04.Nov.2012 General Discussion
General discussion.
Have at it.
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Looking forward to the Beavs cutting down the Trees this weekend.
I’d also like to see Woods run through the Trees.
Maybe the Cardinal will be seeing red?
Hello? Is this thing on?
should be a forum topic, but I was thinking: Top 5 College FB programs you “hate”, with hate being the wrong word, but you get what I mean:
1) Oregon
2) Notre Dame
3) USC
4) Hawaii (thugs, and mob-inspired home officiating)
5) BYU (on general principle, and faith-based home officiating)
1) Oregon
2) Notre Dame – Get a conference, pussies.
3) BYU – Mormon pussies.
4) Stanford – Oooo, I went to Stanford so I’m all smart. Get a real mascot, pussies.
5) LSU – Huh huh, Tiger Baaait. I live amongst these mouth breathers, worst fans ever.
Is it too early for hoops? Here’s the write up from last nights game:
http://www.osubeavers.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/110512aaa.html
i checked in for a few minutes last night on the live stream and saw Olaf Schaftenaar during his stint. He instantly faded to the corner and drained a 3 point with ease. Shot was pretty and didn’t touch the rim. Then a couple minutes later he drained another 3 from out top. I didn’t see much else from him, but those shots looked pretty. Very nice to have big man that the defenses will have to respect from outside. Should open the floor nicely.
Other than that,
I noticed McShane was doing color commentary. I really hope that doesn’t continue. Time to move on I’m afraid son.
Collier looked active and shot a well, but he was also much taller than the defense, so that was to be expected.
Burton still plays that loose game I hate to see, except when it works well for him. I really don’t like how he leaves his feet before he passes.
Roberty Nelson seems like he should be a great player, but for some reason he just doesn’t have it going most of the time. He has a good offensive arsenal, but just can’t seem to hit his shots with any consistency.
Didn’t see any of the other new guys play in the limited action i caught.
I think the McShane appearance was a one time thing from what I heard at the beginning of the boradcast.
Collier looked great and hit a great fadeaway over his left shoulder. If he can hit that shot with any consistency, he will be tough to stop.
I thought Reid moved well without the basketball and played well for his first time out. Our freshmen will definitely see minutes.
Could have been one of six undefeated teams in the country, likely sitting at #5 in the polls if not for a loss to one of the worst teams in the Pac-12…..
For the stat-minded, these pages are pretty comprehensive and fairly well presented:
Oregon State:
http://web1.ncaa.org/football/exec/rankingSummary?year=2012&org=528
Stanford:
http://web1.ncaa.org/football/exec/rankingSummary?year=2012&org=674
Stanford’s rush defense is impressive. I’m sure it’s helped by Colorado’s ineptitude and likely sacks that counted against the rush, but OSU will have to work hard for decent run gains on second down and perhaps get 2-3 longer runs during the game when somebody (Ward? Woods?) breaks through to the second level. Would like to see some quick hits up the middle with Anderson.
I expect Riley is going to be taking down field shots to “open up the run” again and I think most first downs to be passing plays for OSU.
Taylor is a good RB, but if OSU can play like it did against Wisconsin and Montee Ball, I think they could limit his impact on the game. The new QB is mobile, but getting it done against the Beavers will be much harder than against CU, and I think OSU gets at least one or two picks.
I am worried that Riley will just abandon the run, as he figures they are too good to run on. So, I think they will pass alot early, if we can get a lead then he will try to pound in the second half, much like BYU.
I think he should try a different approach and try to run the ball more, use the fly sweep and then open it up in the second half.
Jack is looking at form over function, pedigree over performance. It is one thing to disguise intentions or not. It is another thing altogether to pick up the stunts. The Beavers improved when blocking was executed on a regular basis. Stanford will come from many different angles. The qb (whomever they Beavers use) will have to be able to move around some. Accuracy and execution will be as important as reading. The qb will also have to project confidence and cool under pressure. If one were to grade on upside, Smith and Moeavo would never have seen the field. Upside is why the Beavers took a pass on Kellen Moore and Aaron Rodgers. Vaz has earned the right to start. But no one is saying that this is blind love.
What if, say Mannion looks great in practice this week, throwing a great ball, on time, making the right reads and check downs…does he see the field Saturday?
I ask because I think the players should make the case for themselves. What if he does? I suppose he’d just be viewed as ready and as a 1A QB just as Riley said Vaz was.
This is not a bad situation for OSU to be in, but it is interesting to understand what the criteria or tipping point is – a poor performance in a loss? We saw a ton of patience with and for Moore – didn’t he throw something like 5 – 7 picks agains UA? But as pointed out, there wasn’t any experienced depth behind him either.
