Merry X-Mas every one and all. May our suffering as Beavs fans be… reduced? (I mean, we’re in the shitty hellscape of “college” football. My next Christmas wish is that we get rid of Tinkle next!
A little behind on things, but has the rest of JMS’s staff been filled out? I think most of the staff was figured out, but I felt like there’s still a secondary coach we need? I’m intrigued by the hires so far, seems like a decent mix of experience and youthful energy. I’m interested to hear what y’all think.
Probably Whit saw how easy it was for JS to cash out the Michigan St fanbase while losing 2/3 of his games. Why wouldn’t he take a shot at his own retirement plan and go cash out Michigan alums for about 3 years and a hefty payday.
It isn’t sustainable for these schools to have huge buyouts for overpaid coaches every 2-3 years, but if the timing is right and he can get in on it, good luck to him.
Maybe he thinks it provides him a realistic opportunity to win a national championship. He got go #4/#2 in 08 after a sugar bowl win over Alabama, won 2 PAC championships in ’21 and ’22.
I sometimes thought he benefited from older players, particularly on the lines. But with NIL, players stick around longer, so he can pay for them….
Yeah, he wasn’t going to get there with Utah. There’s some chatter that he was actually fired/pushed out by the Utah administration. Find that hard to believe. I’m sure he’s looking at it as a final chance. He always struck me as youthful for his age. As a side note, he was very nice to my son at a Ute football camp many years ago, personally fixing his helmet!
Apparently the coach in waiting that he set up ten years ago–and had been telling for five years that maybe this year will be his last–made noises about going somewhere else when Whitt approached the school for a five year extension.
Lucky break for Michigan, tried to get the new shiny thing but got turned down. Gets an established coach with little or no baggage. Coaches players up really well.
Is he too old? Cignetti is two years younger. So no.
Was off the grid in the UP of Michigan. Miracle win in a game that we deserved to lose; the season in a nutshell. 8-5 record and they only played well against Nebraska and Wisconsin. Helped that we have generally played lower teams with the exception of Auburn in the Citrus Bowl, but it still is an accomplishment. Fleck had been able to keep the team focused for these games, but clearly not this year. NIL and all that crap had to play a part. I hate what has become of college football! The Cignetti effect finally forced him to fire several underperforming coaches after the game. Special teams were a nightmare almost approaching Beaver level of futility!
Mizzou who arguably has the best duo running back combo in all college football has no downfield passing game and is struggling to move the ball downfield. Sound familiar??? In Mizzous defense, they are down to a third string freshman QB.
I knew Sean Mannion wanted to coach when he was done playing, I always figured it would be HS. As the QB coach for Green Bay, he could be someone’s OC next season.
I’m sure the financial situation of the Athletic Dept. has been discussed, but considering the decrease in TV money, the loss of ticket revenue due to the horrible season, and the “split” of the $800k Wazzu took home from Boise (minus expenses of course) and the ongoing litigation with the Mountain West (with a trial date set for 2027!), forget NIL, the program itself is in desperate need of cash. Wouldn’t be surprised if they cut a varsity sport.
Ok. So this is stupid… But can we meme the ducks out of relevance? What if we just double blown… We get everyone to reply to everything about the ducks with… ‘I don’t know where in Ohio ‘Oregon’ plays’. Years, t shirts, eventually billboards. It’s silly, but memes are more powerful than facts. Oregon is just like Miami Ohio.
These appear to be edge cases and only granted eligibility because of NIL rule changes. Guys who went from high school to gleague and did not sign an nba contract, looks like the NCAA is giving them a waiver for eligibility. They are eligible for 4 years minus the number of years in the g league. So there aren’t that many of these guys. And there won’t be anymore new ones as NIL killed the gleague team created for guys who did not want to go to college.
Another case is at Baylor, where a guy who was drafted (but did not sign) is eligible to play. Did play pro overseas but that has never mattered much in the past.
Only a handful of guys with these backgrounds but a potential huge advantage to the teams who can get them as they are essentially 5 star prospects with high level experience
Lotsa players bailing on coach Slime at Colorado, over 30 leaving Iowa State, Okie State appears to leading with over 40 players leaving so far…B12 might be a good source of linemen…
The Seahawks are rolling and their defense is very tough. If SF beats the bears tonight, it sets up a showdown next week for #1 seed and the division title at stake. Go hawks!
Well, he’s had a few tough games, but he has made big plays when it has counted. Purdy for SF threw a pick 6 today so it happens to virtually every QB in the NFL. SF has a great offense and they’ll have home field advantage vs the hawks but I like the better defense in this one and that appears to be Seattle.
Darnold leads all nfl qbs with 20 turnovers this season. That defense is the reason they’re 13-3. But my drothers say the buck stops on Saturday and they’ll be relegated to the wild card round.
In the never-ending Big Tinks saga…..the Beavs trail by 30 at home against Santa Clara in their WCC opener with about 13 minutes left. Nice start to league play, the new P-12 is going to be brutal.
I actually forgot about the game and then remembered, so I only watched a few minutes in the second half. I was curious if there was any momentum from the upset win last week. Short answer….no. I just saw that the final was 102-64. What a home game embarrassment.
I’ve been saying it for years.
Tinkle is as much of a grift on OSU as Riley. A slightly different approach but a grift nonetheless. Tinkle wouldn’t be hired by any other school if he were fired from OSU, but we get to watch the abomination on repeat for almost 10 years now. Even the Elite 8 run was in spite of Tinkle, in my view. I’m still not sure how that team got to the Elite 8.
Between Barnes and Tinkle, they have pretty much stolen $20 million from OSU through malfeasance and generally poor performance without consequences.
Interesting article on Indiana QB Mendoza’s background:
“After his road trip through the Southeast with Robinson netted no scholarships, Dunn, his coach, reached out to more than 50 contacts he knew in college football programs, asking if anyone needed a quarterback. Not a single one was interested.
“I called everybody I knew and nobody would bite,” Dunn said. “It was very frustrating.”
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Out of the 1 million high school football players, only 7.5% will make it to the college level. Just 3% will play on a Division I team, according to an NCAA analysis.
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Mendoza graduated Columbus High with a 4.86 cumulative GPA and 12 advance-placement courses. But he was only a 2-star football prospect, ranked 2,149th nationally and 140th among quarterbacks by 247Sports, which ranks high school athletes.
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As Mendoza entered his senior year, processing his mom’s MS diagnosis and having no offers from top schools weighed on the young athlete, though his outward appearance remained unflinchingly positive, said Robinson, his speed and conditioning coach.
“Fernando overcame a lot,” he said. “And he’s still doing it. He’s beating the odds.”
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Last year, Mendoza chose to transfer to Indiana University to play under head coach Curt Cignetti – and with younger brother Alberto. Still two classes shy of graduating from the (CAL) Haas School of Business, Mendoza appealed to the dean, requesting to make up the courses remotely.
The school’s leaders designed a video-conferencing option so that Mendoza could finish his classes and get his degree – the first time such an option was offered to a transferring student, Etter said.
“To Fernando, that degree was very, very important,” he said.
Here’s Moore hype from USAToday I don’t get given his lack of consistent production the last three years:
” QB Dante Moore, Oregon
Mendoza may be more polished right now, but Moore has a higher ceiling. The 20-year-old has great deep passing skills, good arm talent and the best mobility of the 2026 NFL Draft’s top quarterbacks, which could make him a big-time playmaker. He completed 72.4% of his passes for 3,046 yards, 28 touchdowns and eight interceptions while replacing Dillon Gabriel and leading Oregon to another strong season.”
His FR year he was INT prone, last year he sat, this year he was productive…
Lol as Rams get beat by the Falcons after trailing 24-3, Rams make a great comeback to tie it 24-24 only to see Atlanta kick and 51 yard game winner with 26 seconds left crushing the rams hopes for a shot at a division title
Well we are at the lowest point and I’d hope most of the roster can just move along to other schools.
Sheppard can hopefully evaluate, recruit and coach up a roster better than what Bray & Co served up the last 2 years.
Not the sleuth that Nicebeaver is, but I try to keep a Twitter list of portal players that more than one of our current staff follows. Some have started to announce their three visits and some announce each time a school offers, so I think it will get hot-n-heavy this weekend.
Apparently Iowa St only has 16 players still on their roster. Mass amounts of players transferring or graduating since the end of their season, Campbell leaving.
Pretty insane.
At least it was Roger’s dream job…
Portal opening Friday, let’s see where the roster is,
This is very rough math
113 players listed on the 2025 roster. Beavs were over the 105 limit this year as players who would have been cut due to the limit got a waiver. I believe this applied to mostly walk ons.
17 seniors departing incl Walker who has a year left but is transferring. Add 11 announced to enter the portal.
84 left. So 21 spots left as the roster cap hardens each year. Not sure who all got a waiver. But if most stay, I think the Beavs can go over the limit again as those with waivers don’t count against the limit. Can always use more practice bodies.
I expect more guys to hit the portal. My guess is Shephard needs to add 30 or so guys. It’s going to be a strong test of his reputation.
Add Clemons. He had such a high ceiling but just couldn’t stay healthy. I thought he and Walker might stay due to Shephard being a so called WR whisperer. Guess not.
Kennedie Shuler is really playing ng well on both sides of the court. She had at least two blocked shots,ba few steals and I’m not sure how many points. Beavs now 10-5 on the season and really showing some mud season form
MBB continues it’s Jekyll and Hyde performances with a 70-62 win at Gill against a now 9-5 USF team. Could this team be any more unpredictable than getting blown out by SC and then beating a decent USF team?
Based on all of the ESPN mouthpieces like Feinbaum, we can predict which teams ESPN prefers to win in the SEC Invitational over the next 2 days.
If they get their way:
Ohio State
Alabama
Georgia
Oregon
I’m hoping for:
Miami
Indiana
Ole Miss
Texas Tech
It would definitely upset the SEC/ESPN ratings narrative to have the less preferred SEC/Big10 options along with the Big12/ACC representatives still in.
I would really enjoy watching Indiana win a National Championship as an incredible story that runs counter to any ESPN spin. But I kind of want to see Texas Tech vs Miami final just to see how badly ESPN is willing to trash its own coverage to downplay the reality that the SEC isn’t playing in it.
I figure the close calls will favor group one as a rule.
ESPN has such an unbelievable conflict of interest by basically setting it all up, then steering the choices of teams and then pretending to be impartial as a broadcasting company simply “covering the sports news” of today.
The Disney empire needs to be dismantled and ESPN should go back to sportscenter and not be allowed to enter into contracts with conferences. Oh well.
I want Alabama. We got a 2 loss NC last year, it’s time for a 3 loss one!
I love that everyone complains just as much, if not more, about the playoff everytime it gets bigger because they demanded it be “settled on the field”
I’m ready for every 7 won P4 team to get an auto bid. Only a matter of time.
I’m looking for the day a kid gets 4-5 years of college ball $$$, then says “no thanks” to the NFL which has less favorable employee movement. Ha! The money and lifestyle would be too hard to pass up…imagine making $10-12M by the time you’re in your early-mid 20’s, investing it properly, and seeing the world and enjoying life with your health intact…not another 4 years (ave NFL career?) of concussion risk and bodily abuse.
Rough math with these numbers, assuming a starter at each position plus a few more at key spots. 2 QBs, 1 RB, 1 TE, 3 WRs, 5 OL, 4 DL, 3 LB, 4 CB, 2 S, 1 K, 1 P.
if you go with entirely high end numbers, it would be about $36 million a year.
Low end, around $7 million.
The numbers for the low end make sense for the Beavs. It’s realistically more, maybe 10-11 million when accounting for the full roster. New GM needs to have a good moneyball strategy with his budget. If he can identify the right players for the right price, would seem like Shephard could close the deal.
Whatever is left from the overall NIL budget can be fought over by the rest of the sports. I doubt many will get anything outside of basketball.
Interesting. Seems to line up with the Texas Tech model this year as their roster is reportedly in $35M range. Also lines up with media reports that most of our competition in the new Pac 12 are or are aiming for rosters in the $6M range.
LSU
Missouri
Texas A&M
Vanderbilt
Tennessee
All losers from SEC
So far only these teams have won:
Alabama
Ole Miss
Georgia
Texas (maybe)
SEC is so overhyped it is ridiculous. I think Alabama and Georgia are out after tomorrow too. The SEC has had poor qb play all season but ESPN needed to hype the entire conference as a means of bouncing back from the no show of last season playoffs. Fraud conference with a fraud network backing them.
Is it weird that I woke up feeling stressed out for Coach Shephard last night?
Not sure why exactly, but he has such a huge task ahead of him trying to rebuild this roster from essential scratch, with limited resources and an extremely unexperienced staff.
I know he’s a hard working and energetic guy, but this us the type of job that can humble that type of personality quickly.
Best of luck to Coach Shephard in the 2026
He’s gonna need it.
Big oil versus clothing and sports apparel meet in the Orange Bowl. I think shoes beat oil 24-21.
Too bad for the Beavers that potato salad and computer chips won’t ante up.
It looks like NIKE is finally going to be able to buy themselves a “Natty” this is not a positive way for Beaver Nation to start out the New Year. I hate what college football has become. No limit or salary cap, the team with the most money to pay for players, wins. Nobody is out spending NIKE on NIL. They end up getting the ultimate prize and reward for it. College football is ruined for me and apathy is my way of coping.
For how athletic Texas Tech looks on defense, their offense is the polar opposite. It’s like they bought half of a very good team and ignored the other half.
Lanning might blow the game with his arrogance. Their defense is playing lights out, kick the field goals in the first half. Quacks could be up 9-0. Do the ESPN hacks seem more excited when the Quacks make a nice play?
Yeah, was shocked how bad TT QB played. He was awful! To win it all you have to have very good to great QB play. TT had a pretty good defense but zero offense. You gotta score to win no matter how great your defense is.
The specific quote from their coach going into halftime was that they needed to produce on O, because the D couldn’t sustain the amount of time they were spending on the field.
Honestly, it was shitty football from both offenses. Nikegon just got a lot of short fields.
I take satisfaction knowing how much some rich moron in Texas wasted paying a bunch of college students to play a child’s game and he has nothing to show for it.
He’ll spend more next year and buy a full team. Proof of concept shows bug boost in NIL spending makes previously irrelevant programs relavant. Spending a little more will make them legitimate title contenders as soon as next season.
UO looks to have some pretty damn big linemen these days…I’ve not watched them in some time, but their lines look bigger than peak Chip Kelly/ Helfrich seasons(?).
I think we must acknowledge that Lanning at least knows where to begin with the roster and has stayed the course with his plan.
Of course they get all of the offensive talent they want because of the Chipster reputation that every national pundit has caricatured as Duck football. But Lanning came in understanding SEC defenses.
I’m more surprised that they have hit on multiple OCs/transfer QBs for the last 4 years.
I don’t think they can beat Indiana anyway, but mid season I had a concern that Nike may actually get their long coveted natty this year.
Another interesting nugget about NikeU is the variety of coaches they have had in the last 20 or so years.
Chip gave them and offensive reputation.
Helfrich was a dud.
Cristobal left them with a mindset for tough oline men.
Taggart was a shady recruiter, nothing new for them
Lanning us brought defensive mentality.
Somehow the ducks have managed to keep key aspects of each of those different approaches as a program personality.
Meanwhile the Beavs are just trying to get beyond Mike Riley.
Rumored as a possible OSU transfer, so luck o the Beavs means he’ll lead Bama to a comeback win and become unattainable for the Beavs and then go on to replace Moore at oregon.
Ducks will probably get that Nebraska QB if Moore leaves for draft.
Meanwhile, TT already saying they’ll double down on next year’s roster…so maybe THEY’LL get Nebraska’s QB….compared to Mahomes, go to Mahome’s college….
Austin Mack in at QB for Alabama and looks decent. For everyone who thinks he’s coming to OSU because Shephard recruited him to UW and Alabama, I think that pipe dream is officially over. If he’s not starting at Alabama next year he’ll have a lot of suitors I assume now.
Nike is most likely going to win it all unfortunately. Everything is set for them to become the poster boys of ABC/ESPN. If Indiana wins, they play NIKE again and statically teams have a lesser chance of beating teams twice. ESPN ratings would love nothing more than Oregon vs. Georgia. Lanning vs Smart. Apprentice vs Mentor. East coast vs West coast. Etc. it’s all aligning for them. They’ve been buying players for years, and now the rules allow it. Modern “money ball” plays into their hands. It’s sickening how the only way they’re able to accomplish this, comes at the demise of college football through ultimate corruption and commercialization. Cheaters prosper and the good guys lose in the end. It just feels so wrong, but that’s the way it is. This is why I refuse to support and participate in college “money ball” I used to love college football. The Beavers have no chance in this “money ball” era, even if they were to have a perfect undefeated season. It’s one B1G (SEC) club and the Beavs aren’t in it!
All the UO/OSU discrepancies are brought into very specific relief: OSU wins 2 games on a laughable schedule, fires their coach, has an old, verbose interim…UO goes to playoffs, defeats TT 23-0…next fall, TT will destroy the beavers in Corvallis…
Indy is going to take Oregon to the woodshed again…Indy is that freaking good. Great defense, great offense, great coach and great QB…TT was a good defensive team but their offense and QB was not even average. Different story with Indy as they are going to win the title.
I inadvertently posted TT defense stats but I meant Indy defense:
Indiana Hoosiers football team had a strong defensive showing in the 2025 season, allowing an average of only 257.2 total yards per game, ranking them fourth in the nation in total defense. The team was particularly effective against the run, permitting just 77.6 rushing yards per game.
First time they played the ducks, they held them to 87 rushing yards, 269 total yards and 20 points and 6 of those on a pick 6. They completely shutdown Alabama today. I’d say that’s a pretty solid defense. Here are their stats for 2025:
the 2025 season, the Texas Tech Red Raiders defense performed strongly, ranking highly nationally by allowing around 266 total yards per game, leading the country in rushing defense (around 70 yards allowed), and ranking top 25 in passing defense, giving up roughly 186 yards per game and limiting passing touchdowns. Key stats include forcing about 2.3 turnovers per game and committing fewer penalties than opponents, demonstrating a well-rounded defensive unit.
Key Defensive Statistics (2025 Season Averages)
Total Yards Allowed: ~266.1 yards per game (ranked highly nationally).
Rushing Yards Allowed: ~71.8 yards per game (ranked 1st nationally).
Passing Yards Allowed: ~194.3 yards per game (ranked 24th nationally).
Completion Percentage Allowed: ~58.2%.
Passing Touchdowns Allowed: ~1.0 per game (tied 8th fewest).
Turnovers Forced: ~2.3 per game.
Penalties Committed: ~1.6 per game (fewer than opponents).
Paul Fienbaum is likely apoplectic and should be watched closely near overpasses in Tuscaloosa, if they have any overpasses. LOL
Certainly ESPN will instantly begin the “Reviving the SEC” media blitz.
Now the best outcome is for Georgia to lose to Ole Miss, Nike to lose to IU, Miami to beat Ole MIss. If Miami and IU meet in the finals, I would be happy. Wouldn’t really care who won it at that point, other than Super Mario will be out-coached by Cignetti even if Cignetti is sleeping on the sidelines.
Beavs have no shot to ever be competitive in the current era. It is over, no matter who is coaching or what players show up to VFC. Unless and until a billionare donates substantially to OSU athletics, Beavs are toast and will be destroyed like Tulane…
I’ve got a question for all of you. How accurate are the recruiting rankings? Do they even matter? Indiana last five classes average 45.2, Alabama last five classes average 1.4
I think a team needs a coach that can communicate and push the buttons to get players to respond. Cignetti obvously can. The players that are recruited need to have a base level of skill. After that, it’s effort and discipline. Indiana is proof of concept.
What concerns me in regards to OSU- not enough ‘Aiden Sullivan Attitude’ type of guys. Too many soft, entitled kids that wanna get paid but avoid collisions. Indiana has many of the former, few of the latter.
Under Shephard I’m hoping the Beavs can get the players needed, decent to good athletic ability with very good mindset, to give the new Pac-12 a run.
Check how many transfers Indiana has and the roles they play on that team. Unless recruiting rankings take into account transfers, then the correlation to success is much smaller than it used to be.
Mendoza looked pretty good as the starter at Cal. Nearly beat the Beavs in his first start in 2023 if I recall. Cignetti definitely feasting in the transfer portal age at Indiana. I read somewhere Mark Cuban and some other Indiana alums started pouring in NIL money the last 2-3 years.
Interesting article on how Indiana football has emerged in the NIL era. A huge part of it is excellent coaching for sure, but $$$$$ especially NIL$ committed to the program is a huge part too.
I think class calculations are just the “new” entrants into NCAA college football gor a specific year.
So highschool, JUCO and returning mission kids. But not transfers. They calculate transfer classes separately. In reality, transfers are the majority of contributing players on remaining the playoff teams.
Kindof crazy how AI slop has so easily replaced human slop with college recruiting edits.
I asked Grok(the Twitter AI bot) to take an existing Austin Mack photo and place him in am Oregon State uniform. Something that would take a graphic artist a couple hours a few years ago now only takes a few seconds. And it’s really not too “sloppy”.
And after making the edit, the AI bot engaged with me in a conversation about Oregon State’s QB recruiting.
It’s a bizarre world.
Is it safe to think anyone entering the portal now has had conversations with the new staff and were encouraged to depart?
If so these are good developments and may mean JMS has others waiting in the wings for those spots and NIL money. Waiting for MM to enter the potty for sure. Hoping that the Mack rumors are accurate.
I think the Mack rumors were started here since Shephard recruited him to UW and then followed him and Deboer to Alabama. Can’t see him leaving Alabama to go to OSU especially if he has a chance to start next year as the current starter for Alabama might be one of the first 5 QBs taken in the draft. Hope I’m wrong because right now we might have to start Murphy again.
“The Beavers (8-8, 1-2 WCC) fell 84-53 to the Tigers (10-6, 1-2), shooting just 36% from the field as the game slipped further and further away in the second half.”
One of JMS’s guys at ‘Bama entered the portal today, any chance he’ll head to the best college town?
Jalen Hale spent three seasons at Alabama after signing with the program as part of the 2023 recruiting class, he chose the Crimson Tide over offers from programs including Georgia, Southern Cal, and Texas.
6’1″ 197 lb WR….held back by injury. Out of high school:
“One of the most explosive athletes in the 2023 recruiting class … a three-sport star at Longview High School where he excelled in football, basketball and track and field … No. 42 nationally on the 247Composite and the No. 7 wide receiver … the On3 Consensus ranked him as the No. 49 player nationally, No. 9 receiver and No. 6 player in Texas … Rivals.com’s No. 36 player on the Rivals100, the No. 6 receiver and the No. 10 player in Texas …”
The men’s basketball team is pretty terrible. But they don’t do themselves any favors by turning off the ability for fans to reply to their social media posts. Pretty cowardly.
I’m torn because my kid wants to go to a men’s basketball game sometime, but I don’t want to support this program under Tinkle. Enough empty seats at Reser helped implement change with football. I’ll end up going to a game, for bonding and creating memories, not to show my support for the current direction OSU men’s basketball.
Pretty much most of Beaver Athletics with the exception of Baseball, will lack the proper funds to compete in this new NIL era regardless of which conference they’re in. If OSU had the money Tinkle would be gone already! Women’s basketball is able to compete because of Scott Rueck and his staff. Once his girls get offered more money even they’re gone. This Wild West, anything goes, no salary cap era with NIL needs regulations. Otherwise the Beavers will forever be bottom dwellers and an afterthought in college athletics. Bowl games are going the way of the dinosaurs and becoming extinct. Teams that are 5-7 are making bowl games and some are facing opponents from their same conference, many teams and players are opting out, what is the point anymore? College football is dead unless your team plays in the SEC (ESPN) or B1G Ten (FOX) the NFL 2.0
I’m waiting for the “blue bloods” to get hit with a tax for spending too much NIL and whatever funds to pay the players. I’m guessing the ncaa or someother corporation to reap those benefits which will be suposedly to help make the playing field more level. Hasn’t seemed to work in the MLB.
The payments to players has gotten totally out of control.
Utah decided instead of hiring former Beaver coach Jonathan Smitb for his OC, they’d go with another former Beaver coach, Kevin McGiven.
We’re about to witness the downfall of Utah football.
Seahawks dominated them and loved when Smith-Nigigma (sp) knocked former Duck secondary player, Lenoir, on his butt as Lenoir tried to get physical and ended up on the ground. Seahawks defense is freaking tough!
On that first drive 1st and goal from the 1 or 2 yard line and you should have told them to run it there bc they ended up with 0 points but fortunately it didn’t cost them.
I’m starting to get nervous with football next season already. Obviously a ton of players are in the portal. I know most think thats a good thing on a 2 win team but a lot of these kids could play and just needed some coaching and a little more talent around them. Always expected with a coaching change but its not looking good. Especially since we have nobody transferring in yet. Hopefully we see that soon and I don’t know if we even have 1 commit yet. Now we are losing new coaches who have only been on campus a couple weeks. What is going on and maybe I’m just overreacting.
“…losing new coaches who have only been on campus a couple weeks.”
And to top it off Inoke’s experience at the campus of The Best College Town goes far beyond the recent “couple weeks”.
Outside chance (WAY outside) that his Riley roots didn’t mesh with JMS? Naw, just follow the $
Well when OSU has been relegated to also-ran status by every media, performance and statistical metric, of course the interest from coaches and players is at an all time low.
The NIL fund is sub-par. The program embarrassed itself for most of 2025. The roster was full of guys who were either coasting or had already quit mid-season.
Any new coaching staff would be faced with a daunting challenge. It isn’t a good look to have new coaches bounce after less than a couple of weeks in VFC. Even worse when it is Inoke, who has seen OSU in prior eras of losing. If he sees it as a bad situation from his own experience, we are in trouble. Other coaches won’t need very long until they will start seeking a way out of Corvallis too.
As far as players and the transfer portal, no one will jump at the chance to sign with OSU right now. We are essentially asking guys to come to OSU for a scholarship circa 1993 without the games against USC et al, because the NIL isn’t there, and neither is that conference.
OSU is waiting for the portal dust to settle and then see who is left to pick over and fill the roster for bottom dollar. We are basically waiting for a roster full of guys no one really wants and didn’t offer any NIL to get.
Basically what we just had last year, lol, or worse.
The only hope for OSU is JMS may have some great connections to guys with no playing experience who want a shot to showcase themselves for a year.
The other hope is that JMS and staff are better at talent evaluation than 120 other D1 schools, and can build a team out of undesirable, unsigned leftovers out of the thousands in the portal, all for minimal NIL.
In all reality, it is over for what we used to think of as OSU football. The prior PAC12 status kept OSU more relevant than anyone realized and that era is never going to return.
As nice as the story is to maintain the new PAC, it is a far cry from before and not what many players are looking for in the NIL era. Just facts.
As always, there will be high character guys who can be the exception and strive for an education as an athlete, or are legacy linked to OSU in some special way, but in the main, one will care about the OSU brand as an actual option compared to any of the P4 schools.
I don’t expect OSU to have a full roster for spring ball, or even until August for fall camp. They will be waiting for player who got passed over by every other school to reach out for a chance. Maybe those guys will be out to prove more, but will there be enough talent to actually matter?
We need to recruit billionaire boosters more than players. Simple as that. Without the booster funds, this program is going to keep sinking. We’re not even treading water at this point.
And make a splash about who those billionaires are apparently. It is now normal to classify a billionaire booster as a pseudo-owner of the football program.
Nike unabashedly did so for a decade before it was actually legal and now here we are with many other schools basically recruiting portal players based on a billionaire’s reputation for flushing money into the football roster on a yearly basis.
Let’s hope Nike has to go back to the portal again to try and buy that championship after IU runs them out of the building this week
Hopefully his departure is some anomaly, though I suspect your concerns are warranted.I would have been good with keeping about a dozen players at least…T’ia, Allah, Hatcher, Freauff, Durant, JoJo Johnson, Thomas Collins, Dexter Foster…some depth guys. There’s not much need for “continuity” given how bad the team was in 2025, but having at least a handful of likley legitimate players that just need better coaching would be beneficial to the program.
What happened to the alleged, forthcoming announcement about some donor(s)? Now would be a good time with the portal open and flooding with players.
As much as the context keeps changing, OSU needs a real business plan, not some in-house AD strategy…they likely need $20M a year, just for football to have a chance at relevancy in today’s college football market.
” The prior PAC12 status kept OSU more relevant than anyone realized and that era is never going to return.”
I think Angry used to make the point that OSU was essentially too happy riding the PAC’s coattails, instead of striking out for excellence. True. The odd upset of USC was feel good/underdog/lunch pail mindset. Need guys like Ralph Miller, Pat Casey, Rueck, that are willing to not only understand there’s more, but know how to get there. Hopefully, Shepard is such a guy.
Also, fair to say that UCLA, Stanford, CAL, don’t seem so relevant without the PAC anymore…MAYBEEE even USC, USC really underperforms given the resources they have….
Hard to read tea leaves, should bear in mind we haven’t inked a defensive coordinator (just co-DC) officially despite reporting that Lance Guidry was the pick.
(I’m happier with having a co-DC as well after reading about the mess at Guidry’s last stop)
Could be any number of reasons why Breckterfield went with Utah.
A few years ago I was much higher on him generally; his unit didn’t fare very well when he switched leagues recently.
Perhaps it is Simi Kuli getting ready to cash in on his NIL dreams after all these years…
Anyway, hearing rumors of a 5* qb from west Texas signing soon- Sydric Finch, all the tools, elite arm, elite speed, a mythical figure in the West Texas high school scene apparently.
We had WRs Aaron Butler and Xayvion Noland on visit this weekend.
Butler was the 4* Texas guy and Noland comes from UTRGV(University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
Noland played HS ball with Louisville transfer QB Deuce Adams who might be a guy they could pursue
Just imagine if an NFL team hires a top college coach, then the dominos can start to fall all over again.
Anyone have a sense how the “NIL-era” is impacting non-revenue sports? Volleyball, gymnastics, wrestling? Seemed to have a good turnout for the meet with Ohio State over the weekend, but are we seeing similar gaps between P4 and G5 in those sports as well?
If we can just keep baseball a top 25 program, trips to Omaha once ever three or four years, I’d be ok with that at this point.
Apparently the Noland move isn’t official.
Reporter said he updated his bio to Beaverfootball, but apparently his bio is now gone.
Might be pulling an Inoke
Idaho LB Dylan Lane has also transferred to OSU.
Former Lake Oswego guy.
We’re essentially recruiting/signing FCS/G5 guys, which is basically where the Beavs fit as a program these days.
Line exception is the Texas WR, who is still not official so can’t really be counted yet.
The FCS Championship Game tonight has been probably the most fun I have had watching college football this year. Interesting to watch Vigen coach his team.
Of the guys who won FCS titles and became head coaches at the FBS level have pretty good records. There are far more guys with success than failures. The most recent guys who have moved up have not embarrassed themselves. Especially guys with NDSU backgrounds which Vigen is.
Only a handful of guys could be considered failures.
