Big weekend all around, FB spring game Saturday (PAC12 has blocked out 1-3pm for broadcast), WBB plays at 2pm Friday, and of course, Baseball today at 6 on PAC12 from Arizona State.
The conference schedule seems favorable in that the arms should be rested and have no mid-week game before hosting Arizona next weekend. Also seems nice to face the weaker of the two AZ schools first.
GO BEAVS!
First muthafukas!!!!
Nailed it didn’t I Beavergopher?
May your napkin be soaked in urine. After eating asparagus.
…remind me to never piss you off…
GoBeavs!
2nd!!!
Haven’t read-up on ASU, but they always play tough. Go get em Beavs!!!!
….I’ll take 3rd.
Link to Sun Devil stats….some real Jekyll & Hyde shit going on…..
http://www.thesundevils.com/documents/2017/3/15//SeasonStats3_12.pdf
Against TCU they struck out a team high of 13, but also gave up a team high of 4 homeruns. Not sure if that was in the same game or not.
ASU pitcher at 52 pitches and plenty of pick-off throws; does ASU have the counterpart to “Too Late Nate”? Not suggesting the hook just now but this guy isn’t likely to last past 5?, 6?
Beavs follow their recent trend of LOB=Hits or nearly so. After 2 they have 3 hits and 4 LOB.
They also have the lead (2-0) and a pitcher with a 0.31 ERA on the bump.
You saw the leads the Dirtbags had on these guys, rught? Hate to see so many LOB.
Means nothing. LBSU doesn’t have the same pitching staff.
Excellent point, and Luke showed his stuff to get out of that inning.
Still don’t like so many LOB.
We are coming up as Long Beach State in the stats machine.
This works for me:
http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=163785
Works for me too…. thanks.
One of my sons showed this to me and I about pissed myself! Scientifically, ducks are rapists and Scrooge McDuck = PK. So all the raping goings on at UO now make total sense
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1v_EcjeIkg
Did you know they are rebooting that show? And that shit was funny.
I can understand trying to get a good batting matchup against a certain pitcher….but Kwan shouldn’t be batting 2nd with a .214 avg. His OBP is so low it’s not in the PAC12 stats log.
I agree with this. Kwan has no business batting in the top 6 of the order.
Looked like the ump missed that call. but we go to the 9th hoping for some insurance.
Hemlich been brilliant
Kwan can prove me wrong with two on base and one out.
Taylor to pinch hit
Beavs win!!!
Heimlich was dealing for 8 innings, Max E slams the door in the 9th. Beavs win their conference opener 2-0
….and ten LOB.
does it matter when your staff is putting up zeroes?
It will matter when ASU gets timely hitting and puts up 3 on Saturday.
Considering the Beavs staff had a team ERA of 1.20 going into tonight’s game and have only given up more than 2 runs in 3 of their 16 games? Fat chance of that happening
Of course it doesn’t matter as long as the staff puts up zeros. While pitching is the obvious strength of this team there are bound to be “off” nights, I don’t think Casey is pinning his hopes for Omaha on the idea that there is no reason to be concerned about leaving an average of 10 or more on base over the last 5 games.
Nice to see some of the middle of the order get hits tonight; here’s hoping Adley gets going soon.
Sometimes the other teams pitcher is very good too. OSU is lucky he had a shaky first inning. It’s good to have a Friday night guy that you can consistently count on to put up zeroes and keep you in the game. Heimlich’s ERA after tonight is now 0.25.
I doubt ASU’s next two starters are as good as the guy they rolled out there tonight. Bottom line to take the conference title is to win every series. Take two of three on the road and get a few sweeps at home against the bottom feeders. I like their chances after tonight’s win.
I think you’ve put your finger on the key to this season…….very few teams are gonna have better Sat/Sun guys than the Beavs.
What’s the average left on base for an ordinary good team?
LOB for last year’s Beavs would be a good measure. I’ll see what I can find.
LOB for the last three seasons combined was 88.4% of hits; so far this year it is 90.9%. The last few games have been worse.
Things do seem to run in streaks, so maybe the trend over the last five games will soon return to a more typical mean. But, yes, if the pitching staff can never give up more than 2 runs then it isn’t worthy of concern.
A big “if” IMHO.
Seems like leaving alot of guys on base at least means we’re getting guys on base. I’d imagine teams that play alot of small ball, strand more guys than more of the power hitting type teams. Would be nice if we had that Conforto/Davis type cleanup guy out there, but that doesn’t seem to be a big part of this year’s team.