Erickson never looked at Rodgers.
And what accuracy? Vaz was behind or way late on just about every throw.
It was showing in the Utah game as well. So I don’t know exactly what moxy is going to get you if you can’t make an intermediate read and pass out of the pocket in our system. He can run for his life and throw off balance to WRs who have the ability to come open late all day I guess. But he is going to have to start hitting some actual spots if he wants to win going forward.
No argument about Vaz accuracy. But Mannion has his own issues, primarily mobility and ability to get the pass off. Notre Dame showed that you do not have to be accurate against Stanford. You just have to get the pass off, send it to a general area and let the receiver go run it. So, open question, why would Mannion be the better choice?
As for Aaron, I believe that he still has the letter from OSU (and others) telling him to buzz off.
A couple observations from the game,
Vaz missed a WIDE open Caleb Smith on the second drive of the game for a TD. Settled for a FG.
Teams still pick on Reynolds when Poyer is out.
ASU seems to just play really badly at times and it results in the big play. On Cook’s TD, who knows what the S was thinking. He sees the CB blitz and does nothing to help.
As for Stanford, after giving up less than 100yds on defense, hopefully will be a little soft coming into this weekends game. The game plan should be the same as Wisconsin, UCLA and Utah. Stuff the run, force the pass. Make their QB win the game.
I watched the replay of the game this morning. On that Cooks TD it looked like ASU dialed up a safety blitz. The CB thought he had safety help over the top and bit hard on the run fake. I guess that is what happens whend you effectively run the ball.
Watch that CB again. He was staring into the backfield for a good five seconds before the snap and all the way through it. It was like Cooks was never there.
Yeah, You’re right! It looks like the CB was playing run all the way. I still contest that was mostly setup because of the quality run production.
I was at the game, and I remember before that play I was talking to my buddy about what is Riley going to do here? They had a pretty decent lead and it was the 4th quarter. The perfect recipe for Riley to go conservative and just run the ball and eat some clock. I remember saying I really hope they stay aggressive here, but it seemed like the entire stadium had been lulled to sleep and were expecting a bunch of running plays too (including ASU). That pass to Cooks was a complete surprise to everybody in the stadium and nobody could believe how wide open it was.
The S was supposed to cover Cooks originally, but he had to cover Hamlett instead. ASU wasn’t going to drop a LB fast enough to cover him in the seam while they were showing a press inside the box, so all Hamlett had to do was run straight for the S. All Cody had to do was look at the S and see if he was going to step up or move over Cooks. He stepped up, and Vaz could have closed his eyes and tossed a TD.
And if the S covers over Cooks and Hamlett somehow is covered in the seam by a dropping LB, then we’re left with Wheaton in single coverage on the other side.
That was just a poorly designed defensive play.
In the first quarter, Vaz never saw a wide-open Caleb Smith on a play that could have been an easy touchdown, instead throwing an incompletion to Connor Hamlett.
“We used Caleb as a decoy on that play to draw the coverage,” Riley said. “We sent Connor on a delay up the seam behind him. He was the intended receiver, and Cody was anticipating reading (the cornerback) and finding Connor. Even so, if you see a guy open (like Smith), you have to throw to him. Cody just never saw him.”
So, I have insight information on the new logo Oregon State is going with that the university has already approved. I have a very legit source who works in the design process and I don’t want to get them into trouble, so I won’t mention how I know them.
Here’s the description I got for the logo….
It’s going to be an O that’s in the shape of a 4 iron head. Here’s an example of what a 4 iron head looks like:
http://tinyurl.com/aluo7xh
So with that picture, imagine the beaver head, smaller and more in “motion” on the top right corner. Not sure what color the “O” will be, but it could be black or orange is my guess. they didn’t say what color they plan to use. So ALL current logo’s will be done away with as well.
I’m confused, so the “O” will be elongated and not symmetrical? and it will still have the angrybeaver head included but that will just be pasted in the upper corner? like a logo within a logo?
I’m more curious what they’re going to do with the athletic uniforms more than the logo. Because the logo is what the public perceives us like the Uck “O”. My personal take is, I’m glad it’s more “Okley” like than toilet seat like.
Any insight as to how many uniform combos they’re planning on making for us? Is it just a home and an away uniform or multiple combinations of each?
That sounds fucking stupid.
How bout a big blocky orange O? Just like it used to be. Keep it simple.
