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- Our friends over at Mid-Major Madness haven’t been too lazy this off-season and instead, they’ve been doing some research into the big bucks behind the game of college basketball and what exactly every Division I program spends (and makes) on their program each year. So of course, we just had to take a look at Oregon State their well-compiled list and it turns out that the Beavers both spent and made exactly $6,321,026 last season. Strangely accurate bookkeeping? Seems like it, Beaver Nation.
- Staying on the hardwood, if you think that Oregon State forward Drew Eubanks should’ve come back for at least another year in Corvallis, well you’re probably not alone in that opinion. And according to this list recently compiled by Yardbarker, they believe that Eubanks is one of their top twenty players who should’ve decided to return to campus and not test his luck at the NBA Draft process. At this point, let’s hope Eubanks proves them wrong.
- While things on the diamond have been great for Oregon State baseball as of late, the same can’t be said for Beavers alumni Michael Conforto, who recently has been in a bit of a slump for the New York Mets. However, the Mets apparently have a radical plan to try and fix Conforto’s recent struggling ways and that’s to possibly demote him to the Triple-A level until he regains his regular form. Conforto, who is not on board with the idea at all, recently told the New York Post that “Triple-A is not the answer”. Somehow, this doesn’t seem like it’ll end well for either side.
- Sticking on the alumni front, new-ish Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Brandin Cooks has apparently been impressing head coach Sean McVay enough through some of the team’s OTA’s thus far to have the Rams’ boss singing his praises. McVay was recently quoted saying that Cooks can “do everything” and believe he’s a “special player for sure”, who should fit perfectly into a talent receiving core on the team.
- And finally, some non-sports related (but very interesting) news coming from Oregon State University, where a scientist at the school has apparently created an “edible plastic”. Designed to be a way to reduce the environmental impact from food packaging (and keep the waterways clean for the Beavers all around the world), OPB asked the real questions when going to Corvallis to figure out well, why exactly does edible plastic taste like?