Bottom of the order needs to start get going for the offense to put up some solid run totals.
They won, have a 15-1 record and 10 game winning streak. They aren’t going to rap out 15 hits and 10 runs every game. What more do you guys want? Complaining after a win? Sheesh.
It’s unreasonable to think pitching will keep up this low ERA.
No it’s not. It’s just unreasonable to expect it. I think they can do it all year long then flub two games in the post-season.
I call it the Gonzaga Syndrome.
I agree with your points above Whiskey on ways to win the conference and get to Omaha, but remember we have a biased selection committee, so need leave all doubt out of it. Heinrich had more than his share of tight situations last night (at least for his standards), he is one walk and a long ball from being tied up. Don’t get me wrong, the pitching is stellar, but the clutch hitting is below average. I look at it this way, for every two hits, you should have at least one run on the board — Beavs had 8 hits last night so should of had 4 runs. The RBI production has been subpar.
Fuck the selection committee. Win the conference and you get the automatic berth. Then the decision is already made
Until tonight, the middle of the order was the primary problem; the bottom of the order was doing pretty well. Guys like Gretler and Grenier have usually been in the bottom of the order and each have 10 RBI’s.
It comes down to timely hitting when opportunities are there.
As far as “complaining after a win” I think many fear a luck o the beavs scenario where the pitching slips up and other areas of the game aren’t able to cover that up.
OT………….
Hadn’t seen this posted, Stephen Paea signed with the Dallas Cowboys. Bet he’s happier than a pig in shit to get out of Cleveland.
http://www.oregonlive.com/nfl/index.ssf/2017/03/ex-oregon_state_dt_stephen_pae.html
And the only thing happier than a pig in shit is a pig wallowing snout-deep in Cleveland!
Gina’s practice report up. QB timeline still indefinite.
http://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/index.ssf/2017/03/gary_andersen_keeps_qb_battle.html#incart_river_index
Game 2, Beavs again score 2 in the t1.
No Kwan today.
Donohue doubles in a pair, Harrison with an infield single drives in Donohue after he advanced on a passed ball. I guess they decided to hit with RISP today for some of you. 6-0 Beavs in the 6th.
Edit: 7-0 now. Beavs rolling this ASSU pitcher and their 3rd baseman
Ummmm….passed balls, hit batsman, and errors help too LOL
Capitalizing on your opponents mistakes is a meaningless stat? Got it LOL
Fehmel goes 8, Beavs roll 10-1 and will go for the sweep tomorrow. 10 runs on 16 hits good enough???
Yup, that’s more like it!
Sure hope Kwan can contribute at the plate at some point, because he’s a dam good outfielder. Glad to see another hitter in the two hole (Donahue with 2 RBI) in there tonight, really kept the base runners moving and crossing home plate.
Three of the runs were unearned, but overall lots of hits and good at-bats.
Donahue is a smart player, I think Casey often uses him as an example of a guy who is always focused and giving it his best. I remember him doing a good job at 2nd last season. Both he and Kwan can be valuable in the short game (once Kwan settles in).
I’m still waiting for Adley to live up to his potential with the bat, was hoping that triple vs Ball St would open the dam. Gotta believe he’ll come around….sooner or later.
Lots of good at bats tonight, and lots of smart baserunning.
Will he play in the spring game, today? If so, maybe he’s too spread out for now…
Nice work Beavs….10-1!
“Will he play in the spring game, today? If so, maybe he’s too spread out for now . . . ” On Saturday, 18 March 2017 – I would say it’s nearly impossible.
I missed most of the game, but fuck Carter Aldrete? dropping a sure double play and then a pick off throw. He’s embarrassing his Dad, and me as a Giants fan.
Anybody going to the spring game tomorrow?
Yep
Anybody know if the patio is ooen for getting a beer tomorrow?
Sweet, looking forward to the report.
Still not satisfied with the offense. Why not 29 runs?
Lady Beavs squeak by LBSU 56-55.
Thompson gets the start today with KJ behind the plate and Zak Taylor at 1b. Kwan sits.
The game is supposed to be available on PAC12-Plus which, I believe, is the ASU produced stream. FWIW, here is a “twitter” link put out by OSU for the stream: https://twitter.com/i/live/841725397083410432
Gals play at 6pm tomorrow, again on ESPN2
At spring game now. Would say at first glance there are more recruits/families here than actual fans in the seats.
