Y’all are probably still partying after the HUGE win! When you come back down to earth share your wisdom here.
Angry is due to return this week from his bike trip through Vermont. I know we are all looking forward to his vacation stories and, maybe, a stock tip or two!
No one answered the bonus question on the previous thread so here ya go: Lafayette has THREE College Football National Championships! Guess we showed them huh!
Lets hear your thoughts on all things Beavers!
First baby!
I’m skeptical that the gabarri running game will be able to have success against non fcs teams going forward. It’s like flashbacks of McCoy and his big td runs. Hope they can build off this tho and that it can be a staple going forward.
That they actually looked like they were playing football is a good start.
Wazzu looks pretty legit this season, so it will play out with Johnson soon enough. Was he the QB when they got shut out by Air Force last year? I think BG was injured. Anyway, anything is better than Murphy and his regression. I need to watch some Duke highlights from last season. He could not have been this bad although his surronding cast was probably better.
I love having a strong running game but you have to have a downfield passing game. All your top teams have excellent QB play where they can throw the ball downfield. Mizzou should have lost again against Auburn because their QB can’t throw the ball downfield. Teams are starting to stack the box to stop their running game which has a couple excellent backs. If Johnson is going to have some success, he needs to be accurate throwing downfield. Yes, I know the O-line needs to give him time.
I skeptical that most any part of that game will carry forward. That was the varsity beating up on the JV team because they are bigger, stronger and deeper. We won’t be the rest of the year. The first half was a better representation of the teams.
How far ahead can Akey be looking? Seems unlikely development of SA’s will trump focusing on only the game at hand.
Would naming Johnson starter be likely to keep him out of the portal? How about using Hatcher more?
Lots of focus on the offense but, gotta remember the comparison between the halfs for Beavs D:
1st half gave up 204yds/14 first downs
2nd half…..65yds/3 firsts
Can Gutridge throw well? He should have got some 4th quarter time last night…did he?
I don’t expect Johnson will throw well consistently, and opposing teams will just pay the run as others have suggested…
No time for Gutridge, but Tristan Ti’a made his collegiate debut, passing for 4 yards on a completion to Jhae Drummer.
The reception marked the first of Drummer’s career.
4th down throw ya?
Little Drummer Boy….
A great point. The defense looked completely different in the second half. Lafeyette couldn’t do a dang thing. We have seen flashes from the defense both good and bad. But they give us more halves like the second half of the that game and we are going to win more ball games, against better teams.
Didn’t watch the second half but the Beavs defense in the first half could not have been more plain vanilla – four down lineman, three lbs and dreaded 5 to 10 yard cushion by our corners. No bringing lbs or safeties up to the line of scrimmage. Were they more aggressive in the second half?
You missed a lot bud
Billy Napier and Jay Norvell (CSU) go down. I don’t ever remember this many in-season firings. I think the Pudgy Gnome has to be next unless he somehow beats Michigan. I don’t know how Mike Norvell survives much longer, either. OSU has a lot of competition for finding a HC.
Yeah, I agree. I think MSU gives Smith 3 yrs unless they start horribly next year then he might be given the axe. I think the Beavs have a lot to offer a potential coach particularly one who is trying to get reestablished. Only negatives are we are not in a P4 conference and don’t have deep pockets.
I’m not sure about the Pudgy Gnome surviving the season. If I understood, Mike Norvell has a 59 million buy-out. Crazy!
The rumor in B1G land is that he is going to demote/fire his DC. He was excellent as our DC at the U of Minnesota.
He’s going to blame Rossi?
Lindgren is the guy who has to go. He should have been dropped while he was here.
100% agree with you on that Jack.
Who might JS hire as new DC then? Likely Bray reunited for another run at saving JS job? I doubt Bray would go for it.
How much is BYE favored by?
I hadn’t heard of Ti’a before he came in the game. According to his bio, he was a two time conference POY and the North Coast Section POY at Amador Valley in Pleasanton outside of SF. That conference is no joke and includes schools like De La Salle and Monte Vista. Amador Valley is also where Sean Mannion went to school. I know people like Gutridge, but Ti’a was much higher rated by 247 and had much better stats – hope he sticks around and gets a chance to show what he can do.
I remember when the Beavs signed him and he was highly routed so hopefully he sticks with the beavers
Here is a likely scenario for Tia:
He gets at least some good minutes by the end of the year to encourage him to stay but it will backfire on the Beavs. Once Cala hotshot freshman qb gets poached by the SEC, Cal will come to town and drop a big number for Tia to return back home and the starting qb at a P5 ACC school, following their nice line of solid qbs that get poached. The funny thing is between WSU and Cal, somehow they get a nice full year out of their qbs, before they transfer for a bag of cash.
Probably
Mannion played at Foothill–same conference and town.
Anyone listen to Angie’s chat on X? I missed it and would love if someone posted a simple recap on what she knows on the coaching search?
Let me guess, she still wants OSU to hire Mike Yurcich.
She always had a boner for him for some reason.
(Former OK State O.C. who now coaches the same role for Youngstown State Penguins. A real up and comer!)
It was recorded but not much meat to the Info. She was unaware Barnes is using a hiring committee for the first time. He may make final decision but they will have input. 3 year deal most likely if swing for Orgeron. Some talk of CSU Rams and a desire to make hire in next few weeks to avoid falling further down the pecking order when 17-20 schools could be looking in a few weeks.
Any Billy Napier talk?? Heard he’s looking for a new gig.
Did not hear Napier mentioned. Worth reaching out to.
Napier seems like a good coach and a good guy. 33-5 in his last 3 years at LOUISIANA. I feel that’s more of the type of situation that applies regarding our vacancy. He wasn’t terrible in the SEC w Florida. Just not natl champ level like they expect.
James Franklin may end up at FL.
Not everyone can win 12 games a year. When will programs figure this out. Pay a salary two coaches can live up to each year in the entire nation, fire them, pay a huge buyout. Rinse and repeat. I’d take Napier.
Have transfer portal rules changed such that players won’t bail before bowl games? Or are all non-playoff bowl games still at risk of mass opt-outs ?
Beavers remaining opponents are Tulsa, 2-5, Sam Houston State 0-7, WSU 3-4….
Good chance to go 4-8? Split with WSU?
It depends on who is QB1. If it’s MM, Beavs won’t beat WSU, but if it’s JJ, the Beavs have a much better shot IMO. JJ is a much more dynamic player than MM. JJ gives the beavers just another explosive type running back and he’s a decent passer too.
Is Blueprint still under contract with OSU?
Is Blaylock still employed at OSU?
How many schools did Blueprint claim to represent prior to the deal becoming public knowledge?
You will not be told by anyone in the AD dept. We only know about the deal because it was leaked through a 3rd party.
It was just a FOIA request by a Maryland beat reporter that an Oregonian reporter wildly misread and created some controversy out of nothing.
OSU’s AD personnel have spoken about it, simply repeating the numbers, and they’re confused as to why some of our fans are misreprenting it as some kind of wacky nutso conspiracy. The info isn’t hard to find, and the contract is a really simple read. But there are a lot of wadded panties because of it, for some weird reason.
Yes. They are now contracted with four schools. Arkansas dropped them in May and went with another software provider, after Blueprint set up their in-house NIL. Penn State used the infrastructure Blueprint set up to run their own in-house NIL, but they retain them as a software provider. We’ll take one of those paths.
It’s not much revenue, compared to other sources, but it is a value add as a turnkey operation for a year or two.
So, at some point when the AD isn’t busy hiring a new coach, they’ll have to work out how to staff the NIL department (this will answer to the AD?) and decide what software to use going forward. Using third party staffing probably wouldn’t continue for something that is not going away.
Per the blitzed crew…Oregon State names committee members for football coaching search: The committee headed by Barnes, includes Brandin Cooks, Nikki Neuburger, Marty Reser, Joth Ricci, Mike Riley and John Stirek.
They probably read the official release from about an hour ago.
“Breaking news in the Lodge for subscribers only!”
LOL, yeah those dopes just happened to pop into the socials feed first. Surprised tho Angie doesn’t have it behind a paywall
Here’s the release from the school, some details about the committee members.
Very disappointing to see both Casey and Rueck left off.
https://osubeavers.com/news/2025/10/20/committee-members-named-for-oregon-state-head-football-coach-search
I don’t have an online subscription for the Big Zero but they have an article today about the top 6 candidates OSU should pursue. I didn’t see my name on that list so I’m a little pissed off…big LOL.
Just click “show in reader” and you can read it.
Or:
https://archive.ph/tof16
An understatement from the piece:
“Don’t underestimate the power of a pre-established relationship in a process like this, especially for an OSU athletic department not known for making out-of-the-box hires.”
