Turns out the marketing department was behind it. Yes, the same geniuses who brought you men in bras and the shark-headed Beaver have now brought you “Jaquizz Rodgers” (come on, that just looks wrong), whoever he is.
Apparently they have a gameday script which they read over the PA during timeouts and such, and they also post some of this information on the scoreboard. In the script, the name was spelled correctly in some parts but incorrectly in others. This misprint is in bold font both times, yet nobody noticed it was spelled differently than the correct version, which was only one sentence after.
Embarrassing.
If you’re going to honor a guy get his name right. Double and triple check it. There’s nothing else to say about that.
We have needed an overhaul of marketing for years. Is this the final nail in that coffin? I doubt it because nothing changes at OSU (though the higher ups are riled over this). You can take a snapshot today, put it in a time capsule, and in 20 years it’ll be the same dumbasses running the show, only a little older and a little balder.
That entire administrative section of the OSU athletic department is pure junior varsity.
You forgot the classic “put a Beaver on it”. You couldn’t make this stuff up. JB
The document also says, “James and Jacquizz [spelled correctly] are currently playing for the Atlanta Falcons.”
Is that true? I thought James got cut last year.
I think hes on the practice squad
Just when you thought Marketing couldn’t top “Crank it like a chainsaw” they embarrass themselves in front of two key players who nearly dragged the program back to the Rose Bowl.
OT – but just saw that Cooks is one of 3 finalist for Biletnikoff award:
http://oregonstate.scout.com/2/1350728.html
From stats comparing the three finalists you have to think Cooks wins it right? The other two finalists are Evans and Watkins.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/statistics/player/_/stat/receiving
Go vote for Cooks:
https://polldaddy.com/poll/7373923/
Off to Idaho for a whitetail hunt. Doubt I’ll even watch the cw. Embarrased of this football team.
Good luck getting some tail.
For a department supposedly trying to uplift Beaver athletics, such a gaff is inexcusable. Any moron in the chain of presenting Rogers’ name knows it is a tricky spelling, so you take special effort to get it right…..right? But NOOOOOO …
Maybe they should start spelling RILEY wrong….
You spelled gaffe and rodgers wrong. I normally wouldn’t say anything…
Ahem. Rodgers. Capitalization counts too
LOL … yes, but I am a mere peon….. Not in charge of the jumbotron… (or you would see Riley’s name spelled wrong)
Rilie?
Mike Reilly?
Mike Really?
How about Mike Wrylee..
Anyone else notice Riley standing on the sidelines with his arms crossed and no headset on. No one within 5 yards on either side….don’t even think I saw him chomping his gum…just disconnected (maybe just that pissed….?) my group of buds have season tickets right next to the opposing side line that’s normally a blast to heckle the crap out of our competitors. To the point we usually get into some of the players heads…not so much Saturday.
#verydisappointingdaytobeabeaver
maybe that’s appropriate.
Mike Remmers claimed off waivers by the Minnesota Vikings. Increase in holding and false start penalties for the Vikings in 3, 2, 1…………………………
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/nov/25/mike-remmers-chargers-lineman-tackle-vikings/
I’ll go taunt him at practice LOL.
As Banker reviewed the wreckage Sunday, he couldn’t shake one pesky thought: Did the coaches fail to properly prepare their players for a desperate Washington team?
Let me answer that for you. FUCK YES!!!!!! I made the comment after the first play why were our db’s lining up 10 yards off the line of scrimmage. If you know your opponent has one of the top rushers in the nation and a RS Frosh Qb making his first career start, one would think that you would game plan to stop Sankey first and make the Qb beat you with his arm. Now granted, we did not know who would start until just before the game. I understand that. BUT, UW coaches KNEW that if they announced earlier in the week if they announced Price was out that OSU would game plan to gang up and stop Sankey (at least that’s what a smart person would do). But the rule here still applies. Stop Sankey and you stop UW. The stats prove this theory. If an average idiot like mysefl can see this, why can’t those that are paid handsomely figure this out?
forgot the linky. Alzheimers
http://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/index.ssf/2013/11/oregon_state_football_beavers_68.html
Now I’m pissed off all over again. It shouldn’t even be an excuse who the starting quarterback is. How hard is it to switch from “the Penny” (which is OSU’s version of the 3-4-4) to the base 4-3-4, or even nickel and dime if you need to use it. They stayed in the GD Penny almost all night long. Kept getting hammered and didn’t even make an adjustment. Did you see the gaps on the OSU DL? Like 3 yards! UW didn’t even have to block the side they weren’t running to. Fucking atrocious. And when the 4th LB in the penny is actually Sean Martin, you’re good and screwed. The coaches mindset from the start should have been- no matter who the qb is, we’re gonna make UW beat us throwing the ball.