Perhaps we are lucky we didn’t get Vigen as a coach. Although Montana State ended up winning the FCS Championship 35-34, they were thoroughly outplayed the 2nd half by Illinois State, who made halftime adjustments that Montana State couldn’t counter the rest of the game. ISU shut off the running game throughout and then tightened up their pass defense by turning up the pressure. And, for some reason Montana State committed 9 (!) false starts in the game. MSU had two-score leads at 14-0, 21-7 and 28-14 and barely eked out the win in OT thanks to a bad snap leading to a blocked FG on a potential game winning FG by ISU late in regulation, and a blocked extra point in the first OT period. The lack of adjustments by Montana State reminded me of J. Smith…..
Agree. Like not solving the cadence problem. Fun 3-play touchdown by MSU in the first half.I wonder if Vigen will stay and if some players will leave MSU. MSU has lots of money but NIL is rarely mentioned. Taco Dowler is 5’9, 165#, always catches the ball and then slithers through the defense. Fun to watch.
But isn’t the point about the final score and outcome? Apparently MSU did just what was need whether it was by 1 point or 21 points. The adjustments don’t matter so long as you score more points than the other team does. That’s like saying, we out gained them and won most of the statistical battle except the most important one….the one in the scoreboard. The rest of the stuff is irrelevant especially in the title game.
Wrong, Newbie. The game got to the point where Montana State was not in a position to control their own destiny, and at the end fortunately became the benefactors of the other team’s mistakes. Anyone who watched the first half of the game saw that Montana State had Illinois State on their heels and it looked like a mismatch. ISU then made adjustments and Montana State did not. OSU came close to getting this guy and I, for one, am glad that MSU reworked his contract to keep him.
Yeah, I mean, he only won the national title but your evaluation based on that single game is certainly 100% accurate and he clearly will never succeed as a college coach. Montana State
Well gosh, MSU won the title and I’m guessing they are really disappointed in having Vigen as their coach. No wonder you’re a smelly beaver bc your comments stink up the place.
If I were betting on which program would find a way to get money for NIL between WSU and OSU I’d bet on WSU 100 times out of 100. Which is sad because OSU has a richer alumni base. But it is so poorly run.
Agreed, I think a significant percentage of power brokers at OSU would be fine dropping athletics to D3. I’ve felt this since I was there. But just enough power brokers care that they get caught in between and instead just have a terrible D1 program year in year out.
NCAA DI football has less and less to do with the original missions of universities. You can say “Football is the ‘front porch'” and drives other sports and school attendance, but with the economics of football, it’s difficult to believe it’s a positive cost:benefit ratio in terms of a land grant university’s mission.
WSU football has done a pretty good job of punching above their weight, and arguably have a better bowl history than OSU. It probably is more of their identity, without it, what do they have?
“Successful” DI football is becoming the plaything of the very wealthy…if OSU’s richest alums don’t want to spend (not “invest”) money in a chaotic “business model,” it’s understandable, but it means OSU football becomes increasingly irrelevant.
Maybe OSU WBB and baseball can make some post season noise once in a great while.
I disagree with everything you said, all of it. And disagree that it is “understandable” that rich alums don’t want to invest (and it is investing) in their alma maters. I think that is a failure on the universities part.
Maybe that is the bigger point, that the entire “University System” is a failure. Perhaps the systemic failure of academic institutions failing is being presented in the absurdities of the current “amateur sports” collapse.
The wealthy alums who refuse to donate are actually the more rational rather than joining into the bottomless pit of NIL arms races.
We all hope that NVidia comes to the rescue and aids OSU in sticking it to NikeU as a huge ironic twist after all these years of hating the Nike advantages they enjoyed, but Hwang isn’t going to bite and probably never will.
Educational institutions had sports as extracurricular activities. Now sports teams have classes as a portion of the 24/7 sports schedules.
NCAA used to sanction schools for lack of institutional control, but that phrase exemplifies the entire collegiate sports system right now.
“…lack of institutional control, ” spot on. Schools love to say they aren’t responsible for the actions of NIL collectives..ha! “We love the benefits, but aren’t responsible…”
Huang donated $50M to the $200M research center for AI, climate science, and robotics..that seems indicative of both the scale and nature of his philanthropy, at least currently.
Agree with OhioBeav. I would not invest millions to the sports programs at my alma matre. There are far better things to “invest” in other than lining the pockets of immature kids who blow most if not all the money they receive. No thanks.
But you guys can justify OSU’s laziness and lack of interest in being competitive anyway you want. I will continue to believe that all that needs to change is OSU leadership. Get a leader that truly values football and NIL will take care of itself.
Disagree, as I’ve said many many times. Nvidia literally has a sports division. There are a million ways they could benefit from access to a major athletic program.
That’s a “retum” on investment.
But as I said, OSU would have little to no trouble getting NIL money if the university actually wanted it. They don’t care, fans like you excuse them not caring, and so we will continue to be a shit program.
“Doctor most recently worked under Smith as his director of recruiting and player relations for two years before a coaching change in East Lansing at the end of the 2025 season. He spent six seasons working in the recruiting department at OSU before that, including the final three as director of recruiting for Smith.
Doctor will play a key role in building out OSU’s roster this offseason and into the future, working alongside Shephard and football general manager Eron Hodges.”
Doctor seemed to do pretty well under Smith, and Shepard should hopefully be able to attract QBs and WRs(?).
The portal period now runs from Jan. 2-16, with an extra five-day window (Jan. 20-24) for teams playing in the national championship. The spring portal window in April is no longer a part of the schedule, so January is the only open window for teams to add via the portal in 2026.
I believe you can add all you want for as long as you want.. Those dates are just for kids to be able to enter the portal. They have to enter between the 2nd and 16th but can sign whenever.
Saw some news that 4 Nikes Duck CBs and a few RBs were in the portal, not sure how many are skipping the playoffs, but that’s a lot of turnover in the DB room…
Oh man, this UW QB situation is going to be fun to follow. Resigned for $5 million on 1/2 and entered the Portal today with a do not contact designation. Sounds like he’s heading to LSU. UW said it will do everything they can to enforce his new contract. The punk skipped a student memorial that the entire team and coaching staff attended and issued his farewell on IG in the middle of it.
College football is fun!
He couldn’t cause it without willing, stupid accomplices…
Was Oh Lay Miss Kiffin’s best run? I mean, the guy hasn’t won a championship and yet somehow LSU convinces themselves he HAS to be their coach, and they have to start setting new markets for player payments…but what should we expect with what they did with their WBB coach…wasn’t their AD and President situation a mess recently?
He was smart enough to know he’ll never be the prettiest girl at the dance again. Miss had an easyish SEC schedule in a year that the SEC was “down” most agree (as if the Playoff results weren’t enough evidence).
If LSU is anything less than 4-1 in their first five games (Clemson, aTm, and Ole Miss) he’ll start hearing it. And they close with Bama, Texas and Tennessee.
LSU could become USC south, a place where five-stars go to underachieve.
Yikes, when looking at the transfers in vs out, not to mention normal class attrition from seniors graduating coupled with our small 2026 freshman class so far, we have a ton of ground to make up for in recruiting.
Seems like every couple hours another Beaver hits the portal too. Elijah Washington just left tonight.
I know most of us don’t mind seeing the current roster leave, but we also need enough bodies to field a team for spring practice.
Never on the Mt West bc the Beavs would have been getting about $5M per year in a media rights deal. That would have really put the beavers football program even further behind the 8 ball
At some point don’t donors have to tap out and say fuck it, why bother? Even if you have a big donor, Not a Phil, but a guy donating 6 figures, a good booster to be sure, and he sees kids making 7 figures and still leaving after a year?
Slippery slope there. When would that “one time asset tax” ultimately trickle down for the rest of us to start paying “our fair share?”And then, what happens when the state decides to change it to yearly asset tax?
Well the pipe dream of Mack from Alabama entering the portal and coming to OSU should be officially over. The starter, Ty Simpsin announced he is entering the draft so Austin will be in line to be starting QB for Alabama. No chance he 3 take that opportunity.
It looks like another potential baseball star in the making from Australia has joined the beavers baseball team for 2026. Josh Nati is considered a top level hitter with power and plays 3rd base.
Looking at the portal numbers so far, pretty much all of our WR room (in particular) is moving on. Our new coach is a “receivers’ guy” by trade. How much of this exodus is the players not liking the coach and how much of this is the “receivers’ guy” telling them to move on?
I’m sure Shepard and staff have been watching film and evaluating the roster.
I read an article that claimed a majority of players in the portal are asked to move on by the coaching staff. Wouldn’t surprise me.
I hope Fehauff stays though….maybe Durant(?). Wonder if that tall TE/cowboy from lil’ Crane Oregon sticks. Shepard claimed he wanted in-state kids on the roster…Fehauff is in-state and sounds very coachable.
Beavs pick up a TE from Utah Tech and a long snapper(yay!) from Stephen A. Austin.
I see the argument that Ole Miss is winning with an FCS transfer QB, but our entire class so far has been FCS or lower level G5 guys. Chances are we’re not striking gold repeatedly and we are essentially a lower G5/upper FCS team.
Doesn’t mean much because remember Bolden went to Texas for a bag and barely touched the field. Our best players are typically 3rd string on power 4 rosters.
Omar Speights started for LSU and now for the Rams. We will see where the chips fall. CB from a couple of years ago went to Tennessee and started and is now projected to be a first rounder.
“…winning with an FCS transfer QB” seems reasonable IF you were able to surround him with the right support.
Say it again, spend NIL on OL and a 3* QB could look pretty good.
The money isn’t there…well doesn’t matter who the coach is, the financial backing isn’t there so no reason to watch for a while until something changes. Who was Big Dave talking about????!!!!!
Doesn’t seem like the money was an issues as McGee said no promises were broken. It was the mass exodus of players that made him decommit. Here is the article from Nemec. I know not many people on here like him but for some reason, recruits talk to him openly it seems. https://prepredzone.com/2026/01/lance-mcgee-explains-oregon-state-decommitment/
Tough spot. He values relationships and coaching in a sport where relationships have diminishing value. Most schools are having significant turnover….and he has to wonder: who am going to play with?! Get used to it kid.
You might try Indiana for a few years…at $12M/Year, Cignetti probably isn’t leaving within 3 years.
A lot of portal activity suggests kids commit to coaches, not schools. That’s likely been pretty true for some time, but the portal brings it into pretty sharp relief. Kids obviously could’ve switch so easily in the past to follow coaches ….
He was complimentary of Shephard. Could be what a reporter is told is the PC answer. Smart not to burn bridges with a coach, even if the program is cheap and couldnt hold up their end of the deal. You never know when you might cross paths with that same cosch on another program later in your career
Did you read it all? He clearly states it had nothing to do with money and OSU never broke a promise. All the players he was growing close to have left the team.
EDGE Toby Anene (North Dakota State)
WR Ernest Campbell (Sacramento State)
CB Justin Eaglin (James Madison)
RB Damian Henderson II (Sacramento State)
DL Santana Hooper (Tulane)
DL Lamont Jester Jr. (Monmouth)
LB Gideon Lampron (Bowling Green)
DL Dylan Manuel (Appalachian State)
LB Tyler Martinez (New Mexico State)
DB Nateen Mitchell (New Mexico State)
DT Tyler Moore (Coastal Carolina)
WR Kam Perry (Miami of Ohio)
DL Khamani Potts (Grand Valley State)
WR Danny Scudero (San Jose State)
RB JaQuail Smith (Sacramento State)
DL Yamil Talib (Charlotte)
DB Cree Thomas (Notre Dame)
OL Taj White (Rutgers)
QB Isaac Wilson (Utah)
Maybe we can go the Last Chance U route?
That’s Nevada’s pitch. They call themselves Oregon’s farm team, which actually isn’t a bad idea because kids might see a more linear path to playing for oregon if that’s their ultimate goal.
Beavs are like a dog waiting for table scraps at this point with NIL or portal players. We will be so far down the list of priorities or options, that the roster spots will stay open until the last few days of the portal window. Players will realize they aren’t going to get offers from anyone else and then they will consider OSU. This is our new reality as Beaver fans.
JMS may shift to building the roster from high school grads and hope to find the James Rogers type that is under the radar and ready to play as a freshmen. But how many of those can we really expect over the course of 3-5 years? In the event they do play, they would be gone for the money in a year.
I don’t even know how they should approach recruiting/roster build-up in this current wild west. The sheer numbers of players in the portal make it seem possible that there are good/decent/hidden gems out there. How to identify and bring the right ones to OSU is not only the question but the challenge.
OSU is not Last Chance U. OSU is now Left Overs U. We are the Meatloaf of the PNW.
It it crazy because its estimated 4000-4500 kids are in the portal. That is roughly one-third of all college football players. There is no way you can’t build a great team from that. But one issue is who has time to watch film, evaluate properly, interview kids etc etc with that many players. You need to find those kids who just love the game and want to play and not be buried on a depth chart. A guarantee a ton of kids in the portal are like that and its not about the money but there are just too many to properly vent. Then its a two way street as they will have to want to play in Corvallis and possibly be very far from home.
Drop to the Big Sky and finish last there? Sure, since it is obvious that OSU will never commit to building an FBS quality program much less one that could make the playoff they might as well get their asses kicked by Montana and Idaho instead. At least less people would notice. The Portland State athletic strategy!
What the fuck are you talking about? I have 2 degrees from Oregon State and hate the University of Oregon so much that if I were given the ability I’d close the university and level the site. I’d argue all the people excusing an incompetent Oregon State athletic department (people like you) are the ones supporting the Ducks. But seriously, go fuck yourself.
My comments were directed at beaver state not you. If you follow the path of comments and responses, you should see me comments line up with BS original comments. My apologies if you thought I was referring to your comments bc that certainly wasn’t the case.
It is still way early, but it looks like JMS is grabbing guys with only 1-2 years of eligibility. This may be smart as he has had a short window and really doesn’t know what he has with so many transfers out and a small HS class coming in. Install system in spring and develop culture heading into fall. Hit HS hard and bring in 25-30 kids next cycle. Could be playing long game and not praying for miracle for 2026 season. That is what Smith did before he bailed.
I want to give him a chance and not jump to conclusions in next 6 months.
If some of the players who are getting scooped up by P4 schools do well at their new destinations, then it probably speaks to how bad the coaching staff was last season (although we probably already knew that). It will be interesting to see.
I’m a little surprised at how many of the somewhat unproductive players are leaving, it leads me to believe they were told they are not part of the future. There can’t be that much NIL money out there for them. No doubt, Shep has his work cut out for him.
Portal players are now carpooling and just showing up at colleges in groups hoping the school will take a few. If the players don’t like the college the bus stops at, they don’t get off and simply wait for the next stop. I believe this particular bus was heading north and these two guys didn’t want to end up at PSU. Cost saving moves like this is why college sports are always thinking ahead.
You guys see the agent for the UW QB dropped him as a client. Good for him. Sounds like agent did all the work with QB agreeing that changes his mind. Agent doesn’t want his name tarnished that his word isn’t any good.
Plus the agent also represents Coach Fisch at UW. I’m sure he had to pull out from representing Williams after what he did. Not a good look and totally went against his agent. The great thing is UW has to enter him in the portal and they could refuse to do so and leave him with no place to go. More things like this need to happen so changes can be made.
Unbelievable. Being in Seattle and listening to a little sports radio the last couple of days, nobody wants him back. Fans now hate him and even a couple teammates felt like they were stabbed in the back for resigning and then quitting on the team a few days later. They will still pay him the $4 million and have the memory of a goldfish if he lights it up. I hope he gets benched all year to make a statement but he won’t for that amount of money.
I can’t wait for some of these “agents” to start telling stories. Do the players even know what is going on with these negotiations? The ncaa has to be the slowest reacting organization.
Well Jedd is a punk also so I was kind of happy this happened to him as he has no loyalty either and was caught lying to his AZ players and was also caught tampering when he left for UW.
Perfect Game ranks Miiiiitch and the boys at #7, SEC has 6 of the top 10.
UCLA is #5, nike?……….they come in at #13.
Vandy Boys 19
No sign of DBU, Fullerton, or the ‘eaters
Feel free to tell me that this line of reasoning for optimism for the Duquesne players is crazy. It is a program run by the same coach since 2005 and they are consistently winning their conference. To me that means these players are used to winning and part of a stable program. Assuming the players have skills and developed well there, maybe they’ll work out? Maybe this can tell us what we’re looking for? Are we going to try to keep up in the arms race by investing in just one 1.5 million on a QB? Or will we actually have a usable strategy for recruiting and developing? So far, things have been really quiet on the intake but we’re hemorrhaging players and it would be nice to see more regarding their strategy to reload the roster/make it complete. With that said, I’m gonna go look around and see what happened.
This is a very good team and providing everyone comes back next year, 11 of 15 eligible, and some outstanding talent incoming. This program is back on track.
In today’s college climate there is zero chance they all come back. Look what happened 2 years ago with an excellent team that everyone projected to go to the final four the next year. They all quit on OSU and left to play bigger games in a bigger conference on a bigger network for a bigger bank account. Have to expect the same every year. Enjoy this season because next year will likely be a much different team.
They all came back from last year’s team and added some very good talent. The only player I’m concerned about is Villa getting poached. That said, Rueck an always use the ’23 players that left but only one of those really has had a major impact on her team and that was reagan beers. .
Also remember the situation was much fun weren’t in 2023 with the PAC 12 breaking up and lots of uncertainty. Next year, the new PAC begins without the same uncertainty and that’s a big plus.
“This is a very good team.” They are good from a WCC standpoint, but take a long peek at top 20 teams. Heck, not even top 20; take a look at how the Lady Ducks dismantled OSU. They have significant limitations offensively in the post against athletic opposing posts and are reliant on the outside game almost entirely. I really like Villa and Bolden, and Lindemans is starting to really contribute. I’m not Shuler’s biggest fan considering her limited offensive game. She can drive and shoot fadeaways from less than 8 feet. Decent rebounder for her size, but still somewhat turnover prone. Her outside game is non-existent (about 10% from beyond the arc, and is probably the nation’s leader in airballs from 3 point range), and a FT percentage of less than 50%. That is horrible for a PG. Schimel is becoming more of a force and showing more than just 3 point shooting. For some reason, Alonso has essentially disappeared after showing so much promise in the early going. What this team has is a fabulous coach; one of the best in the nation, and he’s really good at melding the team into a cohesive unit as the season progresses. If OSU loses him to another school, that will be a big downer. They will challenge for the league title again this year. If they win it, expect another #14 seed and an early exit from the NCAA’s, and unfortunately that is about the best we can expect at this point considering our conference situation. Hopefully, that will change when the Pac-12 reconstitutes.
WSU signed a player today who attended the Los Anheles Chargers mini camp.
Never actually played for the NFL(or any college team) or so apparently still eligible to play college ball.
Also was previously a pro basketball player in New Zealand.
WSU seems to be cobbling together a decent roster pretty quickly, and they hired Moore well after Shephard was hired.
With the Beavers still possibly looking for a 2026 opponent or two, what is the going rate for a visiting non-conference game against a P4 school? Typically these are scheduled years in advance in order to pay for a future game at “today’s prices.” Curious what today’s prices are. $500k?
Beavers will probably have to pay $500K to $1 Million to schedule a home game against a lower level team. No chance they get a Power 4 team to come to Corvallis this late in the scheduling process. So either well pay big bucks for a FCS game or lower level FBS team. More than likely we will have a very tough road game against a Power 4 team (We’d get paid) or a couple home and home conference game like we did with WSU this season
I am gonna be so out on the new PAC when they schedule home and homes. 7 Conference games or don’t bother even making the new PAC. This whole thing has become a joke. At this point I’d rather be in the Big Sky.
Well maybe find a Big Sky team to root for then. How does a home and home hurt you personally? I know it’s not ideal but who really cares as they need to fill out a schedule on late notice and it makes sense for travel Expenses and overall costs for both teams. I’d rather play WSU instead of paying a million to play someone or get smoked by LSU in national TV. Its probably only for a year as the new conference isn’t done expanding and will have teams in place for 2027.
It’s just stupid and makes the conference look pathetic.
And expanding the conference doesn’t make it better. I actually love the idea of an 8 team conference, 9 is the maximum I want. So selling me on “while it’s gonna expand” doesn’t really work. I never even accepted the PAC 12, it was a poor decision to ever expand past 10.
I didn’t go to a Big Sky school, I didn’t pay a Big Sky school thousands of dollars. I did that at Oregon State and I will share my opinion when I think Oregon State is being dumb. Home and homes aren’t a thing in college football. And shouldn’t be.
Younghorst, did you see my comment above in response to you thought I was referring to you about the beavers state comments. If not, I said that my comments were not directed at you but instead at BS.
I realize many people pay more than $80 a ticket for Beaver games, but if you took that and SOLD OUT the 44k stadium, that would give you $3.5 Gross income, not counting the game day staffing and other expenses.
Much better to do a home and home non-conference game.
Oregon State MBB wins over the WCC powerhouse of Seattle. Rumors are beginning to come out that Tinkle will be signing a 10 year extension with a buyout of $30 million – thus securing our place as perennial lower half of the new PAC-12!
He’s the guy standing there with no options and no worries. He can just coast another year at OSU.
Tinkle has been doing it for a decade. Why not have an overpaid qb that you can’t get rid of as well? OSU is a disaster, sadly.
He won’t be paid 1.5 million again I’m sure. Those NIL deals are just year long contracts. Maybe his broken hand is healed and he’ll be decent. Unlikely though.
Better coaching and protection he might be serviceable. But if he costs something it doesn’t seem worth it. In general though I am ok with reclamation projects, not much for better options for OSU
If he sticks around and it sounds like he is, I hope he has a great year. That would be a great story if he could somehow redeem himself. He wasn’t good last year but lets be honest, the staff was really bad.
It would indeed be a great story. Probably won’t happen until he trusts the offensive line, remembers not to backpedal matter the snap, and relearns how to throw the ball within 3’ of his intended receiver.
If he can accomplish those 3 tasks regularly he might be serviceable but I don’t have high hopes. Bad habits are tough to break.
I’m torn. Do I want Oregon to lose tonight? Or do I really want them to make it to the National Championship game and get their hearts ripped out by their ex coach, Cristobal?? Tough one. I guess lose tonight because I don’t think Miami can beat them.
Its hard to describe my disdain I have for the ducks but it may be more difficult to define the joy I have watching the ducks and they’re dreams collapse.
It is No Natty Day, the last highlight of every Holiday season. The day NikeU realizes “No Natty” for this year either.
Then they go ask Uncle Phil for another $30 million to do it all over again next year.
Dante Moore was a TO machine at UCLA….return to the mean….
Lanning and Moore need everything to go right in order to succeed.
Cignetti could trade rosters with Lanning and still beat Lanning. “He could beat you with his, he could beat you with yours” as they used to say about really good coaches….
Where’s Beaverstate???? Shouldn’t he be celebrating another year of the puddle chickens not being able to buy their “Natty”? Maybe mommy limited his screen time after he had a tantrum watching his precious ducks get skull fucked on National TV 2 years in a row?
Call me crazy, but the Beavs should be focusing a greater effort on getting their basketball team back to prominence. They will be playing in a 3-5 bid league. They continue to eat years of Tinkle. Get him out of there. Get a hot up and coming coach. Oregon State should be good at basketball.
Baseball and WBB should be the priorities really. Invest the money where we have a track record of actually being able to do something with it. But at the end of the day I think the people giving the money probably have the most say.
Somebody on here mentioned Shephard appears to be grabbing transfers from lower ranks who only have 2 years remaining. Maybe there’s something to that. Indiana has a roster full of 3* guys who are older and more mature and they looked every bit as big and were much more disciplined than an oregon roster full of young 4*/5* guys.
Let’s start scouring the transfer portal for 25-30 year olds.
The one thing folks are disregarding is the Oregon bump. I wonder how many of those recruits would have been ranked higher had they gone to Oregon instead. I think now that Indiana is established it will change. The start system doesn’t mean a whole lot in my opinion.
You might as well get juniors or seniors because these kids rarely stick around, so might as well get older more physically developed kids. Big difference between an 18 yr old 3 star kid versus a 21 yr old 3 star kid.
Honestly I haven’t watched any college football this year outside of beaver “football.” Mostly I don’t want to reward these espn assholes with my eyeballs after all the bs.
But, last night stopped at Cirellos for a couple of pies and they had the yuck game on, the schadenfreude was enough to draw my attention when I got home. I am curious though, is this what the folks at ESPN are trying to sell? Nationally televised beatdowns of big budget primadonnas? Somehow I don’t feel like the product has gotten better. Blech
Anyway, Mendoza looked pretty awesome. Listening to him talk though yuck. I don’t know something so saccharin about that guy. As a Raider fan the thoughts of a good QB are mid boggling but just what a sap.
Glad football is season is ending, I’ll pull for the former terrible team to beat the Miami Marios and hope sanity eventually sanity returns.
“Somehow I don’t feel like the product has gotten better.”
Angry warned about that years ago…you take genuine competitiveness away for the sake of false narratives, you’re going to lose some (more critical) viewers.
The “product” keeps getting worse and the “college feel” is leaving the game too.
“We’re whippin’ ‘em up front,” said Curt Cignetti in the halftime interview, and no truer words could have been said. It all came down to blocking and tackling and inexplicable Duck mistakes. One play that epitomized last night’s game was late in the 3rd quarter when Oregon had a 4th and one from the IU 31 and the score 42-15. Harris ran left, and the entire IU front 7 were able to blow through the porous Oregon offensive line and tackle him for a loss, resulting in a turnover on downs. For all their vaunted speed, Oregon surprisingly looked a step slow all night long. I don’t recall seeing one missed tackle on IU’s part, but I sure remember a bunch by the Ducks. Oregon with their 40+ 4* and 5* players got manhandled by IU with their eight 4* (and zero 5*) players. Cignetti and staff are apparently able to cut through all the glitz and glam and find the guys that really have what it takes. That was a fucking beatdown. Another observation: Moore doesn’t like to get hit and I’m trying to figure out if it is possible for a QB’s draft stock to drop any more precipitously than his did on the basis of one game; even lower than Ty Simpson’s did last week. And another: Bryce Boettcher is trying to figure out if his future is in football or baseball and leaning toward football? He needs to look the other way. At 6’2” and 225lbs, there’s no way he has a future in the NFL at linebacker and he’s not fast enough for the secondary. Better for him to take a long look at baseball.
The best thing about that game was Nike getting face slapped by reality only 11 seconds into the game.
Nike didn’t even have time to consider it a real game. Credit for the time
Consuming drive to tie it up, but they knew it was over and so did everyone watching.
It was a beautiful display of football and I am more impressed with Mendoza and those receivers every time I watch them.
Maimi will be lucky to stay within 2 touchdowns I think. I fully expect Mario to brain freeze himself into a loss with some egregious coaching mistake.
IU is doing what we all wish OSU could have done years ago, get your mega billionaire alum to help find the perfect coach who has the perfect system to destroy all of the blue bloods at their own game. IU was previously the worst D1 football program by win/loss record and now they are on the doorstep of a national championship. Wild.
I think we are too hung up on Huang, don’t get me wrong I think there is a sales pitch that would work on him but he isn’t the only billionaire alum. It doesn’t have to be 1 donor, 20 $500,000 donations is still 10 million which should be enough to lead the new PAC in NIL.
35-27 OSU WBB over Seattle at halftime. Villa having another solid game. Beavers were up 30-14 but Seattle has been hitting 3’s and must have at least 5 in the 1st half.
Kennedie Shuler filled up the stat sheet on Saturday, playing a key role all over the floor in a dominant, 68-38 victory for Oregon State women’s basketball over Seattle.
Shuler fueled OSU’s defense and finished with 18 points, seven rebounds, six assists, and a career-high seven steals in the seventh straight win for OSU.
Just watched a 19 minute highlight of the Peach Bowl…
Tackling by Indiana in the open field and all game was impressive.
The line play was by Indiana was great, loved the way the DC overloaded one side at times so effectively.
Looked like lots of contact that could have been PI, but UI receivers still made the catches.
Looked like UO had offensive individuals that didn’t quit.
UO TOs and ST were bad obviously, the D was unimpressive, but they often were put in bad position by the offense.
Nike looked like they had paint spilled on their helmets.
Indiana’s unis looked simple. Would be happy with Addidas making that for OSU.
Cignettit didn’t smile until the 55th point. UI players never quit playing and tackling despite the lead.
Cignetti is probably the best coach in the country. Sounds like hyperbole, but what fundamentals, scheme, game planning, motivation, fan motivation….”Create the intangibles on your team, the philosophy, the mindset, the way you want to play….attack at all times” Use of the portal, but not overloaded with 4 and 5*s
“I hope they curb stomp Miami”
Yup. Cristobal is due for one of his mensa level coaching decisions. But I dont think it will matter, I see a similar outcome as the oregon game.
I’m pro Miami for multiple reasons. Fuck the Big Ten is 1.
Ultimately I’m always gonna root for the team with multiple losses to beat the undefeated team. Because it fits my preferred narrative that the playoffs are stupid and destroying what was great about the sport (the regular season).
And fuck the Big Ten.
But I’m not mad at your position, Indiana is a cool story in a vacuum.
Looking at transfer activity, it’s a bit surprising and a little interesting how many smaller school guys are moving up into G5 and even P4 conferences. The portal appears to be facilitating opportunities that might have otherwise lacked(?).
Beavs are poised to lose a 2nd new assistant coach before he actually starts working for us.
Defensive Coordinator Lance Guidry is bring targeted by Memphis now.
Honestly, I think I’d rather they hand the position over to Cort Dennison and hire another Linebackers position coach. To help Cort cover that group.
Didn’t someone on here jokingly suggest we should strategically hire head coaches to collect on the inevitable buyout fees?
New revenue stream, assistant coach buyouts.
While he was never officially announced, Guidry is listed on the athletics site as the d coordinator. So would wonder if he actually signed a contract.
If this is happening I am truly concerned about this hire. How much was Shepherd given for assistants? Anyone know? Clearly not enough if Memphis can take guys.
The concern never really left for me. Barnes was running the show and no one was actually interested in the job.
Beavs are caught between 2 eras and have no funds to actually compete but refuse to step back due to all of the PR efforts over 2 years maintaining the PAC…
It will only get worse without a billionaire donor stepping in.
“OSU has leaned heavily on FCS prospects to fill out its roster through the portal so far, with nine of its 10 announced transfer commits coming from FCS teams. 13 of the Beavers’ 16 outgoing transfers who’ve announced their new destination are headed to Power Four or fellow Pac-12 programs.”
That was my first thought too about the Idaho QB compared to this guy. WSU had a QB a few years ago that that transferred in from Incarnate Word to WSU and then Miami and is now in the NFL and he turned out to be quite a QB.. Who knows as maybe OSU found a similar talent.
Thanks! Nice and brief. Ended a great season poorly in the last two games, at Auburn – 1 TD, 2 INT, South Dakota State U, O TDs, 4 INTS, lost 47-0. one a p4 team, the second a great FCS program.
Sounds like a hard worker, looks like a nice pickup.
Indiana U the topic of a piece in USA Today, headed “Three letters explain how IU made it to the Natl Championship”.
And the letters aren’t NIL!
Nope, they are DYJ……Do Your Job
“Wide receiver Adonis McDaniel announced his commitment to the Beavers on Monday morning. In his junior year with Mercer, McDaniel caught 52 passes for 671 yards and and six touchdowns. His best game of the season, a 52-28 win over Furman, included seven receptions for 139 yards and a touchdown.
His sophomore season, McDaniel was even more productive, catching 56 passes for exactly 1,000 yards and five touchdowns.”
