Mike Riley focused and ready
Oregon State football coach Mike Riley seemed calm and focused yesterday when he talked with the media about the upcoming season. The highlights were on my blog yesterday. Here’s the full story in Thursday’s GT. He said the usually things such as being excited for the season, has a good vibe from the group and...
Football topics
It’s a little more than two months away from the first game for the Oregon State football team and cyberspace is full of angst about the coming season. So it’s time address some popular topics of discontent. Eight players left the program last week. Some folks think that’s a disaster. Well, the Beavers needed to...
Riley on the seat hot?
CBSSports.com put out its hot seat list for college football coaches for the coming season. For a look at the Pac-12, click here. Oregon State coach Mike Riley is rated as having pressure. He does have pressure to win, but barring a total collapse — and it’s possible — the cost to fire him is just...
Recruiting to Corvallis
At the end of my last Oregon State football blog, I stated that coach Mike Riley is the best person to recruit to Corvallis. This topic has been brought up on the comments in my blog recently and it’s an annual topic. So let’s get it out of the way early this summer. A coaching...
Pac-12 football recruiting
Fans are getting anxious with the lack of verbal commitments for the 2013 season for the Oregon State football team. Part of the problem is looking at what the other teams in the Pacific-12 Conference are doing. ESPN’s Ted Miller breaks down recruiting in the conference. Check it out here. All the other teams have...
Riley issues statement on offseason troubles
Oregon State football coach Mike Riley issued a statement Wednesday about the string of the run-ins with the law by his football players this offseason. “This behavior is totally unacceptable and the appropriate discipline started immediately with each event and future incidences could result in exclusion from our football program,” the e-mail read. Those words...
PR machine going
Oregon State football coach Mike Riley and men’s basketball coach Craig Robinson will be out and about at special functions to talk to the well-paying fans about their teams. Four opportunities are called road shows and are scheduled for June 6 in Eugene, June 10 in Bend, June 12 in San Francisco and June 13...
Riley talks offense on conference call
Oregon State coach Mike Riley and the rest of the Pacific-12 Conference football coaches were on a conference call Tuesday with the media. Here’s the rundown from what Riley said. On QB Sean Mannion “Sean had a very valuable freshman year. He’s a hard worker. We are looking for continue growth. Quarterbacking is a never-ending...
Riley’s final thoughts
First, here’s a link to my column on Sunday about spring practice. And here’s a link to my notebook on the running game. Here are Oregon State football coach Mike Riley‘s final thoughts at the conclusion of spring practice on Saturday. What are your thoughts on the QBs? “Cody Vaz really stepped up and had...
Catching up with Riley before spring practice
Oregon State football coach Mike Riley spoke with the beat writers Tuesday afternoon to catch us up with what’s going on with the program going into spring practice, which starts April 3. Here are the bullet points. My full story will be in Wednesday’s GT here. Players out with injury: OG Grant Enger (shoulder), S...
Catching up with Riley
Oregon State football coach Mike Riley said Wednesday that he suspended CB Mishawn Cummings for breaking team rules, and he’s not necessarily able to come back. Cummings redshirted and would have been a sophomore this season. He played one season at Foothill College. OL Geoff Garner and S Josh LaGrone have left the team to...
Potential Perry hire appears to be smart one
Fans are wringing their hands over the possible hiring of the new DB coach Rod Perry by Oregon State football coach Mike Riley. Read the comments on the first blog post on him. Concern continued on the second blog post. Perry is a 22-year veteran of coaching in the NFL, and is connected to Riley...
