1-5-2009 - Yes I know it has been nearly two weeks since the Las Vegas Bowl game but I have a good reason for not writing this till now. . . . . The Dog ate my homework??. . . . . I have fallen and I cannot get up?. . . . Ummmm It's my wife's fault ! That will get me in trouble for sure. The truth of the matter is that I was left so dismayed by how we played BYU that I could not wrap my mind (what little I have left according to my wife) around what I was seeing on the field two weeks ago. Terms like Horrible, Ghastly, Unbelievable come to mind. It was just flat bad..>More LAS VEGAS BOWL 2009 IS TODAY, OSU vs BYU 12-22-2009 - The 2009 Las Vegas Bowl is today at 5pm PST. The Beavers will be playing the Cougars of BYU. For the 4th year in a row the Beavers have finished the PAC-10 Standings in 3rd place or better but this may be one of their most difficult bowl game match ups in that time span. And that is saying a lot since the Beavers have played teams like Missouri and Pittsburgh in the Sun Bowl. Both of those teams had BCS aspirations early in the season and so did BYU. But BYU brings something to the table that the other two did not. A head coach who played at Oregon State and coached for the Beavers in 95 and 96. BYU head coach Bronco Mendenhall was also a member of the Beavers football team the last time the Beavers played BYU in 1986. The Beavers won that game in Provo 10-7 and Mendenhall made 4 tackles in that game.>More 2009/2010 Bowl Game Schedule and Website Links 12-19-2009 - Here is a complete list of all the 2009/2010 Bowl Game and the teams playing in each game. Each bowl game listed also has a link the the bowl games website. Enjoy the Bowl Season and Go Beavers! > More BEAVERS START PREPARING FOR LAS VEGAS BOWL TODAY! 12-9-2009 - The Beavers will be beginning their Las Vegas Bowl preparations today hopefully inside as the temperatures in the Willamette Valley are well below freezing this morning. The Beavers will face the BYU Cougars 10-2 and also former Oregon State football player and current BYU Head Coach Bronco Mendenhall. All reports from Provo are that BYU is pumped up to play the Beavers in Las Vegas and that their preparations are going well. >Blog HOW FAR HAVE THE BEAVERS COME? 11-30-2009 - READ PAUL BUKERS ARTICLE IN THE OREGONIAN > More
12-9-2009 - In what will become an instant classic of Civil War football games. The Beavers came up inches short of fulfilling 45 years of hopes and dreams once again. It has taken me a few days to overcome the disappointment of losing the Rose Bowl for the second year in a row. Now with Bowl Selection being made and the Ducks going to the Rose Bowl and Beavers once again did not get to go to the Holiday Bowl in San Diego. And we were prevented from attending the Sun Bowl due to their no repeat clause much like two years ago when the Beavers dropped all the way to the Emerald Bowl. The Beavers ended up in the Las Vegas Bowl.>More THE 113TH CIVIL WAR IS JUST 3 DAYS AWAY 11-30-2009 - In just three days the biggest and most important game in Civil War History will be played at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon. Why is it the biggest and most important? Because for the first time ever the winner of the Civil War game is guaranteed a spot in the Rose Bowl. The hype has been big to date but as this day has gone along you can just feel things starting to really ramp up. For me it has been a difficult day to concentrate on work and have spent most of my day checking the blogs and twitter posts on the Beavers press conference. And the hype is only going to get bigger the closer we get to kickoff, which at this time is only 2 days and 20 hours away.>More
11-22-2009 - On Saturday the Beavers went into cold and windy Pullman Washington and ran all over the depleted Cougars of Washington State. Final score Beavers 42, Cougars 10. Quizz Rodgers tied a OSU single season rushing TD record with his 19th TD of the season tieing him with Ken Simonton and Steven Jackson. Rodgers also rushed for 165 yards and 2 touchdowns on 24 carries moving him into second place in the PAC-10 in rushing with 1313 yards.>More BEAVERS IN PULLMAN TO FACE 1-9 COUGARS 11-21-2009 - The 7-3(5-2) Beavers are in Pullman Washington to face the 1-9 (0-7) Cougars of Washington State University. On the face of things you look at this game and think "Wow, should be a blowout. Yawn). But in fact this is one of the biggest games of the year for the Beavers. If the Beavers can take care of business in Pullman today, the Beavers will go into the Dec. 3rd game with the Ducks in a tie for second place and potentially holding (once again) a chance for the Rose Bowl in the palm of their hands.>More