And OT- but what I noticed from the assistant coach pay scales posted in a different thread is that the 4 lowest paid coaches on OSU’s staff are the ones who do the best job developing players and by far, recruit the most players. How fucked up is that? Read gets 260K! For what? He’s worthless as a recruiter and special teams is below average. Great value there Riley! Not.
Hopefully, Read doesn’t get any credit for Bolden’s TD run. Kick returning was awful throughout the year. If there were holes Bolden didn’t know where to find them and he went down on first contact nine times out of ten. The TD was kind of a fluke.
Romaine has regressed, I think that Kostol has also, but I haven’t taken the time to look at the stats. Kick coverage was ok most of the year, but I’m not paying a quarter of a million dollars for that. Riley can dismiss Read quickly at the end of the season to at least give the appearance that he cares about improvement.
Unfortunately this might be all that’s done. We know Riley doesn’t have the huevos to take an objective look at Banker or to ask why his offense has been predictable for years now. Langsdorf needed to leave about four years ago. He needs to go somewhere like Winnipeg, because his offense needs a 12th player due to always being out-manned.
Watch the bunker mentality take hold immediately following the CW… as opposed to the slight bunker mentality steeped in delusions of OSU sucking as a program, school and destination.
Maybe we can hope that Langsdorf donates his other kidney…
Wow, I wouldn’t put it past this coaching staff to mess that up as well
Reminds me of the Utah game two years ago, when Whittingham came out and said that they knew what osu defense was going to run, and he was surprised they didn’t make any adjustments. Congrats to sandbag for the CW Ranker!
I bet they figured it wouldnt make any difference. We didnt exactly make adjustments to stop in thru the 3rd quarter. What was it, end of the 3rd…..48-zip?
Face it, the coaches mailed it in….
The entire team mailed it in
They should have used UPS. We could have been slaughtered in half the time.
I love logistics.
Cooks didn’t mail it in. He’s probably busting his ass to get the top draft stock he can now, so he doesn’t have to come back another year.
At the risk of piling on but why the fuck not, Joe Avezzano noted for the record that when senior players were being introduced the Jumbotron flashed RASHAAD REYNALDS.
Seriously? Jesus fucking tits Helen. I guess when you want to show people this really is Mayberry, you can do so by
1. Being completely inept on offense, defense, special teams and coaching on national television
2. Misspelling persons, places or things on the jumbotron. On national television.
3. Randy the logger. On national television.
4. Cranking it like a chainsaw. On national television.
Yup. And we have the nerve to wonder why some think cowtown Corntucky is full of toothless, inbred, illiterate sister slammers.
Don’t forget the Dairy Princess…was very glad to see her retired.
oh and I forgot about that stupid chainsaw sound on 3rd down that sounds like a cow with emphysema
I liked Randy the logger.
The concept was ok, and the man himself was/is a good guy. But two things happened.
1. He didn’t do anything. Do something like Ragnar does for the Vikings. Ride out to midfield on a tricked out chopper and chainsaw your way to a frenzied crowd.
2. Even if your name is Randy, it’s a little inappropriate for a team called the Beavers.
How about Dylan Wynn and the chainsaw massacre?….did you see him pregame with the chainsaw at midfield?
Joe Avezzano saw that. Joe assumes the lad was too fatigued to tackle afterward.
Go to a practice and watch Read …..Not much going on helping punters, kickers, and long snappers. Stands around with his son = $260,000
Just when you thought Schnell’s stuff couldn’t get any more ludicrous, she has served this up. She must have a hidden motive – or she’s even dumber than I suspected.
http://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/index.ssf/2013/11/oregon_state_coach_mike_riley_3.html
What? You mean you didn’t admire the depth in that hard hitting piece? What’s wrong with you?
