, but he was the lone USC player to have success.
The Trojans couldn’t control Oregon State’s arms or its fearsome heart of the lineup as three of the Beavers four big boppers — Aiva Arquette, Gavin Turley and Trent Caraway — hit home runs.”
Duck fans still whining about the malicious contact rule against them in their loss to Cal Poly. I personally thought it was the right call according to Rule 8-7 although I don’t really agree with the actual rule but that’s another story.
Boo freaking whoo, cry me a river you sniveling turd munchers!
Arquette was arguably the top portal transfer last year so OSU has some pull. With that being said, I don’t think 1B is a position of need next year as Krieg and Peterson will both likely be back.
Apparently Krieg has been working on a swing adjustment. A full year of this coupled with his D would greatly improve his draft stock.
Noles fan board lighting it up with, “we won’t lost to a team with no conference. Noles in two games.”. Of course fans will talk crap all day long so……
I noticed earlier today in of our D quality control coaches tweeted a Beaver Lock tweet, but didnt see any announcement since. My guess is it will be DE Adel Dorr.
They moved to the AAC to play all the teams that left for the Big XIIIIII. Their recent poor coaching decisions have been just that–recent. And I saw a chart the other day that they spend more on athletics than both UTSA and Tulane. And they don’t even have a football team.
So they’re lost in the AAC, can’t go back to the MVC, even if they wanted to, and they could make sense as a travel partner for either the Big East or the Pac 12… with an exit fee of only $5m.
“…after a late-season turnaround and West Coast Conference title in 2025, the Beavers didn’t lose a single player to the portal this offseason. OSU coach Scott Rueck said he is excited about the team’s additions ahead of the 2025-26 season.
“I feel good for a couple of reasons,” Rueck said. “I love who we have returning. Their journey last year developed a lot and recreated a culture they’re proud to be a part of. And these additions we have complement exactly what we needed and add depth. We addressed all of our needs.”
The Beavers finished 19-16 last season, earning a No. 14 seed in the NCAA tournament before a 70-49 loss on the road at No. 3 North Carolina that played much closer than the final score, at least in the first half.
The Beavers lost three senior stalwarts in forward Kelsey Rees, post Sela Heide and guard A.J. Marotte. Rees and Marotte were the Beavers’ top two scorers during the 2024-25 season.
But the Beavers return a backcourt of Tiara Bolden, Catarina Ferreira and Kennedie Shuler, along with several young players Rueck said are ready to take the next step.
“We saw it a year ago with Portland, in our conference. They had so much experience returning,” Rueck said. “When you return experience in your backcourt, that honestly puts you ahead a month or two. If not more.”
In the portal, OSU added 6-5 North Carolina State forward Lizzy Williamson and 6-8 Utah center Néné Sow. Both are able to protect the rim, fitting the mold of OSU centers in terms of size, but with unique games.
“Lizzy and Néné are so on-brand for who we are and the post players we’ve had previously,” Rueck said. “They’re both veterans, and both had injuries in the past but we expect them to be fully healthy by the time we get to the season. Lizzy has a bit more of a perimeter game, and Néné is more of a true five. They are a great complement to this group of perimeter players.”
The Beavers also signed former Washington State guard Jenna Villa, who has two years of eligibility. The three transfers bring a wealth of experience, including Williamson with a trip to the Final Four and Villa with two years as a regular contributor for the Cougars.
“If you have an opportunity to add the experience and skillset that Jenna brings, you do it,” Rueck said. “I’ve known Jenna and watched her since she was a freshman in high school on the circuit. She is such a great fit with what we do and what we’re doing going forward, completely unfazed by high-pressure situations. She’s a very good, complete, big guard.”
The transfers are expected to contribute immediately as the Beavers’ younger players continue to develop.
OSU also signed a pair of incoming freshmen out of Australia, a pipeline for Rueck’s program over the years. Guard Katelyn Field and wing Keira Lindemans shore up the roster and help set it up for the future.
Both hail from the ATC Academy in Australia.
“Kiera is a big guard, physical, an attacking guard is how I’d describe her,” Rueck said. “I love her defense, her rebounding, her ability to get to the rim and finish. She sees the floor extremely well and knock down threes. Such a tough, gritty competitor.
“Katelyn is more of a catch and shoot, plays out of her shot, stretches the floor,” Rueck continued. “Her length and quick release is unbelievably impressive. She just looks like a shooting machine when she catches the ball. It’s so quick and efficient.”
In their final season competing in the WCC before the Pac-12 returns to life, the Beavers expect to be in the mix for a conference title once again. And this time, they can chase that goal with far more stability from the get-go.
“Returning nine that we had, you can’t put a price on that experience,” Rueck said. “We’ve got a group that knows exactly what it takes, went through the highs and lows last year, and came out on top in the end.”
–Ryan Clarke covers college sports for The Oregonian/OregonLive. Reach him at RClarke@Oregonian.com or on Twitter/X: @RyanTClarke.
Yeah, if they can get the young players going by mid season, I think they could make the tournament again. A few of last year’s players did that, and they’re going to be much better for next season.
Mitch needs this team to advance to the CWS to remove some pressure off of him and reinforce that this is still the premier program out west and one of the premier programs in the country.
Nah, given this was a transitional season as an independent and the fact he is still bringing in nationally ranked players into the program, the perception that OSU is a blue blood program hasn’t changed. This was confirmed by the playoff committee slotting them as a #8 seed in the tourney. So the notion that there’s pressure on him is just some goofs on this board that think they know much more about baseball than they really do and they know exactly who I’m referring to.
I’m sure that Canham feels pressure to make Omaha but not bc he’s on the hot seat. Every coach wants to get to Omaha but there’s a stark reality that only 8 coaches win that privilege.
Canham and his staff have done an absolutely excellent job this season playing a road heavy schedule and putting these guys in the current situation they’re on whether they get to Omaha or not.
I’m fine just telling it like it is and if the Beavs lose to FSU, I won’t be jumping off a bridge…maybe just go skydiving without a parachute and blame Canham and Dorman. Lol
Because they are an independent and not in a power 4 or 5 conference I think they can lose this “blue blood” program status quickly. The quality of opponents in the new Pac will not be as good as the old Pac so that will weigh down on them also. If they make the CWS this year that would definitely buy them more credibilty as a blue blood. Canham should be feeling some heat as he had never advanced out of the Supers having excellent talent.
I listened to John Canzano podcast, interview w FSU beat writer – the Beavs might as well not bother to play. He hopes FSU doesn’t play “down to the level of the competition.” He also seems to think they are coming to play against Oregon. Peter Holland didn’t seem to realize he was being interviewed by – like him or not- a nationally recognized journalist. Canzano let him rattle on, finally cutting him off w ‘gosh, “do those guys put on their pants 1-leg at a time or just jump into them?” PH squeaky laughed and laughed – not a clue. Now would not be a time to comment – but it adds fuel to the fire and after the Beavs win . . .
So these stats are strikingly similar but the categories that are key are walks 355-259 OSU adv, stolen bases 72-92 FSU adv and strikeouts against opponents 608 adv OSU. SOS adv FSU is slightly better, however, FSU played 10 more home games than FSU.
Patience at the plate could lead to more walks and we might be able to steal some bases too…
I’ll checkout some key defensive stats too but offensively, these teams appear pretty evenly matched IMO.
I’m too lazy to look so asked chat for some detailed stats on the regional performances for each team in their respective sries and here is what our ai friend had to say:
2025 NCAA Regional Series Offensive Comparison
Category Oregon State Beavers Florida State Seminoles
Oregon State: Demonstrated a potent offense during the regional, averaging 8.75 runs per game. Their lineup showcased depth and power, with significant contributions from Arquette and Turley.
Florida State: While scoring fewer total runs, FSU maintained a higher team batting average and slugging percentage. Lodise’s exceptional performance, complemented by Williams’ power hitting, underscores their offensive efficiency.
Both teams enter the Super Regional with formidable offenses, setting the stage for a competitive matchup.
I just looked at defensive and pitching stats and these teams are so closely matched it’s really quite interesting. On paper, this series looks dead even but the x-factor IMO will be the travel and home field advantage going to OSU. I don’t see any of these games really being high scoring but rather along the lines of 5-4, 6-5, 3-2 despite both teams hitting lots of HRs this season.
As it stands right now, the Beavs have six quality arms that could start:
Segura (yes, I know he had a rough game vs St Mary’s)
Keljo
Whitney
Kleinschmit
Queen
DeCremer
I would expect Whitney, Kleinschmit and Segura/Keljo to get starts with Queen and DeCremer out of the bull pen. However, Queen has been so good lately, I could see him getting a start too.
I like the beavers chances playing at home and their confidence should be good to go after disposing of teams in the regional…GO BEAVS!
Game 1 is 6 pm EDT, game 2 9:00 pm EDT, so I’ll be curious to see if its much of a factor for FSU.
Tallahassee is running high 80’s low 90’s temp, 85% humidity (now)….Corvallis Oregon (best college town in the PAC) is predicted to be sunny all weekend and 85, 87, 91 this Fri/Sat/Sunday….lower humidity than FLA, should be an easy adjustment.
With those temps, you attending in person might have to avert thine eyes from co-eds…
Forget stats, matchups, all the nitty gritty crap. Every team is very good at this point. They have stars, Beavs have stars. This series really comes down to coaching. Can Mitch get his team over the last hurdle to Omaha? Every year he’s going to have the talent to get there. Between the high school guys in the pipeline and being a transfer destination, he’ll always have the horses.
This is Mitch’s time to shine. There’s no doubt he’s a good coach. Can he be great? Or is he FSU Mike Martin? Most wins in D1 history, 41 straight post seasons, no titles, and only 2 runner up finishes.
Last time I checked, coaches coach but players play. The coaches can only put the players in position to be successful but it’s up to the players to execute and get the job done.
Don’t get me wrong bc coaching is important but ultimately it’s up to the players to do the job. Canham and Dorman can have a great game plan but that’s only as good as the execution of the plan…
Stats matter too bc they dictate situational strategies such as where to position your infielders and outfileders, where to locate a pitch on a hitter that’s predominantly a pull hitter or goes the opposite way, etc.
Even in college ball it’s about the analytics and that’s why stats are so important. So at this point, you have to gain every advantage as you can and a large part of that is understanding the stats.
Lmao… Typically we call the head coach in baseball a Manager. That’s a key distinction. The coaching comes from your specific position coaches (ie. Batting and Pitching). So I can’t blame Mitch for batting or pitching development but we can blame him for keeping the same folks if they aren’t performing. The stats show they are doing a good job. Hard to fire someone for doing good unless you have a top tier replacement in line.
I do know Mitch’s crew developed the number 1 pick Travis Bazzanna. He wasn’t considered one of the top international prospects out of high school. Highly recruited not elite.
If they keep producing MLB players they will have no trouble landing talent.
Thanks for chiming in, Bill.
I hope you are correct when you opine “he’ll always have the horses”, the way college athletics is changing makes me wonder how long the Beavs will attract/afford the horses if Mitch falters at all.
I’ve been tied up with PT 658 and the Rose Festival fleet week activities, will try to catch with ab as those activities wind down.
Aoki was tremendously complimentary of OSU’s setting, field and fans when he was interviewed during USC’s game on Saturday. Maybe he wants to become a Beaver.
Yeah trying to get a ticket to Beaver Baseball especially in post season is akin to winning the lottery, or so it feels. I know people with season tickets of course they never let go of any and maybe you can find some on the secondary market. Right now seatgeek has left field bleachers at $800+, each.
Of course watching a game on tv you’ll see all the coaches from OSU in seats and each team has an allotment, then there are the scouts, dignitaries and hangers on… I quit trying eons ago.
Do games routinely sell out during the season? You’d think they would figure out ways to add seats if the demand is there. Bleachers aren’t that expensive.
Goss is generally close to sell-out or sold out for regular home games. They do add bleachers in left field for the post-season. Not enough perhaps given the demand.
I’d guess a future vision has to be building up right field to add another 2K and begin wrapping the outfield with permanent grandstands, connected to Casey’s Corner.
If the right field stands were built roughly the height of the the Omaha room and wrapped to the batters eye wall, they could easily add another 2K. Probably a delicate balance of not wanting to build it too big and then it feels somewhat empty. A sold out stadium makes for an exciting venue and and valuable ticket…
I’m not sure really, my assumption is yes, but that’s based on hearsay that there is a wait to get season tickets. That being said, you can always get tickets from: friend, customer, coworker or worst case scenario secondary market, students are also allotted some tickets. But this time of year no one is letting loose with anything.
Article today on Portland Tribune that didn’t sound like it gave OSU much of a shot due to FSU three lefties. FSU did play a stronger SOS but 34 games at home and only 14-7 away from their place.
These teams are so evenly matched on paper that it’s almost a pick em series. However, I agree with OB that FSU could be over confident coming into Goss. That combined with OSU playing with a chip on their shoulder all season long and playing at Goss, could be the X factors for the Beavs.
I like the beavers chances but I think it is essential they win game #1. If not, it puts a lot more pressure on the beavers. If our hitters continue producing at the plate, it’ll take some of the pressure off our pitching staff. I like our pitching quality of arms and depth.
I’d like to see Talt start the game off for the beavers with a bunt if FSU defensive alignment looks like it could work…Put them on their heels right from the start and apply as much pressure as early and often.
I don’t have any fingernails left to chew on and don’t want to resort to toenails so I hope these games aren’t nail biters as I expect or I’ll be eating leftover toe jam.
Re tickets – Money talks. If you are a donor, you have (had) a pretty good shot at tickets. I’ve been able to get them as they send out an email for a requests a few weeks before the end of the regular season.
This year might have higher demand than normal as they had so few home games.
In the past they have sent out surveys on what people would be interested in adding at Goss. Club seats, loge boxes, expanded capacity etc. Don’t think those are happening unless there’s a big donor willing to foot the bill.
I watched Grant play Salem two weeks ago and grant was my pick to win it all. They have a bunch of ball players on that team and completely dominated an undefeated Salem team…
Freeman up with a piece focused on pitching but with interesting quotes from players on other aspects of the Super.
Sounds like a pretty confident bunch, but realistic about their progress facing lefties with junk.
No paywall here: https://archive.ph/AKrUA
In case you didnt see it already this morning, we have another new football commit for 2026.
Lance McGee out of Yakima, WA. No position listed but noticed he was recruited by our Safeties coach.
Basically all offers are new Pac or MW teams.
Watching Miami vs Louisville and lo and behold there was Tanner Smith, ex-OSU starting catcher last year. I remember now that he entered the transfer portal after last season, but I never knew the reason. He hails from Arizona and he had a starting job with OSU. Anyone know why??
First big coaching decision by Mitch. Don’t think many would be too critical here. Wonder if Segura is available in relief if they go all in to win game 1.
Lot of game left but definitely like FSU approach much better early on here. Dax at 60+ already and their guy is at 19 to start the 3rd. We’ll be going to bullpen early even if Dax doesn’t give up many runs, he’s only got 2 more innings at his rate to be around 100. Lefties have given us trouble all year and FSU has a lot of them.
Big miss by Joey at 3rd. You’d have runners at 2nd and 3rd with 1 down and Talt at the plate. Bunt or sac fly ties it up. Momentum shifted too. Dax at 70 pitches to start the 4th. Be lucky to get 5 out of him as I think he already set a season/career high in his last appearance at over 100 pitches. Probably don’t want to do that too many times in a row.
Just about to say I’ve seen enough of Keljo when he gives up run #3, very nice pick off by Weber to end the inning. Beavs with 9 outs left.
3-1 Noles b7
I’m just about done with this team. People in here have had goldfish memories for the last week. Do people even think about why we had to win 4 in a row last week in the first place? This is the same team we’ve seen all year, and a Mitch team at that. They aren’t clutch, especially in the post season. We faltered against most of our better foes this year. There’s a reason why. Mitch teams have blown huge leads including a 9-run lead in the 9th inning, had multiple dubious super regional and regional performances, and came in 2nd place in the PAC 12 the last three years in a row before the collapse due to bad weekend series against subpar opponents.
It’s year 6 for Mitch. Omaha is an almost must. It’s been 6 years since we’ve been there. We’re veering dangerously close to no longer being a consistent contender in our wheelhouse sport. Our reputation likely secured us the top 8 seed this year. How much longer does that last if we keep flaming out in the Supers? With all that’s happened to our athletics program over the past few years, we need this.
I don’t understand how we always come out flat in game 1. Offense just disappears in the Supers. This wasn’t their ace either so it’ll be a steeper hill tomorrow.
I wouldn’t say they came out flat bc that pitcher was hitting his spots with his breaking stuff. The Beavs have issues with lefties that throw off speed breaking stuff.
I think studentbeaver is sad because the team he actually roots for didn’t make the super regionals. So he can’t do anything but try and rain on the beavers. Too bad, beavers already did better than your team!
FSU defense sloppy again, LF poor on Krieg’s game tying hit in the b9.
Not saying he could have prevented the scores, just that he has been sub par all game and may be a factor yet.
I’m sorry guys, I’m serious, I get a bit negative when we’re losing, I was wrong, and I admit it. Pile on if you want, but you have to admit things looks outright dire for most of this game.
The only reason you’re sorry is bc the beavers WON and on the process made you look like the fool that you are. Don’t bother commenting on any remaining games although I know you will especially if the Beavs lose bc that’s the kind of troll that you are. Your so-called apology is so transparent it bleeds green and yellow or whatever colors your overrated ducks wear. Enjoy your humiliation as it is well deserved!
Great win!
I’ve ragged on Dorman as much as anyone but, gotta say today Beavs pitchers fielded their position several levels above the Noles.
Also, some of the decision making and slow handling in the Noles outfield provides opportunities to watch for.
OTOH, the Noles catcher made a classy play to get the force at the plate in the 10th.
Also #2….Krieg still playing good D
Also #3….Look at the pitching line: only 4bb, 1wp, no hbp, and 15 k’s
Also #4….Ya gotta feel good for Macias and Hubbard, being involved in the excitement at the end when they’ve not had much playing time this season.
Great win! Im glad they made clutch plays and clutch hitting. I have been doubtful whether they had it in them but this puts a lot of those doubts to rest for me. Great team great coaching great comeback.
Now finish them tomorrow and pack for Omaha!!!
“CRANE — The gravel road to Riverside Ranch twists through an ocean of sagebrush like a snake, biting holes in tires and kicking up dust. It runs along the South Fork Malheur River, steering around sheer cliffs and getting bumpier across the line from Harney into Malheur County.
On a rugged hill above the brush, daisies are in full bloom. May rains brought forth yellow flowers spread across a breathtaking landscape, not a sign of human life for miles.
Cattle begin to appear in spurts below, steering away from the Siegner family’s ranch and on their way to new grazing fields. Eighteen-year-old Cody Siegner is at the back of the line on horseback, encouraging a lame calf to keep up.
His sturdy, 6-foot-7 frame — which helped him earn a football scholarship to Oregon State as a tight end — is imposing in the saddle. He whoops and rides in swift motions to keep the cattle in line. His state championship belt buckle from the Oregon High School Rodeo Association gleams in the high desert sun.
“Oh, look,” Cody’s mother, Jamie Siegner, says from the driver’s seat of a side-by-side ATV perched on the hill.
A single, curious pronghorn has peeked its head through the brush and is headed Jamie’s way. It stares long enough to get the measure of a few unfamiliar humans before bouncing over the horizon.
Back at the foot of the hill, Cody rides ahead of the calf to tend to the rest of the herd. Its pace isn’t picking up, and there isn’t much more he can do. Sweat drips down Cody’s face beneath the shade of his hat.
Adaptation is an essential aspect of ranch life, Cody says. And of football, too.
“You’ve just got to move on to the next thing,” he says. “What’s past is past. If something goes wrong, you can’t always change it. You drop a pass, you don’t get the job done that you need to get done on the ranch, you can’t change that now. So, you’ve got to figure out how to adapt.”
Long, drawn-out moos echo off the hill. Then a man’s booming voice.
“Woo! Woo!”
Cody’s father, former University of Oregon tight end Mitch Siegner, appears below amid the herd of cattle. In a pink shirt, dusty jeans and light-colored Stetson cowboy hat, the red-faced and bespectacled rancher siphons his portion of the herd onto the path.
The ATV rumbles down the hill and flanks Cody as the smell of livestock fills the air. On a far off vista, his older sister Kelsie is rounding up more cattle to join the larger group.
Coming to a stop just outside the next pasture, Jamie takes a deep breath and watches her daughter, son and husband beginning to coalesce behind the last of the cattle. Things are moving quicker than they usually do, and Cody is leading the way with confidence.
“Cody has a lot to learn when he gets to Oregon State,” Jamie says. “But as far as his self-discipline and ability to do hard things, and be in tense situations, that’s all part of this. They have a lot of responsibility. But we’ve also worked hard to balance that for them, so this didn’t become their only life.”
Cody grew up on a cattle ranch in southeastern Oregon, the son and grandson of lifelong ranchers. It’s all he’s known. He describes it as a peaceful if challenging life, with much of the real excitement in his youth coming on the basketball court, football field or rodeo grounds.
The towering tight end out of Crane High School is also a four-time state champion in basketball — catching lobs for thunderous dunks — and a bona fide star on the high school rodeo circuit. His specialty is calf roping, commonly referred to as tie-down, where he’s won multiple state titles and participated in national competition.
Siegner played eight-man football for 1A Crane, with a graduating class of 24 people — large for a town of just 158. He caught the attention of Oregon State, Boise State and Washington State before committing to the Beavers as a three-star prospect.
Mitch played for the Ducks during the early 1990s. Jamie played college basketball at George Fox under current OSU women’s coach Scott Rueck — who also coached Cody’s cousin, Samantha, in Corvallis.
The Beavers first identified and offered Cody a scholarship in 2023 at their high school camp. Coaches were impressed by his combination of size and athleticism, eventually making multiple recruiting trips out to Crane.
Tight ends coach Will Heck has made the nearly six-hour drive from Corvallis to the Siegners’ ranch, meeting both the family and their cattle. Offensive coordinator Ryan Gunderson has been to the high school for multiple games, once getting turned around in a snowstorm between Bend and Burns.
Gunderson said Cody’s athletic background, combined with his inherent toughness and work ethic, should translate well to the next level.
“The kid is not going to shy away from hard work,” Gunderson said. “He’s tough as hell, and I think you have to be tough as hell growing up doing what he’s been doing.”
Cody and his family believe his success in football can be traced back to the rodeo arena, and his upbringing on the ranch. There is little room for excuses, always more work to be done, and a unique acceptance of the myriad factors outside one’s control.
“You’ve got a mother cow, it’s sick or something, you get her in the corral, and you forget to fill her water up. That’s $2,000. And you’re playing with its life,” Cody said. “Something like that, a trial by fire, instills it into you.”
Into the fire
Before Cody could walk, he was on the back of a horse with his dad — one of Mitch’s hands on the reins, and the other keeping his baby boy steady in front of him. By the time he was five years old, he had a rope in hand and was seated on his own, gentle steed. Cody joined Mitch and essentially the whole town at brandings, participated in youth rodeo, and embraced the lifestyle he and his sisters were raised in.
But Cody, Kelsie and Kaitlyn also spent long hours in the car riding to their youth and high school sporting events around the state. All while learning the tricks of the ranching trade and getting plenty of dirt on their boots.
Kelsie plays college basketball for Eastern Oregon University, and younger sister Kaitlyn stars in basketball, volleyball and track as a rising junior at Crane. Much of the family discussion centers around which “rig” to take to a game or practice or community event.
“Sports year round, rodeo, whatever, and they’re just hauling us to all of it,” Cody said. “And I’m really thankful for that, because it gave me a lot of opportunities that some kids from a town this size may not have.”
The halls of the Crane High are narrow, and the classrooms dwarfed in size by workshops for kids to learn the trades: welding, woodwork, metalwork and the like. These come far more in handy for rural life than algebra. Some bring their class projects home for immediate use on the farm.
Most Crane students come from agricultural backgrounds, with the school’s attendance boundary measuring twice the size of the entire Willamette Valley. And because some of its 85 total high school students travel hundreds of miles for school, Crane is a public boarding school with dormitories for them to stay in during the week.
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But even amid the fervor of a year-round college football schedule, there will still be time for family, putting in work on the ranch, and what’s left of high school rodeo season. Cody has Oregon State’s permission to take a few days off from football in July to team rope with Tommy Jack at high school nationals in Wyoming. State championships are up first, June 11-14 in Prineville.
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In a chaotic and fraught time for college football — amid NIL disputes and court hearings, debates and committees — this quiet afternoon in the country feels a long way from it all.
“With all the crazy stuff going on in the transfer portal and everything, I just like to pride myself on being the kid that says, ‘This is where I’m going, this is where I’m going to be for the next four or five years, and I don’t plan on leaving,’” Cody says.
Success or no success, I’m gonna be trying to make it work.”
–Ryan Clarke covers college sports for The Oregonian/OregonLive.
“A federal judge signed off on arguably the biggest change in the history of college sports on Friday, clearing the way for schools to begin paying their athletes millions of dollars as soon as next month as the multibillion-dollar industry shreds the last vestiges of the amateur model that defined it for more than a century.
Nearly five years after Arizona State swimmer Grant House sued the NCAA and its five biggest conferences to lift restrictions on revenue sharing, U.S. Judge Claudia Wilken approved the final proposal that had been hung up on roster limits, just one of many changes ahead amid concerns that thousands of walk-on athletes will lose their chance to play college sports.
The sweeping terms of the so-called House settlement include approval for each school to share up to $20.5 million with athletes over the next year and $2.7 billion that will be paid over the next decade to thousands of former players who were barred from that revenue for years.”
How many years back are they going to pay players? And is that $2.7 B per school, or all schools all sports? If it’s the latter, I can’t imagine that payout being significant.
“There are two major parts of the House settlement: one that looks backward, and one that looks forward.
Looking backward, the NCAA and schools have agreed to pay $2.75 billion to former college athletes who played before 2021. That’s the year the NCAA changed its rules to allow players to sign licensing agreements to earn money from their name, image and likeness rights, known as NIL. Men’s football and basketball players will earn the largest payments, with prominent athletes who played at major schools earning as much as five or six figures.
Going forward, the settlement puts in place a new system that will allow schools to pay players directly. Schools will be able to decide which players to pay and how much to pay them. It is expected that most of the compensation will be reserved for players in the sports that generate the most revenue for schools: primarily football, along with men’s and women’s basketball.
The settlement also sets a salary cap. For each school, player compensation across all sports will count against a cap initially set at $20.5 million and that could rise as high as $33 million in 2035. Also new are roster limits, which replace the traditional scholarship limits for each sport. Schools may grant as many scholarships as they like, but team sizes are limited.
Around half of the NCAA’s 365 Division I schools are expected to adopt the new framework, either because their conferences — the SEC, ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 and PAC-12 — are named as defendants and they are required to comply with the settlement or because they are expected to opt in to its terms, according to court documents filed by lawyers negotiating the settlement. Some schools, particularly those in the lower football subdivision and those without football teams altogether, will opt out of the settlement and continue to compensate athletes only with scholarships and other costs of attendance.
Name, image and likeness
Since 2021, when the NCAA first allowed players to earn compensation from their name, image and likeness rights, NIL payments have become a de facto pay-to-play system. Star players, like Duke’s basketball phenom Cooper Flagg, have earned millions of dollars on these deals.
Another key part of the settlement takes aim at those supersized NIL deals by establishing a third-party clearinghouse to review licensing agreements for “fair market value.”
That concept has been criticized by some in college sports. It is also likely to face legal challenges, said Sam Ehrlich, a professor at Boise State University who tracks college sports litigation.
“There’s going to be significant questions moving forward as to what kind of powers that clearinghouse has and whether the clearinghouse is even legal,” Ehrlich told NPR last month.”
Vegas favors FSU tomorrow, must feel their arm is gonna be lights out.
Both teams so close on paper, but after this game I find it hard to understand how FSU has such a good fielding %. (FSU .980, Beavs .982.)
Even harder to see that their LF (#5) has zero e’s.
Based on today’s game, how do y’all evaluate the entire FSU defense? Am I missing something?
Pressure gets to everyone eventually. LF did have some goofy plays but no obvious errors. The SS has clearly earned his awards, made everything look routine. His diving play on Turley’s groundball in the 10th extended the game, had the ball gotten through, Arquette would have scored easy.
The biggest difference is the ball can skip off the turf with enough spin at the right angle. Those circumstances are most common in Texas leaguers and deeper shallow flies.
Still wondering how much FSU plays on natural vs artificial surface throughout the season. Hard to believe the Goss surface is a brand new experience for the Noles…………now the Goss atmosphere/fans…maybe!
Mitch at .688 career winning percentage at OSU would be number 4 among active coaches but doesn’t yet meet the 5 year minimum. Omaha is just a matter of time. Found that surprising.
Mitch Barnhart busy trying to prepare for the future of NCAA sports:
“The University of Kentucky is moving toward housing its athletics department under a new university corporate entity that school officials say will improve their flexibility to handle rising financial pressure from the proposed settlement of three athlete-compensation antitrust cases against the NCAA and Power Five conferences and related demands.
Kentucky athletics director Mitch Barnhart and the university’s executive vice president for finance and administration, Eric Monday, said they were unsure of whether the new entity – being called Champions Blue LLC – would be unique in college sports. But they said that, within the school’s structure, it is being modeled on entities under which its hospitals and other medical services enterprises are housed.
