I can’t figure what the fuck happened to the O line. They looked like one of the strengths of the team early in the season. Now I swear to God they just let guys through half the time.
Not that he’s the answer to whatever the question is, but how fucking long does it take to heal a sprained ankle? I’ve seen guys out less time with broken bones than Luton has been out with a sprain.
Reminds me of last year’s CO game. Buffs tried to beat us through the air but couldnt connect on many passes. Then they went to the ground game in the 2nd half and ran all over us
Watching this team play is like chewing glass. Does Coletto know how to get rid of a football? Might as well put Rainman out there in a bicycle helmet.
Dude is hilarious to watch run. To me he always looks about half way out of control or like he’s about to fall down. But he has the vision and burst to be a step ahead of the defense most of the time.
Buffs passing game has been out of sync and our D has been keeping Montez scrambling just enough that he’s throwing on the run. Our offense has given up 4 or 5 sacks already though, with only a small handful of positive yardage plays(and some of those were broken plays where Colleto scrambled for a few yards)
O line is hot garbage, it’s been a sack fest. Colletto has made a few decent passes, the receivers kinda seem surprised when the ball is there on time and they have had a couple of drops.
I would have thought the negligent play would have been the deciding factor. He had no idea who he was targeting precisely because he decided he wanted to spear someone.
I called sling TV and they’re saying it’s not on them, it’s the pac12 network’s fault. I can’t even get it to work on the app for my phone or on a web browser
after he missed on those long bombs they stopped calling it. When Luton plays they just throw one long bomb each half just to show he can heave it and loosen up the D and then go to those short routes to sideline and over the middle. Boise won for a decade with that strategy
Smith might be on the verge of a major strategic breakthrough; like that coach who never punts, only not that crazy. I’ve never understood punting on the + side of the 50 when you are 4th and short. Riley was really weak minded regarding this proposition. He’d punt on the far side of the 50 almost every time
Does Luton always wear his mouthguard on his helmet rather than in his mouth?
Or is a backup mouthguard? Seems like a bad plan to not use it, especially with all of the sacks we’ve given up today.
I know Luton’s not popular here, but do the receivers seem like they step up more when he’s in the game? Blount and Colletto hold the ball too long and the receivers seem to check out mentally.
I see a difference in receiver play because I see a difference in QB play. Colletto is a disaster. Luton is better. With Blount, I don’t see much difference in receiver play, no. Blount seems better on the deeper pass than Luton so seems there are more big plays. At least early in the year. Those have diminished as the season’s gone on. I assume some of that is Blount being hurt.
Luton is not a terribly good QB but as the only one of the three who was offered a scholarship (even if it was Idaho which has since dropped down a division) you can see the difference between him and two walk-ons. Couldn’t be more distinct.
It doesn’t make any sense to me that you could tip toe tap a catch and immediately step out of bounds and the catch would count, but then in this instance, tip toe touches in bounds first and then heal touches out of bounds nezt
That freebie 75 yard touch down run to start the 2nd half certainly hurts now. Beavs, for as bad as they’ve been, are playing pretty even with Colorado today
Coaches fed up with Luton and Blount being injury prone. Building for the future and not this year. Coaches felt Colletto earned a shot at starting a game.
OK I now believe that one guy can make a big difference. To me everybody should just play their position as well as they can doesn’t matter who’s QB. I don’t understand why the receivers are all the sudden catching the balls and why all the sudden the offense is blocking. Everybody should be doing their job doesn’t matter who’s behind them. But I guess this just goes to show you.
Is it? The guy above predicted it verbatim, and I think we all had to have that thought.
It’s very believable. What is unbelievable is that guy is still our kicker.
Colorado 2017?.. you mean where he made 4/5 FG’s.. all his PAT’s and the only kick he missed was a 52 yd attempt that was dead on and just a few yards short.. you mean that Colorado 2017?
Glad we went for FG. Given it was 4th and 8, plenty of time on clock, and Beavs had all momentum, it was a no brianer. Going for it would have been a desperate move. Usually I appreciate your candid and thoughtful commentary but yesterday seemed a bit over the top and emotional with criticism of play calling and Luton. The first TD to Hodgins was the perfect call against that D. Tough play but the right call period. Had you been coaching yesterday CU wins by 100.
I doubt it. I would have started Luton, for one, since he’s better than Colletto.
In general Smith and company have called good games, but a lot of questionable play calling yesterday. They just got away with it because Colorado has been in decline on both sides of the ball since their hot start.
Wow. That game was a rollercoaster riding another rollercoaster that got hit by a tornado.
Glad to see the offense get back on track, and the defense got JUST enough stops to give us a shot.
Both Hodgins brothers, Luton, and Jefferson were beasts.
Choker and basically all of our DBs need to be replaced ASAP.
But in the end we somehow won the game. Just amazing.
Last thread someone asked how long until Smith is on the hotseat. The answer to that question is NEVER. This team doesn’t give up and has been in striking distance of almost every 2nd half this year. And given the recruiting we’ve seen so far, you have to imagine a nice jump next year.
