Is it me, or has Langsdork-esque play calling been slowly infiltrating since week 1?
Anyway, Mannion is playing like ass. Need to give Vaz a shot. Need a spark, I don't see Mannion winning this game so why not?
When I wrote about Riley's win cap this is the type of thing I was talking about. Chip Kelly didn't have any problem getting his team ready for Washington.
Obviously not over yet, but it feels over.
Another horrible prediction by me. Blow out? WTF was I thinking. Guess I bought into the hype. Beavs are ruining my credibility. I thought Mannion would destroy this secondary. Dude is playing like DA.
D is playing fine. This is all on the offense and coaches (worst play calling in some time). Heyward might be tipping plays off…
Go Beavs, pull one out of your ass.
this is when #7 teams earn their rankings, as dismal as that was, we are two possessions away form a lead.;
Why can’t Mannion throw a spiral? Flutter-ball city.
No one in the recieving corps is giving Mannion any help. A pathetic number of dropped passes. All around bad effort.
Imo it’s starting to look like the coaching staff screwed up by rushing Mannion back into action.
This could really mess with his and the team’s confidence.
No carries by Agnew in the first half. And yet it’s pretty obvious to everyone SW is playing injured.
Cooks!
Wheaton out. Ugh.
That Washington fan who posts here is going to have a field day.
Fucking dumb penalty
Cost them the 1st down.
DONT THROW TO FUCKING GWACHUM!
No shit.
Come back to the fucking ball hard!
I’m starting to see why Gwacham’s stock sunk like a led balloon after spring camp
Goddamit, get a three and out
Missing tackles……
?@kerryeggers
OSU tackle Colin Kelly would appear to be having a very difficult time tonight.
Decent fg kicker, could be 10-6.
Should have had another 3….maybe
Sark: “How could I POSSIBLY attack a base 4-3 defense that never adjusts?”
I might be done with sports.
Anyone want to buy this domain?
I can’t properly manage my anger or frustration. Not healthy.
This is tough to watch right now.
Guess I should hold off on buying Rose Bowl tickets?
I have the sound off.
It helps. It has slowed down my drinking.
Was that a BLITZ???? What just happened, I’m so confused!
This sucks……
When was the last time the Beavers blocked a punt or even put pressure on the punter? Do they have an alignment to even try that when there is no momentum in the game?
A few years back I think. Right now they don’t try to put a hat on anyone.
Three straight passes coming up?
WARD!
My bad lol, Woods cant see with this shitty stream
That’s my Huskie run defense!
RUN AND WIN!!!
They found their running plays, thank god!
YES! Thank you Mr. Cooks.
Just like that. Lets go!
perfect pass! Thank god.
That series looked pro.
Run set up pas….td
Cooks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gopher, gotta like how Minny put a beating on Purdue. My in-laws are not happy.
True freshman QB starting second game played lights out. At one point they were up 44-7. Friend at the game, who is a Badger also, “where are my Gophers and what have you done with them.” Then they went Glen Mason and tried to lose in the second half. CFB = unpredictable.
COOKS!!!!
TWO FUCKING PLAYS TD!!!
Whew, back in it!
Riley found his Playcalling Panties again.
Play calling panties. Nice!
Fucker almost missed!
I saw Riley looking at his play sheet. Maybe he took back play calling?
Either that or he was going “45 X Tiger Cross 6?!?!?!” WTF is that?
Stop being silly.
And you obviously pass to set up the pass. You also pass to set up the run.
But mostly you pass to set up the punt.
I don’t know about being silly but the way the first half went I’m definitely punchy.
lol
Ha. I got it. Like I said, I’m a little punchy. But I did give you a plus one for that.
That’s why we didn’t kick field goals earlier…pat snuck in
Finally call one of the cheap shots
Cooks and Woods needed that!
Three and out….please
@JHuntweet
Credit Joel Skotte with getting pushed to the ground for that PF call.
Shitty D there, dude was wide open.
Murphy
D gave up a big pass, but they look FIESTY right now.
Have I mentioned that I hate these announcers?
Well. Here is the season.
Get to work Beavs and put the pedal down
GREAT D!!!
Things are clicking now. Huge plays, huge series’. Just need a few more, guys.
These announcers sure got quiet all of a sudden. Wear their throats out earlier?
