The New York Times ranks OSU #41 in the country

by Jake Bertalotto on Jul 21, 2008 10:01 AM PDT in Football Comment 2 comments

Oregon State has been taking a beating in NCAA Football previews, and although this isn't GREAT, it's not terrible, either.

Here's a look at where the other Pac-10 teams have been ranked by the New York Times' College Sports Blog:

No. 41: Oregon State
No. 53: UCLA
No. 63: Washington
No. 76: Arizona
No. 81: Washington State
No. 90: Stanford

The teams better than #41 are: USC, Cal, Oregon, and Arizona State.

Put those numbers together, and the NYT is saying that the Beavers will go 5-4 in conference.

Add in the fact that Utah (#40) and Penn State (?) are higher but Hawaii (#65) is lower, and the Beavers will go 6-6 overall.

It's better than some of the crap we've been getting recently, I guess.

GO BEAVERS!

--JB--

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And what's new of late?

Seems like we go through this with Riley as coach. I think the most respect Riley has got was the season after Jackson left (2004) and even then it was suppose to be much worse since we lost Jackson to the NFL and it was still about living off of the DE recruits. But if I remember at least it was a top 25 pre-season pick in some places, and the talk was if Jackson was there it would have been a run for the Pac-10 that year. I can’t remember about the pre-ranking for Jackson’s last season though (2003 when Riley first came in after DE left).

But I guess my point is of the last couple years there has been little love for the Riley led Beavs going into the season.

Anyway, I think the Beavs will surprise, and this could mean a big surprise (my hope!) but more likely a pleasant surprise.

One never knows and they could have problems this year (I totally agree with the question marks about the QB and O-line) and Pac-10 is always tough. But at the same time the program has become strong over the last few years and there is some incredible talent on this team. Plus Riley has finally put his stamp on the program so there is the team identity that is all so important to establish at the coaching level.

Anyway, I’m a fan so take it all as you will and I’m not betting the house (yet) :)

-RVM

by rvm on Jul 21, 2008 10:18 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs