Yeah, thats a low percentage fg and wouldn’t be much of a shift in field position. Having an OSU QB scramble for a first on 4th feels so wrong. Thats what people are supposd to do to us.
I think we will see a bunch of getting physically dominated. You can’t argue tht USC has better physical specimens. We have experience advantage and thats about it.
This is what I was worried about. Pi’s and them just chucking it up. Either get a PI or catch. We don’t have those kind of receivers. That’s a lot of what dart did. We don’t match up well with their big WRs except Wright. Hopefully Tibs can make adjustments which this staff has done.
Ya if they would’ve called the guy for it impeding Bradford and making hime stumble it wouldn’t be one. He couldn’t fight for the ball and almost fell down.
Correct. This is the biggest advantage for all major programs , rising programs need to overcome talented rosters and refs presuppositions, subconscious expected outcomes.
Its crazy. Thats literally the defensive player grabbing and pulling the offensive blocker to make a hole. Schad didn’t have his hands on the outside and was driving forward. wtf.
As said above, the Beavs are moving the ball much too easiily and USC needs help form the refs asap. Refs sense the problem early and will keep USC in control of the game until Beavs begin to unravel. Mentally tough teams perservere and continue to make big plays.
I’m not really into blaming refs, but when it’s this obvious I’m going to be up their ass all night on Twitter, and the PAC’s, too. Highly suggest everyone bombard the conference in their tweets.
This game is over, btw. Even if we play well enough to win we won’t be allowed.
I’d love to have some explanations on these calls and non-calls. Apparently their DBs can just push the recievers 30 yards down field but ours can’t be close enough to catch covid.
Ref on USC sideline. Every time he marks gives them a generous half yard to yard. You see it once or twice, okay it happens. I start watching it closely and it’s literally every time. When it’s that blatantly obvious it’s just unreal.
I was thinking the same. Hired an entertainment guy to run the conference. Literally says he wants the well known teams to be at the top. And now here is what we are watching
USC has momentum now which I was afraid of. Momentum handed to them and now the refs can step back. Really a bummer as should win this game if its straight up.
Dude love that punt and not sure why they don’t do it more often. Like when Fresno lined up to punt but then ran up under center fast to draw them offside. Automatic first down. Need to be creative and great advantages.
Smith post game: “First, I’m proud of our Oregon State student-athletes tonight. Second, the penalty calls were an embarrassment to any integrity goals of the NCAA and the PAC. I’ll take your questions now.”
USC is so spoiled they act like they deserve the advantage of phantom flags. Seems like the Beavs are actually more physical and more disciplined but the Trojans have been given every advantage so far and haven’t put the Beavs away yet.
I like him but he’s not calling out these refs…it’s all very suspicious. Need their names. Is there a site that lists crews for the games? Seems it should be public knowledge for betting.
Usuck players awfully chippy and mouthy aren’t they supposed to be all 4 stars etc? You’d think they were upsetting a #1 instead of being tied with osu
Petros is always rooting for the Beavs and is trying not to let it show…USC has slighted him and his father over the years because he has called out the rottenness in the USC athletic department ad football program
I thought Petros was a little stupid when he was trying to call out Beav RedZone issues and the other guy had to set him straight. The Nolan pick was an aberration.
I’m told this guy is one of the refs tonight. “Pac-12 suspends referee for penalty on wrong team in Washington State loss to California” Goes on to say “The referee, listed in the official box score as Matt Richards, will serve a one-game suspension, and the remaining members of the officiating crew have been downgraded, according to the conference.”
Where is this official box score? If we find that we have the refs names, apparently.
Well, down 14 to 7 with all the refs and momentum against them. And beavs go into the half up 21 to 17. Really should be better, but I feared worse with the way things were going
Atleast they don’t have Reggie. Leading USC with Reggie felt like tripping on the way up to the executioner block. Yeah you got some reprieve but your still getting your head cut off.
I think the J-Smith beavs have proved they literally never ever ever give up. The only game I have seen them give up in his tenure was when Utah absolutely took us behind the shed and beat us silly.
Nolan seems a bit like the career arc of Aaron Rodgers. Let’s hope he becomes that type of guy for the next 2-3 years. I’m convinced he is the gamer we have all been waiting for…
Only thing I can think of is a strategy where you let the star get the ball and try to shut down everything else. Maybe Austin gets lucky a few times and you get a stop.
I really like seeing the swagger from our players again. With all the penalties and trash talking it feels like we have old DE back on the sideline. Nice to see the bad calls aren’t getting to them.
Need somebody to cleanly blow up London. And get up tight, hit him w/in 5 yards to throw off the timing once in a while. “Austin WTF” playing off him isn’t working.
I’ll know it’s a new Beav era if we don’t get some discombobulated three and out to start the second half. Take the advantage, drive down, and fucking score. Take that two-score advantage and put the pressure on USC.
Regarding Matt Richards, someone on Twitter just wrote: “Curious if the guy by the same name who used to play for Arizona 05-07. From SoCal.”
Keep the info coming. Need all the names of these guys and will do the rest. I can’t find them. There has to be a site with this info. I just can’t find it.
The worst officiating I’ve seen in 30+ years of watching football. Everyone seems to know a fix is being attempted. The Beavs are dominating USC and have since the start.
The rout is on… USC will fold like a cheap suit pretty soon. Keep everyone healthy and watch out for cheap shots out of frustration and being embarrased.
So just called my 68 year old Dad to check in on the game. He started crying hes so happy. He played for OSU in the 73 and 74 season and was a decathlete all four years for our track team.
In the past, if Beavs get such a win, the coach of USC would be fired within the week, Williams may not last as the interim coach after this beatdown. How many guys did Riley get fired over the years?
Pretty drunk but I really want to give Smith credit for this one. He has lost us games and fucked up for sure but the attitude and belief he has instilled in these guys is palpable. They never give up and even when the refs tried their best to hand the game over on a silver plater to the hot guy they bounced back with aggressive tree biting ferocity.
That and he brought in almost all of these players. Fuck yes Smith. A few more like this and you will be as great a coach for us as a player.
I was 10. Didn’t follow football. My was a Big-10 Minnesota grad. There wasn’t football on television back then. Was more excited about the new all cartoon show featuring cave-people that was stating on Sunday nights.
He IMO is really respectful of the Beavs and if nothing else at least knowledgeable. He’s a kook as we say in maui but doesn’t make him a bad guy. He and yogi Roth at least know the league and don’t discount the Beavs on history and reputation.
When trying to bleed the clock, why not run on the edges and blatantly hold every time?
If they call the penalty, you get another extra play to bleed more clock. If they defer, the hold likely helps you gain more yardage than the average running play.
Goodnight, boys. Great win. Wish I had time to do a write up tomorrow, but with relatives here might not. If one of the admins wants to put up a thread go for it. Awesome night to be a Beav. Enjoy!
I don’t think I’ve ever seen the following ref calls in all my years of watching football. A defensive lineman called for holding, a facemask penalty on a helmet coming off, an offensive holding penalty on a two-second blast play, and a blind-side block by a 140-pound wide receiver.
You guys might already know this, but you can get a poster, fridge magnet, coasters, etc of that 1960 USC game at VintageBrand.com. They’ve got tons of great old marketing materials from past games if your interested in that kinds of stuff. I think the company is out of Tennessee.
That was essentiallly a 60 point beatdown but for the refs keeping it close for as long as they could. Unbelievable perservernce and holding things together after the egregious sequence to gift USC first half scores… Beavs are set up to make a really nice run into the Civil War. I don’t think anyone can score with them as long as Chance stays healthy. Oline is maturing and the d is beginning to show signs.
This game had a lot to complain about as far as penalties but I think the issue is that an upset usually requires overcoming the subconscious bias of referees, until they realize the reality that the favored, talent will not be able to win…
Amazing night of Beaver football. Well done JS, staff and players. Enjoy it but don’t break our hearts next week with a letdown :)
Game ball to Coletto, 2 TDs and a pick to seal it. Dudes an ultimate Beaver in my book. Backup QB, turned LB, and back to QB sometimes. Didn’t whine, didn’t transfer, just goes in when needed and gives it 100%. And is damn near 100% effective.
Considering how things were looking after the Purdue game, I am beyond impressed. What stands out the most to me in this game is the confidence, poise, swagger, and perseverance. Tons of awful calls, London was dominating for a stretch there. Never gave in. How many times in the past would this program have folded when they went down 14-7 with all that going against them? The importance of this win cannot be understated. It doesn’t matter that USC is having a difficult season or might not be a great team. The Beavers lined up against 4/5 stars and just outplayed them in almost every aspect. Coaching was spectacular outside of a few blunders. Got our best players the ball in positions to succeed. Lots of important streaks broken tonight. Hopeful that many more will follow throughout this season. Lots to improve on still, but this team is good. With the landscape of the conference right now, dreaming big at a conference title and Rose Bowl bid is not unreasonable at all. I hope that the players realize how big of a deal this win is, but keep pressing forward and focus on the ultimate goal. Excited for our players and our fans. Hope that despite mandates, Reser is filled and rocking next weekend.
What a solid effort in all 3 phases of the game. Even with the refs against us. Chance is such a stud but big big props to the O line for man handling USC’s front, opening up big lanes for the backs. Great decision making when he couldn’t find anyone open, a few mistakes but for a young kid just settling in as the starter it really seems like JS is willing to stick with him even if Gebbia is healthy. That might be the only thing that could derail a good season if we start Gebbia when Chance is still firing on all cylinders.
Mentioned it earlier but the absolute swagger and punch you in the mouth style from both sides of the ball is refreshing to see. Saw so much shit talking and standing over people after big hits. Even mocking the refs about throwing flags after an incompletion from USC lmao.
Schedule shaping up nicely with the rest of the PAC not doing so hot. If we can keep the consistency and avoid injuries and QB controversy we can win out.
It’s nice to have a qb that is a running threat, really helps the o line. Those early runs to the outside by Chance made their d think. He is very decisive in the scrambling. I thought he could have picked up a first down with his legs when he threw the second pick. Overall, good decision making (I didn’t see the first int).
If we can dominate USC’s DL like that, there isn’t a DL in the conference that can stop us.
Baylor averaged 7 YPC and would have had 8.5 if it hadn’t been for the BS holding call on Nous in the first quarter.
Also, hats off to Lindgren for using our depth at TE and adapting to fit the talent on hand. That PA pass to TQ for the TD was a thing of beauty, but the consistent 2-TE formations were a big factor in running the ball.