I disagree about the depth. We didn’t get to read about how Riley still fondly remembers when Autzen was built and he got to see the first CW played there… yet again. It was intimated by mentioning he remembered going to watch games at Hayward… before Autzen opened. But we didn’t get to hear the neat story about that first Autzen CW… yet again.
all that was missing is his love of oatmeal for his morning breakfast before he rides his bike to work
Without a helmet…
He IS a rebel….
Nothing to see here….move along
What it says, is that Riley is “just happy to be here.” He doesn’t talk about winning, he talks about how fortunate he is to be part of a rivalry experience.
The fact that it hasn’t been much of aa rivalry for the past several years doesn’t matter to him, he’s here.
I am sure part of the fun experience is not just being here, but making big money for no effort. His ass in the chair is sufficient to bring in the paycheck. The man clearly has no conscience.
“Especially in states like Oregon and Albama…”
I think I’ve figured Lindsay out. She’s taken to “mothering” this program. Defending them, trying to build up their self esteem; being protective of “her boys”. In a way, perhaps its noble of her. To be the recipient of this as an AD/coach/player is simply pathetic.
Mamma Machado does that, too.
What’s he supposed to say…I hate f-ing rivalries? What a stupid article, though I never knew about the 2 punt Auburn game. I’d love to see that happen to Saban on Saturday!
But are you surprised Riley was part of it?
Connor asking for ideas for CW week:
“Have anything you especially want to see from your Civil War coverage this week? Let me know.”
Connor Letourneau | cletourneau@oregonian.com
#a miracle.
As expected, Lindsay comes out with the question of whether a CW win would “erase” a frustrating season.
http://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/index.ssf/2013/11/oregon_state_beavers_rundown_w_19.html
She’s just framing it up as “fans are grumbling” “they’re frustrated” “they want changes” “they’re calling for this or that coach to be fired”. It’s a way to depersonalize the question when asked directly or written about in an article so they don’t piss the person off and get moved to the back of the room. It’s how journalists ask questions, and I never seen anyone covering the Beavs do it differently, like it or not.
Ahhh… the old, “Some people are saying…,” form of a question? That one’s still better than the, “I’m sorry IF I offended anyone…,” non-apology.
I guess one could follow up the latter with the former, and we could all sit here and wonder when journalism died.
From the O-Live on the defensive collapse:
“Miscues riddled the whole performance. Beavers defenders missed assignments, tackled improperly, reacted slowly, blew coverages, communicated little. As errors mounted, players became frazzled. They dwelled on missed opportunities instead of concentrating on the next play. By the time the fourth quarter arrived, OSU faced a 48-point deficit.
“It started snowballing on us,” defensive coordinator Mark Banker said.
In retrospect, he said he wishes he had galvanized his hapless players on the Reser Stadium sideline. He wishes he had stressed the importance of moving forward, of not letting one mistake lead to another.”
Why are OSU coaches always so slow to react? He wishes he had galvanized his players? Isn’t this a bit like the EWU opener, when EWU scored on virtually every possession, and OSU never expended a timeout to try and regroup, motivate, galvanize…
Why do Riley/Banker act as if they’re giving something up by taking a timeout in those situations to try and settle their players down and refocus them, particularly when they end up leaving timeouts on the board?
This “I should have done something” was also personified by the entire team when they lost to WSU and that punk LB hit “Jaquizz” Rodgers 15 yards out-of-bounds…players said they “thought about doing something, but didn’t.
Then and now, the team reflects it coaching.
This was foreseeable. All one had to do was stay after the game and watch the postgame interview with Steve Preece and Coach Riley. It was very telling at the time.
Parapharsed from my memory:
SP: Coach tough day today, Vernon Adams their QB had quite a day, what did you know about him prior to the game?
Riley: Yeah, Yeah, well we didn’t know that much about him, he looked like an All American but we didn’t know that much
3GBEAVS: Are you kidding me….I knew he was a mobile threat QB, all you had to do was look on the interwebby thing and find out about him and EWU….Coach…you’ve had all summer to do this, I did it less than a week before the game.
SP: Coach, talk about the defense, it seemed like nothing was working?
