I can’t believe I’m writing this, but….game thread!
Almost one year. Good job getting through the drought, guys. Let’s hope we can last a few more hours and get this game in. We all need a fix.
With regard to the game, I’m saying Jefferson has a big game with 150 yards, 2TDs. Gebbia 3TDs (I’m saying 2 in the air and 1 rushing). Defense gets a few turnovers.
35-28 Beavs.
OOOOOOOOOOOOO
The chainsaw revving up?
Heard there was some kinda special change to the chainsaw this year? Can’t imagine how annoying it’ll be with no crowd.
With no crowd it’s going to have more of a serial killer vibe.
Hahahahaha.
BEAVS: 402
WAZZU: ZIP
BUT! JJ will be heald under 300 yards.
Daaaa Beeeeavs.
So Geb’s going for 3,000 yards in Game 1?
I like it.
Glass half full?
Sounds more like the Washington State QB’s stats for the game, given it’s his first start ever…and against da’ Beavs.
Man, Stanford is really missing something (aside from 3 FG’s!) Starting QB is out so they should be establishing the run. Instead they’re running shotgun, often empty backfield sets and leaning on their unimpressive backup QB.
This game should be way closer than it is.
Yeah duck D doesn’t look great. Slough is sneaky athletic, decent passer.
Esssssssss!
YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!
I got you TDB…
Game time moved to 7:45.
Not sure why, maybe to verify some last minute game cancelling Covid tests……
TV thing.. they always move games back a bit so you can try to get the full game..
Laces out!
Already feeling good about this season. In years past this Baylor vs. Iowa State game would have gone to 3OTs and we’d have missed the first quarter.
“Let’s go Beavers!!!” (Clap! clap! clap! Clap! clap!)
“ Clap! clap! clap! Let’s go Beavers!!!” (Clap! clap! clap! Clap! clap!)
Angry: thanks for getting this site, and us with it, through to this opening Kickoff. Go Beavs.
NP.
Go Beavs.
JS working on a mullet. Not a good sign.
Corona cuts.
Coug WR Jamire Calvin is the guy who flipped late to WSU form OSU a few years back.
That feels like 10 years ago. How long has he been there?
third or fourth year. he’s never seen the field much
That was hot runny shit.
Sweet, Nicebeaver is officially at Reser. In the endzone in front of the Valley Center
Give us a signal
Just starting the game up! Angry congrads keeping the blog alive through the worst off-season ever. Donations pending next good month I have!
Curse of the mobile QB
Hawai’i guy here;
Don’t sleep on the WSU QB. VERY talented. Think OKSTATE or Auburn QB. Maybe not that level, but of the same style.
He was a blast to watch in HS.
First impression. Our d-line is tiny
They’ve still managed to get some decent pressure with their quickness, though.
Yeah they look really athletic. Sandberg to s consistently taking on two blockers.
That said our EDGE LB look huge
O line looks weak.
Ding ding ding.
We’ve been taking it for granted for years because it was a constant, even when we were terrible.
Gebbia looking like ass.
His first throw was fine. Bradford should’ve caught that.
Second one was a bad throw and a bad decision.
Offensive line is not getting a push.
Yeah. Jefferson looking like ass, too.
Is this a big dose of Beaver reality?
first game Freshman QB for Cougs looking much sharper than 4 year man Gebbia so far.
Punter looks great!
man; no rush at all.
Arnold looking rough so far
Ass, it’s all ass
Arnold really blowing it
Going to be a long short season..gebbia looks horrible and oline can’t run block.
Said it above but…
DONT SLEEP ON THE WSU QB.
Wow. Lit up by a freshman qb yet again
Been getting worked all over the field. Where’s the juco guys?
this looks like a Riley squad out of the gate.
We got ourselves a well-oiled machine here.
holy smokes this is bad.
Is this real?
Do they have covid?
Bring in chance Nolan. Gebbia sucks..
Agreed.
I line is the problem simpleton.
O line.
Kipper got owned there
Bad dbs and oline. Feels like home.
Amazing play by Lightbourn to get that off
Nice job defense
Bad news beavs
now THAT is an example of aggressive play calling gone bad.
That’s what we needed
Grrrannnnnttt! Guys still a hawk!
Holy shit that’s the first halfback pitch I’ve seen in years
We need more of that
Beason in at WR O_o
JJ feeling it now
Was that a chop block on bukkake?
Getting worked by a FR QB and inexperienced WSU d line.
I have to put my fingers in my ears during commercials they’re so loud.
I have to because every other commercial is Jim Tressel and Urban Meyer lecturing me about masks.
I auto mute and look at reddit haha
I’m watching in my audio room on pc. No remote. Allows me to practice guitar as I watch so it’s not a waste of time…
Yeah I’m working and have a hotkey setup on my PC so I can mute the headphones quick.
Nice. Need a pc remote if that exists
Ok had to grab ear plugs…ridiculous!
Bradford body catching, ugh
Gebbia would be over 50% if Bradford could catch
His hands weren’t that bad in the past. Some rust?
Smith should have gone for it there on 4th down. just sayin’
Well atleast Gebbia can be the backup punter. Reverse Hekker situation
So far this team looks uninspired.
He was a little off in the civil war game last year to want he?
Great tackling.
Why wasn’t the targeting a 1st down?
No targeting, no penalty
It was deemed accidental or whatever they call it
They guy just faked shred like he was the senior.
We look like crap. All these wide receivers weapons. Nothing going on offense. Gebbia looks like he throws a slow ball.
They look like absolute floaters, hanging in the air forever. Not impressed so far. And if he was successful in camp against our defense, what does that say about the D?