Riley Sharp deserves a lot of credit for his pass rushing. He was giving the USC RT all kinds of trouble, and even though he didn’t break through much, he was collapsing the pocket and forcing Slovis to run quite a bit.
This is really just a great TEAM. We don’t really have any true stars outside Roberts, Speights, Wright and Nolan. They fight together and don’t give in. So many guys need credit for this win.
Just look at our receivers. We don’t have a single player over 200 yards but off the top of my head Gould, Bradford, TQ, Lindsay and Harrison are all over 100. Beason and Champ are probably right there too.
Sharp, Rawls, Sandberg and Murray kept Klovis uncomfortable most of the night.
Baylor?!? : ) Maybe not a true “star” in recruiting terms, but he’ll be difficult for the media and pundits to ignore after this week and his production after 4 games.
Was impressive to see Harrison, not that big, fighting for yards and 6(!) USC defenders on him to finally stop him. The WR depth + Lindgren play calling is lethal.
That D line was getting a consistent push and before the end of the year, they’ll start meeting up in the backfield for TFLs.
The only reason Baylor isn’t a star in my head is because we just had Jermar As a comparison. Baylor is a great player and taking full advantage of his shot.
Yeah hard to imaged he’d be more productive than Baylor. Baylor has always been a good slasher, but he bulked up and now is good all around. Team might not be as balanced if they were leaning on JJ heavily, too, so in a sense not having a big name RB leads to a more balanced attack.
Hard to find fault in the run game. They lead the Pac12 in rushing YPG.
Add in the most efficient QB in the conference and the Beavs are also the top offense from a YPG perspective.
Oregon has slightly more ppg, but that is due to kicking more field goals.
Beavs are also most efficient 3rd down conversion rate in the Pac.
““I just love the feeling of getting a big team win. It doesn’t matter what I did, it matters what we all did, and I was just a small part of it,” Lindsey said. “The praise goes to the team. It’s a team effort, and I love the way we handled business here. It looked like a complete team to me.”
A Utah player was just killed in SLC. Weirdly enough, he was the first recipient of the Ty Jordan Memorial Scholarship after Jordan accidentally shot himself.
Who is the WSU player? Or are you getting the story crossed up with Aaron Lowe at Utah?
And what is going on at Utah with 2 players dying of gunshot wounds in back to back seasons?
Nevermind, just saw the WSU story. So the teams both played each other and then went home afterwards in Pullman and SLC, and both teams had a player get shot that night? Strange coincidence
“This is not gonna turn around overnight,” Slovis said. “We’re trying to build something here, and Coach Donte has done a great job of starting to hold guys accountable and changing the culture and building the culture. You’re not gonna see it chance in one week, and we have a lot of work to do, and the main thing, the message we’re kind of having is we got to stay together and stay up.”
Oregon State: Why not us? With the efficient Nolan leading the way and a solid defense starting to find itself, the Beavers have to feel like they can now be a factor in the jumbled Pac-12. At minimum, they are on track to reach a bowl game for the first time since the 2013 season ended with a victory in the Hawaii Bowl.
USC: It won’t be an easy fix for the Trojans’ next coach. Their issues with poor recruitment, inadequate player development and a lack of fundamentals were repeatedly exposed by Oregon State. While their search has a long way to go, they could do a lot worse than hiring someone like Beavers coach Jonathan Smith to build a stout, smart program.”
Okay that two minute drill before half was a legendary status Nolan performance. The amount of pressure on him was incredible and he dropped absolute dimes to his receivers.
So the officials seemed to really want to see a USC win. Many of the calls in the first half were phantom. Also, hard to see anything conclusive on the INT in the end zone to overturn the call on the field. If they’re going to overturn that then they should have overturned Wright’s INT in second half. Seemed after it was clear that we were going to win no matter what the officials called they finally tried to throw some flags on USC to even out the stat sheet.
I absolutely HATE USC, so the win last night was even better and my only wish is that we could have scored 3 or 4 more times. You could tell the cockiness from there 5 star players was starting to wane in the second half when they suddenly realized they were getting an ass kicking. I will never forget watching Tim Alexander streak up the sidelines in Parker and being hit, out of bounds, by a USC thug, severely breaking his leg. Pete C. was the coach then and he condoned and encouraged that type of play from his team, which is probably why I’m not a huge Seahawk fan. I hope that the coaching situation in LA stays in turmoil as no other team deserves it as much as them.
Good job Beavs! It’s a long time coming. Winning is infectious and we have a lot of season left.
Broke Tim Alexander’s collarbone, not his leg. And that 1994 game was way before Pete Carroll, his first year was 2001. I think it was during John Robinson’s 2nd USC tenure.
A lot of viable game ball candidates. Oline was dominate but Nolan was lights out good. He was hitting guys on time and in stride… dimes. Plus his ability to run was dynamic. If he continues to play like this, we’ll be hard to beat.
Here’s a thought on the Noyer vs Nolan situation. This is pure speculation, mind you, but it sort of makes sense to me. Iit is possible that for the majority of camp that Noyer was better at practice. He rightly earned the starting job looking at the totality. But what was not considered was the trajectory of both players. Like two cars, one going 55 at constant speed, the other going 45 but accelerating. That’s probably a difficult thing to evaluate as a coach and you can only do it after the fact. Still, I seem to recall Smith (or one of the coaches saying) that the whole of camp was evaluated but that Nolan was coming on.
Anyway, hell of a game. The only thing I can compare it to was the game vs UCLA in 1999 (I think). That was the first year of the DE era and the Beavs just destroyed them. I couldn’t believe the Beavs were that good.
Seems like alot of Pac teams have had QB issues already, see Huskies, Cougs, Utah… maybe JS was ahead of the coaching curve in making the change early against Purdue and sticking with it. Look at Wazzu, De Lauria was decent as a freshmen, beat us at least. Then this season they start the transfer and he’s less then spectacular. Utah starts a transfer, who’s already transfered out. Hell, Colorado could use Noyer, he’s probably their best QB if he doesn’t transfer.
I don’t fault JS for starting Noyer, and in hindsight, we all might be really glad he made the switch to Nolan and stuck with it. Just hope Gebbia getting healthy doesn’t cause any issues…..
OH- this is not to disparage your post. I know its interesting to see what the “pro’s” at ESPN and elsewhere think but Im sure at the beginning of the season these same guys probably had the beavs at 4 wins. There are people that post here that have a better understanding of OSU football and its history than most talking heads will have. Throw in a solid understanding of the X and O’ s of the game and there is a good amount of knowledge football wise here. 10 wins? That would be nice but lets not get ahead of ourselves though I do think they beat the ducks again.
I’ll repeat my comments from earlier last week. I think JS now becomes a possible candidate for the SC job especially after OSU dominated SC in every phase of the game. SC can throw all kinds of money at him too and him growing up in SoCal and being a fan of SC migjt be too hard to resist. Would JS be a sexy enough hire for SC, well, that remains to be seen. However, what he’s doing at OSU in really what amounts to 3 years due to Covid is quite remarkable given what the inherited. I suspect that the remainder of the season will have a lot to say about Smith’s options. In the meantime, you’re only as good as your last.game so JS must keep this team focused and prepped for the Huskies. Continue to win like last night and the possibilities are endless for this team.. Continue to win and JS becomes even more attractive for high profile programs. Let’s just hope OSU can keep JS and his staff around for a very long time. Go beavers! BTW, beavers looked like contenders last night while the over hyped ducks looked more like pretenders for much of last night.
He’s got a good gig going where everyone loves him. Why would he go to a place with unrealistic expectations and risk being out of a job in a few years if they don’t perform? If he wasn’t a well liked alum with ties to the university I would understand the risk of losing a coach that does well here given the perception of our football program nationally but otherwise I just can’t see him leaving anytime soon at least.
He’ll also end up getting national attention for Oregon State anyway.
RB Commit Martinez said something about JS telling him they were on their way to national prominence, and Martinez said he’s looking forward to helping OSU get to the next level.
If smith likes one thing more than winning, it’s family. College towns are good places to raise families. Plus, it appears he’s in the drivers seat of success-driven gains in compensation. Maybe if he thought he couldn’t win there he’d move on.
PFF fun for today:
-Nolan is the #5 ranked passer in the country
-Baylor moves up to #17 rusher, #25 RB overall
-TQ moves up to #15 TE
-If you ignore guys with single digit snap counts, Lindsey is the #5 WR
-Eldredge is the #25 C
-Loecher is the #3 P
On defense…
-Julian is still our top rated defensive player, but Rawls and Wright are closing in on him.
-Lolohea and Skelton’s ratings are surging, too. Maybe time to give them more snaps?
-If you ignore snap counts, Colletto is the top LB in the nation.
Absolutely thrilled. Wasn’t that impressed with Fenwich, seemed to go down easy. Penalties were upsetting. If you we had 75 instead of 154 yards in penalties it would have been even more of a blow-out of USC who in the end had 98 penalties. Great team effort. Great team win! Go Beavs! Keep it going all the way to the Rose Bowl baby!
It seems like a balance thing for Fenwick. He seeks contact, but he kind of leans into bodies instead of keeping his feet moving and driving through them. I think he’s a good backup.
Also to be fair, he had a couple carries where he dove for the first down.
Question about ranking was discussed above, Daschel gets it, tweets: Not a surprise, but Oregon State did not receive a vote in this morning’s AP top 25.
A later correction by Daschel: My mistake. Oregon State DID receive votes in this week’s top 25 polls. Seven in the Associated Press, four in the coaches.
YAHOOOOO!!!!!!
Just watched it…..DVR’d it. That was fricking awesome. I was a two month old fetus the last time we won in LA!
Made up for the shit show I attended yesterday in Minneapolis. What a great game plan by the offensive staff.
Go Beav’s!
A few 2022 recruits I’m keeping an eye on this week as OSU/UW square off.
Ryan Otton-UW TE commit. Beavs would still definitely take him, and have a perfect opportunity to show off how important he could he in an OSU offense.
Mark Nabou- OL, former Husky recruit. Beavs are still very interested in him.
TJ Hall – Husky CB commit. Had talked about visiting osu back in July but then committed to UW. OSU is also still pursuing him. Also listed as a WR.
The visitor list should be interesting this week. Good weather, coming off a big win. Playing a local team. Havent hosted official visits yet this football season outside of Chatfield, so we’re overdue.
Probably not but UW and Nike are the ones who can get shady shit done the best. UW is toast this year in terms of post season selection so I don’t see a reason for the conference to push them. My guess is we have fair/typical officiating until the civil war.