I assume this is sarcastic. I think everyone was on board with this through last week, and let’s not overreact TOO much to one week, but…
Can we say the defense has made SOME progress? With how little talent the team actually has, they seems to have improved from like an F- to like a D, right? The defensive line and OLBs in particular are at least making some plays, even if the secondary is hopeless.
yeah 100% joking lol… except for the 75 yard td run at the beginning of the 3rd I thought they played pretty well. I’m too lazy to go look up if jeromy reichner played last week but I think he made a big difference in helping to pressure montez and bottling up the inside run today
You could tell at the beginning of the game that was a completely different unit. Elu was getting leverage and a shoulder in the gap. Reichner was being disruptive. Rashid and Smith were active. And people were actually getting sticks.
It wasn’t a complete 180, but it was in the positive axis.
yards don’t beat you.. points do..and despite 500+ yards given up OSU’s defense only gave up 27 points other 7 came on pick six….and they made the stops they needed to help win the game.. other 7 came on pick six
one play in particular that comes to mind was I think CU’s 2nd to last drive in the 4th where they had to kick a field goal.. they had 1st or 2nd and 10 around the 20 and he broke through the line on a rollout play. He got through the gap so fast that the OL had arm choke him and then pushed him down from behind and drew a holding call that pushed them back enough that they couldn’t get the 1st
Brown states she’ll be a 3 for OSU. Will be interesting to see how Rueck utilizes all this size and talent. Will be a hard team to defend and go up against.
3 for 3 on 4th down!!!!
Gotta to hand it to the offensive line, Luton and Colletto for doing their jobs. They all seemed focused and very business-like. Awesome win!!!!!
I was in and out of watching this one, but it seemed like CU’s playcalling was a big factor in this one. We did a good job stopping the run, but they were stubborn about running when the passing game was still very effective.
Luton gets credit for not just having a good game, but leading basically two game-winning drives. I’ll say it again: our QB play this year is strong evidence that this coaching staff is an upgrade.
Smith to Ron Callan regarding his staff: “They are doing a good job coaching the guys positively, but honestly”
To me, at least, the “but honestly” means no phony sugarcoating. So very different than the gum chewer.
Give them credit, they kept grinding. Despite losses piling up this year, they’re giving great effort and showing flashes that things can/will be better.
Its a league win and a road win….and therefore important for building player confidence and also their confidence in what the coaching staff is teaching. It would have sucked for them not to win any league games. Beating a 5-2 team on the road is a decent accomplishment for this team.
Foundation building? That might be a stretch taking the game in isolation, but even the losses are part of building the foundation as odd as that might sound at first.
Lucky my ass…..beavs outplayed them in every facet of the game in the second half. It’s not like Colorado had a bunch of turnovers and handed it to the beavs. The beavs took it from them and deserved to win it. Hell, the beavs should be given two wins for this game because they won it in regulation until choukair choked again. This team is legit offensively when they have a healthy QB. .I wouldn’t be shocked to win another game this season. Too bad choukair cost the beavs in Nevada or they’d be 3-5. Great win and could give them much needed confidence in the last four games.
Knock it off with the picking on the PK and wholly blaming him for losses or not winning when you deem it proper. His misses wouldn’t matter if our D wasn’t giving up 30+ points in the games you cite.
So just shut up about it already. It makes you look like an idiot bully picking on what you perceive is an easy target.
Yikes, the oregon defense might be worse than OSU. Ducls down 7-0 early to Arizona.
This might just be one of those rare perfect days for OSU sports fans
Today’s game – and UO’s performance so far this evening – indicates the CW could be winnable. OSU’s play calling looks pretty balanced and diverse, with many players getting strategic roles (e.g. Crazy Leg Colleto) and getting to contribute…If Jefferson and Pierce are healthy they’re big play threats. Aydon seems to be “rounding” into shape and contributing. Could be an entertaining.
I don’t want to jump the gun, but maybe having Reichner out there getting his legs under him is making the game easier for everyone else?
It seemed like the backers especially could concentrate on what they were supposed to be doing rather than having to wipe the D-line’s ass the entire game. Now if only the secondary had a coach…
Morris hasn’t been ruled out for the season as far as I know. Last I saw was “several weeks away” near the start of October. I’m thinking/hoping he gets a little time vs Stanford and UW and is close to 100% for the CW.
So Herbert is still considering coming back for his senior year rather than hitting the draft where he is projected by some to be a #1 pick?
He’d be better off quitting today and focusing on the draft. His stock is just plummeting these past couple of games
It seemed like the defense was a little better with Reichner and Dunn out there. I wonder if Morris will return for the last couple of games (especially against Oregon)? Any bump in talent is huge for this team’s defense.
Gotta love that ESPN chose a duck homer for color commentary who spent the entire 4th quarter pumping up Herbert like he’s Jesus on turf, all while Herbert is overthrowing his receivers all over the place. “9 times out of 10 he makes that throw”
Um…he missed it 9 times out of 10 tonight.
Guy was even pleading to Herbert to stay another year at oregon ao he can become legendary like Joey Harrington and take the team to the playoffs next year.
A missed chip shot FG by the Huskies and the Ducks thought they were in the national playoffs. Their insufferable fans can now go away until next year. Herbert should make sure he doesn’t get injured and then run from Cristobal as fast as he can to the NFL!