Same thing it has for the last decade or so
They’re bad?
I don’t know why he’s lobbing it. Covid?
de Laura reminds me of a young Kyler Murray
Wright you idiot…. tackle!
That’s all we need to see of Nashon Wright.
Great time to return to the flailbacker.
Yelp if the first quarter is an indication looks like another crappy season
Maybe someone will have covid at halftime and we can cancel this season
Reminds me of Cal flopping against Oregon.
I’m not a coach, but a 3 man rush just seems like bullshit to me.
It’s working pretty well, even if it doesn’t look good.
I just hate seeing a QB with that much time.
They are spying the qb. It’s working but seems dumb with the EDGE we have
Yep.
Petras is in love with this kids pump fake. Worried about his marriage.
“My, what big hands he has.”
I heard that too! Lol
Where’s the pass rush.
It’s a good the their QB doesn’t run more, we could be down 3 TDs by now.
He’s getting 1 or 2 spy every play now. Watch the lb when he starts to run vertically. It’s a good call until it stops working then back to 5 man rush.
2022 recruiting needs to be 15 DBs.
Why is JJ wearing his old number 22 in the media promo video they went into the commercial break with? So much for the details.
It’s probably a promo from last year
Gebbia having a bad game
When does WBB season start?
Or soccer?
Or badminton?
Gebbia definitely does not look comfortable out there. Looks super nervous.
Thinking the same thing. Just hand it to Jefferson.
JJ looking like the JJ of old.
Get under center, run the fucking ball. Stop taking snaps from shotgun.
2 QB SET!
Dang it, WSU killed it with the TO
Can we get all 4 out there at the same time?
Coletto looking thicc, TEs look huge and have big hands like De Laur.
We’ve been de-sensitized to small hands for the last 4 years.
Omg, underrated post. I’m proud of you.
Beason!
He blocks out the db really well.
My boy heating up!
And he has such nice big hands…
But can he pump fake? I know.he can punt!
He’s got big feet maybe? You know what they say about guys with big feet.
Tight spirals!
Bigger shoes!
Great drive.
Jj feeling it. Offensive line showing some anger.
That’s the offense I think we all expected to see. OL still showing some occasional suck, but JJ has mostly overcome it.
Plus, 2 QB SET! Colletto’s going to throw it one of these games.
It really helps when you bounce off two guys each run.
Bradford caught a ball!
Finally. Leave in Gebbia….he’s awesome! Lol
Such poise and confidence!
Bradford body catch on the TD. Gonna cost us a lot this season.
Great running by Jefferson and Gebbia completed some decent short passes at least.
Yeah it really is not good. Catch with your hands please.
Man, that looked like actually DID practice the last 6 weeks!
Did I hear him say Kamala Harris on the kick return?
VP’s don’t do much. She has a lot of time on her hands.
Just show up for a tie breaker in senate and pile drive that legislation.
I like this optimism.
I was born In georgia, I believe in my spiritual kin.
Just suck as many 50 year old dicks as you have to to get ahead.
gonna be a long 4 years for ya
I’m good, I don’t have to suck dicks to get ahead.
3 man rush is not really doing much here.
Only thing worse then Gebby’s throws is the PAC-12 refs.
Too many broken tackles.
Colletto’s tackling has been a big liability on three plays that I’ve counted so far.
Drops his head too soon. Must be a habit he got from Luton.
Colletto is good at making first contact and letting other guys actually tackle.
Crazy legs colletto would rather tackle with his head than his arms.
I’m rewatching his high school highlights. Cracks me up
These officials suck!!!!
Go back to 5an rush rn. Perfect time with the short field.
I said 5 not 6!
Colletton is horrible at LB, can’t tackle and is slow in space.
Why is he playing we have five better guys…
He was good in practice.
Him and champ, practice queens.
Idk why he’s in really. We have speights, murray and Avery.
Maybe he can still qb
seen that before, a lot
I wish. Second coming of krebs.
Pankey Jr.
Colletto sucks at every position he lines up at.
He’s good for wildcat
Lol that was a td
According to the pac 12 officials Larry Scott needs a raise. 1st down!
So far defensive scheme is lacking. Rushing 3 and giving all day to throw doesn’t seem like the right call.
Worked for two drives. Back to pressure
14 points in the first half is a decent result, though.
If not for the pick in the end zone its 21 but frosh qb and 2nd string rb starting.
If Borghi is in the game this is a blowout.
Bad clock management not calling TO there.
Petros with the damning indictment on Gebbia vs. deLaura. spot on
Nah, he’s really only had 1-2 bad plays.
Okay that was a great throw on the run against his momentum while getting hit.
Adjustment time.
First half recap
The good:
JJ
Taylor looking like the guy we thought he was going to be
That one scoring drive
Lightbourn saving points with his kick on the missed snap
The bad:
Secondary
OL
Gebbia’s arm strength
Arnold (aside from his nice ST tackle)
The ugly:
Colletto
Kipper
Where is Lindsey? Beason and Taylor are reliable.
Amazing punt job on that high snap.
I am curious what Nolan looks like.
On the plus side, OldBeav, I mastered Blackbird (Beatles) during the first half. It’s nice to do something while watching the game so it’s not a total waste.
That’s a great acoustic song.
Even cooler on a distorted electric.
I meant to tell you… I sold some gear to a guy off Craigslist yesterday, and he was a former session drummer for Mike Ness.
Speaking of Blackbird, though…people tend to really mess up the rhythm from what I’ve seen…it has to be bouncy for the first few bars and then staccato on the next to get it right.
Paul songs = bouncy
Very true. But if you listen it gets staccato at parts. It’s a cool feel, and subtle…watching covers on YT people can’t do it.
Excellent!
Pretty ragged effort. Why is Colletto playing so much, is it because of Gumbs injuries? I thought he was third string.
He should be.
Smith probably thinks it’s a neat story…wasn’t he a walk-on just like Smith?
No. He was Washington Gatorade player of the year.
Bad first half for the coaching staff. Cougs look like the team with coaching staff continuity not us. Both lines are trash. Game plan coming in should have been to feed Munchie and he got 1 touch on the first series. Need to adjust and come out and squeeze a win in what should have been a blowout.
Who said it would be blowout?.. WSU was favored by 3+ until late in the week then OSU by 1.5..
No one said it. But This should be a blowout if we are to be a good team. Also the line flipped based on all the money on the Beavs. I got in at +3 and +135
C’mon, should have been a marginal blowout based on factors discussed here; then add in the absence of Max B. Vegas doesn’t focus on Beavs, last I saw was Beavs -3………but so what?
Exactly. Gebbia playing like hot garbage and our o line getting no push.. Lindgren calling a terrible game.. I’d go with Nolan here to see what we have. We are being out coached right now though.
Haven’t heard any mentions of Addison Gumbs
He’s out for this game with a bad hammy.
Or Rashad…what is up with that. Seen more Colleto than anyone, and we have four or five legit LBs. My biggest fear going in to every season is coaches not having the right guys on the field. We never seem to have them, while the other coaches always do.
#72 is just Bullying ham. Think he got 1 pressure the whole first half.
It’s important to temper refs probably took a TD away on the chop block where Kipper hit the dude in the chest first. So this game could have been tied at half. Also the targeting call that was reversed even though it was clear targeting stalled another drive. In a first game situation those calls are huge. None of this absolves the staff for sucking and Beavs for coming out lethargic.
Who had Taylor and Beason as our top wr? Wheres Lindsay? Bradford body catching and dropping balls? Irish? Stewart?
Something crazy is happening
Corona.
Not sure if it’s the virus or the beer.
Were just playing some guys as a joke to get WSU’s guard down right?
This Petros announcer creeps me out a bit
Take it back, he is a gem and maybe the worst USC RB ever.
Rolovich pulling his gator down to spit on the field. 10/10 covid procedures.
I like when coaches pull them down to yell.
Scaring the rona away!
Great halftime adjustments
Has flemings ever broke a tackle?
No and another wrong guy on the field. Smith loves short guys and walk ons…wonder why
He weighs as much as your leg. Come on, man!
I don’t know what I’m watching. Looks like street ball
That Three’s Company episode is classic.
Loloooooo our staff is trash. 3rd and 10 draw to the house only beats you in pop Warner
Feels like solid beaver football. Glad we waited.an extra 2 months!
Oh no! We suck again!
Better send in the water boi
This team sucks.
Reminds me of the 2017 season where the team had so much confidence after a “great” fall camp lol
Battling and hurdling. I bet you anything you want we won’t go 1-11 though.
Glad I signed up for the 30 day trial on sling. This season will be over long before that.
At least we can stop the COVID.
Were better than Cal already
We’re awful. Colleto and Flemings have zero business being on the field. Getting on Smith about it now. No way you can watch weeks of practice and think those are your best options…inexcusable personnel problems.
Really confused by the wideouts. There’s 4 guys I would expect to start before a true frosh
Yep, that too.
Let’s play some other guys now. See what we got.
this is getting truly ugly now.
Gebbia clearly has problems. Looking to go down. Gotta put Nolan in now.
Impeach Gebbia.
Imagine if gebbia had started last year. Nolan time. Gove him a chance.
We had Hodgins and a better line last year.
Hodg could get Katz to the nfl.
Gebbia doesn’t feel the pressure. And he can’t get the ball down field. How is that up to the receivers?
Okay yeah sometimes the line could give him more time but he can’t throw the ball accurately or with any zip.
We can’t even protect on a punt? Wtf is going on here
Gebbia has given up. Has Luton type body language.
Both lines are trash.
Team just doesn’t look game ready. It’s tough with COVID, but cmon man.
The dude said man, we ded
Hawaiian kid has more swag than the last decade of beavers.
What a joke. Bring in Nolan. And now a tipped punt. Sure we can bring back Gary andetpants as he’s available. He might be able to be QB coach. Lol
So another freshman QB and/or guy in his first start who shreds the Beavs. We should compile a list.
Hey remember that time Russel Wilson turned us inside out and hit us with a truck?
Nick Foles comes to mind.
There are a lot.
Willie Tuitama. couple of Stanford guys. too many
Brown from Washington when he was a freshman?
I’m not sure if this team sucks or not because for some reason Smith is playing guys who should be 4th string. It would be a lot easier to figure out if they truly suck if he had the best guys on the field.
Heard alton Julian had really good camps, how could he not be better than arnold?
Everyone looks like crap. Hamilcar looks like crap. Not good.
All I see is Arnold getting beat.
That’s pretty much been the game.
Just decline the penalty, let the touchdown stand, and go home
Hmm, isn’t it interesting that we had absolutely no idea what we had in this team until today.
OH MY GOD. I’m done. Good night
yep. Jackie Gleason’s classic sign off–“Good night everybody!”
Ah come on wanna. I know your like double my age you have seen the beavs lose atleat 500 times!
Lol
I feel like you should be more resistant to losing terribly for no good reason.
God you’re right. What’s wrong with me
Been a tough year. Stay strong friend.