The conference only has 4 remaining conceivable possibilities for national relevance: Nike, OSU, UCLA, ASU. Everyone else already has two losses.
If anything, the refs should start leaning in our favor.
Unfortunately, the way our schedule plays out, our toughest games are all at the end of the season so it’s going to be a very slow climb up the rankings and into national visibility.
Why do you think UW wins? After letting AZ hang around, a writer suggested UO plays down to the level of the competition. Is that what you’re thinking?
UW is just as physical as Hole on the lines, and UW has a loaded backfield. They haven’t beat the Ducks since 2017.
This game is November 6. By that time, I think Dylan Morris and his receiving corps will be hitting their stride. We are fortunate to get UW so early in the season because that team locks down on defense as the season progresses.
I think the game this weekend is a toss-up, but it’s an absolute must-win for OSU. This would be another psychological win for Smith and his roster.
Why is it a must win? They should win and I think they will I just don’t see it as a must win. Definitely need to at least split the Washington schools but WSU doesn’t look good.
I dont want to play oregon if they have a playoff appearance on the line. There’s no way you get a fairly called game on the road when the Pac desperately wants a playoff team in.
I’d rather be playing a 2 loss oregon team with OSU already comfortably alone in 1st place and just let the rankings be what they are
It’s a must win because any chance of winning the North will have to go through Washington. A win in Eugene would be very nice but I’m not sold that UO will lose less than 2 conference games (UW and UCLA). For OSU to truly take the next step, they need to beat the team that has really been the bane of OSU’s success. The lone loss to UW in 2000 is what kept OSU from a national championship. The 69-27 loss in 2013 really was the loss that imploded the program. The loss last year (which was completely rigged) destroyed our chances for a North title. We have been beaten badly by UW in the past decade and it is a psychological barrier to get over.
Regarding Hole, I don’t see how Hole beats UCLA at the Rose Bowl unless they stop the run. That would be loss #2. Fresno did it by using a tight formation on the DL but UCLA could have gotten around that by throwing screens. They fell behind in that game and had to abandon the run game. Chip Kelly wants that win versus his old program, especially after last year when they had a chance to win it in the final minutes.
Loss #3 is a stretch. I don’t see it happening, but the two best candidates are the upcoming game @ Stanford or @ Utah.
Something tells me that Musgrave, Fenwick, and Tongue are going to have breakout games at some point. We will need them to be regular contributors for the Utah and Oregon games.
Getting tongue on the field has to be a priority. If nothing else he’s a massive dude and showed he can really block in the game. The holding call on him was complete horse shit.
I mean there is good reasons. Deception for one. If we only rush if tongue comes in it’s kinda obvious, that said doing it 3 times then doing a PA where tongue takes off would be great. Other reason would be comfort and practice with the playbook. Champ and Bradford are our
Most experienced receivers and know the playbook the best.
Ridiculous game stat. By my count OSU had 68 rush yards negated by penalty. USC had 76 yards. We were 9 yards from having more negated rush yards than USC managed to gain.
I haven’t gone and looked at the stats but wasn’t the fiesta bowl team heavily penalized as well? I’m more concerned about the offensive penalties than the the defensive penalties.
This team’s confidence is better than the “Erickson swagger” in my opinion. It seems more measured and less likely to negatively impact them. I don’t expect them to taunt or do things like late hits.
And I don’t see these receivers getting so cocky they’re dropping the ball before they even cross the goal line.
I think it was during the Hawaii game that the TV play by play guy mentioned a big “Excellence without Arrogance” message painted on a wall inside the Reser locker room. This seems to really fit Smith’s style/personality and maybe the “Erickson swagger” is something JS remembers and wants to keep channeled in the right direction.
Anybody see the Ohio State LB who quit in the middle of the 3rd quarter yesterday? And he was playing in the game too. Just walked off the field, said he’s done, ripped off his jersey and threw his gloves into the stands, then walked i to the locker room and tweeted “Fucc Ohio State” and that’s how retired from football.
Really feel prediction by NvBeav (?) & Lindsay’s post game comment were on the mark. 1st game where everything clicked; important to note, on the road no less.
Going forward, I expect to see similar consistency, hopefully!
Props to offensive play calling. This was, “with the book” opened up. A variety of plays that I don’t recall seeing in some time. Thinking of recent seasons, offense did not feel as diverse — certain down and distance sometimes one could guess what the Beavers were going to run before they broke huddle?
Nolan had lights out good game. Not perfect, but key: ball seemed to be placed well where the receiver could adjust to catch it… and receivers ADJUSTED to it. In the past, this wasn’t even possible for all kinds of reasons.
For Nolan’s health over rest of the season, would prefer a -little- less heat if possible. Felt like OL gave excellent effort.
3-1, onward. Try to stay healthy for the tough games.
As much as today’s game is about spreading people out, I love that OSU can go w/multiple TEs and run the ball down opponents throats. Baylor is in a mission, and I expect Fenwick will get more consistent.
BTW, OSU can expect this same kind of referee treatment at Autzen, as the PAC will likely try to protect Oregon.
Only chance refs don’t give the same treatment at Autzen is if the quacks drop a game or two before the CW. Not entirely out of the realm of possibility.
kudos to Angry for calling a program defining victory. Raises the question: what was, or were, the other great defining victories when the program began to rise in the late 90’s? Someone above suggested that epic beat down of UCLA in ’99, but to give Riley credit, you have to put the CW in ’98 on that list. For that matter, the win vs. SC in Corvallis in 2000.
Nolan is providing the best QB play for OSU since Moore in ’06, may Smith himself in 2000. How many more years of eligibility does Nolan have?
Why do the Seahawks continue to have a historically bad defense?????
17-7 lead in the 2nd quarter, then cannot get off the field on defense. You had halftime to make adjustments after Minnesota came back to take the lead. Feels like watching the Beavs defense the last few years.
3rd and 13 and you can’t stop them??? 7 for 10 on 3rd downs?
Not even a Seahawks fan but that’s ridiculous. Turning the channel.
First ho.
Anyone that has a stream link would be greatly appreciated. I think alpha beav or someone like that had it last week. Super helpful thx!
38-34 Beavs! Let’s impose our will with the run game.
here you go
https://redditsport.live/watch/USC%20Trojans%20vs%20Oregon%20State%20Beavers/9486398/1632623400
Thx acebeav! Called u alpha.
No biggie
Go to sportsurge. You’ll find dozens of links. Not that I condone it.
45-21 Beavs! All 3 aspects of the game click, for 4 quarters.
Go Beavs!!
Very possible we win, but a blowout of USC? Haha! Love it.
Once again, no McCartan. Per BIG JIM
Got jitters. Been a very long time since I got nervous for a game.
Trying to be optimistic, but this game just feels like a beat down to me. 42-17 USC.
Where’s the game? I’m seeing this crappy Nebraska game.
Only thing worse than late starts on the east coast is having to watch the Cornmen instead.
If you download the Fox Sports app and you have a login for a provider that carries FS1/2 you can watch it there until the Nebraska game ends.
All I’m seeing is the please stand by screen. It hasn’t kicked off, right?
Fucking mechicken state kicks a field goal and ruins my pick. What a shitty game, both of those schools suck.
Luck ‘da Beavs always ots and shit in front of us.
Is Andy Samberg calling the game?
49-38 Beavs.
That’s why I preferred Slovis to Dart.
Ricochet interception, nice.
I like going here for the record.
Oh heck yeah great decision by Nolan.
Smart to go there. Free possession just puts the ball back where it was if you don’t get it. Smart there.
Yeah, thats a low percentage fg and wouldn’t be much of a shift in field position. Having an OSU QB scramble for a first on 4th feels so wrong. Thats what people are supposd to do to us.
#TeamChance
Good job Nolan not forcing it checking down then next play running for the first. Rd beavs as I write!
TQ baby!
fucking yes. yes yes yes yes yes. Man up interception, 4th down successful qb scramble followed by a fake screen streak. Eat shit USC!
I don’t think it was a fake screen but yes. Fuck yea!
If it wasn’t the blocking was super jacked up.
#1 didn’t know Nolan had that good of wheels, he’s way faster then I thought.
#2 someone wanted TEs used more. You got your wish.
yeah if you watch his tape all thats on it is huge throws and him scrambling like a mofo.
My 120 yards 2 tds prediction feels good.
Wow
Exactly the recipe to start the game. Hopefully can shore up the defense with some adjustments.
Well that was an impressive start to the game. Keep it up Beavs!
Man Grant got dominated on that block.
I think we will see a bunch of getting physically dominated. You can’t argue tht USC has better physical specimens. We have experience advantage and thats about it.
Personal foul for hands to the face. Still pretty crap.
oh that one.
What about the holding?????
Doesn’t count for top programs.
I’d was.so obvious in the perimeter on the open field. Don’t know how it wasn’t called…..
This is what I was worried about. Pi’s and them just chucking it up. Either get a PI or catch. We don’t have those kind of receivers. That’s a lot of what dart did. We don’t match up well with their big WRs except Wright. Hopefully Tibs can make adjustments which this staff has done.
Never been impressed with the way Alex Austin has played so far. Dude is always the weak spot in coverage
Refs sense USC needs them.
Outside of an incredible play by Wright, defense has been pretty suspect. Gonna see a boat race and can we keep up.
Same as always with USC. Their athletes are just incredible and it takes some luck to keep them all covered.
Our defense is not great yet. Its good. Considering where we have been, thats a great.
Good blocking. Nolan looks very comfortable.
Running game looks strong which is huge!
Colleto still back on KOs
Wouldve liked to c them take a shot there 2nd and 1 on the 40.
Chance making them think…
Baylor!
Bolden needs to stop dancing and run.
Yeah, showed his age on that one. Atleast he got the first down before he two stepped.
QT is showing his blocking chops tonight. Hes grading these guys.
Yeah, he’s having a great game so far.
Crazy Legs gives no shits.
Clearly been hanging with Seth the Great.
The flying colleto!
Cactus jack with the hurdle!
How was that not PI
Shit, he intercepted that.
Looks like an int to me, shit.
Son of a bitch.
Pretty poor decision but Bradford was taken out of that play with the guy pushing on him.
So, you’re saying it’s an int except for the PI?
Ya if they would’ve called the guy for it impeding Bradford and making hime stumble it wouldn’t be one. He couldn’t fight for the ball and almost fell down.
At least at Purdue the refs were consistent
If it were the other way around, PI…
Tough first pick of the season. Hope that doesn’t crush the confidence.