(Meaning not very many fans in this place right now)
Jake walks another lead off batter.
Beavs 1-0, 5 hits, at least 5 LOB….
Luton making quick, accurate throws, receivers showing great hands too, so far. Not used to this at osu
Just turned it on and missed Luton. McM looks pretty good.
Offense seems more methodical, clock controlling with McM, amd with Luton they move the ball downfield much more quickly. We seem to have options on offense this year.
Also, Wily-Matagi is a huge tight end. Never noticed how big he was. Could almost play OL
Noticed that about Wily-Matagi in practice photos…could be a difference maker in blocking, receiving match ups. Great compliment to Togiai.
How’s the Oline doing?
New invisible technology!
Went to Pac-12 Oregon and the game isn’t working. They have aome stupid replay of commercials every time you launch it then it goes to Pac-12 Sports Report. Barnes’ first fail IMO. Team is coming iff a strong finish and they couldn’t even het coverage on the Pac-12 National neteork and the Oregon one isn’t even showing it when you log into Pac-12 Now and select it. Big wasted opportunity for Oregon State. What a mess.
I guess that means you’ll have to get a life in the meantime.
Not sure what you’re watching, it’s on for me.
Pac12 on Sling app was perfect.
It finally started working. I got to see the last play.
Its in now but wasn’t up to 1:40 when I kept trying. So a bunch of Luton and others soing pretty good offensively was missed. This was thru Pac-12 Now. When I finally had it on the first half just ended so missed the main show. 2nd half is much more 2nd and 3rd string.
Seems like it was a Pac-12 Network Larry Scoyt pronlem but doesn’t help Oregon State. These games need to be on National Channel. We got pushed aside for gymnastics. How does that get Oregon State more recognition and taken seriously as a program that wants to be on the rise?
In the future Barnes needs to insist all Spring Games are on the main Pac-12 Network. I don’t even see any replay later in the day or anything unlike Colorado who will be on at 3pm.
Someone keep me updated on the spring game, the streams aren’t working. Been seeing tweets that luton is lighting it up though
Beavs finally hitting in base runners….two RBI singles with two out in the 7th.
4-0 Beavs.
Fucking Wisconsin.
Beavs win 4-0, sweep ASSU in Phoenix. 1 run in 27 innings? I guess it’s unreasonable to expect the great pitching to continue? And I guess Jake Thompson still stinks
But only outscored them 16-2 in sweep….
Umpires must have felt bad for ASSU and awarded them another run somewhere?
0+1+0 = 2?
I know, math is hard
Saw it posted on the OLive spring game thread…bad info.
Isn’t OLive always bad info
Biggest test of the season next week for baseball. Top ten Arizona comes rolling into town.
This is where the season went off the rails last year.
Yup…. need to keep the dominant pitching going against what arguably could be the best hitting club in the league in UA.
Jake got into a couple jams and did not have his patented meltdowns. Mental catching up to the physical? Good so far.
Gambrell last night had some nasty stuff. Team is loaded.
OT: Nike U fired their volleyball coach and his wife who is his asst. coach. Rumors? He was supposed to be a meanie at prior jobs.
I would guess he was talking to the AD and treated him like he treats his wife and players.
Anyone else notice D1baseball.com scores presentation change? They used to display scores for top 25 in order of ranking. But now that the Beavs are closing in on #1 again, they’I’ve changed to display the top 25 scores by game start time? Wtf. Beavs were ranked 2 this week yet I have to scroll to the bottom to find them. Wtf
Check out D1’s conference standings if you need another reason to grind your teeth!!
Need a night guard?
#1 Florida State has dropped 3 out of 4 since the last D1 baseball poll came out, Beavers all but guaranteed to move up to the top rank. Nice work Beavs!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7PI718VAAAj5Iz.jpg:large
Spring game stats
Nall with a 60 yd td pass??
And an insane passer rating…
Now GA will never pick a starter.
It was a deep throw too – ball probably travelled 50-60 yds. Not that it was an especially “good” throw, but Nall’s got an arm.
Nice to see Jarmon break out. I had him as a very high talent years ago, and he exploded with Mannion vs Stanford a few years ago. Then went silent. I think he could be a key player this year and be a more reliable Bolden. Not as fast, but more reliable.
Mcm threw for more yds than Luton and didnt have any picks..
Can we just admit McM is good?
Mcm also had mor rushin yds
Threw for more yds on SEVEN FEWER ATTEMPTS!