What a great couple days.
Goph’s and Beavs win on the same weekend for the first time in forever.
Ducks and Badgers both lose.
Rueck gets Brown and a B1G VB title almost a lock.
Go Rodents.
Luton or somebody better get a helmet sticker.
Improbable but great win yesterday! Should convince the team that they can play in this league. Looking forward to next weekends game; nothing USC likes more than to come into a cold, dark and wet Reser for a long night game!
Scanned O-Live this a.m to see reactions to yesterday. Canzono laments Cristobal is ”creating s football sin” by “wasting Herberts talent.” I like Herbert, but isn’t some of it on his decisions?
And for those that might still read OLive, have they been saying anything about OSU’s Jefferson? Talk about talent. A FR and One of the leading rushers and scorers in the country, this despite uneven play from 3 QBs and missed time due to injury. You know he’s getting the ball, and he still busts big runs. You know he’s getting the ball, and he still scores. And scores again. And again.
Next year team’s will likely game plan for him, and it will be more challenging for him, but he’ll hopefully enjoy more consistent QB play. His JR year he’ll likely be bigger, stronger, faster…
He deserves more recognition. Who recruited him BTW ?
” (Coach) Smith got wind of Jefferson through former OSU teammate T.J. Houshmandzadeh, then an assistant high school football coach in Southern California. This dude, meaning Jefferson, can roll with the ball, Houshmandzadeh told Smith.
“When T.J. is telling you, you follow up on it,” Smith said.”
Next week U$C, apparently local kid Hufanga out with broken collarbone, their fans freaking out, hopefully Luton and Hodgins take advantage. Too bad for Hufanga. Personally I would have enjoyed watching him battle, and of course loose. Sorry CV, and worse Trojan, kids still get no love from me
Luton plays great when the pressure of being a starter is lifted — coming in to fix and play with little to no expectations, he seems a lot more comfortable.
I’m not sure how it works, but regarding Pierce’s injury……..if recovery is going to take two or three weeks, wouldn’t redshirting be something to consider? He played as a true freshmen and it seems like he’s played in exactly four games this year. Would he have a redshirt?
First!
Have they announced Colletto as the starter?
Dang… missed #1 by a hair. Posted this earlier but for the game thread.
This will be a Rocky mountain low for the Beavs. (Apologies to John Denver. Good singer. Bad pilot.)
McIntrye is a notorious a-hold that will love putting it to defecting members of his staff.
Colletto is Seth Collins minus the speed. Buffs big as they want 48-14?
Once was enough. Wasn’t that funny the first time either.
Plus… he measures his hair in minutes.
You’ll always be #2 to me, Coach
Third!
Having a premonition that da Beavs pull an upset. Must have caught a fever sitting out in the rain last night.
They just have to play a whole game for once.
No biggie.
Have someone pull your finger.
That worked!
you called it. congratulations
It might be a coincidence, but I had my Retro Benny flag flying outside today ,drying out from the downpour at the football game last night.
Colletto starting.
And Colorado deferred! Biggest idiots in history, am I right? /sarcasm
Looks like today is going to be a GREAT test of our offensive line, as Colorado’s defensive line is pretty good.
And already our line is getting their asses kicked. -2 on the run and sack in 5 plays.
Both OSU lines already getting manhandled in their first series.
I can’t figure what the fuck happened to the O line. They looked like one of the strengths of the team early in the season. Now I swear to God they just let guys through half the time.
It’s the talent, not the scheme.
I think it’s a little bit of teams knowing we have no power 5 qb on roster, so they can just try to tee off on the qb and rb.
No reason whatsoever to respect the pass.
Not that he’s the answer to whatever the question is, but how fucking long does it take to heal a sprained ankle? I’ve seen guys out less time with broken bones than Luton has been out with a sprain.
One step forward, 10 steps back. Colletto getting a nice introduction to Colorado’s defensive front thanks to our pourous line
I like the British spelling of porous. adds a touch of class to this blog. :)
When you have a designed roll-out with a blocker in position, why do you run back into the rush?
Valid question.
Same reason that the starting quarterback continuously ran sideways into rushers instead of stepping up in to the pocket.
Nevada?
There are some glimmers of a defense showing up.
I know… still a lot of game to play. But we just forced punts on consecutive series.
Is that the first time we’ve done that to an FBS team this year?
yes
Reminds me of last year’s CO game. Buffs tried to beat us through the air but couldnt connect on many passes. Then they went to the ground game in the 2nd half and ran all over us
It’s a sack fest!
It’s a field position battle and the only reason Buffs are gaining ground is the result of these sacks
Watching this team play is like chewing glass. Does Coletto know how to get rid of a football? Might as well put Rainman out there in a bicycle helmet.
Time to try running to set up the pass. Put in all the tight ends and try to overload the edge. The O line is pure shit.
Didn’t seem like he had full control of that ball before he tossed it to the ground, but no review?
1st period over and it’s only 0-7. Wow.
Is Pierce not playing today?
Nice run by Jefferson. Guy really does a nice job of controlling his momentum when he runs
Dude is hilarious to watch run. To me he always looks about half way out of control or like he’s about to fall down. But he has the vision and burst to be a step ahead of the defense most of the time.