If we fair catch every time at least put some pressure on punter. He looks slow and USC blocked one
Our punt rush guys look like they’re just going through the motions, jogging toward the action
So is Wheaton out because he failed a protocol or are they being safe? He looked pretty animated talking to Cooks on the sideline. It seems like they do something on the sideline in the Pros and guys sometimes go back in. I know it’s probably better to be safe than sorry. I’m just getting tired of Beav receivers getting the short end of this crap.
He was literally knocked out… gotta be safe.
Our offense has started out anemic that last few games and this trend can’t continue (mainly home games) now it translated from last game though.
The “mo” is swinging the Beavs way. Now keep it going!!!
Oboom with a brick of hands.
He dropped before hit
Mannion with yet another floater. Just like the one that damned near got his star WR killed.
Mullaney can fucking catch. Leave Boom on the sidelines.
Boom is 0-12 on catches tonight.
SIT THIS FUCKING SCRUB DOWN!!! Jesus.
Mullaney future stud!
passes just hanging up there. Great job Mullaney
MULLANEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Loved that guy since day 1 of recruiting. Give me the playmaker over the tall guy every day.
What a bock by the right tackle!
WR catches at high point
No reason for Gwacham to play is there?
Terrible pass luckily Melani (who?) made abetter play than Boom has all nite
Mannion what the fuck and your floaters and overthrows.. that was a TD!!
Mannion sucks
He’s beyond rusty..
Boom lost his spot….hopefully in rotation
Mannion with another horrible throw, but he’s been pretty solid so far this half.
WTF is up with the play calling! Langsdork back calling them?
Here comes A Lettuce boy miss
Riley getting fired up!
Oh shocking, Riley’s favorites, Cummings and Boom, play like horseshit. Guys he benches come in and play well.
Thanks Lettuce for being a tackling dummy…you do have value
Shit! My stream just went tits up.
Same
See I absolutely hate that 4 yard drag play on third and long.
Lost my feed. What happened?
Soccer flop
Take the points.
Anyone have a good feed?
Turnover
RR loses his man and horrible angle by Murphy.
WHY was Robinson covering a fast receiver? WTF!
poyer?
First Row is back.
http://www.thefirstrow.eu/watch/149265/1/watch-7-oregon-state-vs-washington.html
Murphy? Come on baby
Stream: http://jets-fuel.blogspot.com/p/jet-6.html
Missing tackles
Why are people talking about TOs? Just get a stop and drive again.
Line has had no pressure until this series
Great stop by the D.
I want to say it again; the defense has been great all night, despite being in a terrible position all first half.
Poorest open field tackling this year.
Yes
http://www.usagoals.com/live/237362-ncaa-football-oregon-state-vs-washington/watch/stream/online/free/feed/p2p/en/vivo/tv/gratis/
Okay Riley, I want to see at least 10 more runs this quarter. Storm had a great 3rd, and it made everything effective and everyone comfortable.
Don’t fall in love with the pass as you are want to do.
Better play calling in general. I guess they decided that they needed to open more of the playbook.
WOWZA. RT @JohnCanzanoBFT: Washington had 49 yards of offense in the third quarter. Oregon State: 195.
YEAH!!!
That’s how I thought most of the game would have gone, so much for what I know.
Buh bye Boom
Dude, Mullaney deserves time in the starting line-up now
MULLANEY!!!
Love to see him out there making plays. Glad Riley realized he’s our 3rd best WR.
Langsdorf and brain trust in the same sentence?
I almost puked on my keyboard when I heard that.
Not a huge fan of the super-safe FB Dive on 2nd and 1. Take a shot!
I’ve been drinking too much. I thought that was the end of the game LOL.
Falling in love with the pass now. Come on, run the damn ball!
GREAT push.
ARE. YOU. FUCKING. KIDDING. ME.
damn it! terrible
MANNION!!! YOU FUCK!!!!
Dear god Mannion, just stare down the dude that is perfectly covered. That was your worst play of the night, and that’s saying something. Jesus.
Luck O the Beavs with that penalty. Holy shit that WAS UGLY.
VAZ = 0 INT
MANNION = 3 So Far
Vaz 0 Mannion 7 ints
HEY RILEY,
If all you do is throw throw throw, you’re going to throw 100 picks.
Just run the damn ball so we can win this thing!
dirty Huskies throw him out!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Time for Cody.
Luck O the Beavs again
Thanks to Mannion the “mo” is starting to shift towards the fuskies.
Dirty team
Mannion has to run the ball at some point. If he’s healthy enough to play, he’s health enough to run for a five year gain.