Implementation of the new athletics structure is pending approval by the full Kentucky board of trustees, which is scheduled to meet April 25. The board’s athletics committee unanimously approved the plan April 24, the university said.
Kentucky’s athletics department had nearly $202 million in operating revenue and nearly $197 million operating expense in its 2023-24 fiscal year, according to the annual financial report it submits to the NCAA. That puts the Wildcats among the top 15 publics schools in both categories, according to data compiled by USA TODAY Sports in conjunction with its partnership with the Knight-Newhouse College Athletics Database at Syracuse University.
Barnhart said the athletics department estimates that its expenses for the 2025-26 fiscal year will increase by around $50 million because of the proposed class-action settlement, which failed to receive final approval from a federal judge on April 23 – although the judge is giving the principals 14 days to work out issues related to a component of the deal that the judge ruled is unfair to a sizable group of athlete plaintiffs.
If approved, Division I schools would be able to start paying athletes directly for use of their name, image and likeness (NIL), subject to a per-school cap that would increase over time and be based on a percentage of certain athletics revenues. In addition, the NCAA’s current system of team-by-team scholarship limits would be lifted and athletes would continue to be allowed to have NIL deals with non-school entities.
Barnhart and Kentucky spokesman Jay Blanton said the estimated $50 million increase in expenses comes from its expected NIL payments to athletes (likely $20 million to $23 million), an increase in the number of athletic scholarships it awards ($4 million to $5 million), inflation, spending by the school in connection with efforts it can make to assist athletes with outside NIL deal and an expected loss of sponsorship revenue from companies that instead choose to make NIL deals with athletes.
Monday and Barnhart said that the new entity would allow the athletics department to undertake a variety of business development opportunities and to offer pay and benefit programs to employees – and potentially to athletes – that it cannot under current university policies or cannot do so in an efficient manner.
Barnhart and Monday mentioned public-private partnerships and a number of athletic facility and fan-experience projects.
“You’ve heard other departments talk about business districts and things like that,” Barnhart said. “And those are conversations that are all on the table but really difficult to perform in our current structure. And so this gives us more flexibility to do that.”
Wake Forest, Oklahoma and Kansas are among schools working on mixed-use projects that include new or refurbished athletics facilities.
“We’ve got some ideas on some things that we’re going to have to run the run the traps on, so to speak, to say, ‘Hey, does this work? Does it make sense? Can it produce the things we think are necessary for us to move forward?” Barnhart said. “I do know this … in the old way of life, there were literally four to five buckets that you got all of your revenue from. We’re going to have those four to five buckets become eight to 10 buckets, and we’re going to have to figure out other ways to do our work.”
The committee put together to form the House settlement on the P5 side had AD representatives from each of them. Barnes was the rep from the Pac. Barnhart was from the the SEC. And Stansbury repped the ACC.
Agreed. Make them employees, with full time tuition and fees a benefit, or part of direct compensation? You could set salary scales for sports, and probably have comps within and between conferences.
Then you also get the joy of adopting, implementing, and enforcing personnel policies…ha!
Do existing OSU employees get tuition breaks, free tuition, or tuition breaks for family already?
OSU employees do get a tuition break for one family member per year. It must be a state initiative though… a kid that worked for me had a sister attending uo and her professor mom’s tuition discount applied to the sister at uo.
Here’s my pregame speech to the team, “We punch our ticket to Omaha today and I don’t give a dam who they’re throwing at us. Go out and punch that ticket today bc you’ve earned it and deserve it. Here we come Omaha! Then in the background you have the song Panama by Van Halen playing and replace the lyric Panama with Omaha!
FSU were overconfident coming to Corvallis, as people asserted. That’s why they didn’t start Arnold yesterday. They figured they would take game 1 without much trouble, then ice us on Saturday with Arnold for a sweep. Today will be tough, but I like our chances to win 1 of 2. The Beavs continue their momentum from the Regional and I’m confident they’re not taking their foot off the gas today.
I think FSU made a mistake by not throwing Arnold in game 1, but they didn’t lose because of that starter by any stretch. He was likely their most effective junk ball/off speed pitcher, and that has to be the scouting book on the Beavs. Send in an off speed lefty and win game 1, frustrate OSU, then slam the door with Arnold trying to over power the Beavs in game 2.
Flaw in the slaw for FSU now is that Arnold apparently struggles in big games under a lot of pressure, according to some of their fan boards. We shall see. I like the Beavs chances against any team that thinks they will send out a guy to “overpower” the Beavs. Beavs have trouble dialing back the timing on off-speed stuff. They have very little problems timing up power pitchers who throw mid-upper 90s. If Arnold struggles early, he may wilt and the Beavs could pour it on.
It is really good to see so many different guys contributing to that win. I heard an interesting comment regarding the long slumps some of the guys have dealt with this year being attributed to the amount of road travel. They haven’t had a chance to just focus in the cage for extended periods of time and work on swing issues until this present home-stand. Makes sense for guys like Carraway, Macias, Krieg. All of a sudden they all seems to be seeing the ball differently than most of the season and it is a big change.
Pleasantly surprised with the performance of the bullpen and the starters. I’ll give Dorman credit where it is due. Hope it continues into Omaha.
Don’t see Arnold wilting under pressure. He’s a consensus top 5 pick for a lot of good reasons. Beavs will have to punish any mistakes he makes. Just saw he threw 119 in his last outing. So now I see why they held him back a day. Clearly they trust him to keep going late in the game. Beavs will need to hit to win this game. Can’t really count on them going to the bullpen early when he’s ok to run up his pitch count.
Wow! Thats a lot of pitches. He is very good but I don’t think Paul Skenes good. Throws harder then their guy yesterday. I think the Beavs will get to him. We need our starter to have a great game.
Yeah, Bill mentioned below that dude threw 119 pitches his last outing. That’s a lot. I posted earlier game 1 winner goes on to win the series 79% of the time. So if he was ready I would have started my ace.
I was looking around at tickets for tonight’s game, and the cheapest I could find was $160 per ticket in the outfield on SeatGeek. For comparison, I paid $36 for two tickets in right field on Stubhub for Game 1 against Minnesota in 2018. Scalpflation?
Won’t be the last stolen base attempt, pre game radio Mitch hinted at “things” we can do despite the high level talent of the FSU arm (paraphrased). I expect some small ball too.
When does the home plate ump reprimand or toss Arnold for consistently showing him up and arguing his ball/strikes? Arnold seems like a spoiled brat who has gotten a lot of calls all year and isn’t used to an ump basically calling a straight game.
Six innings, 105 pitches, ZERO ER, now has he done enough? Am I the only one here thinking Dorman is on thin ice?
Lets see if we can get a run or two from the tail end of the lineup.
EK is better than Arnold. You can see he is been gifted a lot of strikes in his career by ACC umps. He must have a reputation in conference or something.
Arrogant guy and a nice competitive streak but man not likable.
Too bad they couldn’t get the extra hit early in the game. Arnold was vulnerable in the first 2 innings but settled into a real easy rythym thereafter. Of course we didn’t see any effort to change his pace or unsettle him for several innings. It came down to hoping to stay close and try to get a 3 run homer off of their bullpen late. Didn’t work.
EK pitched great but Dorman shouldn’t have sent him out to walk the first batter of the inning. Easy to say in hindsight of course but OOB called it the inning before. As for tomorrow, all hands on deck and Dorman needs to be ready to make the changes and keep FSU off balance.
The bats need to come alive and the defense needs to be error free and elite. Great series so far.
Well, kind of a letdown after the way the Beavs finished yesterday. I’m expecting Florida State to have their best offensive output tomorrow, so the bats need to step up, especially when it comes to timely hits.
I think both teams will see more runs tomorrow. Hopefully the Beavs can get out to an early lead. This series is clearly evenly matched so it’s likely to be close again.
I give the nod to fsu starter tomorrow. He’s another lefty (we can’t hit shit for left handed pitching) and is probably their Friday guy. We either roll with DeCreamer or Segura. I’d prefer JDC…don’t think Segura can handle the starts in high pressure situations. 3 awful outings and his best postseason action was the other day coming off the bench in a game we stomped USC.
The keys to the game should be the same as the regionals. Need someone to step up beside the big 3. We need the Caraway from the regionals, not the TC from March-May. I also think the coaches need to get creative offensively. We did nothing to try manufacturing runs. Not sure why talt never bunted…struck out times vs a lefty… him bunting with the lefty falling away to the 3rd base side and applying pressure is much better than 4 k”s.
Good points, as usual, Creek.
I was convinced Mitch would call for more small ball after seeing the Friday arm field his position and knowing we needed to break the rhythm of today’s FSU pitcher. Not a lot of situations for stealing or bunting, still that’s why it’s called manufacturing runs or, at least putting pressure on the opposition.
Aiva stole 2nd to get out only run yet for nothing wise the final 8 innings to try and manufacture offense. We weren’t out of our until the 8th and yet we just kept hacking away.
I did see that Wayne Tinkle was at the game and since we were the visiting team, we didn’t stand a chance at winning that game. Gotta keep him out of the stadium if possible
Think it’s obvious at this point that FSU is the better team, but luckily in baseball, maybe more than in any other sport, the better team doesn’t always win. Yesterday took some lucky breaks that even Parker said he hasn’t seen in his whole career. I continue to not think this is an Omaha calibre program, but let’s see if they can prove me wrong tomorrow.
Free baseball tomorrow! At least we get to watch our Beavs play again. We knew today would be a tough game, so no big surprise. Hopefully the Beavs can come through tomorrow.
Yep. Wasn’t expecting a win vs this guy tbh. Teams are pretty even in most categories so whoever makes the least mistakes likely wins. They made more mistakes yesterday and we made more today. Too bad we face yet another left-handed pitcher. A righty would make me feel better. Mendes is 7-2 with 4.6 era of I’m not mistaken. He’ll be their projected Friday starter next season. The error by TC and Dorman’s obsession with Palmer were big mistakes. Palmer can’t handle the pressure yet and Trent has lost the mojo of the regionals. We need to get to the bullpen add early as possible to win. If Mendes can give them 7 innings like Arnold did tonight, that’s not good for us. I assume they could bring Prescott back in tomorrow still throwing that 100mph heat. Only threw 30ish pitches.
If you said at the beginning of the year you have to win one game at home against a Top 10 opponent for a trip you Omaha all of us would have signed up. And right now there are 9 or 10 SEC fan bases who wish they could switch places with us. Let’s enjoy the ride and hope the boys come through tomorrow.
Looks like FSU #3 guy issues about 2 walks per game and gives up some runs too. He’s given up the most earned runs, runs and walks on their staff so if we can get his pitch count high early on, that could be a key. He’s got a decent ERA of 4.66 and has 90 Ks in 77 innings. He’s given up 9 HRs, 9 HBP and a .228 opp batting average. So he sounds like another good lefty that the Beavs will have to figure out and the earlier, the better.
It’s very difficult to judge balls and strikes with that horrible TV camera out in left center field that is about 8’ off the ground. The strike zone yesterday was pretty small but ESPN tracker is a brutal eye opener for the home plate ump who needs some glasses.
I don’t recall the details of the Tanner Smith transfer. Was he beaten out by Weber? ESPN is touting him as a team leader for Miami. I don’t particularly like the Hurricanes, so if Louisville pulls it out, that’s fine by me.
At the very least, the Beavers have outshined their performance from last year against Kentucky when they had one hit in a 10-0 drubbing in game 1 and followed that with a sparkling two hits in a 3-2 nail biter in game 2.
Should the Beavs get to Omaha, they will be facing a bracket of Louisville, Arizona, Murray St. All win in upsets of their regionals and took out the top seeds. Beavs have it set up pretty favorably if they can get the win today.
Hoping the bats come alive and the arms are dialed in. DeCramer gets the start?
I think the best strategy is to hit everything to the left fielder and force him to make the plays lol. Maybe bunt a couple of times early and try to rattle the infielders and pitcher for FSU. Hope we get Carraway’s bat back today too.
No lol about it, that LF hasn’t looked sharp either in the field or at the plate.
And in small sample, it’s looked to me like FSU pitchers aren’t elite in fielding their position. One thing for sure, that high caliber SS they have can’t do much to help a pitcher who is slow to get to the bunt and to make the correct decision.
I think statistically, I must have the most accurate season predictions of anyone on here. I predicted the last two football seasons with high accuracy, and the last two baseball seasons very well too. As much people rag on me here, I think I’m necessary to be the voice of reason for some of you in here ;).
Just a reminder, if my prediction is wrong, and the Beavs win today, I leave the site for good.
Folks, we’ve got the best predictor here. Nobody predicts like this guy. He’s been tremendous—baseball, football, maybe even weather, who knows? People doubted him, but he’s always right—always! Except, you know, if the Beavs win. Then he’s out. Gone! Disappears like the polls in 2020. But let me tell you, if he is wrong—which he won’t be, of course—not possible—then it’s the biggest exit in site history. A total ratings loss. Sad!
So many mistakes in that 1st inning. Clown ball. You’d think having gone through several elimination games you wouldn’t be making these mental mistakes. Gotta respond to get the momentum going
Surge and score? Yeah, FSU is surging? Do you ever think before you let your fingers take a crap all over your phone keypad. That’s a rhetorical question if you even know what rhetorical means.
That unhinged all caps jubilation to celebrate a FSU pitcher being seriously injured… Angry shouldn’t even wait for the result of the game. Ban this piece of shit.
Yeah, they called me out on it on more than one occasion, especially OhioBeav stating that pedigree, potential high draft pick, 3 titles, etc, wouldn’t play into a #8;seed. I guess he failed to correctly read the room! Lol. Guys like that will never admit they’re wrong!
Look, I can’t take all the credit for the beavs victory today, my beer, drinking ability, really kept us in the game for most of it, but the beer quality that I was drinking, is what really pushed us over the edge. Oregon over Florida beers forever.
If your wife asks you to help her do a project and you know immediately it will take at least the first 4-5 innings to complete before you can watch the game, do you help her and take one for the team, or do you insist on watching the game and bringing certain destruction to your Beavs…..??
I didn’t hesitate because I knew how big this decision would be for all of us, I helped her and finally sat down to the last 3 innings when we were finished. I did my part as well. It takes a village sometimes.
I do think seedings are overrated in general, but if this series was in Talahassee….?
Also think with the House settlement finalized we might see less movement in the off-season, particularly the non-revenue sports. Players get a taste of Omaha, I don’t know you even think about hitting the portal unless you are guaranteed more innings and at bats.
Top 8 seeding is huge.
No more home games for anybody.
Glad the Beavs got to put Goss on display the last 2 weekends. The fans and the PNW really put on a show. Oh, and the team did pretty ok too
Louisville to open the cws. Arizona and Coastal Carolina also on the beavs side of the bracket. Only coastal Carolina scares me. Thats a good team that’s won like 25 straight or something
Dog piles in supers are trending out. Only Coastal and Louisville did. I expect Murray St and Duke to. Duke hasn’t been to CWS since 1961 and Murray St has never been. Did the Beavs start a trend from way back when? Beavs keep their rule of only one dogpile in Omaha.
I don’t remember any injuries. If I remember correctly, one of the prior teams said they wouldn’t because of the disappointment from Omaha the year before. I think it was the 2017 team. I know they did not dogpile in 2018 supers.
They actually did it. I was wrong, I admit it. I didn’t think they could do it based on what we had seen this season. I’ll admit I can be a bit overly negative in here. It’s been my coping mechanism when it comes to the heartbreak that often entails being a Beaver fan. I’ve had the mindset that if I mentally already see things as a loss, I won’t be hurt by that result if it actually occurs.
In the 2+ years I’ve been on this site, I started out with a positive reputation which was quickly destroyed as I tended to have more “realist” takes. Much to the chagrin of many here, I still do think I’ve been one of the better predictors on this site, because I can really take off the orange-colored glasses ;).
I’ve been called many a name here over the years by people who don’t like my takes and tend to get quite volatile about them. The most common of these names have been “troll” and “Duck”. I am neither, nor have I ever been. Since the beginning, I’ve always just been a young man who is heavily invested in my Beavs. If you want to believe otherwise, I guess you can go ahead, but I’ve just told you the honest truth.
I’ll still keep an eye on this board, but I am a man of my word. Because my predictions during this baseball postseason have been so wrong, I will leave the site as a poster.
The only thing left to say now is win it all boys. Bring it home. If we’re lucky enough to have a victory parade in a couple of weeks, I’ll be there.
You’re no man but instead just a tiny little turd and you’ll just change your user name and still post your trash, however, your stench will follow you regardless of the next name you choose to hide behind.
This is a damn good team. I was at the Friday game, and even before today’s result it was a top-5 beaver moment for me. It’s a hell of a lot sweeter now!
Mitch pushed all the right buttons to get over the hump. May not have been pretty, but it worked. Supers generally are microcosms of the season and it rang fairly true for the Beavs. Struggled at the plate vs good pitching but found a way in game 1 but not in game 2. Offense showed it will expose the depths of opponents bullpens while the Beavs bullpen struggles to slam the door.
I am glad to be proven wrong on this and I’ll gladly admit it. I think some of the issues for this team did stem from the extreme schedule and the challenges it presented over the course of the season. No team is perfect and some issues can be worse than others. The issues for the Beavs were inconsistent bats, no small ball effort, young pitchers figuring things out on the fly.
I’m impressed with the depth of the staff after watching them handle that FSU lineup for 3 games. The Beavs do have a legit bullpen, with enough arms ready to go to get through tough spots. I’ll give Dorman credit for this. I’ve been too critical of him and I’ll leave it at that. Dax and EK are top shelf starters and assure Beavs have a great shot for a championship run this year as well as next if they both stay. Many of the guys who have thrown this weekend and last weekend were impressive in high pressure situations. Great preparation for Omaha.
The bats came alive and it was incredible to watch over the last 2 weekends. Perhaps it was the value of just being at Goss for an extended period of time and the guys finally getting to play in Goss again with a great atmosphere.
I have to give Mitch credit for getting through this year with an unusual approach as an independent and making it happen. I’m ecstatic they have made it back to Omaha. It reestablishes the brand in a new era and I’m glad for that. OSU has been in a precarious place for the last 2 years but for the baseball team to do this, and hopefully win again in Omaha would be justice for Beaver nation in some small form.
A lot of guys have become contributors at the right time and it is great to watch and these guys become more likable with each game when it isn’t just 3 guys trying to win by themselves. You can see the camaraderie and team chemistry built over the season beginning to pay big dividends in post season.
I’m not sure which game was more enjoyable to watch and rewatch, but they have had a few tremendous wins to get here. Keep going and bring another title back to Corvallis!
Farewell to never was a “studentbeaver”. Angry needs to monitor his IP address and make sure he doesn’t come lurking around for football season again.
…these guys become more likable with each game when it isn’t just 3 guys trying to win by themselves. You can see the camaraderie and team chemistry built over the season beginning to pay big dividends in post season.
Watching players develop and getting a peek at their personalities is only one of the reasons I enjoy following various Beavs teams; sadly there is gonna be a lot less of that as money takes over college athletics.
To all of those Dorman and Miiiitch detractors…..ya think they still don’t know what they’re doing and should be fired! Time to issue some apologies to those of us that KNOW what we were talking about about. Fat chance of that happening though but eating a large helping of crow is just as good. And I told you they would get a #8 seed. I told you that pitching didn’t need to be great but just good enough. And, I also told you they had the talent to make Omaha…..bench Caraway, bench Kreig, Canham on the hot seat, Doan should be fired, etc., etc., etc.
Maybe some of you guys will learn to be more loyal and less like duck fans and acknowledge you don’t know as much about beaver baseball as you think you do. Don’t forget to correctly read the room either. Lol
Let’s not act like this team is perfect, they took the max number of games to reach Omaha 8 versus 5 like Arkansas, CC and UCLA.
Remember Kreig was benched, Caraway was placed in the nine hole and was also sat at times. No one said there wasn’t enough talent, their is talent, that’s why losing series to Nebraska, 0-4 versus your rival..etc was so I frustrating. FSU lost a top 8 seed with poor final 4 weeks versus us earning it. The timing of the Oregon series was fortunate, that series 3 weeks later and recency bias kicks in and we aren’t top 8.
Now the post season is a different story, this team has shown grit and players have stepped up after being challenged. Caraway and kreig play like this all year and we are Top 4 overall seed.
This team doesn’t have the same lineup as 2017-2018, but id argue there is more arm talent. The Number of power Arms touching 95 is impressive, and also why there is the concerns about Dorman.
One could argue that FSU was the better team for all but 5 innings this weekend ( 9/10 Friday and 1-3 Saturday l) but to steal your line, That’s Baseball.
Now this team still has a chance to be perfectly flawed and win a national title
It’s called a reality check for those that banged on Canham and Dorman for most of the year. They also told me my comments regarding a #8 seed were irrelevant and this team would mot win a super regional and I disagreed. Some were indignant in their comments about my understanding of this team’s potential and their talent that could carry them into and win the super regionals. They have that right to disagree no doubt but should also be willing to admit they were wrong and my comments were in fact relevant. However, expecting them to do that was and still is unrealistic bc they lack the cahones to do so.
So you can call it pissing in the wind, but I’ll counter with it’s called manning up to admit their comments were wrong and take ownership for being such so emotionally fragile that someone can’t disagree with their comments.
I might have misunderstood your comment, but who is taking a victory lap?
There’s still lots of work left and I believe they have to win a minimum of 6 games to win the title. I’m certainly not going to say they will win it, but they have as good as shot as any of the other teams in Omaha and maybe even a better shot bc of their pitching depth, their defense and an emerging offense that has depth on the bench too.
The dogpile is just icing on the cake. I prefer the icing too especially if it’s chocolate..
I think many of us old dogs on this forum have the right to be skeptical of this current squad as many voiced concerns over play and coaching that we witnessed this season. I think a couple clubs that Mitch has coached may have had more talent but never advanced to the CWS. Like all successful sports teams they have some intangibles (grit, not give up attitude or whatever you want to call it) where the most talented team doesn’t come out on top. See 2007 Beaver team. But they had that intangible(s). This current squad is showing these which were are all thrilled to see and hope it continues.
..properly concerned…or focused?
He sure made some good decisions in the Super; Hubbard/Macias the other day and McEntire Sunday among others. Takes some confidence to make changes like that….credit where due, paid of this time.
I think the important thing to recognize is the direction the program trended over those 6 seasons. Several here, including you, expected a downward trend.
Yep, they said that recruiting would suffer and the team program would experience a big downturn. As usual, it was nice to see them proven wrong yet again.
As always, they don’t like to be called out for being wrong or someone challenging their lack of knowledge about baseball, the intangibles that play into committed selection decisions, coaching decisions, etc.
It sets up nicely if they can stay focused and not have a big letdown for “just making it to Omaha”. I think Louisville and Arizona may be in that category. Coastal Carolina is good but it is tough continue to a 25 game winning streak at this point in the season.
Teresa was on a press conference with the power conference commissioners today talking about the new revenue sharing rules. Does this mean we’re a power conference again?
Beavs may look on paper a favorite for their side of the bracket but the others battled hard and won on the road to get to Omaha.
Louisville beat Vandy in their regional. Coastal went to Auburn to punch their ticket and Arizona did it the hard way, beating two national seeds on the road. Fun first matchup Coastal vs Arizona. First time they have met since Coastal won the CWS in 2016 over Arizona.
RE Arkansas. Obviously they are very good but they have played 41 HOME GAMES this year and have 1 more win than the Beavs. I believe that is 14 more home games than us, or 4+ separate 3 game home series. But I will say the committee likely came through for us with an #8 because our road schedule was ridiculous. All I am saying is lets see how the SEC powerhouses do at a neutral site.
You know 2 of our losses were neutral site games to SEC teams? Also let’s not get ahead of ourselves we won’t play a SEC team until the final and a very reasonable argument could be made that CC is the playing the best baseball right now in our half of the bracket after sweeping there regional and super region. CC ended the season at 8 in RPI and has now leaped us in RPI based on Regional and Super Regional performance and the heavy road schedule argument doesn’t apply to CC, they’ve play more true road games than we have.
I actually really like Coastal. Would not surprise me one bit if they took home the trophy. I am just pointing out that spending over a MONTH longer at home during a season makes a big difference. And were all those SEC teams that tough if they got bounced before Supers by teams like Murray St. They are good teams, but not as good as ESPN will tell you.
“The media rights package is expected to feature as many as four different partners, sources tell
@YahooSports
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The package paves the way for the league to formally offer invitations to expansion targets. The conference needs one full-time, FB-playing member to reach FBS minimum.”
From Boise’s AD’s comments, it sounds like a TX school is most likely. Interest is still there with AAC teams, but he didn’t sound super bullish on it. Media money must not be super exciting so they are hedging bets on expansion.
2030-31 after the forthcoming media deal expired and the next round of circus realignment starts. SEC and B10 become an official farm system for the NFL with exclusive media rights, exit from NCAA and expand into 60+ teams while the rest remain in the NCAA with their own playoff format and media deals. It’s coming and will be here before we know it and I say good riddance to the SEC and B10.
My hope is they add 1 school and pause. Get to 8 but maintain flexibility.
Preference would be UNLV at this point but expecting Texas State (minimum).
Just no basketball adds. Gonzaga brings not just a unique value that made them make sense in basketball but they also provide you the private school you want to be able to protect some privacy.
Any of you heathens going to Omaha? Oscars Pizza & Sports Grille out in the western suburbs has fantastic chicken wings and pretty good pizza. Can’t beat the pizza I’ve ate in Salem – Pietros, Paddingtons and Wallery’s(?) in West Salem. Another great restaraunt is Summer Kitchen Cafe down southwest of downtown area by La Vista. Do yourself a favor and hit up these places and enjoy. Always trust a chubby guy when it comes to food recommendations! ;o)
Pietros in Milwaukie is changing locations soon. Sad because its been in the old locaction forever but they must have gotten some money for that property
The new location is up and running in Milwaukie. They took over a McGrath’s that went out of business. They did get big bucks for the old location. More condos are coming. Old location holds a lot of nostalgia for me, but it was getting pretty run down.
Daughter graduated from Creighton and we are headed out to root on the Beavs. Zen and Amateur are good for coffee. Blue is good for Sushi, Mula/Taco Co mexican, Pitch for pizza, Lisas Radial for classic diner breakfast Top it off with Coneflower ice cream. Let me know your fav spots. GO BEAVS!
ESPeeInSux
May 4, 2025 at 6:28 pm
“Absolutely pathetic….to shutdown the Beavs is all pitchers need to do is throw off speed breaking stuff and the beavs might as well be swatting at flies while wearing a blind fold. They won’t get out of s regional if they even make the playoffs.”
ESPeeInSux
May 4, 2025 at 6:58 pm
“Better put some butter and jam on this team bc they are toast.”
ESPeeInSux
May 6, 2025 at 12:42 pm
“D1 baseball has OSU #10 in the RPI rankings that doesn’t include last night’s win. I doubt that’s going to hold up after the road series at Iowa. Beavs are putting on a lot of travel miles from Portland to Hawaii and then to Iowa so I would expect they will have some heavy legs this weekend going into Iowa.
BTW, I just saw tomorrow’s game with Portland has been cancelled. I wonder why? Lol
The entire Iowa series is on big10+ and they have a pretty solid production. Apparently, Iowa has one of the better pitchers in the country so that’s not good news for the on again, off again offense OSU offense”
lol… reminds me of a college friend who worked Sherry’s and constantly cussed out the Sunday church crowd. But he did break it down to religion, which was also funny.
That’s less than one percent of my comments all season long so nice cherry picking kid. Try going back to all my posts rather than cherry picking a very, very small sample size. Not one comment you will find that one we said Canham or Dorman should be fired or didn’t know what they were doing..
That’s less than one percent of my comments all season long so nice cherry picking kid. Try going back to all my posts rather than cherry picking a very, very small sample size. Not one comment you will find that one we said Canham or Dorman should be fired or didn’t know what they were doing..
Go find the posts where I commented after that stating the case for the #8 seed based on their pedigree, their RPI at the time, their tough road schedule, etc. going into their final week of the season or so. Cherry picking is very limited in context and scope.
Did I predict they’d win their conference? No, what I said was they had much better talent than he had in the previous years and they were at least worth watching. Did I predict they’d make the NCAA tourney? I thought they had a shot but faltered down the end of the season. That better than banging on the coaching staff and players night in and might out. You better go suck on your whiskey soaked napkin instead of using it as a poke at a guy that was battling a drinking issue.
Struck a nerve. LOL
Me thinks he doth protest too much.
Tough guy tries to dish it out at everyone else but spams responses for days once he is called out fair and square using his own words. LOL nicely done Ackrite.
You have read and responded to my comments on several occasions and if anyone doth protest too much it was you. And, if anyone doth protest too much it was you bc of my correct reading of the committee room selection and the fact that I stated the Beavs had a great shot getting the #8 seed just 2-3 days before the pairings were announced. Yet, you’ll never man up to it bc you’re incapable of accepting you were wrong.
Be that as it may, guys like you banged on Canham and Dorman constantly throughout the season and I didn’t. True beaver fans stick with their team in good times and bad.
There’s only one thing worse than a myopic duck fan and that’s a fairweather fan that hitches a ride on the beaver bandwagon when things are going well but then jump right off and start whining when things take a turn for the worst.