11-16-2009 - It was a Great Day to be a Beaver as is most any day. But this last Saturday was even better then most for me as it was my first Dad's Weekend as a Dad to an OSU Student and the second reason is that the Beavers ended beating those stinking Huskies even worse then I had predicted. Combine those to facts together with near perfect late fall weather and you have a very memorable day for me and for Beaver Nation. It was my first Dad's Weekend as a parent of an OSU student and it turned out to be a very memorable one for me for several reasons. First off my daughter and I had a great time together. I could tell she was nervous about what to do with me for two whole days, but with a little help from friends she did a great job of entertaining her dad. Add to that the fact that I got to go back to the building that once was home to my fraternity and walk through the house was a real treat. I also was more then amazed to find at the house that night another dad of a student who is now a member of the new frat occupying that house. This dad was an old fraternity member of mine from the 70's. We enjoyed talking about the old days for a couple hours while the kids did their own thing. It was a great weekend and I am looking forward to seeing my daughter at thanksgiving.>More BEAVERS HOST WASHINGTON FOR DAD'S WEEKEND MUST WIN GAME 11-12-2009 - This weekend, Nov. 13-15, 2009 will be a very special weekend for this Beaver Fan. Since 1965, when my older brother first entered Oregon State I have been attending games and events at Oregon State. I have attended games as a young man, a student and as an alumni. I have been to Dad's weekends as the little brother and I have been to Dad's weekends as a student. But this weekend, for the first time, I will be attending Dad's weekend as a DAD! My brother and I talked many times over the last 20 years or so about how it would be great if our kids could attend Oregon State as we did. How much fun it would be to be the DAD of an Oregon State student. Now I get that chance. My oldest daughter had the opportunity to go to other schools and play softball. I encouraged her to take those offers and follow her dream to play college softball . But when it came time to make that choice she choose Oregon State over those other schools and this weekend I couldn't be prouder to be an OSU DAD.>More
11-13-2009 - The Dual in the Desert will be where the 2009/2010 Men's Basketball season will begin. The Beavers have traveled to Lubbock, Texas this week to play in the Dual in the Desert Tournament to open their season. The Beavers first game will be against Texas A&M Corpus Christi. Not to be confused with "The" Texas A&M. The Beavers have played TAMCC once before in 1999 in Corvallis. The Beavers won that contest 82-70. TAMCC is picked to contend for the Southland Conference title this year and return most of their team from last year when they won 18 games. This matchup should favor the Beavers who also return many key players from last seasons CBI Championship team. The next two games of the tournament will be first time meetings between Oregon State and South Dakota and Texas Tech. South Dakota is starting their second year at D1 and Texas Tech is a member of the Big12 conference and is picked to finish 9th in preseason polls. Texas Tech is coached by Pat Knight, son of college basketball legend Bobby Knight.>More GO BEAVERS!
11-9-2009 - The Oregon State Beavers went into CAL on Saturday and Sean Canfield put on another exhibition of his skills while Jaquizz Rodgers was shut down most of the game. The Beavers defeated #20 (BCS) CAL 31-14 in front of 56,000+ at Memorial Stadium. In doing so the Beavers have moved themselves back into contention for the PAC-10 conference title but will need help from others if the Beavers hope to get back to the Rose Bowl for the first time in 45 years. Sean Canfield was pinpoint accurate for most of the game going 29-39 for 342 yards, 2 touchdowns, 1 rushing touchdown and 1 interception. Canfields performance on Saturday kept him on top of the PAC-10 in yards per game with 264.6 just ahead of next weeks opponent Jake Locker (244.8).>More BEAVERS IN BAY AREA FOR SHOWDOWN WITH CAL 11-5-2009 - The next 4 games for the Beavers will determine how much of a success this season will be. For Oregon State the standard that success is measured by has changed in the last 11 years. Today, success for Oregon State is 8 or more wins per season and contending for a PAC-10 title every year. The programs success is also determined, like it or not, by how successful the team down the road is doing. This year, for the Beavers to consider this season a success and to stay on track to be considered a top team in the PAC-10 conference, the Beavers need to win at least 3 of their next 4 games. With Oregon in first place and undefeated in conference play, a win in Eugene will be difficult at best. Cal on the other hand has struggled with good teams and is currently tied with the Beavers at 3-2 in conference. So a win in Strawberry Canyon this Saturday is the best option for the Beavers to get a win between the two teams. The other 2 remaining games have the Huskies coming to Corvallis and the Beavers going to WSU. The Huskies game will be a tough game but the Beavers should win that one and WSU is just plain bad so that game should be a route.>More
