Gooooooooo Beavs!

Sticking with 36-33 good guys.

Well it’s finally here. The days are still warm, but the nights have a crispness in the air, the pumpkins have turned orange and are at size, cinnamon and nutmeg suddenly sound palatable after being ostracized to the back of the cupboard for six months…and the Beavs have our hopes up yet again, only to crush them in five days?

Soon enough we will learn these truths of the universe.

I’m trying to parse out my excitement of having the best roster in 15 years with the reality that key guys are hurt, Noyer is hit and miss and potentially an INT machine, and I’m a biased/excited fan this year. What are the discounts on those things? Coupled with it being a road game, probably 10 to 14 points. Can we realistically overcome that? I’m not sure. I like the offense so much, and I’m such an excited and delusional fan this week, that I’m tempted to say yes.

36-33 Beavs in a stunner. Hayes with a 55 yard heart attack ball that sneaks in to win it.

If Gebbia can’t go, and it’s looking that way, would you rather see Noyer or Nolan start?

From what I’ve seen of Noyer, he has better leadership skills than Nolan. Nolan has the advantage of knowing the offense better. Both seem equally good runners, but Noyer looks a bit thicker in the lower half and like he could maybe break some tackles. He also seems fearless, like a guy who would dive for first downs, etc.

Noyer seems the slightly better pick, but it’s a question of how much Nolan’s experience matters. Lindgren said that Noyer is making mistakes in practice, and he attributed those to not knowing the system yet and/or being hesitant.

This is a tough call. I’d probably give Noyer the slight lean, but I’m not confident in the pick. Hopefully Gebbia can return this weekend and make it all moot.

Saturday’s scrimmage should give insight into the depth chart and player progress. We’ll finally get to see the action rather than read about it, which will allow us to further refine our opinions. Right now we’re mostly going off last year and reporters.

As mentioned in the prior thread, feel free to email me facts, opinions, and observations if you’re going to the scrimmage. I can aggregate it all and make a post-scrimmage thread if there’s enough good stuff.

It looks like you guys are going to get some incredible quasi-Fall (75 high with mixed skies) weather. Enjoy if you’re lucky enough to go.

The scrimmage today is closed, but they announced the scrimmage next weekend will be open to the public.

O-live has an article up how Musgrave will be the next 1,000 yard receiving TE at OSU. O-live also pointed out Harrison as a standout from yesterday’s practice. Very good to hear, along with Gebbia out performing Noyer so far. All good stuff.

I’ll keep this thread up through the week and make a new one for next week’s open scrimmage.