Cliff Kirkpatrick

The Oregon State football team wrapped up its last contact practice of the week Thursday afternoon. The offense worked out in a slight, but steady, rain. There’s a good chance for bad weather Saturday, so it was good to prepare for the elements.

RB Jacquizz Rodgers (ankle) started practice, but didn’t finish. Coach Mike Riley wanted to rest him. He had a good workout Wednesday, so he’s tapering.

WR James Rodgers (knee) went the distance during the week. He’ll be at full strength for the game. He’ll even return kicks, even though his backup S Jordan Poyer showed some explosiveness last weekend with a 70-yard return.

LB David Pa’aluhi (sick) returned to practice after a day off. Riley said there’s no swine flu going around the team.

WR Geno Munoz (hip) returned to practice this week. He’ll be dressed and be available in a reserve role.

Greyshirt WR Kevin Cummings has been visiting the Beavers the last two days. He’ll be here in January. The rest of the greyshirts are still set to make it into school, yes that includes WR Reggie Dunn (at the moment).

Here’s a link to OSU president Ed Ray being elected chair of the NCAA Executive Committee, and chair of the search committee for an NCAA president.

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The Oregon State football team wrapped up the week of practice for No. 4 Southern California on Thursday. The offensive workout looked a little sluggish, but coach Mike Riley felt it went well.

“It was good work today,” he said. “There was a lot of enthusiasum. We got a good week of practice. That’s all we can say about it. Now we have to go play.”

The weekly tradition of pumping crowd noise in on the last workout of the week continued, but it was a little louder than usual. The L.A. Memorial Coliseum will have more than 93,000 inside.

Injury news
Backup split end Geno Munoz has a hip-flexor injury and he may not make the trip to Southern California, Riley said.  Aaron Nichols, who’s the No. 3 slot back, will back up Damola Adeniji at split end.

Reserve offensive guard Colin Lyons went down with a knee injury this week. He had an MRI, and the severity isn’t known, yet.

Freshman receiver Micah Hatfield will be on crutches for six week from his broken leg suffered last week. His rehab will be long-term, Riley said.

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