While I had a grand total of maybe 3, 4 or maybe 5 comments this baseball season that expressed concern and frustration that were cherry picked by what’s his name, they pale in comparison to the multiple comments that were whimpered by you and others on this board.
So feel free to deny and misdirect as people like you need to do in order to protect your fragile ego.
Tell me exactly where I attempt to be a tough guy in my above responses. I guess you get easily intimidated when someone calls you out on your passive aggressive responses and then you gaslight them. No surprise though coming from someone that claims they know more about coaching baseball than Canham and Dorman. Loler.
Silence is golden bc OB you have no defense. You were wrong, you know you were wrong and you are still wrong. You’re mental midget that can’t own up to your consistent beratings of my comments. If that’s being a tough guy with you, I will own it much like I own you.
sources says they wanted the independent to have easier road to Omaha so schools would look to leave conferences that are getting greedy.
Coastal was front runner to be 8 seed but they wanted to give OSU some home advantage. Plus making FSU make 7+ hr flight to play on Friday was a setup.
Coastal is sneaky good and don’t take anything away from Louisville they came out of tough region and had to battle Miami to the end.
Arkansas handled Tennessee with ease so they are current favorite but have tough opening round game. LSU is finding their game at the right time.
You are so transparent, guy formerly known as studentbeaver. Nice try but your stench follows you around like a skunk that is road kill. Trolls just can’t stop trolling despite your promise to leave. Ur quite the troll.
It appears that Duke is done and Murray State is in on a controversial interference slide by the runner at 2nd base… He was called out but replay overturns the call 5-4 MSU, runner on first two outs, B9. High drama as MSU was in celebration mode. Game over 5-4 MSU.
Beavers lose FB commit to West Virginia, Edge from
Lakeridge edge rusher Noah Tishendorf announced on Monday he is flipping his verbal commitment from Oregon State to West Virginia.
Tishendorf — standing at 6-3, 240 pounds — is a three-star prospect rated the No. 6 player in Oregon and No. 100 edge rusher in the country according to 247Sports’ composite rankings.
Tishendorf had 26 tackles including 18 for loss and five sacks his junior season with the Pacers, according to MaxPreps. The big man also carried the ball on offense, rushing 22 times for 132 yards and three touchdowns.”
Kyle Peterson, analyst for college baseball, says of all teams in the CWS, that OSU is the most intriguing bc of their independent schedule, coming back to win the regionals and supers, playing a road heavy schedule and having a very high MLB draft pick on AA. However, he did pick Arky to win the championship bc he thinks they have the best team.
I’ve always felt that for OSU, Omaha is the “standard.” How disappointed you should be in the season is reflected on how far away from Omaha you end up. Regionals? Bad. Super-Regionals? Need to do better in the regular season to host an SR. But once the team is there? Just hope and enjoy.
But seeing the way the brackets lined up, I think Beaver fans will be disappointed if they don’t make the final series. Highest seed on their side, away from Arkansas and LSU.
I’m taking the view that any team that makes it to Omaha is playing with house money and its time to be greedy.
I will be disappointed if they lose a game they should have won. I’m not going to base my expectations on seeding now that it’s down to 8 teams. Play good baseball and if it’s against a good team and they don’t win then I can accept that. How many colleges have put a team in the elite 8 in basketball and baseball in the last 5 years? We are an athletic powerhouse.
Great question, with a surprising answer:
9 Schools that have appeared in the Men’s BBall Elite 8 and the CWS since 2021
Auburn
Florida
Tennessee
Arkansas
Texas
UCLA
NC State
North Carolina
Oregon State
Another note or 2 on this list:
Arkansas has been to each twice, no titles
Tennessee has been to Elite 8 twice, CWS 3 times with a National Championship, and has also been to the College Football Playoffs
Florida has been to CWS twice and just won the NCAA mens bball title in their only trip to the Elite 8 in recent years
Stanford, Virginia, Texas A&M all made it to Omaha 3 out the last 5 years but none won a title or had an accompanying elite 8 run in basketball.
Your silence is exactly what I expected….a mental midget with a passive aggressive persona. When called out, you tucked your tail between your legs and scampered. Then you alleged I was trying to be a tough guy with you which was laughable.
Is all you had to do was offer a small grain of apology for your passive aggressive persistence on indirectly commenting how I was wrong and my opinions were irrelevant about virtually everything leading up to the #8 seeding supers win and that’s why I called you out as well as a few others.
It’s easy to criticize others for their opinions but much harder to admit that my comments were in fact correct. It’s actually a sign of emotional maturity so no surprise you couldn’t do it.
I hope you don’t feel too intimidated by my “tough guy” comments. Lol
It’s baseball. They play 162 games in the MLB regular season. It’s tough to really make any judgments on one or two games. As long as you make it to the tournament every year, you’re fine. Supers every few years, and Omaha every few years is a huge accomplishment.
I agree. Going to the CWS is everybody’s goal. No chance to win it all if you don’t get there. Feels like getting to the final four in Basketball. So many good teams at home, Florida State being one of them.
Feels like everybody on our side of the bracket is beatable. That said, its going to be a dog fight. Based on what I’ve seen this year, we have good starting pitching but they don’t go deep (6+ innings) to often. Bullpen is suspect week to week. Hitting can clobber you one weekend and then be quiet as a mouse the next. If everything is clicking the beavs have the arms and bats to beat anyone in Omaha and win it all. If the bats go quiet as they have from time to time this season, we could lose to anyone.
Playing with house money, lets hope everything is clicking and go win a title.
USAToday article predicts Beaver’s Arquette to SEA at pick #3:
“At the risk of getting too static, it’s nonetheless tough to move this 6-foot-5, 220-pound shortstop specimen out of the three hole, particularly with plenty of elite college arms the Mariners develop so well available. But it’s also tough to pass on a potential 10-year cog in a lineup that needs one.”
Oregon HS kids:
22. Atlanta Braves: Kruz Schoolcraft, LHP, Sunset (Ore.) HS
A lefty with Schoolcraft’s big arm should slot much higher, but the current industry lean toward collegiate talent in the top of the first round drops him in Atlanta’s lap. At 6-8 and with a 97-mph fastball, Schoolcraft has a significant floor that the Braves can work with.
OSU signee:
24. Detroit Tigers: Xavier Neyens, INF, Mt. Vernon (Wash.) HS
We’ll keep Neyens right here, even as his tantalizing upside and 6-foot-4, 205-pound frame could inspire clubs to jump sooner. There are worse players to dream on than a potential left-handed swinging Austin Riley.
Wouldn’t be surprised if Mason Pike goes in the 1st as well. If either one of these two make it to campus, would be a huge win.
Pike has a better shot to make it to campus. He’s a potential two way player and if he wants that in his future, college is where he’d get that chance.
Neyens gets to campus if he has a set number he wants and teams won’t meet it. He is however dropping down the boards mostly due to college guys passing him with great seasons.
The state of Oregon is producing some quality talent this year, oddly none are going to OSU or Oregon but to the SEC. Slater De Brun from Bend is committed to Vanderbilt. River Hamilton to LSU (once committed to OSU), and Schoolcraft is committed to Tennessee.
If this is how it goes down the PAC will be a temporary landing spot making it all a waste of time. As bad as it would have been, renaming the MWC and joining that should have just happened. Football only? Dumb if true
It won’t happen, at least not this way. We need at least one more full member. And they would all need to find new homes for their Olympics.
That may be feasible for Memphis and joining the Big East. But Tulane can’t afford that with the A10 or Southland, compared to what they’re getting from the AAC, unless the Pac pays an ungodly sum for just football, which has not historically been a thing.
Will Olympics even survive the reshuffling of college athletics financing?
Title IX may have helped with scholarships but when they start paying athletes directly, does that mean for every football player who gets paid, does a Wvolleyball players also need to het paid equally? Can’t imaging that will hold true any longer.
(not a political post) but it really depends on who is leading the government. Under current admin, Title IX does not apply to the payments. I’m sure many will sue over that. Under prior admin, Title IX was going to apply and I’m sure many would have sued over that.
Title IX was never going to apply to monetary limits, though, someone did try and unilaterally decide that outcome. The result would have been failure.
Title IX is about giving equal opportunity. There’s more contention about having to fly commercial v charter than there is how much revenue gets shared.
Your post above said TSU, UTSA, Memphis and Tulane as football only.
Now Texas State and UTSA as full members. What are you seeing regarding Memphis and Tulane, still football member only?
Only cause rumors are fun.
Another noncommittal commitment committed to another school:
On Tuesday, Lake Oswego running back LaMarcus Bell announced that he is verbally committed to play for Utah.
The 5-foot-11, 190-pound running back is considered a three-star recruit by 247Sports, which has him listed as the No. 2 recruit in the state and the No. 1 high school running back in Oregon.
Bell spent most of his sophomore season splitting carries with Justin Craigwell — a duo known by Lakers fans as “Thunder and Lightning” as Craigwell was the powerful, bruising runner and Bell was quicker and could create space. Bell truly took off in the 2024 fall season, where he ran for 1,630 yards and 26 rushing touchdowns and was the featured player of the Lakers’ attack.
He was a big part of the Lake Oswego offense (and an important defensive back on the other side of the ball) as the Lakers went 11-1 and played for the Class 6A open state championship.
Bell was named the Class 6A all-state Offensive Player of the Year, and was also the Three Rivers League Offensive Player of the Year.
Bell had previously committed to Oregon State back in January. But in May, he reopened his recruitment. He also had offers from BYU, Cal, Washington State, Arizona and Boise State, among others.
Super dedicated – to the process, nothing more. I enjoy seeing how many teams this type of kid ‘plays for’ while never developing into a player. Good luck kid on your road to nowhere
He was already de-committed, in a couple ways. Isn’t he the guy who opened up his official visits again, including one he hadn’t actually taken to Oregon State, and Bray told him not to bother with the Oregon State visit? He was shown the door.
Everyone thumbs-downing me must be still riding the baseball high.
If you force guys to shut down their recruiting after committing, you’re asking them to limit their earning potential and basically limiting yourself to guys who are just happy to have an OSU offer and don’t have interest from big schools (see the recent commitments and de-commitments). This is like Riley recruiting all over again.
I see the reasoning behind it, but it seems to be valuing loyalty and “commitment” over other factors. And as we’ve seen, it doesn’t do anything to reduce the loss of transfers via the portal.
Sorry I wasn’t on enough to bring up in real time and I probably should let it go, but I enjoy poking the defensive idiot.
ESPeeInSux
June 9, 2025 at 7:50 pm
“Go find the posts where I commented after that stating the case for the #8 seed based on their pedigree, their RPI at the time, their tough road schedule, etc. going into their final week of the season or so. Cherry picking is very limited in context and scope.”
More “cherry picked” comments 2 days before selection:
Ackrite
May 24, 2025 at 4:34 pm
“The only argument is RPI, the other metrics driven rankings system (DSR, KPI) don’t treat us very well. I actually think Oregon dropping down to 18 in the RPI may eliminate them from the national seed conversation. Oregon State is better off getting compared to the other options for 6-8 seeds. You can’t justify Oregon state getting a higher seed than Oregon if the comparison is only Oregon vs ORST. 0-4 is just too big of obstacle to overcome if you’re being unbiased.”
ESPeeInSux
May 24, 2025 at 6:00 pm
Given Oregon lost today, u think I agree that could hurt their chances to be #8 and opens the door for another SEC team.
However, OSU might still sneak in there depending on how teams in front of the do.
OSU SOS, most wins of any school in away games, draws big crowds (factor), solid RPI, projected top 5 player in the upcoming draft., pedigree, etc…..
I don’t think they’ll get a #8 but with Oregon losing today, that could be the justification the committee needs to give it to the Beavs.
I guess we will find out in two days.
“I don’t think they’ll get a #8” and “However, OSU might still sneak in there” That a lot of conviction. You nailed the Top 8 prediction.
If we are handing out our own kudos, my post is very close to what the committee chair said when asked about OSU getting the 8 seed and the loses to Oregon. Nothing about SOS, big crowds, projected top 5 player in the upcoming draft, pedigree, because FSU beats us in all those metrics. RPI was the only argument and luckily for us we won that metric.
I’ll play your little game as you selectively pick and choose what fits your obsession…..and in your last comment, you conveniently omitted:
“I don’t think they’ll get a #8 BUT WITH OREGON LOSING TODAY, THAT COULD BE THE JUSTIFICATION THE COMMITTEE NEEDS TO GIVE IT TO THE BEAVS.”. and that’s precisely what happened.
And since you’re so adept at finding my comments, you should find all of them for this season rather than cherry picking a very small sample size to further your obsession of negativity.
Happy searching bucko.and let the obsession continue.
Oregon losing and dropping in the RPI was my comment of what was happening, yes you agreed with it, but now you are acting like your analysis of “OSU SOS, most wins of any school in away games, draws big crowds (factor), solid RPI, projected top 5 player in the upcoming draft., pedigree, etc…..” was the reason they were top 8.
That only reason I bring it up is you are rewriting history and act like you are some clairvoyant and knew this would happen. When in fact you are more Steve A, Skip Bayless and other talking heads that throw so much shit at the wall and try to take credit when something sticks.
You don’t think their SOS, RPI, etc. had anything to do with getting a #8 seed…you are aware that the RPI is one of the key metrics for a national seed, right? If the Beavs RPI wasn’t t that high, they wouldn’t have gotten in at #8.
Be that as it may, I don’t recall ever guaranteeing they would get a #8 but only that they had the resume/metrics and deserved a #8 seed IMO but some guys like OB jumped all over my comments claiming the points I made and you referenced had no bearing on the selections committee’s decision. Yet, I heard several analysts, none of which you mentioned, made the same argument for their selection prior to selection announcement….RPI, heavy road schedule, SOS, national pedigree, potential high draft pick, etc.
I took a lot of heat for saying they deserved a number 8 and their selection turned out to be true. In turn, those guys that threw garbage my way, and they know who they were, deserved a nice serving of crow and I served it up. If they’re going to fish it out, then they need to learn how to handle it when it comes back to them..
So I really have no axe to grind with you or anyone else except three guys that feel compelled to overreact to most every comment I make. Pretty much the end of the story and time to move ahead to the CWS. No sense in beating a dead horse…..
I’m not giving credit for RPI, everyone knew RPI was a key metric, it was only a question if the committee would use other metrics as well. You kept spewing nonsense about pedigree, top player..etc FSU beat us in all the secondary metric you wanted to say had weight. I can go “cherry pick” if you want but it turns out It was a lazy committee and as soon as the regional host were announced, and before seeding everyone moved Oregon State into the top 8 because RPI was so heavily weighted when selecting regional hosts.
Don’t play the victim, everyone hates me, bullshit. We’ve been here long before you started posting and only “hate” because of the amount nonsense you post and how you tried pat yourself on the back when a few hit. I just waited to expose you as the hypocrite you are for flipping back and forth.
Yes we are all happy ORST is in Omaha, but that should be the expectation. them being in Omaha doesn’t mean the criticism were invalid or wrong. I’ll give you an example, During the Hawaii serious you said
“Absolutely pathetic….to shutdown the Beavs is all pitchers need to do is throw off speed breaking stuff and the beavs might as well be swatting at flies while wearing a blind fold. They won’t get out of s regional if they even make the playoffs.”
This is still valid and cost us game 1 of the regional versus St Mary and my fear for Omaha. But instead of owning it when I “cherry picked” it, you flip back and said it was 1% of your post. Have some conviction.
The Pac-12 Conference, which will drop down to two members this summer, will no longer be an “autonomous conference,” the NCAA Division I Board of Directors determined on Monday, effective Aug. 2. It will instead be classified as a “nonautonomous FBS conference” like the Group of 5.
The board created new governance thresholds for conferences that fall below membership requirements. As a result, the Pac-12 will lose representation on the Board of Directors. It will retain representation and voting rights on the Division I Council, the Football Oversight Committee and the Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee when applicable, but the weight of its Council vote will be diminished.
The Pac-12 lost its Autonomous status for falling below the number of required members – no other factor was used to determine the Pac’s status
This is basically what Few was talking about when he said it was nice that we and Wazzu conduct our business at a high level. Zags wants to do that. All the schools we’re bringing in need to commit to that.
The rest will be sorted out by static rules.
For the Texas schools, that could be a big jump. Currently, about $60m a year will get everyone above that threshold. Rice and UNT spend in the mid-50s. Rice’s issues are mostly a very strict admissions process. UNT’s capital liabilities are low, so they’re like us in how they’ve built up over the last 30 years.
TXST and UTSA are in the mid-40s. A full share would get them halfway there.
Tulane is in the mid to upper 30s. No idea how they bridge that gap. Memphis already spends more and will into the future.
And I’ll make one more argument for Wichita State. They spend as much on athletics as Tulane does, and they don’t have a football team.
This is interesting, because reporters are just now figuring out something I’ve been giggling about for a while. The House Settlement limits schools to $20.5m on all their athletes. That means schools like Zags and Wichita and conferences like the Big East and A10 can spend that amount on all their sports, not bet the house on just football.
Non-football schools now have the opportunity to outbid football schools for Olympic sports, simply because they don’t have football.
How many of those schools take advantage of this, now or later, will be interesting to see. But I suspect schools already spending at a high rate will do so quickly, since Olympics are all they have for visibility.
This just limits what the school can pay, Can’t collectives still shell out more? they won’t get the tax credit for donating to the school, but that hasn’t stop collectives yet.
As I understand the enforcement mechanism, all NIL will be subject to scrutiny for fair market value. So athletes can still make those outside deals. But they can’t be excessive amounts, relative to what is contractually required of the athlete.
So Texas Tech can’t buy the best pitcher in softball with $1m, just because a rich booster pays her that amount to show up to his daughter’s birthday party… his daughter also being on the softball team.
U-Haul isnt Oregon based but their founder is an alum.
Company is worth quite a bit more than Dutch Bros currently.
Where’s that sweet U-Haul NIL money?
I haven’t been to Arizona in two years, but are there any Dutch Bros down there? I’ve never seen one. I don’t recall seeing many coffee shops at all. I do remember seeing lots of water stations where people go to buy water.
“Aiva Arquette has been named a Second Team All-American and Third Team All-American by Perfect Game and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, respectively. Gavin Turley has earned Second Team All-American honors from the NCBWA. And Dax Whitney has been honored as a First Team Freshman All-American by Perfect Game.
Whitney and Arquette also were named Second Team All-Region selections by the American Baseball Coaches Association.”
The All-Region seems to have underrated both Whitney and Arquette, it’s “regional” right?
And, the national writers have Arquette third team??
East coast bias?………..just a little, or obviously a lot?.
Thoughts?
So I just read that Greg Street will be the crew chief for Friday’s game…I’m sure most of you will remember him as the home plate ump in the first game for OSU in the 2017 CWS and was brutal calling balls and strikes against OSU.. That was the same year just a day before the CWS started the story about Luke Heimlich broke. There was much speculation that Street had an axe to grind with Luke and the Beavs bc he was allowed to pitch in that cws.
Let’s hope he’s not calling balls and strikes for any of the beaver games!
Someone connected to the baseball program that has connections with the coaching staff. That’s all he could share but he runs another beavers football board and has been very reliable with past information.
Relax a little. It’s not life or death…The guy has been solid in the past with meat perfect recruiting information so I trust his information. If it turns out his information isn’t accurate, my apologies in advance.
I hate when really annoying people are right but I can confirm Greg Street is an umpire at the CWS and is a crew chief. Unsure of what bracket games he would be the home plate umpire but he would likely be behind the plate for at least one of the championship series games as a crew chief.
Prediction: Pac 12 media deal announced by end of next week. Additions are Texas St (football only) and Sac St (all sports). WSU/OSU 1.25 shares each. Texas State and Sac St 0.25 share each. Texas St gets $10m lump sum payment up front for extra travel. Gonzaga and all others get full share. $300m, 4 year media deal with 3-4 carriers. Good linear exposure. Equates to $10.4m per year for WSU/OSU. Beavs working on uneven baseball schedule to play baseball in Big 12 for next 4 years. Same for gymnastics. Most “out of conference” games would be played vs Pac 12 schools plus UCLA, Portland, Cal, and Stanford plus Sunrise tournament and some premier matchups with SEC/ACC… good chance Oregon won’t play us unless we agree to midweek games in Eugene. Basketball only media deal could provide another $1-2m per school. Sac St is a big if. Other options could replace them… like NMSU. Barnes has been busy trying to solve the baseball situation. Memphis is likely out
No. 1 Arkansas – Will this 12th trip to the CWS finally be the year that the first championship will be coming home to Fayetteville with the Razorbacks? Arkansas look to be the most complete team of the group, with the right mix of fire power at the plate and pitching depth to succeed on the big stage. They’ve dominated in the postseason, winning all five games with a combined margin of 41-13.
No. 2 Coastal Carolina – Built around superb pitching and timely run support, the Chanticleers are anything but underdogs in this field despite playing outside the Power Four conferences. The program hasn’t been back to Omaha since its groundbreaking run to the title in 2016, but this year’s version is more than capable of capturing that magic once again. Coastal enters this round on a 23-game winning streak and proved its mettle in sweeping Auburn on the road last weekend.
No. 3 LSU – Historically the most accomplished squad here, the Tigers have the bats to add an eight trophy to their collection in Baton Rouge. They also boast two excellent starters – Kade Anderson and Anthony Eyanson – and reliever Zac Cowan. Being in the same half of the bracket as Arkansas is the biggest obstacle, but it also creates a first game should be appointment viewing Saturday night.
No. 4 UCLA – It’s been a while for the Bruins, who haven’t been back to Omaha since claiming the program’s first baseball title in 2013. The pitching staff – in particular starter Michael Barnett – has answered the bell thus far in the postseason, which should continue to serve the team well at Charles Schwab Field where runs can be hard to come by.
No. 5 Oregon State – The Beavers represent the Pac-12’s old guard as well as the league’s future. In the here and now though, the decision to make a go of it as an independent in 2025 has worked out well. They were forced to travel for the majority of games and that experience helped shape them for difficult challenges when facing elimination in both the regionals and super regionals. Oregon State might not have the number of proven bullpen arms as others in this field, but it has power throughout the lineup, led by 2B Aiva Arquette, and are never out of a game.
No. 6 Louisville – The super regionals were not nearly as good for the ACC as the earlier rounds, as the Cardinals are the only squad among the league’s five entries to survive the second weekend. But now that they’ve reached the CWS for the sixth time in program history and first since 2019, they might have what it takes to claim their initial title. The outfield duo of Lucas Moore and Zion Rose leads the offense. Louisville’s pitching has been outstanding in the postseason and could propel a run to the championship series.
No. 7 Arizona – Credit the Wildcats for getting off the deck after being bludgeoned for 18 runs in their series opener at North Carolina. They then rallied late in the next two games to knock off the No. 1 team in the coaches poll. Arizona is a program full of championship pedigree. This is its 18th trip to Omaha. The Wildcats play sound defense in the field and are capable of putting up a high run total themselves, but they must avoid more meltdowns from the mound like that opener against the Tar Heels last week.
No. 8 Murray State – The Racers, just the fourth No. 4 regional seed to make it all the way to Omaha, are sure to be fan favorites. The thing they do best is hit. They rank 11th in score and have generated 70 runs in seven tournament games. But the fact that they’re made it this far indicates they can get key outs when needed as well. Going through the loser’s bracket may be difficult but anything is possible if Murray State can win early and save arms.
I’d argue that the 06, 07, 18 teams all had what I’d call “that guy” that wouldn’t let them lose. I’m not taking about the studs on the team, but a glue guy that would take the ball and deliver in tough situations. Jonah Nickerson, Joe Paterson and Kevin Abel.
One of the downsides of having better talent is you have a obligation not to overuse them. As good as Max is, I’d never want to see him throw on short notice, he personally has to much to lose. Abel was a freshman, but he didn’t have 95+ stuff. Kmatz showed it a little of “that guy” stuff coming into game 3 against FSU.
Do we have “That Guy” this year? and if so who do you think it will be?
Answer from pitching staff:
Kmatz, Oakes maybe, Hutch all have some fight in them for those types of situations.
I’m kind of hoping for a 2007 version of a straight winners bracket 5-0 National Championship. Starters all on point, bullpen dialed in and efficient, bats stay hot and overwhelm opposing pitching.
If they drop to the losers bracket, I think the bullpen guys can carry the innings to survive, but that might mean the bats have gone quiet too. If the bats stay alive 1-9, Beavs have a nice shot at winning it all again.
It would be fun for the Beavs to oust AZ on their side of the bracket and then knock out UCLA for the title. Just for old times sake. I have to think SEC and ACC were vastly overrated this year given the results of the tourney so far. FSU had to be the top of the ACC and Louisville is the last ACC team standing. LSU and Arky are 1-2 favorites to win it all but I’d say that is some faulty logic given the losses of SEC teams so far, and they essentially eliminate one or the other.
Beavs really need to great starts out of Dax and EK to get to the final set for the first weekend and stay out of the losers side. Let CC/AZ/Lousiville battle it out in the bottom of the bracket and see who has better pitching by game 5.
If you’ll allow me to pull out my corkboard with push pins and string for a moment, Eddie Madrigal’s profile picture on Twitter is of him in the batter’s box at Goss, with “Oregon State” written on the dugout fence in the background.
If Kreig opts to go into the draft, which is probable, we still have Tyce Peterson at 1B although he is a junior and could get drafted too. So it would be interesting to see if there a spot for Madrigal in the starting lineup and a guy with his bat and speed would and connection to Nick would be hard to pass on.
I would think the Beavs have a good shot to get him if there’s a spot for him to start.
I think Madrigal was also listed as OF, so even if 1B is occupied by Krieg or Peterson next season, there should be a spot open in the outfield that Madrigal could slide into.
I checked out the picture. The “Oregon State” in the background is reallllly out of focus, haha.
Would be nice to have a lefty at 1B though, since both Kreig/Peterson are righties.
Just looking at the L’ville stats, the 155 SB is the thing that really jumps out at me. However, I think OSU pitchers have done a great job of holding runners on since the Oregon series and WW’s arm is solid so I don’t think L’ville will be as dangerous on the base paths as their stats suggest..
A few other observations about the stats, OSU outfielders can’t relax on what appear to be routine singles hit by L’ville bc their speed can turn a single into a runner in scoring position. So the approach by our outfielders must be aggressive to prevent giving up extra bases. Don’t get too relaxed on standard ground balls into the outfield…Get to the ball quickly and prevent runners from stealing an extra base.
A really interesting stat are PBs as L’ville catchers have 25 so that could be a major advantage for OSU while WW had had only 6 on the season. WPs are significant too as L’ville has 98 on the season and OSU only 45. In tight games, WPs can be costly..
Defensive stats seem to favor OSU based on fielding %s 98.2 to 97.1. On the surface, 1.1% difference may not seem too significant, but as we found out in G2 vs FSU, one unearned run can be the difference between a tie score and a 1-rum deficit.
Pitching stats with team strikeouts favor OSU as well as ERA, but ERA can be a little misleading. I’d rather see the pitcher stats for hits/walks with RISP to see how pitchers perform under stress but I couldn’t find stats for that. WHIP can give you some ideas but not specific enough w/o RISP.
Beavs walk substantially more than L’ville by a lot and L’ville pitchers issue a fair amount of more walks than OSU pitchers. Interesting that L’ville strikes out much less than OSU does, which would suggest better patience at the plate, yet L’ville has far fewer walks than OSU.
I think the major differences in this game will be OSU pitching and fielding which is decidedly an OSU advantage but L’ville speed is a major concern. However, if beaver pitching can limit BBs and not allow L’ville to essentially steal extra bases on hits with their speed, that will reduce stress on Whitney.
I do realize that stats do not always determine the outcome of a game, but they do provide an indication of team’s strengths and weaknesses. Based on those on these stats, .I think OSU wins this game if the bats keep going and Dax continues to look dominant…….somewhere in the range of 8-2 or 7-3. Still, I’m worried about L’ville team speed and their contact at the plate.
Interesting re-cap.
A couple thoughts:
1-Free bases is gonna be a factor; L’ville can’t steal if they aren’t on base and Beavs have generally shown good patience at the plate.
2-May be my orange glasses, but I’m not worried about our outfielders falling asleep and making it easy for L’ville runners to advance.
3-Both the PB stat and WP jumped out at me too.
What about HBP?
Certainly any free passes whether BB or HBP are problems but OSU pitching has been very good as of late with a few hiccups so I’m hoping they continue to limit the fee passes and HBP.
I was also thinking, I’m not quite sure how good the ACC really was outside of NC and FSU. It’s baseball and anything can happen, but I think if OSU pitchers continue their great work since the start of May and our bats stay hot and the defense plays the way they’ve been, I don’t view L’ville a bigger threat than FSU.
I hope I’m not wrong, but I really see the game with L’ville as a threat level as a 5 out of 10 but it is baseball so……
Wilner says PAC media deal is likely $7-10M. That would be disappointing if true, but at a range that big and him not really being tied to a PAC program anymore, I don’t know how much I believe that.
So, completely abandon the regional footprint thing?
Sad to say this may be the way it goes due to the disappearance of “student” athletes, who cares about travel and study time when the NIL bag is big enough! If it wasn’t already claimed, I’d probably change my screen name to “ESPN sucks”!
It may be true. It may be the valuation the source he gets it from, because the source was last in the industry a decade ago, when the Pac 12’s media deal was the biggest of them all.