Ohio State has a big, blocky red O. I had my old Beavs O hat on in Montana about two months ago and 5 or 6 knuckleheads are like “hey, go Buckeyes!”. No one said “go Beavs!”
Well they’re morons. Bucks have leaves and those stinky pods on one block O and OhioState on the other.
https://www.google.com/search?q=ohio+state+logo&hl=en&tbo=u&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ei=UMOYUJmMAeveigKrkoDgDA&sqi=2&ved=0CDAQsAQ&biw=1348&bih=583
Sure, their official lettermen block O is the same as ours. But they don’t use it.
Of course they do. So do we. But that’s kinda the point. Neither of us use it in the media anymore. It’s that damned image projection shit that them away from their roots as much as it takes us away.
Everyone screams about “tradition,” but everyone also gives it up for supposed “individual and modern identity.”
Who cares about people in Montana? Are they our market? OSU is never going to be a national team unless we win big and if we win big – well people will know who we are. Worry about your fan base!!!
I still prefer the single block O.
The ironic thing about the single Duck “O and the inter-locking “OS” is the two schools have merely used each other previous approach. Ducks used to have an interlocking “UO” and OSU used to have a single block “O,” correct? I mean, before the cursive (wtf?) “Beavers” was on the side of the helmet.
I suspect there will be elements of the new look that are well accepted – color, old school approach, but something like the logo itself or some other detail will leave people disappointed.
I guess I don’t know how to feel about this “Nike makeover” because I’m not sure what their goal for Oregon State is. Are they just simply redoing a couple of uniform designs for us like they seem to do for us every few years as well as many other schools? Or are they trying to make us their “new Oregon” as Tinker implied in a couple of his interviews? If they are going to roll out new uniforms for us every 2-3 weeks then I would expect an Oregonesque reaction where some people are going to love them and some people are going to hate them. In that scenario I don’t really care how they look as long as recruits like them and they keep people talking about the Beavs nationally on a weekly basis. But if they are just going to make us a home, away, and alternate uniform then I would prefer they don’t do anything too controversial or flamboyant (sports bra uniforms?) because that could just get annoying to look at each week.
I don’t think they’ll go with a new uniform every 2-3 weeks because they want us to get a firm brand going and the only way to do that is to distinguish ourselves FROM other schools and what they do. I say we’ll have 2 maybe 3 home uniforms and 2-3 away ones that contrast each. not sure what color schemes or orange they’re going to implement.
I think a Chicago Bears-type approach would work well for OSU – see uni in this photo:
I particularly like the orange-on-dark numerals with no white outline or drop shadow, which actually makes the numbers harder to read.
I also like the Bear’s orange jersey.
You all might be interested to know that Ward ran with the first string today in practice, granted, he alternated with Storm who was back in pads, but he runs like a moose, and looked fast and strong. Storm looks thin and fragile in comparison.
It’s true, Poyer was in pads today, but Wheaton took all the punt return reps. Poyer is working in slowly. Caleb Smith is a big kid with a great upside, except he has stone hands. The ball just hits him like a rock and hits the ground. He also seems very quiet and gets down on himself easily. Emotions on the sleeve thing.
You want to know who hustles his ass off, smiles a lot, works hard, and kicks butt while clearly having a good time? Michael Phillips. The guy is Mr. Hustle and just seems like he is having a ball on the practice field. He is fun to watch and must be a pleasure to coach. He is just a happy guy.
Any day I escape a parking ticket from the Pinto Pigs is a good day.
Has Riley booted three guys off the team this year? Trosin, Aluesi, and Chris the Knife. Any others?
Not to pick on Trosin but he is an example of why video cut and paste evaluations have limited value. He looked fantastic on tape in high school. He looks great on select highlights at jc. But on 3 out of 4 plays in real life, he goes half speed. Granted, I only saw him once on a 100 degree day. But I think that it would be fairly easy to scout him, predict his game and limit his effectiveness.
Here’s a brain dead pac12 network deal, and I’m glad the Beavs aren’t involved for,a change.
My understanding was the P12 network was the fall back for games not sold to national networks like abc, espn, fox, fx. Well there is no PAC game in the 330/400 time slot. Why not move USC or Washington to that slot and avoid the doubling up of p12 games? Maximize exposure/ make money for conference? Wth?
While I’m sure the PTN really wants to get rid of the UW game and replace it with a sleeping dog or paint drying, who’s going to buy it?
Not looking for anyone to buy it. Leave it on P12 network, as the only p12 game at 330, I’d watch it. Hide it behind two other p12 games at 730 and I certainly won’t watch it. Like I said, glad the Beavs aren’t the ones getting screwed this week.
