Building The Dam: FanPosts

BASES: Great ESPN article on Mitch Canham

Civil War Sports — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:01:29 -0000

If you haven't read the ESPN article on Mitch Canham, it's well worth checking out.

After Canham was drafted I was able to watch him a few times while with the Eugene Em's. He was a pleasure to watch with the Beavs, with the Em's, and I cannot wait to see this kid playing in the Show!!

I've made a link to it here.

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The "Teams" list doesn't seem to offer NCAA Men's Baseball, so I used the D1 Football drop-down to add the Beavs under "Teams".

NCAA 09

HustlinOwl — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:53:14 -0000

It is that time of year again and this year EA has implemented stadium sounds into their yearly release of NCAA 09. Why is this important you might ask well it adds to the authenticity of the game and will add more realism to those hardcore dynasty users such as myself to be more immersed into the game. So I am asking all my fellow Beaver fans please help me compile a list of Stadium sounds that the Beavers use for the following situations:

Successful Field Goal
Successful PAT
Successful 2 pt Conversion
TD
Safety
Defense on 3rd down
Defense on 4th down
Kickoff
Timeout called by home team
Timeout called by away team
Tackle for loss or sack
Defensive stop on 3rd down
Defensive stop on 4th down
Turnover
Defense takes the field after a kick return
3rd down conversion successful
4th down conversion successful
1st down conversion on 1st or 2nd down
FG missed by opponent
Booth review
Start of the 4th quarter
Penalty on Away team

Pac 10 Preview and Oregon State's Ranking

grahamfiller10 — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:24:35 -0000

In The Rivalry's Pac 10 preview, the Beavers are rated 8th in the conference. This prediction praises Mike Riley for his winning seasons, but worries that the Beavers lost so many starters (Alex Cerna, Yancy) from 2007 that they will struggle to rebound. The key matchup for the Beavers in 2008 is listed as UCLA, but key games at Hawaii and Penn State will challenge the Beavers also. Check the Pac 10 preview at:

http://therivalryesq.blogspot.com/

Oregon State receives regional seed in college baseball NIT tournament!

James Quinn — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:08:36 -0000

This excellent post comes from our friends at Rock Talk Chalk, SBN's Kansas Jayhawks blog. Wish I would have thought of this myself. --jake

Baylor receives #1 seed in the first annual college baseball NIT tournament.

A few weeks ago me and a few other college baseball fans over at the College Baseball Dugout forum were lamenting the fact that there was no baseball equivalent to the basketball NIT tournament. So, we decided to take matters into our own hands….

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
After an intense round of analysis and debate the first super-official college baseball NIT selection committee announced half of the field last night. Baylor received top honors. The Bears (32-26), who finished sixth in the Big-12 and missed out on the NCAA tournament, will continue their season this weekend as the top regional host in the NIT tournament. The College of Charlestown (39-20) and Missouri State (40-17) presented solid alternatives but in the end Baylor’s state of the art home field and demanding schedule carried the day.

The five other regional hosts include: Clemson (31-27), Oregon State (28-24), Washington State (30-26), Florida Gulf Coast (38-15) and Texas – San Antonio (39-19). Charlestown, Florida Gulf Coast and UTSA earned automatic bids to the tournament after winning their conferences during regular season play, the other five teams all impressed the committee enough to earn at-large invitations. Perhaps the most intriguing entry into this year’s tournament is Oregon State. The Beavers won back to back NCAA College World Series in 2006 and 2007. They will try to make it three national championships in a row, this time following the NIT pathway.