Boy his parents were bold with that name. Shepard has brought in a new QB and 3 WRs so far.
Alabama QB “…Ty Simpson has declared for the 2026 NFL draft. But his declaration has not stopped teams from sending offers to Simpson’s camp for him to return for one last college football season.
According to a person close to Simpson, Miami sent the Alabama quarterback an offer to be the highest-paid player in college football at $6.5 million. The Hurricanes’ official offer started at $4 million and quickly ballooned to $5 million within minutes before reaching the current offer.
Tennessee and Ole Miss, according to the source, offered Simpson $4 million.
In 2025, Simpson’s base salary at Alabama was $400,000, according to a person close to Simpson. It doubled to $800,000 with incentives.
Is the person “close to Simpson” just trying to drive up bids?
Railoa is very hyped, some saying he’s akin to Patrick Mahomes. I don’t get the impression he has a consistent body of work, probably some injuries, probably inconsistent line play, play calling(?).
Moore is overhyped as well. Just read an article yesterday about whether Mendoza or Moore would be the #1 QB in the NFL draft….the old pundit argument “Moore has the higher ceiling”…is used by some. Absurd.
I wonder how much Uncle Phil paid for Raiola. Fancy’s himself as a mini Mahomes. Same numbet, haircut, headband as Mahomes. Rocket arm for this 5 star recruit. Has feet like cement blocks.
I didn’t realize Salahadin Allah was going to Iowa State, but lotsa opportunity there with much of that roster following their coach to Penn State.
Dylan Black long snappin’ for USC next…
The Big Zero had an article today about shep and when asked about Jensen Huang, his eyes lit up. Unfortunately, it was behind a paywall so I couldn’t read it, but from what I was able to read suggests there might be a connection between Shep and Huang?
Miiiitch and the boys are ranked #12 by D1; this after Perfect Game had ’em at #7. Last year the Beavs moved up 3 spots between the pre and post season rankings by D1…………..so, maybe finish at #9 this time??
A few other teams in the D1 guess: UCLA #1, Vandy 23, Zona 24. nike….MIA
As with PG, D1 didn’t rank The ‘eaters, Fullerton, or DBU.
The Big Zero had an article today about shep and when asked about Jensen Huang, his eyes lit up. Unfortunately, it was behind a paywall so I couldn’t read it, but from what I was able to read suggests there might be a connection between Shep and Huan
“Could Jensen Huang and Nvidia chart Oregon State football’s future? Beavers’ new coach is leaning in”
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Huang is an OSU alum. As one of the world’s richest individuals with a net worth estimated at more than $160 billion, he could sell a small portion of his Nvidia stock and immediately bankroll OSU football into national championship contention while still retaining 99% of his wealth.
It is a fantasy whispered about on Oregon State message boards and daydreamed by those occupying the stands at Reser Stadium. But could it actually happen?”
A few months ago, I mentioned the idea of promoting AI as a connection to Nvidia and the football program and recall a few in this board scoffed at the idea. I even went as far to send my thoughts to scott barnes and now it appears that Shephard was thinking something very similar to what I proposed.
Who knows where it might go onlf anywhere at all, but there’s an old saying that goes, if you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you always get. For OSU, that’s been the story at least in football with a few exceptions.
If anyone can convince Huang of the value add to Nvidia by OSU adopting AI on its athletics programs it is Sheohard. If he can bring Huang on board, the potential model could be to use the athletes to promote AI on and off the field and get compensated for their promos.
As it turns out,to found a way to access and read the article so it was an interesting read.. I noted above after I read it,that OC posted the article so thx OC for doing that.
Furthermore, OSU could be the first school to adopt a model like this that could be used nationwide to make a more level playing field across college athletics and Nvidia would be the frontrunner to execute it. It’s a win-win for Nvidia and the schools that lack competitive NIL resources.
if everyone uses the same AI programs to determine recruits, gameplans, strategies, maximizing resources, then wouldn’t that create a monochromatic landscape of everyone doing the same things again? How is it beneficial in the long run for OSU to push AI into the general athletic marketplace if it could be a maximized advantage for OSU only? Why would OSU give it away, and why would NVidia be ok assisting OSU in the current era without expecting their AI products to be broadly publicized to be used by many more schools? I think the conflict is obvious and probably explains why NVidia has just stayed away from college athletics so far.
I get what you are proposing, but I don’t see a good rationale for NVidia joining, or for OSU being willing to give away their greatest advantage if it were to ever happen as you envision.
Oh, the NCAA would develop and implement some clear, implementable rules to keep the playing field level and ensure “institutional control.”
I’ve wondered how UO and Knight address potential/perceived conflicts of interest. Nike dresses UO for free, sells Nike garbage across NCAA sports for Nike profit, then turns around and funnels money back into UO. I guess with Knight having left CEO position years ago he is deemed separate enough?
G5 only and as I said would level the playing field. I guess I needed to clarify bc the playing field between the G5 and P4 schools is completely out of balance. So when I talked about a national rollout, I meant G5.
If the concern is still a monochromatic landscape, use OSU as the proof of concept, apply for a licensing agreement with Nvidia with a revenue sharing agreement and then sublicense it to other schools. Of course that would be contingent upon Nvidia granting via a licensing agreement.
Sublicense agreements could bring in a wealth of revenue from other G-5 schools to help fund OSU’s NIL as well as add another layer to build out Nvidia’s AI to create another value add for Jensen Huang to partner with OSU.
Remember to really attract Huang’s interest to become involved, it requires a clear and financial benefit for Nvidia not just a financial windfall for OSU athletics.
That is an assumption on your part. Maybe it does. Maybe Huang just needs to be wooed. Shepherd should cold call him and not even mention money the first time, just invite him to come check out the facilities, maybe talk to some players. We don’t really know what would motivate Huang to donate, it is all speculation.
We need a football coach that is some Pat Casey in them, Casey built that program in spite of the university in so many ways.
I find it amusing I am getting downvoted for this take, it is basically exactly how Indiana got Mark Cuban to donate. His relationship with Cignetti led to him donating. Relationships matter.
You know what motivates wealthy billionaires? More money and more exposure and notoriety.. It’s really a simple formula. That’s not an assumption at all but it is fact and I wouldn’t worry about down votes as it at least shows your comments are being read.
Mark Cuban didn’t donate to Indiana’s NIL for any of those reasons.
Factually he’d never donated for athletics was philosophically against such donations. Until he learned he met and got to know Cignetti then boom, now he considers Indiana wins a “return on his investment”
I’m providing a real life example of a billionaire donated because of a relationship. Deny reality all you want, it can be done. Indiana is proof.
Jensen Huang and Mark Cuban are very different people. .As we know, Cuban already had a huge interest in sports by virtue of ownership of the Mavs so I don’t think it was stretch that he’d invest in his alma mater to support football.
In contrast, we know that Huang has no interest in sports…..that’s the major difference between the those two. Therefore, he is driven by something entirely different than Cuban.
Huang could just retire and live a life without stress and worry but he chooses not to. Rather, he wants to expand his AI platform and footprint even more and any opportunities that can help him in that goal is an asset to him. Whether it is using OSU athletics to achieve his goals or some other venture, it’s clear he is not motivated by athletics unless you can show him exactly how athletics can help him get there by increasing his revenues and visibility.
Rarely do billionaires donate money without a benefit in return whether it’s a tax write-off or naming rights or some other associated benefit.
My point has been and always will be, if you’re seeking sponsorship donations or whatever from a potential wealthy donor, you had better be very strategic about how their donation will benefit the benefactor in some way, shape or form so the idea shows clear value to them.
I don’t care what you’re point it. Again, people are unique and all people have many motivations.
If you can’t see how relationships can change the motivations of humans I feel sorry for you, meet more people.
Billionaires are people. The all have many things they motivate them. I’d argue people like you have a defeatist and very cynical view of humanity. I can find many billionaires motivated by things other than getting rich,
Mentioned Cuban already but another example is Paul Allen buying the Seahawks to keep them in Seattle.
We can agree to disagree but I suggest you meet more people.
When did I say relationships don’t matter? I spent my entire career building relations between state and federal stakeholders on multimillion dollar projects at the state and regional levels. My job was dependent upon establishing trust, confidence and building lasting lationships.
It sounds to me like you’re still holding a grudge for something I commented on just recently that you thought was directed at you when I fully explained that it was directed at Beaver State. Plus, I apologized for the misunderstanding but you either never read my comments bc you never responded back to them but you became very indignant in your initial reaction bc you didn’t follow the correct and logical pathway of the strong of comments.
Anyway, the fact that you don’t care about my POV on figuring what moves the needle for Jensen Huang enough to invest in OSU NIL, my comments should tell you it’s all about relationship building and breaking down communication barriers. Once you can accomplish that, it’s a much easier path to sell him on an idea.
Well, we will see how things play out but like I said, if anyone can convince Huang to listen, it’s coach Shephard as he’s got the mojo to do it.
I am not holding any grudge. Relax. And I did respond.
I just don’t agree with the idea that billionaires only donate to colleges if it will make them richer. Many billionaires are donating to NIL’s simply because of the relationship they have with the college they attended or in Cuban’s case the current coach.
I don’t disagree that selling Huang on how the relationship could make him more money isn’t part of the pitch, I just don’t fall for the belief that is the only way to get his money. Might be, but it is speculation. Might just take making Huang feel like he’s part of the program and his “return on investment” will be all the times his name is mentioned while OSU is playing in the CFP.
Murphy is officially back with the Beavers for next year. Might have a QB battle with the kid from Mercer. Hopefully anyway. Haven’t heard the financial aspects of it yet but it will NOT be 1.5 million. At least I hope and pray. Rumor is he had offers but likes the new coaching staff.
It’s crazy to see OLive saying Dante Moore has an NFL decision to make. Look, top 3 teams in the draft all need long-term answers at QB and will be desperate to take one. Mendoza will go #1. Moore won’t slip further than #3 and most likely would be #2 for the Jets. Look at Zach Wilson, take #2 by the Jets a few years back. Terrible QB in the pros. But he has career earnings of over $40M and was the backup QB for the Dolphins at $6M. Because he is still just 26, he will probably still be given lots of chances to show he can still “figure it out”. He won’t, but teams will still keep trying and he will probably pocket somewhere between another $20-40 million. Then, look at Matt Barkley. Projected first round pick after junior year. Then, goes in the fourth round of the draft. Career earnings of a little over $10M. Backup who made a little over a million in his last year. Going now even if he isn’t ready is guaranteeing probably close to $100M before he calls it a career. No matter what NIL throws at you, you can’t pass that up. Can’t even believe that it is even a decision. And if it is, you then really question the makeup of Moore to actually make the right decision.
Look at the guy the Jets replaced with Wilson. Slightly better stats with the Jets, but also had an Oline who managed to keep him somewhat healthy. No idea how Wilson turns out, but it’s clearly an institutional thing with that organization, not the QBs themselves.
I don’t know if I agree. Recent drafts have shown that QBs are just as likely to drop as be over drafted. That said, I have no idea what NFL teams truly think of Moore
Well, we all know what Moore is, and that would be over-rated, slow to process, turnover prone, not a guy with the “it” factor as a generational qb must have, and not really a 5* talent as hyped, nor a first round talent as predicted. He will be an NFL back-up at best.
The difference between NFL scouts and our eyes, the NFL scouts get paid to convince the wrong people that he is all of that and more. Somehow, NFL teams, make the same mistakes every year by stretching to get the generational qb and rarely does it work. I bet a lot of scouts see exactly what we have seen, but will never voice it because they know it influences the teams that waste draft picks on the wrong qb because of peer pressure and those franchises are always suckers for the next over-hyped qb.
Except this hasn’t really been true in recent years. QBs that pundits said would go round 1 have been falling past round 2 consistently lately.
I remember so many reasons why Malick Willis would go round 1 because teams overdraft QBs only to watch him plummet.
Happened to a few guys lasted year (Sanders, Milroe). NFL teams have gotten more cautious.
That said the 2026 draft is considered garbage and only has like 10 legit first rounders so you never know.
Didn’t Milroe land in a good situation though in SEA? Darnild is good, not trustworthy, too turnover prone. Milroe. can develop.
People overreact so much. There are apparently 773 Colleges & Universities Playing Football at all Levels, and 81,000(+) College Football Players in NCAA & NAIA. Get picked in the draft you’re in rare company. Get picked first round, that’s incredible, even with poor evaluation and decisions!
There’s 1,700 players in the NFL, about 39-40M males in America between the ages of 18 and 36!
Stay healthy, find the right situation. If Tom Brady has a catastrophic injury to his throwing shoulder, or has a terrible situation in terms of HC and OC, scheme, OLine, receivers, maybe nobody ever cares about him. If he went to new York jets , he might be just another forgotten late round draft pick. If Purdy went to NY Jets, probably forgotten and beaten to death too…
Moore probably won’t succeed in NFL, but I thought the same of Hebert and Nux because they played so little under center and Nix average pass distance at UO was like 6 yards….Moore was a TO machine at UCLA, sat a year, good year this year, folded against Indiana on the big stage. I doubt he cuts it in NFL….
Yes, Milroe is in a good situation but that is likely because he dropped to the 3rd round. He probably wouldn’t have been any worse off had he spent 1 more year in college making NIL cash.
Beavers get two big offensive linemen, brothers, that were previously committed to Arizona. One is 6’3″ 265 and the other is 6’5″ 330 lbs. The story is in the big zero today.
Hopefully they are decent as we need offense line help in a huge way. Younger one just wanted to play with his brother which is cool. Older one didn’t have the grades to make the team at AZ so transferred after being deemed academically ineligible. Hard to believe the academic standards are that much higher at AZ vs. OSU.
Jensen isn’t saving OSU. The seeds of this were planted long ago when I was writing all of those articles about OSU falling behind and not thinking long-term when the tides were clearly changing (circa 2011 with expansion talks). Disney/ESPN killed OSU along with about 100 other programs, but OSU was complicit in that. The best thing the have-nots can do is to boycott watching the sport. If you’re not willing to do that, then you’re stuck watching some terrible football and getting bored to death seeing the same top 25 every year.
Regarding viewing (and I don’t watch but infrequently, and highlights at that), this country seems to have a bottomless appetite for sports, quality or not.
I think the BIRG behavior you pointed out years ago overrides any critical evaluation of the quality and equity of competition and the viewing quality of the product.
I have a friend that is a UO fan, and while he completely acknowledges it’s all about money now, he still acts as if UO is still an amateur, college team from the 90’s. A cousin, UO alumni, LOVES the Ducks, brags about them, said their games are boring because they’re over in the second quarter. I responded, “You don’t see a problem with that?” She gave me a blank look. Then before the UI beatdown, she says players shouldn’t get paid. WTF?!? UO wouldn’t be in contention without $$$?!? Most viewers are not critical.
While there are 30 schools who are BIRGing, there’s around 100+ who are CORFing (Cutting off reflected failure). We’re in the majority. Again, this was brought about by corporate America.
It might take a while to fade in terms of ratings because they’re pushing the product more globally and using marketing to get people to watch, but eventually, people will figure out (even if via a bugging feeling of intuition) that time is the most precious asset, and they’re wasting it watching a sport with no real drama. When you have the same teams year after year, there is zero drama. What creates a vibrant sport is the reality that anyone has a shot.
Not sure I agree that college football popularity has come from “anyone has a shot” to begin with.
Honestly I am just sick of the “woe is us” mentality.
Even if we can’t get Huang invested, why aren’t we trying to get Wes Edens involved, guy is a co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks and two European soccer clubs, if we can’t get that guy interested in donating to OSU NIL we just aren’t trying in my opinion. OSU has more than 1 billionaire alum. We need someone that is willing to build the relationships that will encourage these guys to be involved.
“The best thing the have-nots can do is to boycott watching the sport.”
One step and a few years ahead of ya :)
Used to have all the TV and web media subscriptions. Dropped them after seeing where this was all going. Now I mostly just laugh at various fanbases and smile at No Natty for the quacks Day.
The irony is that ESPN has actually killed the SEC in the process. They pushed for player compensation and freedom to transfer, now NIL and free agency will render Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida et al, as also rams each year as the talent of the SEC overall will diminish.
Disney has dismantled college football and now it will be Texas oil money or tech-bro billionaire alums running it from the background at a rate multiple times what we have seen from NikeU.
The IU story is hilarious because they had no shot until now, but going forward will supplant any SEC team as a destination.
The used car booster bagman in Tuscaloosa can’t compete with Mark Cuban. It is actually a funny turn of events and guys like Paul Feinbaum are having a hard time coming to grips with it. The SEC can’t compete at recruiting/payouts dollar amounts and all of the SEC mystique is gone, now they shift to a 9 game conference schedule and it will be worse next year.
It is predictable that ESPN and SEC are already pushing for expansion to 16 or 24 because that is the only way to mask over how much of a shift has taken place for the SEC. ESPN is desperate to maintain the SEC at the head of the table but it won’t work and pretty soon the house of cards will crumble on them all.
“The IU story is hilarious because they had no shot until now, but going forward will supplant any SEC team as a destination.”
I love that they did in 2 years what Phil Knight couldn’t do in about 20….
UO “branded” itself as anti-tradition and “different,” but they’re actually “old school” in using rich alum resources and cheating in recruiting (Chip Kelly) or bending the rules as much as possible. That’s how the “blue bloods” did it for years…
Maybe, but plenty of SEC reps among the ESPN talking heads are gaga over the idea of expanding the playoffs and spout it every day right now.
It is all water under the bridge and the past will not return. Each iteration sends OSU farther away from relevancy anyway. As angry noted above, OSU is 1 among 100 who are now killed football programs. The irony of the present is that only OSU and WSU are aware that they have been killed. The other 98 are still under some delusions to think there may still be a chance.
We have been shown that there is no chance any longer. It is over. All of the present hand-wringing we see is just muscle memory/going through the motions for OSU fans. Some of us want to still live the comfortable yearly rhythms of what we have always done and thought when it comes to OSU sports, but there is a nagging reality that is beginning to settle in that it is all a lost cause. Once the big boosters hit this marker, then Barnes will bounce out and OSU will get what the administration has always wanted, a singular academic institution devoid of any sports distractions. No need to even worry about the coaches salaries, or player movement, roster management, NIL budgets.
I bet this is where Barnes has been for a year, and we are just now realizing that it is truly a lost cause. Barnes knew all along and still grifted for more donations from OSU alums who didn’t have the same info he had. If I had money to donate, I would never donate to OSU as long as Barnes or Tinkle are still in Gill.
I think this is a correct perspective and historically accurate take. It started getting extreme around 2011 with expansion. It took them a while, but they dismantled something good, yeah.
Obviously one of the biggest discrepancies between UO and the teams that crush them in the CFP are the O and D lines. UO has plenty of money to buy big/fast linemen, so what’s the problem? The problem may actually be political. I don’t want this to become a political debate, and I’m not bashing any political views here. But Eugene is a very liberal town in a state that traditionally votes Democratic. And I would venture to say the majority of big corn-fed linemen come out of southern and midwestern states and from conservative families. So I just wonder if those families influence their kids to show preference toward schools in more conservative parts of the country (like Indiana).
I have no data to back up this theory, it just feels UO should be able to dominate these other teams with all the other advantages they have, so something else is holding them back.
They have plenty of beef on the lines, plus “Ohana” (Lanning claims there’s a lotta love in the locker room despite individual differences) and “Grateful Duck” unis….they’re more concerned with “branding” and marketing than winning.
If you flipped the Duck roster to Cignetti, he’d do a better job with it.
also uncle phil is taking an extra big hit in the pocket book because UofO only gets a half share of revenue from the big 10. He must be putting up $60-$70 mil per year. He’s got to fund at a much higher level than a typical sugar daddy.
Yeah, there’s no doubt Cignetti is elite. If coaching is the one thing holding UO back, I wonder how long Phil is willing to tolerate that? I guess every year is different, and every team has ups and downs. Maybe it was just bad luck for the Ducks that Indiana caught lightning in a bottle in the same year the Ducks had one of their best chances.
Lanning is fortunate there’s more patience in Eugene. He couldn’t crack DeBoer/Penix and now Cignetti 2X, some financers wouldn’t be patient given his $10M+ salary, not that such impatience is reasonable, Lanning is winning, but such patience doesn’t exist everywhere….
Jesus, the budget for assistant coaches is only $3 million. Safe to say Barnes lied when he said OSU would continue to fund like a P4 program. No wonder guys are already bailing. Embarrassing. Bray got nearly $5 million.
For comparison – Memphis assistant coach salary pool was $4.7M for 2025. Colorado State pool is expected to $5M under Mora. Wild that we’re already falling behind our G5 brethren.
Barnes saying we’ll continue to fund like a P4 school has turned out to be patently false. I get it, if the money isn’t there, it isn’t there.
It was a nice concept though. Funding like a power 4, spending dough on NIL (in all sports) and dominating the Pac 12 is/was the only way to keep any hope of returning to the P4. Just not happening though.
Many people hope everything will blow up and regional conferences will return in the 2030s but I highly doubt that if the traitorous 10 bailed on the BIG12 and BIG for a regional conference, that OSU and WSU even be invited.
I think this all blows up but not necessarily a return to regional conferences and agree OSU won’t be invited. WSU is positioning itself better than OSU in my opinion.
I think true power schools are going to go Independent in football or build out a new conference with just the top half of what the conferences currently are (similar to how the MWC was born).
Their “leadership” is what brought the sport to what it is now.
Oh, and they can take all of their sports, not just football, and kick rocks. We’ll stay in the NCAA and compete for NCAA titles, while they chase their dreams of diminishing returns.
Lance Guidry’s bio disappeared from the official web site so I guess that confirms what was reported. Losing Breckterfield to Utah made sense on a few levels. Guidry making a lateral move to Memphis for presumably more money shows how far we’ve fallen.
OSU has P4 expenses and G5 income. The Tinkle and Barnes contracts are like a noose around the athletic departments neck at this point. If something doesn’t change soon. I fully expect OSU as an athletic department to be manning the cellar in the new PAC 12 in short time.
Beavs get former 4* WR from Alabama transfer. Out of high the was rated #9 athlete in the country but got injured while playing for Alabama and missed an entire season and then got buried on the depth chart. He could be a potential impact player for da Beavs. Per the big zero.
“Bubba” Hampton…”247Sports scouting analyst Gabe Brooks evaluated Hampton during high school in 2023: “Displays a unique, somewhat unorthodox, but effective run-after-catch gait that regularly fuels chunk plays. Changes speeds particularly well and flashes elusive stop-start agility. Plays above his listed size in capability of high-pointing contested throws.”
Again, it must be said, Barnes is not as competent as portrayed and Tinkle’s contract has been a boat anchor for the athletic department since 2018…Barnes is basically taking more money than he deserves and underpaying everyone else, all while waxing eloquent about P4 budget and PAC12 revival. Someone needs to send Barnes and Tinkle the door, escort them to the station and make sure they get on the outbound train asap.
Winning slogans for game-day signs for the rest of the season:
ABB, Anybody But Barnes
ABT, Anybody But Tinkle
Shep better be meeting with Casey regularly, because he is going to need a good strategy to overcome the gross incompetency within OSU sports leadership if he wants to succeed.
rebuilding isn’t a thing for low level programs. You can’t plan ahead, the only thought should be how does this player help me next year. If they have 1 good year they are gone. No reason to develop these guys, their futures are irrelevant to the team, they are 1 year mercenaries.
Why do the officials who swallow their flags for almost whole game feel like they now have to effect the outcome? So frustrating that they are not consistent in calling PI.
The Bills are the sixth different franchise he’s played for … and sixth with which he won’t win a ring, Cooks previously weathering Super Bowl losses with both the Patriots and Rams. But this playoff heartbreaker will likely be as painful as any for the 12th-year vet, whose inability to haul in an overtime rocket from Bills QB Josh Allen resulted in the game’s decisive turnover.”
Watching the highlight, Cooks had to slow and wait for the ball….lead him and he probably scores!
Yeah, Allen didn’t have his best game with turnovers and misfiring on a number of throws. You are correct in the ball thrown to Cooks in overtime wad under thrown. If he leads Cook with that pass, game over.
Yeah, me too. Was hoping Buffalo would win it all as they have never won a Super Bowl. Had some great teams under Marv Levy. Similar to the Vikings in the 70’s.
According to the NFL rulebook, Cooks needed to do three things to demonstrate possession and be awarded a catch. First, he needed to have complete control of the ball with his hands or arms, which he did. Then, he needed to be in bounds, which, of course, he was. Third, he needed to perform another act common to the game or maintain control of the ball long enough to do so.
The rulebook also includes this note: “If a player who has completed the first two, but not the third requirement for possession, contacts the ground and loses control of the ball, there is no possession.”
Video of the play shows that is what happened. The ball transferred from Cooks to McMillian when Cooks contacted the ground. So, Cooks didn’t meet the NFL’s definition of possession. McMillian did. He had control of the ball, he was inbounds and he maintained control as he tumbled over Cooks.
Thanks! An article I read later discussed this, another pass play, and the fact that if the Bills had received a deserved holding play, it would have resulted in a safety, and the Broncos would have won before without an OT…
Bottom line is Allen turned the ball over too much, and “put the game in the officials hands” in the view of some. At least cut his TOs in half, and they probably win.
“Sean has done an [admirable] job of leading our football team for the past nine seasons,” the statement read. “But I feel we are in need of a new structure within our leadership to give this organization the best opportunity to take our team to the next level. We owe that to our players and to Bills Mafia.”
“Sean helped change the mindset of this organization and was instrumental in the Bills becoming a perennial playoff team. I respect all the work, loyalty and attention to detail he showed for this team and the community.”
That’s an amazingly short-sighted move. With the news that Harbaugh moved to the Giants, I expect Baltimore to jump on McDermott. I can see multiple seasons with Lamar Jackson as MVP and the Ravens simply kicking ass.
As the Bills now look for a HC, McDermott is the best available candidate.
OSU edge Bleu Dantzler announced his commitment to the Ducks on Saturday night. Dantzler — a product of Chandler, Arizona — just finished his true freshman year with the Beavers, appearing in just four games and earning a redshirt. He was a three-star prospect in the 2025 class out of Basha High School, rated the No. 87 edge rusher in the country and No. 8 player in Arizona according to 247Sports’ composite rankings.
Down by 3 points with about 10 secs left, Kennedie Shuler makes an incredible play on the baseline underneath Pepperdine basket by grabbing a rebound falling out of bounds, saves it by throwing a pass to Villa who was double covered two feet from the basket, Villa puts the shot in and is fouled. She makes the FT to tie it at 68. Pepperdine gets the ball back, misses a jumper from 15 feet, OSU rebounds and calls timeout with .3 secs left on the clock. .OSU inbounds ball at half court but Pepperdine player pushes Villa in the back under the basket and Villa hits the floor. Foul called and Villa hits the first FT for the game winner.
Just saw a mildly interesting CFB stat on Instagram that it’s been over four years since the Ducks (bear with me) lost a game to a team that didn’t play in the national championship that season. That loss was to the Beavs in the 2022 Civil War.
Sounds like Indiana had already signed next year’s starter out of the portal from TCU. That’s gotta be a little weird for the family knowing that Indiana didnt think little brother was good enough for the gig next year. CFP is such a strange place now.
Not really. Alberto was there when Cig came in, had a great year last year in the new system with the new staff and when Cig began looking to replace Rourke, Alberto was key to bringing Fernando onboard rather than Cig chasing Fernando.
Interesting article by Eggers on MBB. Like Tinkle or not, his last few classes have found significant success. Most interesting is it has NIL numbers for the basketball team and for perspective comparison to Gonzaga, St Mary’s, San Fran etc.
Long story short, we’re significantly behind several of the WCC schools, despite doubling our NIL $ between last year and this year. The WCC school don’t have to fund football so there is that. The crazy part is Gonzaga is expected to spend $10M in NIL next year on MBB. Just about every report I’ve seen would indicate they’ll spend more on basketball than we do on Football and Basketball combined….
Far as I can tell last year OSU put about $6M (media reports) into football and $1M (Eggers) into MBB in 2024-2025 academic year.
With the loss of the former PAC 12 media money, the Beavs have a $20M hole in the budget ($30M to $10M??). I expect coaching salaries/staff will decrease across all sports, NIL will stay generally stagnant and potentially some men’s sports will be cut unless some new donor or $$ saves the day.
“Tinkle is in the next-to-last year of a contract that calls for him to make $3 million next season. When I ask if he has entered discussions with Barnes about an extension, Tinkle’s answer is brief.
“No,” he says. “Too busy with this group (of players).”
Would he return for a final lame-duck season without an extension?
“That’s all going to take care of itself one way or another,” Tinkle says. “I’m not putting any thought into it.”
Well, of course he is. Tinkle is not oblivious to the apathy among Beaver Nation for his team right now, and that a large number of fans want him fired. He has been dealt a difficult hand, with the Pac-12 falling apart, with the Beavers falling behind in the NIL/transfer portal wars. That doesn’t matter to a lot of people.
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Barnes may choose to let Tinkle go and bring on a new, younger coach at a much lower salary. I’m not sure anybody can succeed unless Oregon State’s NIL largesse is increased. I can tell you for sure that Tinkle isn’t ready to give it up on his own volition. If he is going to stay, he will need an extension of at least a year — and be willing to accept a significant pay cut. Coaching in a lame-duck season would make recruiting even more difficult than it is now.”
$3M?!?
How did the funding from the PAC dissolution get used? What about the alleged value of PAC production capabilities?
I haven’t calculated the totals, but I suspect the total 2026 salary for the MBB coaching staff is right about the same total 2026 salary for all football staff.
Tinkle’s getting the NIL the fans think he deserves, possibly more. Who’s in the habit of throwing good money after bad? A new coach will get more, at least in the beginning, because new energy brings new expectations. We know what to expect from Tinkle.
That he hasn’t taken the opportunity of being in the WCC to enhance his legacy, in terms of just winning, is not him being dealt a bad hand. It’s him giving up.
The best investment any donors can make after this year is to pay his buyout.
Since the recent Blueprint Sports debacle, the dissolution of Dam Nation and the apparent immersion of the collective into the athletic department last fall, absolutely nothing has been said about what Oregon State is doing about its NIL problem. When I ask Tinkle who is handling such matters, he is vague in response.
“With what has happened the last few months, they are working out some of those kinks,” he says. “It’s still evolving. When we get to where we’re recruiting out of the portal, hopefully we’ll have things in a place where we know what we have to work with.”
Sounds like the coach is covering for athletic director Scott Barnes. Let’s hope there is a plan in place. Any plan.
Miiiiitch and the boys ranked #15 by Baseball America.
UCLA #1, no other west coast teams in their top 25!!
Perfect Game and D1 had the Beavs at 7 and 12…..and those two didn’t show the same lack of attention to the west.
Baseball America also lists Ten Candidates for Pitcher of the Year: Dax Whitney makes the cut here, along with a Flukey kid from Coastal and Jackson Flora from UCSB.
Your post about Tinkle earlier and Kerry Eggers article are all of what is wrong with OSU sports. If OSU can’t rid themselves of Tinkle, then why ever think they are serious about winning in any capacity in other sports?
I’ll assert that the most winning coaches in the pasty 40 years in any sport at OSU has been successful only as they navigate along in spite of the administration and overall athletic administration.
Casey defied the athletic department openly and still won 3 National titles.
Rueck has never been a champion of the athletic department, only his girls and staff.