Chokair not even given the chance to kick when it’s only a 7 pt game?
….and nevermind. Think that’s the right call, even though he still barely made it
Not sure I agree, gonna have to score 50 to win
Just got home.
Surprised by this score. Why is it close?
Buffs passing game has been out of sync and our D has been keeping Montez scrambling just enough that he’s throwing on the run. Our offense has given up 4 or 5 sacks already though, with only a small handful of positive yardage plays(and some of those were broken plays where Colleto scrambled for a few yards)
Defense has looked half decent.
O line is hot garbage, it’s been a sack fest. Colletto has made a few decent passes, the receivers kinda seem surprised when the ball is there on time and they have had a couple of drops.
We are playing some D in the first quarter
Okay there we go. There are our Beavs.
Announcers just said reichner is playing?
Yep, #91 he’s been fairly active.
Yeah.
100% receiver.
Have a seat kid, talk to you next year.
The altitude causes the drops…..
Togiai has got to be one of the worst blockers on the team
4 sacks and between sacks Colletto hitting receivers in the hands but they aren’t catching. If it is not one thing it is another with this team.
Nice play calling on that series. Is the OC pouting or something?
Row the Beaver! Keep your tails in the water boys.
It’s like the Beavs saw Angry enter the room and got the yips.
Is that 6 sacks already?
The lack of amplified chainsaw noises is clearly having an effect.
Feels like 666
Never seen targeting on your own teammate called.
#Pac12Refs
I would have thought the negligent play would have been the deciding factor. He had no idea who he was targeting precisely because he decided he wanted to spear someone.
Jack’s right. kid got lucky on that play, but didn’t learn his lesson as he was kicked out on the next Beavs possession
Jefferson hits +1000 yards for the season and +100 for the game on that run
Oops, still a few shy of both marks apparently
JJ just went over 1,000 yards for the season
I actually forgot they were playing…
Anyone else having trouble ( like it load at all) with their pac 12 stream. I’ve got sling TV and literally every other channel works
I’m having the exact same problem. First time it’s shit the bed on me.
Yep, same. Able to watch on the computer but not on TV. It worked for a while, then I switched to another channel and it crapped out.
Probably caught a virus when slinging.
I called sling TV and they’re saying it’s not on them, it’s the pac12 network’s fault. I can’t even get it to work on the app for my phone or on a web browser
It’s back on now.
For the record Sling’s chat sucked a cock.
Anyone have a good recipe for patience? This looks like a 3 year rebuild.
Never watch sober.
Don’t drive angry.
What’s wrong with Scootin’ Luton? Concussion protocol?
It’d really open up the run game if he were out there overthrowing receivers….
Looks like it’s limping Luton for you today
Make that four years.
Man he throws a pretty deep ball. Nevermind that it’s 10 yards too deep
He gets exposed with the lack of touch on the deep ball but if he played for Leach, he’d put up huge numbers on those short timing routes.
after he missed on those long bombs they stopped calling it. When Luton plays they just throw one long bomb each half just to show he can heave it and loosen up the D and then go to those short routes to sideline and over the middle. Boise won for a decade with that strategy
That’s a play Colletto couldn’t make. A couple players and we’re a different team.
philly special, oregon state style
Great idea, trick play with the gimpy QB as a receiver. Smh…
Playing weak and scared. Sounds like some Mike Riley influence there.
Weak and scared? 18 for 22 on 4th down this year. We’re throwing everything out there to try and make something work, that’s anything but scared.
That’s a weak play call there.
Smith might be on the verge of a major strategic breakthrough; like that coach who never punts, only not that crazy. I’ve never understood punting on the + side of the 50 when you are 4th and short. Riley was really weak minded regarding this proposition. He’d punt on the far side of the 50 almost every time
Dude was wide open. A decent throw and it’s an easy TD. Can’t blame the play call, blame the lack of execution on the throw.
Helluva catch by Hodgins
Horrible play call again, but it worked.
That was nice.
Does Luton always wear his mouthguard on his helmet rather than in his mouth?
Or is a backup mouthguard? Seems like a bad plan to not use it, especially with all of the sacks we’ve given up today.
I know Luton’s not popular here, but do the receivers seem like they step up more when he’s in the game? Blount and Colletto hold the ball too long and the receivers seem to check out mentally.
Well he’s a lot better than Colletto. Pretty even with Blount. Both are bad for different reasons.
He hit the Buff players right in the hands.
So you do or don’t see a difference in receiver play?
I see a difference in receiver play because I see a difference in QB play. Colletto is a disaster. Luton is better. With Blount, I don’t see much difference in receiver play, no. Blount seems better on the deeper pass than Luton so seems there are more big plays. At least early in the year. Those have diminished as the season’s gone on. I assume some of that is Blount being hurt.
Not starting Luton if he was available is downright bizarre… Play your best players seems like a pretty standard strategy
agreed. Let’s see if someone on the weak Oregon media asks about it.
Luton is not a terribly good QB but as the only one of the three who was offered a scholarship (even if it was Idaho which has since dropped down a division) you can see the difference between him and two walk-ons. Couldn’t be more distinct.