Those are the playd I said we couldn’t have. Mistake by chance but should’ve been PI.
Defense is going to have to step up big.
Refs really making their presence felt. How unexpected…
Not sure why we’re throwing the ball when we’ve been gashing them on the ground.
Shoulda thrown that one away. Looked like he was going to but sorta floated it.
Refs are going to hand this one to USC. Always forget about that aspect because it shouldn’t be a thing.
Correct. This is the biggest advantage for all major programs , rising programs need to overcome talented rosters and refs presuppositions, subconscious expected outcomes.
Tibs has now had enough time to make adjustments, lets see what he has come up with.
I normally like Petros as an announcer. Tonight I want him to shut his worst starting RB in USC history mouth.
Rund d looks shit again.
Beavs we’re looking good. Going to have to maintain their confidence, keep their heads up despite the refs.
ffs, they get 30 yards of freebies each drive now?
WHAT THE FUCK
Wow these refs.
What do we have this time,. Defensive holding on a run?
Grant just need to run through and blow up No. 6. Don’t try to be an edge rusher
What happened on the play Grant was held?
They called austin on holding the reciever cuase he was kind aclose by with a hand on his waist
omfg. Defensive holding 3 times in a row?!?!?!
Replays?
These refs are ridiculous. What a joke. Might just go to bed because Beavs won’t be allowed to be in this.
First time I have see 3 defensive holding in a row in my 28 years of watching football.
Unprecedented.
Defensive hold on a running play? How the heck are the refs even looking for that?
Its crazy. Thats literally the defensive player grabbing and pulling the offensive blocker to make a hole. Schad didn’t have his hands on the outside and was driving forward. wtf.
Well, Tibs getting clowned again so far. The penalty difference is ridiculous but Austin has been beat multiple times already.
As said above, the Beavs are moving the ball much too easiily and USC needs help form the refs asap. Refs sense the problem early and will keep USC in control of the game until Beavs begin to unravel. Mentally tough teams perservere and continue to make big plays.
Go Beavs, stay the course
The holding penalty that they actually showed is gonna get called every time when it’s that blatant but of course they didn’t show the other two wtf.
I rewatched all 3. I’m no ref but pretty sure they made that shit up.
What the hell 3 holding penalties. What you can’t play aggressive?!
My prediction was going to be beavs by 2 scores, unless the refs were playing then it was sc by 2 scores.
Fuck. Nice product NCAA + PAC.
Absurd.
And the announcers b.s. narrative, never questioning the calls or pointing out the discrepancies.
Is Wright on the other side opposite Austin? They’re going to be looking to flag Austin from now on..
Half their yards are penalty yards. 60 in the first quarter.
That kind of defense isn’t going to win this game.
Tibs over his head. Best go back to being a LB coach somewhere.
I’m not really into blaming refs, but when it’s this obvious I’m going to be up their ass all night on Twitter, and the PAC’s, too. Highly suggest everyone bombard the conference in their tweets.
This game is over, btw. Even if we play well enough to win we won’t be allowed.
I’d love to have some explanations on these calls and non-calls. Apparently their DBs can just push the recievers 30 yards down field but ours can’t be close enough to catch covid.
Beavers getting homered badvby the officials.
Ru Fucking kidding me.
Non-penalty on Bradford, obviously pushed…then USC marches down the field on penalties.
Smith needs to address this with his team.
Now watch the calls start on Beaver O…
Ref on USC sideline. Every time he marks gives them a generous half yard to yard. You see it once or twice, okay it happens. I start watching it closely and it’s literally every time. When it’s that blatantly obvious it’s just unreal.
Right. There were runs by Baylor that looked like first downs…
Start running into the refs on every play. It fucking works.
Woah another flag.
Even petros called that hold speculative.
Petros keeps it real.
Dudes, what is going on here?
This is one of the most bullshit games I have ever seen…and im a beaver fan.
Shades of UW and UO games last year.
You’ve got to be kidding
We got a first down, wheres the flag?
Smith. Call TO, tear into a ref.
Bro fuck these refs come on
Is this what the new Commissioner meant by backing the best teams so they can get into the playoffs?
That would imply sc is among the best
Let the conference realignment begin!
I was thinking the same. Hired an entertainment guy to run the conference. Literally says he wants the well known teams to be at the top. And now here is what we are watching
So their defense makes adjustments. Can we? Refs aside, we haven’t done much on defense to stop them.
Calm down man the d has been fine
Kinda hard when a flag is flown every play
They would have had 30 less yards on their last scoring drive…
OSU could have had first down after Bradford pushed…
Throw a flag a Trojan got hurt!
Sorry. Injuries are never cool.
Just exasperated about the flag situation last night.
Its getting to the point where im expecting a flag even when no one gets touched at all
USC has momentum now which I was afraid of. Momentum handed to them and now the refs can step back. Really a bummer as should win this game if its straight up.
Nolan for kicker of the year.
Dude love that punt and not sure why they don’t do it more often. Like when Fresno lined up to punt but then ran up under center fast to draw them offside. Automatic first down. Need to be creative and great advantages.
My lady is a background investigator, so if you guys can give me the names of these refs, I’ll have her look into them. Something is going on here.
USC alums.
Smith post game: “First, I’m proud of our Oregon State student-athletes tonight. Second, the penalty calls were an embarrassment to any integrity goals of the NCAA and the PAC. I’ll take your questions now.”
This game is over. No way the Beavs can beat these Refs.
So a face mask call on a….no face mask grab
And the announcers acting like it was a face mask.
Ya and no taunting sticking his tongue out at our players?
Taunting?
Face mask
Lol
NO FLAG!!!!!
Slovis looking like where’s the flag at……
Might as well start head hunting the shit out of the USC players. If you’re going to get a penalty no matter what might as well get your shot in.
Go for the knees, too.
I recall the 2014 game @ USC where the Trojan lineman chop blocked and took out three of our linemen for the season.
Tuerked
Apparently he died last year. RIP. Really softened up the middle that game though.
What sucks us, USC isn’t even a great program. This is just active neutralization of competition.
What’s that over 100 yds to 0 for sc in penalties. This is an effing joke!
Was drake out a play pr bc its a “face mask ” doesn’t have to?
Refs must not have been paying attention on the overthrow.. no penalty?.. lol
USC is so spoiled they act like they deserve the advantage of phantom flags. Seems like the Beavs are actually more physical and more disciplined but the Trojans have been given every advantage so far and haven’t put the Beavs away yet.
TQ playing like the whole USC team slept with his mom
The false narrative of chicken shit announcers is OSU is having to commit penalties because USC is so physical, fast, whatever…
Point out the discrepancy in calls.
All USC needs to do is get 15 the ball. Why isn’t Wright on him? Austin is lucky to be within 3 yards of him and definitely can’t keep up physically.
What do you know…
Bronx cheer for a penalty against USC
I want Irish to get the ball more. Hes very dangerous. Natural with his cuts and finding space.
WTF?.. A USC PENALTY?
I love the outside plays here. Stretching the d out and will open up the middle.
They’re just stacking the box
I want Baylor or Fenwick to run into a ducking Ref…
just part of the field
Crown of the helmet style
Wow, Treshaun absolutely froze that guy.
“Penalty. The offensive player froze a USC defender. 10 yards. Repeat the down.”
Let’s go baylor
Petros can suck a dick.
I normally like the guy but all I hear when we play USC is his stupid laugh. Its like Andy Samberg and a goat had a love child.
I like him but he’s not calling out these refs…it’s all very suspicious. Need their names. Is there a site that lists crews for the games? Seems it should be public knowledge for betting.
It was more of that red zone comment like we haven’t been marching on USC the whole game.
Should probably just lambast the commissioners twitter account asking for review and explanation of each call.
TE over the middle
Damn good route by Lindsay. Perfect easy throw from Nolan under pressure. Beauty.
10/10 on Lowe taking the block.
Thing of beauty
Ma boy, Lindsey!
That was huge!!
Usuck players awfully chippy and mouthy aren’t they supposed to be all 4 stars etc? You’d think they were upsetting a #1 instead of being tied with osu
Yeah, eff the refs and usc. Eff you too petro!
Great play! Looks like lindgren found something in the sweeps and screens and is trying to stretch them from sideline to sideline.
Gotta stretch out the trojan, get em nice and loose
USC can’t stop OSU’s O….so it becomes OSU’s problem.
Petros is always rooting for the Beavs and is trying not to let it show…USC has slighted him and his father over the years because he has called out the rottenness in the USC athletic department ad football program
I thought Petros was a little stupid when he was trying to call out Beav RedZone issues and the other guy had to set him straight. The Nolan pick was an aberration.
love the trojans fight on hand down hand signal from Tyjon. Need to get that up on twitter Angry if we pull this off
We’re clearly the better team.
It’s not even close. Who knows what the score will be, though, due to these mafia goon squad zebras.
Last few minutes of the half, refs really need to get in action to avoid a tie at halftime.
Or possilby beavs on top.
SLovis – 115 yards. Refs – 85
A plus on the offensive side is very little champ flemings on the field..
10 plays. 92 yards. TD.
Our d line is so good. Look at that pressure!!!!
Ahh. London limping and no flag…
Big defensive stop that series
Rawls!
Okay. Nolan is officially very good.
Fuck yes BJ! What an effort to stop the clock and get the yards. Bruh!
OH fuck my shorts!!!! What a throw under pressure!!! Nolan is a gamer! He had a dude in his face on every single throw on that fucking drive.
I told everyone a few weeks ago that Nolan should start and throws and runs better than gebbia.
Hell yeah!
Against all odds! Makes this even sweeter!
So you’re saying we’ve got a Chance?
Wow a successful 2 minute drill that doesn’t end in disaster or heartbreak.
Yes!!!!! Let’s Go!!!
HOW WAS THAT NOT TARGETING
I thought the exact same
Ma boy, T-Har!
Might be the best long ball thrown in years?
Goddamit. My satellite internet and sportsurge hanging up, you guys seeing great play! ?
I have to read about it!
Fuck USC!
Nolan just had a hell of a drive man. Perfect balls with DE’s right in his face.
Man Nolan was under pressure every throw and was just on the money each time
Jesus what a drive.. chance is the real deal
Change his name to “High Probability Nolan.”
10/10 comment. You can go to bed fulfilled.
aw, did grant touch his shirt?
The drive was so good it just went too quickly
Just caught Austin with at full on “What the fuck!”