Beavs 17-1 in baseball. Sweeping a historic powerhouse like ASU is always a great thing, even if they stink this year. 3-0 in PAC is a huge start. Could be a magic season. Thompson is fine so far, but I think he will be an issue once we play better PAC teams. Casey better have a good Plan B every game he starts.
Better PAC teams? Look whose coming to Corvallis next weekend.
U of A put 19 on the Bruins today and the latest stats I found shows they have 5 everyday hitters batting 400+. Their pitching looks good (so far) too, a couple starters under 1.4 ERA.
This weekend is gonna be a good test, glad it is at Corvallis.
Sorry, didn’t read Bill and jockitch above before I posted.
UCLA lost to UA 4-3 tonight. Guess how many LOB UCLA had…. that’s right 11, ….to UA’s 6. UA is gonna be a real good series. I think Beavs take it 2-1, the last game will be huge.
Long range forecast is for 60% showers in Corvallis next Fri/Sat. Advantage Beavs?
I think a sweep is entirely possible but agree 2-1 is the more likely result.
I’m going to hold my breath until the series is over.
No jinxes!
I don’t care how you slice it, the pitching has been f-ing unbelievable through 18 games. I still think they are playing with a Casey inspired chip on their shoulder from that unfathomable snub last season. Go Beavs!
I think you are right, he won’t let anyone forget how they felt last year. Just hope the team isn’t so tight that they don’t do well in Seattle in April.
St marys up by ten on zona
Lavin candidate for Uw coach per seattle times
Who cares who coaches UW?
Isaac hodgins commits. Anyone post this yet?
https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/164594
It’s gotta be unusual to have two brothers that are both athletic but with such different body types. Have you ever heard of a D1 caliber WR and DT coming from the same family?
And their dad was an NFL Running back (backed up Marshal Faulk on the super bowl Rams team)
Do the Bennetts count?
Went to the spring game today. Didnt get to see every snap because I was with my toddler today, and if you’ve never tried to watch a game that way, let me just say I don’t recommend it.
My impressions:
Very low fan turnout. It was a wet morning but dry all during the game. Even sunny at times. But the fans just didnt turn out. Is it spring break? Didnt see many students even.
Game was worth watching if they out it on replay on the Pac12 network (sounded like there were issues with the live broadcast?)
Luton and McM both ran the offense the majority of the first half. Defense wasnt allowed to make much contact with qbs or ball carriers, so it was tough to get a read on how well the QB’s would perform under real pressure, since they knew they had a safety bubble around them today.
That being said, Luton’s arm is legit. He does a good job of getring rid of the ball quickly and he seemed to be good at spreading it around the field. That TD catch early by Hodgins was pretty spectacular. Kid has great hands and snagged a ball that most guys wouldnt catch. He also showed great technique. He just looks like a D1 football player already.
The offense with Luton moved more quickly and efficiently from what I could observe, although it was more pass heavy.
Whem McM was in control, the offense was more methodical and run based. He seemed to have a good day throwing. I havent looked at stats yet, but i dont think he turned it over. Came close a couple times though.
Honestly, the offense just felt more effective with Luton at QB, but it wasn’t bad with MCM at QB. I think he would be best in those situations where we wsmt to control time of posession.
Luton turned it over twice i think. The first one was inexplainable. He was under duress and dropping back, amd instead of throwing it away, he just chucked it up in the air at mid field. It basically had a 50/50 shot of being picked, and the defense got it.
The next INT was a deep throw for the end zone before halftime that Grant picked off nicely.
The first TO was just careless, but easily fixable, so I don’t think it’s a sign of things to come.
The second seemed to be a risky pass but likely because time was running down on the half.
Nall is a beast. But contact against him was very limited. Pierce also looked good.
Jarmon really made some nice plays downfield, plus had a gimmee wide open TD drop (at least i think it was Jarmon)
He should have a huge year, based on what i saw today.
Also, Xavier Hawkins is abit of a forgotten name, bit i though he made some nice plays at receiver. Guy has some great speed.
Our tight ends are all really big guys. Matagi especially. He looked like an extra blocking lineman more than a TE.
Hard to get a read on the defense because they had to hold up on so many plays. Receivers were often open though. Not sure if that is a good sign for our offense or a bad sign for our defense.
Garretson got some first team reps. He was serviceable too, but also looked like he still not(understandably) 100% physically.