No offense, but after seeing UW play for two consecutive weeks I’ve seen enough of UW.
They are just a bad team playing bad football. Other teams don’t play down to their level. Other teams just suck as much as they do when they play them. I thought their defense would be better this year at least. But they are just a mess.
Ok, then un-hide the USC game and move it to the 330 slot. Are you really missing this point Jack? The average home can only watch 1 game at a time. Why play all the games at the same time? That destroys viewership. What drives all this new Pac12 money any how. Missing the point seems really similar to how so many overpaid incompetent CEOs run American companies lately.
My point is that you really want to hide any UW game if it’s possible. Home markets want to see it, but the conference can’t afford a national audience watching that product.
Actually, it’s not all a joke to me. The less the nation sees of UW, the less they wonder how we lost to them and downgrade us.
Huh? The schedule I’ve seen is:
AZ/Col at 1:30 on FX
USC/ASU at 3 on Pac 12
OSU/Stan at 3 on Fox
Utah/UW at 7:30 on Pac 12
Ore/Cal at 7:30 on ESPN
UCLA/WSU at 7:30 on ESPN 2
Before the whole QB thing gets in the way…
I wanted to say I thought the defense really played well once they settled down and adjusted to those quick outs. There were a couple drives where running on the edge seemed a weakness, but they locked that down within the drives themselves with great play from Doctor, Alexander, TZ and Murphy. And it was nice to see Watkins and Martin play good games as well with the extended time they saw. Yes, they all made some mistakes here and there. But their confidence seemed to rise from play to play and has been getting better from game to game.
And it all stems from great play up front. I know those guys aren’t racking up the glamor plays and making what appears to be the game-changing play you see on highlights. But those guys are playing disciplined ball and actually racking up some of the dirty stats that allow everyone else to make those plays.
I still think this D is a year away from being outstanding. I think they’re on the verge of being great right now. But they’re so young right now. And we need to still land some beef to fill in the middle of the front. I look forward to Skotte taking over the middle. He looked good on ST the other day. And I think he’ll make us forget about that other headhunter who wore #32 a couple years ago.
I know we have a lot of tweeners making up the depth on the front. But Tago seems to be the only legitimate stopper left after this year. If we get one or two JC DTs, I’m looking forward to seeing this D play for a couple more years.
And I have a question about our recent recruiting tendencies. Does it seem we’re going with the old Tom Osborne method of recruiting D players? We seem to have a lot of DB’s who are great ballers either already committed or looking hard. Are we going to convert some of these kids to LB when all is said and done?
We may have had our doubts about Perry and his recruiting. But the way he has the DBs playing, I’m not surprised a lot of kids are excited about OSU. I think that was the upside of his hire that we discussed in the first place. But I’m surprised kids are responding as positively as they are. It can’t just be because we’re winning this year.
Can it?
I mean… it’s just so hard to recruit to Corvallis… you know… that real college town… that haven a lot of recruits this year are talking about being a surprise when they visit because they love the small town feel and the concentration on college life.
That’s an interesting perspective. Despite the benefits of an additional year’s experience, I tended to see next year’s defense as weaker due to the loss of Poyer, the inexperience at MLB, and the lack of known size and production at DT. I also think Fifita was a good surprise this year and will be missed.
I must admit, one of the biggest surprises of the year has been the play of the DT’s. I was sure they were undersized and depth was lacking.I agree while they are not making many highlight films, but they are creating opportunities for others. I wonder how effective that will be against UO, where the most success against them seems to be in big fast DTs that can penetrate and disrupt in the backfield.
Next year’s DTs according to the current roster:
Bennett-Jackson, Brandon 6-3 267 RS FR
Collins, Desmond 6-4 269 RS FR
Harrah, Blake 6-1 265 RS JR
Lopez, Joe 6-0 273 SO
Rosa, Mana 6-3 276
Tago, Noke 6-1 290 FR
I read in fall camp this year Banker was comparing one of these young guys to former OSU DT Manning, who was a first team Pac-10 player. And hopefully Noke is just so strong and quick he can contribute with raw ability until he gains experience and improves.
I still miss Fred, who I think is forgotten with all of this winning. This year’s D could have been a notch better rotating him in, and next year would likely have been beast mode for big Fred.
Hoping Riley the Squirrel finds two JC DT acorns…according to Scout OSU currently has offers to 6 DT’s, two of which are JCs – Demetrius Campbell and Edwin Delva, each 6’3″ 290lbs+ “three stars” so they have legitimate size.
Objective,
I could have written that. Agree 100%. Poyer will be a huge loss from a leadership standpoint as well.