Imagine if they allowed fans at the game – I’d be freezing watching this, followed by a delightful drive home to Portland. Holy crap…
For the people in the back;
Don’t sleep on the WSU QB.
Probably the only game they win this season.
He’s as good as the refs are terrible…
Wtf was Arnold doing covering nothing and leaving no help over the top?!!
He coveted nothing well don’t you think. He had nothing blanketed.
Covered. Damned auto correct.
I’m going to keep watching to see if Gebbia truly sucks this bad, and to see how many more personnel errors Smith makes.
No sign of David Morris!?!?! I thought he was good to go. He was a game changer his freshman year. Is it to early to say what might have been if not for injuries…
No sign of Morris = No surprise
I thought HS football was cancelled on Oregon?
Don’t think I’d want to see this team play a HS right now.
Why is Flemings returning kicks? Irish has some big returns
Is it just me or does this feel the same start to the season that we’ve had the last 15 years? Before the season we get excited, we got good talent, good coaches, and we’re going to do great things this year. Then the season starts and we get slapped in the face with a wet bag of shit.
Not sure why I keep falling for the same hope and enthusiasm every year. When’s WBB start?
Gotta put the right players on the field.
Smith said almost full health in his presser so these are his decisions on talent
Okay seriously we must have a shitload of guys sitting out for covid. There’s no way kolby taylor should be are #1. He’s a situation dude with good hands. Why is colletto playing at all? Have we seen Hugh’s murray yet? Our wideouts are Taylor, Beason and Flemings?!?! This is impossible.
Haven’t seen Lindsey at all
He hasn’t lines up. Not on the side line that I have seen. Havnt seen irish or gould either.
Mom used to smoke Beason and Flemings back in the day.
How old are you? You bounce between 20 and 72 lol
Me? I’m 50 and I can kick and stretch!
Killing it. Pretty sure you are living your best life.
Gotta our guys in that catch the ball. Bradford has his chances. Not sure on Lindsey. He was standing next to offensive huddle wrote they went out for last series.
Don’t worry everyone. Trump is sending his crack attorney team to recount the score.
Underpants Dershowitz will appeal the headshot no call penalty.
Guilliani might crack into the top 3 at mlb or wideout.
I expect dual sport athlete Ty Cobb to make an appearance.
Omg, your are 10/10
We’ll just get skank Harris to suck the replay officials dick, no problem.
Your humor is as grating as always, good consistency.
He’s grieving. Why no Trump landslide?
Yet you have no retort for the fact that you voted for a slut who’s only professional skill is sucking dicks.
You got us there. May President Harris haunt you in your nightmares.
You seem fun. Hope I never meet you. I’m very confident BJ’s are awesome. You must have bad experiences to not appreciate such an act.
NuclearBlowjob would be a great username
And you tools still avoid the uncomfortable fact that the only reason Kamala Harris has a political career is that she was 50+ year old married Willie Brown’s 22 year old whore mistress.
But yeah, I’m fun. Not suck an old man’s dick for political gain fun, but fun nonetheless.
Looks like there’s wiggle room there where you might suck an old man’s dick.
Angry don’t you dox my alt that I paid for college with. Out of bounds man.
@WFO I literally don’t care at all who gets blowjobs or what they get for it. Who cares.
There’s a separate thread for that.
I didn’t start it, but you can finish in Harris’s mouth.
You’re so alpha
We have a porn thread? See ya, guys.
The problem is a coaching staff that thinks Colletto is a good idea.
Damn, that drive looked decent, except for Musgrave tripping up. But that play call for JJ was spot on. Looked like something the ducks would do (hate to say that) Completely caught the D off guard, and let your best player go 1 on 1 and go make a play. As I post this, Petros saying classic Beav play, praising Riley like play call….yuk
Need a turnover now and we’re back in business…
Riley knew about an outside pitch about as much as sunshine in remember the titans
Funny that the Beavs put together a pretty decent 80+ yard TD drive there and nobody here even mentioned it, haha
I think the personal on the field is too distracting.
I’m still in shock.
Let us be angry beavs.
Petros going off on hands again. Who called Murray? petros agrees.
He really likes the big hands.
Nice tackling ladies.
Right? Really bad tonight…
What’s that? An opponent having a career high stat against the Beavs?
Why I never!
Can they put paper bags over the heads of the cardboard fans in the seats?
Backup rb career highs…lol
I’ll say it again: if Borghi is in the game this is a blowout.
Heading into the 4th quarter and we’re still in this. Defense needs a TO. That qb with the big hands needs to get stripped while scrambling.
I love the concept. Pretty sure Petros would like to see those big hands stripped.
Imagine all the east coast folks staying up to watch this. They are going to be so tired.
Do east coasters get FS1? If you like great freshman qb performance and big hands this is a dream game. I’m getting Matt Barkley PTSD. True Freshman!!!
What the fuck is Arnold doing?? He’s literally 15 yards from the receiver
Who the fuck is oladapo?!?! Is that the water boy?!?
5th string behind Arnold and Wright
So it seems that having LB depth really doesnt matter when you have to rely on the LBs to make pretty much every defensive play.
Are they even playing? Wheres McCartan? Tago?
I would be okay with Oregon State shutting down the football program already. Enough really is enough.
I live that Scotty has been silent since last Spring and this is your first post since. Waited all this time for….this?
He speaks when the truth flows through him.
That was almost the 732nd Touchdown we’ve allowed on 3rd and long…
Don’t look at our 4th and 32 stats.
Don’t worry everyone. When Biden takes office and brings in Socialism no one will win.