All the talk of the future of streaming and likely outcomes may make this deal depressed, according to old media valuations. But it’s better to make OTA relationships now, and include active fanbases for the streaming future.
Wilner has been down on OSU and WSU forever. Pac in general. He published thousands of words before 2012 saying the pac would be get low balled. Then it got the biggest deal at the time ever. Not sure I trust him.
If you scale big 12 deal in a $/ viewer and then apply to the new pac it would $10-12M. Hope it’s better.
Boise and Wazzu have bigger viewership numbers than anyone in the Big XIIIIII, except CU. They’ve had more than Oklahoma for the last several years. Oklahoma is about equal to Utah, which is the second biggest draw, just ahead of us.
ASU having their run last year lifts their per season viewership. They will also be a draw, if they have sustained success.
The Pac 12 isn’t worth only 1/3 of the Big XIIIIII, especially if a lot more of our games end up on OTA broadcasts.
One of the things I’ve loved seeing during the Regionals and Supers was players who may not be everyday players come up HUGE. I’d like to think that is one thing this team has in common with the past CWS squads.
Potential Omaha field getting a little easier with five regional hosts already out…
We need to hatch an egg before counting.
Seeing how I have no impact on how OSU plays, I’m comfortable surveying the road ahead
Go Beavs!
Third!!! Back to back months!
Vanderbilt-Eliminated
Alabama-Eliminated
Miss. St.-Eliminated
Florida-Eliminated
Kentucky-Eliminated
Georgia-Eliminated
Texas-Eliminated
Yet the SEC still has Oklahoma, Auburn, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Arkansas remaining. A few will likely get elimiated today but talk about stacking the deck with crap.
On the one hand, that’s baseball. Vandy and UT were legitimately good and still got bounced. On the other hand, there’s a pretty strong correlation between SEC seeding and the number of regional upsets the last few years. As the % of SEC teams in the field grows, the number of upsets does, as well. Something to ponder…
Also, you forgot LSU, who is currently on the ropes against Arkansas-Little Rock
Ha, you’re right.
Pulling for the “Little” Trojans today
Usually you’re just pulling ON a little Trojan!
Alot of truth is said in jest…
Ha!
Additional plus, no Vandy whistler this year
Wonder if Dowd will play tonight? I read he got up woozy after running into Weber. Wonder if that means concussion?
He avoided Weber, except for the tag.
His dive was awkward, and it looked like he knocked the wind out of himself on the flop. But I suppose he could have also smacked his head on the turf. That would explain why it appeared he missed the plate altogether, then just laid there like he was stunned.
Oh I was listening on the radio. Twitter just said there was a collision. He’s a pretty good lead off so having him out would be good for the Beavers… not that you ever root for injuries
Do we risk starting Segura who might have his confidence shot, and got us in this elimination situation to begin with, who only has one inning of pitches under his belt, or do we go with someone else?
Pitchers do not have their confidence shot after a single bad outing….
James Decremer is my guess with Segura available out of the pen
btw, Talt had some pretty impressive plays late in the game yesterday in RF.
That throw to 2nd was perfect and really kept USC from running the bases too aggressively.
And later when he sold the catch even though the ball bounced on the ground and picked off the baserunner at 2nd, such a heady move
Did you notice the first throw was done off a spin move?
That’s the move Kwan has. Can’t say it’s original, since the primary Willy Mays highlight with the ots catch ends with that spin move and an amazing throw. But he’s established it as a part of his routine.
If I were to guess, the mechanics are maybe similar to a shot put, with a spin generating more velocity than a simple step and throw.
Sorry… Willie ain’t a jeep.
Roberto Clemente was famous for that move, great YouTube highlights
His plays will impact decisions by trojans today. Good baseball.
Are any “major” media covering the Beavers Sunday onslaught? If an SEC team had a day like that, you know they’d be all over it:
“The never-say-die Beavers unleashed a barrage of fireworks during a marathon double-header in the Corvallis Regional, bashing their way to a pair of prodigious victories to stave off elimination. No. 1 seed Oregon State opened the day with a record-setting 20-3 win over No. 4 seed Saint Mary’s, then followed up the offensive onslaught with a 14-1 rout of No. 3 seed USC, muscling its way out of the losers’ bracket of the NCAA baseball tournament.”
Yesterday at Goss must have been a blast for the fans.
https://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/2025/06/oregon-state-bashes-way-to-pair-of-wins-in-record-setting-double-header-sets-up-winner-take-all-final-vs-usc-in-corvallis-regional.html
If USC doesn’t come in today with a lefty or two to throw a bunch of off speed junk, they’re crazy.
Another new attendance record today?
Go beavers!
Be aggressive again today, show bunts when the situation dictates it and then throw off the defense by pulling back and slapping the ball past the defense.
It is kind of apparent that the kryptonite to Mitch’s roster design will always be a mid 80s fastball mixed with a lot of off-speed stuff. These guys can hit the cover off of bad pitching and hard throwing wild pitchers. But they can’t slow down the timing to hit a 77 mph change-up off of an 88 fastball.
Maybe it is a better approach once you get to the CWS because all other good teams will have fewer junk ball pitchers and more hard throwers. I don’t know.
Obj is correct above though. How USC doesn’t go to a lefty throwing curves all day is beyond me. Beavs are locked in and another 6’5″ golden boy throwing 94 all day won’t cut it today.
The are 3 home wins from another trip to Omaha. Let’s hope thy can get it done.
Can’ t they learn how how to hit that kind of pitching?
apparently not.
Oklahom’s having trouble with UNC. It’s early but looking like the SEC will have another regional casualty.
Going into the tournament, there was not a single dominant team that you could point to and say they’re the team to beat.. That has been the case so far in the regionals. The beavers appear to be getting hot at the right time so if they can win today, I’d give them as good as shot as anyone to win the championship bc they do have the talent and potential. However, first things first and just win today and I don’t care if it’s by 1 or 10 runs…..just win and survive and advance! Go Beavers!
Small ball or long ball or a combo of both doesn’t matter to me. The crowd will be electric
You guys think Caraway heads for the draft after this year or sticks around another year to improve his stock?
He will get drafted either way, it will come down to what his bonus offer is I’d imagine.
I’m wondering more about Dallas. He has a lot better talent than where he’ll get drafted this year. He’s just had a rough year.
Decremer with the start. Hope the coaches know something.
https://x.com/BeaverBaseball/status/1929646957091278904?t=oupW5m2REIWUW-LInHgihA&s=19
I’d kind have forgotten about him but that’s a good choice to start IMO.
One thing, the USC coaches probably don’t have much of a “book” on him.
Can’t overstate the value of an early statement from the Beavs Bats.
Looks like Beavs will be home team today.
Tyce P injury as Kreig is starting? I didn’t know he got injured. Anyone know what the injury is?
Big Jim said he looked awkward pulling into 2nd on his double. Hope it’s not serious, he’s been great lately
Thx. Let’s hope Kreig can get his bat going….
I dont know anything but sprinting to 2nd and pulling up sounds like a hammy, hope it isn’t but if it is hope it is real mild
Nice start for DeCremer……let’s get the bats going early and put pressure on them.
Can’t overstate the value of an early statement from the Beavs Bats.
And the beavers have made that statement!
Is it me or does the pitcher closing for UNC look like hes 13!
DeCremer throws a nice breaking ball…..
Turley getting a little lackadaisical out in left field with coming up with the ball.
Two e’s for the year; 1 yesterday and another today. I’ll take it, overall a great all around ball player.
Good points but those two errors were easily preventable by getting you glove down on the ball
That’s baseball.
Glad to see they have returned. It’s about time. Lol
Matt Morrell and Levi jones hit the portal per OregonLive.
Have the Beavs found another starter? DeCremer has looked composed out there given his lack of experience.
5 innings and no runs. What a start.
Caraway solo HR makes it 6-0 good guys b5. Makes it a HR in every Regional game, right?
Miiiiitch let him play so much in the middle of the season when I had no faith. Sorry
I’d have Segura on a short leash after he spit the bit Friday night.
Yes, but not too short; Miiitch is hoping to build his confidence for the Super.
It may be working as he closes out the 7th his 4th K despite some shakey moments and a couple bb’s
I hadn’t seen this:
“The Houston Astros on Sunday announced they were calling up the former Oregon State Beavers outfielder from Triple-A Sugar Land, promoting the one-time OSU star in his fourth professional season.
The Astros drafted Melton in the second round (No. 64 overall) of the 2022 MLB draft and he was widely regarded as one of the organization’s top two prospects. He has methodically worked his way up the Houston farm system over the years.
Melton hit .254 with two homers, nine doubles, seven RBIs, 11 walks and three stolen bases in 17 Triple-A games this season, despite battling a pair of nagging injuries. He opened the season on the injured list with a back issue and has played in just 11 games since May 14 because of a groin injury.
But when Zach Dezenzo was placed on the injured list with left-hand inflammation, Melton was promoted, bringing his powerful left-handed swing, speed and superb defense to the Astros.
He’s the second Oregon State player from the 2022 draft to make the Big Leagues, joining teammate Wade Meckler, who earned a call-up in August 2023.
And, like Meckler, Melton is a beloved former Beavers star. He had one of the finest individual seasons in school history during his final year in Corvallis, hitting .360, with 17 home runs, 22 doubles, 21 stolen bases, a school-record 175 total bases and 83 RBIs — tied with Adley Rutschman for the most in school history. Melton was the Pac-12 Player of the Year, a unanimous First-Team All-American selection and a Golden Spikes Award semifinalist.”
5 DP’s, Casey smiles.
9-0 Good guys win.
Any way we can start the Super tomorrow??
Well, Miiiitch rallied his team after Friday. Great to see the bats come back to life. Hoping they can ride this momentum through next weekend.
This team is so disappointing and an embarrassment…..I recall reading several comments on this board similar to that. Well, I guess this team proved some of you fairweather fans wrong!
What was really disappointing and embarrassing were fans like this giving up on this team and Canham and Dorman. Dorman did an awesome job of handling this staff in this regional especially being behind the 8 ball after losing to St Mary’s.
Like I said, I like this team’s chances of getting to Omaha and hopefully proving some of those doubters this board wrong again!
Win or lose, this team has shown the ability to come back from adversity all season long and deserve better than some of you on this board.
The truth is sometimes a difficult thing to handle Krol, OhioBeav, et al.
From the Rhodes Scholar that thought there was a 10 run rule in a postseason tournament?
Thats rich.
Didn’t think they had it in them to come back through the losers bracket.
Way to prove me wrong boys……
How we feeling about beating FSU?
How we feeling?…………..Not gonna bet against these boys, they’re having too much fun!
Not that you want it to happen but coming through the losers bracket was a blessing in disguise. Got to get a lot of the pitching staff some good run and the hitting was so good that they weren’t forced to give anyone a crazy pitch load
I am happy to be proven wrong. I had said this team wouldn’t make it out of the regionals.
If you haven’t figured out which most of you probably haven’t based on the your lack of….,,
USC is not a good team!!! TCU isn’t much better.
St Mary’s is solid midmajor
All 3 are better coached just don’t have the talent or baseball money.
Beavs will have their hands full with FSU and will probably stretch it to 3 games but same as last year Canham will screw it up they way he did Kentucky. Lol
Agreed for the most part but for TCU, they seem like a solid, if not great.
A few pundits pick TCU to upset us in the regional.
Go root for the ducks. Oh wait a minute …..
Your argument might hold weight if Oregon State didn’t beat them all by a combined score of 50-6. So even if they are mediocre, OSU dominated like a good team would.
Did you seriously type that?
Beavs at home faced all scrub pitching except the loss
Please know the game
Why’d they only roll out their scrubs?
Guess vandy, UT, uga etc just threw their scrubs too, weird strategy
Oh I see. So when they win it’s scrub pitching, but when they lose it’s good pitching. Sounds like an argument a 5 year old rival fan would make.
Why did Nikegon throw their scrubs?
Are they stupid?
Not to take the joy out of this thread, and this won’t, but updates on NIL in Oregon:
“Oregon NIL bill passes Senate, nears governor’s desk
A bill that modifies existing Oregon law governing college athletes earning money from their Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) passed the Oregon Senate Monday and has nearly cleared the Legislature.
The bill would provide a legal foundation for college athletic programs like Oregon and Oregon State to begin paying student-athletes directly.
That likely won’t start happening until after July 1, when the forthcoming House v. NCAA settlement terms are expected to kick in, pending approval by U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken.
According to a staff summary, HB 3694 would protect NIL contracts from public disclosure and allow institutions to pay athletes directly.
The amendment to the bill adopted by the Senate Education Committee removed language which would have banned student-athletes from taking NIL deals for “alcohol, drugs, gambling, firearms, sexual entertainment, hate speech, violence, or other topics prohibited by the higher education institution.”
Lawmakers removed that language, conceivably allowing such deals, due to concerns about violating the First Amendment, according to chief sponsor Rep. John Lively, a Springfield Democrat.
Senate Republican Leader Daniel Bonham of The Dalles said the removal of that provision was the “final straw” that convinced him to vote against the bill championed by fellow Republican Suzanne Weber on Monday.
Bonham has historically supported compensating athletes for their name and image in the past, he said. But he and others opposed to the bill said Monday that the rules are going too far, allowing large schools to poach talent from smaller and less wealthy schools because they can pay more or help student athletes earn better advertising deals.
“This went from honoring the students’ intangible benefits to the community to now a money making scheme,” Bonham said. “I never thought that’s what it should become.”
“Just a few teams are going to control who wins and who loses,” argued Sen. Fred Girod, a Stayton Republican.
Democrats Deb Patterson, Mark Meek and Chris Gorsek joined Republicans in opposition to the bill.
The bill as written has the backing of University of Oregon’s athletic department, with Deputy Athletic Director Lisa Peterson repeatedly testifying in support.
“States around the country have amended or are in the process of amending their NIL laws to allow colleges and universities to pay student-athletes directly,” Peterson said on April 30. “Oregon must follow to remain competitive. … Without similar action, Oregon will fall behind in the national recruiting landscape and lose players to other colleges and universities in other states that allow such payments.”
Lively said Oregon State supports the bill as well, with two OSU student-athletes testifying in support including star gymnast Jade Carey. No OSU athletic department officials testified either way, however.
OSU Athletic Director Scott Barnes did not immediately respond to a request for comment but previously stressed the importance of federal legislation.
Barnes is on the committee of college sports stakeholders that crafted the parameters of the House settlement. Some in the industry raised concerns that HB 3694 may run counter to certain aspects of the House settlement, including on issues of the proposed $20.5 million salary cap per school and the NCAA’s ability to enforce NIL rules.
Schools like Oregon State say they won’t likely come close to the proposed salary cap. But perennial athletic powerhouses like Ohio State, Texas and Oregon have more than enough financial backing to go beyond that number, with the Longhorns reportedly spending twice that on football alone in the final year before regulation begins.
Legal questions continue to swirl around the business of college sports, all while power conferences like the Big Ten and SEC reportedly consider their future membership in the NCAA.
But the Oregon bill’s language appears to remedy salary cap and enforcement concerns, as athletes will be required to disclose their deals to the NCAA under HB 3694:
“A student athlete who enters into a contract that provides compensation to the student athlete for use of the student athlete’s name, image, likeness or athletic reputation shall disclose the contract for the sole purpose of demonstrating compliance with (proposed NCAA rules under the House settlement),” the bill reads.
Questions about certain aspects of HB 3694 conflicting with the House settlement could be rendered moot if Congress passes a federal NIL bill and President Donald Trump signs it. That would take precedence and attempt to codify a nationwide standard based on the settlement’s framework.
Momentum on that front is unclear, however. Barnes said the NCAA and member institutions have been lobbying for it in Washington, D.C., in recent months as the House settlement case nears its conclusion.
“We’re trying to build infrastructure to create consistency and standards at a national level,” Barnes said in March. “Any variation of those standards limits the effectiveness of what we’re building. It’s not unlike past years with NIL where there is a patchwork of different state legislation, and the standards aren’t consistent, so you have different opportunities for different student-athletes instead of the same access and same opportunities.”
The Oregonian/OregonLive’s Sami Edge contributed to this report.
https://www.oregonlive.com/sports/2025/06/oregon-nil-bill-passes-senate-nears-governors-desk.html
I wish we’d just remove “College” from college football. Get these people off campus and make this an unaffiliated pro sport. We can then sign amateurs who want to play at a school. Whatever this is now is a Frankenstein product.
Wooot! Racers are moving on! Suck it SEC!
Vanderbilt-Eliminated
Alabama-Eliminated
Miss. St.-Eliminated
Florida-Eliminated
Kentucky-Eliminated
Georgia-Eliminated
Texas-Eliminated
Ole Miss – Eliminated
Oklahoma
Auburn
Tennessee
Arkansas
Oklahoma lost the early game today and are out too.
LSU ends up winning, so 4 SEC teams out of 13 survived.
And Tennessee/Arkansas will knock one more team out before Omaha
LSU (45-15) down 5-1 to Arkansas Little Rock (27-33) T4
It just means more
When will tickets go on sale? Tomorrow?
I know I’m hard on Mitch and company, but major props to every. This series took some massive resilience and skill. It appears the team may be getting hot again at just the right time. Still don’t think they’ll be an Omaha team, but would love to be proved wrong again.
So, you say you have a hard on for Mitch. I guess that’s not too surprising…..
Kind of nice to have four games that didn’t grind your guts for 9 innings. Go Beavers. Hell, they even bunted a bit this weekend.
I read that Tyce P has shown splints? If true, those aren’t any fun…..
Any idea who he showed them to?
I love the dunderheads who announce injuries like, “So And So will be out two weeks with an ankle.”
And I’m thinking, “If he only has one ankle left, won’t it take longer than two weeks?”
Going to the 9th, LSU Roid Ragers up 7-6, Little Rock gets last at bat.
Props to the pitching staff, they showed out these last 4 games. Love the offensive display these last 4 games too. Got plenty of long balls but didn’t reley solely on them. FSU staff looks to be much better than what we faced recently, which is to be expected, so hopefully we can keep the approach at the plate going and carry this momentum through the weekend. I think the keys to success are still the same. We need TC and Talt to continue being a key part of the offense to keep pressure of Arquette, Turley and Weber. This offense can be tough in multiple aspects if more than 3 guys are involved.
If the starting pitching can continue to give 6 innings of solid work, that’s huge for us. I do think we’re better off being able to avoid having to give too many innings to the 4th and below options in the pen.
We need Goss to be loud too. Sounded pretty hostile these last 4 games and we’ll need that true homefield advantage.
It sounded like fans were helping opposing pitchers know how many consecutive balls they’d throw.
Apparently a new record crowd again today.
Damn, v. FSU would be so fun to see….
Just checked FSU team stats and their offense is very good as they hit .311 as a team and 100 HRs. SOS was #23 in the nation and their team ERA is 4.59 (if I remember correctly). Their road record was 12-6 so they played a heavy home schedule.
They will be a formidable opponent for the beavers so it should be an interesting series
Alex Lodise is FSU best hitter, I just hope Mitch and Dorman aren’t as stubborn as they were in 2022 when pitching to Auburn 1B, who single handled beat us in super. The gap between Lodise and their next best hitter it isn’t as glaring as Auburn from 2022, but don’t let their best hitter beat you.
They also have a true ace in Jamie Arnold who is projected to go top 5 in the draft. When he is on, he is nasty. Low arm slot lefty hander who touches 96, with plus off speed stuff. Found this comparison when looking at his draft profile. “His floor looks like a Cooper Hjerpe type, while his upside could be Chris Sale.”
So his floor is being National Pitcher of the Year.
Great.
Or are they throwing in the Tommy John, as well?
Arnold could be a real problem. However, if you review his season stats, he pitched great against bad teams like you would expect. He had 14 starts and was pulled at 5 innings or less in 8 of them.
He was 5-2 vs current CWS contenders- @ Miami, NC both losses; @Louisville, Duke both wins; got the win vs Miss St this past weekend, also had wins against Clemson, Wake Forest and was the beneficiary of a big offensive output during most of his starts.
Behind him, at least statistically, their pitching looks good, but not great. Pretty good depth but no standouts.
Since Segura pitched yesterday, I would imagine Dax gets the start this Friday. There’s a decent chance I’ll be at the game Friday. So if you see a 5’2″ 275 balding guy sitting behind homeplate with a sign that says Ohiobeav, Krol and Whiskey soaked napkin, you guys suck! It ain’t me! It’s probably another admirer of those three stooges. Lol
Relax…we can all have opinions and make comments. This forum is my favorite ongoing sports conversation so don’t let me bother you. I have my say, make my observations, make predictions and express my reactions to OSU sports success and failures. I’m a Beaver fan and I’m not going anywhere.
Tinkle still stinks as a coach.
Mitch needs to get to Omaha.
Bray may be the next Kyle Whittingham.
Rueck is a genius.
Casey is the GOAT.
Riley stayed around too long.
Erickson should have stayed longer.
You can leave anytime.
Also, I hate Lynn Snyder.
What about current AD Scott Barnes? :)
Please don’t leave as I enjoy the comedy you provide. You should have been a comedian instead of a wannabe coach.
Exactly. Id still have a beer with 99% of the folks here
Comment of the day. I agree.
Some people.
Its not a dick. Dont take it so hard
Bray may be the next Kyle Whittingham.
Haha.
You don’t like Bray? Or you don’t think the game, in it’s current iteration, allows for a Whittingham type anymore?
I believe this is the first comment with mentioning SEC bias
Well…I had it in there but edited it out just before posting. :)
Love seeing Mitch’s teams respond to the pressure. This is similar to all of Casey’s teams. I like this matchup. FSU has only played on the west coast once at Cal Berkeley this year. They went 14-7 at away/neutral games. Bodes well for us. After losing the first game, you could see these boys lock in. Let’s see if that focus carries on into this weeks games.
Didn’t realize we’ve never played FSU. You’d think as good as both schools have been the last 20 some years we would have played a game somewhere.
https://www.latimes.com/sports/usc/story/2025-06-02/usc-baseball-oregon-state-ncaa-tournament
“Sophomore Laif Palmer entered after just USC’s third hit of the game. He induced the fifth double play of the day and got another groundout to close out the game. All three Oregon State pitchers fired mid-90s fastballs, something rare among USC pitchers and too much for the Trojan hitters to handle.
“We had a hard time controlling their arms,” Stankiewicz said. “The fastball was pretty hot.”
The Trojans struck out 27 times in the two games against the Beavers. Ethan Hedges, their most developed hitter, reached base five times in nine plate appearances, but he was the lone USC player to have success.
The Trojans couldn’t control Oregon State’s arms or its fearsome heart of the lineup as three of the Beavers four big boppers — Aiva Arquette, Gavin Turley and Trent Caraway — hit home runs.”
The Big Boppers!
Will it stick?!?
Always fun to read perspectives from the opponents home media.
Duck fans still whining about the malicious contact rule against them in their loss to Cal Poly. I personally thought it was the right call according to Rule 8-7 although I don’t really agree with the actual rule but that’s another story.
Boo freaking whoo, cry me a river you sniveling turd munchers!
When you put up that sign this weekend, let duck fans know how often you waste time caring about their fans.
You like dick fans….good for you. I don’t so anytime I can get a jab in, it’s a good thing.
Looks like game starts at 3-PM pacific on ESPN2.
Eddie madrigal in portal?
I like it, doubt we can afford him though with those stats.
Nicks cousin, and has played at Goss and seen our home atmosphere, so maybe that works in our favor.
Arquette was arguably the top portal transfer last year so OSU has some pull. With that being said, I don’t think 1B is a position of need next year as Krieg and Peterson will both likely be back.
Apparently Krieg has been working on a swing adjustment. A full year of this coupled with his D would greatly improve his draft stock.
https://x.com/isaac_streeter/status/1929964002169500026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1929964002169500026%7Ctwgr%5E0a21471c299647e217678b2d2d4a62a7d968cb9a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbennyshouse.com%2Fthread%2F29653%2Fkrieg-swing-adjustment
Madrigal plays 1st base?
Listed as an OF/1B but primarily played 1st this year.
Potential transfer to OSU?
Noles fan board lighting it up with, “we won’t lost to a team with no conference. Noles in two games.”. Of course fans will talk crap all day long so……
……we won’t lose…..
I noticed earlier today in of our D quality control coaches tweeted a Beaver Lock tweet, but didnt see any announcement since. My guess is it will be DE Adel Dorr.
https://247sports.com/player/adel-dorr-46152777/
If so, it looks like we beat the entire new PAC for him. It’s nice to be on top!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85J6Fd1BbEk
Let’s Wrap Up Our PAC-12 Expansion Talk (Pt. 4 Texas St, Creighton, & Summary)
Creighton?
Someone’s huffing glue.
Didnt Tinkle hint at Wichita State as a bball only add? Something about “shock the world” ?
I would take Wichita.
They moved to the AAC to play all the teams that left for the Big XIIIIII. Their recent poor coaching decisions have been just that–recent. And I saw a chart the other day that they spend more on athletics than both UTSA and Tulane. And they don’t even have a football team.
So they’re lost in the AAC, can’t go back to the MVC, even if they wanted to, and they could make sense as a travel partner for either the Big East or the Pac 12… with an exit fee of only $5m.
Are you a lineman for the county?
“…after a late-season turnaround and West Coast Conference title in 2025, the Beavers didn’t lose a single player to the portal this offseason. OSU coach Scott Rueck said he is excited about the team’s additions ahead of the 2025-26 season.
“I feel good for a couple of reasons,” Rueck said. “I love who we have returning. Their journey last year developed a lot and recreated a culture they’re proud to be a part of. And these additions we have complement exactly what we needed and add depth. We addressed all of our needs.”
The Beavers finished 19-16 last season, earning a No. 14 seed in the NCAA tournament before a 70-49 loss on the road at No. 3 North Carolina that played much closer than the final score, at least in the first half.
The Beavers lost three senior stalwarts in forward Kelsey Rees, post Sela Heide and guard A.J. Marotte. Rees and Marotte were the Beavers’ top two scorers during the 2024-25 season.
But the Beavers return a backcourt of Tiara Bolden, Catarina Ferreira and Kennedie Shuler, along with several young players Rueck said are ready to take the next step.
“We saw it a year ago with Portland, in our conference. They had so much experience returning,” Rueck said. “When you return experience in your backcourt, that honestly puts you ahead a month or two. If not more.”
In the portal, OSU added 6-5 North Carolina State forward Lizzy Williamson and 6-8 Utah center Néné Sow. Both are able to protect the rim, fitting the mold of OSU centers in terms of size, but with unique games.
“Lizzy and Néné are so on-brand for who we are and the post players we’ve had previously,” Rueck said. “They’re both veterans, and both had injuries in the past but we expect them to be fully healthy by the time we get to the season. Lizzy has a bit more of a perimeter game, and Néné is more of a true five. They are a great complement to this group of perimeter players.”
The Beavers also signed former Washington State guard Jenna Villa, who has two years of eligibility. The three transfers bring a wealth of experience, including Williamson with a trip to the Final Four and Villa with two years as a regular contributor for the Cougars.
“If you have an opportunity to add the experience and skillset that Jenna brings, you do it,” Rueck said. “I’ve known Jenna and watched her since she was a freshman in high school on the circuit. She is such a great fit with what we do and what we’re doing going forward, completely unfazed by high-pressure situations. She’s a very good, complete, big guard.”
The transfers are expected to contribute immediately as the Beavers’ younger players continue to develop.
OSU also signed a pair of incoming freshmen out of Australia, a pipeline for Rueck’s program over the years. Guard Katelyn Field and wing Keira Lindemans shore up the roster and help set it up for the future.
Both hail from the ATC Academy in Australia.
“Kiera is a big guard, physical, an attacking guard is how I’d describe her,” Rueck said. “I love her defense, her rebounding, her ability to get to the rim and finish. She sees the floor extremely well and knock down threes. Such a tough, gritty competitor.
“Katelyn is more of a catch and shoot, plays out of her shot, stretches the floor,” Rueck continued. “Her length and quick release is unbelievably impressive. She just looks like a shooting machine when she catches the ball. It’s so quick and efficient.”
In their final season competing in the WCC before the Pac-12 returns to life, the Beavers expect to be in the mix for a conference title once again. And this time, they can chase that goal with far more stability from the get-go.
“Returning nine that we had, you can’t put a price on that experience,” Rueck said. “We’ve got a group that knows exactly what it takes, went through the highs and lows last year, and came out on top in the end.”
–Ryan Clarke covers college sports for The Oregonian/OregonLive. Reach him at RClarke@Oregonian.com or on Twitter/X: @RyanTClarke.
I think they will be very good next season.
Yeah, if they can get the young players going by mid season, I think they could make the tournament again. A few of last year’s players did that, and they’re going to be much better for next season.
Mitch needs this team to advance to the CWS to remove some pressure off of him and reinforce that this is still the premier program out west and one of the premier programs in the country.
Nah, given this was a transitional season as an independent and the fact he is still bringing in nationally ranked players into the program, the perception that OSU is a blue blood program hasn’t changed. This was confirmed by the playoff committee slotting them as a #8 seed in the tourney. So the notion that there’s pressure on him is just some goofs on this board that think they know much more about baseball than they really do and they know exactly who I’m referring to.
I’m sure that Canham feels pressure to make Omaha but not bc he’s on the hot seat. Every coach wants to get to Omaha but there’s a stark reality that only 8 coaches win that privilege.
Canham and his staff have done an absolutely excellent job this season playing a road heavy schedule and putting these guys in the current situation they’re on whether they get to Omaha or not.