I would not assume we are better next year. That will be the challenge for the staff. Need to hit some home runs on a couple ready to play DT’s. We are really thin at safety and do we have some speed guys to spell/ or replace our two outstanding OLB’s. Fifta, Castro, and Andrew S have played well beyond expectations. Go Beavs!
I think a JUCO DT is necessary just for depth and immediate play. But we need to get back to developing real DTs instead of relying on two year players who might or might not pan out. Our current depth problems are because of one tragedy and several JUCO misses.
If Collins and Bennet-Jackson work out, then good enough for that class. But we need more kids at DT always. Give me two per class, and Ill give you a winning football team every year.
Right now I like Nick Terry and Antonio McGhee. but I think Terry is better suited to be a DE in our system (a true DE, not a light-in-the-pants DE who would be a small LB in the NFL). I also like Darien Freeman in an Elvis Dumervil (only with more size and strength) kind of way. There are a lot of under the radar kids who I think will make good additions to this team.
The defense looked like they were concentrating on substituting and getting on and off the field quickly. Probably a warmup for Oregon’s tempo and it was nice to see some hustle.
I actually think this defense can play pretty well vs Oregon. Not saying they’ll stop them but they tackle 10000x better than USC and there’s some pretty good athletes out there.
Oregons defense is a little beat up right now. Remmington was in a boot after USC. Alonso is till nursing an injury. Cal will give them some rest, but hopefully those hosses at Stanford will give them the business prior to the Civil War.
Rob Mosley of the Eugene Register Guard was on the radio earlier and was reporting on the Ducks injury concerns on the D-line. Remington appears to be injured bad enough to sit out this week. Ricky Heimuli injured his knee vs USC and is also likely out. Dion Jordan has a shoulder injury and might also be out. Apparently they’re planning to take the redshirt off freshman Alex Balducci to help plug holes the rest of the year.
Oregon is pretty tight lipped about injuries, but if they’re deciding to pull the redshirt this late in the year, they must be pretty concerned. Cal will provide a little time to heal, but, as I said before, Stanford might be the perfect pre-Civil War opponent to put their D-line’s health to the test. Any further injuries and you have to think OSU will have a decent chance to control the time of possession in the Civil War with our run game. A few turnovers forced by our D and that game could be very interesting.
Of course, gotta beat the Trees first. “beavers eat trees!!”
Does the average DI football player have an INT against Todd Graham’s dream job?
I think not.
Therefore I isn’t.
Given how many Dream Jobs Todd Graham has, yes, the average DI football player DOES have an INT against them.
I got my Sin’n Dat Beaverjuice shirt today from beavsarmy. Link below.
Not sure I like the “beavers army” theme. Don’t like the rip on the Timbers Army. Just like last year when there was some dude walking the sidelines with a chainsaw. I am all for a grassroots fan support group or whatever, but I just am not a real big fan of the “army” part.
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/396610_10100471021750628_1455462287_n.jpg
The hardest position to recruit at the jc level is defensive tackle. There are not as many qualified recruits when you take into consideration size, speed and strength. You can have really good undersized high motor over achievers or have guys huge and slow at the jc level. It is just not so easy to find diamands in the rough or kids that just need 20-30 lbs and a bit of development, It is much easier to find serviceable offensive lineman (typically late bloomers), linebackers, dbs, running backs and receivers (more likely nonqualifiers or bounce backs). I have criticized the Beaver dependence on Mt SAc. But I have to admit, Fifita was a great find and a very useful contributor. He is a model for the type of JC guy to recruit, because depth means everything at the PAC 12 level.
Interesting read:
http://seattletimes.com/html/cougars/?from=stnv2
I know we’re not aloud to give Mike Riley too much credit on this site, but holy shit can we all at least agree about how lucky we are to have Riley instead of Leach? And to think we were all jealous of that hire in the off season…
*Copied the link before clicking of the article:
http://seattletimes.com/html/budwithers/2019614539_withers06.html
If Riley coaches another game this season like he did the UW game then I doubt of we are “lucky”. Let’s see how capable he is in getting the team to a worth while bowl finally. And does Riley have the ability to win against our rival Oregon or are we going to lose No. 5 in a row? Like ESPN stated, we are in control of our destiny and led by Riley. If we get to the Rose Bowl or Alamo Bowl I can honestly say Riley got us there. If not then its the same old shit.
I am not sure any team in the country can beat the ducks this year, and I am certainly not blaming Riley for that.