Huge tackle by Poyer.
Even with Mannion playing like horsecrap, we’re STILL IN THIS!!!
Love the booing by the crowd on that play
Agnew has zero carries in the game. WTF???
No fumbles either
We were lucky on that. No points for UW.
How in the hell did they not throw that Huskie out of the game?????
That’ll do Pac12 refs, that’ll do.
Throw to Boom. He has awesome hands!
When I first read that I thought you said to throw him out.
I was all ready to give you a plus 1 on that one.
Then I reread it. Now I’m seriously considering giving you a minus one. Ha!
Stop! Riley may hear you.
Raining yellow flags on the pups
BOOOO! I Mean yea!
How about that double reverse we ran against BYU. Time to mix it up. Keep the braintrust out of this possession.
Time for 12 more throws!
Classic Riley!
Mannion is channeling his inner DA.
Oh crap you had to bring old memories up.
If you have to say, every time they interview you, “Well we just need more balance and need to establish our running game” maybe you should CALL SOME RUNS!
Storm warning
Fuck. That was close
ARE. YOU. FUCKING. KIDDING. ME. x2
Can we run 3 times
Bench that fucker!
Mannion is still shakey from that hit.
Jesus Christ!
OH MY GOD MANNION!!!
This game is 100% on Mannion and Riley; Mannion for 100 interceptions, and Riley for shitty play calling and leaving an interception machine in the game. Seriously?
SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well thankfully the pups like to self destruct with penalties after we self destruct with turnovers
Come on Riley have some frigging B A L L S!!!
Just run the goddamn ball three straight times and see if they can stop it!!!!
We would be winning by a few scores if Vaz was in.
No shitting here.
Mannion has given them this game.
We lose this game because of Mannion and playcalling in 1st half.
Heard UW only had 217 yards….then the 4th pick.
We’d be up 28 if we would just fucking RUN THE BALL!!
But no, we HAVE to fucking throw 75 times a game, because we’re “Pro”. Dear god.
Fuck you Riley, fuck you Mannion, fuck you all.
The Beavs don’t need to run the ball, Mannion is working with a hot hand, duh.
Pretty much impossible to win when the QB throws 4ints into a horrible secondary. Vaz should have been in at the half. If I can see that a coach should see it.
The analysts saw it at halftime.
@JHuntweet
Will we see Cody Vaz? He is warming up…
He will never pull Mannion. He is 100% invested in Mannion after the way he handled the Katz situation. Even if he knows he has to pull him, he won’t.
It looked like Riley was giving Mannion a pep talk so odds are he’s going to stick with Mannion no matter what.
CRAP!!!
Can’t believe we lose this game and it’s not because we genuinely lost. Mannion……… Offensive Play calling…….
Fuck.
This is 75% on Riley, at least. Playcalling, keeping Mannion in, letting him play early when he isn’t ready. This is mostly on his shoulders.
Kiss that Coach of the Year goodbye, you don’t deserve it.
Sounds like Vaz may be coming in.
What cost us this game is Gwacham being in for 2 quarters before we finally put in Mullaney.
Good point. More Riley personnel failures. Dude should never have seen the field.
This reminds me of when Matt Moore had that turnover ridden game in 2005. Riley stuck by him and cost us a game that kept us from a winning season. Then Matt finally made the magical “Riley change” and was awesome for six games in 2006. I’m glad his loyalty costs us a title run.
Cowardice. Pathetic fucking play calling. At least give Vaz a fucking chance. Jesus.
Let’s go Vaz!
No fuckin way!
COME ON VAZ
VAZ!!! The team acts like they’re glad to have him on the field.
WOW!!!
I’ve hesitated to speak this b4 – but I think the team LIKES Vaz better than they do Mannion.
VAZ WELCOME HOME
VAZ!
Too late for Vaz, that chance was at halftime.
Riley didn’t see the obvious.
Definitely should have been in at halftime, but we’re still just down 7.
I still feel like we lose this. WA just needs FG range for a chance to win.
Too much to ask of Vaz. I can’t imagine the score if he were in all game…
HD stream
http://www.justin.tv/roxnation02#/w/4064380928
Run the fucker
Wasn’t that a horse collar tackle?
Mullaney’s beard saved his head from being pulled off
Great play by Vaz so far. Should have been a penalty, that was a HIGH grab.
Mullaney has a great beard.