Coach Smith already has a meeting scheduled with the Central Committee on Monday.
Let’s just give it a try….come on!!!
Looks like we’re at the desperate “we’ve got this with a turnover” stage of the game.
Haha that would be a good post. All the stages
Should have been putting more on the line and blitzing more plays rather than giving this qb so much time and the rb so much space
Omar Speights, Hamilcar Rashed, David Morris, and some more have all been quiet on d. We get some guy named Oladapo getting a sack!?!?! I expected more from this defense.
Yay
Gebbia hot now. Too late tho
Too little too late.
OSU hasn’t beaten Wazzu since 2013
Aggressive
What is wrong with Smith? …going for two there.
WannaBeav, can you chime in?
He went to bed. It’s the 501th that gets ya
So Go for 2 so if they score a td then down 16 and can still tie with two scores? That was a bad throw. But gebbia was on fire AB.
Someone needs to explain why we go for 2 there?
Is that just more of the good ol aggressive playcalling? Or..?
If they make it, fg wins the game. Assuming they stop wsu and get another td. Too aggressive at the time for me
So the field goal with 5 seconds left is for the win and not the tie? That’s the best I can do.
Why’d we go for 2 there? I wasn’t a math major but seems like you’d take the 1 pt there.
Because Smith is our coach. We’re screwed. He’s officially a liability.
The defense is the liability. Might be worse than last year
Smith was worried we were starting to get a little momentum and wanted to put a stop to that nonsense
Checking in. Wow. Losing to a new coaching staff with a true FR QB? That’s Riley-esque.
And a back up RB
Smith just went for two down 11 points.
It’s really the defense beating themselves. Piss poor tackling. Wsu qb is only at 50 percent completions and not for a ton of yards. Playing too soft. Lots of arm tackles attempts
Jefferson sitting on the sideline wondering if it’s too late to hire an agent.
Still a splinter of hope, but dammit, it’s just nice to be watching the beavs play football!! Let’s all soak that one in. 4 or 5 months ago, not a chance. GO BEAVS!!
I like your spirit.
If we kick the pat we are down 10. Wazzu scores a td and we are down 17. They score a field goal
We are down 13. We go for 2 and get it we are either down 16 or 12. Still need 2 scores. Basically not getting the 2 points is the same as kicking a pat if they score a touchdown here. So I guess roll the dice hoping you set yourself up better to score twice?
Beavs giving up an average of 7 yards per play, 7.8 per rush….good thing WSU throws the ball.
WTF.
Is going for 2 the new going for it on 4th down?
Watching the Trump/Gulianni back-alley press conference might be a little less awkward….
I really thought the coaching staff continuity would benefit the Beavers in the league games. I was wrong.
Who am I missing from players mia. Lindsay, Irish, Gould, Morris, McCartan, Tago, Stewart, Bennet, Skelton, Julian, Tyler, Fisher, Forest, Taumalau, Leaning, Rawls (????), Stover, Garcia (11th year senior), Shippen, Skelton, Anderson? Wtf is going on here.
Fisher special teams, Morris just made a tackle, McCartan has been out there. Sharp?
Sharp made a great play early.
Forrest has been unavailable is my understanding. Not sure what that means. McCartan been in a bit. Otherwise, lots of people not playing for some reason.
We get an important stop, and it doesn’t matter because Smith went for 2. Now we need two TDs in five minutes. Just…wow. Announcers laughed at him. Reminds me of Urban Meyer laughing at Riley.
Down by 11, don’t need 2 tds.
Why? I don’t rely on 2point conversions… Did you see what just happened when we tried one?
Fuck it. Go for 5 to tie.
I did just see a 2 point conversion.
Way worse odds.
Going for two again. Figured 1 of 2 was a push. 2 of 2 for a chance to win. But…. with that logic, he should tried to make it 15 instead of 14 earlier..l
That’s absolutely insane to manage a game with that thought process. If true, he should be fired. He better have a good reason. Maybe the kicker is injured or something.
Shows beavs had an 18 yard punt earlier… but gamecast on espn isn’t working great
Like Barnes will fire a “Prodigal Son,” or do anything really.
Down 14, low on time, and knowing Olé defense probably can’t stop them from scoring… certainly crossed my mind. Caveat, I’m not watching the game, just getting lousy stat updates
See…. three consecutive successful 2pt conversions would’ve been a tie game now with time remaining to still lose
I was just about to say it’s time for us to end all doubt and fumble it in the end zone. Close!
I live near campus. At least with covid I won’t have to endure the long line of traffic on my street as reser empties all wondering why they drove hours to watch a game they could have coached better.
Now just pretend they kicked PATs after each of those TDs.
Pac12 after dark time?
Lets see what type of onside kick trickery Cookus has worked on this offseason
That was a great onside kick. Too bad we couldn’t take advantage.
I liked the spin but it didnt go far enough
Let’s see what type of no-tackle trickery the Beavs can pull! Was it an accident or on purpose to score and do another onside kick?
We like a challenge
Best of luck boys. Wife is sending me to bed because my immune system is too weak to stay up tell midnight watching the beavers lose again. Shes right but what a damn duck.
I think she wants drain your reactor….
Interesting strategy.
I don’t disagree with the call. I don’t think the defense has another stop in them.
Clearly
Wow. Okay. Looks like it’s time for gummies and Pink Floyd.
Beaver football is back!
Lol Poor Tibs ..
Can OSU just suspend football for 5 years, try to purge the loser mindset? Start fresh?
Its been 20 years since a real meaningful bowl victory.
