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Football Season Starts In...


Sat., September 4, 4:45 PM PT
Cowboys Stadium - Arlington, TX

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Oregon State Football News and Notes: Special Teams, Attendance on Saturday

Oregon State's kick returns will be in good hands with senior James Rodgers.

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Oregon State's kick returns will be in good hands with senior James Rodgers.

Football is here. Several games are already in the books today-- but I've only been watching two: Utah/Pitt and USC/Hawaii. Make sure you take advantage of our kickoff open thread, where Connor has been keeping us updated all day. 

Will the stadium be half full? Or half empty?  TCU has poor attendance as is, and it seems like playing their season at opener at Cowboys Stadium isn't helping them out. A big reason for this could be the ticket prices... a report out of the Dallas Morning News says the tickets range from $53 - $163. You can get a set of season tickets at TCU's Amon Carter Stadium for $210. 

TCU and Oregon State are thinking they'll get 40,000 fans in the 80,000 seat stadium. 4,000 or so are expected to be Beaver fans who made the trip from Oregon, or the drive from Richmond. 

Special teams could be special this season. They're not getting as much hype as they should, but if Justin Kahut can recover from his back injury, the special teams unit should be solid this season. Bruce Reed has always done a good job handing the special teams group, but here's why this year could be special: 

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College Football Is Here: Kickoff Open Thread

Finally, we've made it. 237 days without College Football ends today. The season begins at 3:30 PM on ESPN3 with Presbyterian @ Wake Forest. You can make fun of that all you want, but I will watch every minute of that game.

At 4:30 PM, Southern Miss will take on the Gamecocks of South Carolina on ESPN, and Minnesota will visit Middle Tennessee on ESPNU. One of the more intriguing matchups of the weekend kicks off at 5:30 PM on Versus when 15th Ranked Pittsburgh visits Utah. And at 8:00 PM, the Trojans of USC visit Hawaii on ESPN.

A full viewing schedule is below. Feel free to leave all of your comments on the games here, and enjoy your five day kickoff weekend.

September 2nd College Football Viewing Schedule

Matchup Time

Network

Presbyterian at Wake Forest 3:30 PM ESPN3.com
Southern Miss at South Carolina 4:30 PM ESPN
Minnesota at Middle Tennessee 4:30 PM ESPN U
Florida A&M at Miami (Fl) 4:30 PM ESPN3.com
Norfolk State at Rutgers 4:30 PM ESPN3.com
Pittsburgh at Utah 5:30 PM Versus
USC at Hawaii 8:00 PM ESPN

Go Beavers!

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Pac-10 Football: Connor Predicts What Will Happen In Week One

Matt Barkley and USC will get the Pac-10 season started today with an 8:00 PM PT showdown with Hawaii on the Islands.

More photos » Damian Dovarganes - AP

Matt Barkley and USC will get the Pac-10 season started today with an 8:00 PM PT showdown with Hawaii on the Islands.

Andy posted your Pac-10 viewing schedule for this week's games, now here's Connor with his predictions. 

Thursday

USC 30, Hawaii 7: I'm one of the believers that USC will play some uninspired Football this year based on the fact that they won't be going to a Bowl Game. However, opening the season in Hawaii on ESPN is basically impossible not to get pumped up about, and Lane Kiffin will have his team ready.

Friday

Arizona 31, Toledo 13: Nick Foles and company should cruise in this one. Who knows though if Toledo gets some confidence early.

Saturday


UCLA 24, Kansas State 20:
Honestly have no idea about this one, but UCLA looks better than KSU on paper.

Oregon 41, New Mexico 7: Oregon leads 24-0 at Halftime. The Lobos score late on a Nate Costsa Pic-6, and it is clear that Thomas was the right choice.

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Beavers On YouTube: 2 Days Until Kickoff

With so many great Oregon State videos on YouTube, I will be sharing one of them each day this week as we countdown until kickoff. Today's video highlights Oregon State's upset of USC in 2008. Enjoy!

Oregon State highlights vs. USC (9.25.08) (via rusty98um11)

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The "Oregon State" Fair

The "Spirit and Sound of Oregon St.", the Oregon State Marching Band.
(Photo by Andy Wooldridge)

The "Spirit and Sound of Oregon St.", the Oregon State Marching Band. (Photo by Andy Wooldridge)

For those fans who can't wait for the first game, much less the home opener against Louisville, still over two weeks off, or who need a blast of Beaver spirit, you can catch the band, and the fight song, Thursday, at the Oregon State Fair.

"Of course we do this gig, our name is right in the title!" Oregon St. Marching Band Director Brad Townsend said. "It's a great way to get the year started."

Thursday is College Day at the Oregon State Fair in Salem, and the Spirit and Sound of Oregon St. will appear, beginning with a march down the fairgrounds' main concourse ("Hey! Hey You! Get Out Of The Way!) at 11:45 AM, and conclude with a performance, appropriately, on the Spirit of Oregon (State) Stage at 1:10.

The Oregon St. University Marching Band is the oldest band in the Pac-10, and is beginning their 121st. year.

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CougCenter's Jeff Nusser is assembling a series of quick interviews heading into the Pac-10 season with a representative for each of the other conference teams' SB Nation sites, and your humble BTD writer was the guest for one of the sessions.

You can find the links to the other interviews there as well.

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All of the Pac-10 SB Nation websites, including Buildingthedam.com have collaborated to assemble this season's Pac-10 Preview, and Oregon St. is picked to finish second overall. Jacquizz Rodgers, along with Jake Locker and LaMichael James, are the picks of all the conference website writers as the three players most likely to receive serious Heisman Trophy consideration.

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Beavers on YouTube: 3 Days Until Kickoff

With so many great Oregon State videos on YouTube, I will be sharing one of them each day this week as we countdown until kickoff. Today's video highlights Oregon State's upset of Washington in 1985. Enjoy!

Oregon State at Washington, 1985 (via thomasg86)

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