I don’t see anywhere in my post that I would blame Riley for losing to the ucks did I? Are you giving up on our team being able to beat the ucks? Are you old enough to remember the 2000 Civil War? I referred to the possible loss as another disappointment……nothing more, nothing less.
“Let’s see how capable he is in getting the team to a worth while bowl finally. And does Riley have the ability to win against our rival Oregon or are we going to lose No. 5 in a row?”
Not going to blame Riley for another Civil War loss? Could have fooled me.
My point is that, while fans attach alot of significance to rivalry games (and I understand that), the fact that the Civil War is a rivalry game really says nothing about our prospects of success in any given year. Your post sums up the problem: some fans single out the Civil War as something uniquely within our grasp simply because it is a rivalry game, so that if we lose the Civil War again this year, it reflects worse on the team (or Riley) than say, a loss to Alabama this year would.
I certainly hope the Beavs pull it off, and I don’t think a win is out of the question, I just don’t think it is likely, and I won’t view the loss any different than a loss to Alabama in terms of how I measure Riley’s success this season.
And speaking of giving up on your team, I’d refer you to every single one of your pre-season posts on this site. I think you’ve lost the ability to call anyone out.
I have often wondered how UO’s mean yardage and points output under Kelly compares to UO’s mean yardage and points output against OSU in the last 4 CWs. Likey, UO isn’t beating up on OSU any more than they have anyone else.
As I recall, Kelly (as UO head coach) has lost to BSU twice, Ohio State, LSU, Auburn, and USC. In four years.
I think they have WAY too much speed and diversity this year. If you get tired of chasing DAT or Barner, here, tackle Colt Lyera(sp?). They’re are actually probably throwing better down field now, So a guy like Poyer is going to be less available for run support. This is a program loaded with speed and continuing, high potential. The foundation upon which the program is built is in my opinion unethical – I can’t trust anybody from ANY state institution who gets to write $25K checks with nothing received in return – but they risked the implications of cheating and are thus far reaping rewards. The program has a rep, recognition, and attractiveness to top recruits. This doesn’t slow down until Chip leaves, his O coordinator takes over, and things slowly degrade from there. They would probably become like the post-Carrol USC; still a major threat any saturday, but not near the dominant team they once were.
Recently, we’ve seen what UO can do when they don’t take the starters out at the half. And while I like OSU’s D against UO better than USC’s, OSU’s offense is not consistently high scoring. If OSU keeps this year’s CW within 21 I’d be surprised.
Police on their way to Sean Martin’s apartment right now. Someone called 911 and there was screaming in the background.
https://twitter.com/r_harrington12/status/265944418937344000/photo/1
Richie Harrington was on the Pac-12 website cover lol?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEMihZtSjmU
You’re all so very welcome: best receiver in OSU history.
USC caught cheating again. Man Kiffin is so desparate to stay relevant. you know that saying about smart criminals being the ones who don’t get caught? Well, Kiffin has been caught twice this year already. no shame in LA
You don’t need soft hands to handle them. At least according to 1080thefan radio guy Dusty Harrah, who appears to be handling Dwight Jaynes old uninflated balls….he sounds so excited
Dwight Jaynes ?@dwightjaynes
RT @Dusty_Harrah: You are right on…….Softer ball reduces the need for soft hands! More give
USC fined and student manager fired for tampering with footballs after they had been inspected by officials prior to game. Perhaps a previous observation was not a conspiracy theory.
This is why Fink is Fink.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2012/10/24/usc-ncaa-rulebook-changing-jerseys/1654375/
He’s just a cheater at heart.
the funny thing about that was they used the tactic against Colorado. What was the point of that, except maybe as a test to see if they’d get away with it the next week vs Oregon.
Gotta love how Oregon fans are calling out USC as cheaters today and saying USC knows they can’t beat Oregon in a “fair” game of football, so they have to cheat.
Pot, meet kettle. Such short memories…..
It seems like an OSU/ND Rose Bowl could be a possibility, assuming OSU can beat Stanford and Cal.
That would be tremendous exposure for the OSU program. I think the Beavs 2-0 record against ND and ND’s last visit to the RB being 1925, OSU’s being 1965, would be interesting side stories.
Hmm, maybe I read the article too quickly. Mandel implies ND could take the place of a PAC-12 team, not play against them.
I’d love to see the RB pick up the Beavs and take ND over the Big 10 champ if they have that authority.
I think the only way that happens is if the B1G champ is not rated in the top 14 in the final BCS poll. And we would need the same rating in order to be eligible for an at large berth.