Underrated aspect of Vaz coming in; it might inspire Riley to call some real plays, because Magic Mannion isn’t in anymore.
TD VAZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Flag
Imo Riley used Woods too much and now he’s hurt, possibly/probably because he’s played the whole game and he wasn’t 100% coming into the game.
MAGIC!!!
Who’s Mannion?????
VAZ!!!
Amazing play!
Thank god we have 2 QBs!!!
Also, suck a dick announcers; Vaz should have been in an hour ago.
Come on Crichton, time to show some of that hate
Great story if we could win this. Defense needs to make this happen. Vaz was clutch. Give the line credit he had all day to throw that drive, Mannion didn’t.
Disagree. Imo the OL has played about the same all game. bwdik
This is a season defining moment!
So much for that
Mannion is still rusty from the 2 weeks I don’t hate him but he should have been pulled at second half.
Imo he shouldn’t have started. It should have been Vaz with Mannion coming in at garbage time.
You’re exactly right, he needed to come in at end of 4th to get back into the game
Lettuce HAS to hit the FG for the win. That’s the only way this crazy game should end.
Haha totally
Great tackle Martin
Btw, Martin has been pretty solid the past 2 games. Just saying.
Wet lettuce
Need a sack
Wow…. nice catch by UW
but a personal after? really? come on refs.
That was a ridiculous catch, jesus. So frustrating.
We are fucked
UW gets the call but the Beavs don’t. CRAP!!!
GIFT FUCKING PENALTY.
Shoulder to head, but he was low to start with. How could you hit him otherwise?
their going to call that head shot?
Riley it looks like you’ve stepped on your dick. Way to go!
That’s a BIG dick!
Huge sack, good TO. Still in this, but it’s not looking great.
Need one more magical drive, Vaz.
That was a SKETCHY call by Sark, too.
WA has this game. Even if the D holds to a FG, OSU needs a TD because Romaine can’t make a clutch FG.
Sadly, I think you will be right
I’m afraid you are right
Man, the guard sits down and the Beavs jump, flag Beavs?
Still in this:
3 TOs, finally got a real QB in, our line is blocking well, and remember; UW’s secondary is garbage, Mannion just made them look good.
It’s Vaz time!!!! Man am I pissed right now, haven’t felt this frustrated in a long time.
Give it to Cooks and let him race
And why is Riley saving timeouts? Oh, so he can run the ball with 1:37 left and down 3.
Vaz for Heisman if he pulls this out.
Poyer HAS to be in on this kick return. Come on!
Nice kick return
Where were Mullaney and Vaz earlier in the game? Did they miss the bus?
Mullaney has a MAN BEARD!
Remember, Lettuce is 75% this year, and has the wind.
COME ON BEAVS!!
We just lost.
They rushed 4 and Phiilips couldn’t keep his man down. Crap.
HOW THE FUCK DID WE NOT SNAP THE BALL!!!
HOLY SHIT!!!
That is fucking insane. THeir D is just standing there jerking off and we don’t snap?
How do you get a delay of game after a TO?????
No shit
What a way to lose our first game…. fucking pathetic.
Riley screwed the pooch
Riley takes a delay of game penalty to go 4th and 19 instead of using a timeout. Beavs end the game holding two timeouts.
Maybe he was saving those for ummm….
Up. Amazing
And he gets another year on his contract for being “bowl eligible”. How times has Riley left a game without using all of his timeouts.
CLASSIC RILEY!!!
But hey, starting 5-0 probably extended his contract by like 5 years.
Maybe this loss will light a fucking fire up his ass and he’ll actually call a full damn game now?
Or maybe just start our 11 best guys for a change? No more Boom, no more Cummings, no more Robinson, no more of this shit.
What a stupid game.
Cummings and Boom today:
About 1 million drops.
Mannion today:
4 picks, tons of really shitty throws, murdered his best WR.
Riley today:
80% passes, 20% runs, starting a QB who was clearly not ready.
Goodbye magical season. Fun while it lasted.
I’m going to go throw up now.
That’s Beavers football for you… gets you all excited for the season going 6-0 and then just absolutely shits down your neck.
Too bad poor officiating was a factor. We fucked up enough on our own.
Pac-12 refs continue to be a blight on college football. They call PI, helmet to helmet, etc inconsistently. That being said we reamed ourselves. Obum Gwachum should hang his cleats up now…dude is no football player. He couldn’t catch if he was covered in Velcro and the ball was made of berber carpet. I just about leapt into my TV to personally bitch slap him.