The committee also announced the eight #2 seeds.
Waco Regional
1) Baylor (32-26) at large, Big-12
2) New Mexico (34-25) at large, Mountain West

Charleston Regional
1) Charlestown (39-20) Southern Conference champions
2) Duke (37-18) at large, ACC

Springfield Regional
1. Missouri State (40-17) at large, Missouri Valley
2. Cincinnati (39-20) at large, Big East

Clemson Regional
1) Clemson (31-27) at large, ACC
2) Canisius (41-13) Metro Atlantic Champions

Corvallis Regional
1) Oregon State (28-24) at large, Pac-10
2) UC – Santa Barbara (35-21) at large, WCC

Pullman Regional
1) Washington State (30-26) at large, Pac-10
2) Santa Clara (32-22) at large, WCC

Fort Myers Regional
1) Florida Gulf Coast (38-15) Atlantic Sun Champions
2) South Florida (31-27) at large, Big East

San Antonio Regional
1) Texas San-Antonio (39-19) Southland Conference Champions
2) Louisiana Monroe (34-24) Sunbelt Conference Champions

The remaining invitations will be announced this evening. All regular season conference champions who are not selected to participate in the NCAA tournament are guaranteed an invitation to the NIT tournament. Binghamton (29-27) AEC; Xavier (27-31) A-10; Kent State (36-21) MAC; Monmouth (37-16) NEC; Jacksonville State (37-21) OVC; Army (25-25) Patriot and Jackson State (37-22) Southwestern will take seven invitations leaving only nine at-large invitations not already extended.

Several teams still on the bubble will certainly be gathering this evening hoping to see their names called. Tension is already very high in the Central Florida (31-27, C-USA) clubhouse. San Diego State head coach Tony Gwynn tried to take some edge off the wait by throwing his team a pig roast in his back yard. "We are just going to kick back, have a little food, and hope it all turns out well at the end of the night," the major league Hall of Famer said. "We did all we could this year (31-28, MWC). Now it is up to the wisdom of the selection committee. Far be it from me to second guess their deliberations."

Notre Dame (33-21, Big East), Creighton (37-21, MVC), West Virginia (35-21, Big East) and Purdue (32-26, Big-10) all plan to stage full practices today. The only note of discord recorded came from Air Raid TT 33. "Texas San-Antonio isn’t very good to be honest." Within minutes this quote was painted in huge red letters across the Road Runners club house. "Smack like that only motivates the team," said head coach Sherman Corbett. "I don’t know who this Air Raid TT 33 guy is, but he would best steer clear of this clubhouse for the next few days."

Disclaimer - This stuff is all made up. Tony Gwynn wouldn’t really take my call, and Sherman Corbett has no idea who I am. But AirraidTT33 really did write that smack, so that part is true. Anyway, follow the tournament. It will be fun. Visit the College Baseball Dugout to join the debate.

This post was copied over from Rock Chalk Talk , one of two offical sponsers of this fake tournament!

Men's, Women's Crew both place in the top 5 at Pac-10's

Jake — Mon, 19 May 2008 06:10:29 -0000

The No. 14 ranked men's team placed fourth....

"It was a bit of a tough day for us," head coach Steve Todd said. "We did not quite race at the level we have been practicing and I think that that was disappointing for our team."

The Beavers will now wait for an invitation to the Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championships that will be held June 5-7 at Cherry Hill, N.J. Log on to OSUBeavers.com for up-to-date news on Oregon State men’s crew.

And the No. 14 ranked women's team placed fifth...

"Overall, today was a good day for our team," head coach Emily Ford said. "I think these races were a big step forward for this program."

The Oregon State women’s crew now awaits the possibility of an invitation to the NCAA rowing championships, which will also be held at Rancho Cordova, Calif. Log on to OSUBeavers.com for the latest information on Oregon State women's rowing.

Coach Robinson interview on Blazer's Edge

tingeyga — Fri, 16 May 2008 04:40:58 -0000

Ben from Blazer's Edge sat down with Coach Robinson for an interesting interview. Check it out:

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Pat Casey works in luxury while Bobby D slaves away in a trailer

centraloregonbeav — Wed, 14 May 2008 04:24:35 -0000

I kid you not, people.

The USA Today ran the following article today regarding Pat Casey and his success at Oregon State:

Click here for the full article.