Dennis Erickson was a renegade and pushed back on academic standards to get JC kids into OSU.
Soccer team, wrestling team, gymnastics…are any of these in full agreement with where OSU is right now? Budgets and lies about budgets impact every other sport and for some reason all we get are misrepresentations about future expenses and mysterious NIL malfunctions within the AD. It is all so ridiculous. Are there any adults in Gill?
Barnhart, was maybe better than DeCarolis, but DeCarolis was certainly no better than Barnes and we have been stuck with these loser ADs for 30 years. Guys who come to Corvallis to hide and ride out their career until they retire on a pension and no accomplishments. And unfortunately, these ADs hire similar-minded coaches and extend them for years son end, and we are now stuck with their lame duck coaches who won’t just leave, but continue to suck the life out of the athletics and sports facility. How can Tinkle walk around Gill without feeling guilty that he is the most overpaid coach on campus and everyone knows it. He has no shame and is a huckster, a grifter, a stubborn and incapable caricature of a coach. I fully expect Barnes to extend him again. Folly is OSU sports.
CBS has the Beavs ranked 132 out of 136 FBS schools in their final poll. Take that Sam Houston, Charlotte, Georgia State and UMass! Wait a minute, didn’t we lose to Sam Houston?
MacIntyre hire. Same type of hire as the last guy if you can call him that. Former head coach on the defensive side of the ball. Future caretaker for when Shephard is poached. I don’t recall him ever being highly regarded as a defensive mind and he’s near the end of his career. So low expectations on this hire.
Anyone know what the bowl tie-ins for the Pac-12 will be going forward? Vegas? Hawaii? Holiday? It would be nice if a couple were slotted with a P4 conference, Big 12. Hell, getting the conference champ to play in the Sun Bowl on CBS would be a win. Playing a MAC team in Tucson on the CW would not.
MBB blown out by 30 @ St. Mary’sterrible shooting performances.
Baseball claims strong pitching staff, return to small ball, bunting, stealing. Not much (any) comment on defense though…
“Pitching is unreal,” Krieg said. “The offense is going to be a little different. We’re going to have to execute a lot more, run a lot more small ball.”
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This year is going to be more of a gritty squad; bunting, stealing bases, doubles,” Talt said. “Pat Casey loved the small ball and the past years we’ve had people like (Travis Bazzana) and Aiva (Arquette) and Gavin (Turley) to really hit the long ball. This year I think Beaver Nation and the whole team is excited to play a little small ball behind our pitching staff.
“We can win games 1-0. Hopefully it’s going to be more like 10-0, but with our pitching staff, we only need one.”
Just for chuckles, I asked ChatGPT to do an analysis of our new coaches (assuming no one else takes a different job), incoming players, how OSU might look, and prediction. The original response used deep research and was quite long, so here’s the shortened version. I also put the hypothetical of Maalik Murphy might fit into JMS’ scheme. If anybody wants to see the longer version I’ll share it, as that predicted the games we’d win and lose.
Oregon State’s 2026 identity should be clear: pass-game centric offense + multiple, nickel-heavy defense, built around a veteran QB.
Staff highlights: HC JaMarcus Shephard (ex-Alabama co-OC/WR) and OC/QB Mitch Dahlen (ex-Alabama/Washington QB developer) signal a QB-friendly spread: quick game, spacing, and vertical shots off play-action. Dahlen’s background includes helping develop high-level QBs like Penix and Milroe, so expect an offense designed to simplify reads and create explosives. RB/AHC Lee Marks brings balance and ball security (multiple 1,000-yard backs coached), while OL coach Kirk Barron (ex-Oregon/Alabama assistant) is the swing piece—if the line stabilizes, the whole system expands. ?
On defense, DC Mike MacIntyre is a proven “multiple” architect (4-2-5/4-3/3-4 flexibility), supported by Co-DC/LBs Cort Dennison, DL vet Mark Hagen, and a dedicated nickel coach (Dan Rowe)—a big tell they’ll live in nickel. ST/CB Ricky Brumfield has a long track record of big special-teams turnarounds. ?
Additions: Portal headliners include WR Aaron Butler (Texas), WR/returner Xayvion Noland (UTRGV, elite YPC), TE DeCorion Temple (CMU), and LB Dylan Layne (Idaho captain). HS class is WR-heavy (e.g., Cynai Thomas, Jameson Powell) with athletic defenders.
Maalik Murphy fit: If he wins the job, his big arm and downfield accuracy match the Shephard/Dahlen emphasis on explosive passes; he doesn’t need to be a runner to thrive in this structure.
Prediction: likely 6–6, with bowl eligibility hinging on OL cohesion and defensive communication early.
I am so tired of coaches who are enamored of a strong arm. More important are team leadership, creative thinking under pressure, making the players around you better. I didn’t notice any of those as particular talents in Murphy.
I agree with you. I think he has some tools and there seems to be a potential fit in what I imagine JMS’ offense might do (but this is speculation), if we’re not wasting a lot of money on him then we could do a lot worse than him as a talent baseline. I like the 2? QBs that we brought in. We shall see!
I’m pretty underwhelmed by anything OSU sports right now. I don’t get any sense that the AD is being honest to the fanbase about the reality that OSU is facing as a non P4 school. It is either genuine denial or blatant lying by Barnes because the situation is not good and the finances are apparently in shambles with the Tinkle and Barnes as the only 2 doing just fine on their former Pac12 salaries.
I think OSU sports has been driven into the proverbial ditch and we are being told it is a roadside resort.
100% truth right there. OSU administration has achieved its dream, OSU is no longer even operating at a G5 level. I’d honestly have more respect if they were just honest. The obvious gaslighting from the university has turned me off to all their sports. I don’t even care about baseball at this point (hopefully the players draw me in).
Grumpy/Chat says, “Maalik Murphy fit: If he wins the job, his big arm and downfield accuracy match the Shephard/Dahlen emphasis on explosive passes; he doesn’t need to be a runner to thrive in this structure.”
Agree, he doesn’t need to be a runner BUT what he (or whoever becomes QB) needs is Football Smarts and an ability to think fast. Maybe not even think, but react fast. Seems to me this has been lacking lately and was one of the biggest shortcomings of some of the “big arm” guys. Say it again, give me an OL of 4/5 stars and a 3 star QB with a brain can do well.
Yep, the best path is to shoot for linemen, period, and then maybe a little cash to competitors we pick up from FCS programs. Blowing our whole wad on one player has been the dumbest way for OSU to enter the NIL sphere. I don’t get it. They could find more humble players who still recognize that a smaller amount (100K or so) is still a very good step up from where they were before and could grow from there. Barnes is a clown.
Disclaimer: The views of the ChatGPT response do not reflect Grumpy’s actual opinion on whether or not MM doesn’t need to run. He certainly does because mobile decision makers are the present and future – which maybe he can be coached to call his own number strategically. It should be stated that AI has also talked to me about new coach Trent Bray, so some of these results should be taken with a massive grain of salt.
At court side and Beavs WBB tied at halftime with zags 40-40. Officiating is not very consistent and the crowd is very loud and riding the refs like a pony. Rueck got a tech fouls late in the second quarter bc he’d seem enough of the officials BS calls. I think this game is going down to the wire as zags at very good.
I don’t watch much WBB, but have this game on since it’s an important WCC contest. Man, the attendance looks much better than MBB, and the energy is high. Thank God for Scott Rueck!
I agree as she would either hook with her off arm to clear the defender and I don’t know how many elbows threw and didn’t get called. The officiating was pathetic and we let them know it throughout the game. .It got crazy loud and I’m guessing attendance was 5,000+.
Villa went off in the 2,nd half but those 5 missed FTs were costly and she’s a 90% FT shooter on the season…20-30 on the FT line will eventually catch up with you.
FWIW, OSU ran a $5/ticket promo for the Zags game, it’s being repeated for the next home game (Jan 29 vs San Diego). Order online only with promo code: BEAVSWIN
I’ve been to several wbb games where there were 7000 and last night was close to these games…..The UCLA game in 2023 was crazy loud and the civil war game where the Beavs beat the ducks and Sabrina was crazy loud too.
Last night’s game had a very similar feel of drama as the 2023 UCLA game. However, that UCLA games was so dramatic in the way it ended and with beers going down with a broken nose, I’m not sure there will ever be another finish quite like that one.
“Kennedie Shuler had 17 points, 10 steals, nine assists and five rebounds for Oregon State (15-6, 7-1 WCC). She tied the program record for steals in a game, held by Juli Coleman since Nov. 23, 1983 against BYU, before fouling out with 4:30 to go in overtime. Shuler narrowly missed out on what would have been only the fifth triple-double in OSU history.”
“I love playing defense, I feel it’s who I am at my core,” Shuler said. “I know it’s a great way to set the tone at every game. Anything I can do to help set the tone every game and help us gain momentum while doing it.”
Shuler’s previous career-high of seven steals came earlier this month against Seattle. There are only 11 other Division I women’s games this season with at least 10 steals.
Either by score or assist, Shuler contributed to 43 of OSU’s 92 points, with assists on eight of its 10 three-pointers.
Rueck called Shuler’s game an “elite performance” that ranks among the best during his 16 seasons at OSU.
“What her job was, was unique because of the way we were defending,” Rueck said. “She had a lot of court to cover. It plays right into her instincts. It’s like she’s a (soccer) midfielder out there reading scenarios, trying to get into the mind of your opponent — where are they going next? Her anticipation along with her athleticism, explosiveness and willingness to work that hard, it’s so inspiring to watch.”
Shuler: Lady Glove? 10 steals, filling up the stat sheet!
She is the MVP of this team and that’s saying a lot given what Jenna Villa and Bolden have done. KS has improved her FT shooting in conference too and that’s a big plus. Defensively, she plays wither her hair on fire and is non-stop energy on the floor. I’m not sure the beavers have ever had a player that is so good defensively and to add to that point, she gets 2+ blocks almost every game, her rebounding is top level for a guard and her skills driving to the hoop and finishing is A+.
She is one tough player and has really developed into an elite talent gie the Beavs. Sitting at court side last night, I was just amazed at the things she can do and that Gonzaga team is as tough as you’ll find in the WCC.
Lastly, Allie’s job in the Zags #2 scorers was a complete lock down job. Allie is an amazing player too. All said, Jenna had a spectacular second half despite missing 5 FTs, she hit the ones that sealed the win.
I love players with her zeal for defense and attitude. Creating turnovers, creating transitions, increasing possession numbers, viewing defense as a driver for offense rather than as a burden that takes player energy away from the offensive end.
Can this be a tournament team again? It looks possible, even if they may have a short stay there?
Former Vanderbilt running back AJ Newberry announced he signed with the Beavers via social media on Saturday. He has two seasons of eligibility remaining.
The 6-foot-1, 200-pound Newberry had 18 carries for 57 yards with three touchdowns and two receptions for 18 yards this season. He had 41 carries for 185 yards and three scores and seven catches for 134 yards and two touchdowns in 2024.
As a freshman, Newberry had 20 carries for 96 yards over four games while redshirting in 2023.
1st, Merry Christmas and happy holidays. Go beavs
Merry Christmas AB degenerates
Merry Christmas to you and yours. Hopefully the Beavs can get some delayed Christmas presents.
Merry X-Mas every one and all. May our suffering as Beavs fans be… reduced? (I mean, we’re in the shitty hellscape of “college” football. My next Christmas wish is that we get rid of Tinkle next!
Merry Xmas Angrybeavs!
Hopefully a Christmas miracle will result in having a respectable football team next year…
Merry Christmas to all.
I hope we all get a transfer portal gift of quality offensive linemen under the tree this year.
Daddy’s home and Daddy’s home 2 are pretty funny movies.
So is Christmas Vacation!
“And if it wouldn’t be too much, I’d like to get something for you, Clark. Something, really nice!”
A little behind on things, but has the rest of JMS’s staff been filled out? I think most of the staff was figured out, but I felt like there’s still a secondary coach we need? I’m intrigued by the hires so far, seems like a decent mix of experience and youthful energy. I’m interested to hear what y’all think.
Die Hard is a Christmas movie.
Michael Jordan is the GOAT.
Lots of talk about Whittingham to Michigan this morning. Seems possible.
Probably Whit saw how easy it was for JS to cash out the Michigan St fanbase while losing 2/3 of his games. Why wouldn’t he take a shot at his own retirement plan and go cash out Michigan alums for about 3 years and a hefty payday.
It isn’t sustainable for these schools to have huge buyouts for overpaid coaches every 2-3 years, but if the timing is right and he can get in on it, good luck to him.
Maybe he thinks it provides him a realistic opportunity to win a national championship. He got go #4/#2 in 08 after a sugar bowl win over Alabama, won 2 PAC championships in ’21 and ’22.
I sometimes thought he benefited from older players, particularly on the lines. But with NIL, players stick around longer, so he can pay for them….
Yeah, he wasn’t going to get there with Utah. There’s some chatter that he was actually fired/pushed out by the Utah administration. Find that hard to believe. I’m sure he’s looking at it as a final chance. He always struck me as youthful for his age. As a side note, he was very nice to my son at a Ute football camp many years ago, personally fixing his helmet!
Apparently the coach in waiting that he set up ten years ago–and had been telling for five years that maybe this year will be his last–made noises about going somewhere else when Whitt approached the school for a five year extension.
Lucky break for Michigan, tried to get the new shiny thing but got turned down. Gets an established coach with little or no baggage. Coaches players up really well.
Is he too old? Cignetti is two years younger. So no.
Are beavers men’s basketball tickets still over priced at $4 ?
Yes, the best option is for Barnes and Tinkle to pay a $4 dollar discount for anyone who attends the games.
In response to GrumpyBeavs post above, here’s the current staff as far as I know, but feel free to correct me where I might be wrong.
HC: Jamarcus Shephard
OC: Mitch Dahlen
OL: Kirk Barron
WR: James Finley
RB: Lee Marks
TE: Ryan Wallace
DC: Lance Guidry
CoDC/LB: Cort Dennison
DL: Inoke Breckterfield
Unknown defense: Dan Rowe
CB: Ricky Brumfield(also Special Teams)
ST: Ricky Brumfield(also corners)
GM: Eron Hodges
S&C: Jeff Eaton
Unknown capacity: Torrey Gill
Only a few of those are listed on the site. I’d guess the holiday break is the reason why the others aren’t listed officially yet.
The others have at least been reported at some point by national or local media, but true they are unofficial till they sign on the dotted line
Thanks for sharing that Nice. It looks like a nearly full staff. Maybe Dan Rowe will work with Safeties, Edge or OLB position groups?
Well BeaverGopher, Minnesota wins its 9th straight bowl game, a winning streak that leads the nation apparently.
Was off the grid in the UP of Michigan. Miracle win in a game that we deserved to lose; the season in a nutshell. 8-5 record and they only played well against Nebraska and Wisconsin. Helped that we have generally played lower teams with the exception of Auburn in the Citrus Bowl, but it still is an accomplishment. Fleck had been able to keep the team focused for these games, but clearly not this year. NIL and all that crap had to play a part. I hate what has become of college football! The Cignetti effect finally forced him to fire several underperforming coaches after the game. Special teams were a nightmare almost approaching Beaver level of futility!
Mizzou who arguably has the best duo running back combo in all college football has no downfield passing game and is struggling to move the ball downfield. Sound familiar??? In Mizzous defense, they are down to a third string freshman QB.
I knew Sean Mannion wanted to coach when he was done playing, I always figured it would be HS. As the QB coach for Green Bay, he could be someone’s OC next season.
I’m sure the financial situation of the Athletic Dept. has been discussed, but considering the decrease in TV money, the loss of ticket revenue due to the horrible season, and the “split” of the $800k Wazzu took home from Boise (minus expenses of course) and the ongoing litigation with the Mountain West (with a trial date set for 2027!), forget NIL, the program itself is in desperate need of cash. Wouldn’t be surprised if they cut a varsity sport.
Maybe they can cut the mens basketball programming. Tinks is going to HC for 30 more years!!!
Ok. So this is stupid… But can we meme the ducks out of relevance? What if we just double blown… We get everyone to reply to everything about the ducks with… ‘I don’t know where in Ohio ‘Oregon’ plays’. Years, t shirts, eventually billboards. It’s silly, but memes are more powerful than facts. Oregon is just like Miami Ohio.
So pros are coming back to college:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2025/12/28/tom-izzo-blasts-influx-of-pros-nba-draft-picks-allowed-college-basketball-eligibility/87934071007/
These appear to be edge cases and only granted eligibility because of NIL rule changes. Guys who went from high school to gleague and did not sign an nba contract, looks like the NCAA is giving them a waiver for eligibility. They are eligible for 4 years minus the number of years in the g league. So there aren’t that many of these guys. And there won’t be anymore new ones as NIL killed the gleague team created for guys who did not want to go to college.
Another case is at Baylor, where a guy who was drafted (but did not sign) is eligible to play. Did play pro overseas but that has never mattered much in the past.
Only a handful of guys with these backgrounds but a potential huge advantage to the teams who can get them as they are essentially 5 star prospects with high level experience
A guy that played in 8 NBA games is currently being recruited, it’s over.
Lotsa players bailing on coach Slime at Colorado, over 30 leaving Iowa State, Okie State appears to leading with over 40 players leaving so far…B12 might be a good source of linemen…
The Seahawks are rolling and their defense is very tough. If SF beats the bears tonight, it sets up a showdown next week for #1 seed and the division title at stake. Go hawks!
Darnold like a player that inspires hope, but not trust….good thing they have a very good defense.
I expect Darnold could be a limiting factor @ SF next week.
Well, he’s had a few tough games, but he has made big plays when it has counted. Purdy for SF threw a pick 6 today so it happens to virtually every QB in the NFL. SF has a great offense and they’ll have home field advantage vs the hawks but I like the better defense in this one and that appears to be Seattle.
Darnold leads all nfl qbs with 20 turnovers this season. That defense is the reason they’re 13-3. But my drothers say the buck stops on Saturday and they’ll be relegated to the wild card round.
In the never-ending Big Tinks saga…..the Beavs trail by 30 at home against Santa Clara in their WCC opener with about 13 minutes left. Nice start to league play, the new P-12 is going to be brutal.
Geezus that’s brutal…how do watch?
I actually forgot about the game and then remembered, so I only watched a few minutes in the second half. I was curious if there was any momentum from the upset win last week. Short answer….no. I just saw that the final was 102-64. What a home game embarrassment.
That’s the neat part, you don’t!
Is Tinks the highest paid coach of the new Pac12, regardless of sport? He just might be
No, but I think it’s close. Big Tinks is at 2.7; get this, Mark Few is only at 2.8. Let that sink in.
I’ve been saying it for years.
Tinkle is as much of a grift on OSU as Riley. A slightly different approach but a grift nonetheless. Tinkle wouldn’t be hired by any other school if he were fired from OSU, but we get to watch the abomination on repeat for almost 10 years now. Even the Elite 8 run was in spite of Tinkle, in my view. I’m still not sure how that team got to the Elite 8.
Between Barnes and Tinkle, they have pretty much stolen $20 million from OSU through malfeasance and generally poor performance without consequences.
I wonder how many players he recruits actually graduate from OSU. Seems a good chunk bail after a year.
You have zero credibility if you put Tinkle and Riley in the same category with respect to their contributions to OSU athletics.
Tinkle is at $2.9 for the 2025/26 season and will get $3.0 next year.
btw – Santa Clara has one of those former g league players on their roster
What a catch by cooks.
Beavs WBB wins at USF 74-65 JV and KS had 23 and 19.
It was 24 and 19.
Jenna Villa and Kennedie Shuler combined for 43 points to lead OSU to a 74-65 road win at San Francisco.
WBB now 9-5, play St. Mary’s next…..
Beavs added a game @ UTEP next season
https://x.com/UtepZay/status/2001734873120211139
They’ve got body bag games at M, Oklahoma….nice…
I’m considering attending the game if my military son is still stationed there.
Interesting article on Indiana QB Mendoza’s background:
“After his road trip through the Southeast with Robinson netted no scholarships, Dunn, his coach, reached out to more than 50 contacts he knew in college football programs, asking if anyone needed a quarterback. Not a single one was interested.
“I called everybody I knew and nobody would bite,” Dunn said. “It was very frustrating.”
…
Out of the 1 million high school football players, only 7.5% will make it to the college level. Just 3% will play on a Division I team, according to an NCAA analysis.
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Mendoza graduated Columbus High with a 4.86 cumulative GPA and 12 advance-placement courses. But he was only a 2-star football prospect, ranked 2,149th nationally and 140th among quarterbacks by 247Sports, which ranks high school athletes.
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As Mendoza entered his senior year, processing his mom’s MS diagnosis and having no offers from top schools weighed on the young athlete, though his outward appearance remained unflinchingly positive, said Robinson, his speed and conditioning coach.
“Fernando overcame a lot,” he said. “And he’s still doing it. He’s beating the odds.”
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Last year, Mendoza chose to transfer to Indiana University to play under head coach Curt Cignetti – and with younger brother Alberto. Still two classes shy of graduating from the (CAL) Haas School of Business, Mendoza appealed to the dean, requesting to make up the courses remotely.
The school’s leaders designed a video-conferencing option so that Mendoza could finish his classes and get his degree – the first time such an option was offered to a transferring student, Etter said.
“To Fernando, that degree was very, very important,” he said.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/bigten/2025/12/29/indiana-fernando-mendoza-college-football-championship-nfl-draft/87791138007/
There was something in the air that night, the stars so bright, Fernando!!!!
Here’s Moore hype from USAToday I don’t get given his lack of consistent production the last three years:
” QB Dante Moore, Oregon
Mendoza may be more polished right now, but Moore has a higher ceiling. The 20-year-old has great deep passing skills, good arm talent and the best mobility of the 2026 NFL Draft’s top quarterbacks, which could make him a big-time playmaker. He completed 72.4% of his passes for 3,046 yards, 28 touchdowns and eight interceptions while replacing Dillon Gabriel and leading Oregon to another strong season.”
His FR year he was INT prone, last year he sat, this year he was productive…
Who cares?
Yawn
Lol as Rams get beat by the Falcons after trailing 24-3, Rams make a great comeback to tie it 24-24 only to see Atlanta kick and 51 yard game winner with 26 seconds left crushing the rams hopes for a shot at a division title
Rams were already eliminated from NFC west aspirations when Seattle won on Sunday
Dexter Foster enters the potty.
Well we are at the lowest point and I’d hope most of the roster can just move along to other schools.
Sheppard can hopefully evaluate, recruit and coach up a roster better than what Bray & Co served up the last 2 years.
I’m anxious to see what type of transfers Shep brings in bc he is supposed to be a great recruiter.
Don’t get too anxious. Being a good recruiter for Alabama in the SEC is a bit easier than being a good recruiter for Oregon State in the PAC-nobody.
You’re making me think about that Animaniacs cartoon Potty Emergency where Wakko desperately has to go potty but he can’t
Classic TV right there folks “it’s a potty emerrrrgency!”
Speaking of recruiting, seems pretty quiet with transfers and new recruits. You guys hearing any news on the recruiting front?
Portal opens on Friday. Probably will be quiet till then, other than guys announcing their intentions to enter the portal.
Not the sleuth that Nicebeaver is, but I try to keep a Twitter list of portal players that more than one of our current staff follows. Some have started to announce their three visits and some announce each time a school offers, so I think it will get hot-n-heavy this weekend.
https://x.com/i/lists/1599824993030115328?s=20
Thanks for the update!
Ryan Wallace officially announced as TE coach as well as another “Co-OC” position.
https://x.com/i/status/2006078139223662832
Apparently Iowa St only has 16 players still on their roster. Mass amounts of players transferring or graduating since the end of their season, Campbell leaving.
Pretty insane.
At least it was Roger’s dream job…
I’m guessing they’ll fill their roster, but I wonder if someday we’ll see a team unable to field a team, needing to pause/forfeit a season….
Portal opening Friday, let’s see where the roster is,
This is very rough math
113 players listed on the 2025 roster. Beavs were over the 105 limit this year as players who would have been cut due to the limit got a waiver. I believe this applied to mostly walk ons.
17 seniors departing incl Walker who has a year left but is transferring. Add 11 announced to enter the portal.
84 left. So 21 spots left as the roster cap hardens each year. Not sure who all got a waiver. But if most stay, I think the Beavs can go over the limit again as those with waivers don’t count against the limit. Can always use more practice bodies.
I expect more guys to hit the portal. My guess is Shephard needs to add 30 or so guys. It’s going to be a strong test of his reputation.
I hope the rest of the team enters the portal. They all suck
I’ve got 16 on the “intention to portal” list.
Gutridge, Hussey, Johnson, York, Sikorski, Williams, Reddicks, Meikle, Saez, Berger, Hawkes, Cox, Tuia, Foster, Esty, Walker.
Add Clemons. He had such a high ceiling but just couldn’t stay healthy. I thought he and Walker might stay due to Shephard being a so called WR whisperer. Guess not.
Wbb wins 63-57;over St Mary’s. Only 13 turnovers tonight
Kennedie Shuler is really playing ng well on both sides of the court. She had at least two blocked shots,ba few steals and I’m not sure how many points. Beavs now 10-5 on the season and really showing some mud season form
……mid season
MBB continues it’s Jekyll and Hyde performances with a 70-62 win at Gill against a now 9-5 USF team. Could this team be any more unpredictable than getting blown out by SC and then beating a decent USF team?
Based on all of the ESPN mouthpieces like Feinbaum, we can predict which teams ESPN prefers to win in the SEC Invitational over the next 2 days.
If they get their way:
Ohio State
Alabama
Georgia
Oregon
I’m hoping for:
Miami
Indiana
Ole Miss
Texas Tech
It would definitely upset the SEC/ESPN ratings narrative to have the less preferred SEC/Big10 options along with the Big12/ACC representatives still in.
I would really enjoy watching Indiana win a National Championship as an incredible story that runs counter to any ESPN spin. But I kind of want to see Texas Tech vs Miami final just to see how badly ESPN is willing to trash its own coverage to downplay the reality that the SEC isn’t playing in it.
I figure the close calls will favor group one as a rule.
ESPN has such an unbelievable conflict of interest by basically setting it all up, then steering the choices of teams and then pretending to be impartial as a broadcasting company simply “covering the sports news” of today.
The Disney empire needs to be dismantled and ESPN should go back to sportscenter and not be allowed to enter into contracts with conferences. Oh well.
I want Alabama. We got a 2 loss NC last year, it’s time for a 3 loss one!
I love that everyone complains just as much, if not more, about the playoff everytime it gets bigger because they demanded it be “settled on the field”
I’m ready for every 7 won P4 team to get an auto bid. Only a matter of time.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/what-the-transfer-portal-costs-now-position-by-position-price-ranges-amid-a-market-surge/
Just insane!!!
Probably mirrors NFL reasonably well?
I’m looking for the day a kid gets 4-5 years of college ball $$$, then says “no thanks” to the NFL which has less favorable employee movement. Ha! The money and lifestyle would be too hard to pass up…imagine making $10-12M by the time you’re in your early-mid 20’s, investing it properly, and seeing the world and enjoying life with your health intact…not another 4 years (ave NFL career?) of concussion risk and bodily abuse.
Yeah, most these guys are where they are because they don’t think like that. Doubt we see that happen. And if we do it will be very very rare.
I’m with you. How sweet that a 3-4 year career in college football could indemnify someone for the rest of their life.
Rough math with these numbers, assuming a starter at each position plus a few more at key spots. 2 QBs, 1 RB, 1 TE, 3 WRs, 5 OL, 4 DL, 3 LB, 4 CB, 2 S, 1 K, 1 P.
if you go with entirely high end numbers, it would be about $36 million a year.
Low end, around $7 million.
The numbers for the low end make sense for the Beavs. It’s realistically more, maybe 10-11 million when accounting for the full roster. New GM needs to have a good moneyball strategy with his budget. If he can identify the right players for the right price, would seem like Shephard could close the deal.
Whatever is left from the overall NIL budget can be fought over by the rest of the sports. I doubt many will get anything outside of basketball.
Interesting. Seems to line up with the Texas Tech model this year as their roster is reportedly in $35M range. Also lines up with media reports that most of our competition in the new Pac 12 are or are aiming for rosters in the $6M range.
I thought there was an NIL cap limit of around $22M?
There are many many many ways around it
Brumfield officially announced as special teams and corners coach.
https://x.com/i/status/2006425740322246911
Beavs pick up a 2026 QB.
We also lost our recruiting coordinator, Moala, to UCLA.
https://x.com/i/status/2006425740322246911
Who is the QB?
Isaiah Arriaza, Damien High School, LaVerne, CA.
Isaiah Arriaza. Undersized. 5’11 and 175.
Listed with a lot of offers before his commitment. So I’d guess most, if not all got pulled for whatever reason.
Film clearly shows him as an FCS talent. Barely there arm strength and not as fast as you’d want him to be
For what it’s worth, 247 lists him as a walk on.
LSU
Missouri
Texas A&M
Vanderbilt
Tennessee
All losers from SEC
So far only these teams have won:
Alabama
Ole Miss
Georgia
Texas (maybe)
SEC is so overhyped it is ridiculous. I think Alabama and Georgia are out after tomorrow too. The SEC has had poor qb play all season but ESPN needed to hype the entire conference as a means of bouncing back from the no show of last season playoffs. Fraud conference with a fraud network backing them.
Miami win is one for the undesirables.
It took those ESPN announcers until 20 seconds left to acknowledge how Miami was the better team. Pretty funny.
Is it weird that I woke up feeling stressed out for Coach Shephard last night?
Not sure why exactly, but he has such a huge task ahead of him trying to rebuild this roster from essential scratch, with limited resources and an extremely unexperienced staff.
I know he’s a hard working and energetic guy, but this us the type of job that can humble that type of personality quickly.
Best of luck to Coach Shephard in the 2026
He’s gonna need it.
Yes, it’s weird. But your analysis is solid and you’re such a sensitive, caring guy!
Have a great New Year buddy!
Big oil versus clothing and sports apparel meet in the Orange Bowl. I think shoes beat oil 24-21.
Too bad for the Beavers that potato salad and computer chips won’t ante up.
It looks like NIKE is finally going to be able to buy themselves a “Natty” this is not a positive way for Beaver Nation to start out the New Year. I hate what college football has become. No limit or salary cap, the team with the most money to pay for players, wins. Nobody is out spending NIKE on NIL. They end up getting the ultimate prize and reward for it. College football is ruined for me and apathy is my way of coping.
For how athletic Texas Tech looks on defense, their offense is the polar opposite. It’s like they bought half of a very good team and ignored the other half.
Shut up loser
Lanning might blow the game with his arrogance. Their defense is playing lights out, kick the field goals in the first half. Quacks could be up 9-0. Do the ESPN hacks seem more excited when the Quacks make a nice play?
They’ve been in FG range five times and only kicked two.
Shades of losing to UW by three when going for it twice at the goal line.
It might not matter with how bad the TT offense has been.
Looking at stats, TT with only about 8 minutes TOP in first half, 2 TOs, looks like they can’t stop the pass. Nike can’t run.
Anyone know what Sappington is getting paid?
Who gets the ball first in the third?
TTU fumbled again, Quacks score on the next play. 13-0. TTU offense has been incompetent.
TT is new to this stage with a high turnover (no pun intended) roster. Oregon is used to it.
