Three football academic honors
Former Oregon State football players Kevin Frahm, Cameron Collins and Marcus Perry selected as members of the 2012 Hampshire Honor Society, announced by the National Football Foundation onWednesday . The three are among 721 senior football players from all levels of collegiate football who maintained a 3.2 grade-point average or better throughout their careers. Nine...
Spring preview: DBs
Depth development is the emphasis for the secondary of the Oregon State football team going into spring practice. Jordan Poyer and Rashaad Reynolds are proven returning starters at CB. Keynan Parker and Malcolm Marable are behind Poyer. Both are athletic as offseason track stars. Sean Martin, Danny Evans, Ryan Handford are behind Reynolds. Larry Scott...
Spring preview: LB
There’s a good mix of young and veteran talent at linebacker for the Oregon State football team, so there are several goals in spring practice. Returning senior starting MLB Kevin Unga must get back up to speed after missing a lot of time due to a knee/upper calf injury. Rueben Robinson moved back to MLB...
Spring preview: DL
It’s time to look at the Oregon State football team’s DL headed into spring practice. There was much cyberspace angst about no DT JC recruits. Coach Mike Riley maintained he already has the people to make a difference in the team’s gap cancelation defense. The biggest concern is senior starter Castro Masaniai won’t practice much,...
Scholarship counting
With the news of the retirements of OL Darryl Jackson (hip) and LB Tony Wilson (stingers) due to injuries, it’s time to do some scholarship counting for the Oregon State football team. I’ve counted 65 returning scholarship players now, and that doesn’t count the rumored scholarships of DL Andrew Seumalo and P Tim McMullen. The...
Spring preview: RBs
The RB position for the Oregon State football team goes into its second season being unsettled. Malcolm Agnew won the job last year as a true freshman, but was slowed by a hamstring and fumble issues. However, when on he was the best option. Agnew is back, but not the leader in the clubhouse. Coach...
Doing work to get you in the mood
Check out this Oregon State football team workout video teaser. Fans might be taking a “show me something in the fall,” the players are getting it done even if you don’t believe them.
1962 football team honored
One of Oregon State’s most successful football teams in the history of the program will be inducted into the OSU Sports Hall of Fame during a special ceremony Sept. 7 at Reser Stadium, AD Bob De Carolis announced Monday. The Beavers host defending Big Ten Champions Wisconsin the following day. The 1962 team, celebrating its...
Player attrition issue
News of players leaving the Oregon State football team this past week came as no surprise. The Beavers signed 24 players in the 2012 recruiting class and by my count are still seven beyond the 85-scholarship limit. There are 66 returning scholarship players, and reports have said DT Andrew Seumalo and P Tim McMullen will...
Football predictions 2012
The New Year brings optimism for all, including the Oregon State football team. Players and coaches are using the offseason to find ways to improve. So hear are my fearless predictions for what could/should/possibly happen with the Beavers in the coming year. 1. Yes, there can be a bowl game The Beavers are capable of...
Top 25 read OSU stories
I was curious as to what the top Oregon State sports stories were in 2011 in terms of how many reads a story received. Part of that was to see what readers are interested in. Newspapers always looked at their circulation in print, now it is online hits to see what interest people. Readers are...
OSU year-end story
The annual look back at the top 10 stories the Corvallis Gazette-Times covered at Oregon State, voted on by the sports staff, ran in Sunday’s edition. Check it out here. There are many football-related stories, since football always draws the most interest. However, there are some hoops, baseball and gymnastics stories. It was a rough...