He ain’t wrong
I’m told this guy is one of the refs tonight. “Pac-12 suspends referee for penalty on wrong team in Washington State loss to California” Goes on to say “The referee, listed in the official box score as Matt Richards, will serve a one-game suspension, and the remaining members of the officiating crew have been downgraded, according to the conference.”
Where is this official box score? If we find that we have the refs names, apparently.
All USC has to do is throw it up and get a call..
Wheres the flag on Kitan? It hit him in the ass.
Every isuck wr looks to the ref nearest them on every play expecting a flag
Stars matter!
Alex Austin is really not having a good day
Up against the best WR in the conference though right? Not terrible
Sack please
Gentleman, we have a D1, P5, staring QB…
Agree.
I also think our defense is not embarrassing.
122 yard for the zebras.
Slovis 156. Rushing attack 64.
Even my Husky friend said this one is called in by the conference.
And an OSU coach uses his first halt TO’s…
Well, down 14 to 7 with all the refs and momentum against them. And beavs go into the half up 21 to 17. Really should be better, but I feared worse with the way things were going
Bounced in… fuck
There’s a whole nother half to have your fears realized.
Atleast they don’t have Reggie. Leading USC with Reggie felt like tripping on the way up to the executioner block. Yeah you got some reprieve but your still getting your head cut off.
Beavs O with 324 yards of offense in the first half. Nice.
That’s a victory in my book.. the old beavs would have given up the tuddy right before half. Fight me about it creekwater
I think the J-Smith beavs have proved they literally never ever ever give up. The only game I have seen them give up in his tenure was when Utah absolutely took us behind the shed and beat us silly.
Nolan seems a bit like the career arc of Aaron Rodgers. Let’s hope he becomes that type of guy for the next 2-3 years. I’m convinced he is the gamer we have all been waiting for…
Why haven’t we adjusted to have Wright on 15? Or give Jones a shot at him?
Has Wight been on him yet?
Not much, hard to explain.
Only thing I can think of is a strategy where you let the star get the ball and try to shut down everything else. Maybe Austin gets lucky a few times and you get a stop.
I really like seeing the swagger from our players again. With all the penalties and trash talking it feels like we have old DE back on the sideline. Nice to see the bad calls aren’t getting to them.
It does kinda feel like that doesn’t it? Everytime they put the camera on wright hes talking loads of shit lol
Nice to see the front 7 getting a push against a USC team that regularly gets O line talent.
As we predicted, the Beavers have improved this off season.
The false narrative is they’re the same ol’ Beavs and this is USC…
Stats at the half:
Chance: 11/13, Slovis: 13/23
Beavs rush avg. 7.1yds, SpoiledChillin’ 6.4
Penalties: OSU 10/122, SC 1/15
Time of poss Beavs 18min15sec
Total yards?
324 to 220, Beavs by 104. Pass yds nearly identical.
SC is 2-27 on penalties.
I told everyone a few weeks ago that Nolan should start and throws and runs better than gebbia.
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Need somebody to cleanly blow up London. And get up tight, hit him w/in 5 yards to throw off the timing once in a while. “Austin WTF” playing off him isn’t working.
This S will keep on playing. Not backing down.
Would be nice if Julian could say hello real quick.
OSU 171 rushing yards at Halftime.. that’s a pace of 342!!!
OSU with a QB hitting over 80% and averaging 12 yards a carry. Is the tOSU?
This opening possession for the beavers sets the tone for the second half.
Hell yeah!
I’ll know it’s a new Beav era if we don’t get some discombobulated three and out to start the second half. Take the advantage, drive down, and fucking score. Take that two-score advantage and put the pressure on USC.
This comment hit me in the gut
Well, I was wrong on my prediction, and gladly so. Anyone got a good recipe for crow?
Not a lot of breast meat, just enjoy it w/beer of choice.
Beak first.
Pumpkin spice bruh
In no world is pumpkin spice acceptable outside of a pie.
Austin will be better for this in the long run. Blue will see to it.
“You’re my boy Blue!”
Need one more pick and some big QB pressure. Keep doing what they’re doing on offense.
Regarding Matt Richards, someone on Twitter just wrote: “Curious if the guy by the same name who used to play for Arizona 05-07. From SoCal.”
Keep the info coming. Need all the names of these guys and will do the rest. I can’t find them. There has to be a site with this info. I just can’t find it.
Daschel: we know you’re reading this. Call out the bullshit refereeing tomorrow.
Missed entire first half, but like the score i’m walking into.
Anuthing important i need to catch up on, like injuries or surprise performances?
Beaver O hasn’t bend stoped, so refs have intervened.
Look at the penalty yards.
omg so many flags
The worst officiating I’ve seen in 30+ years of watching football. Everyone seems to know a fix is being attempted. The Beavs are dominating USC and have since the start.
Tyjon still a headcase, get up field fella!
If he keeps catching touchdowns I’m fine with it.
samesies
Really liking Baylors “I hate getting tackled mentality” combined with good reads and speed.
Holy shit. Tongue with a great block…lol. “Holding”
Smith knows something is up look at his face.
lol i saw that
That was the dumbest hold call I have seen this quarter.
Screw the flags, getting a touchdown anyway!
They finally have the ability to back up the attitude. This fucking rules
God damn, I just can’t believe we have a QB with this kind of accuracy. It’s like a dream after the last 7 years or so.
Under pressure, no less.
No shit, I honestly can’t remember a qb with this speed or accuracy that we’ve ever had. Moore might be close but he over threw balls every so often.
Nolan is the best combo we have ever had for sure. Moore was not sa good of a scrambler.
Pressure making diamonds
COmpletely agree. So many nightmarish qbs in the last decade
Like the pace…
2 TDS in a row…
Ma boy, Lindsey 2.0
No more issues with the drops.
Yep that’s all he needed to clean up.
Watching this just make me more upset about Chance not starting at Purdue
Smith messed up big time.
Go hit Slovis and London, clean, and they’ll start fading. Guaranteed.
USC will start feeling the pressure now. Boo birds will come out soon and maybe they just lose all composure
Wow. A USC holding penalty?
Front office called down. Beavs have to win everygame until the civil war for the playoff narrative =P
That was an accident. He pointed the wrong way.
Gotta find a way to get more pressure yikes.
Ugly, but a stops a stop.
USC is playing like the losing team. Dropped balls, dumb mistakes, bad calls.
Trojans could wilt away here if they actually go for the kill with another efficient TD.
Beavers clearly better.
Great stop on defense.. now put the nail in the coffin!!!
Lindsey breakout party.
Crazy legs!
Our best team since ’06, as I said.
This is the best the offense has looked since 2000. Still need a better D.
BJ “Legit” Baylor.
He’s real.
Didn’t know sc had Henry Rollins on staff!
The trajectory of Nolan’s passes are perfect. Reminds of maybe Mannion? Or Canfield?
Better then both.
Yeah he throws a way better ball. Better touch and accuracy. Better decisions, too. He’s like a better Chad Pennington and with wheels.
Not Mannion. Cooks and Wheaton always had to wait.
Jack of all trades
“Probs” Nolan
“BJ Legit”
The rout is on… USC will fold like a cheap suit pretty soon. Keep everyone healthy and watch out for cheap shots out of frustration and being embarrased.
I know that Nolan, Lyndsey, Baylor etc… have been good ,but our offensive line has been freaking great!!
What’s the point of kicking off anymore?
Tradition?
USC looking scared, defeated..
First legit PI call?
Yeah that wouldn’t have been called on bama but for a mid major it was legit for sure.
Zona only down 5 at autzen
I swear Rawls is geting held across the face every play
“USC’s best offense, quite frankly, has been the PI calls.”
It’s a pick
Kudos to Tibs?
How is it that Pac-12 officiating has been an absolute joke for 20 years and still hasn’t gotten even a little bit better?
That better be a called pick.
Looked like an INT but of course not
Beavs get robbed again.
fucking bullshit
got the TO anyway!!
Lmao!
Fuck USC. That rush was awesome. Avery is a hero. Wright interception should have counted but who gives a shit, more CHAINSAW!!!!
That’s a fumble!
Ok I’ll take that one. It’s not as deep in our territory.
If they give this back to usc after review…
They better not get jobbed on back to back TO reviews
Ball don’t lie.
Takeaway our TD? We’ll score again.
Takeaway our INT, we’ll get a fumble.
ATTITUDE.
There’s somethin’ brewin’!
I know I ate a gas station burrito today.
Did the USC team all sleep with TQ’s mom twice? Guy is a murderer tonight.
Funny was just writing that. I stand corrected on him he’s better than I thought just due to that blocking.
offensive line is dominating sc
Yeah gotta say I like Q at TE just due to his blocking. WR and TE blocking is a big reason for the run game tonight.
OSU at 264 yards rushing and not even end of 3rd Qtr
Crazy.
So just called my 68 year old Dad to check in on the game. He started crying hes so happy. He played for OSU in the 73 and 74 season and was a decathlete all four years for our track team.
Eat the clock
Keep running the ball. No need to pass it. Looking at you Riley!
Man I love this o-line.
They are playing nasty. Making those stars look like little specs in the sky
Might be the best since the 2006 team.
Will we be ranked after this?
How many votes already cast?
No
We will get votes but won’t be ranked unless we beat UW. There are still many undefeated unranked teams.
Scratch ticket Smith, calm and cool on the sideline, keep runnin’ and eating time them surprise with Nolan’s arm.
Said it along time ago. When talent and experience catch up the scratch tickets stop being so risky.
Almost 500 yards of offense. Damn!
Arizona with the ball only down 8 to Oregon in the 4th.
Will Nike be ranked after this?
Yeah they will go up to 2 for reasons
Is this real life?
Pet the rabbits foot. Knock on wood. Or do whatever you need to.
So run around naked in the neighborhoood making beaver noises while swinging around my chainsaw. Got it be right back.
What “beaver noises?” Watch the chainsaw!
You sound like an Alabss as ma Dan, but for Beavers
“Alabama fan”, sorry
Lindsay over 100 yds. Awesome
Nah nah nah nah
The law of average finally came true!
Stands are empty
Band parents still in the stands though, so that’s nice
They don’t know how to lose for 4 whole quarters. Bitches
42-17….. Ahhhh..
Man does that feel good. Especially after that first quarter or so with the refs. Just put your head down and keep playing.
I don’t even know what to say.. this is so great
Hope to see a good crowd at reser next weekend.
Had this as a win, but a close win. NVBeav looking like the genius tonight.
45-21 Beavs! All 3 aspects of the game click, for 4 quarters.
Go Beavs!!
I bow to his nevada powers.