Oline had a few false starts, but otherwise I didn’t see anything particularly good or bad that stood out.
Craig Evans should add to our Dline when he arrives, but our current Dline got pretty good pressure against our 2nd string OL. Didnt notice it as much against our 1st string.
Saw Brian Grant at the game. My dad didnt realize it but was taking a leak side by side with Grant at the urinals. Brush with fame?
Lots of recruits at the game. Hodgins commited today. We may get another today or tomorrow.
Also, at the end of the game, a guy walked by me and commented that my kid was cute, then introduced himself as MCM Sr. Just a random interaction. Really nice guy. You could tell he was proud to be there watching his son play in person.
His son is in for a battle this summer though. Luton really did look legit to me today, and if I had to guess who starts at Game 1, it will probably be Luton. But McM is a really solid option #2. In other words, I think we are going to be feeling spoiled by our QB play this year compared to our past 2 seasons. These guys might just give McGiven some job security.
(Sorry for any typos in the above, i’m on my cell and typing quickly.)
Oh yeah, i sent angry a construction pic of the front of valley. It’s bigger than i was imagining and should look cool when finished, but right now it’s hard to picture how they will hide some of the older surfaces so they dont detract from the new facade.
Also, the valley roof is still an eyesore. The rest of the new patio area looks nice and clean with white paint on the walls and black graphics, but then that rusty colored roof with the tied down black banner covering it just look incomplete.
Paint it white or black and be done with it. Skip the orange.
Any bad snaps from the centers? And who started at center?
I saw one or two that were at Luton’s knees, but Luton was able to handle them well. Otherwise the center QB exchange didnt really stand out as anything to be overly concerned with.
If there were any truly bad snaps, i didnt see them
I think Houston started, but somebody else should verify. I wasnt paying close attention
Spring game replay on Pac-12 network tonight at midnight
Eggers has a writeup. Seems to echo several of the things i mentioned above.
http://www.pamplinmedia.com/pt/12-sports/350602-229325-beavers-spring-game-anaysis
Nice writeup, man. Thank you.
McM had much better numbers than Luton. I will try to watch the game at midnight if I can.
I watched a little bit of it. Mcm was fortunate not to get an INT. From the stats i saw, garretson actually appeared to have the best efficiency of them all, but it certainly didn’t look that way in person.
Based on the video i saw, i think it’s safe to say Nall helped make Luton’s early series look better than McM’s early series. Pierce still played well with McM, but Nall made bigger plays.
Luton also threw 2 more easy interceptions that were dropped by the d. Hungalo dropped what would have been a pick 6.
And it was Hawkins who dropped the perfect dart from mcm that would have gone for a 60 yard td.
OT: Did any AB’s apply to be on the fan experience group?
The Beav website needs an event calendar where one can see all the events going on at a single glance. They have made their site worse the past few years.
Leg Humpers to hire Syracuse assistant Mike Hopkins. That’s really the best they could do?
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/18950235/washington-huskies-hire-syracuse-orange-assistant-coach-mike-hopkins-replace-lorenzo-romar
The University of Washington announced Sunday morning that Syracuse assistant Mike Hopkins will be the Huskies next men’s basketball coach.
A native of San Mateo, California, Hopkins is essentially a Syracuse lifer, playing for the Orange from 1989-93 before joining coach Jim Boeheim’s staff as an assistant in 1996. Hopkins, 47, also served as interim head coach in 2015-16 for nine games while Boeheim was serving a suspension. He was officially named the school’s “head coach-designate” in June 2015, meaning he was next in line to be head coach whenever Boeheim retired.
Read more here: http://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/college/pac-12/university-of-washington/huskies-insider-blog/article139495263.html#storylink=cpy
Wasn’t his name tossed around when we were hiring Tinkle?
Correct. He was a finalist IIRC
Yes, he will be a good coach with the talent they have up there. Get ready to watch a frustrating zone in Seattle for at least the foreseeable future.
It sounds like both QBs can run the offense pretty well, with different styles and tempo. That seems like a good thing but I’m a little concerned that GA will get sucked into the idea of using both QBs rather than focusing the offense around one of them. Didn’t we have that same situation early in year one?
Few locals went to the Spring Game for a couple of reasons. Weather, maybe, but we’re used to the rain and that’s not a real deterrent. Mostly I think it’s a lack of connection with the team and fans. Practices are closed, there’s been no exposure to the community, and so kids and locals just don’t know the team personally like we did with Mike Riley. Fans used to be able to go to practice, stand right on the sides with the players, hear everything, ( not always good) and feel like part of it. Going to practices was an event in itself. I live a mile from Protho/Truax and haven’t seen hide nor hair of our football team since the Civil War.