10-30-2009 (from our blog) - The Beavers played what I call a pretty ugly game. The offense sputtered for most of the game but came through when the game was on the line to pull out a victory over UCLA 26-19. But we were a penalty call and a drop interception away from losing the game. But once again the Beavers defense did not show up to play in the second half. The Beavers gave up a field goal and two late touchdowns to UCLA and allowed them to tie the game at 19-19 with just over two minutes to play. This is the eighth time in eight games that the Beavers defense has given up two many points late in games and brings you to consider that this team just does not have what it takes to hold other teams down. For the first time in many years the Beavers are lacking a shut down defense and must go out and outscore their opponents.>More IT'S A HALLOWEEN HOMECOMING FOR THE BEAVERS! 10-30-2009 - This Saturday night is Halloween. A favorite night for any true Beaver fan. After all, Halloween is all about Orange and Black. I cannot wait to see what the Beaver fans will be wearing tomorrow at the game. I am sure there will be more then a few that will look something like the fans on the right. I will have to make a trip to the Beaver store on my way down to see if there is anything strange I can pick up to wear. It is also homecoming for our Beaver alumni (myself included) and a time to remember the great times we had in school and the friends we made there. I had a great time in my 5 years at OSU. Had the opportunity to play golf for the Beavers and made many great friends who I stay in contact with still today. >More
Beavers Offense Puts on a Show, But the Defense Can't Stop USC 10-26-2009 - The Oregon State offense put on a real show Saturday night in Los Angeles. The Beavers scored 7 times and missed a chip shot field goal that could have been eight scores while USC only scored on 6 possessions. But in the end it was once again USC that went home with the win and left the Beavers wondering, what if?> More History in the Making as Beavers Travel to USC 10-24-2009 - On September 16th, 1960 an Oregon State College football team did something that has not been done since. They beat USC in Los Angeles 14-0. The top songs for the week of Sept. 16th were Johnny Burnette, "You're Sixteen" and "It's Now or Never" by Elvis Presley. The movie "Psycho" was just hitting the movie screens. Dwight D. Eisenhower was President of the United States. The United States had not yet entered the Viet Nam War. The Dallas Texans beat the Oakland Raiders 34-16..>More
10-11-2009 - Gotta Love Football. Beavers beat Stanford 38-28 on Saturday night. Quizz goes off for 189 yards and 4 TD's. More Coming later today. Man a busy week of work. I hate it when work takes time away from my Beavers. But there are bills to pay so we must do what we must do. It was a great game last week for the Beavers on offense and also on defense at least for two quarters as the Beavers jumped out to a 31-7 lead at halftime. It was the Beavers best half of play this season. Quizz goes for career high in yards and touchdowns and many other players have big games for the Beavers. Good Job guys.>More GO BEAVERS! First Place Stanford Cardinal Come to Corvallis 10-9-2009 - The 4-1 (3-0 pac-10) Stanford Cardinal come to Corvallis this Saturday to play a 4pm game against our Beavers 3-2 (1-1 pac-10). The Cardinal are a much improved team for 2009 with victories over Washington State, San Jose State, Washington and UCLA. Their only loss was on the road at Wake Forest 17-24. Granted, Stanford has played some questionable competition thus far but they are convincing many people that they will be a threat this year in the PAC-10 and will play a role in determining the champion in this conference. Since 2000 Stanford is only 2-6 against the Beavers and 4-8 in the last 12 meetings.>More
10-5-2009 - OK well first off I want to somewhat apologize for my temper tantrums during the game on twitter. I was going off on the Beavers in the second half. Most of it was beer induced and some of it was somewhat justified. But in the end the Beavers won the game and that is what counts. I was gone all day Saturday coaching my daughters softball team and when I finally got home and turned the game on it was 14-3 Beavers. From what I understand James Rodgers had some good returns and several other Beavers contributed to the early success. But it was turnovers that cost ASU early and the Beavers turned those into points. >More Struggling Oregon State Travels to Tempe to Face ASU 10-2-2009 - A struggling Oregon State Football team must now go on the road in search of a victory and more importantly, an identity. The Beavers 2-2 (0-1 PAC-10) face an Arizona State team that is has two victories over a couple of cupcakes and a near miss loss on the road at Georgia 17-20. It is this game at Georgia that perhaps the real Sun Devil team showed up to play and nearly came home with a win. This may seem on the outside like a task that is within reach of the Beavers. But look at one simple fact. As good as Beaver team have been the last 10 years, note this. Oregon State has not won a game against ASU at ASU since 1969. The Beavers have lost 16 consecutive games at Sun Devil Stadium (not counting the Fiesta Bowl Victory). And the Beavers come into Tempe on a 2 game losing streak, having given up 10 sacks in the last two games and 15 on the season.>More
