Football too soft?
The big hit by Oregon State CB Jordan Poyer on Stanford WR Chris Owusu could have changed the game led to an upset of the Cardinal. Poyer dislodged the ball from Owusu, recovered it and scored on a 38-yard fumble recovery returned for a touchdown. The game would have been tied at 14 and OSU...
Poyer on Stanford
Oregon State CB Jordan Poyer has been one of the most successful football players for the Beavers this season. The CB has three INTs, 11 pass breakups and 35 tackles. One INT was returned for a TD. He has six punt returns with a 17.5-yard average with a TD return. So, he’s eager to see...
Poyer, Hekker honored; recruiting update
Oregon State CB Jordan Poyer was named the Pacific-12 Conference Special Teams Player of the Week and the College Football Performance Awards punt returner of the week on Monday. He returned a punt 85 yards for a TD against UCLA on Saturday, and had 100 punt return yards on the day. Poyer added 56 kickoff return...
Return game questions, backup QB, Wild Beaver
Oregon State junior CB Jordan Poyer is so versatile that coach Mike Riley must figure out the best way to use him. Poyer returned kicks, punts, covered kickoffs and punts his first two years. Now he’s a projected defensive starter, Riley doesn’t want him to do all that to keep him fresh. Several players will...
Poyer done with baseball, links
Check out my story in Friday’s GT about Oregon State CB Jordan Poyer saying he quit baseball to focus on football. That’s a good move for him. He could have been good at either, but doing both at the same time is a bit much with the demands on a CB. There’s just a lot...
Baseball preview
The Beavers under the lights for a Friday night scrimmage. The Oregon State baseball team preview is in Sunday’s GT. Here’s a link to the main story. Coach Pat Casey was very philosophically deep talking about how this group will be better than in recent years. That’s not saying the Beavers are going back to...
Baseball, Super Bowl, wrestling
The Beavers scrimmage Saturday afternoon in Goss Stadium. After my sons were done with their own baseball workouts Saturday morning they wanted to see it live. Fortunately, the Oregon State baseball team started working out this weekend. We caught two innings of the afternoon scrimmage.It’s hard to tell anything dramatic in that short time frame,...
Cliff: Cornerbacks
The strength of the Oregon State football team’s defense should be the secondary, safeties in particular. However, the cornerbacks have come along and must be on top of their games, or the defense will be in trouble. There’s been little written about the corners because they’ve been as solid as expected in training camp. The...
Cliff: Football reading
There’s plenty of Oregon State football happenings in Thursday’s GT. Also, here’s a pic of AD Bob De Carolis getting his West Region AD of the Year award. Here’s a story on sophomore CB Jordan Poyer playing for the Corvallis Knights, the summer collegiate wood bat team. Yes, he plans to play baseball for the...
Cliff: Corner development
CBs are the crucial for the Oregon State defense to perform. The Beavers need those guys to take away deep WRs one-on-on. When they do that the front seven can go wild on stunts. The Beavers are in good shape with James Dockery as the veteran senior. Junior Brandon Hardin has been well-used, so he’s...
Cliff: Saturday football reading
BERKELEY, Calif. – Even on the the road I’m still waking up early, and I don’t have to. Those children have me trained. Oh well, time to catch up on some reading and watch some football in preparation for the Oregon State game later today against No. 23 Cal. First off, the above video is...
Cliff: Where the Wild Beavers are
The Oregon State football team has had success twice running the Wild Beaver, where RB Jacquizz Rodgers takes a direct snap and QB Sean Canfield lines up as a WR. Saturday’s opponent, Cal, has been doing the Wild Bear (it just doesn’t sound as sexy). Backup RB Shane Vereen is 0-for-2 the last two seasons...