Jesus fucking Christ.
The fucking quarterback is faster than the entire secondary?
Yes
Come on, that’s not targeting.
Good job holding on for the little fella.
Why do OSU QBs refuse to throw the ball away?
It doesn’t make any sense to me that you could tip toe tap a catch and immediately step out of bounds and the catch would count, but then in this instance, tip toe touches in bounds first and then heal touches out of bounds nezt
Now that was targeting.
is it just me or is there a lot less running room in the middle of the beavs d line?
Stupid going for a FG there.
Yep. Still two possessions down. They’ve got nothing to lose.
Yep considering the D will need 2 stops and the O will need to score twice. Not likely to happen.
Never a doubt!
That freebie 75 yard touch down run to start the 2nd half certainly hurts now. Beavs, for as bad as they’ve been, are playing pretty even with Colorado today
We only need to score a TD and get the two point conversion to set up the heart breaking loss with Choke Air missing a FG.
Really want an explanation on why Luton didn’t start this game
Coaches fed up with Luton and Blount being injury prone. Building for the future and not this year. Coaches felt Colletto earned a shot at starting a game.
Luton tearing it up, and what a gorgeous throw there to Timmy!
Also, apparently he’s the only QB that knows how to throw to Hodgins.
Inside the 10. Do the Beavs get the yips or do they have the killer instinct today?
Hodgietron!!!!
Hodgins is TOO GOOD!!!
A PI call on a 2 point conversion should be a penalty on the kick return. That dude just MUGGED Hodgins the entire way and it doesn’t matter.
Now the defense will let CU drive down the field
Sad part is we gave away a pick six right now would be in the lead
Oh, for sure.
That’s why kicking that FG was stupid.
We’ve seen this script decades.
Meh, would have just happened one drive earlier
OK I now believe that one guy can make a big difference. To me everybody should just play their position as well as they can doesn’t matter who’s QB. I don’t understand why the receivers are all the sudden catching the balls and why all the sudden the offense is blocking. Everybody should be doing their job doesn’t matter who’s behind them. But I guess this just goes to show you.
QB play is everything.
Been saying it for years.
No shit Sherlock!
You’ve also been saying Luton sucks for 2 years now. All of the sudden you’re right for being wrong?
Luton sucks.
He’s a serviceable Pac 12 QB.
Yeah, practice squad or 3rd string.
even serviceable QB play can stand out when you are comparing it to retrograde performance (Blount and Colletto)
Exactly what I figured, team just can’t get out of their own way
I’m not sure I’ve seen a DB more unaware in passing situations than Jalen Moore. Holy crap he has never made a good play on a ball in the air ever.
He easily could have broken up that pass but he “Went for a pick” and was NOWHERE NEAR where the ball went instead.
3rd and 16? We call that “Beaverland”.
I’m really excited for us to score the TD, then for Choker to blow the PAT and we lose in OT.
With the call…
Major props to One Eyed King.
yep. one of the best “calls” ever on this site
Damn, wishing I went to this game right about now.
Luton being Luton.
Not going through progressions, 1 yard pass on 3rd down, etc. Now comes the INT or sack.
Glad to be wrong on that one!
Luton still sucks, though.
he doesn’t suck. he’s just not reliably good. can’t hit the long ball and is relatively immobile
I love the strategy of “Holding on basically every play because refs won’t always call it” like UO’s receivers and Colorado’s DBs. Like on 2nd down.
Hahahahaha
OMFG BENCH CHOKER ALREADY
I don’t know how Smith keeps rolling him out there. Isn’t there someone better on the women’s soccer team?
Time to scour intramurals, brother. Time to scour intramurals!
if Pat Casey coached football he would not see the field.
Clutchman would’ve made that kick :-D
un-fucking-believable.
Is it? The guy above predicted it verbatim, and I think we all had to have that thought.
It’s very believable. What is unbelievable is that guy is still our kicker.
On friggin believable
*Un. Can’t even type I’m so pissed.
Everyone saw it coming.
Yep.
Ok FUCKING CUT CHOKER IMMEDIATELY!
I’m so fucking sick of this shit. Our fucking punter HAS to be better at kicking PATs than Choker is, just have him do it!
Jesus fucking christ.
Find a female soccer player…..anything.
That stupid mother fucker misses.
And screws up my premonition.
I expected to lose to a FG after getting the lead so I guess this is fine.
My much meaner comment about Choker didn’t get posted. But that dude is the worst. Seriously, just have our punter kick the PATs.
I won’t rip the kid, Smith shouldn’t be sending him out there at this point. And I will rip him.
It’s on both of them, but ultimately Smith.
He’ll transfer to Iowa State and win the Lou Groza award next year.
Totally agree. Definition of insanity and all that. We know what the result is.
Colorado 2017
Nevada 2018
Colorado 2018
When is enough enough?!
Colorado 2017?.. you mean where he made 4/5 FG’s.. all his PAT’s and the only kick he missed was a 52 yd attempt that was dead on and just a few yards short.. you mean that Colorado 2017?
OT
Why isn’t there 2 seconds on the clock? After the missed FG there were clearly a few seconds left.
I just hate how this team continues to step on it’s own dick. Un-believable!
