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scrimmage recap from Tokito. Sounds like Collins is making an impression and isnt afraid to show up the defense. probably not makingg many friends on the defensive side but i like that he’s got some attitude.

CORVALLIS – Oregon State held a 100-play scrimmage Saturday, the Beavers’ first prolonged display of how the team will look under new coach Gary Andersen.The offense ran the ball well, the defense was solid in the red zone, and the communication, in OSU’s new no-huddle attack, was mostly good.But the real eye-opener was quarterback Seth Collins, who showed impressive athleticism, as well as freshman immaturity, on two touchdowns runs.On the first, Collins kept the ball, found a gap and zipped into the end zone for a nine-yard touchdown. He then spun the ball on the turf and bellowed to celebrate, prompting the officials working the scrimmage to throw their penalty flags.As Collins bellowed, senior tight end Kellen Clute yelled at him, “What the (expletive) are you doing?”That seemed mild compare to what happened later, when Collins again got loose for a score, this time on a 12-yard run which he ended by catapulting himself over a  defensive player to reach the end zone. Several defensive and offensive players  converged after the play, with several shoving each other. Defensive end Jaswha James was especially livid, prompting coach Gary Andersen to put his arm around the senior to calm him.”We’ve got to be able to put the quarterbacks in a situation of a real game, and that’s part of Seth’s game is his ability to be able to be athletic, and make those special plays, and it puts him at high risk, especially when he decides to helicopter his way into the end zone,” Andersen said. “It makes me a little bit nervous, but it shows his competitive nature.”Andersen’s policy is to not let true freshmen speak to reporters at spring practice, so it’s hard to know what Collins was thinking.”I like our ability to make plays with the quarterback, with his legs,” Andersen said “He’s also got to learn to take calculated risks as he grows and develops. But that youthful excitement showed today, that’s for sure.”Collins is in a three-way battle to be the Beavers’ starting quarterback, along with sophomore Luke Del Rio and redshirt freshman Nick Mitchell. All three are trying to adjust to Andersen’s no-huddle, spread offense, and all had up-and-down days Saturday.Collins completed five of 10 passes for 30 yards and ran eight times for 75 yards and two touchdowns. Del Rio was 5 for 13 for 63 yards and threw an interception. Mitchell was 4 for 12 for 23 yards and ran three times for 26 yards.Although Collins continues to draw plenty of attention for the spectacular nature of his plays, Andersen said there’s been no significant separation among the three, and he does not anticipate naming a starter until fall camp.”I think it’s way too early to sit back and say there was any separation,” he said. “We’ll go back and evaluate the film. There’s a lot of opportunity to grow. I thought all three of them did some good things at times.”Del Rio, the only quarterback who took any snaps last season, said he needs to execute the offense better and make better decisions. His interception, late in the scrimmage, came when he tried to force the ball to a covered receiver, and sophomore cornerback Dashon Hunt was able to break on the ball.”I got a little big greedy,” Del Rio said. “That was me. It was a really good play by Dashon, and I give him all the credit.”Mitchell, who often was asked to emulate opposing mobile quarterbacks on the scout team last season, said he is enjoying the chance to run a no-huddle spread.”It just gives us, as quarterbacks, the ability to make plays with our feet as well as throwing the ball,” he said. “I would say it’s more fun than anything.”Because the scrimmage was intrasquad, the success of one side meant the other didn’t fare well. Andersen said offensively, he like the way his team rushed the ball, with senior Storm Woods getting 92 yards on 11 carries.”I thought we ran the ball well, consistently, which was great to see,” Andersen said.The defense gave up some yards, but stiffened at the end of drives. “So red zone defense, I thought, was very good,” he said.But that meant the opposite for the offense. “We need to score touchdowns when we get down there at least 70 percent of the time,” Andersen said. “That is the goal.”Saturday’s session was the sixth in Oregon State’s first spring under Andersen. Under his predecessor, Mike Riley, the Beavers often went the early weeks of spring without contact, and certainly not with the quarterbacks getting hit. But Saturday’s scrimmage was completely live.”It’s definitely different,” Del Rio said. “When you have a game environment, you sort of see who’s going to play well in the game. It’s different when they can’t touch you, or it’s seven-on-seven. But when the bullets are live, guys are coming to crush you, you have to take it as if it is a game.”The Beavers will take the next two weeks off from practice, with finals next week, then spring break the following week, before reconvening for another three weeks of practice, leading up to the April 18 spring game.Because of a steady wind and rain, Saturday’s scrimmage was held in the Merritt Truax Indoor Center. Because of the limited room for spectators, several were turned away at the door, and Andersen began his media session to any fans who could not get in.”It’s hard for us to accommodate everybody in the indoor,” he said. “I wish we could.”

crazy finish to big sky finale. notice one coach going all superfly snooka to get off the court. and no technical?