Bend but don’t break defense was just “break”
Hey I wasn’t planning on our 4th string playing most of the game for no reason.
(insert reference to past seasons where Beavs lost their first game and finished strong)
Out couched and out played
And Banker is laughing on the other sideline…
Smith is a serious in-game liability.
3d chess coaching style
I want what this guy’s smokin’
Why not, we can open carry our meth now.
Awful.
Hayes “feels comfortable within 50”
The call made zero sense, so there’s that, too.
If they kick it, they have about 30 seconds. If they get an onside kick, they could have maybe one or two shots at the endzone.
Either way, they have to get an onside kick.
Fucked up by freezing their kicker with that final timeout.
Sounds like shitty communication regarding strategy with the coaching staff because wasting a time out in that situation was a joke.
Wasn’t impressed with Tibs on year 1.they Def made some ground in year 2 but still wasn’t on the Tibs band wagon. Still not sure what Tibs is doing. Seems like a regression in year 3 after 1 game.
No defensive tackles. Just having one body to clog up the middle makes a world of difference.
It’s the body of work. Tackling hasn’t gotten better. Not sure why they played the 3rd and 4th string DBs and LBs for significant minutes. The 3 man “rush” was a terrible decision for 3 1/2 quarters. Tibs should be on a hot seat.
Tibs went from historically bad (without much to work with) in year one to just shitty in year two and now still shitty in year three.
Field goal? Are you serious
That was a test. Now Smith knows what he has in a kicker.
What…the…f…..is the plan there?
If you’re going to bother with a FG there, you better be ready to not waste a timeout. And waste a TO, the FG is pointless. None of that made any sense.
Glad to have football to kill my Saturday evenings though. I’ll take it
Every drunk dude on his couch could have made a better decision.
Bradford is so inconsistent, made some decent catches and some rotten effort. But didja see him on the play late where Jermar just needed Bradford to get out of the way (much less throw a block)? On that play Bradford looked like a disinterested observer, not a full time team player.
Hamilcar had bad body language throughout the game too.
Perhaps he now understands that he’s not as good as he thinks because a freshman QB ran circles around him all night.
Yeah, it looked like JJ was staring at him like “dude, wtf?”
What was up with Rashad? He definitely didn’t look 100%. Maybe he has one foot out the door?
Most everyone on the team looked disinterested. JJ obviously shined and he should be smart and thinking about signing with an agent.
He can’t afford that. This is his last audition. If he’s uncommitted, better to just train and try to put up good combine numbers.
I think he’s serious about wanting to contribute, so either something was off, and WSU had an experienced tackle(s) blocking him. Its R&S, so the passes were likely coming out quickly, no?
I don’t always buy the “I’ve bulked up without losing any speed line” line, but Wazzu’s o-line looked good. They smothered him several times. He left his feet on one play totally faked by the QB.
I saw one good play on defense. The blitz that got the sack. That was I think the only hit on the qb in the game.
Just overall, too soft coverage. Wsu qb wasn’t going to be throwing in tight windows that accurately. Poor tackling technique. No push from d line. Not much creativity in defensive calling.
Gebbia played well enough. Really picked it up in the second half. But really need to utilize jefferson more early on. Dude can be a monster, let him make plays.
“…need to utilize jefferson more early on.”
So True!
In closeups, Jefferson looked pissed. He doesn’t have 2 play a long season. Good for him!
That was a shit show on defense with a lot of odd no shows. Is Anderpants sitting in some whorehouse in Nevada now sticking needles in a Beaver voodoo doll?
Getting Out coached was the biggest thing for me. Tibs is garbage. Honestly because of the way it went down. This is a loss that changes my opinion of this entire staff.
Big takeaways for me:
1. Gebbia is legit. The slow start was concerning, but he looked like himself onward.
2. Smith is a huge in-game liability. He has no concept of basic probabilities, order of operations, or personnel.
3. Nice to see some old names back on AB.
Smith might be better off as an assistant. He has some ability recruiting and scheming, but he has no idea how to manage a game.
Even though the defense was below average statistically last year, they had energy and enthusiasm. There was something weird going on out there tonight. The missed tackles, clueless coverages, odd line-ups in the game, and no leadership was disconcerting. In the end, it’s on Tibesar.
Gebbia was awful for half the game.
My morbid curiosity for Beaver football is getting more morbid and less curious.
Thankfully there’s only 5 games (plus one) left.
Yelp was thinking about spending some $$ to get PAC-12 network. Don’t feel the need to now.
PAC12 may not broadcast any FB this time around. Only chance is one of the planned week 7 “cross division” games, nothing in the first 6 weeks is on PAC12………you know, PAC12 the media company which pays Larry Scott millions and simply MUST have offices in high rent San Fran.
Yeah, I thought it was out there already that P-12 Network will not be televising any football games for the abbreviated season.
Can The Beavs ever start a freshmen QB with no experience who torches an opponent before I die or is that not possible? It seems like every other fucking major college program can at one time or another!
Are you 3?
I’m being sarcastic. How many times has some no-name mobile QB defeated the Beavs over the years?
He’s saying if you’re 3 then it may happen before you doe.
Ah, I thought it was saying I was being immature! That’s a good one.
Yeah, it was a joke about needing some time for that opportunity…lots of time.
This game was lost in the first quarter and a half. The offense had WAY too many three and outs, and that completely gassed the defense. Could not generate a pass rush from halftime on.
Going forward, I hope to see a heavier rush attack in the first quarter. It’s imperative that the offense gets 2-3 first downs on each drive, even if they don’t result in points. I think there is enough personnel on the team to be able to run various I-form’s and 2-back sets.