That was my old man’s prediction. He said “if we hold fast, those prima Donna’s will fold.” Not sure if he was talking about USC or the refs…
In the past, if Beavs get such a win, the coach of USC would be fired within the week, Williams may not last as the interim coach after this beatdown. How many guys did Riley get fired over the years?
More than 10 lol
Keep running the ball down their fucking throats. Destroy their confidence.
Pretty drunk but I really want to give Smith credit for this one. He has lost us games and fucked up for sure but the attitude and belief he has instilled in these guys is palpable. They never give up and even when the refs tried their best to hand the game over on a silver plater to the hot guy they bounced back with aggressive tree biting ferocity.
That and he brought in almost all of these players. Fuck yes Smith. A few more like this and you will be as great a coach for us as a player.
Let’s get to 56
Julian was rangy when he came in; he looks like a LB now.
Baylor looks way bigger this season too
I like a terrifyingly large safety with hands.
Wow. USC drove and scored w/out penalties?
I mean they are 3/4/5 star athletes. Even blind and def they should score one on their own.
It’s not over. Keep driving, running.
Here comes the refs.
Colletto almost killed that kid on the onside kick
This is fine. If you mess with the legs you get the crazy.
Here come the refs…and INTs.
Hang tight!
Looked like Lindsay could have prevented that int
No quick scores. Make them use some clock.
Dont need INT’s..
Please don’t try a Riley at the Alamo move. For the love of god.
How could that umpire see a penalty and throw that flag so damn quick on the holding penalty? BS.
When Nolan misses he misses very accurately to the other team.
Guys still legit
Murray with a sack. I love that guy
Fuck yes Sharp! Forcing intentional grounding
And held…no call
3rd and 36…our nemeisis. Can we do it?
Need to get Baylor going again,..
wow, USC brings it as hard as they can, refs chip in, field goal. 42-27.
Fucking titties boys
Who was born the last time we beat USC in LA?
Genghis Khan?
Well theres a winner for ya
I’ll raise my hand…
I was 10. Didn’t follow football. My was a Big-10 Minnesota grad. There wasn’t football on television back then. Was more excited about the new all cartoon show featuring cave-people that was stating on Sunday nights.
Why does Petros keep talking about Nolan like all he does is throw picks?
Cause hes a USC RB?
I’m surprised he can talk with all those Trojan dicks in his mouth.
Atleast hes being safe?
Ha
I give him credit for staying mildly unbiased. Hes no Dan Foutz lol
He IMO is really respectful of the Beavs and if nothing else at least knowledgeable. He’s a kook as we say in maui but doesn’t make him a bad guy. He and yogi Roth at least know the league and don’t discount the Beavs on history and reputation.
They’re loading the box. Run a fly sweep or throw a screen.
No reason why USC’s offense should get the ball again.
That will be the third down play.
Poorly executed but that’s a good call.
Flea flicker!
Beason has done nothing good. He is a terrible blocker and he looks scared
I really would like to go to bed………….
Pick 6
When trying to bleed the clock, why not run on the edges and blatantly hold every time?
If they call the penalty, you get another extra play to bleed more clock. If they defer, the hold likely helps you gain more yardage than the average running play.
2 holds could get you in bad field position and the zebras like calling 3.
Hahaha Colletto with the INT.
Crazy legs
I love it but not sure why it’s funny. Do we think he’s incapable or just doing so much? Honest question.
Yeeesssss!
Goodnight, boys. Great win. Wish I had time to do a write up tomorrow, but with relatives here might not. If one of the admins wants to put up a thread go for it. Awesome night to be a Beav. Enjoy!
Good game boys. Tighten up a few things and this could be a special season.
Smith with a lifetime contract extension. What a win despite the refs.
Refs were unreal
I don’t think I’ve ever seen the following ref calls in all my years of watching football. A defensive lineman called for holding, a facemask penalty on a helmet coming off, an offensive holding penalty on a two-second blast play, and a blind-side block by a 140-pound wide receiver.
I have seen the defensive holding but not when the defensive player was moving forwards. Dafuck
Hahaha. Very nice. Luck o’ the trojans.
I think they got a bit impregnated with the old
1% risk of failure.
GOT fans: Bronn would be proud of this team.
Game ball to offensive line. 320 yds rushing
And TQ. Monster day blocking for him
And TD! Silent assassin!
Comment of the day!
Beavers should be 4-0!
You guys might already know this, but you can get a poster, fridge magnet, coasters, etc of that 1960 USC game at VintageBrand.com. They’ve got tons of great old marketing materials from past games if your interested in that kinds of stuff. I think the company is out of Tennessee.
Woooooooohooooooo!!!!
I’m a Beaver – Nolan – Baylor Believer!!!!
I live in USC territory. This week will be awesome.
Remember to be humble….fuck that talk shit like Wright all day every day for 4 years when we beat them again.
That was essentiallly a 60 point beatdown but for the refs keeping it close for as long as they could. Unbelievable perservernce and holding things together after the egregious sequence to gift USC first half scores… Beavs are set up to make a really nice run into the Civil War. I don’t think anyone can score with them as long as Chance stays healthy. Oline is maturing and the d is beginning to show signs.
This game had a lot to complain about as far as penalties but I think the issue is that an upset usually requires overcoming the subconscious bias of referees, until they realize the reality that the favored, talent will not be able to win…
Amazing night of Beaver football. Well done JS, staff and players. Enjoy it but don’t break our hearts next week with a letdown :)
Great, great win.
Team needs to relish how special this moment is tonight and tomorrow. This is a big deal.
I like to think there is a opossum smiling down from marsupial heaven right now.
Health announcement: If you have an erection lasting longer than 4 hours contact your licensed health care professional.
Game ball to Coletto, 2 TDs and a pick to seal it. Dudes an ultimate Beaver in my book. Backup QB, turned LB, and back to QB sometimes. Didn’t whine, didn’t transfer, just goes in when needed and gives it 100%. And is damn near 100% effective.
Game ball to oline
Considering how things were looking after the Purdue game, I am beyond impressed. What stands out the most to me in this game is the confidence, poise, swagger, and perseverance. Tons of awful calls, London was dominating for a stretch there. Never gave in. How many times in the past would this program have folded when they went down 14-7 with all that going against them? The importance of this win cannot be understated. It doesn’t matter that USC is having a difficult season or might not be a great team. The Beavers lined up against 4/5 stars and just outplayed them in almost every aspect. Coaching was spectacular outside of a few blunders. Got our best players the ball in positions to succeed. Lots of important streaks broken tonight. Hopeful that many more will follow throughout this season. Lots to improve on still, but this team is good. With the landscape of the conference right now, dreaming big at a conference title and Rose Bowl bid is not unreasonable at all. I hope that the players realize how big of a deal this win is, but keep pressing forward and focus on the ultimate goal. Excited for our players and our fans. Hope that despite mandates, Reser is filled and rocking next weekend.
What a solid effort in all 3 phases of the game. Even with the refs against us. Chance is such a stud but big big props to the O line for man handling USC’s front, opening up big lanes for the backs. Great decision making when he couldn’t find anyone open, a few mistakes but for a young kid just settling in as the starter it really seems like JS is willing to stick with him even if Gebbia is healthy. That might be the only thing that could derail a good season if we start Gebbia when Chance is still firing on all cylinders.
Mentioned it earlier but the absolute swagger and punch you in the mouth style from both sides of the ball is refreshing to see. Saw so much shit talking and standing over people after big hits. Even mocking the refs about throwing flags after an incompletion from USC lmao.
Schedule shaping up nicely with the rest of the PAC not doing so hot. If we can keep the consistency and avoid injuries and QB controversy we can win out.
There’s no QB controversy.
If there is, Smith needs his head examined
Agreed. I’ll hold up a can smith signif anyone else starts baring injury or
an incredible step backwards
Ya why do people keep saying that? Smith has said as much.
Don’t be weird he said basically he wouldn’t start anyone else the way Chance is playing. Smith is a fan of riding the hot hamd.
It’s nice to have a qb that is a running threat, really helps the o line. Those early runs to the outside by Chance made their d think. He is very decisive in the scrambling. I thought he could have picked up a first down with his legs when he threw the second pick. Overall, good decision making (I didn’t see the first int).
First int was a decent pass and decision for a 1 on 1 ball. Problem was USCs do was allowed to just push Bradford off and catch it.
76 rush yards allowed
Reggie would not approve. I like it a lot though.
Appears refs were paid, players were not
If we can dominate USC’s DL like that, there isn’t a DL in the conference that can stop us.
Baylor averaged 7 YPC and would have had 8.5 if it hadn’t been for the BS holding call on Nous in the first quarter.
Also, hats off to Lindgren for using our depth at TE and adapting to fit the talent on hand. That PA pass to TQ for the TD was a thing of beauty, but the consistent 2-TE formations were a big factor in running the ball.
The TE blocking was relentless. It made me want to listen to death metal and I dont like death metal at all.
Can we say 3 TE set when Tongue is in there? Dude is huge.
30 minute recap for anyone who missed it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UgcJKBBUL8
A thing of beauty….
The Beavers were relentless.
On the road? Relentless.
Bad refereeing? Relentless.
Want to run the ball? Relentless.
TD taken away, need to score again? Relentless.
Need will-breaking turnovers? Relentless.
Riley Sharp deserves a lot of credit for his pass rushing. He was giving the USC RT all kinds of trouble, and even though he didn’t break through much, he was collapsing the pocket and forcing Slovis to run quite a bit.
This is really just a great TEAM. We don’t really have any true stars outside Roberts, Speights, Wright and Nolan. They fight together and don’t give in. So many guys need credit for this win.
Just look at our receivers. We don’t have a single player over 200 yards but off the top of my head Gould, Bradford, TQ, Lindsay and Harrison are all over 100. Beason and Champ are probably right there too.
Sharp, Rawls, Sandberg and Murray kept Klovis uncomfortable most of the night.
Baylor?!? : ) Maybe not a true “star” in recruiting terms, but he’ll be difficult for the media and pundits to ignore after this week and his production after 4 games.
Was impressive to see Harrison, not that big, fighting for yards and 6(!) USC defenders on him to finally stop him. The WR depth + Lindgren play calling is lethal.
That D line was getting a consistent push and before the end of the year, they’ll start meeting up in the backfield for TFLs.
Colleto’s career red zone efficiency is crazy.
Game ball to OLine and TEs. What blocking.
The only reason Baylor isn’t a star in my head is because we just had Jermar As a comparison. Baylor is a great player and taking full advantage of his shot.