Nope, the Big-10 champ is guaranteed a spot in the Rose Bowl unless they are selected for the National Title Game…
Nope, the B1G champ is only guaranteed a spot in a BCS bowl game.
http://www.bcsfootball.org/news/story?id=4819597
What stinks is that Louisiana Tech could conceivably be ranked in the top 16 and higher than the B1G champ. That would give them an automatic berth. And if Notre Dame is not in the top 8 with an auto berth at the end, we all know some BCS bowl will select them as an at large with (likely) one loss at most.
That leaves only two at-large spots among every school who qualifies for such a bid.
The Rose Bowl is contractually obligated to take the Big-10 champion no matter where they are in the BCS standings unless the Big-10 champion is in the BCS title game. Your link has that information further down
Read team selection procedures……………
2. Unless they qualify to play in the NCG, the champions of selected conferences are contractually committed to host selected games:
Atlantic Coast Conference-Orange Bowl
Big Ten Conference-Rose Bowl
Big 12 Conference-Fiesta Bowl
Pac-12 Conference-Rose Bowl
Southeastern Conference-Sugar Bowl
Gotcha… I was too wrapped up in the eligibility and the likelihood that the B1G’s post-season bans would knock out a deserving at large… us or anyone if it came to that.
Notice below that it also gives reasons bowls tied to certain conferences can forgo the champs from those conferences–played the same bowl game last season, the two teams slated for the bowl played in the regular season, etc.
But below that it also says the Rose Bowl does not change under any circumstance other than the BCSCG berth. It’s safe to say the B1G champ will not be in the BCSCG, so that’s one guaranteed slot. But if OSU or Nikegon go to the BCSCG, then I believe only Nikegon can survive the CW loss that comes with either circumstance in order to make a BCS game… without help. We need for Clemson or OU to go down in order for us to take another loss and make an argument for a berth.
there is no way OSU makes the title game. It’s pretty simple really. Win out and we go to the rose. Beat Stanford and lose the civil war we still have a good shot if the ducks win the pac-12 title game and go to the NC. IF we lose this weekend I cannot see us being in the top 14 with 3 losses. The other thing we want is UW to win out. I know they are a mediocre team at best but a loss to an 8-4 team is a little less of a head scratcher for those that did not witness it. Their schedule is pretty soft from here on out. Utah, Colorado and WSU. They could easily win out. At this point I don’t think we could do any worse than the sun bowl in hell paso. Bowls may only jump down one spot in the standings to take a team worse than us. We have one loss as does Stanford in the Pac-12. Every one else has at least 3. Win this weekend or beat Cal and we can probably do no worse than the holiday bowl. After the last 2 years I would be ecstatic with the holiday bowl.
Crossing fingers for a BCS bowl, but if it doesn’t happen, I’d almost rather go to the Vegas Bowl than the Alamo. As a traveling fan that is. Vegas will have OSU hoops playing San Diego State at the MGM that same day. Would be fun to catch that double header, even if the level of competition in the bowl would be a dissapointment.
yes lets go to the vegas bowl and play another MWC team. BYU maybe (again)? Eff that. I’d rather step up in competition and play a team from the Big-12 in either the holiday or alamo bowls if we don’t go to Pasadena. Besides, the chances of us falling all the way to the vegas bowl are slim and we would have to probably lose the rest of our games sans nicholls state. We are not going to lose to Cal at home or nicholls state. Worst case scenario we finish the regular season 9-3. 9-3 will get us to a better bowl game than vegas offers
I hear you ncaa. That would be a fun weekend for once. I personally don’t like Vegas. But my wife loves it. And so long as I can just spend the day going to OSU games I’d be happy.
As for making the BCSCG… I think we still have an outside shot. Everyone still has to play their games of course. OSU winning out makes a great argument for that berth if KSU and ND both lose late. The only other possible one loss team who could really make a claim would be the winner of Florida/Florida St.
It’s all hypothetical, of course.
I guess one other scenario would have UGA beating Bama in the SEC CG, and they would make the BCSCG a rematch of that game. That would be boring.
OT… Barnhart fired Joker Phillips the other day, and the name most associated with replacing him is Booby Petrino.
Calipari and Booby at the same school?
Old news. Barnhart has emphatically stated that Petrino will not be considered. They are more likely to look at Sonny Dykes, Gus Malzahn, Butch Jones or another regional shooting star. They fired Phillips now so that they could target another head coach before the likes of Auburn and Tennessee could officially make their moves. Officially, they are only now competing with Arkansas.
I’m glad ASU didn’t get Dykes. That would be an unhappy circumstance for everyone in the Pac. And I don’t think Dykes takes the UK job. More appealing and more probable would be heading to Tennessee once Dooley gets the axe.
