News, notes and links from around Oregon State athletics
News, notes and links from around Oregon State athletics
With four incoming freshmen, the Beavers will look for a little team bonding in August.
Source: OregonLive.com by John Hunt, The Oregonian
With four incoming freshmen, the Beavers will look for a little team bonding in August.
Source: Pac-12 Football Blog
Every spring, players break out. Here are a few that stood out in the Pac-12. Ka'Deem Carey, RB, Arizona: Carey was a hyped recruit from Tucson -- Canyon del Oro High -- and the local boy seems likely to make good this year after rushing for 425 yards as a freshman. He led a solid crew of backs this spring. Brice Schwab, OT, Arizona State: It's been a long time coming for Schwab, who has gone from heralded junior-college transfer to bust to likely starting right tackle.
Source: Yahoo! NCAAF
Source: Yahoo! NCAAF
Source: Cliff Kirkpatrick by Cliff Kirkpatrick
Matt Rawitzer transfered from Idaho
The Oregon State men’s golf team is seeded ninth in the 13-team regional at the Stanford Golf Course in Palo Alto, Calif., starting today through Saturday.
The Beavers need a top-five finish to advance to the NCAA Championships. California, Stanford and San Diego State are the top three seeds.
No. 4-8 are from the Southeast and Midwest and have never been to the course. So today’s round will be used to figure out what to do. OSU has been to the course three times in the last 13 months.
A fast start could carry the Beavers into the next round of the postseason.
“Things are going really well and the guys are working hard,” coach Jon Reehoorn said. “When I look at the field, I feel good about how things shook out for us. Four-eight will have to figure out what to do, while we know what to expect on the course.”
Nick Chianello transfered from Portland.
Check out my story on the golf team in today’s GT. I catch up with juniors Nick Chianello and Matt Rawitzer. They are rare four-year college transfers who helped the Beavers this year. They have interesting stories as to why they are in Corvallis.
“I’m pretty excited, coming off our good finish in the Pac-12s,” Chianello said. “The team vibe is good. We are comfortable. We played the course before. It’s a huge equalizer. They (teams No. 4-8) may have played well in a few more tournaments than us, but we’ll know what kind of shot to hit. They’ll play a guessing game for a while.”
“I think the team is playing pretty well,” Rawitzer said. “Technically, we have to upset some teams. In golf, those rankings can be misleading. Unlike baseball and football, the 50th team, there isn’t a big discrepancy with No. 1. We are just as good as the teams there. We don’t have to do anything special. We just have to play solid golf. The rest will take care of itself. We’ll be in the top five in the end.”
Source: Pac-12 Football Blog
Every game counts. But some games count more. Or tell us more. We're going through the Pac-12 and picking out one game that seems most important -- or potentially most revealing -- for each team from our vantage point today. We're going in alphabetical order. California Most important game: at Ohio State, Sept. 15 Why it's important: While a midseason Big Game against Bay Area rival Stanford would be the obvious choice -- particularly one in newly remodeled Memorial Stadium -- we're going to be contrarian.Source: OSU Official Site
It was a whirlwind day for the Oregon State softball team on Wednesday, as the Beavers had places to go and things to do after the conclusion of their Pac-12 schedule for the first time since 2007.Source: Oregon State Beavers Beat by John Hunt, The Oregonian
With four incoming freshmen, the Beavers will look for a little team bonding in August.Source: OregonLive.com by John Hunt, The Oregonian
With four incoming freshmen, the Beavers will look for a little team bonding in August.Source: Pac-12 Football Blog
CBS Sports Bruce Feldman made a top-10 list of his "most pleasant surprise guys of the spring," and it included three from the Pac-12: Washington DT Danny Shelton, UCLA RB/WR Steven Manfro and Oregon QB Marcus Mariota. Three good choices. Here's what he said about Shelton: Danny Shelton, Washington, DT: The U-Dub defense was brutal in 2011, ranking 108th in scoring D and 106th in total D. They also were No. 87 in TFLs and No. 76 in run defense.Source: OregonLive.com by Lindsay Schnell, The Oregonian
Every Division-I program in the state is headed to the postseason despite some obstacles out of their controlSource: Pac-12 Football Blog