You seem deep in the feels, you ok buddy?
I’m fine just telling it like it is and if the Beavs lose to FSU, I won’t be jumping off a bridge…maybe just go skydiving without a parachute and blame Canham and Dorman. Lol
Because they are an independent and not in a power 4 or 5 conference I think they can lose this “blue blood” program status quickly. The quality of opponents in the new Pac will not be as good as the old Pac so that will weigh down on them also. If they make the CWS this year that would definitely buy them more credibilty as a blue blood. Canham should be feeling some heat as he had never advanced out of the Supers having excellent talent.
I listened to John Canzano podcast, interview w FSU beat writer – the Beavs might as well not bother to play. He hopes FSU doesn’t play “down to the level of the competition.” He also seems to think they are coming to play against Oregon. Peter Holland didn’t seem to realize he was being interviewed by – like him or not- a nationally recognized journalist. Canzano let him rattle on, finally cutting him off w ‘gosh, “do those guys put on their pants 1-leg at a time or just jump into them?” PH squeaky laughed and laughed – not a clue. Now would not be a time to comment – but it adds fuel to the fire and after the Beavs win . . .
Side by side comparison offensively
OSU. FSU
Team batting Ave. .292. .311*
Team batting Ave opp….229*. .232
OPS…………………………….911. .937*
Runs ,………………………….449* 433
Runs opposition ………….269. 263*
HRs,,……………………………. 98. 100*
HRs opponents…………… 55* 57
Slugging %..,………………. .508. .529*
Slugging % opponents… .355* .389
BB. .,……………………….. 359*. 255
BB Opponents…………….. 245. 243*
HBP….,……………………….. 55. 64*
HBP Opposition………….. 64. 59*
Strikeouts………………….. 498. 487*
Strikeout Opponents.,….. 608* 569
OB%…………..,…….. . ………411* .408
OB%…..opp…………………..335* ..344
SB-Att…………………………35-50. 68-84*
SB-Att Opponents………..50-72* 72-92
SOS ……………………………..#39. #23
Home record……………….21-3. 27-7
Away record………………..24-10-1. 14-7
So these stats are strikingly similar but the categories that are key are walks 355-259 OSU adv, stolen bases 72-92 FSU adv and strikeouts against opponents 608 adv OSU. SOS adv FSU is slightly better, however, FSU played 10 more home games than FSU.
Patience at the plate could lead to more walks and we might be able to steal some bases too…
I’ll checkout some key defensive stats too but offensively, these teams appear pretty evenly matched IMO.
Try comparing both teams’ Round 1 stats…
I don’t know where you can find a cumulative snapshot of just those games for just that regional……
the internet?
Hahaha!!!!!?
Have at it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/collegebaseball/comments/1l3j9uy/super_regional_team_stats/
My bad, misleading title. Those are cumulative stats.
Still one of the best names on the site…
Probably the best handle I’ve seen.
To give insight to the new… this handle was in response to them finding mammoth bones under Reser Stadium (no joke) when construction was being done.
I’m too lazy to look so asked chat for some detailed stats on the regional performances for each team in their respective sries and here is what our ai friend had to say:
2025 NCAA Regional Series Offensive Comparison
Category Oregon State Beavers Florida State Seminoles
Games Played 4 (3–1 record) 3 (3–0 record)
Runs Scored 35 21
Runs Allowed 16 7
**Team Batting Avg.** .292 .311
Home Runs 7 6
Slugging Percentage .506 .528
On-Base Percentage .410 .407
—
? Key Offensive Performers
Oregon State Beavers:
Aiva Arquette: .352 AVG, 18 HR, 65 RBI, .670 SLG, .468 OBP
Gavin Turley: .352 AVG, 18 HR, 64 RBI, .653 SLG, .480 OBP
Florida State Seminoles:
Alex Lodise: .405 AVG, 17 HR, 67 RBI, .736 SLG, .473 OBP
Max Williams: .318 AVG, 18 HR, 49 RBI, .605 SLG
—
Analysis
Oregon State: Demonstrated a potent offense during the regional, averaging 8.75 runs per game. Their lineup showcased depth and power, with significant contributions from Arquette and Turley.
Florida State: While scoring fewer total runs, FSU maintained a higher team batting average and slugging percentage. Lodise’s exceptional performance, complemented by Williams’ power hitting, underscores their offensive efficiency.
Both teams enter the Super Regional with formidable offenses, setting the stage for a competitive matchup.
I just looked at defensive and pitching stats and these teams are so closely matched it’s really quite interesting. On paper, this series looks dead even but the x-factor IMO will be the travel and home field advantage going to OSU. I don’t see any of these games really being high scoring but rather along the lines of 5-4, 6-5, 3-2 despite both teams hitting lots of HRs this season.
As it stands right now, the Beavs have six quality arms that could start:
Segura (yes, I know he had a rough game vs St Mary’s)
Keljo
Whitney
Kleinschmit
Queen
DeCremer
I would expect Whitney, Kleinschmit and Segura/Keljo to get starts with Queen and DeCremer out of the bull pen. However, Queen has been so good lately, I could see him getting a start too.
I like the beavers chances playing at home and their confidence should be good to go after disposing of teams in the regional…GO BEAVS!
Game 1 is 6 pm EDT, game 2 9:00 pm EDT, so I’ll be curious to see if its much of a factor for FSU.
Tallahassee is running high 80’s low 90’s temp, 85% humidity (now)….Corvallis Oregon (best college town in the PAC) is predicted to be sunny all weekend and 85, 87, 91 this Fri/Sat/Sunday….lower humidity than FLA, should be an easy adjustment.
With those temps, you attending in person might have to avert thine eyes from co-eds…
Please send some of that sunny warm weather to the midwest where we have been unusually cool and wet.
You can have the heat domes.
Those things suck, unless you’re trying to kill plants.
I’ll take it! Use to heat and humidty. The older I get the less I like the cold.
I saw OOB wanted my analysis so here it is,
Forget stats, matchups, all the nitty gritty crap. Every team is very good at this point. They have stars, Beavs have stars. This series really comes down to coaching. Can Mitch get his team over the last hurdle to Omaha? Every year he’s going to have the talent to get there. Between the high school guys in the pipeline and being a transfer destination, he’ll always have the horses.
This is Mitch’s time to shine. There’s no doubt he’s a good coach. Can he be great? Or is he FSU Mike Martin? Most wins in D1 history, 41 straight post seasons, no titles, and only 2 runner up finishes.
Last time I checked, coaches coach but players play. The coaches can only put the players in position to be successful but it’s up to the players to execute and get the job done.
Don’t get me wrong bc coaching is important but ultimately it’s up to the players to do the job. Canham and Dorman can have a great game plan but that’s only as good as the execution of the plan…
Stats matter too bc they dictate situational strategies such as where to position your infielders and outfileders, where to locate a pitch on a hitter that’s predominantly a pull hitter or goes the opposite way, etc.
Even in college ball it’s about the analytics and that’s why stats are so important. So at this point, you have to gain every advantage as you can and a large part of that is understanding the stats.
Assistant coaches assist, bat boys bat…announcers announce…vendors vend…haters hate….
And your point being what?
Mitch 100% blew the Auburn super regional in 2022, Auburn had 1 bat capable of beating us and he continued to pitch to the Big 1B.
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Lmao… Typically we call the head coach in baseball a Manager. That’s a key distinction. The coaching comes from your specific position coaches (ie. Batting and Pitching). So I can’t blame Mitch for batting or pitching development but we can blame him for keeping the same folks if they aren’t performing. The stats show they are doing a good job. Hard to fire someone for doing good unless you have a top tier replacement in line.
I do know Mitch’s crew developed the number 1 pick Travis Bazzanna. He wasn’t considered one of the top international prospects out of high school. Highly recruited not elite.
If they keep producing MLB players they will have no trouble landing talent.
Thanks for chiming in, Bill.
I hope you are correct when you opine “he’ll always have the horses”, the way college athletics is changing makes me wonder how long the Beavs will attract/afford the horses if Mitch falters at all.
I’ve been tied up with PT 658 and the Rose Festival fleet week activities, will try to catch with ab as those activities wind down.
USC aoki is in portal as well
Solid lefty from Virginia is in the portal but I don’t know if someone here has already commented on him…
Aoki was tremendously complimentary of OSU’s setting, field and fans when he was interviewed during USC’s game on Saturday. Maybe he wants to become a Beaver.
anyone else trying to get tickets from ousbeavers.com? sold out instantly
Yeah trying to get a ticket to Beaver Baseball especially in post season is akin to winning the lottery, or so it feels. I know people with season tickets of course they never let go of any and maybe you can find some on the secondary market. Right now seatgeek has left field bleachers at $800+, each.
Of course watching a game on tv you’ll see all the coaches from OSU in seats and each team has an allotment, then there are the scouts, dignitaries and hangers on… I quit trying eons ago.
Do games routinely sell out during the season? You’d think they would figure out ways to add seats if the demand is there. Bleachers aren’t that expensive.
Goss is generally close to sell-out or sold out for regular home games. They do add bleachers in left field for the post-season. Not enough perhaps given the demand.
I’d guess a future vision has to be building up right field to add another 2K and begin wrapping the outfield with permanent grandstands, connected to Casey’s Corner.
If the right field stands were built roughly the height of the the Omaha room and wrapped to the batters eye wall, they could easily add another 2K. Probably a delicate balance of not wanting to build it too big and then it feels somewhat empty. A sold out stadium makes for an exciting venue and and valuable ticket…
I’m not sure really, my assumption is yes, but that’s based on hearsay that there is a wait to get season tickets. That being said, you can always get tickets from: friend, customer, coworker or worst case scenario secondary market, students are also allotted some tickets. But this time of year no one is letting loose with anything.
What do we think about the Walls kid from Hawai’i?
Mitch and Dorman got a pretty good look at him.
Beaver lock tweet from Bray this morning.
I’m still going with Adel Dorr but shouldnt be long till we know for sure
Dorr it is. Looks like a good pick up.
Winner!
https://x.com/Ryan_Harlan7/status/1930696485286592843?t=d9ouCb8tcAIOhIK-v_G9SQ&s=19
My old tricks still work, sometimes…
I think FSU comes into Goss over-confident and probably dismissive of OSU due to the lack of a conference.
Lots of concern after the last time they flew west (Cal) according to some of their boards. They didn’t show up well and OSU isn’t Cal. We shall see.
Article today on Portland Tribune that didn’t sound like it gave OSU much of a shot due to FSU three lefties. FSU did play a stronger SOS but 34 games at home and only 14-7 away from their place.
These teams are so evenly matched on paper that it’s almost a pick em series. However, I agree with OB that FSU could be over confident coming into Goss. That combined with OSU playing with a chip on their shoulder all season long and playing at Goss, could be the X factors for the Beavs.
I like the beavers chances but I think it is essential they win game #1. If not, it puts a lot more pressure on the beavers. If our hitters continue producing at the plate, it’ll take some of the pressure off our pitching staff. I like our pitching quality of arms and depth.
I’d like to see Talt start the game off for the beavers with a bunt if FSU defensive alignment looks like it could work…Put them on their heels right from the start and apply as much pressure as early and often.
I don’t have any fingernails left to chew on and don’t want to resort to toenails so I hope these games aren’t nail biters as I expect or I’ll be eating leftover toe jam.
Re tickets – Money talks. If you are a donor, you have (had) a pretty good shot at tickets. I’ve been able to get them as they send out an email for a requests a few weeks before the end of the regular season.
This year might have higher demand than normal as they had so few home games.
In the past they have sent out surveys on what people would be interested in adding at Goss. Club seats, loge boxes, expanded capacity etc. Don’t think those are happening unless there’s a big donor willing to foot the bill.
Does anyone know if Canham and company are pursuing the Oregon 6A Player of the Year, Kaeden Cruse?
https://baseballnorthwest.com/profiles/kcruse
https://www.oregonlive.com/highschoolsports/2025/06/all-state-baseball-2025-oregons-top-class-6a-stars.html
He committed to Clark College about a month ago
Ah, didn’t see that. Thanks for the info.
I watched Grant play Salem two weeks ago and grant was my pick to win it all. They have a bunch of ball players on that team and completely dominated an undefeated Salem team…
Were the games close? Did you eat any toenails?
https://youtu.be/UWcsDqMsLy8?si=-tLUNewuA4wW8xSH
Video of OSU baseball facilities.
Freeman up with a piece focused on pitching but with interesting quotes from players on other aspects of the Super.
Sounds like a pretty confident bunch, but realistic about their progress facing lefties with junk.
No paywall here:
https://archive.ph/AKrUA
I can imagine what batting practice was like this week.
In case you didnt see it already this morning, we have another new football commit for 2026.
Lance McGee out of Yakima, WA. No position listed but noticed he was recruited by our Safeties coach.
Basically all offers are new Pac or MW teams.
https://247sports.com/recruitment/lance-mcgee-165702/recruitinterests/
https://x.com/ptgraphics0/status/1931037031716594070?t=UZyWzE2R_bWy79vd3heiOA&s=19
Cue the angry fans calling a 16 year old kid out for calling OSU the “University of Oregon State”
Also: “Get off my lawn!!”
I’m guessing offer lists are now basically aligned with how much money teams are offering.
Watching Miami vs Louisville and lo and behold there was Tanner Smith, ex-OSU starting catcher last year. I remember now that he entered the transfer portal after last season, but I never knew the reason. He hails from Arizona and he had a starting job with OSU. Anyone know why??
I don’t remember anything official, but I think it was related to his starting spot being in question for this season, as he hit .221 last year.
Dax gets the start and Tyce is DH while Kreig at 1st base.
Dax likes those black tops, even at 80+degrees.
First big coaching decision by Mitch. Don’t think many would be too critical here. Wonder if Segura is available in relief if they go all in to win game 1.
Soon as I saw the TV schedule I knew we would miss the first hour of the Beavs game. These games always run long!
On espnnews right now
Lot of pitches, but no runs, and looked confident
Dax pitch count is climbing fast. Yikes
Dorman’s judgement on trial today.
1 run in, but that 8-6-2 out at the plate is the kind of things of which momentum us made.
I think that might be game. They don’t seem to have it today.
Hahaha!!! These are 20 something yr old kids with many momemtum swings.
You’re calling it, 0-1 loss after 2 innings? Impressive.
Just look at how this is going. We have nothing for them.
Hold on, grasshopper, first time through the lineup doesn’t tell the whole story.
But, I agree it’s time to give Dax some run support.
You are the worst kind of “fan”
too bad
Game over. Pathetic.
Sounds like the season is over, better luck next year I guess.
This ump has no consistency
Lot of game left but definitely like FSU approach much better early on here. Dax at 60+ already and their guy is at 19 to start the 3rd. We’ll be going to bullpen early even if Dax doesn’t give up many runs, he’s only got 2 more innings at his rate to be around 100. Lefties have given us trouble all year and FSU has a lot of them.
Agree.
However in a 2 of 3 series using the pen isn’t as serious as it was in the regional. Still gotta us the pen wisely.
Dam, should have held him
Should have paid attention to the injury report on Tyce. That out is on Joey.
BTW, TV commentators clueless on this matter.
What’d they say on TV?
Raved about the FSU defense on that play
Yep. That’s game.
Great! You can leave the thread now.
My pre-season gambit still stands. If this team makes Omaha, I leave the site.
I must’ve missed that. I see your angle now.
You can leave now bc you SUCK!!!
PATHETIC
You were nonexistent during the regional domination. I don’t think your fooling anyone still
That’s not true. I made posts giving the team props. I give them props when things are going well, and criticize when things are bad.
I gladly saw none of your posts during all 4 regional wins. Good try. After you said season was done too. Thank you
I’ve never seen any of your posts ever.
You’re a schmuck fan and that’s Pathetic!
Big miss by Joey at 3rd. You’d have runners at 2nd and 3rd with 1 down and Talt at the plate. Bunt or sac fly ties it up. Momentum shifted too. Dax at 70 pitches to start the 4th. Be lucky to get 5 out of him as I think he already set a season/career high in his last appearance at over 100 pitches. Probably don’t want to do that too many times in a row.
High pitch counts are a CWS tradition though
A 12 pitch 4th makes it 82 pitches, Dorman has to earn his $ now. Not sure it’s smart to go for 100.
If Tyce takes the inside angle to the plate he scores.
Agree. I thought the same thing. To far outside the baseline.
Hard to assume the throw would be so wide to the outside of the plate, seems better percentages to slide just as Tyce did. Joey’s fault.
That’s game.
FSU defense not so stellar when vs a healthy runner.
Gotta hand it to FSU coaching, they made Dax pitch.
Really proud of Dax! What a great outing for the freshman and he’ll be a Beav for two more years!
I love the small ball! Only thing missing is steals and hit n runs.
Speaking of D, the FSU pitcher gets a D……or maybe an F
Called the first bunt but not sure he one by Talt. I love small ball.
…….but not the second one by Talt.
Yep. Game.
No, you said 0-1 was game. You keep moving the goalposts. Can you just tell us the final score then leave?
Well, at least you’re consistent in a very pathetic way. This is a great game but only someone like you would call it pathetic.
this moving strike zone though
Yeah, he’s been consistently inconsistent.
Just about to say I’ve seen enough of Keljo when he gives up run #3, very nice pick off by Weber to end the inning. Beavs with 9 outs left.
3-1 Noles b7
I’m just about done with this team. People in here have had goldfish memories for the last week. Do people even think about why we had to win 4 in a row last week in the first place? This is the same team we’ve seen all year, and a Mitch team at that. They aren’t clutch, especially in the post season. We faltered against most of our better foes this year. There’s a reason why. Mitch teams have blown huge leads including a 9-run lead in the 9th inning, had multiple dubious super regional and regional performances, and came in 2nd place in the PAC 12 the last three years in a row before the collapse due to bad weekend series against subpar opponents.
It’s year 6 for Mitch. Omaha is an almost must. It’s been 6 years since we’ve been there. We’re veering dangerously close to no longer being a consistent contender in our wheelhouse sport. Our reputation likely secured us the top 8 seed this year. How much longer does that last if we keep flaming out in the Supers? With all that’s happened to our athletics program over the past few years, we need this.
You have lost all credibility here
He never had any to begin with.
What did I say that was false?
“That’s game.”
Everything you say is FALSE but that’s what happens when UR a duck fan masquerading as a beaver fan…
Good and we’re done with you.
Top of the order will come up for Beavs in the eighth.
I don’t understand how we always come out flat in game 1. Offense just disappears in the Supers. This wasn’t their ace either so it’ll be a steeper hill tomorrow.
I wouldn’t say they came out flat bc that pitcher was hitting his spots with his breaking stuff. The Beavs have issues with lefties that throw off speed breaking stuff.
Scoring 1 run is flat.
Maybe USC wasn’t very good…
Hutch can’t give up any runs here. Need to go into bottom 8th at 3-1!
You must be behind lol
Team should be ashamed of themselves.
Wya??
Ah yes, the old stare down strike three as it goes down the middle strategy we’ve become so accustomed to.
That was a clear ball on Caraway. Terrible call
That check swing was a swing but they’ve been all over the place today on that
I don’t think it cost the Beavs the game but this home plate ump sucks
I think studentbeaver is sad because the team he actually roots for didn’t make the super regionals. So he can’t do anything but try and rain on the beavers. Too bad, beavers already did better than your team!
These guys strike out looking a lot…
That strike zone hitting app they use has a new update we can’t afford.
!!!!!!
FSU defense sloppy again, LF poor on Krieg’s game tying hit in the b9.
Not saying he could have prevented the scores, just that he has been sub par all game and may be a factor yet.
Eat that Student Bitch!
Finish it boys. Please.
Fuck right off.
Get the fuck out
You’re pathetic. Angy Beavs should kick you off this board you douche bag!
Hey studentbeaver..,.. absolutely pathetic right you douche bag!
But he’s an aware bro.
Come on.
Respect the metaphorical bun.
What a game!
Wow, that was awesome
Fuck yeah!
What a come back! What a finish!
I’m sorry guys, I’m serious, I get a bit negative when we’re losing, I was wrong, and I admit it. Pile on if you want, but you have to admit things looks outright dire for most of this game.
What a great comeback! Coming up big when it matters!
It always does, it’s the Beavers. But you gotta believe in our boys.
My lessons towards Canham/Dormsn made me think the Beavs would make it out of a regional.
I was wrong, but enjoyed watching this (in an internet stat box).
“Lessons?” Pessimism.
The only reason you’re sorry is bc the beavers WON and on the process made you look like the fool that you are. Don’t bother commenting on any remaining games although I know you will especially if the Beavs lose bc that’s the kind of troll that you are. Your so-called apology is so transparent it bleeds green and yellow or whatever colors your overrated ducks wear. Enjoy your humiliation as it is well deserved!
That’s the problem, you always start by speak so authoritatively… and end up looking like a dumb fuck
Get lost!
Well you got to keep complaining at this point… or else you might cause them to lose
At least you admit you’re a bitch
It was 2-1 for most of the game. So your comment about the game looked dire is a comment of ignorance. You do understand how baseball works right?
U suk
That was so fun to watch, especially for real Beaver fans!
Hey Student Beaver! Eat shit!!!
Do you know MammothBoner6969?
We haven’t met yet, but we should.
Is that game?
Great win!
I’ve ragged on Dorman as much as anyone but, gotta say today Beavs pitchers fielded their position several levels above the Noles.
Also, some of the decision making and slow handling in the Noles outfield provides opportunities to watch for.
OTOH, the Noles catcher made a classy play to get the force at the plate in the 10th.
Also #2….Krieg still playing good D
Also #3….Look at the pitching line: only 4bb, 1wp, no hbp, and 15 k’s
Also #4….Ya gotta feel good for Macias and Hubbard, being involved in the excitement at the end when they’ve not had much playing time this season.
Some big at bats by Hubbard, Macias and of course Krieg.
Great win! Im glad they made clutch plays and clutch hitting. I have been doubtful whether they had it in them but this puts a lot of those doubts to rest for me. Great team great coaching great comeback.
Now finish them tomorrow and pack for Omaha!!!
Yeah, that game was up there with their game 2 comeback win against the Hogs in the 2018 CWS final!
That had to be a gut punch to FSU to lose that game like that. The Beavs need to jump on them early tomorrow.
That’s a massive gut punch to FSU
Hopefully it carries over to tomorrow.
RE Footballl:
“CRANE — The gravel road to Riverside Ranch twists through an ocean of sagebrush like a snake, biting holes in tires and kicking up dust. It runs along the South Fork Malheur River, steering around sheer cliffs and getting bumpier across the line from Harney into Malheur County.
On a rugged hill above the brush, daisies are in full bloom. May rains brought forth yellow flowers spread across a breathtaking landscape, not a sign of human life for miles.
Cattle begin to appear in spurts below, steering away from the Siegner family’s ranch and on their way to new grazing fields. Eighteen-year-old Cody Siegner is at the back of the line on horseback, encouraging a lame calf to keep up.
His sturdy, 6-foot-7 frame — which helped him earn a football scholarship to Oregon State as a tight end — is imposing in the saddle. He whoops and rides in swift motions to keep the cattle in line. His state championship belt buckle from the Oregon High School Rodeo Association gleams in the high desert sun.
“Oh, look,” Cody’s mother, Jamie Siegner, says from the driver’s seat of a side-by-side ATV perched on the hill.
A single, curious pronghorn has peeked its head through the brush and is headed Jamie’s way. It stares long enough to get the measure of a few unfamiliar humans before bouncing over the horizon.
Back at the foot of the hill, Cody rides ahead of the calf to tend to the rest of the herd. Its pace isn’t picking up, and there isn’t much more he can do. Sweat drips down Cody’s face beneath the shade of his hat.
Adaptation is an essential aspect of ranch life, Cody says. And of football, too.
“You’ve just got to move on to the next thing,” he says. “What’s past is past. If something goes wrong, you can’t always change it. You drop a pass, you don’t get the job done that you need to get done on the ranch, you can’t change that now. So, you’ve got to figure out how to adapt.”
Long, drawn-out moos echo off the hill. Then a man’s booming voice.
“Woo! Woo!”
Cody’s father, former University of Oregon tight end Mitch Siegner, appears below amid the herd of cattle. In a pink shirt, dusty jeans and light-colored Stetson cowboy hat, the red-faced and bespectacled rancher siphons his portion of the herd onto the path.
The ATV rumbles down the hill and flanks Cody as the smell of livestock fills the air. On a far off vista, his older sister Kelsie is rounding up more cattle to join the larger group.
Coming to a stop just outside the next pasture, Jamie takes a deep breath and watches her daughter, son and husband beginning to coalesce behind the last of the cattle. Things are moving quicker than they usually do, and Cody is leading the way with confidence.
“Cody has a lot to learn when he gets to Oregon State,” Jamie says. “But as far as his self-discipline and ability to do hard things, and be in tense situations, that’s all part of this. They have a lot of responsibility. But we’ve also worked hard to balance that for them, so this didn’t become their only life.”
Cody grew up on a cattle ranch in southeastern Oregon, the son and grandson of lifelong ranchers. It’s all he’s known. He describes it as a peaceful if challenging life, with much of the real excitement in his youth coming on the basketball court, football field or rodeo grounds.
The towering tight end out of Crane High School is also a four-time state champion in basketball — catching lobs for thunderous dunks — and a bona fide star on the high school rodeo circuit. His specialty is calf roping, commonly referred to as tie-down, where he’s won multiple state titles and participated in national competition.
Siegner played eight-man football for 1A Crane, with a graduating class of 24 people — large for a town of just 158. He caught the attention of Oregon State, Boise State and Washington State before committing to the Beavers as a three-star prospect.
Mitch played for the Ducks during the early 1990s. Jamie played college basketball at George Fox under current OSU women’s coach Scott Rueck — who also coached Cody’s cousin, Samantha, in Corvallis.
The Beavers first identified and offered Cody a scholarship in 2023 at their high school camp. Coaches were impressed by his combination of size and athleticism, eventually making multiple recruiting trips out to Crane.
Tight ends coach Will Heck has made the nearly six-hour drive from Corvallis to the Siegners’ ranch, meeting both the family and their cattle. Offensive coordinator Ryan Gunderson has been to the high school for multiple games, once getting turned around in a snowstorm between Bend and Burns.
Gunderson said Cody’s athletic background, combined with his inherent toughness and work ethic, should translate well to the next level.
“The kid is not going to shy away from hard work,” Gunderson said. “He’s tough as hell, and I think you have to be tough as hell growing up doing what he’s been doing.”
Cody and his family believe his success in football can be traced back to the rodeo arena, and his upbringing on the ranch. There is little room for excuses, always more work to be done, and a unique acceptance of the myriad factors outside one’s control.
“You’ve got a mother cow, it’s sick or something, you get her in the corral, and you forget to fill her water up. That’s $2,000. And you’re playing with its life,” Cody said. “Something like that, a trial by fire, instills it into you.”
Into the fire
Before Cody could walk, he was on the back of a horse with his dad — one of Mitch’s hands on the reins, and the other keeping his baby boy steady in front of him. By the time he was five years old, he had a rope in hand and was seated on his own, gentle steed. Cody joined Mitch and essentially the whole town at brandings, participated in youth rodeo, and embraced the lifestyle he and his sisters were raised in.
But Cody, Kelsie and Kaitlyn also spent long hours in the car riding to their youth and high school sporting events around the state. All while learning the tricks of the ranching trade and getting plenty of dirt on their boots.
Kelsie plays college basketball for Eastern Oregon University, and younger sister Kaitlyn stars in basketball, volleyball and track as a rising junior at Crane. Much of the family discussion centers around which “rig” to take to a game or practice or community event.
“Sports year round, rodeo, whatever, and they’re just hauling us to all of it,” Cody said. “And I’m really thankful for that, because it gave me a lot of opportunities that some kids from a town this size may not have.”
The halls of the Crane High are narrow, and the classrooms dwarfed in size by workshops for kids to learn the trades: welding, woodwork, metalwork and the like. These come far more in handy for rural life than algebra. Some bring their class projects home for immediate use on the farm.
Most Crane students come from agricultural backgrounds, with the school’s attendance boundary measuring twice the size of the entire Willamette Valley. And because some of its 85 total high school students travel hundreds of miles for school, Crane is a public boarding school with dormitories for them to stay in during the week.
….(long article)
But even amid the fervor of a year-round college football schedule, there will still be time for family, putting in work on the ranch, and what’s left of high school rodeo season. Cody has Oregon State’s permission to take a few days off from football in July to team rope with Tommy Jack at high school nationals in Wyoming. State championships are up first, June 11-14 in Prineville.
…
In a chaotic and fraught time for college football — amid NIL disputes and court hearings, debates and committees — this quiet afternoon in the country feels a long way from it all.
“With all the crazy stuff going on in the transfer portal and everything, I just like to pride myself on being the kid that says, ‘This is where I’m going, this is where I’m going to be for the next four or five years, and I don’t plan on leaving,’” Cody says.
Success or no success, I’m gonna be trying to make it work.”
–Ryan Clarke covers college sports for The Oregonian/OregonLive.
https://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/2025/06/the-heartbeat-of-the-deal-how-a-small-town-rodeo-star-found-his-way-to-oregon-states-football-roster.html
Goss got em.
“A federal judge signed off on arguably the biggest change in the history of college sports on Friday, clearing the way for schools to begin paying their athletes millions of dollars as soon as next month as the multibillion-dollar industry shreds the last vestiges of the amateur model that defined it for more than a century.