Plenty of time to win it, seems very unlikely though. Watch TT go out and spend on offense after this game….
This game is over. TT’s inept offense can’t overcome a 2 score deficit.
Defense looks elite. Big 12 defenses gave TTU the illusion that they had an offense to go with it. Their QB has played poorly for most of the game.
Yeah, was shocked how bad TT QB played. He was awful! To win it all you have to have very good to great QB play. TT had a pretty good defense but zero offense. You gotta score to win no matter how great your defense is.
The specific quote from their coach going into halftime was that they needed to produce on O, because the D couldn’t sustain the amount of time they were spending on the field.
Honestly, it was shitty football from both offenses. Nikegon just got a lot of short fields.
Try the Beavers/Gulbranson approach of just running the ball…ha! 21 down…
I take satisfaction knowing how much some rich moron in Texas wasted paying a bunch of college students to play a child’s game and he has nothing to show for it.
He’ll spend more next year and buy a full team. Proof of concept shows bug boost in NIL spending makes previously irrelevant programs relavant. Spending a little more will make them legitimate title contenders as soon as next season.
True
And they now have the experience of being there, like Indy and Nikegon has from last year.
UO looks to have some pretty damn big linemen these days…I’ve not watched them in some time, but their lines look bigger than peak Chip Kelly/ Helfrich seasons(?).
I think we must acknowledge that Lanning at least knows where to begin with the roster and has stayed the course with his plan.
Of course they get all of the offensive talent they want because of the Chipster reputation that every national pundit has caricatured as Duck football. But Lanning came in understanding SEC defenses.
I’m more surprised that they have hit on multiple OCs/transfer QBs for the last 4 years.
I don’t think they can beat Indiana anyway, but mid season I had a concern that Nike may actually get their long coveted natty this year.
Another interesting nugget about NikeU is the variety of coaches they have had in the last 20 or so years.
Chip gave them and offensive reputation.
Helfrich was a dud.
Cristobal left them with a mindset for tough oline men.
Taggart was a shady recruiter, nothing new for them
Lanning us brought defensive mentality.
Somehow the ducks have managed to keep key aspects of each of those different approaches as a program personality.
Meanwhile the Beavs are just trying to get beyond Mike Riley.
Steroids will do that
Who needs steroids, now that HGH is a thing?
Austin Mack in the game.
Rumored as a possible OSU transfer, so luck o the Beavs means he’ll lead Bama to a comeback win and become unattainable for the Beavs and then go on to replace Moore at oregon.
Ducks will probably get that Nebraska QB if Moore leaves for draft.
Meanwhile, TT already saying they’ll double down on next year’s roster…so maybe THEY’LL get Nebraska’s QB….compared to Mahomes, go to Mahome’s college….
TTech is going after the Cincy QB, Sorsby. His GF recently enrolled at TTech.
Just my opinion, Dylan Raiola isn’t that great.
Bama has a physical monster of a QB on the roster….something like 6’6″ 250 lbs…bigger than most Beaver DLinemen…Ha!
Austin Mack in at QB for Alabama and looks decent. For everyone who thinks he’s coming to OSU because Shephard recruited him to UW and Alabama, I think that pipe dream is officially over. If he’s not starting at Alabama next year he’ll have a lot of suitors I assume now.
Geez Fernando Mendoza is such a dork. Love him.
Nike is most likely going to win it all unfortunately. Everything is set for them to become the poster boys of ABC/ESPN. If Indiana wins, they play NIKE again and statically teams have a lesser chance of beating teams twice. ESPN ratings would love nothing more than Oregon vs. Georgia. Lanning vs Smart. Apprentice vs Mentor. East coast vs West coast. Etc. it’s all aligning for them. They’ve been buying players for years, and now the rules allow it. Modern “money ball” plays into their hands. It’s sickening how the only way they’re able to accomplish this, comes at the demise of college football through ultimate corruption and commercialization. Cheaters prosper and the good guys lose in the end. It just feels so wrong, but that’s the way it is. This is why I refuse to support and participate in college “money ball” I used to love college football. The Beavers have no chance in this “money ball” era, even if they were to have a perfect undefeated season. It’s one B1G (SEC) club and the Beavs aren’t in it!
Pretty accurate, unfortunately…
All the UO/OSU discrepancies are brought into very specific relief: OSU wins 2 games on a laughable schedule, fires their coach, has an old, verbose interim…UO goes to playoffs, defeats TT 23-0…next fall, TT will destroy the beavers in Corvallis…
God I hope Nike doesn’t win it all this year…
Indy is going to take Oregon to the woodshed again…Indy is that freaking good. Great defense, great offense, great coach and great QB…TT was a good defensive team but their offense and QB was not even average. Different story with Indy as they are going to win the title.
Cignetti seems like the better coach. Even if beating a team twice is more difficult, he seems like the difference.
Indiana averaged 42 points per game. What’s your basis for saying they were a defensive team?
Don’t know the defensive stats for Indiana but the shut down some pretty good offenses.
I meant to say Texas tech avg 42 points per game so I wouldn’t say they are a defensive team. Their offense was horrible today though.
I inadvertently posted TT defense stats but I meant Indy defense:
Indiana Hoosiers football team had a strong defensive showing in the 2025 season, allowing an average of only 257.2 total yards per game, ranking them fourth in the nation in total defense. The team was particularly effective against the run, permitting just 77.6 rushing yards per game.
First time they played the ducks, they held them to 87 rushing yards, 269 total yards and 20 points and 6 of those on a pick 6. They completely shutdown Alabama today. I’d say that’s a pretty solid defense. Here are their stats for 2025:
the 2025 season, the Texas Tech Red Raiders defense performed strongly, ranking highly nationally by allowing around 266 total yards per game, leading the country in rushing defense (around 70 yards allowed), and ranking top 25 in passing defense, giving up roughly 186 yards per game and limiting passing touchdowns. Key stats include forcing about 2.3 turnovers per game and committing fewer penalties than opponents, demonstrating a well-rounded defensive unit.
Key Defensive Statistics (2025 Season Averages)
Total Yards Allowed: ~266.1 yards per game (ranked highly nationally).
Rushing Yards Allowed: ~71.8 yards per game (ranked 1st nationally).
Passing Yards Allowed: ~194.3 yards per game (ranked 24th nationally).
Completion Percentage Allowed: ~58.2%.
Passing Touchdowns Allowed: ~1.0 per game (tied 8th fewest).
Turnovers Forced: ~2.3 per game.
Penalties Committed: ~1.6 per game (fewer than opponents).
Ban SEC teams from the playoffs! Their only wins are head to head.
One thing I do enjoy is (not) watching them get exposed.
3 loss team winning would have been fun though.
Go Hurricanes!
Paul Fienbaum is likely apoplectic and should be watched closely near overpasses in Tuscaloosa, if they have any overpasses. LOL
Certainly ESPN will instantly begin the “Reviving the SEC” media blitz.
Now the best outcome is for Georgia to lose to Ole Miss, Nike to lose to IU, Miami to beat Ole MIss. If Miami and IU meet in the finals, I would be happy. Wouldn’t really care who won it at that point, other than Super Mario will be out-coached by Cignetti even if Cignetti is sleeping on the sidelines.
Beavs have no shot to ever be competitive in the current era. It is over, no matter who is coaching or what players show up to VFC. Unless and until a billionare donates substantially to OSU athletics, Beavs are toast and will be destroyed like Tulane…
I’ve got a question for all of you. How accurate are the recruiting rankings? Do they even matter? Indiana last five classes average 45.2, Alabama last five classes average 1.4
I think a team needs a coach that can communicate and push the buttons to get players to respond. Cignetti obvously can. The players that are recruited need to have a base level of skill. After that, it’s effort and discipline. Indiana is proof of concept.
What concerns me in regards to OSU- not enough ‘Aiden Sullivan Attitude’ type of guys. Too many soft, entitled kids that wanna get paid but avoid collisions. Indiana has many of the former, few of the latter.
Under Shephard I’m hoping the Beavs can get the players needed, decent to good athletic ability with very good mindset, to give the new Pac-12 a run.
“I think a team needs a coach that can communicate and push the buttons to get players to respond. ”
Petersen at BSU, Miller/Casey/Rueck @ OSU, it can be done
Check how many transfers Indiana has and the roles they play on that team. Unless recruiting rankings take into account transfers, then the correlation to success is much smaller than it used to be.
Yeah was wondering if transfers factored into the recruiting rankings.
Mendoza famously couldn’t get an offer after attending 17 camps. All the JMU transfers were offered by, at best, JMU.
The rest are examples like Mendoza–underrated out of HS but identified by Cignetti as pieces that fit his system.
Yep.
Mendoza looked pretty good as the starter at Cal. Nearly beat the Beavs in his first start in 2023 if I recall. Cignetti definitely feasting in the transfer portal age at Indiana. I read somewhere Mark Cuban and some other Indiana alums started pouring in NIL money the last 2-3 years.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/indiana-football-mark-cuban-curt-cignetti-success-nil-revenue-sharing/
Interesting article on how Indiana football has emerged in the NIL era. A huge part of it is excellent coaching for sure, but $$$$$ especially NIL$ committed to the program is a huge part too.
$2M for Mendoza…pretty well played young man….a guy who couldn’t get a scholarship offer from the SEC….
I think class calculations are just the “new” entrants into NCAA college football gor a specific year.
So highschool, JUCO and returning mission kids. But not transfers. They calculate transfer classes separately. In reality, transfers are the majority of contributing players on remaining the playoff teams.
Kindof crazy how AI slop has so easily replaced human slop with college recruiting edits.
I asked Grok(the Twitter AI bot) to take an existing Austin Mack photo and place him in am Oregon State uniform. Something that would take a graphic artist a couple hours a few years ago now only takes a few seconds. And it’s really not too “sloppy”.
And after making the edit, the AI bot engaged with me in a conversation about Oregon State’s QB recruiting.
It’s a bizarre world.
https://x.com/i/status/2006944013484753380
Nailed the orange on the jersey…the swoosh on the football sucks. Your detail? Or AI’s?
Its just based on 4 or 5 prompts I gave it.
I could have spent more time tweaking it but there’s really not point
Very impressed with Ole Miss quarterback.
I can’t be the only one who reads Ole and in my head I hear Oh-lay
I’m sorry, but yes, you are.
What about our Spanish speaking friends?
Not any more.
Ole, Ole, Ole Miss.
Has Murphy declared going into the portal yet?
Just read that G Johnson has entered the potty.
That is great news.
Add Dylan Black to the transfer portal. That makes 21 so far. Not enough imo.
Dylan Black, 0 stars and yet inexplicably the most significant player of the 2025 season…
Might have been good for 2-3 more wins!
I’m guessing Shepard won’t go into the 2026 season with only one long snapper….
Hope Beavers hold on to the punter?
Tom Collins entering portal…thought he had potential, will probably be more impactful elsewhere with more effective linemates….
Jojo Johnson too….
Who are s jojo johnson? Gibbarri Johnson?
Kai Wallin ups it to 23
Is it safe to think anyone entering the portal now has had conversations with the new staff and were encouraged to depart?
If so these are good developments and may mean JMS has others waiting in the wings for those spots and NIL money. Waiting for MM to enter the potty for sure. Hoping that the Mack rumors are accurate.
Always remember LODB though
I think the Mack rumors were started here since Shephard recruited him to UW and then followed him and Deboer to Alabama. Can’t see him leaving Alabama to go to OSU especially if he has a chance to start next year as the current starter for Alabama might be one of the first 5 QBs taken in the draft. Hope I’m wrong because right now we might have to start Murphy again.
Tristin Tia hits the portal. 24 now
https://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/2026/01/oregon-state-quarterback-tristan-tia-enters-the-transfer-portal.html
I was hoping he’d stay actually, see if this staff could develop him, at least for a backup. Maybe he thinks they’re bringing in another QB…
Everyone can leave for all I care. Flush it and start over. 24 in the portal isnt enough imo.
I doubt he wants to be a backup. Might have a chance to start st another G5 or lower school, show his stuff and cash in the following year.
Tom Collins is a classic, refreshing highball cocktail, essentially a fizzy gin lemonade.
Jojo Johnson is a young defensive lineman with potential
Tristan T’ia has entered the potty
Just saw this up above as my feed didn’t refresh b4 posting.
Interesting factoid. Kat Tudor is the analyst for the Men’s MBB game on ESPN+ tonight.
The Mad Bomber!
I’m with the people that want everyone to go but I’d like to start hearing about some incoming.
RB Allah in the portal too…
around 1/3 of all fbs players are in the portal now.
At court side watching WBB slobber knocker Pacific. Villa goes for 30 10-15 from the field including 4-4 3 pointers. 75-46 with 4:47 left.
MBB is getting embarrassed by Pacific. Down 49-34 at the half. KC Ibekwe plays for the Tigers now.
“The Beavers (8-8, 1-2 WCC) fell 84-53 to the Tigers (10-6, 1-2), shooting just 36% from the field as the game slipped further and further away in the second half.”
JTFC.
Jekyll and Hyde.
One of JMS’s guys at ‘Bama entered the portal today, any chance he’ll head to the best college town?
Jalen Hale spent three seasons at Alabama after signing with the program as part of the 2023 recruiting class, he chose the Crimson Tide over offers from programs including Georgia, Southern Cal, and Texas.
6’1″ 197 lb WR….held back by injury. Out of high school:
“One of the most explosive athletes in the 2023 recruiting class … a three-sport star at Longview High School where he excelled in football, basketball and track and field … No. 42 nationally on the 247Composite and the No. 7 wide receiver … the On3 Consensus ranked him as the No. 49 player nationally, No. 9 receiver and No. 6 player in Texas … Rivals.com’s No. 36 player on the Rivals100, the No. 6 receiver and the No. 10 player in Texas …”
I just read that over 2k players entered the potty in just over 12 hours today. Yeah, the transfer potty is destroying college sports.
The men’s basketball team is pretty terrible. But they don’t do themselves any favors by turning off the ability for fans to reply to their social media posts. Pretty cowardly.
Wow, that is sad. The P-12 is going to be brutal for them next year; I fear they will be back to being bottom feeders in a much tougher league.
Probably at the direction of Tinkle. “We don’t need outside distractions guys, just focus on learning from me. All the detractors are ignorant…”
I’m torn because my kid wants to go to a men’s basketball game sometime, but I don’t want to support this program under Tinkle. Enough empty seats at Reser helped implement change with football. I’ll end up going to a game, for bonding and creating memories, not to show my support for the current direction OSU men’s basketball.
Go to a WBB game?
Pick up game at Dixon?
Go watch them when they play at Portland? Tix prolly cheaper too
Pretty much most of Beaver Athletics with the exception of Baseball, will lack the proper funds to compete in this new NIL era regardless of which conference they’re in. If OSU had the money Tinkle would be gone already! Women’s basketball is able to compete because of Scott Rueck and his staff. Once his girls get offered more money even they’re gone. This Wild West, anything goes, no salary cap era with NIL needs regulations. Otherwise the Beavers will forever be bottom dwellers and an afterthought in college athletics. Bowl games are going the way of the dinosaurs and becoming extinct. Teams that are 5-7 are making bowl games and some are facing opponents from their same conference, many teams and players are opting out, what is the point anymore? College football is dead unless your team plays in the SEC (ESPN) or B1G Ten (FOX) the NFL 2.0
My guess is if Miami wins it all, another round of realignment will immediately happen.
Imploding the ACC will be the next effort by ESPN.
I’m waiting for the “blue bloods” to get hit with a tax for spending too much NIL and whatever funds to pay the players. I’m guessing the ncaa or someother corporation to reap those benefits which will be suposedly to help make the playing field more level. Hasn’t seemed to work in the MLB.
The payments to players has gotten totally out of control.
He’s ten.
Just ignore him.
Why do you keep posting here? You already admitted you a duck. Try leaving your mom’s basement
Exactly. He’s proven that on more than occasions with his consistent digs at the beavers.
You can refer to them as digs, but as a Beav, and I Hate to admit it, I consider them facts.
Utah decided instead of hiring former Beaver coach Jonathan Smitb for his OC, they’d go with another former Beaver coach, Kevin McGiven.
We’re about to witness the downfall of Utah football.
Hopefully they Timmy’s Tots going again too…
https://x.com/adamgorney/status/2007612705570730090?s=42
SF4ers focus on their cool black uniforms, held to 3 points at home in loss to SEA.
Seahawks dominated them and loved when Smith-Nigigma (sp) knocked former Duck secondary player, Lenoir, on his butt as Lenoir tried to get physical and ended up on the ground. Seahawks defense is freaking tough!
I watched the highlights. Good to see players tackling, even solo and in space! A novel concept I hope Shepard implements.
I don’t need to tell the Seahawks to run the dam ball.
That was impressive.
On that first drive 1st and goal from the 1 or 2 yard line and you should have told them to run it there bc they ended up with 0 points but fortunately it didn’t cost them.
Beavs already lost one of their new coaches. We were supposed to have Inoke Brekterfield as DL coach but Utah alreay poached him.
Pete Thamel- Inoke Breckterfield hired by Utah to coach defensive ends.
I’m starting to get nervous with football next season already. Obviously a ton of players are in the portal. I know most think thats a good thing on a 2 win team but a lot of these kids could play and just needed some coaching and a little more talent around them. Always expected with a coaching change but its not looking good. Especially since we have nobody transferring in yet. Hopefully we see that soon and I don’t know if we even have 1 commit yet. Now we are losing new coaches who have only been on campus a couple weeks. What is going on and maybe I’m just overreacting.
“…losing new coaches who have only been on campus a couple weeks.”
And to top it off Inoke’s experience at the campus of The Best College Town goes far beyond the recent “couple weeks”.
Outside chance (WAY outside) that his Riley roots didn’t mesh with JMS? Naw, just follow the $
Some of you have RDS (Riley Derangememt Syndrome). Weird as fuck.
Well when OSU has been relegated to also-ran status by every media, performance and statistical metric, of course the interest from coaches and players is at an all time low.
The NIL fund is sub-par. The program embarrassed itself for most of 2025. The roster was full of guys who were either coasting or had already quit mid-season.
Any new coaching staff would be faced with a daunting challenge. It isn’t a good look to have new coaches bounce after less than a couple of weeks in VFC. Even worse when it is Inoke, who has seen OSU in prior eras of losing. If he sees it as a bad situation from his own experience, we are in trouble. Other coaches won’t need very long until they will start seeking a way out of Corvallis too.
As far as players and the transfer portal, no one will jump at the chance to sign with OSU right now. We are essentially asking guys to come to OSU for a scholarship circa 1993 without the games against USC et al, because the NIL isn’t there, and neither is that conference.
OSU is waiting for the portal dust to settle and then see who is left to pick over and fill the roster for bottom dollar. We are basically waiting for a roster full of guys no one really wants and didn’t offer any NIL to get.
Basically what we just had last year, lol, or worse.
The only hope for OSU is JMS may have some great connections to guys with no playing experience who want a shot to showcase themselves for a year.
The other hope is that JMS and staff are better at talent evaluation than 120 other D1 schools, and can build a team out of undesirable, unsigned leftovers out of the thousands in the portal, all for minimal NIL.
In all reality, it is over for what we used to think of as OSU football. The prior PAC12 status kept OSU more relevant than anyone realized and that era is never going to return.
As nice as the story is to maintain the new PAC, it is a far cry from before and not what many players are looking for in the NIL era. Just facts.
As always, there will be high character guys who can be the exception and strive for an education as an athlete, or are legacy linked to OSU in some special way, but in the main, one will care about the OSU brand as an actual option compared to any of the P4 schools.
I don’t expect OSU to have a full roster for spring ball, or even until August for fall camp. They will be waiting for player who got passed over by every other school to reach out for a chance. Maybe those guys will be out to prove more, but will there be enough talent to actually matter?
We need to recruit billionaire boosters more than players. Simple as that. Without the booster funds, this program is going to keep sinking. We’re not even treading water at this point.
And make a splash about who those billionaires are apparently. It is now normal to classify a billionaire booster as a pseudo-owner of the football program.
Nike unabashedly did so for a decade before it was actually legal and now here we are with many other schools basically recruiting portal players based on a billionaire’s reputation for flushing money into the football roster on a yearly basis.
Let’s hope Nike has to go back to the portal again to try and buy that championship after IU runs them out of the building this week
Hopefully his departure is some anomaly, though I suspect your concerns are warranted.I would have been good with keeping about a dozen players at least…T’ia, Allah, Hatcher, Freauff, Durant, JoJo Johnson, Thomas Collins, Dexter Foster…some depth guys. There’s not much need for “continuity” given how bad the team was in 2025, but having at least a handful of likley legitimate players that just need better coaching would be beneficial to the program.
What happened to the alleged, forthcoming announcement about some donor(s)? Now would be a good time with the portal open and flooding with players.
As much as the context keeps changing, OSU needs a real business plan, not some in-house AD strategy…they likely need $20M a year, just for football to have a chance at relevancy in today’s college football market.
” The prior PAC12 status kept OSU more relevant than anyone realized and that era is never going to return.”
I think Angry used to make the point that OSU was essentially too happy riding the PAC’s coattails, instead of striking out for excellence. True. The odd upset of USC was feel good/underdog/lunch pail mindset. Need guys like Ralph Miller, Pat Casey, Rueck, that are willing to not only understand there’s more, but know how to get there. Hopefully, Shepard is such a guy.
Also, fair to say that UCLA, Stanford, CAL, don’t seem so relevant without the PAC anymore…MAYBEEE even USC, USC really underperforms given the resources they have….
Or UW honestly. ASU, UofA, Colorado all are ignored and not much better off beyond their conferences for now.
and to think how good the conference looked in 2023…what, 6 teams in the top 25?
Its the current climate at every school.
Sorry for duplicate post. Internet on my flight is awful and it didn’t look like it posted.
Hard to read tea leaves, should bear in mind we haven’t inked a defensive coordinator (just co-DC) officially despite reporting that Lance Guidry was the pick.
(I’m happier with having a co-DC as well after reading about the mess at Guidry’s last stop)
Could be any number of reasons why Breckterfield went with Utah.
A few years ago I was much higher on him generally; his unit didn’t fare very well when he switched leagues recently.
Eron Hodges teasing that we might have some recruiting news coming. Although we’ve seen these teases over the years not amount to much.
https://x.com/i/status/2007984818316034229
Perhaps it is Simi Kuli getting ready to cash in on his NIL dreams after all these years…
Anyway, hearing rumors of a 5* qb from west Texas signing soon- Sydric Finch, all the tools, elite arm, elite speed, a mythical figure in the West Texas high school scene apparently.
We had WRs Aaron Butler and Xayvion Noland on visit this weekend.
Butler was the 4* Texas guy and Noland comes from UTRGV(University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
Noland played HS ball with Louisville transfer QB Deuce Adams who might be a guy they could pursue
We flipped a RB commit from WSU.
https://x.com/i/status/2007995617784856874
Other offers = Nicholls State, Alcorn State and Graceland.
Man the Beavs have fallen on hard times
We just lost Jamaal to WSU.
Highlights of Garrison:
https://youtube.com/shorts/6PqqGO0YX7g?si=R9n0bTosyEwqr1Cb
Did he really flip? Or did he decommit from WSU because their coach bailed?
He had actually signed with Wazzu in December.
Fair enough. Im just waiting for a kid to sign an LOI then hit the transfer portal a few weeks later.
Then we’ve truly gone beyond the already absurd
I assume he was released from his signed LOI with Wazzu with the coaching change.
I just read on another beaver site that Murphy isn’t leaving most likely bc he’s got no other place to go…Too bad TT decided to hit the potty.
Seems like it’s best just to see who’s coaching and playing when it’s time for the first game.
So basically, just like the player portal.
Now 4-5k have entered the potty per latest estimates.
Mens hoops loses by double digits at Wazzu. Not that anyone cares.
Just imagine if an NFL team hires a top college coach, then the dominos can start to fall all over again.
Anyone have a sense how the “NIL-era” is impacting non-revenue sports? Volleyball, gymnastics, wrestling? Seemed to have a good turnout for the meet with Ohio State over the weekend, but are we seeing similar gaps between P4 and G5 in those sports as well?
If we can just keep baseball a top 25 program, trips to Omaha once ever three or four years, I’d be ok with that at this point.
Hodges teasing again this morning that more recruiting action is “about to go down”
https://x.com/i/status/2008208313641734364
According to Ryan Clarke, we’re supposed to land that Texas WR Aaron Butler.
Now we need someone who can throw a catchable ball to him
We are stealing a wr from Texas?! Karma for taking Silas Bolden. Watch out SEC, we are coming for your scraps.
Apparently the Noland move isn’t official.
Reporter said he updated his bio to Beaverfootball, but apparently his bio is now gone.
Might be pulling an Inoke
Looking at Butler’s history of “committing” I don’t think he will end up being a Beav but hopefully I am wrong as he had some big offers out of hs.
https://247sports.com/Player/aaron-butler-46098986/TimelineEvents/
247 shows Noland as a commitment.
Beavs also pick up a TE transfer from Central Mich.
https://x.com/i/status/2008223671626969422
Beavs also picked up the other transfer visitor from this weekend, Xayvion Noland.
https://x.com/i/status/2008232187489812728
He is a 5 foot 6 WR from UTRGV?? Had to look that school up for sure.
21 yards per catch, 7 TDs…..
I’m sure the level of competition had a role in that….Hope he has James Rodgers+ speed. Punt returner too maybe?
How about hoping the kid doesn’t get hurt…that size he better be the quickest, most elusive guy on the field.
Wasn’t champ Bailey shorter, lighter? He looked like a real injury risk!
Rodgers bros were short, but stout and tough.
He can hide behind his blockers, for sure.
Also would be hard for a defensive back read this guy’s eyes, when the back is too tall to see them.
Idaho LB Dylan Lane has also transferred to OSU.
Former Lake Oswego guy.
We’re essentially recruiting/signing FCS/G5 guys, which is basically where the Beavs fit as a program these days.
Line exception is the Texas WR, who is still not official so can’t really be counted yet.
Mississippi is similar to us then because their QB is a transfer from D2 Ferris State
Oh lay Miss?
Player movement is crazy….
Shamar Meikle: Oregon State to South Florida
UCLA picking several kids up from James Madison, one from BSU, one from Harvard…
While USAToday has transfer updates for SEC, B10, B12, and ACC, nothing specific to PAC.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2026/01/05/college-football-transfer-portal-tracker-today-commitments-jan-5-live-updates/88021134007/
The FCS Championship Game tonight has been probably the most fun I have had watching college football this year. Interesting to watch Vigen coach his team.
Still wouldnt want Vigen as a HC. Not right now.
He won the title didn’t he?
FCS success does not guarantee FBS success.
I beg to differ.
Of the guys who won FCS titles and became head coaches at the FBS level have pretty good records. There are far more guys with success than failures. The most recent guys who have moved up have not embarrassed themselves. Especially guys with NDSU backgrounds which Vigen is.
Only a handful of guys could be considered failures.
FCS playoff games are fun to watch. You think the game is over and the team that is down usually comes back to make it a game.
Perhaps we are lucky we didn’t get Vigen as a coach. Although Montana State ended up winning the FCS Championship 35-34, they were thoroughly outplayed the 2nd half by Illinois State, who made halftime adjustments that Montana State couldn’t counter the rest of the game. ISU shut off the running game throughout and then tightened up their pass defense by turning up the pressure. And, for some reason Montana State committed 9 (!) false starts in the game. MSU had two-score leads at 14-0, 21-7 and 28-14 and barely eked out the win in OT thanks to a bad snap leading to a blocked FG on a potential game winning FG by ISU late in regulation, and a blocked extra point in the first OT period. The lack of adjustments by Montana State reminded me of J. Smith…..
Agree. Like not solving the cadence problem. Fun 3-play touchdown by MSU in the first half.I wonder if Vigen will stay and if some players will leave MSU. MSU has lots of money but NIL is rarely mentioned. Taco Dowler is 5’9, 165#, always catches the ball and then slithers through the defense. Fun to watch.
But isn’t the point about the final score and outcome? Apparently MSU did just what was need whether it was by 1 point or 21 points. The adjustments don’t matter so long as you score more points than the other team does. That’s like saying, we out gained them and won most of the statistical battle except the most important one….the one in the scoreboard. The rest of the stuff is irrelevant especially in the title game.
Wrong, Newbie. The game got to the point where Montana State was not in a position to control their own destiny, and at the end fortunately became the benefactors of the other team’s mistakes. Anyone who watched the first half of the game saw that Montana State had Illinois State on their heels and it looked like a mismatch. ISU then made adjustments and Montana State did not. OSU came close to getting this guy and I, for one, am glad that MSU reworked his contract to keep him.
Yeah, I mean, he only won the national title but your evaluation based on that single game is certainly 100% accurate and he clearly will never succeed as a college coach. Montana State
MSU won, Illini State lost. It’s called scoreboard. That’s the point of the game and nothing else matters.
Well gosh, MSU won the title and I’m guessing they are really disappointed in having Vigen as their coach. No wonder you’re a smelly beaver bc your comments stink up the place.
How many kids from those 2 teams will be playing in the power conferences next year? I bet there are schools scouring the rosters.
Where did WSU get all the money? I feel like everytime I look they are signing someone new in the Portal. Some good players also.
If I were betting on which program would find a way to get money for NIL between WSU and OSU I’d bet on WSU 100 times out of 100. Which is sad because OSU has a richer alumni base. But it is so poorly run.
WSU just seems like they value football more. It is a bigger part of their culture and identity.
Agreed, I think a significant percentage of power brokers at OSU would be fine dropping athletics to D3. I’ve felt this since I was there. But just enough power brokers care that they get caught in between and instead just have a terrible D1 program year in year out.
Is this a reflection on the baseball success at OSU? Meaning, would WSU “value football more” if they had a strong baseball or basketball team? Hmmm
NCAA DI football has less and less to do with the original missions of universities. You can say “Football is the ‘front porch'” and drives other sports and school attendance, but with the economics of football, it’s difficult to believe it’s a positive cost:benefit ratio in terms of a land grant university’s mission.
WSU football has done a pretty good job of punching above their weight, and arguably have a better bowl history than OSU. It probably is more of their identity, without it, what do they have?
“Successful” DI football is becoming the plaything of the very wealthy…if OSU’s richest alums don’t want to spend (not “invest”) money in a chaotic “business model,” it’s understandable, but it means OSU football becomes increasingly irrelevant.
Maybe OSU WBB and baseball can make some post season noise once in a great while.
I disagree with everything you said, all of it. And disagree that it is “understandable” that rich alums don’t want to invest (and it is investing) in their alma maters. I think that is a failure on the universities part.
Maybe that is the bigger point, that the entire “University System” is a failure. Perhaps the systemic failure of academic institutions failing is being presented in the absurdities of the current “amateur sports” collapse.
The wealthy alums who refuse to donate are actually the more rational rather than joining into the bottomless pit of NIL arms races.
We all hope that NVidia comes to the rescue and aids OSU in sticking it to NikeU as a huge ironic twist after all these years of hating the Nike advantages they enjoyed, but Hwang isn’t going to bite and probably never will.
Educational institutions had sports as extracurricular activities. Now sports teams have classes as a portion of the 24/7 sports schedules.
NCAA used to sanction schools for lack of institutional control, but that phrase exemplifies the entire collegiate sports system right now.