Let’s not think about how this team would be if JJ stayed another year.
Players move on. This team is already awesome.
Yeah hard to imaged he’d be more productive than Baylor. Baylor has always been a good slasher, but he bulked up and now is good all around. Team might not be as balanced if they were leaning on JJ heavily, too, so in a sense not having a big name RB leads to a more balanced attack.
Fenwick had a decent game, too.
Hard to find fault in the run game. They lead the Pac12 in rushing YPG.
Add in the most efficient QB in the conference and the Beavs are also the top offense from a YPG perspective.
Oregon has slightly more ppg, but that is due to kicking more field goals.
Beavs are also most efficient 3rd down conversion rate in the Pac.
I think they’re 3rd in rush YPG.
““I just love the feeling of getting a big team win. It doesn’t matter what I did, it matters what we all did, and I was just a small part of it,” Lindsey said. “The praise goes to the team. It’s a team effort, and I love the way we handled business here. It looked like a complete team to me.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2021/09/26/beavers-batter-trojans-for-first-win-in-coliseum-since-1960/49196935/
Lindsey just embodied that performance in his comments. Great attitude.
Rewatching the game and Cody Anderson also had a hell of a night.
Bowling Green picked up $1.45M in a win over Minnesota. With less than 200 yards of offense and 3 Minnesota TOs.
OMG that was awful. What a shit show.
Bowling Green isn’t even a competitive MAC team. WTF, Minnesota???
Wow. A WSU football player is in stable/serious condition after being shot at a party in Pullman last night. Another shooting victim died.
Well that’s awful
A Utah player was just killed in SLC. Weirdly enough, he was the first recipient of the Ty Jordan Memorial Scholarship after Jordan accidentally shot himself.
WTF is wrong with people
Who is the WSU player? Or are you getting the story crossed up with Aaron Lowe at Utah?
And what is going on at Utah with 2 players dying of gunshot wounds in back to back seasons?
Nevermind, just saw the WSU story. So the teams both played each other and then went home afterwards in Pullman and SLC, and both teams had a player get shot that night? Strange coincidence
https://news.yahoo.com/shooting-rocks-wsu-campus-165000554.html
Totally unrelated, just crazy coincidence. They didn’t even happen in the same state, and Jordan’s was accidental/self-inflicted.
USC. We don’t reload. We rebuild:
“This is not gonna turn around overnight,” Slovis said. “We’re trying to build something here, and Coach Donte has done a great job of starting to hold guys accountable and changing the culture and building the culture. You’re not gonna see it chance in one week, and we have a lot of work to do, and the main thing, the message we’re kind of having is we got to stay together and stay up.”
It’s ok to be beaten by a superior team, even if it’s not traditional.
“The takeaway.
Oregon State: Why not us? With the efficient Nolan leading the way and a solid defense starting to find itself, the Beavers have to feel like they can now be a factor in the jumbled Pac-12. At minimum, they are on track to reach a bowl game for the first time since the 2013 season ended with a victory in the Hawaii Bowl.
USC: It won’t be an easy fix for the Trojans’ next coach. Their issues with poor recruitment, inadequate player development and a lack of fundamentals were repeatedly exposed by Oregon State. While their search has a long way to go, they could do a lot worse than hiring someone like Beavers coach Jonathan Smith to build a stout, smart program.”
Okay that two minute drill before half was a legendary status Nolan performance. The amount of pressure on him was incredible and he dropped absolute dimes to his receivers.
Butter is good.
So the officials seemed to really want to see a USC win. Many of the calls in the first half were phantom. Also, hard to see anything conclusive on the INT in the end zone to overturn the call on the field. If they’re going to overturn that then they should have overturned Wright’s INT in second half. Seemed after it was clear that we were going to win no matter what the officials called they finally tried to throw some flags on USC to even out the stat sheet.
I absolutely HATE USC, so the win last night was even better and my only wish is that we could have scored 3 or 4 more times. You could tell the cockiness from there 5 star players was starting to wane in the second half when they suddenly realized they were getting an ass kicking. I will never forget watching Tim Alexander streak up the sidelines in Parker and being hit, out of bounds, by a USC thug, severely breaking his leg. Pete C. was the coach then and he condoned and encouraged that type of play from his team, which is probably why I’m not a huge Seahawk fan. I hope that the coaching situation in LA stays in turmoil as no other team deserves it as much as them.
Good job Beavs! It’s a long time coming. Winning is infectious and we have a lot of season left.
Broke Tim Alexander’s collarbone, not his leg. And that 1994 game was way before Pete Carroll, his first year was 2001. I think it was during John Robinson’s 2nd USC tenure.
A lot of viable game ball candidates. Oline was dominate but Nolan was lights out good. He was hitting guys on time and in stride… dimes. Plus his ability to run was dynamic. If he continues to play like this, we’ll be hard to beat.
His quickness surprised me and his running ability is definitely going to be a worry for defenses now.
Here’s a thought on the Noyer vs Nolan situation. This is pure speculation, mind you, but it sort of makes sense to me. Iit is possible that for the majority of camp that Noyer was better at practice. He rightly earned the starting job looking at the totality. But what was not considered was the trajectory of both players. Like two cars, one going 55 at constant speed, the other going 45 but accelerating. That’s probably a difficult thing to evaluate as a coach and you can only do it after the fact. Still, I seem to recall Smith (or one of the coaches saying) that the whole of camp was evaluated but that Nolan was coming on.
Anyway, hell of a game. The only thing I can compare it to was the game vs UCLA in 1999 (I think). That was the first year of the DE era and the Beavs just destroyed them. I couldn’t believe the Beavs were that good.
Seems like alot of Pac teams have had QB issues already, see Huskies, Cougs, Utah… maybe JS was ahead of the coaching curve in making the change early against Purdue and sticking with it. Look at Wazzu, De Lauria was decent as a freshmen, beat us at least. Then this season they start the transfer and he’s less then spectacular. Utah starts a transfer, who’s already transfered out. Hell, Colorado could use Noyer, he’s probably their best QB if he doesn’t transfer.
I don’t fault JS for starting Noyer, and in hindsight, we all might be really glad he made the switch to Nolan and stuck with it. Just hope Gebbia getting healthy doesn’t cause any issues…..
ESPN FPI now has us going 10-2, with our only loss being to Nike.
Where are you seeing that? Shows 8-4.
If you look at the individual games, it gives probabilities. Nike is the only game they have us losing.
OH- this is not to disparage your post. I know its interesting to see what the “pro’s” at ESPN and elsewhere think but Im sure at the beginning of the season these same guys probably had the beavs at 4 wins. There are people that post here that have a better understanding of OSU football and its history than most talking heads will have. Throw in a solid understanding of the X and O’ s of the game and there is a good amount of knowledge football wise here. 10 wins? That would be nice but lets not get ahead of ourselves though I do think they beat the ducks again.
I’ll repeat my comments from earlier last week. I think JS now becomes a possible candidate for the SC job especially after OSU dominated SC in every phase of the game. SC can throw all kinds of money at him too and him growing up in SoCal and being a fan of SC migjt be too hard to resist. Would JS be a sexy enough hire for SC, well, that remains to be seen. However, what he’s doing at OSU in really what amounts to 3 years due to Covid is quite remarkable given what the inherited. I suspect that the remainder of the season will have a lot to say about Smith’s options. In the meantime, you’re only as good as your last.game so JS must keep this team focused and prepped for the Huskies. Continue to win like last night and the possibilities are endless for this team.. Continue to win and JS becomes even more attractive for high profile programs. Let’s just hope OSU can keep JS and his staff around for a very long time. Go beavers! BTW, beavers looked like contenders last night while the over hyped ducks looked more like pretenders for much of last night.
There’s no way JS is enough of a big name, nor is his resume flashy enough for USC. Maybe if we win the Rose Bowl this year.
Nah, niner likes Corvallis
I would be worried about losing our OC.
It will probably be Luke Fickell.
He’s got a good gig going where everyone loves him. Why would he go to a place with unrealistic expectations and risk being out of a job in a few years if they don’t perform? If he wasn’t a well liked alum with ties to the university I would understand the risk of losing a coach that does well here given the perception of our football program nationally but otherwise I just can’t see him leaving anytime soon at least.
He’ll also end up getting national attention for Oregon State anyway.
RB Commit Martinez said something about JS telling him they were on their way to national prominence, and Martinez said he’s looking forward to helping OSU get to the next level.
If smith likes one thing more than winning, it’s family. College towns are good places to raise families. Plus, it appears he’s in the drivers seat of success-driven gains in compensation. Maybe if he thought he couldn’t win there he’d move on.
PFF fun for today:
-Nolan is the #5 ranked passer in the country
-Baylor moves up to #17 rusher, #25 RB overall
-TQ moves up to #15 TE
-If you ignore guys with single digit snap counts, Lindsey is the #5 WR
-Eldredge is the #25 C
-Loecher is the #3 P
On defense…
-Julian is still our top rated defensive player, but Rawls and Wright are closing in on him.
-Lolohea and Skelton’s ratings are surging, too. Maybe time to give them more snaps?
-If you ignore snap counts, Colletto is the top LB in the nation.
Nailed it…never a doubt in my mind!
Absolutely thrilled. Wasn’t that impressed with Fenwich, seemed to go down easy. Penalties were upsetting. If you we had 75 instead of 154 yards in penalties it would have been even more of a blow-out of USC who in the end had 98 penalties. Great team effort. Great team win! Go Beavs! Keep it going all the way to the Rose Bowl baby!
98 yards**
It seems like a balance thing for Fenwick. He seeks contact, but he kind of leans into bodies instead of keeping his feet moving and driving through them. I think he’s a good backup.
Also to be fair, he had a couple carries where he dove for the first down.
Rewatched the last two TD drives of the half, man Nolan throws a great ball, even with pressure.
Question about ranking was discussed above, Daschel gets it, tweets:
Not a surprise, but Oregon State did not receive a vote in this morning’s AP top 25.
Really? We got votes in the Coaches poll.
Just to show how much of a joke the polls are: 3-1 NCSU beat 2-2 Clemson. Clemson is ranked #19, NCSU remains unranked.
A later correction by Daschel:
My mistake. Oregon State DID receive votes in this week’s top 25 polls. Seven in the Associated Press, four in the coaches.
So, is Daschel surprised now?
YAHOOOOO!!!!!!
Just watched it…..DVR’d it. That was fricking awesome. I was a two month old fetus the last time we won in LA!
Made up for the shit show I attended yesterday in Minneapolis. What a great game plan by the offensive staff.