Thx
No surprises:
Brent Vigen (HC, Montana State)
Brennan Marion (HC, Sacramento State)
Paul Chryst (Former HC, Wisconsin)
Bryan Harsin (OC, California)
Ed Orgeron (Former HC, LSU)
Jason Eck (HC New Mexico)
Others:
Jonathan Smith (I don’t remember this guy as he is a former OSU player, must have been more than 10-15 years ago?!?)
Jerry Neuheisel
Brent Brennan
Bronco Mendenhall
Ryan Grubb, OC Alabama
Tim Plough
Nick Rolovich
Rob Akey, interim HC, Oregon State
Cignetti is getting all of these coaches fired because no one thought IU belonged last year and they are getting in the playoffs this year too. Now every school is going to try to get the same results by finding the next small school coach to bring an entire roster.
Of course OSU is going to be trying to replace a coaching staff in the midst of a very crowded field.
Maybe a younger retread like Napier or Harsin is a better option because the FCS coaches will be picked over pretty quickly if everyone is going to go the copycat route.
Regardless, the coach won’t have much success without above average NIL spending. Gotta keep a team together once it gets built.
Nice Beaver, not so sure about that on NIL spending. Obviously it helps. Would be interesting to see what the top 25 teams have spent on their current rosters???
We know Ohio State, Oregon, Alabama, Georgia, Texas A&M all have big NIL budgets, but take a look at some of the other not so tradional top 10 teams and you’ll see the same thing. Big NIL budgets.
Indiana recently convinced Mark Cuban to spend an “undisclosed” amount of money directed solely for athletics for the first time.
Georgia Tech has been signing 4*/5* calibur athletes in the past couple of cycles due to big NIL spending.
Miami has a bunch of wealthy alum who have been spending big on football ever since Cristobal was hired.
Then there’s Notre Dame and BYU up there with their bottomless collection plate and tithing funds.
The only school up there that doesn’t really seem to fit the trend is Vandy? Until you read that their QB Pavia is one of the highest paid QBs in college football with no only NIL from the team, but also a bunch of endorsements.
Thanks for the info NiceBeaver!!! You answered on the two schools I was thinking about – Indiana and Vandy. Interesting info.
“Miami has a bunch of wealthy alum who have been spending big on football ever since Cristobal was hired.”
Ha! They were spending big long before then….some loser(s) paying players, buying strippers, partying out them trying to be cool…
Committee needs to review decision bias list…
How long has Cignetti’s staff been together? Maybe poach one if his long timers as our new HC???
That’s why I suggest revisiting the decision biases…. now everyone needs a Cignetti….
Interesting looking at the transfer portal for Indiana. 27 players left, only a few went to power 4 programs. They also brought in a lot, some from smaller schools but if you have the coaching it can work.
https://247sports.com/college/indiana/season/2025-football/transferportal/?institutionkey=24040
Mike Riley is going to choose himself.
Watched 4 minute highlight of Leopards domination…white/black/whites looked pretty good, students got inebriated and had fun….
I’d say they just poached the list from reading angrybeavs if I didn’t know any better. Why do they need to spend money on a search committee if they can get everyone on the list directly form multiple posts on this site over the last couple of weeks? Barnes owes angry the search fee, or at least half of it to keep the site going.
I’m kind of expecting a failure of a hire and will continue to beat the drum that Barnes is part of the problem. I expect Barnes will over spend along the lines of $15 mil for 5 years for Chryst and sell it as a stability move with experience and successful track record at P4 school, blah blah. Also add in an expensive guarantee in case he needs to be fired and OSU won’t be able to afford to get rid of him, like Tinkle.
If they get Vigen, Eck, Plough or Harsin, at least there is a departure from the OSU family tree that we have endured for about 25 years.
I wouldn’t mind if whoever they hire were to pick up OLine coach M after Smith is fired….
drunk gary was the worst hire. every media person said it was home run hire, and none of the media were fired for selling that bs to us.
The point of the search committee is to give Barnes cover, and hopefully “educate” the big money donors on the list on where the Beavs stand in the CFB eco-system.
You aren’t going to get Nick Saban, but I’d reach out and ask him what he would do if he was taking over the program. Give him a shot to pitch some former assistants. Talk to ADs about different types of structures of football programs, Luck at Stanford, whatever is happening at Iowa State etc. Find comparable programs. I do think CFB is moving more toward a GM-Coach on an equal plane model, similar to what they do on many NFL teams. Maybe look to the NFL for a top assistant.
The point is, coaches aren’t going to be “recruiting” as much any more, they will ID the talent and the GM will try to land them with the resources available. The idea of a coach “building” a program is passe. The idea of coaches needing to be “ace recruiters” is false as well. You just need someone to establish a culture where players want to come and boost their stock, whether in the NIL market or for the NFL.
So apparently Mariners Manager (and former catcher) Dan Wilson didn’t go with his best reliever, and the pitcher he brought in gave up a 3 run homer.
Any baseball fans here have any insight on why he did that? He obviously made a lot of good decisions to get them this far, but one questionable decision and it can become defining (recency bias).
Seemed like a helluva series though?
Wilson isn’t a good in game manager, they got as far as they did in spite of him not because of him. Bringing Munoz in was the obvious decision but he didn’t even have him warming up.
I thought last night that they should have let Kirby go another inning at least- they pulled him prior to the fifth. He still had plenty of pitches left in him, but, evidently, the Mariners coaching staff didn’t want him to go a third time through the Blue Jays line up. Woo had been on the IR and had just come back and was part of the debacle last week on Wednesday or Thursday. The Mariners had plenty of relief pitchers they could have gone to, but I think in a game like this, you ride the starter until he really starts to falter and Kirby wasn’t done yet. That 2nd pitch to Springer by Bazzardo with the two men that Woo left on was all it took, unfortunately.
The prognosticators on the Seattle sports radio this morning kind of confirmed this sentiment as well. They also thought that Munoz could have been brought in earlier, too. The coaches had a plan and they weren’t willing to deviate from it.
I may not have the entire above scenario correct as I was distracted by answering several questions my wife had during the game…
Surprised to see Tulane at 6-1. They’ve been competitive recently, and some starting to project them to playoff. Do they have an OC who might be a HC candidate?
No PAC12 affiliated bowls will have a current PAC member in them….many former members projected to them…USC, Utah, AZ, UW….
Have we really sunk so low some of yall are ok with hiring an FCS coach that didnt even build the program he runs? Smfh
What, you’d prefer a retread?
Id prefer someone who’s been successful at building an FBS program. Can’t believe anyone is on board with Vigen. Dude didn’t build the Montana St program.
Just no to an FCS coach
My hope is for Vigen hire for young new start. If we end up going old, like we all think we will, I think Chryst may be the better option out of the old guys. But honestly unless someone like Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang (or any other sugar daddy) pours money into the NIL the Beavers aren’t going anywhere… because its not about the money, its just about the money. College football is pay to play and pay big to win.
Yep
And if you somehow capture lightning in a bottle with a low budget team and eek out 10+ wins in a season, most of that team and staff will get poached immediately.
Nobody looks at OSU and says “ooohh….i want to sign up for that AND get paid less than others doing the same job elsewhere”
Chryst is going to be very painful. Pro style is not really an option without a line, and MM failed miserably trying to adapt to this dumb ass offense. Get a qb with legs and play more fluid. I’m expecting Riley or Chryst and lots of .500 seasons in a JV pac. Will be pretty pathetic but the norm
Mike Riley was on the Joe Beaver Show last week after Bray was fired and it was an interesting conversation. Riley sounded almost wistful about the current state of college football. Made a good point that Bray being fired affects 50 jobs/families within the department and football staff. As much as I don’t like his coaching style, he seemed fairly tempered regarding what needs to happen going forward. I didn’t get the sense he wanted to be part of the future staff. He may have influence towards a favorite, Chryst or others with direct ties to his years, but it sounded like he realized the old paradigm has been proven a failure in this new era.
The combo of NIL, scouting talent at every level, signing a new squad yearly, schemes that can be simply implemented, a staff that can adjust schemes to players all go against Riley’s 5 year growth system. If OSU is going to be competitive, they must let go of the Riley era and move forward in the current era, including big NIL donor, ahem Nvidia..ahem.
Does “scouting talent at every level really fit with the new era?
Seems the NIL/Portal era doesn’t demand it.
For Stepping Stone State University it means finding any D3 player who might be able to replace your freshman LB that just got poached by UCLA… I mean scouting lower divisions for cheap replacements after half the roster departs each January.
What school will go after Montie Quinn in January? Curry College. Look him up, does he have any eligibility left?
Understood, so you aren’t advocating scouting the traditional sources, ie high schools.
This emphasis calls into the question for me the value of education, or lack thereof. Having high annual roster turnover with players chasing money suggests education is a low priority for the talent pool.