Hodgins got the first without the reach. With it, clear first. Jeez.
It was incomplete, but given how good our rushing game is, that 1st down play action call should happen way more often.
Hand it to Jefferson 3 times.
And go for two.
Go for two! Have Luton kick it! Anything but choker please!
Crazy legs!
TD Beavers
LOVE that QB off-tackle run. Great play.
Don’t let the human trebuchet kick it.
HOLY SHIT HE MADE AN EXTRA POINT!!!!!!
Looks like he will get another chance to fuck it up. Patience grasshopper.
You mean like how he’s made a terrible 28 out of 30 this season.? thats only 93%..
Can’t stop regretting not going to this game. Almost did.
Thing is, we probably would have left at halftime 31-3 so…
heh heh…
That would have been even worse.
That was a sure pick. Shit!
This team is absolutely maddening
This team is absolutely the best
Shawn Wilson, still an AWFUL CB.
One more play. Come on.!
Wow
Beavers win Beavers win
That was amazing fortitude. Shit!
Ugh! So wish I went (and stayed). Major life regret.
Pats himself on back.
I wish I had a premonition about Megamillions.
Luck o’ da Beavs!
I can’t believe it
Instead of pointing fingers and so and so, let’s just enjoy this one.
Have a good night, fellas. Headed out.
Dude, just eat your humble pie and acknowledge you may have been wrong.
Wrong about what?
Luton sucks. Bad QBs have good games. Get over it.
Glad we went for FG. Given it was 4th and 8, plenty of time on clock, and Beavs had all momentum, it was a no brianer. Going for it would have been a desperate move. Usually I appreciate your candid and thoughtful commentary but yesterday seemed a bit over the top and emotional with criticism of play calling and Luton. The first TD to Hodgins was the perfect call against that D. Tough play but the right call period. Had you been coaching yesterday CU wins by 100.
I doubt it. I would have started Luton, for one, since he’s better than Colletto.
In general Smith and company have called good games, but a lot of questionable play calling yesterday. They just got away with it because Colorado has been in decline on both sides of the ball since their hot start.
holy fuck we won one
Wow. That game was a rollercoaster riding another rollercoaster that got hit by a tornado.
Glad to see the offense get back on track, and the defense got JUST enough stops to give us a shot.
Both Hodgins brothers, Luton, and Jefferson were beasts.
Choker and basically all of our DBs need to be replaced ASAP.
But in the end we somehow won the game. Just amazing.
Last thread someone asked how long until Smith is on the hotseat. The answer to that question is NEVER. This team doesn’t give up and has been in striking distance of almost every 2nd half this year. And given the recruiting we’ve seen so far, you have to imagine a nice jump next year.
GO BEAVS!!!!!!!!
#firetibesar
I assume this is sarcastic. I think everyone was on board with this through last week, and let’s not overreact TOO much to one week, but…
Can we say the defense has made SOME progress? With how little talent the team actually has, they seems to have improved from like an F- to like a D, right? The defensive line and OLBs in particular are at least making some plays, even if the secondary is hopeless.
yeah 100% joking lol… except for the 75 yard td run at the beginning of the 3rd I thought they played pretty well. I’m too lazy to go look up if jeromy reichner played last week but I think he made a big difference in helping to pressure montez and bottling up the inside run today
You could tell at the beginning of the game that was a completely different unit. Elu was getting leverage and a shoulder in the gap. Reichner was being disruptive. Rashid and Smith were active. And people were actually getting sticks.
It wasn’t a complete 180, but it was in the positive axis.
Elu also had a huge fg block which would have made it 34-10. He finally in game shape?
Any defense giving up 500 yards is not progress, but there’s something to be said for closing it down in OT
yards don’t beat you.. points do..and despite 500+ yards given up OSU’s defense only gave up 27 points other 7 came on pick six….and they made the stops they needed to help win the game.. other 7 came on pick six
How the hell did we win that game?
How?…….by not giving up. Finally the grit that has been evident for the vast majority of this season was rewarded!
Oh, and by actually having spells of being effective at stopping the inside run.
By scoring more than Colorado.
http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/25099684/florida-state-seminoles-lose-clemson-tigers-49-matching-worst-loss-school-history
Be glad that dude isn’t OUR coach. The Ducks sure do pick winners lol
Mario is just as bad. They just don’t know it yet.
Win out and go Bowling? Lol
one play in particular that comes to mind was I think CU’s 2nd to last drive in the 4th where they had to kick a field goal.. they had 1st or 2nd and 10 around the 20 and he broke through the line on a rollout play. He got through the gap so fast that the OL had arm choke him and then pushed him down from behind and drew a holding call that pushed them back enough that they couldn’t get the 1st
^referring to reichner, meant to post above
Beavs WBB lands 5* post Kennedy Brown today.
Might be the biggest get of Ruecks impressive tenure to date.
Great day to be a Beaver!
WBB going to be very tough at the 4 and 5 positions the next few years.
Brown states she’ll be a 3 for OSU. Will be interesting to see how Rueck utilizes all this size and talent. Will be a hard team to defend and go up against.
Rueck and staff have been killing it on the recruiting the last couple seasons. They’re going to be very good over the next few sessons.