Missing Jordan Whittley is a huge loss, as well. Defense desperately needs interior lineman. LB’s cannot generate a consistent interior rush.
Penn State, 0-3 after losing to Maryland.
“Consider that the Lions entered this game dominating the series like no other over the decades, winning 40 times, losing twice and tying once. The Lions won the past three meetings by a combined, 163-6.
And they were favored by nearly four touchdowns on Saturday.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/bigten/2020/11/07/penn-state-loses-maryland-sending-nittany-lions-new-low/6209523002/
Looks like coaching changes can be expected at Penn State and Michigan by season’s end.
Love it! PSU fans are the most self righteous douche bags around. Most still deny the child abuse with Saint Joe Pa in charge.
Isn’t the “Delusional Fan” Bowl next week? Nebraska vs. PSU.
The autopsy:
Wazzu was the better prepared and coached team. Beavs sleepwalking in the 1st half.
D line concerns coming in proved to be legit. They got their ass kicked.
Biggest disappointment was the LB play. Should be a good to elite unit, but the tackling was terrible. D line play played a part.
Second biggest was O line play in the first half.
Play calling was not good in the first half. Gebbia seemed more comfortable in a hurry up mode. Why did they not try that in the 1st half?
Last two weeks, Minnesota has the worst D in CFB. Now my Beavs take the title. Luck O da Rodents!
I hope we get some answers on personal this week. Wtf was up with the receiving core? Lindsay, Irish and Stewart should be in before Flemings and a true frosh.
DLine? Did anyone see Skelton, Bennet, Anderson or Shippen?
LB? No Tago? Why was Coletto in the whole first half?
I would like list of who’s out of shape, who’s hurt and who’s sitting out so I can expect to lose in an informed manner.
Good morning, everyone. After a good night’s sleep (how ’bout yours Nuke?) I went back thru the thread and have these few shots:
1) I was the one who said de Laura looks like Kyler Murray an hour and half before Petros said it.
2) like Angry said, it was good to see a few of the old names, especially Scotty, back in the fold.
3) BeeG, better late than never, wraps things up with his compelling analysis.
4) and the one you’ve waited for, Angry, Smith’s decision to go for two the first time made no sense; it doesn’t show up on the “when to go for two points chart” that I saw. Let’s face it; the guy’s a gambler and on balance, when you don’t have the cards you go big on the bluff. And we don’t have the cards. that said, since he made it up with the second “2” the decision netted out even
Rough night, kids woke me up at 3, 4, 5, 5:30..
Me too!!
I read an article in the Seattle Times this morning. Wazzu was missing 32 players for the game. Did the Fox announcers ever bring that up? The article gave no specifics as to why.
The Beavs seemed to be missing 35 players, too, so I’m not sure that’s an excuse.
True! I just thought it was interesting. I would think some of it would be COVID-related. It makes Wazzu’s win even more impressive.
The entire D line was on a milk carton.
Smith’s answer: “we decided going in we were going to go for two in the 4th quarter.”
That answer is unacceptable. Serious Bush League stuff.
I’m starting to think Smith is a closet 8 man high school football coach who onside kicks every time, never punts, and always go for two.
Going for 2 that first time was much lower odds of success overall in odds of winning the game. It required an assumption defense could not prevent a TD on the following drive and after another TD by WSU, Oregon State would then score two more unanswered TDs with time running out and then manage to convert on two more 2 point conversion for 3 conversions in a row to force OT. What were odds of all that happening. Not more than 1 in 500. Bad call.
Appreciated summary & different takes on game.
I was looking at stats from this outing — if offense can improve any, can we [hopefully] expect some high scoring games?
The personnel packages also seemed quite confusing? Maybe some potential answers will emerge this week.
Well that was just…ughhh
The good – Gebbia and Jefferson. Gebbia really turned it on the in the second half and hopefully the coaches realize how special Jefferson can be when you get him the ball. Though over usage concerns for JJ are there from the past. Gebbia also had the best punt of the night. No turnovers either but each did fumble once.
The bad – made the WSU qb look much better than he was. Really any kind of pressure and he started to scramble. But there was only a handful of those time. If they flushed him to his non throwing side, he didn’t do much. Special teams had a bad game. Bad snap caused an easy score for WSU and then another bad punt earlier that was under 25 yards. Missed FG wasn’t that big of a deal but doesn’t give me much confidence in the kicking game. Onside kick was also not good but recovering those is just luck anyway.
The ugly – The defensive line/pass rush and DBs. Basically zero pressure. DBs played extremely soft in coverage. The WSU QB wasn’t going to beat them over the top very often. 50/50 it would be a pick. Tackling was also an issue. Wright in particular. Lots of arm tackle attempts.
I didn’t have the sound on so I have no idea how many players were missing or injured or whatever else.
A very bad start to the year. Missing players is an excuse not a reason for a loss. WSU was missing their best RB who certainly would have racked up 200+ yards.
Now the season is just hope based. Hope the offense can play like they did in the first half, like they did in the second half. Hope special teams can clean up their issues. Defense needs divine intervention. Tibs is vey much on the hot seat.
I thought Speights stripped that running back in the 4th. Ball appeared to be moving on the way to the ground. Oh well
My report card
Dline-F we have a fcs dline.
Outside linebackers- B-
Inside linebackers- starters B. Colletto and Doug T- F
Db- C nothing horrible, but needs works. Arnold is a liability right now, although he is going to be really good.