Washington State's season-opening game at BYU has been moved to Thursday, Aug. 30, and will be televised nationally on ESPN. Kickoff will be at 7:15 p.m. ET. The game had previously been scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 1. This is the second game on the Cougars' 2012 schedule that will be televised by ESPN. It was previously announced that WSU’s game at UNLV will be played Friday, Sept. 14, in Las Vegas on ESPN.Source: OSU Official Site
The Oregon State men's basketball team will embark on a trip to Europe Aug. 18-28, giving the Beavers 10 additional days of practice time and competition against quality opponents that will benefit the mixture of veterans and newcomers heading into the 2012-13 season.Source: Pac-12 Football Blog
California is the lifeblood of Pac-12 recruiting. Sure, coaches talk about putting up fences in their backyards and keeping their state's elite talent within. But the majority of the top-notch players from the conference hail from the Golden State -- Northern, Southern and everywhere in between. So it was an interesting read in SI to see that the bulk of top-rated players in the state are holding out before making a commitment. Bravo. It would be nice to see players make their commitment after some careful consideration and then stick with it.Source: OSU Official Site
Junior Elizabeth Santana and freshman Dani Gilmore headlined a group of seven Oregon State softball players to receive All-Pac-12 recognition when the conference's first, second, honorable mention and freshman teams were announced by Commissioner Larry Scott on Wednesday morning.Source: Pac-12 Football Blog
The four new Pac-12 coaches -- Todd Graham, Mike Leach, Jim Mora and Rich Rodriguez -- discuss what they think about a playoff in college football.Source: The Daily Barometer
The Oregon State University men’s golf team will be making its sixth consecutive trip to Regionals this week in Palo Alto, Calif. The 54-hole tournament begins tomorrow and runs through Saturday. ...
Source: Pac-12 Football Blog
"They're such beautiful shirts," she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick folds. "It makes me sad because I've never seen such-such beautiful shirts before." A lot of good guys got snubbed by the College Football Hall of Fame, including this Arizona great. Former Arizona State QBs offer advice to whoever wins the job in August. So where does new CF Hall of Famer Steve Bartkowski rate among former California QBs? Colorado and Oregon have something in common: Staff stability heading into 2012.Source: Pac-12 Football Blog
The four new Pac-12 coaches -- Todd Graham, Mike Leach, Jim Mora and Rich Rodriguez -- discuss the impact that 7-on-7 camps have had on college football.Source: The Daily Barometer
The Oregon State University men’s golf team will be making its sixth consecutive trip to Regionals this week in Palo Alto, Calif. The 54-hole tournament begins tomorrow and runs through Saturday. ...
Source: Oregon State Beavers Beat by Lindsay Schnell, The Oregonian
News, notes and links from around Oregon State athleticsSource: OregonLive.com by Lindsay Schnell, The Oregonian
News, notes and links from around Oregon State athleticsSource: Pac-12 Football Blog
Garry Paskwietz and Erik McKinney discuss : Tuesday's commitment of Ty Isaac and its possible impact on USC's 2013 recruiting class. Erik McKinney writes : After seeing the top California running backs head to Oregon the past two years, the Trojans will find out the fate of the state's top running back, Justin Davis, on Thursday. Erik McKinney writes : Petaluma, Calif., defensive lineman Elijah Qualls was offered by the Trojans on Tuesday, vaulting USC into his top group of schools.Source: Pac-12 Football Blog
USA Today has published its annual study of expenses, revenues and subsidies for athletic departments at every Division I public program, and only 22 schools operate in the black. The only Pac-12 school among that 22 is Oregon, though figures aren't available for USC and Stanford because they are private institutions. Oregon led the Pac-12 in total revenue with $85,819,699. That ranked 17th in the nation. Washington was second with $70,231,336, which ranked 30th.Source: Pac-12 Football Blog
Every game counts. But some games count more. Or tell us more. We're going through the Pac-12 and picking out one game that seems most important -- or potentially most revealing -- for each team from our vantage point today. We're going in alphabetical order. Arizona State Most important game: Northern Arizona, Aug. 30/Sept. 1 Why it's important: Ted did a bit of thunder stealing by pointing out that Arizona's most important game was Arizona State on Nov.Source: Yahoo! NCAAF
Source: Cliff Kirkpatrick by Cliff Kirkpatrick
Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema brings his team to Corvallis.
