Official Oregon State Beavers discussion topic

Please sticky, this can be a good place for all of the Beavers fans to discuss their team until they get a forum of their own.

 

At least there won't be any NCAA violations discussed in this thread!

 

This is like having a Laker sticky thread on our main page!!!!!!!!!

 

Wow, so a poster invites Beav football discussions here and all the Beaver supporters come up with is something about the Ducks.?.?.?.?.?

So telling...

I usually root for the Beavs, so here's some notes from their spring football game:

If you are an orange-clad Oregon State fan, the highlight of Saturday’s spring ‘game’ in front of 5,519 fans at Reser Stadium... (43,468 attended Oregon's spring game - all of whom donated three food items for the needy and donated an estimated 50,000 # of food, and Oregon also raised a significant amount of money for troops through t-shirt sales).

Rodgers – coming off two knee operations – has heard the speculation that he might not be the same player when he tries to play again.

Mike Riley, who will be concerned all summer about the re-hab progress of key players such as Rodgers, slotback Jordan Bishop, tailback Jordan Jenkins, and possibly tight end Joe Halahuni.

OSU’s first-team offense, directed by Cody Vaz, did a decent job but mostly the scrimmage was dominated by a defense that had eight sacks and four interceptions – numbers skewered by second and third-teammers and No. 3 quarterback Sean Mannion’s insistence on forcing balls.

The run game, headlined by tailback heir-apparent Ryan McCants, looked passable but the crowd didn’t roar until redshirt freshman tailback Malcolm Marable tore 65 yards for a touchdown on the final play of the day.

TACKLES-FOR-LOSS: Dominic Glover, 3; Josh Parish, 2; Michael Doctor,1; Andrew Seumalo, 1; Cameron Collins, 1; Blake Harrah, 1; Taylor Henry, 1; Kevin Frahm, 1; Shiloah Te’o, 1.

SACKS: Dominic Glover, 2; Michael Doctor, 1; Shiloah Te’o, 1; Andrew Seumalo, 1; Kevin Frahm, 1; Taylor Henry, 1; Blake Harrah, 1.

INTERCEPTIONS: Lance Mitchell, 1; Donell Welch, 1; Feti ‘Unga, 1, Ryan Murphy 1.

PASSES BROKEN UP: Ryan Murphy, 3; Josh LaGrone, 3; Josh Parish, 1; Keynan Parker, 1; Brandon Hardin, 1; Rueben Robinson, 1; Anthony Watkins, 1; Taylor Henry, 1.

FORCED FUMBLES: Ryan Murphy, 1.

FUMBLE RECOVERIES: Rueben Robinson, 1.

http://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/index.ssf/2011/04/post_2.html

 

It's August 10th. The Spring game is old news.

 

Are the injuries and the challenge of jump-starting a lackluster offense old news?

 

I guess if you, as a fan, can't post anything about the program - I will. Great news with Rogers back a practice and doing what he does best...

http://www.buildingthedam.com/

 

Also, nice recent commit for OSU in this WR. If you read his profile, he was hoping for an offer from Oregon, but OSU did get his commit despite the player receiving offers from Idaho and Portland State.

http://oregon.scout.com/a.z?s=128&p=8&c=1&nid=5019587

 

This must be how a Beaver fan says thank you.

 

Guess so. Could have been an actual exchange of thought on injuries and the offensive struggles the team is experiencing...but, sometimes I just give Beav fans too much credit. Someday I'll learn.....

The scary thing about their spring game is that the defenses absolutely dominated and they actually lost 8 defensive starters from a unit that struggled last year and gave up, on average, well over 400 yards per game. Oregon gave up 330 yards per game. I mean, seriously, how do you give up almost 500 yards to UW and nearly 350 to UCLA?

OSU has a lot to straighten out if they want to be competitive this season....

(Oregon held UCLA under 300 yards in a 60-13 pounding that saw second and third string players on both sides....Oregon held UW to 263 yards)

 

Please....It goes both ways. I was a Duck Fan growing up (dads favorite team) and my freshman year at college (at OSU), the only reason I changed was the way duck fans acted to OSU fans. Plus going to OSU, it was going to happen regardless.

 

PS, I don't understand why there still isnt an OSU forum. While there seem to be less OSU fans on this board, I would volunteer to moderate it as well as be more active in posting topics. I've actually become more of an OSU football fan than a blazer fan the past years.

 

Jesus. All right I'll respond. The offensive struggles were experienced in the Spring game. Many of our top players didn't play including Katz. Katz is 100% now and everybody is practicing with the exception of Halahuni. Halahuni is due back by the start of Pac-12 play. The offense is GOOD! I have no concerns on that side of the ball other than making sure a decent running back emerges.

The defense should be better as well. Glover and Masanai should both be cleared up academically and legally by Monday of next week. Our D-line is a little thin, but our linebackers and d-backs should be much better. I expect our offense to be ahead of the defense at the start of the season, but hopefully the defense will be good enough to keep us in games. We should get better and better as the season rolls on. At least I hope so anyway.

 

Thanks!

 

Do NOT let the Beav fans have their own forum...... it will end up with nothing but threads about different ways to rape farm animals.

 

..and about the Ducks.

 

FYI, Beavers now have a home!

http://sportstwo.com/forums/544-Oregon-State-Beavers

Check it out and post. I'd appreciate the help