Nearly five years after Arizona State swimmer Grant House sued the NCAA and its five biggest conferences to lift restrictions on revenue sharing, U.S. Judge Claudia Wilken approved the final proposal that had been hung up on roster limits, just one of many changes ahead amid concerns that thousands of walk-on athletes will lose their chance to play college sports.
The sweeping terms of the so-called House settlement include approval for each school to share up to $20.5 million with athletes over the next year and $2.7 billion that will be paid over the next decade to thousands of former players who were barred from that revenue for years.”
How many years back are they going to pay players? And is that $2.7 B per school, or all schools all sports? If it’s the latter, I can’t imagine that payout being significant.
I think I read back to 2016.
“There are two major parts of the House settlement: one that looks backward, and one that looks forward.
Looking backward, the NCAA and schools have agreed to pay $2.75 billion to former college athletes who played before 2021. That’s the year the NCAA changed its rules to allow players to sign licensing agreements to earn money from their name, image and likeness rights, known as NIL. Men’s football and basketball players will earn the largest payments, with prominent athletes who played at major schools earning as much as five or six figures.
Going forward, the settlement puts in place a new system that will allow schools to pay players directly. Schools will be able to decide which players to pay and how much to pay them. It is expected that most of the compensation will be reserved for players in the sports that generate the most revenue for schools: primarily football, along with men’s and women’s basketball.
The settlement also sets a salary cap. For each school, player compensation across all sports will count against a cap initially set at $20.5 million and that could rise as high as $33 million in 2035. Also new are roster limits, which replace the traditional scholarship limits for each sport. Schools may grant as many scholarships as they like, but team sizes are limited.
Around half of the NCAA’s 365 Division I schools are expected to adopt the new framework, either because their conferences — the SEC, ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 and PAC-12 — are named as defendants and they are required to comply with the settlement or because they are expected to opt in to its terms, according to court documents filed by lawyers negotiating the settlement. Some schools, particularly those in the lower football subdivision and those without football teams altogether, will opt out of the settlement and continue to compensate athletes only with scholarships and other costs of attendance.
Name, image and likeness
Since 2021, when the NCAA first allowed players to earn compensation from their name, image and likeness rights, NIL payments have become a de facto pay-to-play system. Star players, like Duke’s basketball phenom Cooper Flagg, have earned millions of dollars on these deals.
Another key part of the settlement takes aim at those supersized NIL deals by establishing a third-party clearinghouse to review licensing agreements for “fair market value.”
That concept has been criticized by some in college sports. It is also likely to face legal challenges, said Sam Ehrlich, a professor at Boise State University who tracks college sports litigation.
“There’s going to be significant questions moving forward as to what kind of powers that clearinghouse has and whether the clearinghouse is even legal,” Ehrlich told NPR last month.”
Source:NPR
Watching B9 and 10th highlights on YouTube. Intense.
What a tremendous ending. Great crowd.
Krieg has been huge in the postseason. Good to see.
Who else in men’s sports has 3 national championships according to AI:
Men’s Basketball:
Florida: 2006, 2007, 2025.
Villanova: 2016, 2018
UConn: 2011, 2014, 2023, 2024.
Men’s Baseball (College World Series – Division I):
Oregon State: 2006, 2007, 2018.
LSU: 2009, 2017, 2023.
Men’s Lacrosse (Division I):
Virginia: 2006, 2011, 2019, 2021.
And for football:
Since 2006, the University of Alabama football team has won six national championships: 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, and 2020.
Since 06
Cuse has 10 lax titles, Hopkins has 9
Beavs have about 20 men’s racquetball titles right?
Vegas favors FSU tomorrow, must feel their arm is gonna be lights out.
Both teams so close on paper, but after this game I find it hard to understand how FSU has such a good fielding %. (FSU .980, Beavs .982.)
Even harder to see that their LF (#5) has zero e’s.
Based on today’s game, how do y’all evaluate the entire FSU defense? Am I missing something?
Pressure gets to everyone eventually. LF did have some goofy plays but no obvious errors. The SS has clearly earned his awards, made everything look routine. His diving play on Turley’s groundball in the 10th extended the game, had the ball gotten through, Arquette would have scored easy.
The commentators mentioned too, I think they had a hard time with all turf field, it certainly plays differently than grass and dirt.
I didn’t hear that, makes sense though. Does FSU not play on much artificial surface during the regular season?
The biggest difference is the ball can skip off the turf with enough spin at the right angle. Those circumstances are most common in Texas leaguers and deeper shallow flies.
The turf is easier for the infield D, by far.
Still wondering how much FSU plays on natural vs artificial surface throughout the season. Hard to believe the Goss surface is a brand new experience for the Noles…………now the Goss atmosphere/fans…maybe!
Go away little ducky fan.
Post-game presser with Canham, Singer, and Kreig:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-hJIm5v4Q0&t=797s
Mitch at .688 career winning percentage at OSU would be number 4 among active coaches but doesn’t yet meet the 5 year minimum. Omaha is just a matter of time. Found that surprising.
He made some good ph decisions in this game!
Glad he did not remain neutral.
Let’s Go Beavs!!!! Fun reading this thread from the start of the game through the end.
How critical was it to win game 1? Just read 79% of game 1 winners advance to CWS.
Wonder what the stat is when it’s the host team that wins the first game
Good question. With that stat why wouldn’t you start your ace?
I would have
Yeah, me too!
Mitch Barnhart busy trying to prepare for the future of NCAA sports:
“The University of Kentucky is moving toward housing its athletics department under a new university corporate entity that school officials say will improve their flexibility to handle rising financial pressure from the proposed settlement of three athlete-compensation antitrust cases against the NCAA and Power Five conferences and related demands.
Kentucky athletics director Mitch Barnhart and the university’s executive vice president for finance and administration, Eric Monday, said they were unsure of whether the new entity – being called Champions Blue LLC – would be unique in college sports. But they said that, within the school’s structure, it is being modeled on entities under which its hospitals and other medical services enterprises are housed.
Implementation of the new athletics structure is pending approval by the full Kentucky board of trustees, which is scheduled to meet April 25. The board’s athletics committee unanimously approved the plan April 24, the university said.
Kentucky’s athletics department had nearly $202 million in operating revenue and nearly $197 million operating expense in its 2023-24 fiscal year, according to the annual financial report it submits to the NCAA. That puts the Wildcats among the top 15 publics schools in both categories, according to data compiled by USA TODAY Sports in conjunction with its partnership with the Knight-Newhouse College Athletics Database at Syracuse University.
Barnhart said the athletics department estimates that its expenses for the 2025-26 fiscal year will increase by around $50 million because of the proposed class-action settlement, which failed to receive final approval from a federal judge on April 23 – although the judge is giving the principals 14 days to work out issues related to a component of the deal that the judge ruled is unfair to a sizable group of athlete plaintiffs.
If approved, Division I schools would be able to start paying athletes directly for use of their name, image and likeness (NIL), subject to a per-school cap that would increase over time and be based on a percentage of certain athletics revenues. In addition, the NCAA’s current system of team-by-team scholarship limits would be lifted and athletes would continue to be allowed to have NIL deals with non-school entities.
Barnhart and Kentucky spokesman Jay Blanton said the estimated $50 million increase in expenses comes from its expected NIL payments to athletes (likely $20 million to $23 million), an increase in the number of athletic scholarships it awards ($4 million to $5 million), inflation, spending by the school in connection with efforts it can make to assist athletes with outside NIL deal and an expected loss of sponsorship revenue from companies that instead choose to make NIL deals with athletes.
Monday and Barnhart said that the new entity would allow the athletics department to undertake a variety of business development opportunities and to offer pay and benefit programs to employees – and potentially to athletes – that it cannot under current university policies or cannot do so in an efficient manner.
Barnhart and Monday mentioned public-private partnerships and a number of athletic facility and fan-experience projects.
“You’ve heard other departments talk about business districts and things like that,” Barnhart said. “And those are conversations that are all on the table but really difficult to perform in our current structure. And so this gives us more flexibility to do that.”
Wake Forest, Oklahoma and Kansas are among schools working on mixed-use projects that include new or refurbished athletics facilities.
“We’ve got some ideas on some things that we’re going to have to run the run the traps on, so to speak, to say, ‘Hey, does this work? Does it make sense? Can it produce the things we think are necessary for us to move forward?” Barnhart said. “I do know this … in the old way of life, there were literally four to five buckets that you got all of your revenue from. We’re going to have those four to five buckets become eight to 10 buckets, and we’re going to have to figure out other ways to do our work.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2025/04/24/kentucky-college-athletics-department-corporate-entity/83254218007/
The committee put together to form the House settlement on the P5 side had AD representatives from each of them. Barnes was the rep from the Pac. Barnhart was from the the SEC. And Stansbury repped the ACC.
The only guy missing is Bobby D.
Reading through that, and the arguments that just making players employees would be sOoooo difficult seem to ring hollow.
They’re essentially doing it by jumping through a million hoops. Old fashioned employment accounting is much easier and more efficient.
Agreed. Make them employees, with full time tuition and fees a benefit, or part of direct compensation? You could set salary scales for sports, and probably have comps within and between conferences.
Then you also get the joy of adopting, implementing, and enforcing personnel policies…ha!
Do existing OSU employees get tuition breaks, free tuition, or tuition breaks for family already?
The only thing I wonder is how detailed the 300A posted every February gets to be.
Then they would try to form unions, then there will be contract negotiations, then there will be strikes, and then… no sports.
I expect they would unionize, strike for more pay and benefits on occasion, in person attendance costs for fans increases….
OSU employees do get a tuition break for one family member per year. It must be a state initiative though… a kid that worked for me had a sister attending uo and her professor mom’s tuition discount applied to the sister at uo.
“…sister at uo”, Sorry
June 4, 2025 at 4:19pm, look at the score I predicted…..
Looks like Warner Pacific officially got the win:
https://x.com/wpuknights/status/1930728733029318973
Here’s my pregame speech to the team, “We punch our ticket to Omaha today and I don’t give a dam who they’re throwing at us. Go out and punch that ticket today bc you’ve earned it and deserve it. Here we come Omaha! Then in the background you have the song Panama by Van Halen playing and replace the lyric Panama with Omaha!
If that doesn’t fire them up, nothing will! Lol
FSU were overconfident coming to Corvallis, as people asserted. That’s why they didn’t start Arnold yesterday. They figured they would take game 1 without much trouble, then ice us on Saturday with Arnold for a sweep. Today will be tough, but I like our chances to win 1 of 2. The Beavs continue their momentum from the Regional and I’m confident they’re not taking their foot off the gas today.
I think FSU made a mistake by not throwing Arnold in game 1, but they didn’t lose because of that starter by any stretch. He was likely their most effective junk ball/off speed pitcher, and that has to be the scouting book on the Beavs. Send in an off speed lefty and win game 1, frustrate OSU, then slam the door with Arnold trying to over power the Beavs in game 2.
Flaw in the slaw for FSU now is that Arnold apparently struggles in big games under a lot of pressure, according to some of their fan boards. We shall see. I like the Beavs chances against any team that thinks they will send out a guy to “overpower” the Beavs. Beavs have trouble dialing back the timing on off-speed stuff. They have very little problems timing up power pitchers who throw mid-upper 90s. If Arnold struggles early, he may wilt and the Beavs could pour it on.
It is really good to see so many different guys contributing to that win. I heard an interesting comment regarding the long slumps some of the guys have dealt with this year being attributed to the amount of road travel. They haven’t had a chance to just focus in the cage for extended periods of time and work on swing issues until this present home-stand. Makes sense for guys like Carraway, Macias, Krieg. All of a sudden they all seems to be seeing the ball differently than most of the season and it is a big change.
Pleasantly surprised with the performance of the bullpen and the starters. I’ll give Dorman credit where it is due. Hope it continues into Omaha.
Go Beavs!!
Don’t see Arnold wilting under pressure. He’s a consensus top 5 pick for a lot of good reasons. Beavs will have to punish any mistakes he makes. Just saw he threw 119 in his last outing. So now I see why they held him back a day. Clearly they trust him to keep going late in the game. Beavs will need to hit to win this game. Can’t really count on them going to the bullpen early when he’s ok to run up his pitch count.
Wow! Thats a lot of pitches. He is very good but I don’t think Paul Skenes good. Throws harder then their guy yesterday. I think the Beavs will get to him. We need our starter to have a great game.
Yeah, Bill mentioned below that dude threw 119 pitches his last outing. That’s a lot. I posted earlier game 1 winner goes on to win the series 79% of the time. So if he was ready I would have started my ace.
I was looking around at tickets for tonight’s game, and the cheapest I could find was $160 per ticket in the outfield on SeatGeek. For comparison, I paid $36 for two tickets in right field on Stubhub for Game 1 against Minnesota in 2018. Scalpflation?
Add 25% for fees too
Another SEC team – Auburn, looking to go down. The ACC seems to have fared well.
Let’s hope the ACC doesn’t fare well going forward :-)
Haha! I hear ya!
Auburn toast 4-1. Bye bye losers,!
2022, Auburn fans at Goss, classy. Along with Anteaters they seem knowledgeable and well mannered (for the most part).
Beavs are visitors today, doubt that it matters in this one, but it is what it is.
That’s a lot of pitches for a single inning.
Won’t be the last stolen base attempt, pre game radio Mitch hinted at “things” we can do despite the high level talent of the FSU arm (paraphrased). I expect some small ball too.
I like what I’ve seen so far. Arnold throws primarily fastballs and high pitch count at 30.
Great! Arnold already thrown 29 pitches.
And……50 after 2
50 pitches after 2. Yikes.
Knew that error would get us
Give me a break you D-bag!
Are you going to honor leaving Angrybeavs if we make it to Omaha?
Yes
Yeah right. Like we r all believe you.
That run is on Carraway for booting that ball he should have had.
FSU is batting around .400 with runners in scoring position. The Beavs are batting around .050.
I’m not liking this. I can feel a turn in momentum.
Yeah, 1-1:and a huge shift in momentum…ur laughable just like yesterday.
Look at the big picture. Their defensive sequences are becoming more efficient.
The big picture you goof is 1-1. You don’t get runs by being efficient defensively.
No, but it can be a major sign of the way things are headed.
72 pitches, 2 down in the b4, Ethan has done enough.
But he gets out #3 and stands at 75 through 4.
He has done enough, Dorman needs to make a move.
Need a HR. It’s been too long.
When does the home plate ump reprimand or toss Arnold for consistently showing him up and arguing his ball/strikes? Arnold seems like a spoiled brat who has gotten a lot of calls all year and isn’t used to an ump basically calling a straight game.
OK, Ethan lucky to use his D to get out of the 5th at 96 pitches, NOW will Dorman move?
How is this pitcher potentially the first overall pick. He is good, but not that good.
Oh no, he’s that good.
Stop swinging at every first pitch!!
Do you let EK come out for the 7th?
NO
Six innings, 105 pitches, ZERO ER, now has he done enough? Am I the only one here thinking Dorman is on thin ice?
Lets see if we can get a run or two from the tail end of the lineup.
This game feels like it has the makings of a heartbreaker for us.
Even though there is one out, with Krieg bringing Talt up,I’d bunt on this tired pitcher.
Yep especially that he’d already kd 3x
Should have laid down the bunt as Arnold had Talt’s #.
EK is better than Arnold. You can see he is been gifted a lot of strikes in his career by ACC umps. He must have a reputation in conference or something.
Arrogant guy and a nice competitive streak but man not likable.
Great opportunity for OSU to get to the bullpen with only 1 out in this inning and top of the order.
Too bad they couldn’t get the extra hit early in the game. Arnold was vulnerable in the first 2 innings but settled into a real easy rythym thereafter. Of course we didn’t see any effort to change his pace or unsettle him for several innings. It came down to hoping to stay close and try to get a 3 run homer off of their bullpen late. Didn’t work.
EK pitched great but Dorman shouldn’t have sent him out to walk the first batter of the inning. Easy to say in hindsight of course but OOB called it the inning before. As for tomorrow, all hands on deck and Dorman needs to be ready to make the changes and keep FSU off balance.
The bats need to come alive and the defense needs to be error free and elite. Great series so far.
Go Beavs!
FSU has 2 hits in this game. EK has been amazing but I think you pull him here .
I think that might be game
Time to get it done against their bullpen!
Not looking good.
Game over. I’m out.
Is Palmer getting squeezed by this ump?
Maybe. More games = more $ for those who are ruining college athletics.
Looking at hit zone on espn and Palmer got some tough calls on borderline strikes.
Caraway grounds into a DP on ball four! Glad the student is gone.
That troll should honestly be banned. Well, he’s either trolling or is authentically the biggest D-Bag in world history.
I totally agree. He’s a turd munchkin!
Well, kind of a letdown after the way the Beavs finished yesterday. I’m expecting Florida State to have their best offensive output tomorrow, so the bats need to step up, especially when it comes to timely hits.
I think both teams will see more runs tomorrow. Hopefully the Beavs can get out to an early lead. This series is clearly evenly matched so it’s likely to be close again.
Fans need to bring it tomorrow. Need more beer cans. Less H20.
I give the nod to fsu starter tomorrow. He’s another lefty (we can’t hit shit for left handed pitching) and is probably their Friday guy. We either roll with DeCreamer or Segura. I’d prefer JDC…don’t think Segura can handle the starts in high pressure situations. 3 awful outings and his best postseason action was the other day coming off the bench in a game we stomped USC.
The keys to the game should be the same as the regionals. Need someone to step up beside the big 3. We need the Caraway from the regionals, not the TC from March-May. I also think the coaches need to get creative offensively. We did nothing to try manufacturing runs. Not sure why talt never bunted…struck out times vs a lefty… him bunting with the lefty falling away to the 3rd base side and applying pressure is much better than 4 k”s.
Good points, as usual, Creek.
I was convinced Mitch would call for more small ball after seeing the Friday arm field his position and knowing we needed to break the rhythm of today’s FSU pitcher. Not a lot of situations for stealing or bunting, still that’s why it’s called manufacturing runs or, at least putting pressure on the opposition.
Aiva stole 2nd to get out only run yet for nothing wise the final 8 innings to try and manufacture offense. We weren’t out of our until the 8th and yet we just kept hacking away.
I did see that Wayne Tinkle was at the game and since we were the visiting team, we didn’t stand a chance at winning that game. Gotta keep him out of the stadium if possible
Think it’s obvious at this point that FSU is the better team, but luckily in baseball, maybe more than in any other sport, the better team doesn’t always win. Yesterday took some lucky breaks that even Parker said he hasn’t seen in his whole career. I continue to not think this is an Omaha calibre program, but let’s see if they can prove me wrong tomorrow.
Free baseball tomorrow! At least we get to watch our Beavs play again. We knew today would be a tough game, so no big surprise. Hopefully the Beavs can come through tomorrow.
That’s the spirit.
Yep. Wasn’t expecting a win vs this guy tbh. Teams are pretty even in most categories so whoever makes the least mistakes likely wins. They made more mistakes yesterday and we made more today. Too bad we face yet another left-handed pitcher. A righty would make me feel better. Mendes is 7-2 with 4.6 era of I’m not mistaken. He’ll be their projected Friday starter next season. The error by TC and Dorman’s obsession with Palmer were big mistakes. Palmer can’t handle the pressure yet and Trent has lost the mojo of the regionals. We need to get to the bullpen add early as possible to win. If Mendes can give them 7 innings like Arnold did tonight, that’s not good for us. I assume they could bring Prescott back in tomorrow still throwing that 100mph heat. Only threw 30ish pitches.
In the first game, did the Beavs face FSU #2 or #3 pitcher? I thought he was their #2 guy?
I would imagine Segura starts tomorrow with everyone else ready to go.
I can’t imagine the Beavs will face a guy as good as today or yesterday so hopefully our bats get going.
I was a little disappointed that the Beavs didn’t play some small ball today but maybe FSU defensive alignment didn’t allow for a bunt or two.
Let’s go tomorrow Beavs. Get the bats going early!
If you said at the beginning of the year you have to win one game at home against a Top 10 opponent for a trip you Omaha all of us would have signed up. And right now there are 9 or 10 SEC fan bases who wish they could switch places with us. Let’s enjoy the ride and hope the boys come through tomorrow.
That’s the spirit.2
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Looks like FSU #3 guy issues about 2 walks per game and gives up some runs too. He’s given up the most earned runs, runs and walks on their staff so if we can get his pitch count high early on, that could be a key. He’s got a decent ERA of 4.66 and has 90 Ks in 77 innings. He’s given up 9 HRs, 9 HBP and a .228 opp batting average. So he sounds like another good lefty that the Beavs will have to figure out and the earlier, the better.
“overpowering fastball”?
or “junk”?
I don’t know but I’m certain if he’s got a good breaking pitch, he will be using it a lot.
Aaaaangryyyyyy………..you been keeping up with these games buddy?
Who is gonna be the surprise hero today? Talt, Krieg, um Caraway? Someone else?
Beavs need to get their bats going as I would not be surprised if this is a higher scoring game.
Was yesterday’s home plate ump Frank Drebin?
https://x.com/Joey5Picks/status/1931555552129409220?t=TURdL1VnRCDVxSikjnflfw&s=19
It’s very difficult to judge balls and strikes with that horrible TV camera out in left center field that is about 8’ off the ground. The strike zone yesterday was pretty small but ESPN tracker is a brutal eye opener for the home plate ump who needs some glasses.
Who is Frank Drebin?
Not sure, probably hung around with Greg Street and Mark “don’t beak me” Buchanan!
Presented to you by ESPN. As speculated yesterday, 3 games is better for ESPN programming than 2.
Aka Enrico Pallazzo
North Carolina is on the ropes against Arizona.
I don’t recall the details of the Tanner Smith transfer. Was he beaten out by Weber? ESPN is touting him as a team leader for Miami. I don’t particularly like the Hurricanes, so if Louisville pulls it out, that’s fine by me.
At the very least, the Beavers have outshined their performance from last year against Kentucky when they had one hit in a 10-0 drubbing in game 1 and followed that with a sparkling two hits in a 3-2 nail biter in game 2.
Welp……..
2 games into this SR and I for one am not confident.
Save for the end of game 1, the eyeballs say FSU has been the better team.
Its one game though and anything can happen
Another top 8 seed out with Carolina. And then there were 3. In the modern format 65% of Top 8 get to Omaha. It does not seem to matter this year.
Eggers expects R.Fr James DeCremer to get his third start of the year today.
Should the Beavs get to Omaha, they will be facing a bracket of Louisville, Arizona, Murray St. All win in upsets of their regionals and took out the top seeds. Beavs have it set up pretty favorably if they can get the win today.
Hoping the bats come alive and the arms are dialed in. DeCramer gets the start?
I think the best strategy is to hit everything to the left fielder and force him to make the plays lol. Maybe bunt a couple of times early and try to rattle the infielders and pitcher for FSU. Hope we get Carraway’s bat back today too.
Edit: Louisville, Arizona, Coastal Carolina
No lol about it, that LF hasn’t looked sharp either in the field or at the plate.
And in small sample, it’s looked to me like FSU pitchers aren’t elite in fielding their position. One thing for sure, that high caliber SS they have can’t do much to help a pitcher who is slow to get to the bunt and to make the correct decision.
I think statistically, I must have the most accurate season predictions of anyone on here. I predicted the last two football seasons with high accuracy, and the last two baseball seasons very well too. As much people rag on me here, I think I’m necessary to be the voice of reason for some of you in here ;).
Just a reminder, if my prediction is wrong, and the Beavs win today, I leave the site for good.
Folks, we’ve got the best predictor here. Nobody predicts like this guy. He’s been tremendous—baseball, football, maybe even weather, who knows? People doubted him, but he’s always right—always! Except, you know, if the Beavs win. Then he’s out. Gone! Disappears like the polls in 2020. But let me tell you, if he is wrong—which he won’t be, of course—not possible—then it’s the biggest exit in site history. A total ratings loss. Sad!
Imagine the loss of all those clicks his comments generate.
Would there even be a path for the site to survive? I’d feel bad rooting against OSU tonight, but we really need to think of the common good, first.
You should leave either way
Talt sits, Caraway to leadoff.
The color guy has been insufferable. Hopefully our guys can crush the ‘Noles to shut his ass up. Go Beavs!
I don’t know about you guys, but I have drank the perfect amount of beers today for the Beavs, #JustDoingMyPart
Let’s go Beavers!
Game over
I hope you’re holding yourself to at least one of your promises to leave this site after Beavs won.
Black shirts again, worked Friday even in the heat.
Get Decreamer out of there, that’s not who you start in this kind of game
This team is who we thought they were
And you are who we knew you were….a trolling Schmuck fan.
LOSER!!!
LOL!!!!! AND I CALLED THAT HR!!!!
So many mistakes in that 1st inning. Clown ball. You’d think having gone through several elimination games you wouldn’t be making these mental mistakes. Gotta respond to get the momentum going
Honestly, anybody saying game over after top 1, get f*cked.
Watch some baseball
Oh YEAH!!!!
Jesus Titty F*cking Christ
6-2
Ha! That’s what I said when I checked the score at 13-3!
I want a non-Nike Beavers baseball shirt that says “JTFC!”
7-2
Miiiiiiitch made what appears to be a pretty good decision to play McEntire after so many games on the bench.
And Caraway leading off. 2 for 2 with a walk so far.
McEntire looks like a baller. Huge response. Lots of game left but Holy shit.
I figured there would – and will still be – some runs scored in this game. Might be first to 11.
Yup, wind will aid both teams.
7 definitely won’t be enough to win this game.
I’M SORRY BOYS I TAKE BACK WHAT I SAID LETS GOOOOO
How’s the rest of FSUs bullpen? Any one left who’s possibly dangerous?
Apparently not.
It’s really good. They brought in the guy who blew game one to serve up a grand slam. Just lovely.
Why would a coaching staff bring a guy in with the batter at a full count??
I’m convinced “studentbeaver” is actually Angry just trying to create drama on his site. His antics are transparent.
“Student Beaver” is neither a student nor a Beaver.
I told you boys this was most likely going to be high scoring game. They better continue to add on.
Its nice they are hitting wisp.
In the famous words of studentbeaver, “good night”.
11 !!!!!!
OOOOOO
That was huge!!
SSSSS
UUUUUU
My oh my, grand salami (in dave niehaus voice)
Get out the rye bread and mustard, Grandma, it is grand salami time!!!
That Turley bomb was half way up the seeing eye in center. Holy shit
I hope a couple dudes are throwing in the bullpen.
That’s on Carraway not Segura.
Yeah, wasn’t talking about that play. Inability to throw strikes. Caraway makes an easy play difficult. Should have thrown it to second.
What is it about having 2 outs defensively this series that causes our players to just let them surge and score?
He was in the grass to avoid the tag, why isn’t that automatically an out? Seems like a missed call.
Surge and score? Yeah, FSU is surging? Do you ever think before you let your fingers take a crap all over your phone keypad. That’s a rhetorical question if you even know what rhetorical means.
You’ve got a 10 run lead, throw strikes!!! You don’t have to be so fine trying to pick corners!
Why is it ALWAYS with 2 outs?
Any more Beaver HRs they should play “When the levee breaks” for each…
I’m not positive the fsu runner touched the orange base on the head first slide. Looked like his hand was a couple inches away.
Sure looked like an out to me.
“Inconclusive”
has turned into
“there’s an outside chance we were wrong”
Not time to panic yet but really not liking this momentum swing
Get F U C K E D
I meant that in the most respectful way possible
Ugh…Hutchinson!
Can we get a 1-2-3 inning please
12 more outs! 12 more outs!
Well, you got what you asked for.
I did! Great inning by Kmatz. Didn’t let the lead off guy get on. Let’s get some
More runs.
14-8 Beavers, to the B7th we go…
New arm for Noles, b7. Time to extend that 6 run lead and then go get 6 outs.
Lol popped into an FSU chat board. They are convinced we’ve stolen they’re signs because no one can score like that on their elite pitchers.
That’s funny bc pitches are transmitted electrcronically
Hacked the commo device? You know the only safe device is a broken one, right?
LOL
I suppose that could happen. I wonder if they had Elon hire some of his DOGE kids to hack into the device? Lol
Or they could look at their h/a stats and schedule and, at least for Mendes, think “maybe this one isn’t in the bag.”
they scored on their non-elite pitchers
They think we’re the Astros?
HAHAHAHAHAHA YES!
Someone forgot to take his meds.
Naw, he just has to go out with a bang. Going off the board in just 2 more innings.
That unhinged all caps jubilation to celebrate a FSU pitcher being seriously injured… Angry shouldn’t even wait for the result of the game. Ban this piece of shit.
He’ll never leave. He’s like herpes.
The Greek god?
He will be back with a different name…. guaranteed as trolls are addicted to trolling.
3 outs away
SAFE!
First base ump has had a rough nite!
Hopefully the pitching staff sticks around because they would be very good next year.
I told you guys they had the talent l, the pitching depth and were deserving of a #8. You’re welcome!
Good Lawd!!! Gave up 17 hits and still won!!!
Bye bye eeyore.
And I’ve continued to say the pitching doesn’t have to be great but just good enough. You’re welcome again.
Bye Felicia!
Oooossssuuuu go Beavs!!
Can one of the experts explain how this team that “wasn’t a Super Regional quality team” smashed their way into the CWS?