Go Beav’s!
A few 2022 recruits I’m keeping an eye on this week as OSU/UW square off.
Ryan Otton-UW TE commit. Beavs would still definitely take him, and have a perfect opportunity to show off how important he could he in an OSU offense.
Mark Nabou- OL, former Husky recruit. Beavs are still very interested in him.
TJ Hall – Husky CB commit. Had talked about visiting osu back in July but then committed to UW. OSU is also still pursuing him. Also listed as a WR.
The visitor list should be interesting this week. Good weather, coming off a big win. Playing a local team. Havent hosted official visits yet this football season outside of Chatfield, so we’re overdue.
Any update on David Bailey?
Havent seen anything recently. Was supposed to be a USC lean and I dont think we were expecting a visit, but that was months ago
OSU solid across the board for passing and rushing yards, points, 1st downs, 3rd down conversions, red zone TD %…
https://stats.pac-12.com/sports/fball/2021-22/teams?sort=ptspgopp&r=0&pos=def
They have screwed up numbers
My only concern this weekend (against UW) is officiating. Will they call the game correctly?
Probably not but UW and Nike are the ones who can get shady shit done the best. UW is toast this year in terms of post season selection so I don’t see a reason for the conference to push them. My guess is we have fair/typical officiating until the civil war.
The conference only has 4 remaining conceivable possibilities for national relevance: Nike, OSU, UCLA, ASU. Everyone else already has two losses.
If anything, the refs should start leaning in our favor.
Unfortunately, the way our schedule plays out, our toughest games are all at the end of the season so it’s going to be a very slow climb up the rankings and into national visibility.
I guess we should be rooting for ASU and Nike to set ourselves up for a big boost at the end of the season.
I like Smith and his staff going into Autzen. The pundits dismissal of OSU in the CW is unwise.
I don’t think you will find a more resilient team in the PAC. If the refs get in the game our guys just get more meaner.
UW will beat Hole in Seattle this season
Why do you think UW wins? After letting AZ hang around, a writer suggested UO plays down to the level of the competition. Is that what you’re thinking?
UW is just as physical as Hole on the lines, and UW has a loaded backfield. They haven’t beat the Ducks since 2017.
This game is November 6. By that time, I think Dylan Morris and his receiving corps will be hitting their stride. We are fortunate to get UW so early in the season because that team locks down on defense as the season progresses.
I think the game this weekend is a toss-up, but it’s an absolute must-win for OSU. This would be another psychological win for Smith and his roster.
Why is it a must win? They should win and I think they will I just don’t see it as a must win. Definitely need to at least split the Washington schools but WSU doesn’t look good.
Ahh, interesting points.
I sort of hope UO wins so the CW means as much as possible. But, I wouldn’t mind UW beating them…
I dont want to play oregon if they have a playoff appearance on the line. There’s no way you get a fairly called game on the road when the Pac desperately wants a playoff team in.
I’d rather be playing a 2 loss oregon team with OSU already comfortably alone in 1st place and just let the rankings be what they are
It’s a must win because any chance of winning the North will have to go through Washington. A win in Eugene would be very nice but I’m not sold that UO will lose less than 2 conference games (UW and UCLA). For OSU to truly take the next step, they need to beat the team that has really been the bane of OSU’s success. The lone loss to UW in 2000 is what kept OSU from a national championship. The 69-27 loss in 2013 really was the loss that imploded the program. The loss last year (which was completely rigged) destroyed our chances for a North title. We have been beaten badly by UW in the past decade and it is a psychological barrier to get over.
Regarding Hole, I don’t see how Hole beats UCLA at the Rose Bowl unless they stop the run. That would be loss #2. Fresno did it by using a tight formation on the DL but UCLA could have gotten around that by throwing screens. They fell behind in that game and had to abandon the run game. Chip Kelly wants that win versus his old program, especially after last year when they had a chance to win it in the final minutes.
Loss #3 is a stretch. I don’t see it happening, but the two best candidates are the upcoming game @ Stanford or @ Utah.
Something tells me that Musgrave, Fenwick, and Tongue are going to have breakout games at some point. We will need them to be regular contributors for the Utah and Oregon games.
Getting tongue on the field has to be a priority. If nothing else he’s a massive dude and showed he can really block in the game. The holding call on him was complete horse shit.
This. Why was champ in there for. A run play at the end? Ended up getting a 15 yard penalty. Bad coaching move.
I mean there is good reasons. Deception for one. If we only rush if tongue comes in it’s kinda obvious, that said doing it 3 times then doing a PA where tongue takes off would be great. Other reason would be comfort and practice with the playbook. Champ and Bradford are our
Most experienced receivers and know the playbook the best.
Yeah, but what about when Colletto comes in…everyone in the country knows it’s going to be a (successful) rush out of the wildcat.
True. Colleto is just crazier and meaner than the defense haha
Colletto will have a passing TD by season’s end. I’m calling it.
Believe I called the same several weeks back, was told “why mess with success rushing”
They tried last season and he threw a pick in the end zone k believe. It’s a good Idea but just needs to be executed well.
Ridiculous game stat. By my count OSU had 68 rush yards negated by penalty. USC had 76 yards. We were 9 yards from having more negated rush yards than USC managed to gain.
https://twitter.com/MathiasMalaki/status/1441991057655226373?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1441991057655226373%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oregonlive.com%2Frecruiting%2F2021%2F09%2Frecruiting-oregon-state-pledges-fired-up-after-beavers-win-over-usc.html
I love this
I haven’t gone and looked at the stats but wasn’t the fiesta bowl team heavily penalized as well? I’m more concerned about the offensive penalties than the the defensive penalties.
Yes, but those were largely late hits and celebrations with a dose of procedural stuff mixed in
I think it was pretty much like that the whole season. It was part of Erickson’s swagger….
This team’s confidence is better than the “Erickson swagger” in my opinion. It seems more measured and less likely to negatively impact them. I don’t expect them to taunt or do things like late hits.
And I don’t see these receivers getting so cocky they’re dropping the ball before they even cross the goal line.
I think it was during the Hawaii game that the TV play by play guy mentioned a big “Excellence without Arrogance” message painted on a wall inside the Reser locker room. This seems to really fit Smith’s style/personality and maybe the “Erickson swagger” is something JS remembers and wants to keep channeled in the right direction.
Finished the game on the dvr this morning.
That’ll do Beavs. Feels great to get that 10,000 pound gorilla off their backs.
Hadn’t happened in my lifetime and I’m on the downhill side. Honestly thought it never would happen.
There’s not a game left on the schedule this team isn’t capable of winning.
Now go beat the ever loving shit out of the leg humpers. Owe them one after the refs gifted them a win in Seattle last year.
Anybody see the Ohio State LB who quit in the middle of the 3rd quarter yesterday? And he was playing in the game too. Just walked off the field, said he’s done, ripped off his jersey and threw his gloves into the stands, then walked i to the locker room and tweeted “Fucc Ohio State” and that’s how retired from football.
Guy probably should have transferred out when he could. Mad about playing time I guess?
Is he a coverage LB? Might consider reaching out to him and Dallas Gant lol
Wonder how he feels about Ohio State?
Why write this shit???
Not at all how it went down….
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/32286453/ohio-state-buckeyes-dismiss-lb-kvaughan-pope-sideline-incident
Few, quick thoughts:
Really feel prediction by NvBeav (?) & Lindsay’s post game comment were on the mark. 1st game where everything clicked; important to note, on the road no less.
Going forward, I expect to see similar consistency, hopefully!
Props to offensive play calling. This was, “with the book” opened up. A variety of plays that I don’t recall seeing in some time. Thinking of recent seasons, offense did not feel as diverse — certain down and distance sometimes one could guess what the Beavers were going to run before they broke huddle?
Nolan had lights out good game. Not perfect, but key: ball seemed to be placed well where the receiver could adjust to catch it… and receivers ADJUSTED to it. In the past, this wasn’t even possible for all kinds of reasons.
For Nolan’s health over rest of the season, would prefer a -little- less heat if possible. Felt like OL gave excellent effort.
3-1, onward. Try to stay healthy for the tough games.
No trick plays, just simply outplaying them.
As much as today’s game is about spreading people out, I love that OSU can go w/multiple TEs and run the ball down opponents throats. Baylor is in a mission, and I expect Fenwick will get more consistent.
BTW, OSU can expect this same kind of referee treatment at Autzen, as the PAC will likely try to protect Oregon.
Yes to all this, much that can be taken forward.
Only chance refs don’t give the same treatment at Autzen is if the quacks drop a game or two before the CW. Not entirely out of the realm of possibility.
Justin Tucker wins for the Ravens with an nfl record 66 yard field goal
Saw JAX took a missed 68 yard FG attempt 109 yards back for a score.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9g2NZuOSnI
Incredible!
If you are near Corvallis you may want to stop by the Valley FB Center at 3pm:
http://x.paciolanmail.com/ats/msg.aspx?sg1=2b099d6d92c5217680c8e02de6be1d26
kudos to Angry for calling a program defining victory. Raises the question: what was, or were, the other great defining victories when the program began to rise in the late 90’s? Someone above suggested that epic beat down of UCLA in ’99, but to give Riley credit, you have to put the CW in ’98 on that list. For that matter, the win vs. SC in Corvallis in 2000.
Nolan is providing the best QB play for OSU since Moore in ’06, may Smith himself in 2000. How many more years of eligibility does Nolan have?
I believe Nolan is considered a sophomore? How great is that?
Yup, HS Class of 2018.
18-19 Redshirt at MTSU
19-20 Redshirt Freshman at Saddleback JC
20-21 Redshirt Sophomore at OSU (Doesn’t count due to Covid)
21-22 Redshirt Sophomore
The sleeping giant at SC is NIL opportunity. Will be hard to counter LA money with potato salad money.
Are we sure this was a big of a deal for the program as when Garretson recovered that fumbled snap only to run in for the walk-off TD against CAL?
Right? Usc looked slightly better than Hawaii.
Why do the Seahawks continue to have a historically bad defense?????
17-7 lead in the 2nd quarter, then cannot get off the field on defense. You had halftime to make adjustments after Minnesota came back to take the lead. Feels like watching the Beavs defense the last few years.
3rd and 13 and you can’t stop them??? 7 for 10 on 3rd downs?
Not even a Seahawks fan but that’s ridiculous. Turning the channel.
And they – or their fans – seem to perceive they’re legitimate contenders. The glory days of the defense are now several years behind them.
New thread up now.