It’s hard to fault a young person moving from one school to the next for increased earnings. But a player like Dillon Gabriel who goes to three different schools three straight years just doesn’t strike me as caring about the education offered at UO. So he maximizes his value early, then makes an NFL roster. His career on average would be about 4 years in the NFL. If it doesn’t work out for what ever reason, he should have the money to afford a genuine education if he chooses.
But with players like that, the B10 looking into private equity, NC asking for Saudi investment into its football program, football eventually has little at all to do with the mission of the university. As someone here said, eventually private equity starts owning pieces of campuses.
Yes and u fortunately Id say it is all be design to maximize tv revenue for a handful of media companies at the expense of the overall system.
The push has been goin on for at least 25 years to somehow fracture the bowl system and introduce player salaries. Some layers of this are likely unintended consequences but on the whole I’d guess it is fairly close to what a handful of execs dreamed about in 1998 or so. Weekends filled with matchups of big brands only and players being more like a free agent pool.
The day the PAC/BIG/Rose Bowl agreed to the BCS playoff college football death was only a matter of time.
In trying to think of a way pay-for-play could be palatable, I think that if a generous donor like Jensen Huang created an endowment for athletics, then athletes were paid with terms like: 3 year agreements (for roster/program stability); buyout clauses if an athlete chooses to leave; academic standards for GPA, progress towards degree; potentially some community service consistent with program functions.
Then I might feel like the athletes are student-athletes, and there might be enough roster consistency to merit following the team.
But what these terms allow OSU to compete in the free agent market place? I tend to doubt it. Likely other schools are going to have more money and lower standards. Perhaps if the education has genuine value, it helps. I was impressed with how Stanford was able to develop programs while having academic standards, but even they lose their top softball pitcher(!) to TT on a $1M NIL deal.
Likely OSU should have developed “Reser” as a smaller, soccer-friendly stadium, something like this,
https://stadium-database.com/usa/shell-energy-stadium-houston-dynamo-fc-stadium/
and thought about a future focused on soccer, baseball, basketball, and e-sports.
OSU has always been behind in football, with no clear vision for the future…I foresee a mostly empty stadium for years…
In the end we are an aggregation of disappointed fans trying to solve problems that OSU leaders: 1) simply don’t care about or 2) realistically can’t address without be exposed as failures in their own fields.
OSU is at a major crossroads in terms of athletics. They aren’t yet willing to shut it all down as a protest against the present era, nor can they. But the other option is to pursue major donors, Nvidia etc, for some chance to fully compete going forward. Of course it is always about dollars for the university. They can’t let go of the cash flow of athletics yet, but they can’t manufacture enough cash flow to be competitive in the long run.
Imagine being one of the major donors for the Reser west-side and within 3 years it is almost useless and obsolete for the purposes it was intended.
My guy… It’s ANGRY BEAVS, not SAD BEAVS.
My take is it used to be that if Football was a priority for fundraising to the extent possible, you hired good coaches, evaluated and recruited kids that fit your system you could succeed in D1 college football. Maybe not win a title but win 8-10 games, be in the conversation, ranked in the top 25.
I don’t believe that’s the case anymore. To succeed in College football all about the money. Any team can buy its way into the rankings and or playoffs. Its just a matter spending it on the players. Coaching and recruiting guys that fit your team might make a good team elite but it wont make a team without money a winner. If you don’t have the money to spend you don’t have a chance.
I’ve watched part of two games this season. I used spend most of my Saturdays watching college football. Not sure if that’s how anybody else feels but that’s where I’m at.
The big question for college football and the networks moving forward is whether the fans/alumni of non p4 teams will begin to coalesce around the BIG/SEC brands and further drive revenue or start to find better things to do on a Saturday.
Isn’t it amazing how Texas Tech is much improved this year? Right as the announcer compliments them for the NIL budget.
“…is whether the fans/alumni of non p4 teams will begin to coalesce around the BIG/SEC brands and further drive revenue or start to find better things to do on a Saturday.”
I don’t care about the top teams in those conferences that buy free agents annually. Too much to do in fall….
Right there with you – used to spend most of a Saturday watching college football; that has pretty much stopped the last few years. Last weekend was the first Beaver game I actually watched through it’s entirety this year. I almost tapped out at halftime due to the score, but I hung in there.
The current landscape of college football has just sucked the life out of it, at least for me. NETFLIX is currently running an ESPN ’30 for 30′ on SMU and the SW Conference back in the early 80’s and massive amount of ‘pay for play’ that was going on even back then. Cash, cars, buying a house for the parents – it’s been going on for years.
I just liked it better when I believed everything was on the up and up and was being run cleanly. Although they got caught and suffered greatly, SMU was just ahead of their time.
Baseball implementing at seat fees at Goss for the 2027 season. Between $25-$150 per seat except for the Omaha room which goes from $500 per to $3000. Also a “stadium reseat “ forcing season ticket holders to pay extra to hold on to their seats. More AD and ticket office horse sh*t.
Need NIL money for baseball unless you want to watch them lose. Rumor I heard was Blaylock repurposed a bunch of Baseball NIL $ that had been promised to current players and now there’s a scramble to make sure they get their dough. Its the new normal.
If true, another reason this Blaylock guy needs to go!
“Blaylock” is quickly becoming a verb, to “Blaylock” something
If that is remotely true, Blaylock needs to be fired immediately. Everything I hear about the guy has something to do with bad financial interference. Yet now he is wrecking the only successful OSU program.
Who is that guy’s boss anyway; how’s he sneaking this stuff in? It’s not like one or both of them are working remotely.
Is anyone really surprised?
The AD doesn’t have many hot sellers and baseball is at the top of the list.
It’s all Miiiiitch’s fault?
I I don’t know what differentiates a “reseat” from just jacking up prices and requiring a donation per seat. Not sure what face value is for the seats between first and third are. I would definitely want a peak at the schedule before I ponied up though. They never have great match-ups and some of their best games are up in Hillsboro.
apparently if you’ve ordered 2026 home baseball season tickets you get a list of the home games. anyone who has done so who can post it here? hasn’t gone public so far as I can tell.
Okay, I am home. Biked across VT, and then Pitt to DC on the GAP/CO trail. So about 500 miles. Super amazing trip. Also had a nice date with an old female friend/date. Angry is happy.
I approved a bunch of comments that went to spam. Sorry about that. When I’m not home, I can’t approve those, and I don’t think the fill in mods have that ability, either. Should be all good now. I see we got our first win once we ditched the nepotistic hire at HC. Nice. Go Beavs.
Welcome back. Glad you had a safe trip!
lol… that’s one way to get fired Chauncey.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/23/nba-billups-rozier-sports-betting-arrests-gambling.html
Maybe the new owners will get a discount now.
Paid an appearance fee to play poker with some alleged mobsters. Really doesn’t sound like much. It’s not like he was doing a comedy show for Saudis.
Glad it wasnt related to fixing NBA games, but depending on who he helped that organization rip off, I’d imagine there will be a bunch of pissed off players who lost money because of him
ESPN now reporting according to the indictment that he was giving info to bettors when Lillard wouldn’t be playing back in 2023 so sounds like he’s in on both sides.
It was much more than that according to the press conference this morning.
Uh…
“Billups is charged in a separate indictment alleging a wide-ranging scheme to rig underground poker games that were backed by Mafia families, authorities said.”
Or the Americans
Gift of the NY Times article…
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/23/nyregion/nba-illegal-gambling-arrests?unlocked_article_code=1.vk8.TMXh.YlTuJEiPRCxE&smid=url-share
WBB Preseason poll has the beavers #1. Nice and is all they need to do now is go out and prove it.
?????
Did UCONN change their mascot?
Maybe MIT stepped up their NIL game?
WCC
Ah, right. Times are tough.
Women’s basketball as I presume you all are aware the beavers are in the WCC.
Came across this youtube channel where this guy has taken all sorts of 80’s/90’s metal songs amd run them through am AI program which turns them into old motown style R&B/Soul rendition.
The AC/DC TNT song isn’t half bad. Mayne they should play this version at OSU games, haha. It’s a little more upbeat.
https://youtu.be/h1bwIeUHDjo?si=o6NP5MMWX8yqit4-
On one hand… keep TNT as it is. It is a solid 4th quarter song, certainly has a theme of being a confidant badass.
On the other hand… I really dig the Motown version. I might add it to my youtube playlist
ai slop should not be promoted, guess that makes me old
I hate that I like those. The Don’t Stop Believing one is “good” too. If you are into retro-ish covers by actual musicians check out Post Modern Jukebox. This is Pour Some Sugar On me. There are many, many, more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilClbWTYgfw
Well, Orgeron wants to coach so bad and college football “needs toughness” says he would even coach D Line…
Maybe Vogel or Marion with Orgeren on D…
Anyone heard that Dan Lanning is stepping down as Ducks HC for the time being bc his wife’s cancer has returned. A buddy of mine texted me, but I can’t find any information on it so I don’t know if it’s true or not.