A few parts:

When Pat Casey took Oregon State to the College World Series in 2005 for the first time in 53 years, athletics director Bob De Carolis doubled the coach's salary. When the Beavers won their first baseball national championship in 2006, De Carolis doubled Casey's salary again.
When Oregon State made it back-to-back titles in 2007, De Carolis was in a pickle.

"We were tapped out at that point in terms of another major raise," De Carolis says. "So I gave Pat my office."

De Carolis says this from his cubicle in a trailer that sits by the railroad tracks adjacent to Gill Coliseum, home to the school's basketball arena and athletic offices. Casey now occupies what once was the AD's corner suite while De Carolis works out of the trailer as he awaits the renovation of his new space in Gill.

"This might seem a little out of the ordinary, but it reflects how highly I value Pat Casey and what he means to our school," De Carolis says. "If baseball in a northern climate can win a national championship, shouldn't the rest of us at least be in a position to be competitive in our own conference?"

The Beavers have future home-and-home series with perennial top-25 programs at Georgia, Tennessee, Long Beach State and Pepperdine.

Oregon State is at the front of a group of rising programs that are breaking into the tight circle of traditional college baseball powers. Louisville and California-Irvine reached Omaha for the first time last year, and that number could grow this June.

Vanderbilt, San Diego and Coastal Carolina are top-20 teams in position to crack the final eight for the first time. Missouri has a chance to return to Omaha for the first time in 44 years.

"College baseball is in as strong a state as I've ever seen it," Casey says. "Every team in the country feels it can win. There are a lot of people who feel (reaching the CWS) isn't an exclusive club anymore."

Utah Valley Game 1 Recap

Jake — Wed, 14 May 2008 01:12:13 -0000

Since I wasn't in much of a mood for posting a recap after yesterday's game one loss to Utah Valley (who would want to read that?), here's a link to one for those who are interested. It's from Cliff K. of the Gazette Times.

Hangovers are hard to cure, even when you know it’s coming.

The Oregon State baseball team came off a dramatic victory over UCLA on Sunday to claim a crucial Pacific-10 Conference series, and then went through Monday with a headache that grew as the night went on.

Utah Valley took advantage of OSU’s sluggish play to claim an 11-6 nonconference upset before a crowd of 1,264 in Goss Stadium.

“I’m not stunned at all,” coach Pat Casey said. “We got our butt kicked in every aspect of the game. We shouldn’t this late in the year. We played like we had a hangover from a lot of things. We shouldn’t come out flat at all.”

ESPN's Page 2 with Alexis Serna

Jake — Mon, 19 May 2008 06:13:01 -0000

I should have posted this a long time ago (it came out before the draft), but ESPN's Page 2 writer Mary Buckheit did a story with former OSU kicker Alexis Serna on the draft, his college career, and other things. It might be a little but irrelevant now, but it's still an interesting article and video.

Check it out for yourself.

GO BEAVERS!

--JB--

Just need seven more words to make this post qualify as a FanPost...

Obama brings unity to the Civil War

schumacher1 — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:40:16 -0000

Barack Obama is looking like he will get the democratic nomination, and he's made several appearances recently in Oregon. He brought the Ducks and the Beavers toghether at a rally on Friday in which both Craig Robinson and Ernie Kent were present. From Obama:

“I just want to point out that this campaign has been about unity from the start and today we had the new coach of the Oregon State University Beavers introduce me. Well he happens to be my brother- in-law so you better not boo and the coach of Oregon University that’s a sign of being able to bring anybody together in this country — the Ducks and the Beavers.”

Full story.

Go Beavs.

Golf Facilities improving

Jake — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:10:59 -0000

From the Barometer:

The Oregon State Athletic Department announced that because of a recent donation from Don and Rose Archer, in memory of their son Dennis Lee Archer, the Beavers golf team will begin construction this summer on a facility that will include a 6,000-square-foot putting green and chipping area located behind Goss Stadium.

The Beavers received the donation from the Archers in honor of their son who graduated from Oregon State in 1969.

"One of the things we struggle with day in and day out is trying to find ways to improve our facilities," men's golf head coach Brian Watts told osubeavers.com. "With this very generous donation, our student-athletes will now have the opportunity to have an easily accessible putting surface to practice on every day.