Yeah, they called me out on it on more than one occasion, especially OhioBeav stating that pedigree, potential high draft pick, 3 titles, etc, wouldn’t play into a #8;seed. I guess he failed to correctly read the room! Lol. Guys like that will never admit they’re wrong!
I didn’t think Canham’s/Dorman would get out of a regional, glad to be wrong.
What Rueck and Canham (with an independent, road heavy schedule) did is pretty impressive in a time of college sports transition..
Student Beaver! Go back to doin’ what you do best. Eat ass!
Way to go Beavers!!!
I’m guessing Canham’s job is safe.
Where all my Canham haters at? :)
Look, I can’t take all the credit for the beavs victory today, my beer, drinking ability, really kept us in the game for most of it, but the beer quality that I was drinking, is what really pushed us over the edge. Oregon over Florida beers forever.
Did you beat the number of cans behind home plate?
…no…I have kids, if I’m at the game with some friends, I gotta say I got a punchers chance
If your wife asks you to help her do a project and you know immediately it will take at least the first 4-5 innings to complete before you can watch the game, do you help her and take one for the team, or do you insist on watching the game and bringing certain destruction to your Beavs…..??
I didn’t hesitate because I knew how big this decision would be for all of us, I helped her and finally sat down to the last 3 innings when we were finished. I did my part as well. It takes a village sometimes.
I do think seedings are overrated in general, but if this series was in Talahassee….?
Also think with the House settlement finalized we might see less movement in the off-season, particularly the non-revenue sports. Players get a taste of Omaha, I don’t know you even think about hitting the portal unless you are guaranteed more innings and at bats.
Top 8 seeding is huge.
No more home games for anybody.
Glad the Beavs got to put Goss on display the last 2 weekends. The fans and the PNW really put on a show. Oh, and the team did pretty ok too
What is missed by many who follow college sports is this is the equivalent of the Elite Eight in basketball. Baseball fans know.
Huge.
Welp, they proved me wrong.
That’ll do Beavs. That’ll do
Louisville to open the cws. Arizona and Coastal Carolina also on the beavs side of the bracket. Only coastal Carolina scares me. Thats a good team that’s won like 25 straight or something
And I proved you wrong too as usual.
Here’s the good news. Only 2 of 13 SEC teams get to Omaha. Arkansas and LSU. And they will open the cws against each other lol.
Suck
Every
Cock
Fuck the SEC
Hahaha!!! I’m reading from the bottom up and before I get to the top, I’m like this post is from whiskey.
Dog piles in supers are trending out. Only Coastal and Louisville did. I expect Murray St and Duke to. Duke hasn’t been to CWS since 1961 and Murray St has never been. Did the Beavs start a trend from way back when? Beavs keep their rule of only one dogpile in Omaha.
Haven’t there been injuries in dogpiles also. That alone is a good reason to hold off until you win it all.
I don’t remember any injuries. If I remember correctly, one of the prior teams said they wouldn’t because of the disappointment from Omaha the year before. I think it was the 2017 team. I know they did not dogpile in 2018 supers.
It was the 2005 team with Jacoby that dogpiled after the Super.
And there was an injury related to one back in that era–not us, but someone on another team.
Yes, there have been not necessarily to the Beavs but other teams….it’s uncommon but but happens.
The real question, how will Beaver Nation handle the jello shot challenge?
They actually did it. I was wrong, I admit it. I didn’t think they could do it based on what we had seen this season. I’ll admit I can be a bit overly negative in here. It’s been my coping mechanism when it comes to the heartbreak that often entails being a Beaver fan. I’ve had the mindset that if I mentally already see things as a loss, I won’t be hurt by that result if it actually occurs.
In the 2+ years I’ve been on this site, I started out with a positive reputation which was quickly destroyed as I tended to have more “realist” takes. Much to the chagrin of many here, I still do think I’ve been one of the better predictors on this site, because I can really take off the orange-colored glasses ;).
I’ve been called many a name here over the years by people who don’t like my takes and tend to get quite volatile about them. The most common of these names have been “troll” and “Duck”. I am neither, nor have I ever been. Since the beginning, I’ve always just been a young man who is heavily invested in my Beavs. If you want to believe otherwise, I guess you can go ahead, but I’ve just told you the honest truth.
I’ll still keep an eye on this board, but I am a man of my word. Because my predictions during this baseball postseason have been so wrong, I will leave the site as a poster.
The only thing left to say now is win it all boys. Bring it home. If we’re lucky enough to have a victory parade in a couple of weeks, I’ll be there.
-SB
Get lost douche bag as you said you would!
The most emotional takes on here and you are a “realist”? Cya!
You’re no man but instead just a tiny little turd and you’ll just change your user name and still post your trash, however, your stench will follow you regardless of the next name you choose to hide behind.
Sweet, so long sucker
This is a damn good team. I was at the Friday game, and even before today’s result it was a top-5 beaver moment for me. It’s a hell of a lot sweeter now!
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1g3LP1ajtr/
Very cool…..
The wrong link above….
Mitch pushed all the right buttons to get over the hump. May not have been pretty, but it worked. Supers generally are microcosms of the season and it rang fairly true for the Beavs. Struggled at the plate vs good pitching but found a way in game 1 but not in game 2. Offense showed it will expose the depths of opponents bullpens while the Beavs bullpen struggles to slam the door.
Pretty good simple analysis Bill!
I am glad to be proven wrong on this and I’ll gladly admit it. I think some of the issues for this team did stem from the extreme schedule and the challenges it presented over the course of the season. No team is perfect and some issues can be worse than others. The issues for the Beavs were inconsistent bats, no small ball effort, young pitchers figuring things out on the fly.
I’m impressed with the depth of the staff after watching them handle that FSU lineup for 3 games. The Beavs do have a legit bullpen, with enough arms ready to go to get through tough spots. I’ll give Dorman credit for this. I’ve been too critical of him and I’ll leave it at that. Dax and EK are top shelf starters and assure Beavs have a great shot for a championship run this year as well as next if they both stay. Many of the guys who have thrown this weekend and last weekend were impressive in high pressure situations. Great preparation for Omaha.
The bats came alive and it was incredible to watch over the last 2 weekends. Perhaps it was the value of just being at Goss for an extended period of time and the guys finally getting to play in Goss again with a great atmosphere.
I have to give Mitch credit for getting through this year with an unusual approach as an independent and making it happen. I’m ecstatic they have made it back to Omaha. It reestablishes the brand in a new era and I’m glad for that. OSU has been in a precarious place for the last 2 years but for the baseball team to do this, and hopefully win again in Omaha would be justice for Beaver nation in some small form.
A lot of guys have become contributors at the right time and it is great to watch and these guys become more likable with each game when it isn’t just 3 guys trying to win by themselves. You can see the camaraderie and team chemistry built over the season beginning to pay big dividends in post season.
I’m not sure which game was more enjoyable to watch and rewatch, but they have had a few tremendous wins to get here. Keep going and bring another title back to Corvallis!
Farewell to never was a “studentbeaver”. Angry needs to monitor his IP address and make sure he doesn’t come lurking around for football season again.
Go Beavs!
…these guys become more likable with each game when it isn’t just 3 guys trying to win by themselves. You can see the camaraderie and team chemistry built over the season beginning to pay big dividends in post season.
Watching players develop and getting a peek at their personalities is only one of the reasons I enjoy following various Beavs teams; sadly there is gonna be a lot less of that as money takes over college athletics.
Well said ohiobeav! What did they say on Blazing Saddles when they agreed- harumph, harumph!! ;o)
To all of those Dorman and Miiiitch detractors…..ya think they still don’t know what they’re doing and should be fired! Time to issue some apologies to those of us that KNOW what we were talking about about. Fat chance of that happening though but eating a large helping of crow is just as good. And I told you they would get a #8 seed. I told you that pitching didn’t need to be great but just good enough. And, I also told you they had the talent to make Omaha…..bench Caraway, bench Kreig, Canham on the hot seat, Doan should be fired, etc., etc., etc.
Maybe some of you guys will learn to be more loyal and less like duck fans and acknowledge you don’t know as much about beaver baseball as you think you do. Don’t forget to correctly read the room either. Lol
……Dorman should be fired……
Let’s not act like this team is perfect, they took the max number of games to reach Omaha 8 versus 5 like Arkansas, CC and UCLA.
Remember Kreig was benched, Caraway was placed in the nine hole and was also sat at times. No one said there wasn’t enough talent, their is talent, that’s why losing series to Nebraska, 0-4 versus your rival..etc was so I frustrating. FSU lost a top 8 seed with poor final 4 weeks versus us earning it. The timing of the Oregon series was fortunate, that series 3 weeks later and recency bias kicks in and we aren’t top 8.
Now the post season is a different story, this team has shown grit and players have stepped up after being challenged. Caraway and kreig play like this all year and we are Top 4 overall seed.
This team doesn’t have the same lineup as 2017-2018, but id argue there is more arm talent. The Number of power Arms touching 95 is impressive, and also why there is the concerns about Dorman.
One could argue that FSU was the better team for all but 5 innings this weekend ( 9/10 Friday and 1-3 Saturday l) but to steal your line, That’s Baseball.
Now this team still has a chance to be perfectly flawed and win a national title
Why are you peeing into the wind?
It’s called a reality check for those that banged on Canham and Dorman for most of the year. They also told me my comments regarding a #8 seed were irrelevant and this team would mot win a super regional and I disagreed. Some were indignant in their comments about my understanding of this team’s potential and their talent that could carry them into and win the super regionals. They have that right to disagree no doubt but should also be willing to admit they were wrong and my comments were in fact relevant. However, expecting them to do that was and still is unrealistic bc they lack the cahones to do so.
So you can call it pissing in the wind, but I’ll counter with it’s called manning up to admit their comments were wrong and take ownership for being such so emotionally fragile that someone can’t disagree with their comments.
Have a nice day and go Beavers!
I think people who banter know that this team is now different than past Mitch teams.
How much different is yet to be seen.
Taking a victory lap with half the race left is just silly. We learned not to dog pile until the job is done.
I might have misunderstood your comment, but who is taking a victory lap?
There’s still lots of work left and I believe they have to win a minimum of 6 games to win the title. I’m certainly not going to say they will win it, but they have as good as shot as any of the other teams in Omaha and maybe even a better shot bc of their pitching depth, their defense and an emerging offense that has depth on the bench too.
The dogpile is just icing on the cake. I prefer the icing too especially if it’s chocolate..
I think many of us old dogs on this forum have the right to be skeptical of this current squad as many voiced concerns over play and coaching that we witnessed this season. I think a couple clubs that Mitch has coached may have had more talent but never advanced to the CWS. Like all successful sports teams they have some intangibles (grit, not give up attitude or whatever you want to call it) where the most talented team doesn’t come out on top. See 2007 Beaver team. But they had that intangible(s). This current squad is showing these which were are all thrilled to see and hope it continues.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19Ysw7wMoY/
OSU vs Louisville offense stats.
Dang it as I can’t get the right link to work.
Do you think anyone is going to touch a FB link?
That’s got good information in it about the matchup with L’ville…. Yes
And I won’t even hover over it with my cursor.
That’s certainly your choice as nobody is saying you should.
BTW, this run is really going to bolster OSU recruiting and transfers in the portal especially with the new pac12 on the horizon.
I was shocked to see this is Miiiiitch’s 6th season as head coach. Time really does fly, whether you’re having fun or not.
He also looked properly concerned for the duration of the game.
Up ten, and he looked like he could use five or six drinks.
he looked like he could use five or six drinks
I think everyone looks this way right about now.
..properly concerned…or focused?
He sure made some good decisions in the Super; Hubbard/Macias the other day and McEntire Sunday among others. Takes some confidence to make changes like that….credit where due, paid of this time.
Yeah I’ve seen McEntire only a handful of times….was a great move to put him in.
I think the important thing to recognize is the direction the program trended over those 6 seasons. Several here, including you, expected a downward trend.
Yep, they said that recruiting would suffer and the team program would experience a big downturn. As usual, it was nice to see them proven wrong yet again.
-Covid
-Regional
-Supers
-Regional
-Supers
-CWS
Any credit yet? Or still on the lookout for warts?
As always, they don’t like to be called out for being wrong or someone challenging their lack of knowledge about baseball, the intangibles that play into committed selection decisions, coaching decisions, etc.
post game presser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQnDaNBFg4Y
This team seems to have the moxy, more so than their talent. They are great at digging for it when they need it. And that matters a lot in Omaha.
Movie on display when a likely DP becomes only fielder choice because batter beats throw to first.
Singer or Peterson? Old Beavs memory slipping!
Moxie, not movie, although ya could make a movie!
Seems like the more favorable of the 2 1st round brackets for the Beavs.
It sets up nicely if they can stay focused and not have a big letdown for “just making it to Omaha”. I think Louisville and Arizona may be in that category. Coastal Carolina is good but it is tough continue to a 25 game winning streak at this point in the season.
Maybe i’m reading the bracket wrong. I thought our bracket was OSU/Louisville/UCLA and winner of Duke/Murray State
https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/print/baseball/d1/2025
Looks like Louisville, AZ. CC and Beavs
No, it’s L’ville, Zona and CC. The right side has UCLA, Arky, Duke/MS and LSU.
The series that started Friday are one bracket, and the series that started Saturday are the other bracket.
Go Racers!
Teresa was on a press conference with the power conference commissioners today talking about the new revenue sharing rules. Does this mean we’re a power conference again?
Were the Beavers ever not (technically)? I know some of the new PAC members suggest otherwise, but I thought the PAC was still a power conference?
No as they are still considered in the Group of 5 but their intentions are to regain a p5 designation.
Beavs may look on paper a favorite for their side of the bracket but the others battled hard and won on the road to get to Omaha.
Louisville beat Vandy in their regional. Coastal went to Auburn to punch their ticket and Arizona did it the hard way, beating two national seeds on the road. Fun first matchup Coastal vs Arizona. First time they have met since Coastal won the CWS in 2016 over Arizona.
Arizona didn’t play the Ducks, but they had to beat the two teams who did. And they they had to grind out two elimination games at UNC.
Gotta win the first game against Louisville. No pussy-footing around this time. Set yourself up for success Beavs. Stay out of the loser’s bracket!
RE Arkansas. Obviously they are very good but they have played 41 HOME GAMES this year and have 1 more win than the Beavs. I believe that is 14 more home games than us, or 4+ separate 3 game home series. But I will say the committee likely came through for us with an #8 because our road schedule was ridiculous. All I am saying is lets see how the SEC powerhouses do at a neutral site.
Completely agree with your comments.
You know 2 of our losses were neutral site games to SEC teams? Also let’s not get ahead of ourselves we won’t play a SEC team until the final and a very reasonable argument could be made that CC is the playing the best baseball right now in our half of the bracket after sweeping there regional and super region. CC ended the season at 8 in RPI and has now leaped us in RPI based on Regional and Super Regional performance and the heavy road schedule argument doesn’t apply to CC, they’ve play more true road games than we have.
I actually really like Coastal. Would not surprise me one bit if they took home the trophy. I am just pointing out that spending over a MONTH longer at home during a season makes a big difference. And were all those SEC teams that tough if they got bounced before Supers by teams like Murray St. They are good teams, but not as good as ESPN will tell you.
Pac 12 presidents meeting tomorrow. Media deal soon. Negotiations with prospective adds ongoing.
We’re going to get our conference back.
How long before we need to restart it a third time?
“The media rights package is expected to feature as many as four different partners, sources tell
@YahooSports
.
The package paves the way for the league to formally offer invitations to expansion targets. The conference needs one full-time, FB-playing member to reach FBS minimum.”
From Boise’s AD’s comments, it sounds like a TX school is most likely. Interest is still there with AAC teams, but he didn’t sound super bullish on it. Media money must not be super exciting so they are hedging bets on expansion.
2030-31 after the forthcoming media deal expired and the next round of circus realignment starts. SEC and B10 become an official farm system for the NFL with exclusive media rights, exit from NCAA and expand into 60+ teams while the rest remain in the NCAA with their own playoff format and media deals. It’s coming and will be here before we know it and I say good riddance to the SEC and B10.
My hope is they add 1 school and pause. Get to 8 but maintain flexibility.
Preference would be UNLV at this point but expecting Texas State (minimum).
Just no basketball adds. Gonzaga brings not just a unique value that made them make sense in basketball but they also provide you the private school you want to be able to protect some privacy.
Any of you heathens going to Omaha? Oscars Pizza & Sports Grille out in the western suburbs has fantastic chicken wings and pretty good pizza. Can’t beat the pizza I’ve ate in Salem – Pietros, Paddingtons and Wallery’s(?) in West Salem. Another great restaraunt is Summer Kitchen Cafe down southwest of downtown area by La Vista. Do yourself a favor and hit up these places and enjoy. Always trust a chubby guy when it comes to food recommendations! ;o)
There’s still a Pietro’s around?
Conveniently(?) located near Starz Cabaret in Salem
Pietros in Milwaukie is changing locations soon. Sad because its been in the old locaction forever but they must have gotten some money for that property
The new location is up and running in Milwaukie. They took over a McGrath’s that went out of business. They did get big bucks for the old location. More condos are coming. Old location holds a lot of nostalgia for me, but it was getting pretty run down.
Daughter graduated from Creighton and we are headed out to root on the Beavs. Zen and Amateur are good for coffee. Blue is good for Sushi, Mula/Taco Co mexican, Pitch for pizza, Lisas Radial for classic diner breakfast Top it off with Coneflower ice cream. Let me know your fav spots. GO BEAVS!
I’ll have to bring up some of these places to some of the guys I work with in town.
ESPeeInSux
May 4, 2025 at 6:28 pm
“Absolutely pathetic….to shutdown the Beavs is all pitchers need to do is throw off speed breaking stuff and the beavs might as well be swatting at flies while wearing a blind fold. They won’t get out of s regional if they even make the playoffs.”
ESPeeInSux
May 4, 2025 at 6:58 pm
“Better put some butter and jam on this team bc they are toast.”
ESPeeInSux
May 6, 2025 at 12:42 pm
“D1 baseball has OSU #10 in the RPI rankings that doesn’t include last night’s win. I doubt that’s going to hold up after the road series at Iowa. Beavs are putting on a lot of travel miles from Portland to Hawaii and then to Iowa so I would expect they will have some heavy legs this weekend going into Iowa.
BTW, I just saw tomorrow’s game with Portland has been cancelled. I wonder why? Lol
The entire Iowa series is on big10+ and they have a pretty solid production. Apparently, Iowa has one of the better pitchers in the country so that’s not good news for the on again, off again offense OSU offense”
It’s the internet, Receipts are really easy to find. Get off your fucking high horse!
Do those receipts have “do better” written on the tip line?
lol… reminds me of a college friend who worked Sherry’s and constantly cussed out the Sunday church crowd. But he did break it down to religion, which was also funny.
That’s less than one percent of my comments all season long so nice cherry picking kid. Try going back to all my posts rather than cherry picking a very, very small sample size. Not one comment you will find that one we said Canham or Dorman should be fired or didn’t know what they were doing..
That’s less than one percent of my comments all season long so nice cherry picking kid. Try going back to all my posts rather than cherry picking a very, very small sample size. Not one comment you will find that one we said Canham or Dorman should be fired or didn’t know what they were doing..
Go find the posts where I commented after that stating the case for the #8 seed based on their pedigree, their RPI at the time, their tough road schedule, etc. going into their final week of the season or so. Cherry picking is very limited in context and scope.
His mens hoops predictions were spot on as well.
The mute function works quite well
Did I predict they’d win their conference? No, what I said was they had much better talent than he had in the previous years and they were at least worth watching. Did I predict they’d make the NCAA tourney? I thought they had a shot but faltered down the end of the season. That better than banging on the coaching staff and players night in and might out. You better go suck on your whiskey soaked napkin instead of using it as a poke at a guy that was battling a drinking issue.
…a chance to make the tourney……
Struck a nerve. LOL
Me thinks he doth protest too much.
Tough guy tries to dish it out at everyone else but spams responses for days once he is called out fair and square using his own words. LOL nicely done Ackrite.
You have read and responded to my comments on several occasions and if anyone doth protest too much it was you. And, if anyone doth protest too much it was you bc of my correct reading of the committee room selection and the fact that I stated the Beavs had a great shot getting the #8 seed just 2-3 days before the pairings were announced. Yet, you’ll never man up to it bc you’re incapable of accepting you were wrong.
Be that as it may, guys like you banged on Canham and Dorman constantly throughout the season and I didn’t. True beaver fans stick with their team in good times and bad.
There’s only one thing worse than a myopic duck fan and that’s a fairweather fan that hitches a ride on the beaver bandwagon when things are going well but then jump right off and start whining when things take a turn for the worst.
While I had a grand total of maybe 3, 4 or maybe 5 comments this baseball season that expressed concern and frustration that were cherry picked by what’s his name, they pale in comparison to the multiple comments that were whimpered by you and others on this board.
So feel free to deny and misdirect as people like you need to do in order to protect your fragile ego.
Tell me exactly where I attempt to be a tough guy in my above responses. I guess you get easily intimidated when someone calls you out on your passive aggressive responses and then you gaslight them. No surprise though coming from someone that claims they know more about coaching baseball than Canham and Dorman. Loler.
Silence is golden bc OB you have no defense. You were wrong, you know you were wrong and you are still wrong. You’re mental midget that can’t own up to your consistent beratings of my comments. If that’s being a tough guy with you, I will own it much like I own you.
sources says they wanted the independent to have easier road to Omaha so schools would look to leave conferences that are getting greedy.
Coastal was front runner to be 8 seed but they wanted to give OSU some home advantage. Plus making FSU make 7+ hr flight to play on Friday was a setup.
Coastal is sneaky good and don’t take anything away from Louisville they came out of tough region and had to battle Miami to the end.
Arkansas handled Tennessee with ease so they are current favorite but have tough opening round game. LSU is finding their game at the right time.
Sources say posts that start with sources say are mostly bullshit.
-imaginary unnamed source
See also any declarative statement that includes “basically….”
They either DID or DID NOT.
Coastal isn’t sneaky good. They’re good. They and us both should have been top 8 seeds. IMO, FSU should have also.
Don’t take it out on us for SEC RPI manipulation and East Coast Bias.
You are so transparent, guy formerly known as studentbeaver. Nice try but your stench follows you around like a skunk that is road kill. Trolls just can’t stop trolling despite your promise to leave. Ur quite the troll.
You don’t have any sources
It appears that Duke is done and Murray State is in on a controversial interference slide by the runner at 2nd base… He was called out but replay overturns the call 5-4 MSU, runner on first two outs, B9. High drama as MSU was in celebration mode. Game over 5-4 MSU.
Dax Whitney 2nd team all-American…
Beavers lose FB commit to West Virginia, Edge from
Lakeridge edge rusher Noah Tishendorf announced on Monday he is flipping his verbal commitment from Oregon State to West Virginia.
Tishendorf — standing at 6-3, 240 pounds — is a three-star prospect rated the No. 6 player in Oregon and No. 100 edge rusher in the country according to 247Sports’ composite rankings.
Tishendorf had 26 tackles including 18 for loss and five sacks his junior season with the Pacers, according to MaxPreps. The big man also carried the ball on offense, rushing 22 times for 132 yards and three touchdowns.”
More NIL $$$$ would be my guess but good luck to him.
Kyle Peterson, analyst for college baseball, says of all teams in the CWS, that OSU is the most intriguing bc of their independent schedule, coming back to win the regionals and supers, playing a road heavy schedule and having a very high MLB draft pick on AA. However, he did pick Arky to win the championship bc he thinks they have the best team.
I’ve always felt that for OSU, Omaha is the “standard.” How disappointed you should be in the season is reflected on how far away from Omaha you end up. Regionals? Bad. Super-Regionals? Need to do better in the regular season to host an SR. But once the team is there? Just hope and enjoy.
But seeing the way the brackets lined up, I think Beaver fans will be disappointed if they don’t make the final series. Highest seed on their side, away from Arkansas and LSU.
I’m taking the view that any team that makes it to Omaha is playing with house money and its time to be greedy.
I will be disappointed if they lose a game they should have won. I’m not going to base my expectations on seeding now that it’s down to 8 teams. Play good baseball and if it’s against a good team and they don’t win then I can accept that. How many colleges have put a team in the elite 8 in basketball and baseball in the last 5 years? We are an athletic powerhouse.
Great question, with a surprising answer:
9 Schools that have appeared in the Men’s BBall Elite 8 and the CWS since 2021
Auburn
Florida
Tennessee
Arkansas
Texas
UCLA
NC State
North Carolina
Oregon State
Another note or 2 on this list:
Arkansas has been to each twice, no titles
Tennessee has been to Elite 8 twice, CWS 3 times with a National Championship, and has also been to the College Football Playoffs
Florida has been to CWS twice and just won the NCAA mens bball title in their only trip to the Elite 8 in recent years
Stanford, Virginia, Texas A&M all made it to Omaha 3 out the last 5 years but none won a title or had an accompanying elite 8 run in basketball.
Your silence is exactly what I expected….a mental midget with a passive aggressive persona. When called out, you tucked your tail between your legs and scampered. Then you alleged I was trying to be a tough guy with you which was laughable.
Is all you had to do was offer a small grain of apology for your passive aggressive persistence on indirectly commenting how I was wrong and my opinions were irrelevant about virtually everything leading up to the #8 seeding supers win and that’s why I called you out as well as a few others.
It’s easy to criticize others for their opinions but much harder to admit that my comments were in fact correct. It’s actually a sign of emotional maturity so no surprise you couldn’t do it.
I hope you don’t feel too intimidated by my “tough guy” comments. Lol
This list is missing Virginia
It’s baseball. They play 162 games in the MLB regular season. It’s tough to really make any judgments on one or two games. As long as you make it to the tournament every year, you’re fine. Supers every few years, and Omaha every few years is a huge accomplishment.
I agree. Going to the CWS is everybody’s goal. No chance to win it all if you don’t get there. Feels like getting to the final four in Basketball. So many good teams at home, Florida State being one of them.
Feels like everybody on our side of the bracket is beatable. That said, its going to be a dog fight. Based on what I’ve seen this year, we have good starting pitching but they don’t go deep (6+ innings) to often. Bullpen is suspect week to week. Hitting can clobber you one weekend and then be quiet as a mouse the next. If everything is clicking the beavs have the arms and bats to beat anyone in Omaha and win it all. If the bats go quiet as they have from time to time this season, we could lose to anyone.
Playing with house money, lets hope everything is clicking and go win a title.
USAToday article predicts Beaver’s Arquette to SEA at pick #3:
“At the risk of getting too static, it’s nonetheless tough to move this 6-foot-5, 220-pound shortstop specimen out of the three hole, particularly with plenty of elite college arms the Mariners develop so well available. But it’s also tough to pass on a potential 10-year cog in a lineup that needs one.”
Oregon HS kids:
22. Atlanta Braves: Kruz Schoolcraft, LHP, Sunset (Ore.) HS
A lefty with Schoolcraft’s big arm should slot much higher, but the current industry lean toward collegiate talent in the top of the first round drops him in Atlanta’s lap. At 6-8 and with a 97-mph fastball, Schoolcraft has a significant floor that the Braves can work with.
OSU signee:
24. Detroit Tigers: Xavier Neyens, INF, Mt. Vernon (Wash.) HS
We’ll keep Neyens right here, even as his tantalizing upside and 6-foot-4, 205-pound frame could inspire clubs to jump sooner. There are worse players to dream on than a potential left-handed swinging Austin Riley.
Wouldn’t be surprised if Mason Pike goes in the 1st as well. If either one of these two make it to campus, would be a huge win.
Thanks, missed that. Can you imagine if both did?
Pike has a better shot to make it to campus. He’s a potential two way player and if he wants that in his future, college is where he’d get that chance.
Neyens gets to campus if he has a set number he wants and teams won’t meet it. He is however dropping down the boards mostly due to college guys passing him with great seasons.
The state of Oregon is producing some quality talent this year, oddly none are going to OSU or Oregon but to the SEC. Slater De Brun from Bend is committed to Vanderbilt. River Hamilton to LSU (once committed to OSU), and Schoolcraft is committed to Tennessee.
MGM Odds …
ARK +200
LSU +225
CC +600
OSU +650
UCLA +900
ARI +1400
LOU +1600
MSU +3500
Seems about right. If they play up to their ability they have a shot.
Hope I’m wrong, but LSU gonna win it all.
Only hesitation is LSU will likely have to beat pig-sooey twice just to get to the final.
Rumor Texas state utsa, Memphis and Tulane. Football only. Baseball still needs another baseball school if fb only
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Makes no sense, other than the schools named are some of the usual suspects.
UTSA could be a baseball member.
If this is how it goes down the PAC will be a temporary landing spot making it all a waste of time. As bad as it would have been, renaming the MWC and joining that should have just happened. Football only? Dumb if true
Who would you like to see join? It’s not like p4 teams are clamoring to come to the new pack.
I answered that above but no “football only” adds should be on the table.
The schools are fine (4 adds is 2 too many) but not “football only”
That’s fucking embarrassing.
It won’t happen, at least not this way. We need at least one more full member. And they would all need to find new homes for their Olympics.
That may be feasible for Memphis and joining the Big East. But Tulane can’t afford that with the A10 or Southland, compared to what they’re getting from the AAC, unless the Pac pays an ungodly sum for just football, which has not historically been a thing.
Will Olympics even survive the reshuffling of college athletics financing?
