Team's Young Patient Success

Nate Dogg · Sep 27, 2012

Storm Woods sat on the Oregon State sideline and repeated Keith Heyward's words.

"We're the future," Woods would remind himself. "Just be patient."

At the time, Woods was a true freshman on the Beavers' scout team, a 5-foot-10, 200-pound running back who was utilizing his redshirt year, and Heyward was the Beavers secondary coach. Both watched helplessly as OSU sputtered to a 3-9 season.

The Beavers had a host of problems last fall: They were absurdly young all around. They started freshmen Scott Crichton and Dylan Wynn at defensive end, two guys who were trying to figure out what this college football thing was all about. They were breaking in a new quarterback, a 6-foot-5 redshirt freshman who had been handed the reins in startling fashion when coach Mike Riley opted to bench the returning veteran signal-caller. And they were searching for a ground game that never materialized, after years of producing some of the best running backs in the Pac-12.

But through it all, Riley remained optimistic. And while he admits that the team's 2012 edition was "a mystery" to him before Oregon State opened the season Sept. 8, when he looked his roster one truth instantly stood out: "We have a lot of guys who played a lot who are back."

It turns out that the experience gained from a 3-9 season was a blessing. Two games into 2012, OSU is undefeated, ranked and riding momentum as the No. 18 Beavers travel to Arizona this weekend.
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Haakzilla · Sep 27, 2012

...the future looks bright in Corvallis once again!

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