“…lack of institutional control, ” spot on. Schools love to say they aren’t responsible for the actions of NIL collectives..ha! “We love the benefits, but aren’t responsible…”
Huang donated $50M to the $200M research center for AI, climate science, and robotics..that seems indicative of both the scale and nature of his philanthropy, at least currently.
Agree with OhioBeav. I would not invest millions to the sports programs at my alma matre. There are far better things to “invest” in other than lining the pockets of immature kids who blow most if not all the money they receive. No thanks.
Being jealous of 18 year olds for having marketable skills is a bad look for an adult.
Either way. Colleges fundraise, if a college with the alumni base of OSU can’t get 10-15 million a year for NIL it’s because they don’t care too.
An investment requires the opportunity for returns.
That’s not happening in almost all instances.
Depends on your definition of returns.
But you guys can justify OSU’s laziness and lack of interest in being competitive anyway you want. I will continue to believe that all that needs to change is OSU leadership. Get a leader that truly values football and NIL will take care of itself.
“Depends on your definition of returns.”
This is some “depends on what the definition of is is” reasoning.
Disagree, as I’ve said many many times. Nvidia literally has a sports division. There are a million ways they could benefit from access to a major athletic program.
That’s a “retum” on investment.
But as I said, OSU would have little to no trouble getting NIL money if the university actually wanted it. They don’t care, fans like you excuse them not caring, and so we will continue to be a shit program.
You’re just pre-excusing incompetence.
Not to mention they seem to get better qbs and coaches.
Michael Doctor back in Corvallis. Recruiting director.
“Doctor most recently worked under Smith as his director of recruiting and player relations for two years before a coaching change in East Lansing at the end of the 2025 season. He spent six seasons working in the recruiting department at OSU before that, including the final three as director of recruiting for Smith.
Doctor will play a key role in building out OSU’s roster this offseason and into the future, working alongside Shephard and football general manager Eron Hodges.”
Doctor seemed to do pretty well under Smith, and Shepard should hopefully be able to attract QBs and WRs(?).
The portal period now runs from Jan. 2-16, with an extra five-day window (Jan. 20-24) for teams playing in the national championship. The spring portal window in April is no longer a part of the schedule, so January is the only open window for teams to add via the portal in 2026.
10 more days to build a roster!
Just watched beavers edge podcast and they expect several more beaver players to hit the potty.
I believe you can add all you want for as long as you want.. Those dates are just for kids to be able to enter the portal. They have to enter between the 2nd and 16th but can sign whenever.
Saw some news that 4 Nikes Duck CBs and a few RBs were in the portal, not sure how many are skipping the playoffs, but that’s a lot of turnover in the DB room…
5 Nike CBs….
Cignetti already being crowned the new “portal king” the guy is drawing players.
And Penn State becoming Iowa State east…god it’s crazy out there….
Inoke to Utah. Was a good 3 week run.
DL Jojo Johnson reportedly to Texas Tech, will be back in Reser next fall…
Is Hatcher still a beaver? He’s got so much upside and I sure hope he stays at OSU.
Never was a Beaver
Cornell Hatcher was never a beaver? RU sure about that? I’m pretty sure he was a RB and wore #21.
Oh man, this UW QB situation is going to be fun to follow. Resigned for $5 million on 1/2 and entered the Portal today with a do not contact designation. Sounds like he’s heading to LSU. UW said it will do everything they can to enforce his new contract. The punk skipped a student memorial that the entire team and coaching staff attended and issued his farewell on IG in the middle of it.
College football is fun!
LSU paying $6M.
Lane Kiffin causing chaos everywhere he goes
He couldn’t cause it without willing, stupid accomplices…
Was Oh Lay Miss Kiffin’s best run? I mean, the guy hasn’t won a championship and yet somehow LSU convinces themselves he HAS to be their coach, and they have to start setting new markets for player payments…but what should we expect with what they did with their WBB coach…wasn’t their AD and President situation a mess recently?
Mention of LSU president brings to mind good old F King Alexander. Which rock is he currently under?
Google says he’s at Florida Gulf Coast as a professor
Ethics prof??
He was smart enough to know he’ll never be the prettiest girl at the dance again. Miss had an easyish SEC schedule in a year that the SEC was “down” most agree (as if the Playoff results weren’t enough evidence).
If LSU is anything less than 4-1 in their first five games (Clemson, aTm, and Ole Miss) he’ll start hearing it. And they close with Bama, Texas and Tennessee.
LSU could become USC south, a place where five-stars go to underachieve.
“LSU could become USC south, a place where five-stars go to underachieve.”
Hasn’t it been that for several years?
Aiden Chiles to Northwestern…where Chip Kelly will be his OC…
Yikes, when looking at the transfers in vs out, not to mention normal class attrition from seniors graduating coupled with our small 2026 freshman class so far, we have a ton of ground to make up for in recruiting.
Seems like every couple hours another Beaver hits the portal too. Elijah Washington just left tonight.
I know most of us don’t mind seeing the current roster leave, but we also need enough bodies to field a team for spring practice.
https://247sports.com/college/oregon-state/season/2026-football/transferportal/?institutionkey=24091
Accept reality. The next couple years are gonna be “rebuilding”
At least the conference will be easier.
Shoulda just joined the Mountain West. Shrug
Never on the Mt West bc the Beavs would have been getting about $5M per year in a media rights deal. That would have really put the beavers football program even further behind the 8 ball
$5m isn’t even enough for UW to keep a QB on campus, for perspective
And they have an (international) airport for god’s sake!
At some point don’t donors have to tap out and say fuck it, why bother? Even if you have a big donor, Not a Phil, but a guy donating 6 figures, a good booster to be sure, and he sees kids making 7 figures and still leaving after a year?
Hopefully, let the current system burn itself down.
NVIDIA CEO Huang has no problem with proposed CA 5%, one time tax on assets of those the net worth over $1B. His net worth is an estimated $163.2B.
Slippery slope there. When would that “one time asset tax” ultimately trickle down for the rest of us to start paying “our fair share?”And then, what happens when the state decides to change it to yearly asset tax?
Well the pipe dream of Mack from Alabama entering the portal and coming to OSU should be officially over. The starter, Ty Simpsin announced he is entering the draft so Austin will be in line to be starting QB for Alabama. No chance he 3 take that opportunity.
Damn tablet. I meant Simpson and no chance Mack doesn’t take that opportunity to start.
Unless he’s beat out by the five star guy that was a freshman this year.
Or an incoming transfer QB.
Maybe beavers can get their other back up, 6’7″ 250 lb John Gazzaniga from CA., have him play QB and DL…he walked on at Alabama…
Actually the evil network says the 3rd string QB who was the #2 prospect should be favored to start for Alabama over Mack. Pipe dream is alive!!!
What are you hearing on the golf course?
Yeah, I don’t think Mack is #1 going into the offseason….
Keelon Russell will be the Bama starting QB next year. 5 star, overall #2 prospects behind Underwoos in last year’s HS recruiting cycle.
It looks like another potential baseball star in the making from Australia has joined the beavers baseball team for 2026. Josh Nati is considered a top level hitter with power and plays 3rd base.
Looking at the portal numbers so far, pretty much all of our WR room (in particular) is moving on. Our new coach is a “receivers’ guy” by trade. How much of this exodus is the players not liking the coach and how much of this is the “receivers’ guy” telling them to move on?
I’m sure Shepard and staff have been watching film and evaluating the roster.
I read an article that claimed a majority of players in the portal are asked to move on by the coaching staff. Wouldn’t surprise me.
I hope Fehauff stays though….maybe Durant(?). Wonder if that tall TE/cowboy from lil’ Crane Oregon sticks. Shepard claimed he wanted in-state kids on the roster…Fehauff is in-state and sounds very coachable.
Beavs pick up a TE from Utah Tech and a long snapper(yay!) from Stephen A. Austin.
I see the argument that Ole Miss is winning with an FCS transfer QB, but our entire class so far has been FCS or lower level G5 guys. Chances are we’re not striking gold repeatedly and we are essentially a lower G5/upper FCS team.
Can our small, slow players beat their small, slow players?!?! Tune into CW and find out!
Meanwhile guys from our “crappy” last years’ roster are signing at places like Tennessee/Nebraska/TTech/Auburn
Doesn’t mean much because remember Bolden went to Texas for a bag and barely touched the field. Our best players are typically 3rd string on power 4 rosters.
Omar Speights started for LSU and now for the Rams. We will see where the chips fall. CB from a couple of years ago went to Tennessee and started and is now projected to be a first rounder.
Went undrafted and worked into starting lineup too.
“…winning with an FCS transfer QB” seems reasonable IF you were able to surround him with the right support.
Say it again, spend NIL on OL and a 3* QB could look pretty good.
Story now is LSU apparently offered that UW QB $2M more than UW, but is also negotiating with former ASU QB Sam Leavitt.
Saw this message earlier today that OSU had promised NIL money to Lance McGee but they money wasnt there, so he was planning to flip to WSU.
And he just decommitted from OSU even though he already had signed to our 2026 class.
https://x.com/i/status/2008810672407409096
The money isn’t there…well doesn’t matter who the coach is, the financial backing isn’t there so no reason to watch for a while until something changes. Who was Big Dave talking about????!!!!!
Beavs don’t have $20?
Doesn’t seem like the money was an issues as McGee said no promises were broken. It was the mass exodus of players that made him decommit. Here is the article from Nemec. I know not many people on here like him but for some reason, recruits talk to him openly it seems.
https://prepredzone.com/2026/01/lance-mcgee-explains-oregon-state-decommitment/
Mass exodus means playing time. Doesn’t add up.
Tough spot. He values relationships and coaching in a sport where relationships have diminishing value. Most schools are having significant turnover….and he has to wonder: who am going to play with?! Get used to it kid.
You might try Indiana for a few years…at $12M/Year, Cignetti probably isn’t leaving within 3 years.
A lot of portal activity suggests kids commit to coaches, not schools. That’s likely been pretty true for some time, but the portal brings it into pretty sharp relief. Kids obviously could’ve switch so easily in the past to follow coaches ….
He was complimentary of Shephard. Could be what a reporter is told is the PC answer. Smart not to burn bridges with a coach, even if the program is cheap and couldnt hold up their end of the deal. You never know when you might cross paths with that same cosch on another program later in your career
Did you read it all? He clearly states it had nothing to do with money and OSU never broke a promise. All the players he was growing close to have left the team.
Talking about his parting note on social media this afternoon
This guy must read AB…
https://x.com/i/status/2009051148863553595
Continuing with the theme, Beavs pick up another FCS transfer. Linebacker from Duquense.
https://x.com/i/status/2008217948725334503
Duquense Tech or U. Duquense?!?
Look at Coach Slime’s incoming at Colorado:
EDGE Toby Anene (North Dakota State)
WR Ernest Campbell (Sacramento State)
CB Justin Eaglin (James Madison)
RB Damian Henderson II (Sacramento State)
DL Santana Hooper (Tulane)
DL Lamont Jester Jr. (Monmouth)
LB Gideon Lampron (Bowling Green)
DL Dylan Manuel (Appalachian State)
LB Tyler Martinez (New Mexico State)
DB Nateen Mitchell (New Mexico State)
DT Tyler Moore (Coastal Carolina)
WR Kam Perry (Miami of Ohio)
DL Khamani Potts (Grand Valley State)
WR Danny Scudero (San Jose State)
RB JaQuail Smith (Sacramento State)
DL Yamil Talib (Charlotte)
DB Cree Thomas (Notre Dame)
OL Taj White (Rutgers)
QB Isaac Wilson (Utah)
Not an impressive list of schools…
The shine has worn off with Prime. They were 3-9 last year. Good players know better
Didn’t Dennis Erickson find a ton of gems in JC? Maybe Shephard is our new Erickson. Maybe?
Former Beaver OL Adam Hawkes lands in the SEC at Arkansas
Who?
OSU = FCS-U
Why not just drop down to the FCS and join the Big Sky? Where NIL and the portal hasn’t ruined it.
Maybe we can go the Last Chance U route?
That’s Nevada’s pitch. They call themselves Oregon’s farm team, which actually isn’t a bad idea because kids might see a more linear path to playing for oregon if that’s their ultimate goal.
Beavs are like a dog waiting for table scraps at this point with NIL or portal players. We will be so far down the list of priorities or options, that the roster spots will stay open until the last few days of the portal window. Players will realize they aren’t going to get offers from anyone else and then they will consider OSU. This is our new reality as Beaver fans.
JMS may shift to building the roster from high school grads and hope to find the James Rogers type that is under the radar and ready to play as a freshmen. But how many of those can we really expect over the course of 3-5 years? In the event they do play, they would be gone for the money in a year.
I don’t even know how they should approach recruiting/roster build-up in this current wild west. The sheer numbers of players in the portal make it seem possible that there are good/decent/hidden gems out there. How to identify and bring the right ones to OSU is not only the question but the challenge.
OSU is not Last Chance U. OSU is now Left Overs U. We are the Meatloaf of the PNW.
It it crazy because its estimated 4000-4500 kids are in the portal. That is roughly one-third of all college football players. There is no way you can’t build a great team from that. But one issue is who has time to watch film, evaluate properly, interview kids etc etc with that many players. You need to find those kids who just love the game and want to play and not be buried on a depth chart. A guarantee a ton of kids in the portal are like that and its not about the money but there are just too many to properly vent. Then its a two way street as they will have to want to play in Corvallis and possibly be very far from home.
I do like a good meatloaf…
Drop to the Big Sky and finish last there? Sure, since it is obvious that OSU will never commit to building an FBS quality program much less one that could make the playoff they might as well get their asses kicked by Montana and Idaho instead. At least less people would notice. The Portland State athletic strategy!
I am on board.
Why not just shut your duck pie hole and go hang out on a duck site….
What the fuck are you talking about? I have 2 degrees from Oregon State and hate the University of Oregon so much that if I were given the ability I’d close the university and level the site. I’d argue all the people excusing an incompetent Oregon State athletic department (people like you) are the ones supporting the Ducks. But seriously, go fuck yourself.
My comments were directed at beaver state not you. If you follow the path of comments and responses, you should see me comments line up with BS original comments. My apologies if you thought I was referring to your comments bc that certainly wasn’t the case.
It is still way early, but it looks like JMS is grabbing guys with only 1-2 years of eligibility. This may be smart as he has had a short window and really doesn’t know what he has with so many transfers out and a small HS class coming in. Install system in spring and develop culture heading into fall. Hit HS hard and bring in 25-30 kids next cycle. Could be playing long game and not praying for miracle for 2026 season. That is what Smith did before he bailed.
I want to give him a chance and not jump to conclusions in next 6 months.
If some of the players who are getting scooped up by P4 schools do well at their new destinations, then it probably speaks to how bad the coaching staff was last season (although we probably already knew that). It will be interesting to see.
I’m a little surprised at how many of the somewhat unproductive players are leaving, it leads me to believe they were told they are not part of the future. There can’t be that much NIL money out there for them. No doubt, Shep has his work cut out for him.
Beavs pick up another Duquense transfer.
Duquense West?
https://x.com/i/status/2009354646691914232
6’4″ 265 lbs, Had ASU and VT offers in 2022…signed VT and transferred out….
https://247sports.com/Player/ish-findlayter-46117309/TimelineEvents/
Last Chance dU?
Portal players are now carpooling and just showing up at colleges in groups hoping the school will take a few. If the players don’t like the college the bus stops at, they don’t get off and simply wait for the next stop. I believe this particular bus was heading north and these two guys didn’t want to end up at PSU. Cost saving moves like this is why college sports are always thinking ahead.
You guys see the agent for the UW QB dropped him as a client. Good for him. Sounds like agent did all the work with QB agreeing that changes his mind. Agent doesn’t want his name tarnished that his word isn’t any good.
Plus the agent also represents Coach Fisch at UW. I’m sure he had to pull out from representing Williams after what he did. Not a good look and totally went against his agent. The great thing is UW has to enter him in the portal and they could refuse to do so and leave him with no place to go. More things like this need to happen so changes can be made.
And now Demond Williams is coming back to UW
Unbelievable. Being in Seattle and listening to a little sports radio the last couple of days, nobody wants him back. Fans now hate him and even a couple teammates felt like they were stabbed in the back for resigning and then quitting on the team a few days later. They will still pay him the $4 million and have the memory of a goldfish if he lights it up. I hope he gets benched all year to make a statement but he won’t for that amount of money.
I can’t wait for some of these “agents” to start telling stories. Do the players even know what is going on with these negotiations? The ncaa has to be the slowest reacting organization.
“As the portal turns”
“Days of our lives”
Will Demond and Jedd mend their relationship? Did Jedd have affairs of his own with another “dual threat?!?” Tune in and find out.
Now, for this commercial break…
Well Jedd is a punk also so I was kind of happy this happened to him as he has no loyalty either and was caught lying to his AZ players and was also caught tampering when he left for UW.
Yeah, fuck em all….
That’s going to be awkward
Perfect Game ranks Miiiiitch and the boys at #7, SEC has 6 of the top 10.
UCLA is #5, nike?……….they come in at #13.
Vandy Boys 19
No sign of DBU, Fullerton, or the ‘eaters
https://www.perfectgame.org/Articles/View.aspx?article=24061&src=hmrep
And I recall all of the doom and gloom by a few in this blog when the PAC 12 disintegrated. It appears the beavers have not skipped a beat.
Have you followed the football program?
I am not talking about football. I’m talking baseball.
Feel free to tell me that this line of reasoning for optimism for the Duquesne players is crazy. It is a program run by the same coach since 2005 and they are consistently winning their conference. To me that means these players are used to winning and part of a stable program. Assuming the players have skills and developed well there, maybe they’ll work out? Maybe this can tell us what we’re looking for? Are we going to try to keep up in the arms race by investing in just one 1.5 million on a QB? Or will we actually have a usable strategy for recruiting and developing? So far, things have been really quiet on the intake but we’re hemorrhaging players and it would be nice to see more regarding their strategy to reload the roster/make it complete. With that said, I’m gonna go look around and see what happened.
WBB up 21 to start the 4th qtr on the Palouse.
TO’s?……only 4!
This is a very good team and providing everyone comes back next year, 11 of 15 eligible, and some outstanding talent incoming. This program is back on track.
In today’s college climate there is zero chance they all come back. Look what happened 2 years ago with an excellent team that everyone projected to go to the final four the next year. They all quit on OSU and left to play bigger games in a bigger conference on a bigger network for a bigger bank account. Have to expect the same every year. Enjoy this season because next year will likely be a much different team.
They all came back from last year’s team and added some very good talent. The only player I’m concerned about is Villa getting poached. That said, Rueck an always use the ’23 players that left but only one of those really has had a major impact on her team and that was reagan beers. .
Also remember the situation was much fun weren’t in 2023 with the PAC 12 breaking up and lots of uncertainty. Next year, the new PAC begins without the same uncertainty and that’s a big plus.
…was much different than it is was in 2023 with the pac12 breaking up.
Auto correct is so unpredictable.
“This is a very good team.” They are good from a WCC standpoint, but take a long peek at top 20 teams. Heck, not even top 20; take a look at how the Lady Ducks dismantled OSU. They have significant limitations offensively in the post against athletic opposing posts and are reliant on the outside game almost entirely. I really like Villa and Bolden, and Lindemans is starting to really contribute. I’m not Shuler’s biggest fan considering her limited offensive game. She can drive and shoot fadeaways from less than 8 feet. Decent rebounder for her size, but still somewhat turnover prone. Her outside game is non-existent (about 10% from beyond the arc, and is probably the nation’s leader in airballs from 3 point range), and a FT percentage of less than 50%. That is horrible for a PG. Schimel is becoming more of a force and showing more than just 3 point shooting. For some reason, Alonso has essentially disappeared after showing so much promise in the early going. What this team has is a fabulous coach; one of the best in the nation, and he’s really good at melding the team into a cohesive unit as the season progresses. If OSU loses him to another school, that will be a big downer. They will challenge for the league title again this year. If they win it, expect another #14 seed and an early exit from the NCAA’s, and unfortunately that is about the best we can expect at this point considering our conference situation. Hopefully, that will change when the Pac-12 reconstitutes.
74-53. 4 mins remain
78-64 final, good gals 11-5, #1 in WCC
Actually 12-5
SEC lost every non-conference game in the CFP. That’s satisfying at least.
The fact they get nearly half the field won’t change though.
WSU signed a player today who attended the Los Anheles Chargers mini camp.
Never actually played for the NFL(or any college team) or so apparently still eligible to play college ball.
Also was previously a pro basketball player in New Zealand.
WSU seems to be cobbling together a decent roster pretty quickly, and they hired Moore well after Shephard was hired.
With the Beavers still possibly looking for a 2026 opponent or two, what is the going rate for a visiting non-conference game against a P4 school? Typically these are scheduled years in advance in order to pay for a future game at “today’s prices.” Curious what today’s prices are. $500k?
Beavers will probably have to pay $500K to $1 Million to schedule a home game against a lower level team. No chance they get a Power 4 team to come to Corvallis this late in the scheduling process. So either well pay big bucks for a FCS game or lower level FBS team. More than likely we will have a very tough road game against a Power 4 team (We’d get paid) or a couple home and home conference game like we did with WSU this season
I am gonna be so out on the new PAC when they schedule home and homes. 7 Conference games or don’t bother even making the new PAC. This whole thing has become a joke. At this point I’d rather be in the Big Sky.
Well maybe find a Big Sky team to root for then. How does a home and home hurt you personally? I know it’s not ideal but who really cares as they need to fill out a schedule on late notice and it makes sense for travel Expenses and overall costs for both teams. I’d rather play WSU instead of paying a million to play someone or get smoked by LSU in national TV. Its probably only for a year as the new conference isn’t done expanding and will have teams in place for 2027.
Never claimed it “hurt me personally”
It’s just stupid and makes the conference look pathetic.
And expanding the conference doesn’t make it better. I actually love the idea of an 8 team conference, 9 is the maximum I want. So selling me on “while it’s gonna expand” doesn’t really work. I never even accepted the PAC 12, it was a poor decision to ever expand past 10.
I didn’t go to a Big Sky school, I didn’t pay a Big Sky school thousands of dollars. I did that at Oregon State and I will share my opinion when I think Oregon State is being dumb. Home and homes aren’t a thing in college football. And shouldn’t be.
Younghorst, did you see my comment above in response to you thought I was referring to you about the beavers state comments. If not, I said that my comments were not directed at you but instead at BS.
I realize many people pay more than $80 a ticket for Beaver games, but if you took that and SOLD OUT the 44k stadium, that would give you $3.5 Gross income, not counting the game day staffing and other expenses.
Much better to do a home and home non-conference game.
Yeah, sorry, it looked like a response to me on my phone.
Oregon State MBB wins over the WCC powerhouse of Seattle. Rumors are beginning to come out that Tinkle will be signing a 10 year extension with a buyout of $30 million – thus securing our place as perennial lower half of the new PAC-12!
Hahaha!!!!! He’s signed until he is 87 yrs old???
What OSU’s roster looks like one week into portal:
RS Senior Malik Murphy #1 and only QB….
https://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/2026/01/one-week-into-the-transfer-portal-window-what-does-oregon-states-roster-look-like.html
He’s the guy standing there with no options and no worries. He can just coast another year at OSU.
Tinkle has been doing it for a decade. Why not have an overpaid qb that you can’t get rid of as well? OSU is a disaster, sadly.
Is he getting paid this year? I hope they didn’t offer him money.
He won’t be paid 1.5 million again I’m sure. Those NIL deals are just year long contracts. Maybe his broken hand is healed and he’ll be decent. Unlikely though.
Better coaching and protection he might be serviceable. But if he costs something it doesn’t seem worth it. In general though I am ok with reclamation projects, not much for better options for OSU
If he sticks around and it sounds like he is, I hope he has a great year. That would be a great story if he could somehow redeem himself. He wasn’t good last year but lets be honest, the staff was really bad.
It would indeed be a great story. Probably won’t happen until he trusts the offensive line, remembers not to backpedal matter the snap, and relearns how to throw the ball within 3’ of his intended receiver.
If he can accomplish those 3 tasks regularly he might be serviceable but I don’t have high hopes. Bad habits are tough to break.
And #4………………. tuck the ball and occasionally run! Use that big body to gain some positive yards when the pocket collapses.
Are scholarships renewed annually? Is he going to use some nil money to pay for a year of school?
OL Transferring out the last two days:
Dylan Sikorski: Oregon State to Texas
Ryan Berger: Oregon State to Wake Forest
Adam Hawkins: Oregon State to Arkansas
Not going to FCS….
I’m torn. Do I want Oregon to lose tonight? Or do I really want them to make it to the National Championship game and get their hearts ripped out by their ex coach, Cristobal?? Tough one. I guess lose tonight because I don’t think Miami can beat them.
11 seconds in and IU comes up with the pick 6
7-0 good guys
U of “Doh!”
And the U of dough…
You want them to lose and Cignetti to stomp Cristobal…
Oregon’s been trying to buy a championship for 20 years. Miami’s been cheating for decades.
Along come Cuban and Cignetti: “This is how yu buy a championship.” In 2 seasons…the losing est football team in history wins it all….
I just realized today that I’m good friends with Bryce Boettchers’d aunt and she is hot. So I guess I still have to root for Indy.
Ducks getting their butts kicked and as usual, they’re choking on the big stage.
No Natty!!! Not now…not ever!!! You’ll never see it, Phil! Never!
What a beat down! I’m loving it!!!
Its hard to describe my disdain I have for the ducks but it may be more difficult to define the joy I have watching the ducks and they’re dreams collapse.
They wouldn’t be so bad if they admitted Phil’s $$$ got them where they are and their fans weren’t so fucking arrogant.
Rich Brooks got them to the Rose Bowl without all that….
Indiana wears adidas.
That helps because phil can’t call them during the half and threaten their uniform supply.
Lanning is going to have to try to put 12 men on the field again…
Reckon the refs would let them
A little pathetic but I reckon this is the best Beaver game of the season.
It is No Natty Day, the last highlight of every Holiday season. The day NikeU realizes “No Natty” for this year either.
Then they go ask Uncle Phil for another $30 million to do it all over again next year.
I wonder if they play @ Indiana next year…
Mendoza: 17/20, 10 YPA,5 TDs….
Fuck, what a line.
Dante Moore was a TO machine at UCLA….return to the mean….
Lanning and Moore need everything to go right in order to succeed.
Cignetti could trade rosters with Lanning and still beat Lanning. “He could beat you with his, he could beat you with yours” as they used to say about really good coaches….
That saying often holds true at the pro level.
Well, it’s a pro game now….
Just saw the Peach Bowl score. Looks like Cignetti grabbed the Ducks’ cloacas and shoved them into their butts lol.
Happy new year!
#NoNatty
Schadenfreude cures Seasonal Affective Disorder. I haven’t laughed for 3.5 hours in a long time.
Where’s Beaverstate???? Shouldn’t he be celebrating another year of the puddle chickens not being able to buy their “Natty”? Maybe mommy limited his screen time after he had a tantrum watching his precious ducks get skull fucked on National TV 2 years in a row?
I was wondering the same thing…The ducks movie guy came inside joining the Mt West too.
I hate autocorrect.
It should read the ducks should consider joining the Mt West too.
Call me crazy, but the Beavs should be focusing a greater effort on getting their basketball team back to prominence. They will be playing in a 3-5 bid league. They continue to eat years of Tinkle. Get him out of there. Get a hot up and coming coach. Oregon State should be good at basketball.
Baseball and WBB should be the priorities really. Invest the money where we have a track record of actually being able to do something with it. But at the end of the day I think the people giving the money probably have the most say.
OSU is a wealthy enough school with enough wealthy alumni that it shouldn’t be either/or but both. They should be committed to football and basketball
I think Tinkle has incriminating photos of Barnes. The majority of other schools would have fired Tinkle years ago.
OL Dylan Sikorski lands at Texas after visiting 3 other SEC schools. Got a nice NIL deal. Probably the Beavs biggest loss in portal.
Somebody on here mentioned Shephard appears to be grabbing transfers from lower ranks who only have 2 years remaining. Maybe there’s something to that. Indiana has a roster full of 3* guys who are older and more mature and they looked every bit as big and were much more disciplined than an oregon roster full of young 4*/5* guys.
Let’s start scouring the transfer portal for 25-30 year olds.
It’s the BYU model
The one thing folks are disregarding is the Oregon bump. I wonder how many of those recruits would have been ranked higher had they gone to Oregon instead. I think now that Indiana is established it will change. The start system doesn’t mean a whole lot in my opinion.
You might as well get juniors or seniors because these kids rarely stick around, so might as well get older more physically developed kids. Big difference between an 18 yr old 3 star kid versus a 21 yr old 3 star kid.
Is Mendoza the next Tom Brady? I think he’s going to be the next great NFL QB.
Honestly I haven’t watched any college football this year outside of beaver “football.” Mostly I don’t want to reward these espn assholes with my eyeballs after all the bs.
But, last night stopped at Cirellos for a couple of pies and they had the yuck game on, the schadenfreude was enough to draw my attention when I got home. I am curious though, is this what the folks at ESPN are trying to sell? Nationally televised beatdowns of big budget primadonnas? Somehow I don’t feel like the product has gotten better. Blech
Anyway, Mendoza looked pretty awesome. Listening to him talk though yuck. I don’t know something so saccharin about that guy. As a Raider fan the thoughts of a good QB are mid boggling but just what a sap.
Glad football is season is ending, I’ll pull for the former terrible team to beat the Miami Marios and hope sanity eventually sanity returns.
“Somehow I don’t feel like the product has gotten better.”
Angry warned about that years ago…you take genuine competitiveness away for the sake of false narratives, you’re going to lose some (more critical) viewers.
The “product” keeps getting worse and the “college feel” is leaving the game too.
“We’re whippin’ ‘em up front,” said Curt Cignetti in the halftime interview, and no truer words could have been said. It all came down to blocking and tackling and inexplicable Duck mistakes. One play that epitomized last night’s game was late in the 3rd quarter when Oregon had a 4th and one from the IU 31 and the score 42-15. Harris ran left, and the entire IU front 7 were able to blow through the porous Oregon offensive line and tackle him for a loss, resulting in a turnover on downs. For all their vaunted speed, Oregon surprisingly looked a step slow all night long. I don’t recall seeing one missed tackle on IU’s part, but I sure remember a bunch by the Ducks. Oregon with their 40+ 4* and 5* players got manhandled by IU with their eight 4* (and zero 5*) players. Cignetti and staff are apparently able to cut through all the glitz and glam and find the guys that really have what it takes. That was a fucking beatdown. Another observation: Moore doesn’t like to get hit and I’m trying to figure out if it is possible for a QB’s draft stock to drop any more precipitously than his did on the basis of one game; even lower than Ty Simpson’s did last week. And another: Bryce Boettcher is trying to figure out if his future is in football or baseball and leaning toward football? He needs to look the other way. At 6’2” and 225lbs, there’s no way he has a future in the NFL at linebacker and he’s not fast enough for the secondary. Better for him to take a long look at baseball.
The best thing about that game was Nike getting face slapped by reality only 11 seconds into the game.
Nike didn’t even have time to consider it a real game. Credit for the time
Consuming drive to tie it up, but they knew it was over and so did everyone watching.
It was a beautiful display of football and I am more impressed with Mendoza and those receivers every time I watch them.
Maimi will be lucky to stay within 2 touchdowns I think. I fully expect Mario to brain freeze himself into a loss with some egregious coaching mistake.