Riley: Gosh, I know Steve, we’d try a play and it wouldn’t work, then we’d try another play with the same results we kept trying different things and then after 6 or 7 we run out of plays.
3GBEAVS: What?? You run out of plays….this season is not going to go well!
Why is anyone surprised by the results of the season? Same problems, same approach, same results.
The whole coaching “effort” is just for show. They are cruising. They have no intention of trying to make adjustments…..that would take a bit of actual work.
These are guys secure in their jobs and know they have to make no effort … so they dont.
So you get the same lip service comments after a game, again and again.
Mike Riley may be a nice guy, and a good coach if he actually does that, but at OSU now he has clearly decided he needs to make no effort. This will continue until he retires or the AD finally gets enough backbone to dump him. I predict the former.
I’m starting an exchange with Lindsay, if you’re on twitter feel free to join in.
Salt the snail
It’s getting pretty good. Apparently she doesn’t read about OSU at all and she’s become a lawyer in the last few minutes.
You got schooled. Which is embarrassing but not surprising.
Almost as embarrassing as this ill-conceived assault on a beat writer for the Oregonian (and Angry taking to tweeting directly to her and calling her a bimbo and telling her to retire). I am as nonplussed by her reporting as the next, but this is pathetic. What are you even trying to accomplish with this? Is there something in her game write-ups or reports that is lacking? Or is this just a matter of not being satisfied until she writes an article calling for the heads of Riley/BDC/Banker on posts? You do know she is not a columnist, right? You know the difference, right?
Sad times for beaver fans. But even sadder for the Angryanna minions trying and failing to follow out Angry’s moronic and misguided orders.
Where is the change.org petition asking for her termination? I mean, come on, are we serious about this or not? Clowns.
Irony.
that you Lindsay? Please tell us what mediocre Mike had for dinner? We’re just sitting here on the edge of our seats dying to know. What costume are the ducks gonna wear Friday?!?!?! My excitement for your next piece cannot be contained!!!!
anyone who quotes a sunny reference gets an atta boy imo. +1000 internets for you
Ahhhh yes…
https://twitter.com/JohnCanzanoBFT/status/405074227612483584
And OSU’s response is to be this guy…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKhEw7nD9C4
Spot on….
Did a better job with the black helmet though….
At least he challenged the aggressor.
At least he kept fighting….
Next!
At least he knew his identity and it was recognizable to others…
Next!
Baseball signs 10 more to NLIs, in addition to the 5 Oregonians announced earlier.
http://www.osubeavers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30800&ATCLID=209324577
Casey says, “This is a class that represents what we’re looking for both on and off the field and has a strong desire and passion to win. A lot of the kids know each other; it’s a class that will be close. We always have certain needs but we’re always looking for the best baseball players who fit in to what we’re trying to do. I feel like we’ve filled our needs with this class. We think this is one of the best classes in the country.”
Love it that there’s someone from Montana. Credit to the camps and regional teams that are available now, I guess. Montana doesn’t have high school baseball and Legion baseball is pretty much on a shoestring. Oregon signed 2 Montana players – trivia here, one of them is on the Miles City team, although he lives in (drum roll) Rosebud. The Miles City legion team plays with wooden bats – and won’t play against teams that are using aluminum bats because, 10 years ago, a pitcher died as a result of a line drive off an aluminum bat.
oops, apparently fwiw Brac Warren apparently plays for an independent Miles City baseball team.
can’t we talk about hoops being 20 point favorites tonight?
If you’re not a college football player Corvallis happens to be the 6th best college town in the nation.
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-20-best-college-towns-in-america-2013-11?op=1
How about a coach? Think I’ll link the individual scoring index sheet for Corvallis for Schnell….
Many of these places have at least a good basketball or football program. This is a great place to refer anyone claiming that you can’t recruit to a small town.
Ask Rashad a question:
http://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/index.ssf/2013/11/oregon_state_football_ask_beav.html
*Rashaad (Just like leaving out a C in Quizz)
Hey guys, would you like some more ammunition against the current administration? I received a letter I the mail today as a season ticket holder asking me how much I would be willing to increase my donation by when they expand the stadium. After that game? Great timing, DeCareless!