Here’s a case of be careful what you wish for because you just might get it.
Oregon State football fans wanted to have big-time programs to come to Corvallis instead of the Beavers going to them all the time.
Wisconsin, one of the top programs in the Big Ten Conference, comes to OSU for Game 2 this season on Sept. 8.
Last’s game wasn’t even competitive. I suspect it will be closer this year for the all the previous reasons of young players maturing and that it’s going to be in Reser Stadium.
Former OSU OC Paul Chryst is not with the Badgers anymore. He moved over to Pittsburgh in the offseason.
Check out this spring game report. Star RB Montee Ball sat out, while his backup tore it up. Ball is one of the top ball carriers in the country.
Here’s a good preview of the Badgers from Athlon Sports.
Here’s a quick wrap-up on Wisconsin at this blog.
Can this be a big statement game for the Beavers, or more of the same from last year?
Source: Oregon State Beavers Beat by Special to The Oregonian
Keyes, Danny Hayes, Dylan Davis, Ryan Gorton and Michael Conforto each have two hits in the win for Oregon StateSource: OregonLive.com by Special to The Oregonian
Keyes, Danny Hayes, Dylan Davis, Ryan Gorton and Michael Conforto each have two hits in the win for Oregon State
Source: Building The Dam by AndyPanda
Brandon Hardin Signs 4 Year Deal With BearsFormer Oregon St. DB & Special Teams standout Brandon Hardin, who was the Chicago Bears' 3rd round pick in this year's NFL draft, has signed a 4 year deal.
Hardin has been impressing the Bears in early workouts.
"He's a quick learner and we're pretty encouraged," Bears coach Lovie Smith said.
Source: Building The Dam by AndyPanda
Oregon St. bounced back from a potent second at bat by Portland, and pulled away for a 12-4 win, as the Beavers battered Pilot pitching for a dozen hits, including triples by Kavin Keyes and Dylan Davis that delivered 5 of the runs on 2 swings.
Oregon St. opened a 2-0 lead in the first inning when Max Gordon used a piece of evasive base running to avoid the tag and score on a passed ball, and Michael Conforto scored the first of his 4 runs on the night on Ryan Dunn's RBI single. But Beavers' starter Taylor Starr struggled, and it looked like it would be a long night for Oregon St. when Portland pushed 4 runs across in the 2nd
Source: Oregon State Beavers Beat by Special to The Oregonian
Keyes, Danny Hayes, Dylan Davis, Ryan Gorton and Michael Conforto each have two hits in the win for Oregon StateSource: OregonLive.com by Special to The Oregonian
Keyes, Danny Hayes, Dylan Davis, Ryan Gorton and Michael Conforto each have two hits in the win for Oregon StateSource: OSU Official Site
Kavin Keyes hit a bases-clearing triple in the second and Scott Schultz held Portland scoreless in 4 2/3 innings of relief to send the 23rd-ranked Oregon State baseball team to a 12-4 win over the Pilots Tuesday night at Goss Stadium.Source: OSU Official Site
The 24th-ranked Oregon State softball team will make its return to postseason play when it travels to Norman, Okla. to participate in the NCAA Regional hosted by the University of Oklahoma. With a double-elimination format, the Beavers open against Tulsa on Friday, May 18 at 3 p.m. PT/5 p.m. CT. Depending on its result against the Golden Hurricane, Oregon State will play either the host Sooners or Lehigh on Saturday.Source: Building The Dam by AndyPanda
Portland (25-18, 12-9) at #23 Oregon State (32-17, 13-11) at 5:35 PM PDT at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field - KEJO 1240 AM & KPOJ 620 AM - Audio & Video Stream on Beaver Nation Online, for a fee
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Its already time for the last mid-week game of the season for Oregon St., and tonight's outing is the third of the year against the Portland Pilots of the West Coast Conference.
The Beavers took 2 of 3 this last weekend at Utah, and have won 3 of their last 5 games, all decided by 1 run, and the last 2 in Salt Lake City in extra innings.