Mannion needs to take this loss on his shoulder and if he’s not able, defer to Vaz. Vaz was clearly the calmer, more accurate QB today and I think the offense played with more confidence with him out there.
BTW, linebackers, yea you guys that didn’t hardly do anything today other than watch. When the back in the backfield has happy feet before the ball is snapped, keep an eye on him. He is the fucking target on the play. Shit I got tired of reading that for you.
Need to recruit linebackers…too much dead weight there.
Some fans “storming’ the field because the Beavs were upset…that’s different.
Knew Riley would fuck up the time management, nothing new there. Was that a delay of game AFTER a timeout?!?
Yes, it was. Of course those idiot P-12 Network announcers didn’t even mention the atrocious clock management.
Kinda surreal watching a crowd rush the field after beating us
Sarkisian actually thinks his team played well.
Strangely I saw it as the Beavs played like shit and still only lost by 3.
Sark is a douche
It will be ducks, ducks, ducks for two more months.
I can’t take it.
Anyone know where an opium den is? I need to leave for a couple of months.
I think we took this “magical” season way out of perspective. We were 6-0, now 6-1…. after a 3-9 season last year we can still keep our chin up. I’m just trying to find a positive after Riley boning us in the ass again.
No doubt, Riley’s loyalty cost the game.
pathetic…Im too disgusted to say much more
?@Softykjr
Pass incomplete. GAME OVER. SUCK IT CANZANO
Riley was pissed at the ref I can’t tell if he thought it was PI or if it was over the start of the clock after the timeout. Either way, poor clock management. He should have called timeout a couple of other times.
Tough loss, and now you have QB controversy. Vaz’s balls looked sharp and hard, Mannion’s looked weak and fluttered and not accurate.
I wish SOMEBODY in the media would ask Mike about his continual problems of managing time and timeouts.
That was pathetic.
UO will likely drop 60+ on the Beavs again. They won’t take their foot off the gas at the half.
9 wins would still be nice, maybe Holiday bowl?
Classic Mike Riley. Fuck him. Every damn year they lose a game to a team they should hammer. Things will never change. I believed in this team, but that’s my fault. I know better. Mike Riley will always find a way to lose games he should win.
Joe Avezzano is not one to toot his own horn, but he tried to warn y’all against overconfidence when playing the fuskies. To little effect.
Please temper your enthusiasm in the future. Listen to Joe.
Joe can suck my dick
Joe does not bat for the other team but he is not judging you.
Basketball starts next week.
I think Riley knows he f-ed his dream, did you see him bitching at the officials at the end? Nobody to blame but himself. Back to obscurity and for me Johnny Walker Red
Well what did you guys expect? Watching this team through six weeks did anyone really see a team that could run the table? Welcome back to earth fellow beavs and fans. It was a good run; fun too, but you’ll soon realize that you’ve been kidding yourselves for the past few weeks.
I know, should have seen it coming. The anemic offensive showings and tight games were sure to come back and bite us in the ass.
I’ve said more than once this team has not put together a complete game yet. After 6 games…
I think many of us become “fans” and we’re hoping the roll would continue, but really I think we knew, the “losing-the-game-they-shouldn’t-lose” was coming before Oregon.
6-1 is better than anything Riley’s done before. Yes, they should be 7-0, but that’s college football. If they can beat Stanford, ASU, Cal, that would improvement.
Should beat Cal. Until today I though we would beat Stanford, now not so sure. ASU…they are going to be stinging from two losses at home and we haven’t played offensively well in 2 weeks. Bad combination. OU, forget it, no one in the Pac will even come close. God it sucks to say that.
If Mannion is not 100% he should be a man, say so, and let Vaz take center. There’s no fucking I in team.
No, this could just as easily be a four loss team, but every week they rose to the occasion, but you don’t win many games with a minus 3 TO margin. Kind of shows how shitty the Huskies are that the Beavs even had a chance to win or tie at the end.
I was sure we would have at least one loss this season but I was sure it would be at Stanford.
We got fuck doggy style.
I am one angry beav tonight.
Grades:
QB F-: Mannion was the #2 reason we lost this game; picks, horrible passes, and got Wheaton knocked out of the game. Just absolutely terrible. Stared down receivers every play, too.
RB B: Hard to grade when we only ran the ball 3 times all game, but Storm looked good until his ankle rolled.