Title IX may have helped with scholarships but when they start paying athletes directly, does that mean for every football player who gets paid, does a Wvolleyball players also need to het paid equally? Can’t imaging that will hold true any longer.
(not a political post) but it really depends on who is leading the government. Under current admin, Title IX does not apply to the payments. I’m sure many will sue over that. Under prior admin, Title IX was going to apply and I’m sure many would have sued over that.
Title IX was never going to apply to monetary limits, though, someone did try and unilaterally decide that outcome. The result would have been failure.
Title IX is about giving equal opportunity. There’s more contention about having to fly commercial v charter than there is how much revenue gets shared.
There will likely be a lot of lawsuits, anyway.
Edit..Texas state and utsa full members
That’s what I’ve been hearing too.
Your post above said TSU, UTSA, Memphis and Tulane as football only.
Now Texas State and UTSA as full members. What are you seeing regarding Memphis and Tulane, still football member only?
Only cause rumors are fun.
Another noncommittal commitment committed to another school:
On Tuesday, Lake Oswego running back LaMarcus Bell announced that he is verbally committed to play for Utah.
The 5-foot-11, 190-pound running back is considered a three-star recruit by 247Sports, which has him listed as the No. 2 recruit in the state and the No. 1 high school running back in Oregon.
Bell spent most of his sophomore season splitting carries with Justin Craigwell — a duo known by Lakers fans as “Thunder and Lightning” as Craigwell was the powerful, bruising runner and Bell was quicker and could create space. Bell truly took off in the 2024 fall season, where he ran for 1,630 yards and 26 rushing touchdowns and was the featured player of the Lakers’ attack.
He was a big part of the Lake Oswego offense (and an important defensive back on the other side of the ball) as the Lakers went 11-1 and played for the Class 6A open state championship.
Bell was named the Class 6A all-state Offensive Player of the Year, and was also the Three Rivers League Offensive Player of the Year.
Bell had previously committed to Oregon State back in January. But in May, he reopened his recruitment. He also had offers from BYU, Cal, Washington State, Arizona and Boise State, among others.
Super dedicated – to the process, nothing more. I enjoy seeing how many teams this type of kid ‘plays for’ while never developing into a player. Good luck kid on your road to nowhere
He was already de-committed, in a couple ways. Isn’t he the guy who opened up his official visits again, including one he hadn’t actually taken to Oregon State, and Bray told him not to bother with the Oregon State visit? He was shown the door.
I wonder if Bray’s requirement that commits close down the process is going to become as out of touch as Tinkle’s approach and hurt our recruiting.
Everyone thumbs-downing me must be still riding the baseball high.
If you force guys to shut down their recruiting after committing, you’re asking them to limit their earning potential and basically limiting yourself to guys who are just happy to have an OSU offer and don’t have interest from big schools (see the recent commitments and de-commitments). This is like Riley recruiting all over again.
I see the reasoning behind it, but it seems to be valuing loyalty and “commitment” over other factors. And as we’ve seen, it doesn’t do anything to reduce the loss of transfers via the portal.
Bray didn’t shut down recruiting. The kid decommited, and we had another target in mind already. And we wanted that OV for someone else.
Why bring someone who just decommited to a weekend with a bunch of other kids who we want to commit?
good luck in Omaha should be a hogs-beav final unless CC and LSU get in the way
In Omaha I think the “should be” are all thrown out. Every team here is deserving and any can make it happen.
L’ville OSU stats comparison:
OSU. L’ville
Batting Ave….,…………….292…………………………..305*
Opp Ave……………………..233*…….…………………..256
Runs,………………………….469,…………………………491*
Runs Opp……………………286*………………………..366
Hits…………………………….612…………………………635*
Hits Opp……………………..472*………………………..513
2b,………………………………121…………………………126*
2b Opp………………………….68*……………………….100
3b…………………………………..9…….…………………….19*
3b Opp,……………………………6*………………………….9
HRs………………………………103*……………………….83
HRs Opp…………………………59*……………………….75
Slugging %…………………….506″……………………….503
Slugging % Opp……………,.360*………………………428
BB…………………………………368*………………………266
BB Opp…………………………..257*………………………328
HBP…………………………………59….………………………93″
HBP Opposition……………….64″…………………………79
SO …………………………………529…….………………….386*
SO Opposition.,……………….646*………………………541
SB ………………………………..36/51…………………….155/175*
SB. Opposition……………….52/74………………………50/75*
Fielding %…………………………982*…………………….971
Fielding* Opposition …………981*…………………….960
DPs…………….. …………………..49……………………….50*
DPs Opp,……………………………52*………………………36
PB……………………………… ………6*………………………25
PB Oop………. ……………………..11″……………………..15
Pitching
ERA…………………………………..4.30*…………………..5.35
ERA Opp……………………………7.36*……………………7.71
Hits…………………………………….472*…..……………….513
Hits Opp………………….. ………..612*……………………635
Forgot to include SOS:
Warren Nolan
OSU……..33
L’ville……25
Boyd’s World:
OSU……….2
L’ville……30
https://hillsboronewstimes.com/2025/06/10/jacob-kriegs-revamped-swing-pacing-no-8-oregon-state-baseballs-offense/
Great article about Krieg. The unsung hero of the postseason. He was huge. And not because of power. Because he got hits and got on base.
He also had some nice defensive plays. Seems
Mitch pushed the right buttons with him and Caraway.
Sorry I wasn’t on enough to bring up in real time and I probably should let it go, but I enjoy poking the defensive idiot.
ESPeeInSux
June 9, 2025 at 7:50 pm
“Go find the posts where I commented after that stating the case for the #8 seed based on their pedigree, their RPI at the time, their tough road schedule, etc. going into their final week of the season or so. Cherry picking is very limited in context and scope.”
More “cherry picked” comments 2 days before selection:
Ackrite
May 24, 2025 at 4:34 pm
“The only argument is RPI, the other metrics driven rankings system (DSR, KPI) don’t treat us very well. I actually think Oregon dropping down to 18 in the RPI may eliminate them from the national seed conversation. Oregon State is better off getting compared to the other options for 6-8 seeds. You can’t justify Oregon state getting a higher seed than Oregon if the comparison is only Oregon vs ORST. 0-4 is just too big of obstacle to overcome if you’re being unbiased.”
ESPeeInSux
May 24, 2025 at 6:00 pm
Given Oregon lost today, u think I agree that could hurt their chances to be #8 and opens the door for another SEC team.
However, OSU might still sneak in there depending on how teams in front of the do.
OSU SOS, most wins of any school in away games, draws big crowds (factor), solid RPI, projected top 5 player in the upcoming draft., pedigree, etc…..
I don’t think they’ll get a #8 but with Oregon losing today, that could be the justification the committee needs to give it to the Beavs.
I guess we will find out in two days.
“I don’t think they’ll get a #8” and “However, OSU might still sneak in there” That a lot of conviction. You nailed the Top 8 prediction.
If we are handing out our own kudos, my post is very close to what the committee chair said when asked about OSU getting the 8 seed and the loses to Oregon. Nothing about SOS, big crowds, projected top 5 player in the upcoming draft, pedigree, because FSU beats us in all those metrics. RPI was the only argument and luckily for us we won that metric.
I’ll play your little game as you selectively pick and choose what fits your obsession…..and in your last comment, you conveniently omitted:
“I don’t think they’ll get a #8 BUT WITH OREGON LOSING TODAY, THAT COULD BE THE JUSTIFICATION THE COMMITTEE NEEDS TO GIVE IT TO THE BEAVS.”. and that’s precisely what happened.
And since you’re so adept at finding my comments, you should find all of them for this season rather than cherry picking a very small sample size to further your obsession of negativity.
Happy searching bucko.and let the obsession continue.
Oregon losing and dropping in the RPI was my comment of what was happening, yes you agreed with it, but now you are acting like your analysis of “OSU SOS, most wins of any school in away games, draws big crowds (factor), solid RPI, projected top 5 player in the upcoming draft., pedigree, etc…..” was the reason they were top 8.
That only reason I bring it up is you are rewriting history and act like you are some clairvoyant and knew this would happen. When in fact you are more Steve A, Skip Bayless and other talking heads that throw so much shit at the wall and try to take credit when something sticks.
You don’t think their SOS, RPI, etc. had anything to do with getting a #8 seed…you are aware that the RPI is one of the key metrics for a national seed, right? If the Beavs RPI wasn’t t that high, they wouldn’t have gotten in at #8.
Be that as it may, I don’t recall ever guaranteeing they would get a #8 but only that they had the resume/metrics and deserved a #8 seed IMO but some guys like OB jumped all over my comments claiming the points I made and you referenced had no bearing on the selections committee’s decision. Yet, I heard several analysts, none of which you mentioned, made the same argument for their selection prior to selection announcement….RPI, heavy road schedule, SOS, national pedigree, potential high draft pick, etc.
I took a lot of heat for saying they deserved a number 8 and their selection turned out to be true. In turn, those guys that threw garbage my way, and they know who they were, deserved a nice serving of crow and I served it up. If they’re going to fish it out, then they need to learn how to handle it when it comes back to them..
So I really have no axe to grind with you or anyone else except three guys that feel compelled to overreact to most every comment I make. Pretty much the end of the story and time to move ahead to the CWS. No sense in beating a dead horse…..
I’m not giving credit for RPI, everyone knew RPI was a key metric, it was only a question if the committee would use other metrics as well. You kept spewing nonsense about pedigree, top player..etc FSU beat us in all the secondary metric you wanted to say had weight. I can go “cherry pick” if you want but it turns out It was a lazy committee and as soon as the regional host were announced, and before seeding everyone moved Oregon State into the top 8 because RPI was so heavily weighted when selecting regional hosts.
Don’t play the victim, everyone hates me, bullshit. We’ve been here long before you started posting and only “hate” because of the amount nonsense you post and how you tried pat yourself on the back when a few hit. I just waited to expose you as the hypocrite you are for flipping back and forth.
Yes we are all happy ORST is in Omaha, but that should be the expectation. them being in Omaha doesn’t mean the criticism were invalid or wrong. I’ll give you an example, During the Hawaii serious you said
“Absolutely pathetic….to shutdown the Beavs is all pitchers need to do is throw off speed breaking stuff and the beavs might as well be swatting at flies while wearing a blind fold. They won’t get out of s regional if they even make the playoffs.”
This is still valid and cost us game 1 of the regional versus St Mary and my fear for Omaha. But instead of owning it when I “cherry picked” it, you flip back and said it was 1% of your post. Have some conviction.
Rant over, go Beavs.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5437109/2024/04/22/pac-12-nonautonomous-conference/
The Pac-12 Conference, which will drop down to two members this summer, will no longer be an “autonomous conference,” the NCAA Division I Board of Directors determined on Monday, effective Aug. 2. It will instead be classified as a “nonautonomous FBS conference” like the Group of 5.
The board created new governance thresholds for conferences that fall below membership requirements. As a result, the Pac-12 will lose representation on the Board of Directors. It will retain representation and voting rights on the Division I Council, the Football Oversight Committee and the Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee when applicable, but the weight of its Council vote will be diminished.
The Pac-12 lost its Autonomous status for falling below the number of required members – no other factor was used to determine the Pac’s status
Contrary to popular belief the other Autonomous conferences have little to do with granting Autonomous status. This is governed by the Division I Board of Directors which are 22? mostly athletic directors and presidents – plus one student athlete
Texas State’s President is a member of the board…
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5437109/2024/04/22/pac-12-nonautonomous-conference/
https://web1.ncaa.org/committees/#/reports/roster?committeeCode=BOARD
OP reddit
Yep.
This is basically what Few was talking about when he said it was nice that we and Wazzu conduct our business at a high level. Zags wants to do that. All the schools we’re bringing in need to commit to that.
The rest will be sorted out by static rules.
For the Texas schools, that could be a big jump. Currently, about $60m a year will get everyone above that threshold. Rice and UNT spend in the mid-50s. Rice’s issues are mostly a very strict admissions process. UNT’s capital liabilities are low, so they’re like us in how they’ve built up over the last 30 years.
TXST and UTSA are in the mid-40s. A full share would get them halfway there.
Tulane is in the mid to upper 30s. No idea how they bridge that gap. Memphis already spends more and will into the future.
And I’ll make one more argument for Wichita State. They spend as much on athletics as Tulane does, and they don’t have a football team.
This is interesting, because reporters are just now figuring out something I’ve been giggling about for a while. The House Settlement limits schools to $20.5m on all their athletes. That means schools like Zags and Wichita and conferences like the Big East and A10 can spend that amount on all their sports, not bet the house on just football.
Non-football schools now have the opportunity to outbid football schools for Olympic sports, simply because they don’t have football.
How many of those schools take advantage of this, now or later, will be interesting to see. But I suspect schools already spending at a high rate will do so quickly, since Olympics are all they have for visibility.
You wonder if schools will cut non-competitive football programs to invest more in basketball and others
This just limits what the school can pay, Can’t collectives still shell out more? they won’t get the tax credit for donating to the school, but that hasn’t stop collectives yet.
As I understand the enforcement mechanism, all NIL will be subject to scrutiny for fair market value. So athletes can still make those outside deals. But they can’t be excessive amounts, relative to what is contractually required of the athlete.
So Texas Tech can’t buy the best pitcher in softball with $1m, just because a rich booster pays her that amount to show up to his daughter’s birthday party… his daughter also being on the softball team.
So how do we get it back?
So Pac 12 no longer an autonomous conference. Not surprising but what’s the impact? What does being autonomous conference get you?
So Dutch Bros is second most valuable company in Oregon (Nike #1).
Is Dutch Bros kicking into OSU NIL, or specific players anyway?
Didn’t the brothers go to SOU?
Ahh, I thought there was an OSU connection…thanks.
The ex-CEO went to OSU: https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/sports/college/oregon-state/2024/10/02/oregon-state-basketball-joth-ricci-donation/75473291007/
U-Haul isnt Oregon based but their founder is an alum.
Company is worth quite a bit more than Dutch Bros currently.
Where’s that sweet U-Haul NIL money?
Right, two Beaver cents per mile….who’d notice?
Dutch Bros moving headquarters to Arizona
I haven’t been to Arizona in two years, but are there any Dutch Bros down there? I’ve never seen one. I don’t recall seeing many coffee shops at all. I do remember seeing lots of water stations where people go to buy water.
“Aiva Arquette has been named a Second Team All-American and Third Team All-American by Perfect Game and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, respectively. Gavin Turley has earned Second Team All-American honors from the NCBWA. And Dax Whitney has been honored as a First Team Freshman All-American by Perfect Game.
Whitney and Arquette also were named Second Team All-Region selections by the American Baseball Coaches Association.”
The All-Region seems to have underrated both Whitney and Arquette, it’s “regional” right?
And, the national writers have Arquette third team??
East coast bias?………..just a little, or obviously a lot?.
Thoughts?
So I just read that Greg Street will be the crew chief for Friday’s game…I’m sure most of you will remember him as the home plate ump in the first game for OSU in the 2017 CWS and was brutal calling balls and strikes against OSU.. That was the same year just a day before the CWS started the story about Luke Heimlich broke. There was much speculation that Street had an axe to grind with Luke and the Beavs bc he was allowed to pitch in that cws.
Let’s hope he’s not calling balls and strikes for any of the beaver games!
Let’s hope that he’s not behind home
Link?
Someone connected to the baseball program that has connections with the coaching staff. That’s all he could share but he runs another beavers football board and has been very reliable with past information.
I googled it but it hasn’t been announced yet.
Bullshit until you post a link. According to the ncaa the umpire crews have not yet been announced.
I just said the same thing above.
Relax a little. It’s not life or death…The guy has been solid in the past with meat perfect recruiting information so I trust his information. If it turns out his information isn’t accurate, my apologies in advance.
Mmm….perfect meat….
I know right….my thumbs are too large for my phone keypad. BTW it was meat perfect not perfect meat….yikers! Thx for catching it though.
…….near perfect recruiting information…..
It has been confirmed on X.
I hate when really annoying people are right but I can confirm Greg Street is an umpire at the CWS and is a crew chief. Unsure of what bracket games he would be the home plate umpire but he would likely be behind the plate for at least one of the championship series games as a crew chief.
From my better and more connected source
Any word on Mark Buchanan?
Lol your better and connected source
No source needed. It was posted 9 hours ago by NCAA.
Thx. I googled it but could not find any mention of it just a few hours ago…
Prediction: Pac 12 media deal announced by end of next week. Additions are Texas St (football only) and Sac St (all sports). WSU/OSU 1.25 shares each. Texas State and Sac St 0.25 share each. Texas St gets $10m lump sum payment up front for extra travel. Gonzaga and all others get full share. $300m, 4 year media deal with 3-4 carriers. Good linear exposure. Equates to $10.4m per year for WSU/OSU. Beavs working on uneven baseball schedule to play baseball in Big 12 for next 4 years. Same for gymnastics. Most “out of conference” games would be played vs Pac 12 schools plus UCLA, Portland, Cal, and Stanford plus Sunrise tournament and some premier matchups with SEC/ACC… good chance Oregon won’t play us unless we agree to midweek games in Eugene. Basketball only media deal could provide another $1-2m per school. Sac St is a big if. Other options could replace them… like NMSU. Barnes has been busy trying to solve the baseball situation. Memphis is likely out
“Additions are Texas St (football only) and Sac St (all sports).”
If we wanted to just disband the Pac 12, we could have done it two years ago. Your proposed scenario is not valid.
Prepare to be disappointed
Ranking the teams in the CWS:
No. 1 Arkansas – Will this 12th trip to the CWS finally be the year that the first championship will be coming home to Fayetteville with the Razorbacks? Arkansas look to be the most complete team of the group, with the right mix of fire power at the plate and pitching depth to succeed on the big stage. They’ve dominated in the postseason, winning all five games with a combined margin of 41-13.
No. 2 Coastal Carolina – Built around superb pitching and timely run support, the Chanticleers are anything but underdogs in this field despite playing outside the Power Four conferences. The program hasn’t been back to Omaha since its groundbreaking run to the title in 2016, but this year’s version is more than capable of capturing that magic once again. Coastal enters this round on a 23-game winning streak and proved its mettle in sweeping Auburn on the road last weekend.
No. 3 LSU – Historically the most accomplished squad here, the Tigers have the bats to add an eight trophy to their collection in Baton Rouge. They also boast two excellent starters – Kade Anderson and Anthony Eyanson – and reliever Zac Cowan. Being in the same half of the bracket as Arkansas is the biggest obstacle, but it also creates a first game should be appointment viewing Saturday night.
No. 4 UCLA – It’s been a while for the Bruins, who haven’t been back to Omaha since claiming the program’s first baseball title in 2013. The pitching staff – in particular starter Michael Barnett – has answered the bell thus far in the postseason, which should continue to serve the team well at Charles Schwab Field where runs can be hard to come by.
No. 5 Oregon State – The Beavers represent the Pac-12’s old guard as well as the league’s future. In the here and now though, the decision to make a go of it as an independent in 2025 has worked out well. They were forced to travel for the majority of games and that experience helped shape them for difficult challenges when facing elimination in both the regionals and super regionals. Oregon State might not have the number of proven bullpen arms as others in this field, but it has power throughout the lineup, led by 2B Aiva Arquette, and are never out of a game.
No. 6 Louisville – The super regionals were not nearly as good for the ACC as the earlier rounds, as the Cardinals are the only squad among the league’s five entries to survive the second weekend. But now that they’ve reached the CWS for the sixth time in program history and first since 2019, they might have what it takes to claim their initial title. The outfield duo of Lucas Moore and Zion Rose leads the offense. Louisville’s pitching has been outstanding in the postseason and could propel a run to the championship series.
No. 7 Arizona – Credit the Wildcats for getting off the deck after being bludgeoned for 18 runs in their series opener at North Carolina. They then rallied late in the next two games to knock off the No. 1 team in the coaches poll. Arizona is a program full of championship pedigree. This is its 18th trip to Omaha. The Wildcats play sound defense in the field and are capable of putting up a high run total themselves, but they must avoid more meltdowns from the mound like that opener against the Tar Heels last week.
No. 8 Murray State – The Racers, just the fourth No. 4 regional seed to make it all the way to Omaha, are sure to be fan favorites. The thing they do best is hit. They rank 11th in score and have generated 70 runs in seven tournament games. But the fact that they’re made it this far indicates they can get key outs when needed as well. Going through the loser’s bracket may be difficult but anything is possible if Murray State can win early and save arms.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/baseball/2025/06/12/college-world-series-team-rankings/84150172007/?tbref=hp
Nice to see Aiva move over to 2B.
Who’s our new SS?
Big hit Cadyn Grenier. The hogs will be shaking in their boots.
Typo too to go along with factual errors…
i wouild rank
1 C carolina
2 Ark
3 LSU
4 O ST
5 UCLA
6Louis
7 zona
8 murr
I’d argue that the 06, 07, 18 teams all had what I’d call “that guy” that wouldn’t let them lose. I’m not taking about the studs on the team, but a glue guy that would take the ball and deliver in tough situations. Jonah Nickerson, Joe Paterson and Kevin Abel.
One of the downsides of having better talent is you have a obligation not to overuse them. As good as Max is, I’d never want to see him throw on short notice, he personally has to much to lose. Abel was a freshman, but he didn’t have 95+ stuff. Kmatz showed it a little of “that guy” stuff coming into game 3 against FSU.
Do we have “That Guy” this year? and if so who do you think it will be?
Answer from pitching staff:
Kmatz, Oakes maybe, Hutch all have some fight in them for those types of situations.
I’m kind of hoping for a 2007 version of a straight winners bracket 5-0 National Championship. Starters all on point, bullpen dialed in and efficient, bats stay hot and overwhelm opposing pitching.
If they drop to the losers bracket, I think the bullpen guys can carry the innings to survive, but that might mean the bats have gone quiet too. If the bats stay alive 1-9, Beavs have a nice shot at winning it all again.
It would be fun for the Beavs to oust AZ on their side of the bracket and then knock out UCLA for the title. Just for old times sake. I have to think SEC and ACC were vastly overrated this year given the results of the tourney so far. FSU had to be the top of the ACC and Louisville is the last ACC team standing. LSU and Arky are 1-2 favorites to win it all but I’d say that is some faulty logic given the losses of SEC teams so far, and they essentially eliminate one or the other.
Beavs really need to great starts out of Dax and EK to get to the final set for the first weekend and stay out of the losers side. Let CC/AZ/Lousiville battle it out in the bottom of the bracket and see who has better pitching by game 5.
Answer from outside the pitching staff………Dawson Santana.
Seriously, just listen to Miiiitch.
If you’ll allow me to pull out my corkboard with push pins and string for a moment, Eddie Madrigal’s profile picture on Twitter is of him in the batter’s box at Goss, with “Oregon State” written on the dugout fence in the background.
If Kreig opts to go into the draft, which is probable, we still have Tyce Peterson at 1B although he is a junior and could get drafted too. So it would be interesting to see if there a spot for Madrigal in the starting lineup and a guy with his bat and speed would and connection to Nick would be hard to pass on.
I would think the Beavs have a good shot to get him if there’s a spot for him to start.
I think Madrigal was also listed as OF, so even if 1B is occupied by Krieg or Peterson next season, there should be a spot open in the outfield that Madrigal could slide into.
I checked out the picture. The “Oregon State” in the background is reallllly out of focus, haha.
Would be nice to have a lefty at 1B though, since both Kreig/Peterson are righties.
https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1930382701451980805/6sxrfRMp.jpg
Sure, but if you squint and know what to look for…
Just looking at the L’ville stats, the 155 SB is the thing that really jumps out at me. However, I think OSU pitchers have done a great job of holding runners on since the Oregon series and WW’s arm is solid so I don’t think L’ville will be as dangerous on the base paths as their stats suggest..
A few other observations about the stats, OSU outfielders can’t relax on what appear to be routine singles hit by L’ville bc their speed can turn a single into a runner in scoring position. So the approach by our outfielders must be aggressive to prevent giving up extra bases. Don’t get too relaxed on standard ground balls into the outfield…Get to the ball quickly and prevent runners from stealing an extra base.
A really interesting stat are PBs as L’ville catchers have 25 so that could be a major advantage for OSU while WW had had only 6 on the season. WPs are significant too as L’ville has 98 on the season and OSU only 45. In tight games, WPs can be costly..
Defensive stats seem to favor OSU based on fielding %s 98.2 to 97.1. On the surface, 1.1% difference may not seem too significant, but as we found out in G2 vs FSU, one unearned run can be the difference between a tie score and a 1-rum deficit.
Pitching stats with team strikeouts favor OSU as well as ERA, but ERA can be a little misleading. I’d rather see the pitcher stats for hits/walks with RISP to see how pitchers perform under stress but I couldn’t find stats for that. WHIP can give you some ideas but not specific enough w/o RISP.
Beavs walk substantially more than L’ville by a lot and L’ville pitchers issue a fair amount of more walks than OSU pitchers. Interesting that L’ville strikes out much less than OSU does, which would suggest better patience at the plate, yet L’ville has far fewer walks than OSU.
I think the major differences in this game will be OSU pitching and fielding which is decidedly an OSU advantage but L’ville speed is a major concern. However, if beaver pitching can limit BBs and not allow L’ville to essentially steal extra bases on hits with their speed, that will reduce stress on Whitney.
I do realize that stats do not always determine the outcome of a game, but they do provide an indication of team’s strengths and weaknesses. Based on those on these stats, .I think OSU wins this game if the bats keep going and Dax continues to look dominant…….somewhere in the range of 8-2 or 7-3. Still, I’m worried about L’ville team speed and their contact at the plate.
Thoughts……..
Interesting re-cap.
A couple thoughts:
1-Free bases is gonna be a factor; L’ville can’t steal if they aren’t on base and Beavs have generally shown good patience at the plate.
2-May be my orange glasses, but I’m not worried about our outfielders falling asleep and making it easy for L’ville runners to advance.
3-Both the PB stat and WP jumped out at me too.
What about HBP?
Certainly any free passes whether BB or HBP are problems but OSU pitching has been very good as of late with a few hiccups so I’m hoping they continue to limit the fee passes and HBP.
I was also thinking, I’m not quite sure how good the ACC really was outside of NC and FSU. It’s baseball and anything can happen, but I think if OSU pitchers continue their great work since the start of May and our bats stay hot and the defense plays the way they’ve been, I don’t view L’ville a bigger threat than FSU.
I hope I’m not wrong, but I really see the game with L’ville as a threat level as a 5 out of 10 but it is baseball so……
Incoming FR Josh Proctor had 2 HR and 8 RBI last night for the Corvallis Knights.
https://x.com/WCLBaseball/status/1933185022636458247
Impressive . Especially with a wood bat. Since he’s with the Knights, a very good chance he comes to school. He is a top high school prospect.
Size of Arquette and played SS in high school. Likely to move to 1B or corner OF as he isn’t the most athletic.
Wilner says PAC media deal is likely $7-10M. That would be disappointing if true, but at a range that big and him not really being tied to a PAC program anymore, I don’t know how much I believe that.
that is M West numbers
u should try to add
1 Tulane
2 West V
3 pitt
4 u conn Football only
its not great but West V pitt is a great rivalry Tulane is a priv school and in New O
So, completely abandon the regional footprint thing?
Sad to say this may be the way it goes due to the disappearance of “student” athletes, who cares about travel and study time when the NIL bag is big enough! If it wasn’t already claimed, I’d probably change my screen name to “ESPN sucks”!
Pitt and WVU aren’t gonna take less $$$ and leave the ACC and Big 12. Not to mention the increased travel costs.
Laughable
Wilner’s been projecting that forever.
It may be true. It may be the valuation the source he gets it from, because the source was last in the industry a decade ago, when the Pac 12’s media deal was the biggest of them all.
All the talk of the future of streaming and likely outcomes may make this deal depressed, according to old media valuations. But it’s better to make OTA relationships now, and include active fanbases for the streaming future.
I’ve been hearing $12-15M. but nobody at this point knows for certain.
I’ll say $15-20M so you can say you’ve been hearing $15-20M.
Lol. But I’ll be surprised if it’s lower than the $12-15M range. A few podcasts on realignment of the pac12 have stated that range but we will see.
i hope wilner is wrong..
Wilner has been down on OSU and WSU forever. Pac in general. He published thousands of words before 2012 saying the pac would be get low balled. Then it got the biggest deal at the time ever. Not sure I trust him.
If you scale big 12 deal in a $/ viewer and then apply to the new pac it would $10-12M. Hope it’s better.
I think 10-12 is a good starting point, but I’ve heard 12-15 so 13K would be a decent figure.
Boise and Wazzu have bigger viewership numbers than anyone in the Big XIIIIII, except CU. They’ve had more than Oklahoma for the last several years. Oklahoma is about equal to Utah, which is the second biggest draw, just ahead of us.
ASU having their run last year lifts their per season viewership. They will also be a draw, if they have sustained success.
The Pac 12 isn’t worth only 1/3 of the Big XIIIIII, especially if a lot more of our games end up on OTA broadcasts.
Can we get a new CWS thread before tomorrow’s game please?
I’ll set one up to post tomorrow morning. Angry can override if he sees fit.
Anngryyyy…..what say you?
One of the things I’ve loved seeing during the Regionals and Supers was players who may not be everyday players come up HUGE. I’d like to think that is one thing this team has in common with the past CWS squads.
One of the best parts about this tournament.