"For the Archers to step up to the plate and help out the golf programs speaks volumes about their dedication to Oregon State. It's a very important gift for the Oregon State golf programs."

Welcome to the new Building The Dam and SB Nation

clockwerks — Tue, 06 May 2008 05:45:27 -0000

Hey guys: Cool huh? I'd like to take a minute to introduce you to Trei, one of the guys who has spent literally countless hours on this project. He'll explain some things to you, and him and his team will hang around in the comment sections to make sure everything is running smoothly. We can't thank him enough for all the work him and his team have put into this. Thanks, --jake

Hey Building The Dam,

Today is the big day. We've switched your community over to the new SB Nation sports blog platform. My name is Trei, and I'm here to help you get adjusted to the new home we've built for you. If you have questions or trouble with the new system, post a comment in this thread and myself or one of the team (lovitt, sixfoot6 or odacrem) will try to point you in the right direction.

Before we begin, I want to let you know we still consider this a beta platform, so don't be surprised if you find a few bugs or if everything isn't exactly right yet. We hope you'll take the time to report any problems you encounter at bugreport@sbnation.com. We'll be continuing to make changes and improving things.

Please take a few minutes to read about what's new below. But if you just can't wait to jump in, here are some quick things to check out:

Sign up for your SB Nation network account and claim your old blog accounts
Once you're logged in, press your Z key in any thread with new comments
Explore your dashboard and setup your profile
Read the guide to the new FanPost editor
Install the FanShot bookmarklet and post videos to Building The Dam from YouTube or images from Flickr
Click the "Rec" button on posts and comments to help other people find the good stuff.
Customize display options on your Edit Settings page

What Has Changed

SB Nation Network Accounts - the Big Change

Readers across all of our blogs told us they wanted one account to use on every SB Nation blog. To make this work, we're requiring that everyone create a new SB Nation network account. In most cases you should be able to keep your old username, but a few of you may have to choose something new, since every other community in SB Nation will be going through this same transition. We tried to be as fair as possible in deciding who gets to keep which name, using a formula that takes into account length of membership and frequency of activity.

We want to make it as easy as possible for you to participate on all of our blogs, but we don't want to encourage everyone to start visiting rival team blogs and initiating flame wars. To maintain friendly communities we ask that you explicitly join each blog in order to participate. It's a two-click process, but it does means accepting each blog's community guidelines. Just as you join each blog individually, you can be banned on each blog individually.

You can claim old accounts from multiple SB Nation blogs, and your new username will be retroactively attached to all your old comments and diaries. So now you'll be able to access all your writings from your single profile page... like magic.

To get started, click here to claim your old blog accounts and create a new SB Nation network account.

FanPosts (the Section Formerly Known as Diaries)

We changed their name. Why? Because we took this major upgrade as an opportunity to leave behind some vocabulary that never made much sense for a sports blog. SB Nation is the network of, by and for fans, and these are the blog posts we make. So we call them FanPosts. When you're at a bar telling someone to check out your online sports opinions, you don't have to suggest they read your diary.

FanPosts are displayed differently on the homepage - we include your avatar to give more credit for the time you spend writing great posts. The new post editor has a WYSIWYG view that provides easy formatting. It also auto-saves drafts so you don't have to worry about losing your work when you compose a post within the web browser. And you can now associate teams, players and games with your posts: these tools promote your FanPosts on our new team, player and game pages - across the entire network.

The new system does not work like the old diary editor. For example, in HTML mode the new editor doesn't auto-create a new paragraph from two line breaks. But it does offer a whole array of new features. Look for the blinking help button on the right side of the FanPost editor for quick tips, and take a look at our full guide to writing FanPosts on the new platform.

IMPORTANT - if you write your posts in Microsoft Word or some other off-line editor, you will get the most reliable behavior if you cut & paste your post into the HTML view of the FanPost editor. And if you do that, remember to wrap <p></p> tags around each paragraph so your text doesn't run together.