I’m not sold on Malzahn.
Jones seems to be a good coach, but he has yet to step off of Brian Kelly’s coattails. I personally think he’s good at the x’s and o’s, but I have to wonder how he might do trying to get his own players into his system when the previous system was such a failure.
Some rumors have Willie Taggart as the lead candidate.
Nice article on Michael Beaton.
http://www.dailybarometer.com/what-i-cherish-is-my-strength-1.2947955#.UJwVQoYhSSp
I hope he does well with his first love.
I disagree with John Hunt on OSU’s ideal run-pass ratio for Stanford. Can’t see OSU winning running it 40% or less. Our winning % numbers don’t back Langnam Style of being overly pass happy. We have to maintain close to 50-50 balance and let that set up manageable 3rd downs and higher % throws where the defense doesn’t know what is coming. It won’t be easy to maintain that discipline so Riley better keep the playcalling duties throughout this game. This one is a ‘big’ game that Riley in my opinion is due for and does need to prove he can win. As long as the players and coaches are all laser focused, determined and playing with deep passion, then I believe this OSU team will prevail and make Beaver Nation proud and very happy with our bowl situation.
#11 Oregon State at #14 Stanford:
http://beaverbyte.com
OT… watching the VaTech/FSU game, and Chip Kelly was the spokesperson for a UPS commercial talking about logistics and shit.
What can brown do for you?
The Beavers are 7-1 against the spread. It’s been easy money…would have been easier money if I had the cajones to bet a little bigger. I’m going to drop $50 on the moneyline (+160), and another $50 to cover +4.5. My gut says over 44.5…but it could be a defensive matchup. A quick look at the predictions i’ve seen from the prognosticators puts it at 42 or so….lots of 24-17 type predictions. I still think over though…am I crazy?
I am thinking the same as you. 27-22. Maybe some defensive scores that push it above the over. The Cardinal wins have come against soft comp. Not sure who wins though. There seems to be some confidence in the Beavs, and I can see why, but I am also leary of their play action. This going to be close that could be decided on special teams.
Bernarnd’s little bro must have some speed – rated by one S-I writer as the 20th best prospect in next year’s draft:
“20) Giovani Bernard, RB, North Carolina* — Bernard is highly thought of in the scouting community, and the recent injury to Marcus Lattimore unequivocally makes him the top running back prospect in the nation. He’s a complete ball carrier who can handle a lot of carries or beat opponents catching the ball out of the backfield.”
Hoops tonight, guys and gals:
http://www.thefirstrow.eu/watch/151895/1/watch-niagara-vs-oregon-state.html
Robinson featured in his own article?
Based on what Bray says about the young guys, they must not be showing much in terms of execution and consistency if Robinson fills any of one of the three spots before they do.
“Guys who play are guys who can execute. If six show me in practice they can execute, they play. If four do, then four play.”
Probably the mental stuff. In all fairness, RR has been much better this year, He just does not have the speed and reaction time needed for our style of D. If we lose a starter, we are screwed. Major drop off. This should have been a recruiting priority this year. Why did the Fabio look alike, Cowdin, bail after spring ball? One potential benefit of the Nic State game, if we play it would be to get some extended playing time for the backups so the coaches can see what we have. Go Beavs!
PS: MR, find a way to keep Bray.
From today’s SL Tribune – “Keeping in mind that published point spreads are not predictions — they’re just designed to attract betting on both sides — I’ve never been more surprised by a line than Utah’s being a slight favorite at Washington.”
I’m passing it along to AB because we mostly hate the Huskies and I thought the line about published point spreads was amusing.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/utes/55243652-89/utes-byu-game-seattle.html.csp
If you watch the Oregon dbs, they hold too. The interception in the endzone by #14 vs USC was a direct result of holding as opposed to pass interference. They hold and release which is hard to call. It appears that they do teach holding at all positions and realize that it can’t be called for every position on every play.
How can we be so behind the times?
Look what Arkansas is doing with their facility master plan and construction updates
I mean if they dropped a little coin on a rendering of future reser expansion that would be something for donors to get excited about.
Where is the vision and why is our athletic department so behind the times??
Btw, what is happening to the 15-20 mil per year of new pac-12 money? Last time I heard most was being dedicated to debt service, are details on that?
Regarding Riley’s contract, I know he just got another year added with the bowl game this year. In the interest of flexibility, what would you think about giving Riley a raise now in return for eliminating the automatic bowl extensions (i.e. buying out the 1018 and beyond years in return for a raise now??
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