Sean Mannion Named Starter
by AndyPanda on Sep 13, 2011 3:32 PM PDT
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It wasn't really news, but Oregon St. coach Mike Riley made it official on Tuesday that in light of the disastrous experiment with the quarterback position in the opening two games of the season, one starter would be named going forward, and it will be Sean Mannion. After 14 starts, Ryan Katz becomes the backup. In more typical Riley fashion, there will be no more plans to rotate the backup in under normal circumstances.
While there was no suspense, or news value, in that announcement, one Riley was foreshadowing with his comments clear back in fall camp, there were some noteworthy developments that came out of Tuesday's practice, and the normal Tuesday media announcements.
The good news is that WR Jordan Bishop returned to practice, after having had to leave the Wisconsin game with a sprained right ankle. LB DJ Welch, who had an elbow injury, and WR Micah Hatfield, out since early in training camp with a hand injury, both also returned to practice.
WR Marcus Wheaton, who suffered bruised ribs in the game against the Badgers' game, and RB Jovan Stevenson, who also had a sore ankle, both sat out practice, but in both cases, it was precautionary, and both are expected to be fine by the time preparations specific for the UCLA game next week begin.
RB Malcolm Agnew was is on limited light duty this week as well, after pulling his hamstring last week in practice.
The bad news is that OG Josh Andrews is now expected to be out longer than the 4 weeks originally estimated, but Riley said he is still expected back before the end of the season. The other disappointing news is that Dominic Glover, who hasn't practiced in over a week, still hasn't received academic clearance, even though the third session of summer term has now been completed.
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Can anyone explain to me what happened to Ryan Katz?
I posted this in a comment below, but it bears repeating:
What have they done to the quarterback who completed 30 of 42 passes for 393 yards and two touchdowns to lead Oregon State to victory against Arizona last year? His name is Ryan Katz, and he looked like a top pro prospect. Was he subsequently kidnapped and deprogrammed? Did a doppelganger replace him? I know, #12 is not surrounded by the same cast of characters this season, but I would have thought that coach Riley, who had developed some fine QBs, could have found a way to utilize this raw talent to better advantage than warming the bench.
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What’s up with the QB situation? I actually thought this position was pretty set, but Katz has sure looked anything but set in the position. Heck I personally don’t think Katz has looked close to what his potential seemed to indicate since James went down and that incredible passing performance against UA game last year. Is that Ryan Katz still with us? Will Riley’s QB maneuvering bring that old Ryan out (and I want to say this seems kind-of strange, Mike Riley playing each QB off each other; it slightly reminds me of some of the stuff he did with Matt Moore but in my opinion even that was still fairly minor in comparison to this Katz/Mannion situation)?
As in I have no freaking idea…
-RVM
Had to happen eventually
Law of averages and all that.
by fanoverboard on Sep 13, 2011 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Good
It’s time to put this whole thing to rest and just go forward with Mannion.
At least now if he gets injured we have a solid backup.
Go Beavers!
Ouch, ego slap
That’s what it is to be in the big-time, though, whether pro or D1 college football. If you want the top job, you have to be the top player.
I post this to the respond to fanoverboards comments to my post early
they are on the same lines as everyone else ideas but a little different so here you go
there is a major problem with how Katz has seemly digress in his abilities. I’ve read and agree with others that point to the fact that Katz was only good when he had James on the field. Therefore, James with the help of Quizz helped masked his short comings. But still one would think that there has to be some talent that is savable with Katz. One has to wonder if the pressure on Coach Riley is making him make the change where normal he would not; see the Matt Moore QB years. But, hey it is just a game and if these young men can get a free education by playing a game in the end when all of this is forgotten this is what matters the most
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I really wonder if there was something wrong with Katz’ arm earlier last year. After all of the preseason talk about how he would stretch the field out and therefore open up the running game and the short pass routes, I don’t realy recall it ever happening. I understand James geting hurt impacted that, but it seemed to me we gave up on the long ball. Was that due to James being gone, or something wrong with Katz.
I commented to the guy next to me at the Sac State game on Sean’s long pass to Wheation that I had been waiting since last year to see that happen. I know I’m probably forgetting other long passes, but it seems to me it had been missing.
From my prespective it looks like Riley is doing a complete rebuild.
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Sep 14, 2011 2:48 PM PDT reply actions
I would agree
- RB is a freshman, starting QB is a freshman, a prominent WR is a freshman. There might be some growing pains this year, but the future looks pretty bright.
I do feel bad for Katz, though, he almost seems blind-sided by the whole thing.
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