3 for 3 on 4th down!!!!
Gotta to hand it to the offensive line, Luton and Colletto for doing their jobs. They all seemed focused and very business-like. Awesome win!!!!!
I was in and out of watching this one, but it seemed like CU’s playcalling was a big factor in this one. We did a good job stopping the run, but they were stubborn about running when the passing game was still very effective.
Luton gets credit for not just having a good game, but leading basically two game-winning drives. I’ll say it again: our QB play this year is strong evidence that this coaching staff is an upgrade.
Choukair…well, at least he hit the last PAT.
The last PAT: basically the one that didn’t matter
It mattered when he kicked it
^^^^TRUE^^^^
Moneyline Oregon State +1700
Someone (stupid) cleaned up!
Interesting to note…the Beavs are still bowl eligible!
If Jonathan Smith gets us to a bowl game with this mess of a team he deserves the Riley +1 – just this year.
Forget that. National championship game!
I don’t think there’s enough in the budget for tickets for the whole team.
Ralphie is drunk https://mobile.twitter.com/RalphieReport/status/1056330365093269504
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
https://mobile.twitter.com/DerekkPara509th/status/1056339188646260736
Is Pierce injured again? I don’t recall him getting any snaps.
Rib injury
OT- There is a stream for MBB’s exhibition game.
https://pac-12.com/live/oregon-state-university
Smith to Ron Callan regarding his staff:
“They are doing a good job coaching the guys positively, but honestly”
To me, at least, the “but honestly” means no phony sugarcoating. So very different than the gum chewer.
I heard that in the post game too, OOB. It’s discrete comment but profound in a way. No one ever associated profundity with Riley
Rueck lands another 5 star
who did they get?
^^^^He is going to need a step stool to talk to them.
Coach R showing that size doesn’t matter!
Not much words for this win. Is it a foundation building win? Lucky win? I don’t know. I feel like it’s the latter. Crazy day in the pac 12.
Give them credit, they kept grinding. Despite losses piling up this year, they’re giving great effort and showing flashes that things can/will be better.
Its a league win and a road win….and therefore important for building player confidence and also their confidence in what the coaching staff is teaching. It would have sucked for them not to win any league games. Beating a 5-2 team on the road is a decent accomplishment for this team.
Foundation building? That might be a stretch taking the game in isolation, but even the losses are part of building the foundation as odd as that might sound at first.
Lucky my ass…..beavs outplayed them in every facet of the game in the second half. It’s not like Colorado had a bunch of turnovers and handed it to the beavs. The beavs took it from them and deserved to win it. Hell, the beavs should be given two wins for this game because they won it in regulation until choukair choked again. This team is legit offensively when they have a healthy QB. .I wouldn’t be shocked to win another game this season. Too bad choukair cost the beavs in Nevada or they’d be 3-5. Great win and could give them much needed confidence in the last four games.
Knock it off with the picking on the PK and wholly blaming him for losses or not winning when you deem it proper. His misses wouldn’t matter if our D wasn’t giving up 30+ points in the games you cite.
So just shut up about it already. It makes you look like an idiot bully picking on what you perceive is an easy target.
And there was some luck involved with their receivers dropping a lot of timely open passes.
Did you even watch the game?
The PAT was blocked. I am surprised it has not been mentioned. We can argue whether it had proper height when blocked, but it was not a flat out miss.
az with the nice start vs Nike Fightin Phils
Ducks show no D on Az’s first drive.
And surprisingly, they’re uniforms are ugly…Az’s look pretty ridiculous too…
Go Cats!
Yikes, the oregon defense might be worse than OSU. Ducls down 7-0 early to Arizona.
This might just be one of those rare perfect days for OSU sports fans
Someone’s going to get hurt in this game. These teams seem to hate each other
I’m gonna day it….
The Civil War is winnable
Go Beavs!!!!
I’ll say that if Luton and Jefferson are 100% there’s a possibility.
Today’s game – and UO’s performance so far this evening – indicates the CW could be winnable. OSU’s play calling looks pretty balanced and diverse, with many players getting strategic roles (e.g. Crazy Leg Colleto) and getting to contribute…If Jefferson and Pierce are healthy they’re big play threats. Aydon seems to be “rounding” into shape and contributing. Could be an entertaining.
I don’t want to jump the gun, but maybe having Reichner out there getting his legs under him is making the game easier for everyone else?
It seemed like the backers especially could concentrate on what they were supposed to be doing rather than having to wipe the D-line’s ass the entire game. Now if only the secondary had a coach…
I’m with mckalk below; if Morris can be in a game or two to get his legs under him, he, Reichner, and Dunn could make the CW very interesting.
It’s probably worth redshirting him at this point.
Four games to go and Morris hasn’t played yet. Couldn’t he play all 4 and still RS?
If he is eligible to do that then it’s a no brainer, and the D would look a lot different.
Where is he in recovery? Haven’t heard much.
Morris hasn’t been ruled out for the season as far as I know. Last I saw was “several weeks away” near the start of October. I’m thinking/hoping he gets a little time vs Stanford and UW and is close to 100% for the CW.
Anyone here have more recent news??
