Oregon St. Beavers @ Utah Utes GameThread, Oct 2, 2008 6:00 PM PDT

This is it

If we win this game . . . we’re officially legit again.

Things happen for a reason they say, but I say there's a reason things happen.

by sixth on Oct 2, 2008 12:34 PM PDT 0 recs

Beating the No. 1 team in the nation

doesn’t make you legit?

by DeltaDuck on Oct 2, 2008 1:09 PM PDT 0 recs

And I will say right now, as confident as I am in our team, this game just REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKS of us getting blown out. Nationally televised Thursday night road game against a (talent wise) inferior opponent? It’s the perfect storm for our team…

The Artist Formerly Known as OrState GoBeavs

by The VD Special on Oct 2, 2008 1:19 PM PDT up 0 recs

And...

How the HELL does the team get hyped up? I mean seriously? You can try, but how can anything compare to the whirlwind past week? That being said, the Beavs look to be back on track and as long as they don’t start out slow I think they win again.

I like the yellow helmets!

by MarineCorpsDuck on Oct 2, 2008 1:42 PM PDT up 0 recs

Exactly

We cannot get behind in this game.
If we have to play catch up, we will have to throw the ball, and when we throw the ball a lot, well, yeah….
Everybody say it with me:
DEFENSE (clap clap)
DEFENSE (clap clap)
JA-QUIZZ RODG-ERS (clap clap clap clap clap)
JA-QUIZZ RODG-ERS (clap clap clap clap clap)

Those are the two keys to the game tonight
GO BEAVS

The Artist Formerly Known as OrState GoBeavs

by The VD Special on Oct 2, 2008 1:55 PM PDT up 0 recs

I share some of your concerns! But...

You know this game also reminds a bit of the Hawai’i game two years ago. OSU just keeps floating under the legit radar and everyone is excited about this BCS buster team that is going to prove to the nation they are the real thing (Hawai’i). As such the Beavs were going to get thrashed by Colt Brennan on national TV.

Sure it was later in the season and there wasn’t all this “pay back” talk, but there still was all this other similar type of talk. Let down from the big Civil War win. Doesn’t matter in the Pac-10 standings (and again I know Hawai’i was later in the season and the bowl berth was locked in for us, but again this connects to that whole let down factor). Non-BCS school taking down the Pac-10 school. OSU being in a hostile environment. Etc.

But we know what happened in that game.

Again, the early in the season non-conference games have haunted OSU, but this one really is after a turn around the corner for the team whereas those others were before the big win happened to turn the season around.

It’s football so who in the hell knows, but I’m feeling slightly better about this one than other non-conference games.

I’m excited and nervous!

-RVM

by rvm on Oct 2, 2008 3:32 PM PDT up 0 recs

100% agree with the 2006 Hawaii Comparision

RVM, I thought the exact thing earlier this week with that game in 2006. And I don’t want to deflate all the Ute fans out there calling this a revenge game but seriously? This is a revenge game? Their is no rivalry. 2007’s game wasn’t heated. OSU has tremendous respect for Utah. If you want to know what a revenge game is, look into the OSU/Fresno State game in 2002. When OSU got flagged for a kick catch interference and a celebration penalty for the illegal hit, you know the emotions are jacked up for some revenge.

I see Oregon State playing as well as they did against USC in this game and possibly leaving SLC with a win. And if they don’t, then last weeks victory over USC loses a lot of its luster even if it is memorialized as a t-shirt.

by beavers415 on Oct 2, 2008 3:38 PM PDT up 0 recs

I was trying to explain the FSU/OSU mini-rivalry

To a Nebraska friend of mine. It was brought up during the CWS last year. As much as I love the underdog, I couldn’t root for Fresno St. Their fans are so obnoxious and annoying it makes me sick.

As dangerous as it would be for our football team, I’d love to schedule a home and home with them soon so the fights at Reser can begin! HAHA

GO BEAVS

The Artist Formerly Known as OrState GoBeavs

by The VD Special on Oct 2, 2008 3:41 PM PDT up 0 recs

Yep

I also think the “revenge” thing is not as big a factor as many are making it out to be. The talk going into the USC game had some of this too (revenge for 2006), and?

That type of talk seems a bit insecure to me, I think if Utah wins they have to beat OSU with good solid playing and making OSU make mistakes.

-RVM

by rvm on Oct 2, 2008 3:45 PM PDT up 0 recs

Oh, guess I forgot...

to add that Utah wins if OSU can’t convert point afters and goes into a prevent defense the last two minutes…!

-RVM

by rvm on Oct 3, 2008 10:01 AM PDT up 0 recs

We need to wrap up their big backs

We have to wrap up Utah’s big backs, otherwise we are screwed.

Take a look at this article over at Mickey Mantle’s Liver:

Please, for the love of Mike, tackle…..