After last Saturday’s game, perhaps they need to discuss contracting the stadium as opposed to expanding it. A larger stadium with fewer people in it looks pretty bad. Kind of like Candlestick in the late 70’s when the Giants were shitty. One game they had an announced attendance of about 800 people in a 50,000+ seat stadium.
Completely agree. We don’t want to turn into the Marlins of college football.
If we can’t even sell out our current capacity, why are we even considering expansion? In order to support such a venture, or gain a return, the product has to be somewhere close to the demand. How can donors feel good about doubling their investment when they are seeing little to no returns on their initial capital via empty seats and mediocre records? This is basic investment 101 that no one in the OSU athletic department seems to understand. This isn’t field of dreams. (Although, Shoeless Joe Jackson would probably help our cause at the moment)
But.. we can’t break from Riley. It’s too expensive.
I think football investment 101 is that you spend $ when your team’s .500 so they aren’t .400 down the road.
I think a lot of people are losing sight of this. I also lived through the 28 years and am afraid we go there again. I don’t think people understand that we’re teetering on the edge of slipping into another like period as we move forward with the status quo.
People like to bring up the win totals within the Pac since Riley has been coach as if the past justifies this status quo. Here are the Pac’s total wins/total conference wins in periods of 11 years (Riley’s tenure), five years (one complete recruiting cycle since we’ve competed for the Pac title) and three years (the length of time There is an obvious pattern in the same numbers Pollyannas want to tout as supporting their own argument.
USC: 114/73, 43/28, 26/18
Nike: 104/69, 55/39, 33/22
OSU: 79/54, 31/23, 18/13
ASU: 76/49, 33/22, 23/16
Cal: 76/49, 24/14, 11/6
SU: 75/53, 52/37, 32/23
UCLA: 73/48, 34/23, 23/16
UA: 61/38, 34/20, 19/10
UW: 51/33, 33/23, 21/14
WSU: 48/26, 16/8, 13/7
Utah: 17/8
CU: 8/4
*three years=Pac 12 era
It looks like our wins out of conference make up a bigger percentage of our wins overall than the other schools. Maybe we should switch conferences?
I don’t think you’re reading the numbers correctly. In X/Y, X=total wins and Y=conference wins. So X1/Y1 would be 11 years, X2/Y2 would be five years, and X3/Y3 would be three years.
Gotcha, thought that was surprising that we would have a high % of our wins come from OOC.
So we’ve gone from 3rd best in total wins over Riley’s tenure, to 8th place in the Pac in total wins in recent history. A little better when comparing conference wins, but still middle of the Pac.
I’m sick of people saying you can’t get a better coach in Corvallis. Better than 8th place in the Pac? I’m willing to take my chances, if not to get some new life injected into the program.
Another way to look at it:
Over 11 years, two teams (USC, Nike) are better in total and conference wins with one team (SU) very close in both. And ASU, Cal and UCLA aren’t very far off.
Over five years, five teams USC, Nike, SU, UW, UCLA) are as good or better in league with two (ASU, UA) very close. And all seven are better in total wins.
The Pac 12 years have been what differentiate us with UA within the conference, but they pass us in total wins, and Utah starts to match our production, although they’re still off in league. But the other six teams who had previously caught or passed us at the five year mark are starting to run away from us.
Keep in mind that only Utah and UW have not replaced their coaches within the last couple years, and UW was only five years ago. Hell, a lot of teams have gone through two (or more) coaches in the time Riley has been here, and they are still comparable over 11 years and better in a not so small sample of five years.
Nice data, very revealing.
Another point for the “we can’t get a good coach” gang: Arizona is far from a destination job, and they landed Rich Rodriguez who is a far superior coach than Riley.
I for one would take a RichRod for 4 years then have him move on after building the program just like I would have happily taken Jim Harbaugh for 4 years. Guys like that build your program up to a currently unattainable level, raising expectations and leaving a legacy of winning and national attention. I’d take that risk over guaranteed mediocrity all day.
the “most wins since 2000” is the stat Parker goes to routinely to defend the status quo. of course, that number conveniently includes Erickson’s 2000 squad. I think the 5 year span is the most telling: in that OSU beats only Cal and WSU. That seems about right in sizing up relative strengths.