Hopefully not true. Hate the Ducks but this goes beyond sports rivalry. Best to Coach Lanning and family.
Yeah, sorry for them if that’s the case. Fuck the ducks but not going to cheer for cancer on anyone.
Unfortunately I get that… FUCK cancer
There were false rumors floated on social media about a month ago about this, and it was quickly denied.
The Venn diagram of college football fans unfortunately overlaps with some sick fucks.
That being said, fuck cancer.
Anyone hear what Bray is doing now?
There’s a lot one could do with 4 million. Does anyone know the particulars of his compensation, such as one-time or installments?
He’s hanging out with Mark Helfrich learning how to invest a $2,000,000+ windfall.
Viva Los Dodgers!
Looking good
This comment aged well
He meant game 2…game 1 was oof
Beaver flag looks great flying on College Game Day!
Watching Georgia tech and heard the name JT Byrne.
Less than a minute in and pudgy gnomes QB who he took with him from Corvallis has thrown what should have been an int and then fumbled. Lindgren will get that fixed??
Watching Chiles on the sideline smiling ear to ear closer to the end of this game, while his team is getting smoked, is crazy
Maybe winning isn’t quite as important as it used to be when they didn’t get fat paychecks.
Beav Rugby remains undefeated with a 24-7 win over the Huskies in Corvallis. #15-ranked DIAA team in the NCR coaches poll.
https://x.com/SnoopySparty7/status/1982239580410556476?t=n8kaUVuPfYEcOXwsdjyDvA&s=19
McCall Jr!
OSU could become a national leader in club sports. It’s a little know universe where it would be easy to dominate with just bit of organizing and a zero dollars. The kids pay their own way, a perfect model for the future of virtually bankrupt schools. How cool would it be to boast national championships in, rowing, bowling, mens volleyball, bowling etc.
We just found out that our granddaughter is on the OSU women’s water polo team this year. We were concerned because she has never been a particularly strong swimmer. As a safety measure she will be wearing a coast guard approved life vest, when participating.
As long as her horse doesn’t go under she should be alright.
COTT
Did you know that the Beavs also have a club Baseball team? Sounds like it’s players who were good in high school, but not quite good enough. They are playing currently.
Don’t the beavs have something like 20+ racquetball championships?
Most successful program in history
Sorry if off topic.
I heard from a Beaver Baseball friend that the baseball program will begin assigning season ticket seats by donation level for the 2027 season. We’ve had our seats for about 15 years, going to games since the Jacoby Ellsbury days, and a sort of family has formed in our section. Our baseball donation is modest, probably middle of the pack. Between breaking up our baseball family and potentially getting pushed to bleacher seats, I think that will be the end of going to OSU baseball games.
Meanwhile Blaylock quips, “…who is Jacoby Elsbury?”
feel lucky that you get to go to games. osu gets less media money, so generating more money is paramount.
This will end up generating less money. I’d bet on it.
Has Blaylock’s odor all over it. Copying what bigger markets dp doesn’t create them.
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Anyone notice how the Bjays Dalton Vashon resembles Mitch Canham especially when he wears a batting helmet? They look like bros.
Absolutely! My wife and I have been talking about the resemblance throughout the series.
Beavers open as 2.5 dogs to the visiting Cougars….
It’ll be a tough one. We’re pretty even in talent, but Rodgers has done a great job building their culture in year 1. They are well coached and play with discipline in all phases.
Goes to show how important the right fit is in who we hire here in the next couple months.
Well, Akey has a culture of verbosity and smiling players….he can likely out talk Rogers…
He DID sit a $1.5M QB (can’t believe I just typed that), but I suspect the more Johnson plays the more his limited throwing ability catches up to him and teams play him as a running QB….
Anyone heard anything about MM’s role going forward?
Good point re: Johnson’s limited throwing ability exposing him to adjustments by the D. Two factors could mitigate that:
-play calling: slant? screens?
-O line play, note that injuries were a problem there last week.
BetMGM now has Beavs 3.5pt dogs.
Rolovich was in Corvallis last week for an interview.
If you had to make the hire and your choices were Rolovich or Mel Tucker, who would you pick?
Rolo.
Tucker brings too much chance of Brenda showing up again!
Can you imagine the vitriol flowing from flipper’s mouth if it were Tucker?
Today’s topics:
-Baseball ticket fees being dropped on the fan base is another low class move by the Athletic Department.
-Fire Blaylock before he decimates OSU sports and siphons $millions into a mysterious accounting error.
-Rolovich will despise OSU administrators after about 6 months on the job. Probably a bad fit.
-Beavs vs Cougs will be a return to the norm and Akey will be no better than PrimeTime was last night vs Utah. Beavs will get rolled badly.
I listened to the BeaversEdge podcast from 3 days ago and the makes Eck, Vegen and Traitor Smith came up. I don’t know how reliable the hosts of this podcast are, but they said that contacts they have not to rule out traitor Smith as a potential candidate for the OSU job.
I think that’s preposterous given that Traitor Smith burned bridges the way he left Corvallis and took several key players with him as well as coaches.
I just can’t imagine that Scott Barnes would be that naive and foolish to trust even interviewing that turd.
If they did hire Smith back, that could the final straw for me. I’ve always given people the benefit of the doubt until they give me a reason not to. Once that happens, I’ll bets are off. If you’re a glutton for further embarrassment, go ahead and repeat the mistake. As for me, once burned and it’s over and done.
Like I said, I don’t know how reliable these guys and their information really is? Thoughts????
…..the names of Eck, Vegen (sp)…..
….all bets are off.
Vigen……
I felt that way about Riley’s whole second stint.
If he wasn’t doing okay in the mid-00s, people wouldn’t have gotten mad at me for saying he would just do it again. I gave up that narrative when his teams went downhill. But he did it again, anyway.
Brian Kelly enters the chat…
Live large. Fart big.
id rather see smith than that pos rolo
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6750576/2025/10/26/michigan-state-jonathan-smith-firing/
Don’t know if paywalled or not
It’s paywalled but this should get ya past the wall:
https://archive.ph/pCQDc
“He took over a mess. He didn’t have as much money for his first roster as he expected. He got this job by winning 25 games in his last three seasons at Oregon State, of all places. His buyout is north of $30 million.”
Some quotes, that make you say, no shit:
On pudgy’s lack of fire…
“Things are about (to the point where even Izzo won’t be able to keep backing) Smith, and it’s not just because of an inconsistent, sloppy product that bottomed out two weeks ago in a 38-13 home loss to UCLA. It’s not just because of a recruiting class that is losing prominent commits and drifting toward the bottom of the Big Ten. Smith’s complete lack of fire on the sidelines — lack of verbal communication, even, in moments where it might help — has lost the room. That’s an easy thing for a fan to correlate with the product and the recruiting.”
“the head football coach has to be dynamic, a difference maker. This one isn’t.”
On his supposed qb guru chops…
“The Spartans, with their 12 penalties for 105 yards, including consecutive false starts in garbage time as Michigan fans whooped it up, do not look like a well-coached team. Junior quarterback Aidan Chiles has not progressed as hoped in two seasons — Smith’s staff can’t find answers for him.”
And saving the best for last, his complete brain cramp gambling ways…
“And that doesn’t even get into some of Smith’s questionable decisions Saturday, which outweighed a couple of officiating mistakes that hurt his team. He was right after the game when he said going for two after scoring to make it 24-13 was an “analytics” decision, but that doesn’t make it a smart one. Three straight runs, still down 11, with less than five minutes to play, the last one a stuffed Chiles sneak on fourth down … there are no analytics to support that.
The meltdown on this site when Smith is named the nest OSU coach will be epic!
I’m hearing buzz about Jamarcus Shephard and mutual admiration.
It would be a compelling hire.
Interesting. Coached under Leach (WSU), Brohm (Purdue), DeBoer (UW – associate head coach, passing game coordinator, and wide receivers coach Alabama – AHC and co-OC, WR coach).
42 years young…
I’ve said this before, but watching UW offense warm up @ OSU in 2023, they looked SHARP and made the Beavers look like a HS team in comparison.
If Shepard can bring that level of detail and sharpness to OSU, that would be compelling….
How about Jamarcus Russell? Give the man a second chance….
I really don’t know how Barnes could even consider Smith an option. He just left OSU in the lurch in the most egregious way possible creating the spiral we are in currently.
If Barnes interviews JS, he should be fired for negligence, malfeasance or sheer stupidity.