The Spring game also used to be a bigger deal for the community, a 5/10 k family run, lots of game day kids games set up, autographs and pictures before the game and no raunchy rap music blaring forth over the PA. I like Coach Anderson and I’m glad he’s here, but whether he realizes it or not, he’s destroyed the Spring Game experience.
Having it early in the spring doesn’t help attendance, but so what. He has a better reason then 5k runs and playgrounds for kids by doing it this way.
Was the music raunchy?
I feel like the ac/dc lyrics that got played were every bit as raunchy as any of the rap music. Run DMC/Aerosmith isn’t exactly edgy anymore.
I do think the weather played a part, and I’m sure having closed practices is annoying to a handful of fans, but it’s not like those practices ever drew a huge crowd back in the Riley days.
The last two Andersen era spring games had much better attendance. The big difference was this year it was cold and rainy all week leading up to game time. Also, having the game on tv probably makes it easy for people to plan to skip it
Recruits are usually photographed with cheerleaders. I would like to see them photographed with some of OSU’s just as beautiful women athletes.Although, perhaps the women athletes have chosen not to do that.
I think the women athletes are busy playing in the ncaa tournament or on the road in a softball series. What does that leave? Valleyball, golf and swimming? T&F?
Anyone know if the spring game will be re-broadcast today?
not today but here are the re-broadcast schedule for the Spring game
Mon 3/20 2:00-4:00pm 778 P12ORHD
Tue 3/2 14:00-6:00am778 P12ORHD
Tue 3/21 9:30-11:30pm 778 P12ORHD
Wed 3/22 6:30-8:30am 778 P12ORHD
Fri 3/24 3:00-5:00pm 778 P12ORHD
Fri 3/24 10:00-12:00am 778 P12ORHD
Tue 3/28 7:00-9:00pm 778 P12ORHD
Awesome info, thanks.
My thoughts on Luton,
He has the best arm on the team. Can fit ball into tight spaces.
But the int he threw was awful. In a real game that would have cost most likely a touchdown. So it appears his issue will be decision making. I’m guessing the plan will be run the ball on first and second and hope for a short 3rd down.
MM looked steady, a lot more confident in his reads. But you can see a noticable difference in arm strength to Luton.
Hard to project Luton to live game action since the spring game was fairly light. But if he’s shown good decision making in practice then he’ll get the nod. I still feel MM has earned the right to start the season.
I also don’t think that Luton would have won any games that the team lost last year. He’s not that much of a difference maker.
The biggest difference maker will be two things. Defense and the health of Nall.
Nall would have made the difference in the Utah game.
Luton’s arm makes us a deep threat team. Last year, most of the season , any pass over 15 yards felt like a wasted attempt. Remember those wobblers Garretson would throw?
If Luton can stretch the field, that will make Nall even more dangerous as defenses wont be able to stack the box on us as easily.
Mcmaryion was ok on the deep ball, plus his legs make him a bit more of a run option threat, so that is definitely a plus with him at QB
He doesn’t have a lot of experience throwing the ball but for the past season in JC.
Luckily, there’s some good OSU defenders to help him adjust to PAC-level play. Then he’ll have to adjust in league with whatever playing time he gets. But, he’ll get to go up against a FR all-american CB, anbd others.
He’ll throw picks in PAC play if he starts or gets significant playing time, but his JC experience suggests he’ll learn and improve along the way.
And if McM is the starter, great. Give it t the guy who makes the best decisions.
Am I late to the party? Did anyone else know that Luton had been suffering from a stomach ailment? I don’t think it’s insignificant that the problem caused him to lose 20 lbs. Sounds like it has been resolved? I am in the camp with others who have said this team will probably need all three QB’s at some point during the season. Good to have the experience with McM and DG and even Luton has played in D-1 games.
Eggers’s story is the first I heard of Luton’s stomach problem as well. Just goes to show how well-connected/good reporter Eggers is.
He knows someone at MI6, and they have Luton’s phone tapped. I saw it on TV. It’s true.
Believe me.
Sad!
Need to find “the leaker.”
Snapping didn’t seem to be an issue but there was a clear difference between Houston and the backup. Houston’s snaps had a nice velocity on them. The backup was more of a flip where the ball hung up in the air for a split second longer.