9-28-2009 - Another disappointing loss this week for the Beavers. The Beavers lost to the Arizona Wildcats 37-32 on Saturday afternoon in Corvallis and this loss may be a dagger in the back to the hopes of this team having a successful season. Arizona was a team the Beavers should beat, especially at home. The Beavers failed to stop the Arizona passing game allow Foles of Arizona to go25-34 for 254 yards passing. For the second week in a row the Beaver defense failed to get a sack of the quarterback allowing the QB to rome freely in the backfield with time to find an open receiver. For the second week in a row the Beavers offensive line gave up 5 sacks and allowing the opposing defense far to many hits on Canfield and giving him no time in the pocket to find open receivers. This after Offensive Line Coach Mike Cavanaugh noted that players just need to step up and play better.>More Beavers Face Arizona at Reser 9-25-2009 - The Beavers face the Arizona Wildcats this Saturday and are in need of a victory after last weeks heartbreaking loss to Cincinnati at Reser. The Cincinnati game exposed many weak areas on the Beavers team the Coach Riley and his staff will have to work hard it to improve or teams will see these weaknesses and what Cincinnati did to expose them and do something similar. Those weaknesses include, Sean Canfield, Offensive Line, Defensive Secondary and Defensive Line. Lets take a moment to look at each of these areas.>
9-23-2009 - The Oregon State offense was inside the Cincinnati 20 yard line 4 times last Saturday afternoon and came away with 1 touchdown and 3 field goals. This fact, more then any other on that day was the reason the Beavers could not come from behind to defeat Cincinnati. It was an exciting game for most of the game. The Beavers took an early lead when they failed twice in the first quarter to score touchdowns and took a 6-0 lead after the first quarter.>More #17 Cincinnati Comes to Corvallis to Face the #24 Beavers 9-18.2009 - OK Beaver Fans, we have been asking for that big east coast program to come to Corvallis for years and now we have what we asked for. It may not be a Michigan, Notre Dame or Texas, but if you know your college football and are not just some wannabe who thinks those are the only programs in the world. Then you know this IS a big time game..>MORE
9/14/2009 - Man oh man! Is it going to be another one of those kind of years. If so, I am not sure my heart will be able to take it. In the first half I am thinking, "Ok, what's is up with the offense? The defense is playing well but where is the offense and what is up with Kahut?". Then when the Beavers come out in the second half and score on their first possession I think, "OK here we go, defense is playing well and now the offense is finally got it going.". Then the defense seems to forget how to play and lets UNLV go 100 yards in a kickoff return and 5 plays for the TD. ARGHHHHHH!! Then the Beavers come right back again and score on a 7 play 75 yard drive to go up 20-7. Alright, calming down now. Beavers hold, things are in control, we have a 2 td lead and the ball with 6 minutes to go in the third quarter. I feel pretty good. Whew! Fourth quarter starts and we are still up 13 and have the ball. Feeling pretty good right now. Got it under control, we are going to roll on to victory, RIGHT???>More BEAVERS TRAVEL TO SIN CITY 9-11-2009 - The Oregon State University Football team travels to "Sin City" today to face Mountain West Conference Title Hopeful UNLV in a 8pm game Saturday night at Sam Boyd Stadium. The expected temperature at game time is 90 degrees. The Beavers are coming off a solid performance in their opener vs Portland St. 34-7 where the Rodgers brothers once again dominated the offensive stats. The two brothers scored all 4 touchdowns for the Beavers and accounted for all offensive yards in the first quarter. Quizz had 103 yards on 16 carries and also had 4 receptions for 32 yards in a half and one play. James Rodgers caught two balls for 95 yards and carried the ball 2 times for 23 yards.>More