So Herbert is still considering coming back for his senior year rather than hitting the draft where he is projected by some to be a #1 pick?
He’d be better off quitting today and focusing on the draft. His stock is just plummeting these past couple of games
He’ll go. He’s just keeping his team engaged.
Agreed.
He’s going to be an NFL backup/clipboard holder long-term, so he might as well take advantage of people think he’s great.
Can’t believe nobody has mentioned that we finally got the road loss monkey off our backs!
We spanked that monkey….
It seemed like the defense was a little better with Reichner and Dunn out there. I wonder if Morris will return for the last couple of games (especially against Oregon)? Any bump in talent is huge for this team’s defense.
Mario-duh and the quackers imploding in Tuscon. Special teams and offensive meltdown!
Penalties and frustration; watch Mario’s post-game comments, could be telling as the season goes on.
A new uniform combo should clear that up.
Pierce hurt?
As mentioned above, ribs.
Bruised ribs.
Smoked ribs….mmmmm
McRib?
duks are going to lose. I love it. The end of a great day.
But mark my words, they will still be ranked in the top 25. Phil’s team.
Gotta love that ESPN chose a duck homer for color commentary who spent the entire 4th quarter pumping up Herbert like he’s Jesus on turf, all while Herbert is overthrowing his receivers all over the place. “9 times out of 10 he makes that throw”
Um…he missed it 9 times out of 10 tonight.
Guy was even pleading to Herbert to stay another year at oregon ao he can become legendary like Joey Harrington and take the team to the playoffs next year.
Dang. I tried to warn Duck fans that Mario’s a fraud…
He’s less of a fraud than fortune cookie so they’re all snowblind.
Man, watching the flaming shit show at Florida State really has me dreaming of what could have been…
Yeah, Mario not great, but I miss slick willie in Eugene
A missed chip shot FG by the Huskies and the Ducks thought they were in the national playoffs. Their insufferable fans can now go away until next year. Herbert should make sure he doesn’t get injured and then run from Cristobal as fast as he can to the NFL!
What a great couple days.
Goph’s and Beavs win on the same weekend for the first time in forever.
Ducks and Badgers both lose.
Rueck gets Brown and a B1G VB title almost a lock.
Go Rodents.
Luton or somebody better get a helmet sticker.
I’m not forgiving the Gophers for that egg they laid against Nebraska.
I’m with you on that. Fleck hired a dud as DC.
What about the fat guy at wazsu
He is an excellent DC. Obviously not HC material. We miss his D.
I pulled up this page on a Colorado Buffalo blog. Gave me quite a laugh reading the comment.
https://www.allbuffs.com/threads/official-oregon-state-game-thread.135615/page-19
For those who haven’t seen this, there is a book out on how nike bought uo: University of Nike. Not good for a university that is all about its image.
https://www.ducksports.com/sports/20181025/austin-meek-polarizing-look-at-university-of-nike
Improbable but great win yesterday! Should convince the team that they can play in this league. Looking forward to next weekends game; nothing USC likes more than to come into a cold, dark and wet Reser for a long night game!
Scanned O-Live this a.m to see reactions to yesterday. Canzono laments Cristobal is ”creating s football sin” by “wasting Herberts talent.” I like Herbert, but isn’t some of it on his decisions?
And for those that might still read OLive, have they been saying anything about OSU’s Jefferson? Talk about talent. A FR and One of the leading rushers and scorers in the country, this despite uneven play from 3 QBs and missed time due to injury. You know he’s getting the ball, and he still busts big runs. You know he’s getting the ball, and he still scores. And scores again. And again.
Next year team’s will likely game plan for him, and it will be more challenging for him, but he’ll hopefully enjoy more consistent QB play. His JR year he’ll likely be bigger, stronger, faster…
He deserves more recognition. Who recruited him BTW ?
” (Coach) Smith got wind of Jefferson through former OSU teammate T.J. Houshmandzadeh, then an assistant high school football coach in Southern California. This dude, meaning Jefferson, can roll with the ball, Houshmandzadeh told Smith.
“When T.J. is telling you, you follow up on it,” Smith said.”
https://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/index.ssf/2018/09/timing_persistence_helped_oreg.html
Also didn’t hurt that Isaiah Smalls was a good high school friend of his. That kid is gonna be a great recruiter. He should host every recruit lol.
Next week U$C, apparently local kid Hufanga out with broken collarbone, their fans freaking out, hopefully Luton and Hodgins take advantage. Too bad for Hufanga. Personally I would have enjoyed watching him battle, and of course loose. Sorry CV, and worse Trojan, kids still get no love from me
Jermar Jefferson, per Eggers:
“It’s a great difference having Jake in there,” … “He knows what he’s doing. He’s a field controller.”
https://portlandtribune.com/pt/12-sports/410433-310335-beavers-qb-luton-its-an-amazing-feeling
Ouch.
Luton plays great when the pressure of being a starter is lifted — coming in to fix and play with little to no expectations, he seems a lot more comfortable.
I’m not sure how it works, but regarding Pierce’s injury……..if recovery is going to take two or three weeks, wouldn’t redshirting be something to consider? He played as a true freshmen and it seems like he’s played in exactly four games this year. Would he have a redshirt?