The BCS debate, no more
Start off by reading this link to this story detailing what’s going with the BCS playoff situation. If you haven’t heard, college football is going to a four-team playoff by 2014. The semifinals will be in the existing bowl games and the national title being bid out to cities like the Super Bowl. Followers of...
Beavers get a transfer
The Oregon State football team will receiver a transfer player from Hawaii, according to the Honolulu Star Advertiser. DB Steven Christian plans to transfer after receiving his bachelor’s degree in four years. He’ll have two years of eligibility left after he receives an expected medical hardship waiver for a sixth year. Since he has a...
First commitment
The Oregon State football team picked up its first verbal commitment in the 2013 class in S Terin Solomon, according to Rivals.com. He’s a 6-foot-2, 185-pounder from Murrieta, Calif., who is unranked at the moment. He also had scholarship offers from Nevada and UCLA. DL coach Joe Seumalo originally found Solomon in his recruiting area...
Josh Williams suspended
Oregon State football coach Mike Riley indefinitely suspended sophomore LB Josh Williams on Friday for a violation of team rules. Williams played in four games as a true freshman last season. He will have an opportunity to be reinstated at a later date pending criteria that he must meet prior to the start of the 2012 season,...
Tavita Thompson named GA
Former Oregon State football player Tavita Thompson was named a graduate assistant for the fall, coach Mike Riley announced Thursday. Thompson, who played OT and lettered with the Beavers from 2005-08, will assist the offense. He started 13 games and was a member for four winning bowl teams. “We are very fortunate to be able...
Kickoff for first two football games announced
The Oregon State football team will begin the season with a noon kickoff against Nicholls State on Sept. 1. (Love those early kickoffs.) The Pac-12 Networks announced their programming schedule for the first three weeks and part of the fourth on Thursday. Only the OSU opener will be shown on the Pac-12 Networks the first...
Recruiting review, Part 2
Here’s the defensive recruiting rundown for the Oregon State football team. Thanks again to Rivals.com Nine DEs are offered, five of them four-star athletes. Two of the four-star guys are committed elsewhere. OSU takes another run of replenishing DTs with 10 offers, three to four-star guys. One of them is headed to Mississippi. Nine LBs...
Recruiting review
Thanks to the Rivals.com folks who track high school and JC athletes and their recruiting, here are some notes of interest. The Oregon State football team is up to 103 known scholarship offers, but no commitments yet. The Beavers are the only major conference team without a commitment at this point. Rivals believe the slow...
Top position group
ESPN.com’s Ted Miller has been rating his top position groups of the Pacific-12 Conference lately. He just named the WR group for Oregon State as his top group. That’s hard to argue with the talent of the of Markus Wheaton, Brandin Cooks and Jordan Bishop (when healthy). And the depth of Geno Munoz and Obum...
Football interview videos
Check out these video interviews from the Oregon State football team. The first one is of QB Sean Mannion talking about being voted a captain by his teammates. He also gives you updated from how the Beavers are doing this offseason. I know the video was edited to make it go smooth, but that was...
Practice fields coming along
The resurfaced practice field for the Oregon State football team is coming along and will be on time for the start of training camp in August, an OSU official said. The base of the new synthetic turf is in, and the light poles are mostly up. Check out the photos. Reser Stadium will have its...
Too much of a good thing?
If you missed it, here’s my story in Saturday’s GT on what the Oregon State athletic department must do to get ready for the launch of the Pac-12 Networks on Aug. 15. As detailed in the story, there’s going to be a lot of OSU sports on TV all the time. So, I’m asking fans...