WRs C+: They made plays, and also dropped a ton of balls. Gwachum should never see the field again after dropping literally 5 passes in 2 quarters, murdering our momentum. Cooks had a drop but also made big plays, and Mullaney played really well.
OLine B: Sometimes they opened holes, sometimes they didn’t. Sometimes our QB had all day, sometimes he had 1.5 seconds. Slightly better than average, but that’s disappointing.
DLine B+: Only recorded one sack, but made Price throw the ball away at least 6 times. Got in the backfield, applied pressure despite only rushing 3/4 almost every play.
LBs D+: We have LBs? I remember exactly 2 plays they made, and that’s it. Our LB crew killed our D last year, and it’s trying to again this year.
Secondary B+: One pick, only a few decent passes given up; they played pretty well considering how often the defense was on the field. Martin played solidly a second time.
Special Teams B: Punting was good except for one. Kicking was “Good” in that Lettuce made them all, but a few were pretty ugly.
Coaching F-: Riley should be completely removed from COTY discussions after this game. Starting a QB who was CLEARLY not ready. Then calling an atrocious game where he lost several pages of the running playbook and just threw threw threw. No creativity at all until we were almost completely out of the game, THEN he rediscovered the screen and the run. Plays a project receiver who is absolute garbage and dropped at least 5 passes. And THEN, our QB who is staring down receivers and throwing tons of picks stays in the game until there are 8 minutes left. This was an EPIC coaching failure, and it absolutely cost us the game.
It looks like lots of Bs, but Fs in the two most important categories make this game an easy D, at best. And our D game lost by 3 on the road. That should be encouraging, but it isn’t.
When does basketball start, so it can break my heart too?
I thought the two weeks of rest were going to be good for Mannion, didn’t expect 4 ints.
The line STILL needs to improve its run blocking. There’s yet to be consistent (game-to-game) control the line of scrimmage where Woods et al run free or grind it out…the running game is still complimentary, and I think its a mindset from the coaching staff on down to the offense.
The longest running play for OSU this year is 30 yards (how many of those does UO have in a game?). UW was giving up 190+ a game until tonight, and I thought OSU would get a long run or three…wrong.
The O Line does a lousy job of run blocking. Hey coach Cav pull your head out and teach run blocking OK.
QBs F-? No
Mannion F-
Vaz Solid B+
I hope Vaz starts next week. Will it happen? I doubt it. Mannion is good but he isn’t quite recovered from his surgery. He had to take an extra step on every pass tonight. His release was slow and that led to two of his four picks. My question is why the fuck couldn’t the coaches see that in practice? Damn it feels bad to be a beaver fan.
The coaching staff just never seems to get it. Happens every year. Riley finds a way to lose games he should win. Absolutely no excuse to losing to a team like Washington.
Riley seemed pissed at the end of the game. Even chased a ref down. Riley was too conservative in play calling tonight and I’ll bet it was becasue he knew Mannion was limited. Mannion shouldn’t have played. I feel that Vaz would have won this game for us.
I thought the Beavs looked about as bad as SC today. Offensively the QB’s let both teams down.
What is with us not being able to make in game adjustments in the first have. They’re running the ball down our throat and we can’t do anything about it??? Did we suddenly forget our vaunted run stopping defense? Haven’t seen that against…essentially any team that wants to run against us. Oh, could we please leave a big defensive hole in the middle of the field. Really enjoyed seeing that for crucial third and long completions.
Beavs try not to choke the season away. Leave Cougin it to Wazzu.
I feel bad for Mannion because Riley let him just go out there and degrade himself and his confidence.
I had mentioned that I was puzzled by the stories about how disappointed Vaz was by Riley’s decision to go back to Mannion, but now I know he was disappointed because he is a better goddamn quarterback or at least was practicing better that Sean the Sacred.
On the flip side Mullaney is a beast and it appears we have found Wheatons replacement for next year which is good because for a quarter it appeared that Gwachum was the guy they picked for that spot.
Gwachum is no football player. He couldn’t catch his ass with both hands. He was disappointing with a big D.
Especially considering that he dropped two of the only good passes Mannion threw all night.
True story; Mullaney looked awesome, and I’m glad we settled that argument this year, instead of waiting till next.
Also, to damper people’s love affair with Cody just a bit; most of us were excited for Sean to come back. Also, UW didn’t spend a week preparing to bat down all his passes like BYU and Utah did.