I live and die Beaver

by Pecoman on Oct 2, 2008 1:42 PM PDT 0 recs

Yes, but,...

As Jacquizz proved last week, even little backs can make people miss. I’m not quite convinced that three inches and ten pounds makes a huge difference, but maybe.

--JB--

by Jake on Oct 2, 2008 3:48 PM PDT up 0 recs

anyone know injury updates?

sammie? brandon hughes?

Woof

by Charles Barkley McLovin on Oct 2, 2008 3:05 PM PDT 0 recs

I think...

Sammie is playing but sounds limited, and is not returning punts.

Hughes and Afalava = Are both a maybe go and maybe not, kind-of sounds like a last minute decision for both.

-RVM

by rvm on Oct 2, 2008 3:36 PM PDT up 0 recs

We got my boy TKav up in SLC returning punts

He may not be a dangerous punt returner as far as cutting fools and what not, but the kid is a solid returner with sure hands.

The Artist Formerly Known as OrState GoBeavs

by The VD Special on Oct 2, 2008 3:39 PM PDT up 0 recs

FYI.... we had him on BtD before the season.

I’ve talked to him on the phone and exchanged e-mails with him a few times. Nice kid. Glad he’s getting the opportunities.

Part 1 of the interview

Part 2

--JB--

by Jake on Oct 2, 2008 3:44 PM PDT up 0 recs

Yeah he's money

Did y’all know the kid is a stud in the classroom too? Probably doesn’t get his props cause he’s not a prime time player, but he’s a Construction Engineer and works his ass off for that as hell.

Kids like him are what Oregon State, and college football itself, are all about.

The Artist Formerly Known as OrState GoBeavs

by The VD Special on Oct 2, 2008 3:48 PM PDT up 0 recs

We talked about school briefly in the interview.

He said he’s taking 16 credits (If memory serves) this fall. That’s crazy, when you realize how much these guys spend at football (60 hours a week, he says).

--JB--

by Jake on Oct 2, 2008 3:50 PM PDT up 0 recs

Yeah its nuts

A lot of my buddies are CEMs and tight with him, say he spends a lot of time in the library as well

The kid might sleep, oh I dunno, maybe 2.5 hours a night?

The Artist Formerly Known as OrState GoBeavs

by The VD Special on Oct 2, 2008 3:50 PM PDT up 0 recs

I could never do that

I’m so dependent on sleep that I can barely get away with 5 hours.

His brother is at Portland State, too… Hopefully he’ll get to start soon.

--JB--

by Jake on Oct 2, 2008 3:53 PM PDT up 0 recs

Football Players and OSU CEM

I am a graduate of the CEM program and we had Tim Euhus and Tyler Ross in our classes. Great guys I might add. I think Gundy graduated in CEM and Mike Hass was a Civil Engineer. Who says all football players major in easy subjects?

by beavers415 on Oct 2, 2008 3:56 PM PDT up 0 recs

Not when they come to Oregon State

We produce engineers like UO produces, well, the sticky icky icky

The Artist Formerly Known as OrState GoBeavs

by The VD Special on Oct 2, 2008 3:59 PM PDT up 0 recs

The sticky icky

And OSU is the ag school. I wonder if hydroponics is an elective at UO.

by beavers415 on Oct 2, 2008 4:08 PM PDT up 0 recs

And I'm told Adam Speer is a CEM as well

Man we got some studs

The Artist Formerly Known as OrState GoBeavs

by The VD Special on Oct 2, 2008 4:00 PM PDT up 0 recs

Kahut is back, right?

--JB--

by Jake on Oct 2, 2008 3:49 PM PDT up 0 recs

Haven't heard

But it’d be a big help if he was. He’s a solid kicker folks, just had one bad game

The Artist Formerly Known as OrState GoBeavs

by The VD Special on Oct 2, 2008 3:49 PM PDT up 0 recs

But he needs to be healthy

I’m still pretty sure that a healthy Barker is better than a hurting Kahut, but I’m not sure. It just kinda makes me mad that I’m pretty sure Kahut’s injury manifested from the fact that he didn’t come to camp fully conditioned.

--JB--

by Jake on Oct 2, 2008 3:51 PM PDT up 0 recs

I think I heard he's playing

but not sure, and yes not sure about being 100%

-RVM

by rvm on Oct 2, 2008 3:53 PM PDT up 0 recs

I'll agree

The only knock on Barker I think is his experience. He drove that field goal that was blocked, and ultimately would have ended the game, when he could have just put a little under it and made it. No worries though.

Hey Jake, I couldn’t focus in class and I was just thinking about football all day long. My question to you is: Do we have some of the best position coaches in the conference??

The Artist Formerly Known as OrState GoBeavs

by The VD Special on Oct 2, 2008 3:53 PM PDT up 0 recs