9-7-2009 - OK, now that I am back from camping up in the mountains it's time to breakdown the Beavers game vs Portland State. But before that I just want you to know how cool those GPS maps are. We took a route down to the game that my first thought was, "you have got to be kidding me". But you know what, it was a nice drive with absolutely no traffic and made the trip to Reser and back much more enjoyable then battling traffic on I-5. The problem is that it won't work from home so I will have to try to find faster ways to the game..>More 2009 SEASON OPENER THIS SATUDAY AT 11:30AM, Portland St. vs Oregon St. 9-3-2009 - This Saturday the Oregon State Football Program starts its 2009 season at home vs Portland State University and their famous head coach Jerry Glanville. Rumor has it that Jerry has reserved two tickets for Elvis at Reser Stadium for this Saturday. The Beavers come into this game a 28 point favorite but the game has many aspects to it that I feel will make it closer then that. .>More What a Great Day in Beaver Land! 8-23-2009 - Saturday was as close to a perfect day in Beaverland as one could ask for. About the only thing that might have made it better was to win (my team not the Beavers) You see Saturday I played, along with my brother and two great beaver friends of mine in the 24th Annual Paul Valenti Varsity O Golf Scrimmage at Trysting Tree Golf Club in Corvallis. > More In Case You Missed This - Chad Johnson is now a kicker. One Month to Football ! 8-24-2009 - It's less then one month before the 2009 Oregon State University Football Season begins and I am pretty excited for another season to start. And this season I have another reason to be excited about the start of another school year at OSU. My oldest daughter will be a freshman at OSU this year and I am a very proud papa. Recently found out that the entire freshman football team is in her dorm so you players had better behave yourself. I was a student there once so I know how it goes. Don't want to have to send my buddy "Sal" down to send a message. > More
4-8-2009 - Coach Craig Robinson and the Oregon State Men's Basketball program took a big first step in the resurrection of basketball at Oregon State the other day in El Paso, Texas by winning the College Basketball Invitational Tournament. The Beavers who finished the PAC-10 Season 13-17 were invited to play in the CBI based partly upon the fact that Craig Robinson had coached in the tournament the previous year and enjoyed the experience. Once in the tournament the Beavers wasted no time in sweeping past three teams (Houston, Vermont and Stanford) all of which had 20 wins in 2008 to advance to the final vs UTEP. The Championship Series was 2 out of 3 games and was played at UTEP. The Beavers captured their first ever posted season basketball championship with a 81-73 victory in the third and final game and finished the season 18-18. The victory for the Beavers and the crowds that showed up in Corvallis for the post season games brought back much of the excitement that Gill coliseum had seem in it glory days of the 70's and 80's when the Beavers were contenders every year. Now the expectation level has been raised for the upcoming 2009 season. The Beavers will no doubt get a better recruiting class and the fans will be back to a certain extent. Can the Beavers take the next step in 2009 and have a winning record in conference play? Can they make it back to the NIT or the even the NCAA tournaments? Only time will tell but the 2008 Beaver Basketball season will be one to remember for the excitement it brought back to Gill and for what it might mean for the future. GO BEAVERS!  BEAVERS ARE THE CHAMPIONS OF THE 75TH SUN BOWL!!!
12-31-2008 - The Oregon State Beavers are the Champions of the 75th Sun Bowl game and will no doubt be in the record books of the Sun Bowl for some time to come. The Beavers defense shut out the Pitt Panthers 3-0 in the lowest scoring game in the Sun Bowl since 1940 and the Panthers to 178 total yards and only 10 first downs on the day while sacking the Pittsburgh quarterbacks 5 times.>More
OREGON STATE vs PITTSBURGH in the 75th Sun Bowl 12-29-2008 - It's Time! We are just two days away from the playing of the 75th Sun Bowl in El Paso, TX. and the Beavers are banged up in more ways then one. The latest word on Quizz is that he may play but is a game time decision and won't be 100%. James Rodgers is out. Francis has missed practices due to family issues in Florida and will be back in time to play. So basically that leaves us with one running back that has seen full practices, Ryan McCants. McCants was not effective vs the Ducks only rushing for 32 yards on 10 carries. Jeremy Francis has seen only limited action all season but I like the way he attacks the line better then McCants. So with no running game left the Beavers will be forces to the air again.> More
MY PLAN TO SOLVE THE BCS MESS 12-6-2008 - Every year people complain about how messed up the current BCS system is. How deserving teams are shut out of the BCS Bowls by the selection process. This year is not different except that we have a President Elect who has gone on record that he wants a playoff system. THE NEW BCS CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFF SYSTEM > More 2009 Complete Bowl Game Schedule 11-22-2008 - Follow this link to a complete list of all 2008-2009 bowl games with links to their official websites, dates, tv coverage, teams and location. > More |
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OSU Baseball Highlight Videos 4-10-2008 - Found these on You Tube. Pretty Cool. Good Job and the transitions and sound. Enjoy! > More 4-10-2008 - Another You Tube Video. The last inning of game 3 of the College World Series and Trophy Presentation. Enjoy > More |
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