That all being said, Vaz was clearly the right QB tonight, and a coach that could stay up past 9:30 would have realized that well before the fourth quarter.
Tonight sucks, but keep in mind that we’re 6-1, and every single person here would have taken a 6-1 start at the beginning of the season. This loss hurts right now, but we still have so much potential, and are locked for a bowl game already; now we’re just playing to see how good of a bowl it will be. If we win out, we still control our destiny.
Gwachum played scared. I had hopes for him because of his unreal leaping ability, but it looks like the coaching staff got this one right. It has to be Mullaney going forward if Wheaton can’t go. Wheaton seemed fine on the sideline though, so hopefully he is back next week.
Dammit! Can someone tell me why the hit on Wheaton did not warrant a PF penalty when the hit by OS in the second half was clearly leading with the shoulder (at least more than Wheaton’s) and that was a PF penalty. The Pac 12 refs are still the worst…at best they are inconsistent.
Pure and simple this loss is on Mannion. His passes looked like they were thrown by a QB that was having difficulty planting his feet. I thinketh his knee was bothering him and he should have sat. Now we have a full blow QB controversy. I’m a Mannion supporter but I think Vaz is the best choice right now.
On the plus side we’re still 6-1, on the minus we have an ASU team coming in with a high octane pass offense, that is stinging from a loss. This smells really bad for us. Our offense is stagnant the past two games (Langsdorf??? please no!!!) and play calling is too conservative. We have been winning with balls to the walls play calling…not what we have been seeing the past two games.
Man I live in the Seattle area…now I gotta live with this shit until the Fuskies lose again.
Saw the Wheaton replay (missed most of the game) sure looked helmet-to-helmet….
I expect us to lose out just to complete cycle of Beaver Football.
I was honestly thinking the possibility of that this last week…
I hope my inner-Nostradamus remains locked up.
waste. waste. waste.
Bad mojo to be discussing rankings, etc., before this game
I just kind of hate the play calling. Even that final sequence, why throw 20 yards downfield on first down? Dink and dunk, you just need 10 yards for a FG attempt. Hell even a draw is an option with all of your timeouts. The Beavers just make things so hard, when other decent teams have a method.
Yep, and we had the time-outs to do a surprise run!
This is 100% on coaches.. even Mannion’s 4 picks.. he should have not started let alone been pulled after his 2nd max.
What timeouts? You have to save at least two in the bank to end every half or game. Duh?
Oh, I forgot Riley thinks you get to trade in unused timeouts for In N’ Out gift cards at the end of the season.
LOLOLOL
Best line of the night.
So does our B-ball coach.
We do have a place kicker named romaine, but with 3 to left we could have worked center of the field.
Neuhisal calling out Riley’s clock management…..
Nicholls State is not excited about traveling two thirds of the way across the country to get their asses kicked.
I also think Mannion was a bit exposed tonight. He has constantly locked onto receivers all this year but it has gone unnoticed because Wheaton is so damn good he can beat the coverage every time. With him out Mannion kept locking on and throwing to guys who couldn’t get open leading to most, if not all of his interceptions.
That’s a good point, although I think Vaz did some of the same thing last week against Utah. Cooks just needs designed touches like James Rodgers when he was healthy. and then bust a long route for the kill.
Duck fans are now whining about how us & USC losing is gonna keep them out of the BCS title game. That at least made me smile a little after such a horrible game
I really hate that the Ducks put me in position to root for USC, but I am going to. I will also be rooting for KSU too. You know Notre Dame could very well run the table also.
Now, importantly, how do you think this team responds next week against ASU?
How does the coaching staff respond? They don’t.
Not sure I buy into that.
I want to laugh… but its true. haha
I don’t know. The reality is that the Beavs are an ok team, who have a knack for making plays when needed in close games. They couldn’t quite come up with that play to put them over the top tonight, so I don’t know how you coach that.
Even Riley said that the team was a mystery to him at the start of the season. Mannion took a big step back and it may be because of the injury, but Vaz was clearly the better player tonight. Is this going to go on for the next season and a half? Riley has some decisions to make and he hasn’t always handled that well.
If I could summarize succinctly, the frustration here is not losing, its how the Beavers lost. The talent was there to win, the reason to win was there. The coaching staff makes such slow progress on their shortcomings. DB’s are looking for the ball these days, that’s improvement. Riley still doesn’t know how to manage a clock or his timeouts. Maybe he’ll demonstrate progress on that topic in 2018.