Also hearing about Kirby Moore. Moore makes some sense, since he’s from the PNW. But I’m told both he and Shephard were really interested in the Wazzu job last year, as well. Does Shephard just love the PNW that much?
Perhaps OSU job is more attractive in the new Pac 12 than the old.
Its a G5 job with P4 facilities and expenditures even if on the very low end. It was always a stepping stone job but now it could be argued a spot that is much easier to win at. Post a couple winning seasons and you’ll likely be off to P4 gig.
It’s good spot for coaches to get a 2nd chance after getting fired or P4 coordinators that aren’t getting a shot at P4 head coaching jobs.
Homefry comment at the Athletic: “No way I’d take him back. Bailed as soon as he could, and knowing he was leaving right before Civil War”
My friend knew a person on the football staff that said Smith was leaving…and so I found out Thursday or Friday right before the CW and figured they”d come out flat…he even took Chiles out (who had been getting regular reps) to save him for MSU….
He would not be wanted and I can’t imagine he would want to return…he’ll return some day in the future for some halftime ceremony, hoping to be forgiven and honored…
He knew in mid October of 2023 he was leaving when he hired a realtor to get his house ready to sell. He strung Barnes from that point on to the final game. He had no intention in staying with about half the season remaining.
young, you take that back, you take that back right now. That ass hat better not ever see the inside of VFC, even on an old timers, Fiesta Bowl celebration day.
THAT article is like “Deju Vu all over again” – they could have been talking about the Beavs!
I remember when MSU hired that traitor midget and I went on their forum and said, buyer beware. His offense is like watching cement dry and his ceiling if he stays long enough will be 8 wins. I also said, he’d be gone within 3-4 years bc he’d wear out his welcome.
I’m not surprised at all as he shot himself in the foot when he bolted from Corvallis in the middle of the night and was recruiting OSU in the locker room right after the loss to the Phil Knight Ducks.
Barnes would be wise to avoid even talking to this creep let alone interviewing him.
Well Blaylock and Blueprint are both gone. Final announcement coming as soon as today and as late as Tuesday from Barnes and the Athletic department. Now get a great coach and a top GM.
Just saw Blaylocks wife, she wasn’t looking particularly shook. Hate to see anyone lose their job but in this case may be best to move on, he’s clearly ruffled a lot of feathers and the optics surrounding NIL are terrible
Why should she look shook, she’s probably got a nice vacation coming, maybe a new car.
The only loser in this is OSU Athletics.
They’ll pay a bunch of dough to make Blueprint go away. Will also pay a bunch of dough to make Blaylock go away.
Poor decisions hurt. Bray 3-4 mill, BluePrint probably 250k, and Blaylock probably less than 200k. Just guesses, no insider info but you see what I mean.
Come to think of it, I actually wouldn’t feel bad about smith losing his job. The only downside to that would be his ability to collect a check while doing nothing. F that guy
The things you hear on the golf course….. : )
DVB, that you?
Bet Barnes hates going to work these days…
“A former rowing coach for Oregon State is seeking more than $4.5 million in damages from the university and its athletic director, Scott Barnes, in a lawsuit filed Oct. 20 in Benton County Circuit Court.
Gabriel Winkler, who coached the OSU men’s rowing team for 11 years, claims he was wrongfully terminated from his position in August. Allegations include retaliation, a lack of due process, and breach of contract.”
https://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/2025/10/former-rowing-coach-files-multimillion-dollar-lawsuit-against-scott-barnes-oregon-state.html
Saw that this weekend. How does a rowing coach come to a 4.5M valuation I wonder. Sounds like a Dr Evil pinky to pursed lips number
Rowing up shit creek with a pitchfork for a paddle.
Sounds like Bryan Kelly was ‘relieved of his duties’ at LSU? Nobody is immune – this should give Michigan State all they need to let JS go.
Ironically, Kelly would be a good fit at MSU.
Jonathan Smith has lost Magic Johnson support.
When one of your top boosters is publicly commenting in his dissatisfaction, changes will be following soon after.
https://x.com/MagicJohnson/status/1982860315512725691?t=doFnIBIlzqqAQmx_0Zj_1w&s=19
Bye bye gnomey
JS has the realtor on speed dial, the local Goodwill drop-off is already pinned in Google maps. What a loser and I’m glad he has failed after the nonsense he pulled at OSU. Some of the coaches he took should have been more loyal to OSU/Bray than they were to JS. He was a sinking ship outside of a change to Bray as DC.
I’d reach out to Coach M and let the rest of them find jobs elsewhere.
Probably some of those wives are pretty angry with the whole decision process, to leave Corvallis for a dump like East Lansing and then get canned less than 2 years later. Money is nice but not at the expense of reputation, dignity, self respect and friendships.
I know coach m’s wife wasn’t super stoked but chalked it up to life as a coach. But to move again? LOL
Maybe she never moved??
She’d be living with Gundy if that were the case.
Scandalous!
Magic Johnson, sleeping on his bed of money….
No one will remember his name anyway at this point…
“Oregon State is parting ways with deputy athletic director Brent Blaylock and is in the process of reevaluating its Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) management deal with Blueprint Sports, a source confirmed to The Oregonian/OregonLive on Monday. The deal with Blueprint is expected to be terminated as early as this week.”
Just couldn’t overcome the narrative that was made of it, and Blaylock was the point and public relations person who was hired to run it. He failed, and I think he’s resigning for another reason. So washing ourselves of anything to do with him is appropriate.
Do you have a specific other reason you’d care to share?
Someone above mentioned the same sort of rumor I heard. It has to do with baseball money going to not baseball and someone getting very upset about it.
“The narrative”??
How about admitting that Blaylock was a screw-up who already had a part in UofA athletic department crashing under a huge financial scandal and he was still brought into OSU at a very delicate financial moment. Barnes was a fool to hire him. Blaylock began to undercut Barnes and takeover internal ops, including Blueprint, while Barnes was focusing on the new PAC12 conference business.
If Blaylock wasn’t in sync with Barnes but was simply running his own show at Giill, then he deserved to be fired.
Don’t make vague comments about “narratives”.
In my experience, “narratives” are used by liars to set the stage for taking advantage of people so I may be reacting somewhat strongly.
K… I’m not reading past the second sentence, since you have no clue what you’re talking about.
Robbins is the reason the UA AD was screwed. Blaylock played a side role as a public relations dude for hoops–a sector of the AD that actually made money.
That he did that competently then did what he did in Corvallis is strange. But it is what it is.
Okay, I’ve heard enough. I know what I want. JaMarcus Shephard as HC. Coach M returns for the offensive line. Orgeron for defensive line. Cool if Bray would come back as DC. And I don’t currently have a preference for OC, would leave that up to Shephard.
I know, personalities probably would get in the way and not quite match. But that would be some coaching talent.
And if you get great coaches for offensive and defensive lines, you got yourself a winner.
Yep, pie in the sky! But this is the time when we get to do that.
You really think with all these coaching openings and the openings they will create as the carousel goes round and round that Coach O is going to take a D-line job with OSU? Zero chance as he’ll have plenty of other opportunities. Would have been slim even when the Pac 12 was very relevant and a true Power conference.
I guess we could dream…..
Shepard, Coach M would probably be deadly for the new PAC by year 2 or 3…get a highly motivated ST Coach who actually wants to make the unit have an impact instead of it being an afterthought…
Not sure a Bray return at DC would work for anyone….and wouldn’t he make more money just NOT coaching?!?
Finally, 18 on NGS and Freddie Walk off solo 6-5 dodgers!
18 innings……
Had to watch on a delay didn’t get to bed until 1:30…just kept thinking I have all this time ‘invested,’ but damn did 6 am came too early today
“Tennessee Titans (30): Johnny Hekker, one of the best specialists who’s ever lived, booted his 1,000th career punt Sunday. He might reach 2,000 by season’s end.”
And how many went backwards?
If he had caught his own backwards punt, could he have advanced it? THAT would have been special…
It landed out of bounds.
That game was pretty pathetic.
So Dirt and Sprague say they have a source that says Orgeron will accept the OSU job if offered. I think if a program of OSU’s caliber, in the current state it is in, gets the opportunity to have a head coach that won a national championship 6 years ago, you absolutely have to take that opportunity.
Jack now has me interested in Shepard given Shepard’s coaching tree and emphasis on offense. Plus he’s 42, likely to work the current transfer portal context well given his experience at UW. Orgeron is 64….
Certainly someone with some credibility but can he build a program with the resources we have? Stepping into a situation like he did at LSU is a different animal.
My question is why has he been out of coaching so long? I know he had a good chunk of money from the buyout. Also, I’m worried the current landscape will not work well with him at OSU. He had an elite team at LSU and won a championship. He won’t have anywhere near that talent at OSU. Maybe he can really coach guys up though. I think there’s risk, but that’s with any hire. My prediction is Ed O. as head coach. Smith as the OC. Bray as the DC. Gruden as the GM. Sean Mannion as the QB coach. Now I don’t have to worry about being wrong.