There were not too many bad snaps.
So just some low ones, but nothing over the head or rolling on the ground, correct? Shotgun snaps are one of those things in football where you only notice them if they are bad.
by my reckoning only the last snap of the game/practice caused the QB to reach to the ground to get it.
Well thats good. Many here were worried about that position.
I was at the spring game as well. The atmospherics (literally and figuratively) were down from previous years. I too was struck by how few people were there, but then in the morning it was cold and rainy and I’m sure that depressed turnout. Count me among those who did not appreciate the constant blare of pop music. Yes it helped “fill” a mostly empty stadium but it was quite distracting.
As for the football, which is the main thing, Luton only helped his prospects to emerge as the starter by the time the season starts. He has the physique reminiscent of DA and Mannion but far more agile afoot that both and a quicker release than both. Accurate throwing with nice zip. it’s clear that he already has good rapport with Hodgins. You could see his first pick coming from a mile away, or in my case, thirty yards away as he was flushed out of the pocket to his right and then threw back across his body to his left to the middle of the field where football canon tell us an LB or DB will be laying in wait to pick it. Check. Poor judgment, as someone above noted, but hardly a trend at this point.
McMaryon has very much improved as a QB as well. He’s very adaptable and makes better reads and throws than heretofore. Spread the ball around more than Luton who seemed to be looking for Hodgins a lot, though I don’t mean to suggest he was “locking on” with his reads.
Garretson looked tiny out on the field. Was the least accurate in his throws but damn he is a good runner to the outside. In sum, I think we’ve come a long way from this stage two years ago when QB’s leaving the programs in droves, or were being driven out, as the case may be. Andersen has lots of options, which are always good to have, and in case of injury we’ve got serviceable depth.
I feel better about reaching a 6 win threshold based on what I saw yesterday.
From L to R:
Brandel, Delp, Houston, Lavaka, Moore
On pass pro, Moore was broken down once, but he looked pretty good. Most of the breaks came in the A gap, so Houston has some work to do. But the team as a whole looked really good on run blocking.
Hodgins is better than advertised. He looks like an upperclassman ready for a breakout season.
I know it’s just spring ball, but a forward flip onto your tailbone at a 3/4 trot? Really? Your capacity to avoid injury is what?
Both QBs held the ball a count too long about half the time. MM has stopped his start-stop-reset routine, though. Now he just squeezes the ball until he sees his throw. And he looks lighter in the pocket and quicker on the run. He needs to spend the summer working with his K, learning how to slide.
Luton makes up for his timing with a strong arm. But he will be that much better when he just trusts his receivers, all of whom looked solid.
AP stood out as someone who can’t go less than full speed. I love the attitude, but there were a couple times when he played past the whistle and ran full bore at a defender who was stopping on the whistle. As I cringed at both impacts, he bounced off the defender and ended up on his can like he ran headlong into a brick wall. Both those incidents got chuckles.
It was pretty obvious the D was holding back. They’re going to be really good this year. And it looks like that’s because of their size and speed. They look more and more like a machine. I can see them playing downhill a lot this season.
And the O is the same on the size part. DA was broader than Luton is now. But Luton isn’t a small person. And he didn’t look like DA did with his O, towering above the huddle. Maybe that’s because of the visual effect of having skill players like Nall, Villy and Hodgins standing around him. But even the O-line looked bigger and more athletic than DA’s O-line.
completely concur with Jack that Hodgins is better than advertised; even as a four star guy. In fact, I can’t remember a newcomer looking this polished/comfortable in role in a spring game in the past decade or more.
An immovable object is about to meet an unstoppable force.
Arizona leads the nation in batting avg and runs scored. OSU leads the nation in ERA.
FWIW-Nolan’s RPI rating has OSU #1, AZ #3, and for SOS: AZ #19, OSU#40
They say good pitching beats good hitting.
We’re about to find out.
WBB post-game Creighton:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knW8H74LSeo
Did ya hear Lindsay barf when her question at 5:06 was answered at 6:28 when Syd told her that Corvallis is “Super Special”?
I think lindsay thought she was talking about the “super special” breakfast at tommy’s.
Back to baseball:
Just saw that Jake Thompson was named pitcher of the week and Cadyn Grenier player of the week.
Is it Friday yet?
http://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/index.ssf/2017/03/oregon_state_baseball_sweeps_p.html#incart_river_index