IU is doing what we all wish OSU could have done years ago, get your mega billionaire alum to help find the perfect coach who has the perfect system to destroy all of the blue bloods at their own game. IU was previously the worst D1 football program by win/loss record and now they are on the doorstep of a national championship. Wild.
IU is proof it can be done, OSU just lacks the leadership to do it.
Bigger than that, OSU lacks the NIL $$$$$ but I suppose with better leadership, the NIL $$ would be more competitive..
What changed at IU to go from cellar dweller to championship game?
Cignetti and Mark Cuban.
Yep. Without Cuban’s $$$$, Indy would be the old Indy. His $$$ brings in the players and Cignetti coaches them up.
Could you imagine if Jensen Huang stepped in? Little Cornvalley could potentially become the toast of CFB and become the next Indy..
..
All Jensen Huang knows about football is the wedgies he got from football players at Westview High.
I think we are too hung up on Huang, don’t get me wrong I think there is a sales pitch that would work on him but he isn’t the only billionaire alum. It doesn’t have to be 1 donor, 20 $500,000 donations is still 10 million which should be enough to lead the new PAC in NIL.
They found a billionaire alum and got them to donate.
35-27 OSU WBB over Seattle at halftime. Villa having another solid game. Beavers were up 30-14 but Seattle has been hitting 3’s and must have at least 5 in the 1st half.
Good Gals get #7 in a row with the 68-38 win; allow only 7 pts in qtr#3 and 4 in the 4th qtr.
Outscored them in the 2nd half 33-11.
Does anyone know what’s going on with Murphy? Does Shep think he can work with him? There’s no doubt he has a strong arm.
Still on roster…only QB….
Kennedie Shuler filled up the stat sheet on Saturday, playing a key role all over the floor in a dominant, 68-38 victory for Oregon State women’s basketball over Seattle.
Shuler fueled OSU’s defense and finished with 18 points, seven rebounds, six assists, and a career-high seven steals in the seventh straight win for OSU.
School just announced special price for GA tickets vs Gonzaga at Gill on Thursday the 22nd.
$5, hard to beat that!
The day after I’m scheduled for a total knee replacement bc of a stupid car accident. Oh well, I’ve had worse done to me so far.
So let me get this straight they’re paying fans $5.00 to watch the Gonzaga slaughter?
I wouldn’t go for less than $20.00
You must be thinkin’ MBB. lol
Women or men? The men’s team leaves a lot to be desired.
Just watched a 19 minute highlight of the Peach Bowl…
Tackling by Indiana in the open field and all game was impressive.
The line play was by Indiana was great, loved the way the DC overloaded one side at times so effectively.
Looked like lots of contact that could have been PI, but UI receivers still made the catches.
Looked like UO had offensive individuals that didn’t quit.
UO TOs and ST were bad obviously, the D was unimpressive, but they often were put in bad position by the offense.
Nike looked like they had paint spilled on their helmets.
Indiana’s unis looked simple. Would be happy with Addidas making that for OSU.
Cignettit didn’t smile until the 55th point. UI players never quit playing and tackling despite the lead.
Cignetti is probably the best coach in the country. Sounds like hyperbole, but what fundamentals, scheme, game planning, motivation, fan motivation….”Create the intangibles on your team, the philosophy, the mindset, the way you want to play….attack at all times” Use of the portal, but not overloaded with 4 and 5*s
I hope they curb stomp Miami…
“I hope they curb stomp Miami”
Yup. Cristobal is due for one of his mensa level coaching decisions. But I dont think it will matter, I see a similar outcome as the oregon game.
I’m rooting for Miami, fuck the Big Ten.
No, screw the U
I’m pro Miami for multiple reasons. Fuck the Big Ten is 1.
Ultimately I’m always gonna root for the team with multiple losses to beat the undefeated team. Because it fits my preferred narrative that the playoffs are stupid and destroying what was great about the sport (the regular season).
And fuck the Big Ten.
But I’m not mad at your position, Indiana is a cool story in a vacuum.
Mbb loses to a powerhouse Portland by 9 I think. They’re a tough watch so.
Pathetic, especially when they had a double-digit lead in the first half.
Beavs land a new QB.
The top FCS QB, Braden Atkinson.
Doubt he’s coming here to be the backup so wonder what MM does now?
https://x.com/i/status/2010365517497041352
Seems like a pretty good signing. Big kid, seems to be pretty smart and has a pretty solid TD/INT ratio.
Visited Notre Dame and Syracuse recently.
Atkinson has 4 years to play 3. So doesn’t necessarily mean he is the start. We can all wish he could impact like Trinidad Chambliss though.
Here’s his highlight film!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrlePU66l9E
Works from under and from the shotgun. Clearly the best player on the field
Ha ha!
I don’t mind the heavy emphasis on FCS recruitment, I think it’s the new JUCO shortcut to being competitive.
We’re building an FCS all-star team.
FCS All-American OLineman transfers to OSU
Teko Shoats out of Bethune Cookman
https://x.com/i/status/2010377710665978311
Gallows humor…..it’s all in preparation for dominating the Big Sky Conference in a couple of years!
Looking at transfer activity, it’s a bit surprising and a little interesting how many smaller school guys are moving up into G5 and even P4 conferences. The portal appears to be facilitating opportunities that might have otherwise lacked(?).
Lots more open roster spots
Some of the best chicken wings I’ve had across from Bethune Cookman. Bethune Grill. ?
Beavs are poised to lose a 2nd new assistant coach before he actually starts working for us.
Defensive Coordinator Lance Guidry is bring targeted by Memphis now.
Honestly, I think I’d rather they hand the position over to Cort Dennison and hire another Linebackers position coach. To help Cort cover that group.
https://x.com/i/status/2010401804954079697
At this pace, Shephard will be hired away in a couple weeks
Didn’t someone on here jokingly suggest we should strategically hire head coaches to collect on the inevitable buyout fees?
New revenue stream, assistant coach buyouts.
Next level thinking!
While he was never officially announced, Guidry is listed on the athletics site as the d coordinator. So would wonder if he actually signed a contract.
He was officially announced 4 days ago.
Yeah, he got an official Beaverfootball tweet the other day
If this is happening I am truly concerned about this hire. How much was Shepherd given for assistants? Anyone know? Clearly not enough if Memphis can take guys.
The concern never really left for me. Barnes was running the show and no one was actually interested in the job.
Beavs are caught between 2 eras and have no funds to actually compete but refuse to step back due to all of the PR efforts over 2 years maintaining the PAC…
It will only get worse without a billionaire donor stepping in.
“OSU has leaned heavily on FCS prospects to fill out its roster through the portal so far, with nine of its 10 announced transfer commits coming from FCS teams. 13 of the Beavers’ 16 outgoing transfers who’ve announced their new destination are headed to Power Four or fellow Pac-12 programs.”
https://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/2026/01/oregon-state-earns-its-first-quarterback-commit-in-the-transfer-portal.html?outputType=amp
New QB listed at 6’1″ 215 lbs….Hope he’s better than the Idaho QB Bray brought in a few years ago…
That was my first thought too about the Idaho QB compared to this guy. WSU had a QB a few years ago that that transferred in from Incarnate Word to WSU and then Miami and is now in the NFL and he turned out to be quite a QB.. Who knows as maybe OSU found a similar talent.
Brandon Cooks big catch on Bills winning drive.
Nice! He actually had to slow for it, still got some speed. Allen threw 40 yards off his back foot under pressure.
Hope Cooks gets a ring this year!
Played with Brees, Brady, McVay’s Rams, now Josh Allen….
Some info on Breydon Atkinson with highlights.
https://youtu.be/jfvNKYrtIaI?si=dKv-PLR42wV3sJJI
Braden Atkinson
Thanks! Nice and brief. Ended a great season poorly in the last two games, at Auburn – 1 TD, 2 INT, South Dakota State U, O TDs, 4 INTS, lost 47-0. one a p4 team, the second a great FCS program.
Sounds like a hard worker, looks like a nice pickup.
Indiana U the topic of a piece in USA Today, headed “Three letters explain how IU made it to the Natl Championship”.
And the letters aren’t NIL!
Nope, they are DYJ……Do Your Job
Beavs pick up a JUCO safety who was on visit this weekend.
https://x.com/i/status/2010508760523891124
Is that an indication of a simple uniform to come? Isn’t it a bit different?
It’s the CCSF jersey.
Ahh, a “transition” graphic,” thx.
Looks like our new QB commit from Mercer is bringing his WR with him also. I’m ready to see some offensive linemen commit now since we lost everyone.
Adonis. Perfect.
“Wide receiver Adonis McDaniel announced his commitment to the Beavers on Monday morning. In his junior year with Mercer, McDaniel caught 52 passes for 671 yards and and six touchdowns. His best game of the season, a 52-28 win over Furman, included seven receptions for 139 yards and a touchdown.
His sophomore season, McDaniel was even more productive, catching 56 passes for exactly 1,000 yards and five touchdowns.”
Boy his parents were bold with that name. Shepard has brought in a new QB and 3 WRs so far.
New JUCO OLB/DE commit.
Jarrell Comer.
https://x.com/i/status/2010757320457011385
Alabama QB “…Ty Simpson has declared for the 2026 NFL draft. But his declaration has not stopped teams from sending offers to Simpson’s camp for him to return for one last college football season.
According to a person close to Simpson, Miami sent the Alabama quarterback an offer to be the highest-paid player in college football at $6.5 million. The Hurricanes’ official offer started at $4 million and quickly ballooned to $5 million within minutes before reaching the current offer.
Tennessee and Ole Miss, according to the source, offered Simpson $4 million.
In 2025, Simpson’s base salary at Alabama was $400,000, according to a person close to Simpson. It doubled to $800,000 with incentives.
Is the person “close to Simpson” just trying to drive up bids?
Dylan Raiola: Nebraska to Oregon – Guess Moore is entering the draft?
Have heard his name over the year but never seen him play before. Is he good or just overhyped?
Which one? Ha!
Railoa is very hyped, some saying he’s akin to Patrick Mahomes. I don’t get the impression he has a consistent body of work, probably some injuries, probably inconsistent line play, play calling(?).
Moore is overhyped as well. Just read an article yesterday about whether Mendoza or Moore would be the #1 QB in the NFL draft….the old pundit argument “Moore has the higher ceiling”…is used by some. Absurd.
Mendoza is the #1 QB and I don’t think it will be close by draft time.
Because the NFL is all about developing QBs and attaining their ceilings, not taking already matured players.
I wonder how much Uncle Phil paid for Raiola. Fancy’s himself as a mini Mahomes. Same numbet, haircut, headband as Mahomes. Rocket arm for this 5 star recruit. Has feet like cement blocks.
Moore can’t like it, but Moore could try the portal too….
Tristan Ti’a: Oregon State to Auburn
Fun fact: Ducks lay their biggest eggs in January.
Transfers the Beavers will face next year…so far:
Trent Walker, WR, Houston
JoJo Johnson, DL, Texas Tech
Darrius Clemons, WR, WSU
Jalil Tucker(?), CB, WSU
Kai Wallen, Edge, SDSU
I didn’t realize Salahadin Allah was going to Iowa State, but lotsa opportunity there with much of that roster following their coach to Penn State.
Dylan Black long snappin’ for USC next…
Few more additions
OT from Louisville
DB from E. Illinois
Long Snapper from Memphis
https://x.com/i/status/2010771101643690180
Glad to see another LS…
The Big Zero had an article today about shep and when asked about Jensen Huang, his eyes lit up. Unfortunately, it was behind a paywall so I couldn’t read it, but from what I was able to read suggests there might be a connection between Shep and Huang?
Miiiitch and the boys are ranked #12 by D1; this after Perfect Game had ’em at #7. Last year the Beavs moved up 3 spots between the pre and post season rankings by D1…………..so, maybe finish at #9 this time??
A few other teams in the D1 guess: UCLA #1, Vandy 23, Zona 24. nike….MIA
As with PG, D1 didn’t rank The ‘eaters, Fullerton, or DBU.
“…………..so, maybe finish at #9 this time??”
That’s the goal. Can’t have Corvallis hosting any Supers, anymore.
So is that Texas WR transferring to OSU or not?
According to OLive running tally he is…
14 innies
34 outies
Somehow feels right that Olive keeps tally by belly buttons.
We’re gonna jump right past AI and start severing our football players minds? Cool
The Big Zero had an article today about shep and when asked about Jensen Huang, his eyes lit up. Unfortunately, it was behind a paywall so I couldn’t read it, but from what I was able to read suggests there might be a connection between Shep and Huan
Not much. Shepard is open to it and “all in.”
Looks like they’ll explore some AI for film analysis, potentially game planning…
No contact from Huang to date on bankrolling OSU sports…
Shepard called out the obvious effects of money at other programs, would be happy to talk to Huang.
“Could Jensen Huang and Nvidia chart Oregon State football’s future? Beavers’ new coach is leaning in”
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Huang is an OSU alum. As one of the world’s richest individuals with a net worth estimated at more than $160 billion, he could sell a small portion of his Nvidia stock and immediately bankroll OSU football into national championship contention while still retaining 99% of his wealth.
It is a fantasy whispered about on Oregon State message boards and daydreamed by those occupying the stands at Reser Stadium. But could it actually happen?”
https://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/2026/01/could-jensen-huang-and-nvidia-chart-oregon-state-footballs-future-beavers-new-coach-is-leaning-in.html
A few months ago, I mentioned the idea of promoting AI as a connection to Nvidia and the football program and recall a few in this board scoffed at the idea. I even went as far to send my thoughts to scott barnes and now it appears that Shephard was thinking something very similar to what I proposed.
Who knows where it might go onlf anywhere at all, but there’s an old saying that goes, if you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you always get. For OSU, that’s been the story at least in football with a few exceptions.
If anyone can convince Huang of the value add to Nvidia by OSU adopting AI on its athletics programs it is Sheohard. If he can bring Huang on board, the potential model could be to use the athletes to promote AI on and off the field and get compensated for their promos.
As it turns out,to found a way to access and read the article so it was an interesting read.. I noted above after I read it,that OC posted the article so thx OC for doing that.
Furthermore, OSU could be the first school to adopt a model like this that could be used nationwide to make a more level playing field across college athletics and Nvidia would be the frontrunner to execute it. It’s a win-win for Nvidia and the schools that lack competitive NIL resources.
if everyone uses the same AI programs to determine recruits, gameplans, strategies, maximizing resources, then wouldn’t that create a monochromatic landscape of everyone doing the same things again? How is it beneficial in the long run for OSU to push AI into the general athletic marketplace if it could be a maximized advantage for OSU only? Why would OSU give it away, and why would NVidia be ok assisting OSU in the current era without expecting their AI products to be broadly publicized to be used by many more schools? I think the conflict is obvious and probably explains why NVidia has just stayed away from college athletics so far.
I get what you are proposing, but I don’t see a good rationale for NVidia joining, or for OSU being willing to give away their greatest advantage if it were to ever happen as you envision.
Oh, the NCAA would develop and implement some clear, implementable rules to keep the playing field level and ensure “institutional control.”
I’ve wondered how UO and Knight address potential/perceived conflicts of interest. Nike dresses UO for free, sells Nike garbage across NCAA sports for Nike profit, then turns around and funnels money back into UO. I guess with Knight having left CEO position years ago he is deemed separate enough?
G5 only and as I said would level the playing field. I guess I needed to clarify bc the playing field between the G5 and P4 schools is completely out of balance. So when I talked about a national rollout, I meant G5.
If the concern is still a monochromatic landscape, use OSU as the proof of concept, apply for a licensing agreement with Nvidia with a revenue sharing agreement and then sublicense it to other schools. Of course that would be contingent upon Nvidia granting via a licensing agreement.
If OSU can get Nvidia to do something like this, fuck rolling it out nationally. Keep that shit propriety and be the Gonzaga of college football.
Sublicense agreements could bring in a wealth of revenue from other G-5 schools to help fund OSU’s NIL as well as add another layer to build out Nvidia’s AI to create another value add for Jensen Huang to partner with OSU.
Remember to really attract Huang’s interest to become involved, it requires a clear and financial benefit for Nvidia not just a financial windfall for OSU athletics.
That is an assumption on your part. Maybe it does. Maybe Huang just needs to be wooed. Shepherd should cold call him and not even mention money the first time, just invite him to come check out the facilities, maybe talk to some players. We don’t really know what would motivate Huang to donate, it is all speculation.
We need a football coach that is some Pat Casey in them, Casey built that program in spite of the university in so many ways.
I find it amusing I am getting downvoted for this take, it is basically exactly how Indiana got Mark Cuban to donate. His relationship with Cignetti led to him donating. Relationships matter.
You know what motivates wealthy billionaires? More money and more exposure and notoriety.. It’s really a simple formula. That’s not an assumption at all but it is fact and I wouldn’t worry about down votes as it at least shows your comments are being read.
Mark Cuban didn’t donate to Indiana’s NIL for any of those reasons.
Factually he’d never donated for athletics was philosophically against such donations. Until he learned he met and got to know Cignetti then boom, now he considers Indiana wins a “return on his investment”
I’m providing a real life example of a billionaire donated because of a relationship. Deny reality all you want, it can be done. Indiana is proof.
Jensen Huang and Mark Cuban are very different people. .As we know, Cuban already had a huge interest in sports by virtue of ownership of the Mavs so I don’t think it was stretch that he’d invest in his alma mater to support football.
In contrast, we know that Huang has no interest in sports…..that’s the major difference between the those two. Therefore, he is driven by something entirely different than Cuban.
Huang could just retire and live a life without stress and worry but he chooses not to. Rather, he wants to expand his AI platform and footprint even more and any opportunities that can help him in that goal is an asset to him. Whether it is using OSU athletics to achieve his goals or some other venture, it’s clear he is not motivated by athletics unless you can show him exactly how athletics can help him get there by increasing his revenues and visibility.
Cuban specifically wouldn’t donate to athletics there.
Correct, they’re alll very different people. You’re the one stereotyping them not me.
But since you bring up billionaires with interest in sports, call Wes Edens, extend the same offer.
If you don’t think billionaires are motivated by more wealth and expansion, we can just agree to disagree.
Rarely do billionaires donate money without a benefit in return whether it’s a tax write-off or naming rights or some other associated benefit.
My point has been and always will be, if you’re seeking sponsorship donations or whatever from a potential wealthy donor, you had better be very strategic about how their donation will benefit the benefactor in some way, shape or form so the idea shows clear value to them.
I don’t care what you’re point it. Again, people are unique and all people have many motivations.
If you can’t see how relationships can change the motivations of humans I feel sorry for you, meet more people.
Billionaires are people. The all have many things they motivate them. I’d argue people like you have a defeatist and very cynical view of humanity. I can find many billionaires motivated by things other than getting rich,
Mentioned Cuban already but another example is Paul Allen buying the Seahawks to keep them in Seattle.
We can agree to disagree but I suggest you meet more people.
When did I say relationships don’t matter? I spent my entire career building relations between state and federal stakeholders on multimillion dollar projects at the state and regional levels. My job was dependent upon establishing trust, confidence and building lasting lationships.
It sounds to me like you’re still holding a grudge for something I commented on just recently that you thought was directed at you when I fully explained that it was directed at Beaver State. Plus, I apologized for the misunderstanding but you either never read my comments bc you never responded back to them but you became very indignant in your initial reaction bc you didn’t follow the correct and logical pathway of the strong of comments.
Anyway, the fact that you don’t care about my POV on figuring what moves the needle for Jensen Huang enough to invest in OSU NIL, my comments should tell you it’s all about relationship building and breaking down communication barriers. Once you can accomplish that, it’s a much easier path to sell him on an idea.
Well, we will see how things play out but like I said, if anyone can convince Huang to listen, it’s coach Shephard as he’s got the mojo to do it.
I am not holding any grudge. Relax. And I did respond.
I just don’t agree with the idea that billionaires only donate to colleges if it will make them richer. Many billionaires are donating to NIL’s simply because of the relationship they have with the college they attended or in Cuban’s case the current coach.
I don’t disagree that selling Huang on how the relationship could make him more money isn’t part of the pitch, I just don’t fall for the belief that is the only way to get his money. Might be, but it is speculation. Might just take making Huang feel like he’s part of the program and his “return on investment” will be all the times his name is mentioned while OSU is playing in the CFP.
Well said. I think the fact that OSU has met with Nvidia is a good sign and could be the start of building that relationship…
It would be an amazing story if OSU could pull it off and could become the next Indiana type resurrection in sleepy little Corvallis.
Murphy is officially back with the Beavers for next year. Might have a QB battle with the kid from Mercer. Hopefully anyway. Haven’t heard the financial aspects of it yet but it will NOT be 1.5 million. At least I hope and pray. Rumor is he had offers but likes the new coaching staff.
It’s crazy to see OLive saying Dante Moore has an NFL decision to make. Look, top 3 teams in the draft all need long-term answers at QB and will be desperate to take one. Mendoza will go #1. Moore won’t slip further than #3 and most likely would be #2 for the Jets. Look at Zach Wilson, take #2 by the Jets a few years back. Terrible QB in the pros. But he has career earnings of over $40M and was the backup QB for the Dolphins at $6M. Because he is still just 26, he will probably still be given lots of chances to show he can still “figure it out”. He won’t, but teams will still keep trying and he will probably pocket somewhere between another $20-40 million. Then, look at Matt Barkley. Projected first round pick after junior year. Then, goes in the fourth round of the draft. Career earnings of a little over $10M. Backup who made a little over a million in his last year. Going now even if he isn’t ready is guaranteeing probably close to $100M before he calls it a career. No matter what NIL throws at you, you can’t pass that up. Can’t even believe that it is even a decision. And if it is, you then really question the makeup of Moore to actually make the right decision.
Look at the guy the Jets replaced with Wilson. Slightly better stats with the Jets, but also had an Oline who managed to keep him somewhat healthy. No idea how Wilson turns out, but it’s clearly an institutional thing with that organization, not the QBs themselves.
I don’t know if I agree. Recent drafts have shown that QBs are just as likely to drop as be over drafted. That said, I have no idea what NFL teams truly think of Moore
Well, we all know what Moore is, and that would be over-rated, slow to process, turnover prone, not a guy with the “it” factor as a generational qb must have, and not really a 5* talent as hyped, nor a first round talent as predicted. He will be an NFL back-up at best.
The difference between NFL scouts and our eyes, the NFL scouts get paid to convince the wrong people that he is all of that and more. Somehow, NFL teams, make the same mistakes every year by stretching to get the generational qb and rarely does it work. I bet a lot of scouts see exactly what we have seen, but will never voice it because they know it influences the teams that waste draft picks on the wrong qb because of peer pressure and those franchises are always suckers for the next over-hyped qb.
Except this hasn’t really been true in recent years. QBs that pundits said would go round 1 have been falling past round 2 consistently lately.
I remember so many reasons why Malick Willis would go round 1 because teams overdraft QBs only to watch him plummet.
Happened to a few guys lasted year (Sanders, Milroe). NFL teams have gotten more cautious.
That said the 2026 draft is considered garbage and only has like 10 legit first rounders so you never know.
Didn’t Milroe land in a good situation though in SEA? Darnild is good, not trustworthy, too turnover prone. Milroe. can develop.
People overreact so much. There are apparently 773 Colleges & Universities Playing Football at all Levels, and 81,000(+) College Football Players in NCAA & NAIA. Get picked in the draft you’re in rare company. Get picked first round, that’s incredible, even with poor evaluation and decisions!
There’s 1,700 players in the NFL, about 39-40M males in America between the ages of 18 and 36!
Stay healthy, find the right situation. If Tom Brady has a catastrophic injury to his throwing shoulder, or has a terrible situation in terms of HC and OC, scheme, OLine, receivers, maybe nobody ever cares about him. If he went to new York jets , he might be just another forgotten late round draft pick. If Purdy went to NY Jets, probably forgotten and beaten to death too…
Moore probably won’t succeed in NFL, but I thought the same of Hebert and Nux because they played so little under center and Nix average pass distance at UO was like 6 yards….Moore was a TO machine at UCLA, sat a year, good year this year, folded against Indiana on the big stage. I doubt he cuts it in NFL….
Yes, Milroe is in a good situation but that is likely because he dropped to the 3rd round. He probably wouldn’t have been any worse off had he spent 1 more year in college making NIL cash.
Moore needs everything to go right to look good. Otherwise, he’ll fuck up instead of compensate and perform…
Beavers get two big offensive linemen, brothers, that were previously committed to Arizona. One is 6’3″ 265 and the other is 6’5″ 330 lbs. The story is in the big zero today.
That’s great… we need the beef!
Transfers or high school players?
They’re both going to be freshman
One will be a red shirt freshman transfer from Arizona. The other will be a true freshman out of high school.
The older one actually never enrolled at UA after he signed with them, so he’s technically a grayshirt freshman.
Hopefully they are decent as we need offense line help in a huge way. Younger one just wanted to play with his brother which is cool. Older one didn’t have the grades to make the team at AZ so transferred after being deemed academically ineligible. Hard to believe the academic standards are that much higher at AZ vs. OSU.
Jensen isn’t saving OSU. The seeds of this were planted long ago when I was writing all of those articles about OSU falling behind and not thinking long-term when the tides were clearly changing (circa 2011 with expansion talks). Disney/ESPN killed OSU along with about 100 other programs, but OSU was complicit in that. The best thing the have-nots can do is to boycott watching the sport. If you’re not willing to do that, then you’re stuck watching some terrible football and getting bored to death seeing the same top 25 every year.
Regarding viewing (and I don’t watch but infrequently, and highlights at that), this country seems to have a bottomless appetite for sports, quality or not.
I think the BIRG behavior you pointed out years ago overrides any critical evaluation of the quality and equity of competition and the viewing quality of the product.
I have a friend that is a UO fan, and while he completely acknowledges it’s all about money now, he still acts as if UO is still an amateur, college team from the 90’s. A cousin, UO alumni, LOVES the Ducks, brags about them, said their games are boring because they’re over in the second quarter. I responded, “You don’t see a problem with that?” She gave me a blank look. Then before the UI beatdown, she says players shouldn’t get paid. WTF?!? UO wouldn’t be in contention without $$$?!? Most viewers are not critical.
While there are 30 schools who are BIRGing, there’s around 100+ who are CORFing (Cutting off reflected failure). We’re in the majority. Again, this was brought about by corporate America.
It might take a while to fade in terms of ratings because they’re pushing the product more globally and using marketing to get people to watch, but eventually, people will figure out (even if via a bugging feeling of intuition) that time is the most precious asset, and they’re wasting it watching a sport with no real drama. When you have the same teams year after year, there is zero drama. What creates a vibrant sport is the reality that anyone has a shot.
Not sure I agree that college football popularity has come from “anyone has a shot” to begin with.
Honestly I am just sick of the “woe is us” mentality.
Even if we can’t get Huang invested, why aren’t we trying to get Wes Edens involved, guy is a co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks and two European soccer clubs, if we can’t get that guy interested in donating to OSU NIL we just aren’t trying in my opinion. OSU has more than 1 billionaire alum. We need someone that is willing to build the relationships that will encourage these guys to be involved.
“The best thing the have-nots can do is to boycott watching the sport.”
One step and a few years ahead of ya :)
Used to have all the TV and web media subscriptions. Dropped them after seeing where this was all going. Now I mostly just laugh at various fanbases and smile at No Natty for the quacks Day.
The irony is that ESPN has actually killed the SEC in the process. They pushed for player compensation and freedom to transfer, now NIL and free agency will render Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida et al, as also rams each year as the talent of the SEC overall will diminish.
Disney has dismantled college football and now it will be Texas oil money or tech-bro billionaire alums running it from the background at a rate multiple times what we have seen from NikeU.
The IU story is hilarious because they had no shot until now, but going forward will supplant any SEC team as a destination.
The used car booster bagman in Tuscaloosa can’t compete with Mark Cuban. It is actually a funny turn of events and guys like Paul Feinbaum are having a hard time coming to grips with it. The SEC can’t compete at recruiting/payouts dollar amounts and all of the SEC mystique is gone, now they shift to a 9 game conference schedule and it will be worse next year.
It is predictable that ESPN and SEC are already pushing for expansion to 16 or 24 because that is the only way to mask over how much of a shift has taken place for the SEC. ESPN is desperate to maintain the SEC at the head of the table but it won’t work and pretty soon the house of cards will crumble on them all.
“The IU story is hilarious because they had no shot until now, but going forward will supplant any SEC team as a destination.”
I love that they did in 2 years what Phil Knight couldn’t do in about 20….
UO “branded” itself as anti-tradition and “different,” but they’re actually “old school” in using rich alum resources and cheating in recruiting (Chip Kelly) or bending the rules as much as possible. That’s how the “blue bloods” did it for years…
The Big Ten is who is pushing for 24 not the SEC.
Maybe, but plenty of SEC reps among the ESPN talking heads are gaga over the idea of expanding the playoffs and spout it every day right now.
It is all water under the bridge and the past will not return. Each iteration sends OSU farther away from relevancy anyway. As angry noted above, OSU is 1 among 100 who are now killed football programs. The irony of the present is that only OSU and WSU are aware that they have been killed. The other 98 are still under some delusions to think there may still be a chance.
We have been shown that there is no chance any longer. It is over. All of the present hand-wringing we see is just muscle memory/going through the motions for OSU fans. Some of us want to still live the comfortable yearly rhythms of what we have always done and thought when it comes to OSU sports, but there is a nagging reality that is beginning to settle in that it is all a lost cause. Once the big boosters hit this marker, then Barnes will bounce out and OSU will get what the administration has always wanted, a singular academic institution devoid of any sports distractions. No need to even worry about the coaches salaries, or player movement, roster management, NIL budgets.
I bet this is where Barnes has been for a year, and we are just now realizing that it is truly a lost cause. Barnes knew all along and still grifted for more donations from OSU alums who didn’t have the same info he had. If I had money to donate, I would never donate to OSU as long as Barnes or Tinkle are still in Gill.
I think this is a correct perspective and historically accurate take. It started getting extreme around 2011 with expansion. It took them a while, but they dismantled something good, yeah.
UO QB Beaver apparently to enter the portal…
Obviously one of the biggest discrepancies between UO and the teams that crush them in the CFP are the O and D lines. UO has plenty of money to buy big/fast linemen, so what’s the problem? The problem may actually be political. I don’t want this to become a political debate, and I’m not bashing any political views here. But Eugene is a very liberal town in a state that traditionally votes Democratic. And I would venture to say the majority of big corn-fed linemen come out of southern and midwestern states and from conservative families. So I just wonder if those families influence their kids to show preference toward schools in more conservative parts of the country (like Indiana).
I have no data to back up this theory, it just feels UO should be able to dominate these other teams with all the other advantages they have, so something else is holding them back.
They have plenty of beef on the lines, plus “Ohana” (Lanning claims there’s a lotta love in the locker room despite individual differences) and “Grateful Duck” unis….they’re more concerned with “branding” and marketing than winning.
If you flipped the Duck roster to Cignetti, he’d do a better job with it.
also uncle phil is taking an extra big hit in the pocket book because UofO only gets a half share of revenue from the big 10. He must be putting up $60-$70 mil per year. He’s got to fund at a much higher level than a typical sugar daddy.
Texas tech spent equal amount of money and lost to hole. Indiana has an elite coach, hole does not.