Not a fan of Orgeron as HC. He’s a great recruiter, but not a X’s and O’s guy at all. And being a Good Ol’ Boy recruiter doesn’t really matter as much anymore now that it’s all about the money.
I think Orgeron would be a disaster of a hire, I also don’t know how you don’t make the hire if he has said he’d take it because if the person you do hire doesn’t work out you’d also have to defend not hiring a guy with a national title.
Personally I prefer someone young with head coaching experience even at the FCS level but that is a riskier hire so I doubt it happens.
My guess is they hire someone who has been an FBS head coach.
This, all of this
Shephard-
concerns: hasn’t been a head coach,
positives: has been part of a good system with DeBoer for years, and is a younger guy with a bit more relatable. May bring some high level recruits form Alabama etc who want a shot. We might actually have physical wide recievers finally.
Ed Orgeron-
concerns: Much older and has been out of coaching for 5 years during the massive shift towards NIL, not an Xs & Os guy
positives: has a National Title, USC/LSU background, massive amounts of coaching connections and was known as a great recruiter his entire career.
Brett Vigen has a full staff from a lower division and may be a home-run hire but no one knows until afterwards. NIL would be a challenge.
Rolovich- Had some success in Hawaii and WSU, but I tend to think he is over-rated and over-hyped form his WSU time. He may cost too much and why choose him if you are already rolling dice on the other options?
I’m not sure which if the three I would choose honestly. Shephard will certainly bounce as soon as he has any success. Orgeron may want to settle in and build it out but it may also be a huge mistake if he is just chasing a paycheck, and can’t figure out NIL. Vigen could be successful if he decided to grind it out and build a system.
Shephard is not much of a departure from Bray in many senses, except he may want to be a HC.
My guess is Orgeron would cost the most, so Barnes won’t go with him.
Vigen will have a staff of guys in place and ask for a good chunk for them all to relocate.
Probably VIgen is the safest and cheapest option which is likely what barnes will do.
Shephard could be the best hire short-term, and scheme but who will be the staff around him?
Orgeron could be the best hire if he has a group of coaches that want to join him and understand how to navigate roster movement.
I’d guess Barnes is concerned about cost for total staff as his only priority. The rest of the review group assisting in the search hopefully are thinking about NIL/roster management ability, staff support, scheme, past experience and personal charisma as the head coach of the program.
Any of the 3 could be good, given the situation.
I was hoping to see someone like Dennis Erickson or Pat Casey on the review board. Mike Riley as the only one with coaching experience on the board makes me nervous.
Pat Casey, Rueck….
Yeah, we covered this back on Oct 20, both Casey and Rueck seemed obvious resources Barnes could have tapped. And, to a lesser extent I’d toss in Miiiiitch as well. All three know what a new HC will face from the OSU admin.
Lol. I almost wish they’d use the ghost runner after say 12 innings.
The Manfred runner is never acceptable. It is just proof of how much MLB owners hate their own product.
It seems acceptable for the regular season. No reason a regular season game should go past like 12 innings.
I disagree, MLB managed just fine for about 140 years without it.
Times have changed and that’s why MLB has added new rules like the pitch clock, #of times you can a pickoff attempt, ghost runner…..to shorten the length of a game. The typical baseball fan doesn’t want to sit through a 14+ inning game.
Even CFB adopted the new OT rules bc they don’t want to see games going to multiple OT periods.
Cool, the College football overtime system is a fucking joke too.
What’s your point?
Is it that sports make themselves shittier to attract fans that aren’t actually fans of the sport? Because that’s the point I’ve taken from it. And if so, cool.
The NBA drove me away decades ago, if MLB and CFB want to drive me away for people that don’t actually like either sport, cool, more free time for me.
The rules changes are pretty much all bullshit though. And MLB always had an informal pitch clock, umps just stopped enforcing the informal one.
Funny how challenging it is to manufacture runs when every guy is swinging for the home-run. Dodgers had a lead-off double, bunted him to 3rd and couldn’t get him in, sometime around the 12th. No thought of a safety squeeze with 1 out? Call hit an infield pop-up and then a fly ball out to end the inning.
It seemed like the Blue Jays weren’t even trying to hit line drives, or shorten swings to just make contact. I know both bullpens are major league pitchers, but they were all apparently throwing like Nolan Ryan in the extra innings. Maybe adrenaline, maybe it was fixed, maybe just really bad fundamentals for pro ball players unable to sac bunt or drag bunt or slap a single anywhere.
Oh for the days of Wade Boggs, Tony Gwynn, Pete Rose etc. High contact hitters with line drive hits everyday. Now we have 1-8 launch angle nonsense, and no adjustments for the game they are playing in at the time. Just swing harder…I figured it would come down to a situation where they had to pitch to Ohtani to end it.
The Manfred rule is a stain on the game and actually allows these teams to neglect basic fundamentals for manufacturing a run to win the game. MLB claims the rule is to save pitching staffs in the rgular season against this type of situation. On the flip side, it encourages an eroding of a strategic part of the game that isn’t currently in favor as well.
Needed Kwan on one of those rosters.
Thats why baseball is so boring. They don’t put any pressure on the defense by bunting, hit in run, stealing, etc….
For the next head coach they need these qualities in my opinion,
Be a current or former head coach. Can’t hand off a program in disrepair to a guy who’s never been top dog.
Be a successful head coach at any level
Be successful with limited resources
Recruiting prowess is much less of a skill now with NIL money floating around
Bring in coaches who are hungry to move up the ranks. No more good ol boy clubs.
Someone on the younger side as it takes a lot of energy to build the program and want someone who is looking to move up the head coach ranks as well
Fans need to know this person if successful will leave. And that’s ok because they will leave it in a better state. Then hire the next up and coming coach. One coach isn’t going to take this program to the promise land.
This points to the FCS coaching ranks. I highly doubt any of the recently fired coaches would want to take the job. Only way I’d hire those guys if they have an in with Jensen to bankroll the program.
Based on my thoughts, they have to take a run at the NDSU coach.
Don’t forget D2. They still have to recruit, but success is usually built less on just having better talent and more on coaching. A lot of FCS success is based on this due to the tighter margins in comparative talent. The teams that CAN differentiate have a huge advantage.
Akey mum on stating QB, says both “have done a hell if a job,” which is open to interpretation…
WSU tackling allegedly improving, though they’ve missed the second most tackles in the country behind E Michigan, they are showing in-season improvement the last two games….their D objective is to hold opponents under 14 points (what, a measurable?!?) and last two games opponents averaged 13.5 points.
WSU added 2 DB recruits and has 20 recruits for ’26….Beavers 8-ish?
From the piece:
But it appears the Beavers already know who their starting quarterback will be, even if they’re keeping it close to the vest.
“We have,” Akey said when asked about naming a starter.
Ooooh! Playing chess with those poor tackling Cougars!
Akey’s a wily one!
It had better be GJ to start or the beavers will get curb stomped. At least with GJ, the beavers have an outside shot but with MM one dimensional game, zero chance to be in the game.
Prediction of GJ starts and plays most of the game, WSU 34-24. If MM starts and plays most of the game, WSU 41-14
WSU D Coordinator: “Should we game plan for the QB that can’t throw? Or the QB that can’t throw?”
Its really odd how badly Murphy regressed from Duke. His completion percentage there wasn’t great, but 26:9 TD ratio and 9 wins isn’t horrible.
He spent so much time throwing to receivers this offseason that Gunderson was concerned that the WRs were running too much. The team emphasized getting to know each other better, knowing everybody’s name in this era of NIL and high roster turnover, yet somehow none of this translated to good communication and an effective passing game. Given how long it takes to get a play in, and how 5 games into the season, in practice, Gundy had to stand behind the O to try and make the offense call the play correctly, line up correctly, and all be on the same play, it sounds like its mainly on Gundy. When he was QB coach at UCLA, Dante Moore was an INT and Pick-6 machine…after sitting a year and now 7 games in, some pundits have him as one of the top QBs available in next year’s draft. I think that’s a reach based on his limited sample, but he is clearly more efficient and effective. Some of that no doubt to being in his third year and sitting his second, but evidence suggests Gunderson is not effective at his job…too many spices, no recipe.
If the offensive gameplan looks more coherent, and passing game improves, then maybe Langsdorf is having a positive impact…
“Should we game plan for the QB that can’t throw? Or the QB that can’t throw, BUT HAS TWO LEGS THAT APPARENTLY ARE USED FOR MORE THAN STANDING?”
MM makes a bronze statue look like Fred Astaire. And why is the biggest dude on our side of he line, completely unable to move the ball forward more than 6 inches on a dive or qb sneak? Is that guy made of marshmallow?