The Pilots, who are in the
Source: Pac-12 Football Blog
We missed the mailbag Friday because we were bogged down in Pac-12 spring reviews, which you can see here. But here's a quick come-backer until Friday. By the way, you can follow the Pac-12 blog on Twitter here. Go Wazzu from Pullman, Wash., writes: I'm almost as excited for WSU to switch to the 3-4 defense as I am to see the Air Raid offense. When I think of 3-4 defense I immediately think of some of the best defenses in the NFL, Pittsburgh and Baltimore.Source: Oregon State Beavers Beat by John Hunt, The Oregonian
The Pilots visit Corvallis in the Beavers' final non-conference game of the season.Source: Oregon State Beavers Beat by Oregonian Sports
He becomes the sixth OSU player to do so, joining Kevin Gunderson (2005), Jonah Nickerson (2005), Darwin Barney (2006), Kevin Rhoderick (2008) and Matt Boyd (2011).Source: OregonLive.com by John Hunt, The Oregonian
The Pilots visit Corvallis in the Beavers' final non-conference game of the season.Source: Pac-12 Football Blog
USC might be No. 1 in the College Football Live spring Top 25 rankings. But it's No. 4 Oregon that has the best chance to knock the SEC off its six-ringed mountain. So says ESPN college football analyst Brock Huard, who laid out three reasons (all extremely sound and logical) why Oregon is actually the team to beat in the Pac-12 this season. Here's a minor re-hash of his three points. Regarding the quarterback situation: Cam Newton and AJ McCarron won BCS titles the past two seasons as first-year starters under center.Source: Pac-12 Football Blog
Erik McKinney writes : USC got itself a necessary running back commit and a Marcus Allen clone on Tuesday, as Joliet, Ill., running back Ty Isaac committed to USC over Michigan. Garry Paskwietz writes: Hal Bedsole, a standout on USC's 1962 national championship team, was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame on Thursday. Greg Katz writes : USC's policy on retiring numbers only applies to Heisman Trophy winners, a policy that doesn't allow the school to honor many of its greatest players.Source: Pac-12 Football Blog
The Big Ten is holding its spring meetings in Chicago this week, and it appears the thinking among administrators is in-line with what the Pac-12 athletic directors and commissioner Larry Scott said two weeks ago: Any potential college football playoff needs to prioritize teams that win their conference. Adam Rittenberg over at the Big Ten blog chatted with Ohio State AD Gene Smith, who was unequivocal about his top priority: "The conference champion piece," Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said.Source: Building The Dam by AndyPanda
The tweet from Oregon St. Coach Craig Robinson trickled in on the weekend while I (and a lot of people) were out of town, but its official, 3 star small forward Victor Robbins from Compton High in Compton, CA, is now a Beaver.
Robinson received Robbins' National Letter of Intent late last week, giving Oregon St. 4 signed recruits for this fall.
Robbins is 6'5", and weighs in at 195 lbs.
"He brings a combo of athleticism and (basketball) IQ," Robinson said, "that gives us versatility."
Robbins joins 6'3" small forward Langston Morris-Walker, 6'6" small forward Jarmal Reid, and 6'10" center Maika Ostling in the incoming group.
An extra opportunity opened when Jared Cunningham
Source: Pac-12 Football Blog
Tequila in his heartbeat; his veins burned gasoline It kept his motor runnin'; but he never kept it clean Teddy Bruschi deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. Instilling discipline at ASU is spelled out in Todd Graham's contract. Cal fans are predicting seven wins for the Bears in 2012. Tyler Hansen living the dream as a Bengals QB. A video breakdown of Oregon's spring game from the guys at FishDuck. Per usual, good analysis. Cliff Kirkpatrick continues his Oregon State spring tour with a look at the Civil War.Source: OregonLive.com by Oregonian Sports
He becomes the sixth OSU player to do so, joining Kevin Gunderson (2005), Jonah Nickerson (2005), Darwin Barney (2006), Kevin Rhoderick (2008) and Matt Boyd (2011).Source: OSU Official Site
Oregon State freshman outfielder Michael Conforto has accepted an invitation to play for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team this upcoming summer.
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