What hurts most is the Beavers lost to a team they should have beaten. I could deal with a loss to Oregon cause Oregon is the team to beat in the conference, but UW? No. They needed the Beavers to Sh*t the bed to squeak out a win. Beavers are better but played down to competition and it ultimately burned them.
Yeah, I kind of pegged the away game at Stanford as the first loss of the year, but every game left on the schedule is a toss up excluding Oregon. 10-2 would still be a hell of a regular season, we will see how bad they want it.
Huge Beaver fan here. It’s been a tough last couple weeks for me because I have come to the realization that the team I root for has the stupidest fans in all of sports. They have a great start to the season and start out 6-1 and people start bitching and whining about how bad of coach they have. Is it Riley’s fault we dropped first downs all night? (Before you bitch about Boom remember that Cooks and Wheaton both dropped first down passes) It’s not his fault nobody broke a tackle the whole first half). Speaking of the first half, the only reason we were in the game the first half was because of the defense. Oh wait… that doesn’t fit the narrative of this website and how horrible Mark Banker is, so we won’t mention how they kept us in the game. Instead lets rip the QB who was our savior when he carried us to the victory over U of A.
I saw the same thing with DA. In college all I ever heard was how he was the worst player who ever lived, but then we he had a good season with the Browns everybody loved him and was claiming him as a Beav. Then he has a bad year and becomes a backup again and you couldn’t get an OSU fan to claim him if you paid them.
Anderson was never a backup, all of his interceptions would attest to that.
Anderson is the backup for Carolina right now.
Yipee and Moore is the Dolphins back up and Canfield might be out of the NFL for all I know. And that has what to do with Riley’s clock management and play calling?
Didn’t lose the game because of clock management. Had the ball on their side of the field with around a minute left and timeouts. Just didn’t execute and get the first down.
Bitching because he still can’t manage a clock or timeouts, it’s been a pattern. Just like his players, he has to learn. If his players are dropping passes or not breaking tackles, that just brings into specific relief his need to manage the clock well when the game is on the line.
The defense was doing well in terms of yardage, I think everyone knows the INT’s kept Washington in the game.
How do you see Riley responding this week? Confident decision about a starting QB?
How do you see the players responding – do we finally see a complete game?
We’re not bitching because OSU’s 6-1, but rather because it was a winnable game against a team with less talent punctuated by a chronic, demonstrably empirical coaching behavior, poor time management.
You prove the point of my initial post.
Sorry, I missed your gear switching from college to pros, but then I kind of missed your whole point. You were talking about what a great coach Riley is and then you were talking about how OSU fans disowned Derek Andersen????
Pretty similar to the way people on the site find a way blame every loss on Riley (Clock management, sticking with a qb, play calling, etc). The same people don’t seem to find a way to credit him when he wins a game. Pretty tough to win respect when every loss is your fault and every win is won in spite of you.
Completely agree with you. Mike Riley is an excellent coach and OSU is lucky to have him. Many people on this site credit Bray with the improvements which is just fucking ridiculous.
Gwachum clearly cannot catch a ball and Mike Riley gets shit on for playing him. But he also got plenty of shit for not playing him.
The fans on here are not typical beaver fans at least. An inpartial observer would point to the comment sections on this website as typical bandwagon fans.
Mike Riley put his team in a position to win despite poor play from his QB, his WRs and refs that missed a key helmet to helmet penalty that changed the feel of the game.
Mike Riley recruited Obum and put him close to the top of the depth chart. You can’t have it both ways coward. We fans are not responsible for having only 8-9 offensive lineman on a roster of 100 last year. We are not responsible for supervising a foul mouthed Offensive Line coach whose primary teaching technique is spewing obscenities as loud as possible. The aw shucks act does not fake out or cancel observations of prospective student athletes. That good cop bad cop routine only confuses kids. We are not responsible for Kyle Wittingham and others outmanuevering and outcoaching Riley the past two years. The BS about Oregon State being superior because it runs “pro” or “NFL” offenses and defenses is nonsense. The Buffalo Bills and Jacksonville Jaguars run “pro” or “NFL” schemes and they are terrible. So, is it Mike Riley’s position that in his fat gig at OSU he is emulating the Bills or Jags? Give Mike Riley credit when it is due. But at his pay grade, he is often outwitted on the field of play and needs to man up. I do not think the baseball coach would tolerate slow in game adjustments or lazy thinking.