But if they don’t have to respect Johnson’s throwing, they can negate his running….
Seems to throw a nice ball to me
Come on Obj, do you think anyone respects MM throwing?
He throws a nice pass occasionally, but just as many that hit the WRs feet or sail over their heads, maybe more. He needs to have his feet set completely. He doesn’t improvise, or can’t. Any pressure on him and he panics, generally has poor pocket awareness, and on the instances where a lane is open to run… he WON’T run. I shouldn’t say won’t, more like doesn’t, probably because his feet are in cement and he goes down harder and faster than Monica Lewinsky.
Probably a nice kid, looks good getting off the bus, can throw a nice spiral with no pressure, but with this line, this team, the play calling and his deficiencies…Meh!
Hey, be nice. It’s hard to throw a football while backpedaling!
I don’t think either of them do consistently.
So opponents play the run, even if Johnson is the runner. Make him prove he can run and throw well for his entire playing time. Seems like a safe play.
RE Dodgers:
The cold-hearted reality is that the Dodgers’ offense has struggled this postseason ever since their wild-card series against Cincinnati.
The only time they’ve scored more than five runs in their other 12 postseason games, it took them 18 innings to accomplish the feat.
Their pitching has carried them this entire postseason and Shohei Ohtani has camouflaged their flaws.
The Dodgers have scored just 45 runs since the wild-card round, averaging 3.7 runs a game. The Blue Jays, by comparison have scored nearly twice as many runs with 94.
They are hitting just .220 since the NL Division Series, .214 in the World Series, and .183 with runners in scoring position. They managed just six hits Tuesday, with only one for extra bases.
Not great,” said Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy, who produced the lone extra-base hit with a ninth-inning double. “We’re missing on the big opportunities, myself included. I’m one of the big culprits of that. I’ve had some opportunities that I haven’t cashed in.
“We’ve got to get the big hit.”
Seems to reflect some of the comments here about the lack of swinging for contact instead of just HRs, bunting…
“https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2025/10/29/shohei-ohtani-dodgers-stats-world-series-blue-jays/86958474007/”
Pretty much sums it up much like the beavers from last season….everyone is swinging for the fences. Dodgers need to make some off season moves for high average hitters.
How does Navy get in top 25 without NIL and the transfer portal? Coaching and roster stability, scheme, schedule “strength?”
Unlimited roster size?
They haven’t exactly played murderer’s row up to this point, but their next 5 games are all tougher than the first 7. Will be impressive if they can maintain a top 25 spot the next few weeks.
Add “intelligence” to that list. They don’t let dum dums into that academy.
I think at all the academies things like roster stability, a long time in the same program, maturity, dedication to a team mentality are going to help. They will miss out on the most of the highest rate players but it’s a different mindset.
Roster stability is right. Starters been in the program a long time. Their best players aren’t leaving every season for a 100k NIL deals either.
Maybe we can require the football team to join the ROTC.
Eggers talks with Akey:
Here’s a snippet, lots more in the piece:
KE: Who will be your starting quarterback Saturday?
RA: You’ve seen us play.
KE: It looks to me as if Gabarri Johnson will be your starter.
RA: Does it? Well, like I said last week, I like both of our quarterbacks (Johnson and Maalik Murphy)….
https://www.kerryeggers.com/stories/with-robb-akey-yesterday-is-history-tomorrow-is-mystery-and-today-is-the-only-thing-i-can-control
“If there’s no point to the ball, there’s no point to the game.” – funny response to question if Akey was second best athlete out of Weber State after Damien Lillard..
Told ya there was more in there!
Example:
KE: Are you interested in becoming the Beavers’ head coach full-time?
RA: One of my goals is to be a head coach again. That doesn’t have anything to do with what is happening now….
KE: Has Scott indicated that you are a candidate for the OSU job?
RA: I’m not going to answer that one
RA: “You’ve seen us play”
KE: “Yes. So I guess you’re only running the ball the rest of the season.”
Louisiana’s governor is losing his shit about the Kelly contract. He says that the AD (Scott Woodward) will not be hiring the next football coach. Also, points out that some of the ADs and Head Coaches have the same agents. Barnes take notice.
Anyone watching the WS think that Daulton Varsho looks like Mitch Canham?
I feel sorry for the poor SOB that ends up with the LSU job. There is going to be hard times on the Bayou with that governor running the show.
Guaranteed money and buyout totals are the only thing to worry about if you are the guy they choose.
You may only get 2 years so plan accordingly lol. Agents and lawyers earn their money with this type of situation.
Thaws all deserve the shit they get for overpaying coaches and having unrealistic expectations.
They base their expectations on the old idea @We’re going to compete for championships on a regular basis!!!”
That’s with built-in SEC advantages.
Now it’s a pro game, with annual free agency. Look at the NFL, and how many teams out of32 regularly compete for championships on a regular basis…there’s a few to several on a cycle of several years….
Get used to it…
As a Raider and Beav fan, all I can do is keep beating my head against a wall
As both as well, I enjoyed the double-bye week. No misery!!!
That was epic, if I had realized earlier in the year I would have scheduled something more interesting than raking leaves
Paul Chryst expressed explicit, respectful interest in the job.
There is allegedly interest in former OSU WR Kevin Cummings, WR coach at UW. He played under Riley in 2010-13, who is on the search committee, so that is a disappointing link. He was an offensive quality control assistant for the Beavers from 2014-16, and he coached receivers at San Jose State and Arizona before joining coach Jedd Fisch at Washington. His ability to put together a good staff seems like a risk too?
Georgia DB coach Williams is apparently a candidate, and considered a great recruiter.
A great recruiter with unlimited NIL funds. Recruting now is just how much money can you throw at any one recruit.
I agree. I don’t think the Beavs need a coach who’s a great recruiter. Recruiting is no longer primarily about relationships and whether the player likes the coach. Its transactional. What’s the deal worth? OSU’s ability to recruit will be directly related to how much NIL money they have available.
If anything they need a coach who is a great evaluator of talent so when the Beavs do spend money, there are fewer misses like we’re seeing with MM.
Still need a great recruiter. What makes a recruiter great is the ability to connect with the athletes and their family. You need a sales person who has a personality that can sell himself, the scheme, the school and Corvallis. Kids need a reason to consider Oregon State. This ability is what makes a great recruiter great.
Ryan Clarke reporting on coaching search, looks like a list of different types and out of coaching central casting…
Chryst…Former Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst tells Clarke he is interested in the Oregon State job. “Oregon State is a special place, and I would like to coach again,” Chryst wrote. “Out of respect for OSU and the search process, that is all that I believe I should comment on.” OK retread box is checked.
Brennan Marion … Marion was also among the candidates for the OSU job last time around. Did I miss that? Is he talking about when Bray was hired? Wild. Anyway, up and coming coach, and seems like if he interviewed last time he may still have interest but may have more opportunities now as well. Yond coach check box, checked.
Vigen…has been floated from the beginning of OSU’s coaching search. Proven track record, FCS head coach, check.
Orgeron…Another, proven track record, 100 years ago. More retread, big name, check
Kevin Cummings WR coach at UW…no head coaching, gotta pass for now, but Beav check box marked off.
Donte Williams associate HC, Georgia…Here’s your out of the box check box
Oh, forgot to add this list, see if you can spot the troll addition
Other names to watch in the OSU coaching search:
Bronco Mendenhall (HC, Utah State)
Ryan Grubb (OC, Alabama)
Kirby Moore (OC, Missouri)
Bryan Harsin (OC, California)
Jason Eck (HC, New Mexico)
Tim Plough (HC, UC Davis)
Jonathan Smith (HC, Michigan State)
There is a lot of love for Eck here and on X. Why? Record is OK but not amazing considering his schedules. Just can’t imagine he would jump to OSU. Is it really a promotion anymore? A few years ago, sure it was but its really a lateral move today in the minds of most. Hate to say that but times are tough.
It’s not a lateral move, but I agree that Eck isn’t all that. He has shown he’s competent, but not that he’s better than average. Maybe he is and hasn’t yet established himself at any one place yet. But that’s not a chance we need to be taking. I’d rather have Chryst, at that point.
OSU’s athletic budget is larger than New Mexico and NM State’s budgets combined, and has double the media market. Eck would potentially double his salary by getting hired at OSU… this is not a lateral move.
Has anyone heard a firm hiring timeline? Will they wait until season is over, then try to get someone quickly for recruiting purposes? Sooner?
If we are hiring someone that currently has a job, we won’t hear anything until the day before their last game… if the Jonathan Smith script is followed.
I’d expect that if they decide a guy like Chryst is their guy the hire happens before the season is over.
If it’s anyone currently coaching somewhere in FBS i’d expect to hear the news within 48 hours of that teams last regular season game.