Visual Redesign

This one is probably the most obvious change of all. Like other major websites working to improve readability for their audience, we've adopted a fixed-width layout optimized for the 1024 x 768 resolution used by the majority of Building The Dam and SB Nation network users. Use the switcher below the user menu if you prefer the wider layout designed for 1280 monitors. We've introduced a top navigation bar with quick links into old and new sections of the site. We also polished a few edges, made some things larger, others smaller and moved a few boxes here and there. More changes and adjustments to come.

Search

We've completely replaced the old search engine with a new one. We're excited to make it easier to find old posts and comments, but we've only taken our first pass on the tools we're offering. We're focused on making search even better than what you had before, so please know that we're aware search is missing key features and we're working on it.

What's New

Schedule, Scores, Stats and Roster

Building The Dam now has all the basic information about the Oregon St. Beavers and hundreds of other teams. During games you'll see a regularly updated line score, and as the season progresses we'll track team stat totals and leaders. This is just our first step, so look for us to publish more detailed and archival stats in the future. The best part about all this sports data is that we've integrated it directly into the blog so. We now have special pages that aggregate all blog posts written about games, players and teams.

Recommending FanPosts

Some writing deserves more attention and more conversation. If you want to bump a FanPost up to the top and keep it there for awhile, just click the 'Rec' link under the body of the post. When a FanPost receives enough recommendations it will make the recommended list.

Auto-refreshing Comments

You no longer need to refresh the page to see new comments. If you're logged in, new comments will automatically appear on the page every few seconds. When you post a comment, the page will not refresh either. If you want to quickly cycle through all the new comments, you can press the C key on your keyboard. Unmark a new comment after you've read it with the X key. And use the Z key if you want to umark comments as you're cycling through them.

As you use these shortcuts to cycle through comments, press the R key to reply to the current comment. All these helpful keyboard shortcuts are listed at the top of each comments section for reference.

Recommending Comments

Now you can reward those folks who take the time to look up stats and make smart arguments in the comments. Next to each comment there is an 'actions' link that you can click to find the recommend and flag options.

Flagging Comments

To help the moderators on a site, we've built-in tools that let you flag comments that are spam, trolling or just plain inappropriate. Only moderators can see those flags.

FanShots

Many members of the community just want to post that one link, video, photo or quote, but don't need a full FanPost. We've got you covered: FanShots let you share YouTube videos, Flickr or PhotoBucket photos, quotes from articles, portions of chat transcripts, top 5 lists and simple links. If it's a video or image we'll put a thumbnail on the homepage when you post it.

For those of you who are experienced internet hunter-gatherers of Oregon St. Beavers material, install the bookmarklet onto the links bar of your browser and share FanShots with the community from wherever on the web you find that killer quote or photo.

Avatars

Upload an image so folks can see your custom avatar on your profile, your FanPosts, and all your comments.

Network Profiles

Now that we have unified SB Nation network accounts, your profile will be your central hub for all of your activity on any blogs where you are a member.

Network bar

The top bar stays with you on all SB Nation blogs. It's a quick way to login and logout. When you're logged in, you'll see your avatar and screen name which links to your profile. The icon to the right leads to your Dashboard area where you can edit your settings, profile, account details and any FanPosts or FanShots you've published. As we add more blogs to the new SB Nation network, the My Blogs menu will be a handy way to navigate between the blogs you've joined.

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There are plenty more small changes and additions we've made, so please take a careful look around and explore this new system. We appreciate your patience and hope you'll help us improve the new platform for this and all the other SB Nation blogs.

And in case you missed it, you'll want to start by claiming your old blog accounts and creating a new SB Nation network account.

No Cheerleaders next year at ASU...

centraloregonbeav — Sat, 03 May 2008 22:54:14 -0000

Take this for what it's worth, but the Atletic Department at Arizona State has announced that there won't be any cheerleaders at Arizona State games next year because of some photos that appeared on the internet. I'm not sure if this is official yet or not, as "The Dirty.com" doesn't sound like a very reliable source, but here it is. Don't click this if you're at work.

