Poyer on Bednarik list
Oregon State senior CB Jordan Poyer is on the watch list for the Bednarik Award, which goes to the nation’s top defense player each year. Semifinalist will be announced by the Maxwell Football Club on Oct. 29 and the three finalists announced Nov. 19 with winner being determined on the Dec. 6 College Football Awards...
Spring practice Day 11
Oregon State football coach Mike Riley returned to practice Saturday after missing the last two. He was in Canada with his father, Bud, who was sick in the hospital. Bud Riley, a former assistant football coach with the Beavers, is in stable condition. Riley was greeted with the aftermath of a drug scandal that broke...
Scott Crichton needs your vote
Voting for the finalists of the Intersport All-Star Performances of the Year is open through Jan. 22, and DE Scott Crichton is a finalist for his Week 11 game with his two sacks, five tackles and a forced fumble in OSU’s 38-21 win against Washington. Crichton is competing against 17 other weekly defensive winners from...
Crichton honored
Oregon State redshirt freshman DE Scott Crichton was named to three more freshman all-America teams: College Football News, Sporting News, Yahoo! Sports and Phil Steele. Crichton, who started all 12 games, finished the season with 74 tackles and led all freshmen in the nation with 14.5 tackles-for-loss and six forced fumbles, which set an OSU record. Crichton...
Beavers season wrap-up
Check out my main story in Tuesday’s GT on the Oregon State football team. We look back at the season. Here’s the season-ending report card. If you could repeat a season, the Beavers should. Here’s my notebook on the news of the day. Here are my MVPs of the season in the three parts of...
Crichton an award finalists
Oregon State freshman DE Scott Crichton was named one of four finalists for the Intersport All-State Performances of the Year. Crichton was nominated for his five-tackle, two-sack and one forced fumble day against Washington on Nov. 19. All-Star Performances of the Year is a four-month competition voted on by fans. Each top weekly vote-getter proceeds...
Civil War fallout
Here are some stats and figures to wrap up the Oregon State football team’s season after the Civil War beat down. The 16 yards rushing Saturday against Oregon reenforced the season’s poor rushing offense (86.9 ypg) that ranked 118th of 120 teams in the country and last in the Pac-12 Conference. The 299 passing yards...
Mannion, Crichton are players of the week
Oregon State QB Sean Mannion and DE Scott Crichton were named Pac-12 Conference Players of the Week on Monday, along with PK John Bonano of Arizona. Mannion, a freshman from Pleasanton, Calif., passed for 376 yards and four TDs , both career highs, in the 44-21 win over Washington State. His four TD performance was...
Crichton interview
Redshirt freshman DE Scott Crichton, a starter for the Oregon State football team, spoke matter-of-factly about the Beavers and Saturday night’s game at Arizona State. He gets edgy at the end. Crichton basically guarantees a win. How is the DL playing? The defensive line made some plays (last weekend), but we didn’t execute some of...
Cliff: Freshmen playing
WR Kevin Cummings and LB Michael Doctor are the only scheduled true freshmen to play for the Oregon State football team, coach Mike Riley said. They earned that distinction because they got a jump on the playbook and training since greyshirted and joined the team for spring practice and offseason training. They’ll help the Beavers...