An FCS coach likely wouldn’t be announced till after the team is done with the playoffs. But I think the rumors would be swirling and we’d basically know under this scenario before it’s made official.
No to any recycled coaches.2-6 on the list would most likely work but I’d opt for anyone 3-6.
Still need a great recruiter. What makes a recruiter great is the ability to connect with the athletes and their family. You need a sales person who has a personality that can sell himself, the scheme, the school and Corvallis. Kids need a reason to consider Oregon State. This ability is what makes a great recruiter great.
Nebraska probably got nervous…extended Rhule two years, increased his buyout from $5M to $15M:
“The extension comes on the heels of Rhule being connected to the Penn State opening following the school’s firing of James Franklin. Rhule graduated from Penn State and is close friends with athletic director Pat Kraft, whom he worked with at Temple.
Rhule has led Nebraska to a 6-2 record in his third season with the program. The Cornhuskers went to their first bowl game since 2016 last season and won their first postseason game since 2015.”
LOL, TPB of Big Red. Rhule isn’t much better than Franklin was, but Penn St thought he could change them. So Nebraska over-reacts and digs a deeper hole for themselves in the long run too. They will regret that extension, as Rhule will continue to lose close games and eventually his Mahomes clone will depart for greener pastures or the draft.
These schools are in a very tricky spot and it won’t be possible for everyone to win big. Many schools that have traditionally won because of inherent advantages will suddenly be susceptible to wild swings of misfortune simply because of player movement. It will suck a lot of money out of their overall athletic budgets just to roll over coaches every couple of years.
Saban could come out of retirement and make 15 a year
The fact that the governor of Louisiana has injected himself into the current coaching controversy at LSU is interesting. I guess he will be playing a huge part in the next coaches selection. These state-run schools need to remember where the money comes from initially; the taxpayer. Donors, both corporate and personal, are great, but there is just so much money to go around – it’s not endless and the well can run dry pretty fast. You can only squeeze the season ticket holder so much until they cry ‘uncle’.
Yeah, football becoming increasingly disconnected from the institution and their missionsIt’s almost like the institution should lease the state facilities to the donors controlling the team….then team’s can move around when they want a better deal like NFL teams do! Ha!
Didn’t Angry once suggest the Beavers should play home games in Portland to increase exposure, alumni attendance? Not unreasonable logistically given the team goes to a hotel the night before home games anyway(?). Only downside might have been student section attendance…
Huskies and Cougs play at Lumen Field occasionally. Saw the Beavs play the Cougs there as well as the Cougs were trying to get their westside alumni more interested in the team – didn’t have to make the trek out to Pullman. I watched the Beavs play a Joe Capp coached Cal team play in Multnomah Stadium (Providence Park). It was a pretty good venue and I even think we won?
The problem now is that OSU has invested so much into Reser Stadium they can’t afford to miss a home game there and play outside of Corvallis.
“Rhule is 18-15 in 33 career games at Nebraska, including 12-15 vs. power conference schools. He has never beaten a ranked team at Nebraska, seven consecutive losses by an averaged of 18 points per game.
He’s 0-2 against rival Iowa, and hasn’t remotely closed the gap with the elite of the Big Ten.
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…the Huskers, ladies and gentlemen, are 1-7 in November games under Rhule.
In other words, you’re extending a coach who could easily produce another 7-5 season. Or worse.
Nebraska added two years at the 2030 salary, so technically it’s not a pay raise. It’s just adding $25 million — of which 90 percent is guaranteed — to the contract of a coach who’s 0-for-Minnesota.
So Rhule’s buyout if he is fired without cause has just increased by $22.5 million. The school has not released details of the extension that would change that arrangement.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2025/10/31/nebraska-extends-coach-matt-rhule-college-football-buyouts/86991213007/
Rhule is being rewarded for mediocrity and, I guess, the potential for future success. The TPB fanbase still thinks Nebby should play for a National Championship every year, so he had better be able to compete with Ohio St and Oregon soon.
I hope Dabo goes to LSU. It would be a dumpster fire.
LSU stuff is fun. No President, no AD and no coach. We thought OSU was a mess! Sounds like the Governor wants to change the hiring narrative for all of college football and pay a low salary with high incentives. No big name coach will end up there and LSU will offer a FCS coach or coordinator. Someone will jump at the opportunity to coach LSU for 2 million with incentives up to 10 million. Have success and move on to get you huge guaranteed salary. Governor might be turning LSU into a stepping stone job.
An alternative characterization might be that the governor remembers LSU is a university, not a football team.
“LSU is a university, not a football tram.”
That won’t land well in the South. There will be rioting.
Kim Mulkey even skipped a post exhibition game presser, “she’s heartbroken” after AD was fired. Pretty serious if Kim skips a spotlight opportunity!
https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/breaking-news/article/shes-heartbroken-kim-mulkey-doesnt-attend-postgame-news-conference-shortly-after-lsu-fires-ad-scott-woodward-124800350.html
That was just a stupid firing. The guy is a stellar fundraiser. They’ve had several NCAA Championships under him in sports other than football. And he was working to raise funds for their hoops arena, which is in dire need of renovation. The way Mulkey feels is probably the way a lot of high value boosters feel. A lot of fans are just dejected, at this point.
The Guv is now going to find it hard to hire anyone of the quality expected at LSU. It’s amazingly making Brian Kelly look like a saint, compared to what’s going on.
Makes sense to me. You win, you get paid. Crazy what coaching salaries have become.
Names listed above from Olive/orangejulius:
Chryst- not interested, game passed him by in real time at Wiscy, why do we need to prove it again at OSU?
Marrion- not interested, hyped but not proven at all, and connected to UNLV program is a no-go for me
Cummings- absolutely not interested, Riley connection, no HC experience again, move along
Donte Williams- not interested without doing any research, no HC experience again, no thanks
Ryan Grubb- not interested again, no HC experience and not a fan of the DeBoer crew
Kirby Moore- not interested again No HC experience, not sure if he would be interested in OSU either
Brent Vigen-may be a great to mediocre hire, has a proven track record and is a winner in FCS
Ed Orgeron- maybe a disastrous hire along the lines of Chryst, maybe the game has passed him by, not sure about him
Bronco Mendenhall- not interested, former Beav does nothing for me at this point, and he hasn’t been too successful without 25yr olds on the roster
Bryan Harsin- may be a good option for a career redemption arc, has something to prove, Chris Peterson tree is hopeful
Jason Eck- may be the diamond who hasn’t been plucked yet, small sample size at NM but might be a good budget option
Tim Plough- same as Eck, may be the best budget option with a system and some success as HC
Jonathon Smith- Program ending hire, absolutely disastrous if Barnes even considers it, not a serious conjecture to me
I think Barnes will be exposed as a fraud eventually. He will need to be more adaptable to OSU coaching situations than he has proven to be in the past. OSU needs a coach who can evaluate talent, adapt a proven scheme to different talent year by year, and has a proven HC track record. Barnes needs to keep[ a regular list of these coaches from lower ranks as potential replacements at all times. If he expects to be hiring winners who can thrive in the new PAC12, he must expect that they will get poached in short order and be prepared for it. I have my doubts.
OSU also needs to figure out the football GM role/NIL budget mesh pretty soon. I think it is a coin flip between Eck and Plough as I think about Barnes. Just the cheapest option for now will be the path taken.
Next to last paragraph is spot on, especially “a coach who can evaluate talent”.
BTW: Angry must still be recovering from the bike ride, I’ll put up a new thread this evening if he doesn’t. Can’t fail to have a thread dedicated to the PAC2 showdown!
Well he did go on a date while on his trip. Maybe he’s recovering.
Lotta time in the saddle? Legs weak?
I’m interested in Marion, he gives off, “I’ll build it rather the school likes it or not” vibes to me.
He might be my preferred choice.
Uniforms: white/black/white, numerals have camouflage pattern, as does the golf-club-head beaver on the helmet…
At UCLA, Bruins apparently want to leave rose bowl for so-fi?
“The Rose Bowl and city of Pasadena, California, have filed a lawsuit against UCLA, accusing the university of trying to break its lease with the stadium and move its home games to SoFi Stadium.
The complaint, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Wednesday, Oct. 30 and obtained by USA TODAY Sports, aims to force UCLA to honor its contract with the stadium and city, which keeps the Bruins playing their home games at the historic venue through 2044. The University of California Regents are also named as a defendant. The Los Angeles Times first reported the news.”
I have the Sam Houston/La Tech game on in the background as I hand out candy. SHSU is bad. Don’t want to jinx it, but if the Beavs don’t win this game by at least three touchdowns….odd thing is that they went 10-3 last year and were a solid Group of Five team. No idea what happened to them.
NIL
Game thread up now.