Cliff: State of the football Comments
A blog poster a while back asked me to reassure him that everything was OK with the Oregon State football team in the aftermath of players leaving and getting hurt.
So that became the premise of my Sunday column in the GT/DH. Check it out here.
My underlying point is stability is a good thing, and the Beavers have that with their program.
There’s a minor reference to what Oregon is going through with all the legal problems. I mentioned this before, but I’m glad that the Beavers got that out of their system in 2005.
That was a crazy time for a reporter covering the beat when you found something in the crime log on a regular basis. Remember stolen sheep, paying a cab ride with pot and the bar fights?
Mistakes can happen at any time, and the Beavers could have a similar situation. However, OSU coach Mike Riley not only recruits players he can mold on the field, he finds generally good guys. So there’s less change of that happening.
That’s something I won’t take for granted. There hasn’t been someone on the roster I felt was a jerk in some time. When I first got here in 2004 there were a few.
So while I can’t say everything is fine because it won’t known until the season is here, the Beavers are stable and working for more. Spring practice begins March 29 to give us a look at what might be.
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