Bowl Season and Bray Era Rebuild (cont. Part 2)
New thread, more of the same
Bowl Season and Bray Era Rebuild
Not much to say other than it will be a busy month.
Sun Bowl vs Notre Dame
Portal is open today.
Chiles is gone.
No Schedule released yet.
No staff announcements yet, though Gunderson, Devan, Perkins and Hynson appear to be on board.
Not much to be excited about right now, but we move on.
At least Men’s Soccer is relevant and playing in a final 4 this week, also vs Notre Dame.
Bray’s Day
The decision has been made, Bray’s got a huge plateful.
Who is gonna be advising him? Which players will stick around? What caliber assistants will join/stay, and how soon?
If that’s not enough, what do ya think of prospects for the PAC2? Is Barnes earning his $
Have at it, Go Beavs!
Let the Dismantling of Oregon State Football Begin
My guess is Smith will be gone soon. Maybe by Monday.
Martinez has a quote up on Twitter how he doesn’t want to go, but his plan is his plan. I expect at least 50% of our roster to enter the portal. Smith will definitely take Chiles with him to a next gig. My guess is only unproven players remain to try to prove themselves, and then move to a P5 team next year.
This will be the state of Beaver football. We’ll be a recruiting ground for P5 transfers, and it’s why I was adamant we had to try to get into the Big 12 or make a killer independent schedule. This redefining of the PAC and/or joining the MWC will result in catastrophy.
What people got wrong about Smith is they assumed some great loyalty to OSU. Probably true if he could relive his glory years, but he can’t with 8 of those schools gone. He’ll be able to relive them more in the BIG10 playing the former top PAC schools, and I think that’s what he wants to do. Too competitive to play MWC schools, which is what I said all along.
Oregon State @ Oregon (Game Thread)
Time to exit the world of college football with a whimper. :(
We pretty much have nothing to play for, a coach who will be leaving, recruits who will be entering the transfer portal in days, an away game in a hostile environment vs a rival, and mountain west competition in the offing. This is an all time low, and I think it will show in the players’ performance. :(
70-19 Ducks as Jonathan Smith does some crazy shit early on, convinced he can’t win the game, that results in a bizarre 19 points.