Here's the link...

Go Beavs.

Is Billy Grier the new coach?

calripken08 — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:11:44 -0000

According to the Oregonian...

It's being reported that Billy Grier is our new men's basketball coach. If this is true, does his hiring get the seats at Gill filled? Will he be able to handle the pressure and expectations that goes along with the Pac-10? And my biggest question... is he the right choice?

We need a coach with experience in the big-leagues and even though he was an assistant coach at Gonzaga and recently the head coach at the University of San Diego, can he bring in the recruits and return the program to at least a moderate level of success? ################### I guess Grier wasn't the guy! However Canzano (from the Oregonian) is touting Ken Bone. He's *definitely* not the coach for the job. Maybe after Bone gets some experience in the "big leagues" but right now we need a total rebuild and that going to take someone who knows how to perform major surgery. Canzano, as always, stirring his odd witches brew...

Baseball team practices begin

calripken08 — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:49:05 -0000

2-time national champions begin their title defense!

http://www.osubeavers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4700&ATCLID=1380314

Hallelujah! Baseball season has begun, the OSU baseball team began practices this morning in preparation for their title defense. I hope someone will post regarding the good news! I also hope folks from all over will make the trek to PGE park in Portland for the opening "home" series against Georgia February 29th - March 2nd. Even though the weather probably wont be the best, I'm going to all 3 games, just going prepared like a football game at Reser.

If you really want to show the team and coach Casey how much OSU fans and the entire state appreciates their success, I encourage everyone who can attend at least one of the 3 games to get the new season off to a good start!

Thoughts on the USC game

funk — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:49:52 -0000

Bumped from the diaries. Many thanks to funk for sharing his thoughts on the game. --Jake

Jake asked me to post a few thoughts on the USC game, particularly the atmosphere. Don't know how helpful my comments will be, since this is my first year going to games, but I'll share anyways.

For those of you hoping that OSU fans would rally around a new coach and get behind the team, I'm sorry to say you would have been thoroughly disappointed had you been at the game. Osubeavers.com lists the attendance at over 5,000 but that seemed a little generous. More people might have shown up had it not been snowing fairly heavily (for a Texan, at least) the two hours before the game. Bad luck on that. For the people that were there, I don't think they were particularly amped up about having a new coach on the bench. It's pretty obvious this team is not good no matter who's coaching.

I got there a minute into the game and still got student tickets on the lower level, where there was plenty of room throughout the game. USC opened the game on a big run, so that took the crowd out of it from the beginning. During the run at the end of the half, Gill actually seemed to get pretty loud for how many people were there. I can see a lot of potential in that place as a great home court advantage. Keep in mind though, my main comparison to Gill is where the Longhorns play: the Frank Erwin Center, aka "The Morgue". The students that do show up for the games are ready and willing to cheer, if only there were something to consistently cheer about.

Somewhat ironically, Mike Montgomery was doing color for FSN at the game. At half time, all the students were sitting down at half court not looking too happy. As Montgomery was going back to his seat, he sort of tried to give the students a pep talk, telling them to cheer up. Maybe he was starting early on getting on the good side of the students? A guy can dream.

As far as the actual game goes, this team is just really bad. They seemed to have a little more pep in them than usual in the first half, and I think that really showed up on the defensive end. The run to end the half was great, but USC's run to start the second half took all the momentum away from the Beavers, and they seemed to give up after that. There were a bunch of times when players did the wrong things on offense and the other players on the court were visibly frustrated, Marcel Jones in particular. Don't know if Mouton put in a new offense or what, but it was not pretty at times.