Oline D
Receivers- D- absolutely no playmaking in game 1
Tight ends- C talented, but missed a lot of open catch’s
Running backs- B+ Jefferson is a stud, Bj seemed solid as a backup
Qb- D I like gebbia a lot, but legit was way way outgunned by a 3* true freshman. I feel bad for even saying it, but I would give chance Nolan another look. With the weak oline it seems like some running threat would help a lot
What sucks is that the performance of the LB’s really depends on the performance of the D-Line.
RIP Trebek. :(
Weird that he and Sean Connery both die the same week, thinking back to all of the Celebrity Jeopardy bits they had on SNL featuring those 2
Luton with a 73 yard td pass to start his career.
really? Cool!
Or was it a pick 6 and you’re being sarcastic? : )
Hey if he’s another Hekker I’ll say so.
YAC, or a deep route?
Deep pass. Here’s the clip: https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1325500096306438146
Cooks responds with a 57 yd td catch.
And Brandin Cooks with a 57 yard TD catch!
Those Beavers are throwing haymakers out there! Its a heavyweight battle for the ages!
He had a chance to do that in his first DI game – at CSU? At UC? And unfortunately overthrew a wide open receiver.
He was certainly accurate on this throw…
CSU I think…from memory overthrew Timmy Hernandez by 10 yards +.
Poyer with a pick
Wow, “Day of the Beaver.”
I had a feeling Poyer was going to pick Wilson…
He’s now picked Brady and Wilson…
That was an uncharacteristically bad decision by Wilson.
a friend of mine who’s a Bills fan says people back there are real happy with Poyer and that he continues to improve. Not a lockdown DB but he’s got more upside which is promising.
Game observations:
*Beavers were not ready to play in the first 1/4. Completely flat.
*O-line has not gelled yet but will get better as the season goes on.
*With all this talk of depth on defense, coaches over subbed. Pick the best 11 and play them 85% of the time unless TOP a real issue. Spieghts and Roberts shouldn’t come off the field. Good defense’s play the starters.
*Defense had no communication and constantly out of position like the beginning of 2019 and all of 2018.
*Jefferson is the best back in the league.
*Shitty decision with QB making 1st ever start to drop everyone back in coverage and let them run the ball. They should have blitzed from all angles and made him uncomfortable and force bad decisions.
*Beason is good, Flemmings is not.
*Where were jet sweeps, bubble screens, two TE sets, the full-back, deep balls. We were so vanilla until the last 20 minutes of the game when in an up-tempo style. Need to keep defenses guessing.
*Got outcoached bad last night. Sometimes over thought things. Sometimes didn’t think at all.
Agree with most of this. To me, it was another one of those Beaver openers where the team looked timid and like they were unsure if they were any good or if they would be competitive at all. WSU played hard and we never really matched their energy. This is a young an inexperienced team in challenging circumstances, but WSU was able to get their kids focused and ready to compete and were clearly not there yet.
As others have noted, the continued unevenness and inconsistency with in-game decisions and coaching philosophy is what has me concerned the most. There is a clear pattern emerging on that front.
I didn’t watch it, so appreciate people’s observations.
But the thing that gets me, is this is not Smith’s first season as HC, but sounds like they performed as if it was in both in-game coaching decisions and players’ play (dropped passes, missed tackles, etc.).
Jake Luton with three dropped INT’s in his first NFL half. Luckiest QB ever?
3 for 7 on third downs, 10 for 18 overall, 6.4 avg. 1 sack. truly now, who’d have thunk that Luton would ever start in the NFL? He did something neither Canfield nor Mannion ever did. Joins DA and Moore as the old Beav QB’s to start in The League in the modern era.
That wobbly ball he throws comes in handy sometimes.
Beav alumni making good plays in the NFL. Former Beav football theatre – the Cooks catch and touchdown in response to Luton’s td pass. I stopped paying attention to the game last night when the announcers started coaching the Beavs. That is usually a bad sign. Remember Ed Ray ‘they’ll need to bring their A-game.” Will F. King be as patient? Cougs qb had swagger even before he took the field. Gebbia appeared nervous .
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/30237109/jake-luton-second-career-pass-73-yard-bomb-texans-strike-back
Nall td
Video of the touchdown. He was pumped for sure
https://twitter.com/ChicagoBears/status/1325540798558056459?s=20
Luton with the spin move and the rushing TD!
Then throws a shitty pass for a failed 2-point attempt
So I just read this thread and people were complaining about players on the field Nd saying they weren’t seeing certain guys when they were actually playing a ton. I agree with angry on flemings that he shouldn’t be a starter or even returner. Some said Beason shouldn’t be playing but he played the best of any receiver during camp. Taylor IMO is a solid wr.
Morris played in the 4th and looked like an idiot giving up a 50 yard run for a td.
Julian and rezjohn played a lot. Wright probably would’ve of picked the pass if grant didn’t but tackled poorly.
Rawls, speights, Robert’s, murray, mccartan all played a lot so idk why people were saying different.
Colleto was said to be the biggest and fastest ILB for what that’s worth.
Was Oladipo in for Arnold maybe? He had a sack and I didn’t really see him mess up.
Gebbia sucked at first but pulled it together. The O line needs to protect better. He kind of had happy feet.
Too many dropped balls and missed tackles.
Hopefully since this offense is unique they will match up better with other teams.
Oh and grant seemed really upset and hurt by the loss which is nice to see.
OT – the Seachickens have a historically bad defense. Oh how the mighty have fallen. I think the SB talk can end for a while until the play some D.
Poyer celebrating a nice Buffalo win…
Article on Luton’s play today:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/jaguars/2020/11/08/jacksonville-jaguars-houston-texans-score-jake-luton/6216267002/