Yeah, there’s no doubt Cignetti is elite. If coaching is the one thing holding UO back, I wonder how long Phil is willing to tolerate that? I guess every year is different, and every team has ups and downs. Maybe it was just bad luck for the Ducks that Indiana caught lightning in a bottle in the same year the Ducks had one of their best chances.
“Maybe it was just bad luck for the Ducks..”
Or, beat Indiana at home?
Lanning is fortunate there’s more patience in Eugene. He couldn’t crack DeBoer/Penix and now Cignetti 2X, some financers wouldn’t be patient given his $10M+ salary, not that such impatience is reasonable, Lanning is winning, but such patience doesn’t exist everywhere….
True, but I also think patience is related to a desire and capacity to fund changes.
Jesus, the budget for assistant coaches is only $3 million. Safe to say Barnes lied when he said OSU would continue to fund like a P4 program. No wonder guys are already bailing. Embarrassing. Bray got nearly $5 million.
https://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/2026/01/oregon-states-assistant-coach-salaries-under-jamarcus-shephard-are-much-lower-than-years-past.html
For comparison – Memphis assistant coach salary pool was $4.7M for 2025. Colorado State pool is expected to $5M under Mora. Wild that we’re already falling behind our G5 brethren.
Barnes saying we’ll continue to fund like a P4 school has turned out to be patently false. I get it, if the money isn’t there, it isn’t there.
It was a nice concept though. Funding like a power 4, spending dough on NIL (in all sports) and dominating the Pac 12 is/was the only way to keep any hope of returning to the P4. Just not happening though.
Many people hope everything will blow up and regional conferences will return in the 2030s but I highly doubt that if the traitorous 10 bailed on the BIG12 and BIG for a regional conference, that OSU and WSU even be invited.
I think this all blows up but not necessarily a return to regional conferences and agree OSU won’t be invited. WSU is positioning itself better than OSU in my opinion.
I think true power schools are going to go Independent in football or build out a new conference with just the top half of what the conferences currently are (similar to how the MWC was born).
Let them.
Good riddance.
Their “leadership” is what brought the sport to what it is now.
Oh, and they can take all of their sports, not just football, and kick rocks. We’ll stay in the NCAA and compete for NCAA titles, while they chase their dreams of diminishing returns.
Better off without their rat poison.
That’s my dream scenario tbh
Lance Guidry’s bio disappeared from the official web site so I guess that confirms what was reported. Losing Breckterfield to Utah made sense on a few levels. Guidry making a lateral move to Memphis for presumably more money shows how far we’ve fallen.
OSU has P4 expenses and G5 income. The Tinkle and Barnes contracts are like a noose around the athletic departments neck at this point. If something doesn’t change soon. I fully expect OSU as an athletic department to be manning the cellar in the new PAC 12 in short time.
Seeing a lot of Miami fans saying we dodged a bullet with him. Many here were all skeptical of his hire, and now some are whining about it.
Seems like Jim Michalczik is still out there…not that the Beavs could have afforded him, but I’m surprised someone hasn’t picked him up?
Beavs get former 4* WR from Alabama transfer. Out of high the was rated #9 athlete in the country but got injured while playing for Alabama and missed an entire season and then got buried on the depth chart. He could be a potential impact player for da Beavs. Per the big zero.
“Bubba” Hampton…”247Sports scouting analyst Gabe Brooks evaluated Hampton during high school in 2023: “Displays a unique, somewhat unorthodox, but effective run-after-catch gait that regularly fuels chunk plays. Changes speeds particularly well and flashes elusive stop-start agility. Plays above his listed size in capability of high-pointing contested throws.”
Is his run-before-catch ineffective and orthodox?
If only we had someone to handle the “pass before catch” part of the equation
Murphy still on the roster LOL
Again, it must be said, Barnes is not as competent as portrayed and Tinkle’s contract has been a boat anchor for the athletic department since 2018…Barnes is basically taking more money than he deserves and underpaying everyone else, all while waxing eloquent about P4 budget and PAC12 revival. Someone needs to send Barnes and Tinkle the door, escort them to the station and make sure they get on the outbound train asap.
Winning slogans for game-day signs for the rest of the season:
ABB, Anybody But Barnes
ABT, Anybody But Tinkle
Shep better be meeting with Casey regularly, because he is going to need a good strategy to overcome the gross incompetency within OSU sports leadership if he wants to succeed.
*yawn*
Wbb lose at LMU 55-51.
Last day of the portal except for Indy and Miami.
C’mon Shepard! Grow your flock with beefy linemen!
Are they having a coaching change? That’s the only way they get a new portal opening.
Those in the championship get an extra 5 days after the championship game to enter the portal…
Last day to enter portal. Not to transfer to a new school.
The lack of line heft is concerning, but OSU is rebuilding, not reloading…
Ishmael Findlayter (Duquesne)
DL | Redshirt sophomore | 6-4, 265 | Toronto, ON | ????? (2023)
Daniel Matagi (Portland State)
DL | Junior | 6-0, 285 | Chehalis, WA
Tyler Bailey (Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College)
DL | 6-2, 300 | Ponchatoula, LA | ?????
Teko Shoats (Bethune-Cookman)
OL | Sophomore | 6-4, 260 | Miami, FL | ????? (2024)
Carter Guillaume (Louisville)
OL | Sophomore | 6-2, 285 | Louisville, KY
Jonathan Zarut (Memphis)
LS | Redshirt freshman | 5-9, 198 | Miami, FL
>5’9″ 198?!??
Tug Sanford, NCAA , LS 6-0 194
Peter Langi (Arizona)
OL | Freshman | 6-5, 330 | San Francisco, CA | ????? (2025)
Kwan Johnson (Eastern Illinois)
OL | Redshirt freshman | 6-5, 310 | Blue Island, IL
High school:
Michael Langi, IOL, 6-3, 265
This could be interesting with Shepard’s history with WRs: Jayden Padgett, WR, 6-5, 205
Eat lotsa chicken, salmon, hit the weight room, don’t skip leg day….
Its a start. Got to add some beef to that training table though! I agree, weight room. Is the new D going to be a 3 or 4 man front?
I assume we need a defensive coordinator first.
And I assume the new head coach will have a preference for either a 3 or 4 man front that his D coordinator will implement as directed.
I assume that’s an assumption
rebuilding isn’t a thing for low level programs. You can’t plan ahead, the only thought should be how does this player help me next year. If they have 1 good year they are gone. No reason to develop these guys, their futures are irrelevant to the team, they are 1 year mercenaries.
I predict a lot of blocked field goals and extra points if our long snapper is 5’-9” 198lbs. Dude will be flat on his back.
I think the defensive team is not allowed to hit or run over the long snapper. That’s why many of them aren’t that big.
Ah, true. Bring on the little guys!
Good gals comeback from 14 to beat Pepperdine 69-68. Now 14-6 and 6-1. Go lady Beavs!
MBB gets blown out at home against Pacific.
Missed the WBB, I see Lara Alonso played 20 minutes, is that a high for her? 10 pts, 1 TO, 2 blks……nice.
Williamson and Sow were ineffective in the post all game, so Alonso made the best of her opportunity.
Why do the officials who swallow their flags for almost whole game feel like they now have to effect the outcome? So frustrating that they are not consistent in calling PI.
Maybe Vegas?
Definitely not because of Vegas. Vegas does not care who wins.
BUFF/DEN?
Brandin Cooks
The Bills are the sixth different franchise he’s played for … and sixth with which he won’t win a ring, Cooks previously weathering Super Bowl losses with both the Patriots and Rams. But this playoff heartbreaker will likely be as painful as any for the 12th-year vet, whose inability to haul in an overtime rocket from Bills QB Josh Allen resulted in the game’s decisive turnover.”
Watching the highlight, Cooks had to slow and wait for the ball….lead him and he probably scores!
Allen had 4 TOS….
Yeah, Allen didn’t have his best game with turnovers and misfiring on a number of throws. You are correct in the ball thrown to Cooks in overtime wad under thrown. If he leads Cook with that pass, game over.
Crap, I was hoping the Bills would win it all after the Packers cocked away their game.
Choked…
Yeah, me too. Was hoping Buffalo would win it all as they have never won a Super Bowl. Had some great teams under Marv Levy. Similar to the Vikings in the 70’s.
Actually, looking at stills and replay, I see the argument for cooks catching the ball then being down by contact…
You’d be wrong……
According to the NFL rulebook, Cooks needed to do three things to demonstrate possession and be awarded a catch. First, he needed to have complete control of the ball with his hands or arms, which he did. Then, he needed to be in bounds, which, of course, he was. Third, he needed to perform another act common to the game or maintain control of the ball long enough to do so.
The rulebook also includes this note: “If a player who has completed the first two, but not the third requirement for possession, contacts the ground and loses control of the ball, there is no possession.”
Video of the play shows that is what happened. The ball transferred from Cooks to McMillian when Cooks contacted the ground. So, Cooks didn’t meet the NFL’s definition of possession. McMillian did. He had control of the ball, he was inbounds and he maintained control as he tumbled over Cooks.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47645805/playoffs-divisional-round-denver-broncos-buffalo-bills-officiating-pass-interference
Hence the reason there was no stoppage of play for a lengthy review. It was in fact an interception according to the rules.
Dont shoot the messenger.
Thanks! An article I read later discussed this, another pass play, and the fact that if the Bills had received a deserved holding play, it would have resulted in a safety, and the Broncos would have won before without an OT…
Bottom line is Allen turned the ball over too much, and “put the game in the officials hands” in the view of some. At least cut his TOs in half, and they probably win.
Wow. Bills fire HC…
“Sean has done an [admirable] job of leading our football team for the past nine seasons,” the statement read. “But I feel we are in need of a new structure within our leadership to give this organization the best opportunity to take our team to the next level. We owe that to our players and to Bills Mafia.”
“Sean helped change the mindset of this organization and was instrumental in the Bills becoming a perennial playoff team. I respect all the work, loyalty and attention to detail he showed for this team and the community.”
That’s an amazingly short-sighted move. With the news that Harbaugh moved to the Giants, I expect Baltimore to jump on McDermott. I can see multiple seasons with Lamar Jackson as MVP and the Ravens simply kicking ass.
As the Bills now look for a HC, McDermott is the best available candidate.
Wild.
Anybody going to Surprise for baseball??
OSU edge Bleu Dantzler announced his commitment to the Ducks on Saturday night. Dantzler — a product of Chandler, Arizona — just finished his true freshman year with the Beavers, appearing in just four games and earning a redshirt. He was a three-star prospect in the 2025 class out of Basha High School, rated the No. 87 edge rusher in the country and No. 8 player in Arizona according to 247Sports’ composite rankings.
I get taking the money but talk about betting against yourself. Smart move though if you don’t see yourself as a good player.
Down by 3 points with about 10 secs left, Kennedie Shuler makes an incredible play on the baseline underneath Pepperdine basket by grabbing a rebound falling out of bounds, saves it by throwing a pass to Villa who was double covered two feet from the basket, Villa puts the shot in and is fouled. She makes the FT to tie it at 68. Pepperdine gets the ball back, misses a jumper from 15 feet, OSU rebounds and calls timeout with .3 secs left on the clock. .OSU inbounds ball at half court but Pepperdine player pushes Villa in the back under the basket and Villa hits the floor. Foul called and Villa hits the first FT for the game winner.
Ducks WBB blow 6 point lead with 34 secs left in regulation, game goes 2 OT and ducks lose to Wisconsin as Destiny Howell hits 10 3’s for the win.
Who gives a fuck?
You apparently do as you commented.
Nah just think posting duck shit on a Beaver board is idiotic, but keep on keeping on
Anytime the ducks get beat it’s worth posting about.
Yeah.
Gonna need to agree.
Just saw a mildly interesting CFB stat on Instagram that it’s been over four years since the Ducks (bear with me) lost a game to a team that didn’t play in the national championship that season. That loss was to the Beavs in the 2022 Civil War.
Just run the dam ball!
GO SEAHAWKS!
Read that Miami’s DC was Cignetti’s DC for three years. Could be a defensive battle today.
He was the DC at Minnesota last season and was fantastic. Coaching matters!
Watched the highlights….
Indiana plays through most every play…
No Nike uniforms on field! Fuck yes.
Cristobal handshake was funny. Fuck Mario and Miami…home field and still lost it.
Man, Uncle Phil has to be livid. Mark Cuban was able to buy a National Championship in one year. Phil has been trying for almost 20 years.
Not sure how accurate this is but interesting none the less:
https://x.com/isaac_streeter/status/2013377978630393931?s=20
Alberto Mendoza is in the transfer portal…had some nice backup stats.
Sounds like Indiana had already signed next year’s starter out of the portal from TCU. That’s gotta be a little weird for the family knowing that Indiana didnt think little brother was good enough for the gig next year. CFP is such a strange place now.
Probably only offered both to get Fernando
Not really. Alberto was there when Cig came in, had a great year last year in the new system with the new staff and when Cig began looking to replace Rourke, Alberto was key to bringing Fernando onboard rather than Cig chasing Fernando.
Interesting article by Eggers on MBB. Like Tinkle or not, his last few classes have found significant success. Most interesting is it has NIL numbers for the basketball team and for perspective comparison to Gonzaga, St Mary’s, San Fran etc.
Long story short, we’re significantly behind several of the WCC schools, despite doubling our NIL $ between last year and this year. The WCC school don’t have to fund football so there is that. The crazy part is Gonzaga is expected to spend $10M in NIL next year on MBB. Just about every report I’ve seen would indicate they’ll spend more on basketball than we do on Football and Basketball combined….
Far as I can tell last year OSU put about $6M (media reports) into football and $1M (Eggers) into MBB in 2024-2025 academic year.
With the loss of the former PAC 12 media money, the Beavs have a $20M hole in the budget ($30M to $10M??). I expect coaching salaries/staff will decrease across all sports, NIL will stay generally stagnant and potentially some men’s sports will be cut unless some new donor or $$ saves the day.
https://www.kerryeggers.com/stories/tinkles-fate-at-oregon-state-we-identify-them-we-recruit-them-we-develop-them-and-then-we-lose-them
“Tinkle is in the next-to-last year of a contract that calls for him to make $3 million next season. When I ask if he has entered discussions with Barnes about an extension, Tinkle’s answer is brief.
“No,” he says. “Too busy with this group (of players).”
Would he return for a final lame-duck season without an extension?
“That’s all going to take care of itself one way or another,” Tinkle says. “I’m not putting any thought into it.”
Well, of course he is. Tinkle is not oblivious to the apathy among Beaver Nation for his team right now, and that a large number of fans want him fired. He has been dealt a difficult hand, with the Pac-12 falling apart, with the Beavers falling behind in the NIL/transfer portal wars. That doesn’t matter to a lot of people.
…
Barnes may choose to let Tinkle go and bring on a new, younger coach at a much lower salary. I’m not sure anybody can succeed unless Oregon State’s NIL largesse is increased. I can tell you for sure that Tinkle isn’t ready to give it up on his own volition. If he is going to stay, he will need an extension of at least a year — and be willing to accept a significant pay cut. Coaching in a lame-duck season would make recruiting even more difficult than it is now.”
$3M?!?
How did the funding from the PAC dissolution get used? What about the alleged value of PAC production capabilities?
I haven’t calculated the totals, but I suspect the total 2026 salary for the MBB coaching staff is right about the same total 2026 salary for all football staff.
Tinkle’s getting the NIL the fans think he deserves, possibly more. Who’s in the habit of throwing good money after bad? A new coach will get more, at least in the beginning, because new energy brings new expectations. We know what to expect from Tinkle.
That he hasn’t taken the opportunity of being in the WCC to enhance his legacy, in terms of just winning, is not him being dealt a bad hand. It’s him giving up.
The best investment any donors can make after this year is to pay his buyout.
Just drop to FCS. What are we even doing at this point?
Y’all left this one out…
Since the recent Blueprint Sports debacle, the dissolution of Dam Nation and the apparent immersion of the collective into the athletic department last fall, absolutely nothing has been said about what Oregon State is doing about its NIL problem. When I ask Tinkle who is handling such matters, he is vague in response.
“With what has happened the last few months, they are working out some of those kinks,” he says. “It’s still evolving. When we get to where we’re recruiting out of the portal, hopefully we’ll have things in a place where we know what we have to work with.”
Sounds like the coach is covering for athletic director Scott Barnes. Let’s hope there is a plan in place. Any plan.
Barnes needs to go.
Miiiiitch and the boys ranked #15 by Baseball America.
UCLA #1, no other west coast teams in their top 25!!
Perfect Game and D1 had the Beavs at 7 and 12…..and those two didn’t show the same lack of attention to the west.
Baseball America also lists Ten Candidates for Pitcher of the Year: Dax Whitney makes the cut here, along with a Flukey kid from Coastal and Jackson Flora from UCSB.
https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/30-things-to-know-30-days-before-college-baseball-opening-day-2026/
Mike McIntyre going to be the new DC for Shephard, per The Athletic.
Name sounds familiar
kidding, he was probably the best HC Colorado has had in decades.
Seems like an upgrade over the Guidry guy who only lasted 1 week.
Is it the same guy? Different spelling….be nice if it was the same guy.
MacIntyre. My bad, or autocorrect.
Yeah, seems like a big upgrade in terms of experience, curious how he would function in the high turnover context of college football.
A background of turning programs around, when he’s been DC they’ve generally been good; employs base 3-4 that switches to 4-3 and 4-2-5.
Hahahaha – I remember some of the things Mike Parker said about him when he was at CU.
We’ve become Last Chance U.
OSU Beavers football got a passing grade! A solid “D!”
Foe Sam Houston State got a “D-” – woohoo!
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2026/01/21/college-football-season-grades-report-card/88256795007/
D’s get degrees right?
Your post about Tinkle earlier and Kerry Eggers article are all of what is wrong with OSU sports. If OSU can’t rid themselves of Tinkle, then why ever think they are serious about winning in any capacity in other sports?
I’ll assert that the most winning coaches in the pasty 40 years in any sport at OSU has been successful only as they navigate along in spite of the administration and overall athletic administration.
Casey defied the athletic department openly and still won 3 National titles.
Rueck has never been a champion of the athletic department, only his girls and staff.
Dennis Erickson was a renegade and pushed back on academic standards to get JC kids into OSU.
Soccer team, wrestling team, gymnastics…are any of these in full agreement with where OSU is right now? Budgets and lies about budgets impact every other sport and for some reason all we get are misrepresentations about future expenses and mysterious NIL malfunctions within the AD. It is all so ridiculous. Are there any adults in Gill?
Barnhart, was maybe better than DeCarolis, but DeCarolis was certainly no better than Barnes and we have been stuck with these loser ADs for 30 years. Guys who come to Corvallis to hide and ride out their career until they retire on a pension and no accomplishments. And unfortunately, these ADs hire similar-minded coaches and extend them for years son end, and we are now stuck with their lame duck coaches who won’t just leave, but continue to suck the life out of the athletics and sports facility. How can Tinkle walk around Gill without feeling guilty that he is the most overpaid coach on campus and everyone knows it. He has no shame and is a huckster, a grifter, a stubborn and incapable caricature of a coach. I fully expect Barnes to extend him again. Folly is OSU sports.
Yup! Barnes is the disease….
CBS has the Beavs ranked 132 out of 136 FBS schools in their final poll. Take that Sam Houston, Charlotte, Georgia State and UMass! Wait a minute, didn’t we lose to Sam Houston?
Ds get degrees, or something like that
Not in Engineering…
Not in anything. Ds get academic suspensions.
Mark Hagen hired as DL coach, according to Ryan Harlan. Hagen’s a boss. GREAT HIRE.
Seem like two solid hires on the defensive side of the ball.
Seems like an active recruiter overall; player concentration TX, IN and handful from FL.
Looks like an active recruiter; players concentration from TX, IN and handful from FL.
Former Beavs MBB player, Tyler Bilodeau, hits the game winner 3 as UCLA upsets #4 Purdue.
From the Wayne Tinkke R&D Lab at OSU…ha!
MacIntyre hire. Same type of hire as the last guy if you can call him that. Former head coach on the defensive side of the ball. Future caretaker for when Shephard is poached. I don’t recall him ever being highly regarded as a defensive mind and he’s near the end of his career. So low expectations on this hire.
Anyone know what the bowl tie-ins for the Pac-12 will be going forward? Vegas? Hawaii? Holiday? It would be nice if a couple were slotted with a P4 conference, Big 12. Hell, getting the conference champ to play in the Sun Bowl on CBS would be a win. Playing a MAC team in Tucson on the CW would not.
Bowls do not matter at all anymore.
Sadly, you are correct.
It’s not really sad, given two thirds of the bowls are simply money grabs by ESPN and didn’t exist when bowls actually mattered.
It’s an all-star game for all of the remaining players who couldn’t find NIL deals elsewhere
MBB blown out by 30 @ St. Mary’sterrible shooting performances.
Baseball claims strong pitching staff, return to small ball, bunting, stealing. Not much (any) comment on defense though…
“Pitching is unreal,” Krieg said. “The offense is going to be a little different. We’re going to have to execute a lot more, run a lot more small ball.”
…
This year is going to be more of a gritty squad; bunting, stealing bases, doubles,” Talt said. “Pat Casey loved the small ball and the past years we’ve had people like (Travis Bazzana) and Aiva (Arquette) and Gavin (Turley) to really hit the long ball. This year I think Beaver Nation and the whole team is excited to play a little small ball behind our pitching staff.
“We can win games 1-0. Hopefully it’s going to be more like 10-0, but with our pitching staff, we only need one.”
Sounds fun. My favorite type of baseball. While losing to Kentucky a couple years ago sucked, it was fun to watch them play.
Yep, totally agree. Bring back small ball with the occasional long ball, great pitching and a stout defense.
Is John Canzano still posting, podcasting, publishing somewhere?
Who cares?
Hahahaha!!!!
Just for chuckles, I asked ChatGPT to do an analysis of our new coaches (assuming no one else takes a different job), incoming players, how OSU might look, and prediction. The original response used deep research and was quite long, so here’s the shortened version. I also put the hypothetical of Maalik Murphy might fit into JMS’ scheme. If anybody wants to see the longer version I’ll share it, as that predicted the games we’d win and lose.
Oregon State’s 2026 identity should be clear: pass-game centric offense + multiple, nickel-heavy defense, built around a veteran QB.
Staff highlights: HC JaMarcus Shephard (ex-Alabama co-OC/WR) and OC/QB Mitch Dahlen (ex-Alabama/Washington QB developer) signal a QB-friendly spread: quick game, spacing, and vertical shots off play-action. Dahlen’s background includes helping develop high-level QBs like Penix and Milroe, so expect an offense designed to simplify reads and create explosives. RB/AHC Lee Marks brings balance and ball security (multiple 1,000-yard backs coached), while OL coach Kirk Barron (ex-Oregon/Alabama assistant) is the swing piece—if the line stabilizes, the whole system expands. ?
On defense, DC Mike MacIntyre is a proven “multiple” architect (4-2-5/4-3/3-4 flexibility), supported by Co-DC/LBs Cort Dennison, DL vet Mark Hagen, and a dedicated nickel coach (Dan Rowe)—a big tell they’ll live in nickel. ST/CB Ricky Brumfield has a long track record of big special-teams turnarounds. ?
Additions: Portal headliners include WR Aaron Butler (Texas), WR/returner Xayvion Noland (UTRGV, elite YPC), TE DeCorion Temple (CMU), and LB Dylan Layne (Idaho captain). HS class is WR-heavy (e.g., Cynai Thomas, Jameson Powell) with athletic defenders.
Maalik Murphy fit: If he wins the job, his big arm and downfield accuracy match the Shephard/Dahlen emphasis on explosive passes; he doesn’t need to be a runner to thrive in this structure.
Prediction: likely 6–6, with bowl eligibility hinging on OL cohesion and defensive communication early.
My brief take: Anybody but Murphy, please.
I am so tired of coaches who are enamored of a strong arm. More important are team leadership, creative thinking under pressure, making the players around you better. I didn’t notice any of those as particular talents in Murphy.
I agree with you. I think he has some tools and there seems to be a potential fit in what I imagine JMS’ offense might do (but this is speculation), if we’re not wasting a lot of money on him then we could do a lot worse than him as a talent baseline. I like the 2? QBs that we brought in. We shall see!
I’m pretty underwhelmed by anything OSU sports right now. I don’t get any sense that the AD is being honest to the fanbase about the reality that OSU is facing as a non P4 school. It is either genuine denial or blatant lying by Barnes because the situation is not good and the finances are apparently in shambles with the Tinkle and Barnes as the only 2 doing just fine on their former Pac12 salaries.
I think OSU sports has been driven into the proverbial ditch and we are being told it is a roadside resort.
100% truth right there. OSU administration has achieved its dream, OSU is no longer even operating at a G5 level. I’d honestly have more respect if they were just honest. The obvious gaslighting from the university has turned me off to all their sports. I don’t even care about baseball at this point (hopefully the players draw me in).
Grumpy/Chat says, “Maalik Murphy fit: If he wins the job, his big arm and downfield accuracy match the Shephard/Dahlen emphasis on explosive passes; he doesn’t need to be a runner to thrive in this structure.”
Agree, he doesn’t need to be a runner BUT what he (or whoever becomes QB) needs is Football Smarts and an ability to think fast. Maybe not even think, but react fast. Seems to me this has been lacking lately and was one of the biggest shortcomings of some of the “big arm” guys. Say it again, give me an OL of 4/5 stars and a 3 star QB with a brain can do well.
Yep, the best path is to shoot for linemen, period, and then maybe a little cash to competitors we pick up from FCS programs. Blowing our whole wad on one player has been the dumbest way for OSU to enter the NIL sphere. I don’t get it. They could find more humble players who still recognize that a smaller amount (100K or so) is still a very good step up from where they were before and could grow from there. Barnes is a clown.
Who is Grumpy/chat??? Totally disagree that Murphy does not need to run. Please tell me one successful QB that does not occasionally run the ball.
Who??
Read the comment at 0945 on the 22nd
Disclaimer: The views of the ChatGPT response do not reflect Grumpy’s actual opinion on whether or not MM doesn’t need to run. He certainly does because mobile decision makers are the present and future – which maybe he can be coached to call his own number strategically. It should be stated that AI has also talked to me about new coach Trent Bray, so some of these results should be taken with a massive grain of salt.
At court side and Beavs WBB tied at halftime with zags 40-40. Officiating is not very consistent and the crowd is very loud and riding the refs like a pony. Rueck got a tech fouls late in the second quarter bc he’d seem enough of the officials BS calls. I think this game is going down to the wire as zags at very good.
I don’t watch much WBB, but have this game on since it’s an important WCC contest. Man, the attendance looks much better than MBB, and the energy is high. Thank God for Scott Rueck!
Bet that was fun! Very nice win!
Yeah, good energy and good turnout but felt like still not as good as when we were in the pac which is unfortunate because folks missed a good game.
Btw fuck 33 and her elbows and the shitty refs
I agree as she would either hook with her off arm to clear the defender and I don’t know how many elbows threw and didn’t get called. The officiating was pathetic and we let them know it throughout the game. .It got crazy loud and I’m guessing attendance was 5,000+.
Villa went off in the 2,nd half but those 5 missed FTs were costly and she’s a 90% FT shooter on the season…20-30 on the FT line will eventually catch up with you.
Great win and Gonzaga is rough as bulldogs!
Reported attendance was 4257, compare that to crowds which often ran 5,000 to 7,000 when in the PAC.
Yeah that matches what my brain was telling me, good, but not quite where we were in the old pac.
Hopefully a return to some normalcy of regular teams, and new rivalries, will spur better attendance. SR teams deserve that buy in from the fans.
FWIW, OSU ran a $5/ticket promo for the Zags game, it’s being repeated for the next home game (Jan 29 vs San Diego). Order online only with promo code: BEAVSWIN
I’ve been to several wbb games where there were 7000 and last night was close to these games…..The UCLA game in 2023 was crazy loud and the civil war game where the Beavs beat the ducks and Sabrina was crazy loud too.
Last night’s game had a very similar feel of drama as the 2023 UCLA game. However, that UCLA games was so dramatic in the way it ended and with beers going down with a broken nose, I’m not sure there will ever be another finish quite like that one.
Good gals win 92-87 in OT
“Kennedie Shuler had 17 points, 10 steals, nine assists and five rebounds for Oregon State (15-6, 7-1 WCC). She tied the program record for steals in a game, held by Juli Coleman since Nov. 23, 1983 against BYU, before fouling out with 4:30 to go in overtime. Shuler narrowly missed out on what would have been only the fifth triple-double in OSU history.”
“I love playing defense, I feel it’s who I am at my core,” Shuler said. “I know it’s a great way to set the tone at every game. Anything I can do to help set the tone every game and help us gain momentum while doing it.”
Shuler’s previous career-high of seven steals came earlier this month against Seattle. There are only 11 other Division I women’s games this season with at least 10 steals.
Either by score or assist, Shuler contributed to 43 of OSU’s 92 points, with assists on eight of its 10 three-pointers.
Rueck called Shuler’s game an “elite performance” that ranks among the best during his 16 seasons at OSU.
“What her job was, was unique because of the way we were defending,” Rueck said. “She had a lot of court to cover. It plays right into her instincts. It’s like she’s a (soccer) midfielder out there reading scenarios, trying to get into the mind of your opponent — where are they going next? Her anticipation along with her athleticism, explosiveness and willingness to work that hard, it’s so inspiring to watch.”
Shuler: Lady Glove? 10 steals, filling up the stat sheet!
Nice to watch how a player can actually develop when they stay with a program. KS has come a long way from her early days in Gill.
She is the MVP of this team and that’s saying a lot given what Jenna Villa and Bolden have done. KS has improved her FT shooting in conference too and that’s a big plus. Defensively, she plays wither her hair on fire and is non-stop energy on the floor. I’m not sure the beavers have ever had a player that is so good defensively and to add to that point, she gets 2+ blocks almost every game, her rebounding is top level for a guard and her skills driving to the hoop and finishing is A+.
She is one tough player and has really developed into an elite talent gie the Beavs. Sitting at court side last night, I was just amazed at the things she can do and that Gonzaga team is as tough as you’ll find in the WCC.
Lastly, Allie’s job in the Zags #2 scorers was a complete lock down job. Allie is an amazing player too. All said, Jenna had a spectacular second half despite missing 5 FTs, she hit the ones that sealed the win.
I love players with her zeal for defense and attitude. Creating turnovers, creating transitions, increasing possession numbers, viewing defense as a driver for offense rather than as a burden that takes player energy away from the offensive end.
Can this be a tournament team again? It looks possible, even if they may have a short stay there?
And they have competent coaching.
Michael Doctor has been hired as the Beavs recruiting director.
That’s a few weeks old… I know his wife and in-laws are from Albany.
I hadn’t seen or read anything about it until Wednesday
Great press confernce after OSU WBB win. KS is so calm, humble…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsXCncGAHCc
New thread up
Former Vanderbilt running back AJ Newberry announced he signed with the Beavers via social media on Saturday. He has two seasons of eligibility remaining.
The 6-foot-1, 200-pound Newberry had 18 carries for 57 yards with three touchdowns and two receptions for 18 yards this season. He had 41 carries for 185 yards and three scores and seven catches for 134 yards and two touchdowns in 2024.
As a freshman, Newberry had 20 carries for 96 yards over four games while redshirting in 2023.