If we’re going to go to 2000, we have to throw out the 2002 season. That’s the only season that changes the numbers in any way, and that’s because SU lost Willingham and Picked up Teevens… and… *cough*… ahem… Banker.
If we’re going to tout this coaching staff’s accomplishments over that period, we can’t overlook the suck performed by Banker in 2002.
I saw an article on O-live earlier in the week talking about how much money Helfrich lost in missed bonuses with his loss to Arizona last week. They also mentioned he missed out on adding an extra year to his contract. The stipulation was something like 11 wins, including a BCS bowl win are required to receive the extra year.
Compare that to Riley, who merely needs to get to 6 wins, regardless of Bowl win/loss. Then look at next year’s schedule, where OSU plays Portland State, SDSU and Hawaii again. 3 gimmes, meaning he would only need 3 conference wins the rest of the year to get an extra year tacked on. There’s another clause in the contract for his assistants where they’ll receive bonuses for bowl appearances. (Not bowl wins)
Check out the win % for games up to win #6 vs after win #6, since 2007, when that contract began. This used to be a team that played well at the end of the season, but after going through the crappy 2010/2011 years, they’ve declined seriously after win #6.
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Up to win #6 60% 67% 67% 42% 25% 100% 86%
After win #6 100% 75% 100% n/a n/a 43% 0%
sorry, it’s impossible to rormat data on this site
Also hard to spell “format” correctly
While I like the point you make that Riley needs few conference wins, you’re forgetting the lessons of Sac State and EWU; there are no non-conference gimmes with this coaching staff.
The 2009 % after win #6 is wrong. It should be 50% by the way you’re counting games. But since the bowl game itself is meaningless, that only points toward overall preparedness. One could argue that bowl wins and losses shouldn’t count in this argument.
You’re right, 2009 should have shown 50% for the win % after #6. Which further supports the decline in production after win #6. There’s no incentive to win late in the season anymore. (unless win #6 hasn’t been reached to that point)
What is the end date on Riley’s current deal anyway? I know in 2007 he was extended to 2012, but then I think he got another 3 year extension. With the 2 most recent seasons netting 6+ wins, does that keep him on board through 2017? or is it longer?
There’s no escaping this contract.
Just read on Wiki that he signed the 3 year extension in 2009, which extended his current deal through 2019. Since that time, there have been 3 total 6+ win seasons, so does that mean he’s technically extended through 2022? That’s crazy! I had no idea it went out that far already.
I would probably break it down in gross totals and emphasize ranked opponents as well. That would go this way:
2007: 3-0, 0-0
2008: 3-1, 1-1
2009: 2-2, 0-2
2010: n/a
2011: n/a
2012: 3-4, 0-3
2013: 0-4, 0-2
Total: 8-11, 2-8
Compare that to the combined records of 30-11, 4-4 to get to six wins in those five years. And further consider that of our four wins over ranked teams only 2008 USC remained ranked at the end of the season… with nobody else we beat climbing into the rankings in those years.
Notes on that last bit: Using the AP poll here. Nikegon 2007 was ranked in both the AP and Coaches to end the season… mysteriously ahead of our #25 in the AP and our unranked in the Coaches despite us beating them and having the same record after both winning bowl games. Cal 2008 (our sixth win that year) did sneak into the final Coaches poll, and UCLA 2012 had a final BCS ranking despite none in the AP or Coaches. Those and USC 2008 are our only wins in the last seven seasons over teams who held any kind of final rankings.
Extra note: North Dakota State got two votes in the final AP ranking. Ha!
*final 2011 AP ranking
Hope Mattison makes it from JC and plays like this some day:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=16M6kKju5i8
That’s awesome.
Isn’t it? Only Cooks has the kind of fire at OSU, but he doesn’t have the size/weight….his catch-and-almost-run-for-a-td against UW was a beautiful, determined effort.
Hey PBH, thanks for the good times and the creative motivational techniques:
http://www.oregonlive.com/collegefootball/index.ssf/2013/11/issues_answers_wednesday_morni_6.html
Again, Pettibone bagged the previous three games and spent an entire month preparing for the CW, including green jerseys and everything. I guess that would explain how we’ve played for the last month?