Seth Tarver plays hard, but if he never takes another shot past five feet I'll be pretty happy. Sean Carter played hard tonight also, but he is really, really not good at free throws. Unfortunately, he knows it, and he got very down on himself each time he missed a pair (0-6 overall). Someone needs to tell him to keep his head up. Schaftenaar shot the ball well, but did a bunch of stupid things also. He started the second half, and immediately turned it over and was the cause of another turnover. Marcel Jones was 1-11 from the field and spent a lot of time forcing shots. It seems pretty clear we'll being seeing more from Calvin Haynes, which means a good dose of poor shot selection. Although, to his credit, he is one of the few people on the team who can create his own shot.

I probably won't be at the UCLA game, but if any of you out there can make it to the game, I would encourage you to go support the team. They clearly need all the help they can get.

OSU coaching search

calripken08 — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:51:59 -0000

Bumped from the Diaries. --Jake

We need to consider ex-Stanford coach Mike Montgomery

Look at this:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14823802/

How this guy has fallen off the list of quality candidates I'm not sure.

just finished reading the O's article by Mike Tokito -- see OSU coaching search -- which I thought covered the possible candidates well, although there was a name I feel should be on the 'short' list. Where is the name of ex-Stanford and GS Warriors coach Mike Montgomery? He is currently employed as a part-time assistant AD at Stanford, essentially in charge of fund raising -- at Stanford (probably not that challenging!). His NBA coaching career didn't work out as he had hoped, so I would believe he isn't interested in sitting behind a desk the rest of his career -- once a coach, always a coach -- it never really leaves you.

Montgomery brought a program (Stanford) out of the doldrums (sound familiar), helped raise $$$ for a new arena, has Pac-10 experience and knows how to recruit!

I believe the AD knows it's going to take to a name and reputation like his to resurrect the Men's Basketball program -- to at least some level of respectability. If Oregon State is truly committed and serious about reviving the program, Mike Montgomery is the type of coach needed to get the program back on it's feet. At a minimum OSU should contact him and see if he'd be willing to listen regarding the opportunity!

Gymnastics > Basketball?

funk — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 18:28:33 -0000

Thought it was time someone besides Jake did some work around here.

Just to put in perspective where men's basketball team is in the eyes of the fans. I went to the Women's Gymnastics meet last night against Washington (my girlfriend made me, I swear). Actually turned out to be pretty fun. They dominated the Huskies, which was nice. Anyways, there had to have been at least as many fans there last night as there have been at the last few home basketball games. Couldn't find an actual attendance number on the OSU website, but Gill was pretty full all the the way up to the bleachers, which is to say about half full.

I guess my point is that the basketball team sucks and everybody knows it. Earth shattering, I know. I just thought it was a pretty telling observation. I guess it also means the gymnastics team is pretty good, too. Plus, the girls are a little bit nicer to look at than C.J. Giles & Co.

Dixon Done

Jake — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:37:29 -0000

I'm sure you've all heard this by now, but this comes via ESPN.

Oregon quarterback Dennis Dixon, a Heisman Trophy front-runner who had guided the Ducks to an 8-1 record and a No. 2 BCS ranking, twisted his left knee Thursday and left in the first quarter of a 34-24 loss to host Arizona.

Dixon, a big threat on the ground who also rates fourth in the nation in passing, freely roamed the sideline but did not return, a significant blow for a team averaging almost 43 points and 511 yards a game.

Dixon's left knee appeared to buckle as he tried to plant on an option carry with about five minutes to go in the quarter.

"My foot got planted into the ground and my foot went the other way," Dixon told ESPN's Erin Andrews late in the fourth quarter.

Dixon sprained the same knee against Arizona State on Nov. 3. He wore a brace for Thursday night's game.

Dixon had a 39-yard touchdown run on the Ducks' first possession. He was 5-of-8 for 62 yards and threw an interception in the end zone.

UO moves to #2 in BCS

Jake — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 06:14:07 -0000

LSU 9-1
Oregon 8-1
Kansas 10-0
Oklahoma 9-1
Missouri 9-1
West Virginia 8-1
Ohio State 10-1
Arizona State 9-1
Georgia 8-2
Virginia Tech 8-2
USC 8-2
Florida 7-3
Texas 9-2
Virginia 9-2
Clemson 8-2