2008 Oregon St. Beavers

[jared]

Here are OSU's probable white starters:

OFFENSE

*QB: Sean Canfield is in a fight for the position as he rehabs a shoulder injury
OT: Andy Levitre, SR
C: Marcus Henderson, SR
OG: Adam Speer, SR
OT: Wilder McAndrews, FR

DEFENSE

DT: Mitchel Hunt, SO
DE: Slade Norris, SR
OLB: Keaton Kristick, JR
MLB: Bryant Cornell, SR
FS: Greg Laybourn, SR

 

[Colonel_Reb]

WR Shane Morales is having a decent night, with 9 catches for 82 yards and a TD.

 

[WHITE NOISE]

F! the Beavers. It seems like Riley is using fewer and fewer whites all around.

He was a marginal coach during his first ride with the Beavers. Then he was blessed with getting Jonathan Smith at quarterback, Mike Hass at receiver and a bunch of stud whites at other position. Now when I look at the starting line-up I see that he is going Black. Screw Riley, hope he looses big.

 

[jared]

OLB Keaton Kristick looked pretty good at times last night, he flies around. That was an entertaining game all-around against Stanford. Very physical and a lot of iffy, hard hits that could have been penalties.

 

[Colonel_Reb]

Their two RBs, the Rodgers brothers are listed at 5-6 and 5-7, but Danny Woodhead was too small to get recruited by Nebraska or any other FBS school. Ah the old double standards and inconsistencies are everywhere.

 

[celticdb15]

Yeah not too mention Reb they are midgets compared to Danny who i know weighed more coming out!!

 

[Colonel_Reb]

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State freshman star Jacquizz Rodgers is doubtful for Saturday's Civil War game against Oregon because of a shoulder injury.


A Rose Bowl bid is on the line for the No. 17 Beavers (8-3, 7-1 Pac-10) in the annual rivalry game against the Ducks (8-3, 6-2), but Rodgers, the Pac-10's leading rusher, could be watching from the sidelines.


"Quizz is very doubtful. He is feeling better but we don't want to put him at risk and there might be something with his shoulder that it might not be right for him to play," Oregin State coach Mike Riley said Tuesday.


Rodgers injured his shoulder on Oregon State's second possession last Saturday against Arizona. The Beavers went on to win 19-17 on a field goal in the final seconds.


Riley characterized the injury as a second-degree sprain. He said a final call about Rodgers' status would come later this week.


"We're not making a decision yet. The decision will be based on how he feels, but more importantly, what the doctors say," Riley said. "We'll be very conservative with that."


Rodgers averages 113.9 rushing yards a game, which ranks him 12th in the nation. He has rushed for 11 touchdowns and has already set a Pac-10 freshman rushing record.


Oregon State and No. 5 USC lead the Pac-10 with one conference loss each. However, because the Beavers defeated the Trojans 27-21 on Sept. 25, they hold the tiebreaker for the Rose Bowl berth.


An Oregon State victory over the No. 19 Ducks on Saturday would set up a New Year's Day game against No. 6 Penn State in Pasadena. The Nittany Lions defeated the Beavers 45-14 earlier this season.


Without Rodgers against the Wildcats in Tempe, the Beavers leaned on his older brother James Rodgers, a flanker who had 10 carries for 102 yards and a touchdown.


The Rodgers brothers have combined this season for 2,464 yards of offense for the Beavers, or 54.1 percent of the Beavers' total. James Rodgers has five rushing touchdowns, four receiving, and one score off a kickoff.


Oregon coach Mike Bellotti said he did not know if Jacquizz Rodgers' absence would have all that much impact on the Civil War.


"The offense is not going to change, although certainly if the one Rodgers brother is not there, the other Rodgers brother is going to get more carries," Bellotti said. "You've seen that (against Arizona) when Jacquizz was not in there, they went to James on the fly sweep and he touched the ball more. And he's a very dangerous runner. He's fast and he's a great open field runner."


Jacquizz Rodgers, who has 1,253 yards, could be the first freshman in the league to finish as the season's rushing leader. California's Jahvid Best is second, averaging 108.3 yards.


Listed at 5-foot-7 and 193 pounds, Rodgers has used his stature â€â€￾ considered by some a liability â€â€￾ to his advantage. He hides behind his line and pop out on unprepared defenders. He uses strength â€â€￾ along with his utter fearlessness â€â€￾ to plow through opponents.


He ran for 186 yards earlier this season in Oregon State's upset victory over USC, and the Trojans have one of the top rushing defenses in the nation.


Rodgers came to Oregon State from Texas, where he led Lamar Consolidated High School with a state record 136 touchdowns and more than 8,000 yards. Nicknamed "Mr. Touchdown," he was named the first Texas Associated Press Sports Editors Player of the Year.


Riley said he believes Quizz will make a plea to play on Saturday, regardless of how the shoulder feels.


"We're not going to put him at risk," Riley said. It's like every player, you listen to what they have to say, but you go with what the experts say."


http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/8847908/Rodgers-'very-dou btful'-for-OSU-in-Civil-WarEdited by: Colonel_Reb

 

[Don Wassall]

Draft Daddy provides a link to this article about Oregon State's two talenteddefensive ends, Slade Norris and Victor Butler. Norris is white, Butler is black.


Guess which one was a walk-on and which one was recruited? Guess which one the article declares has an NFL future and which one doesn't? Here's DD's intro to the article:


Closer look at Oregon State's underrated senior defensive ends Victor Butler and Slade Norris.


DD.comment: We have absolutely no idea why the writer in the link above is suggesting Butler has a N.F.L. future, while Norris' football career will end after the Sun Bowl. Reality is, this duo came into the season with very similar grades from scouts -- 7th round to priority free agent. Both have enough speed and athletic ability to move to outside linebacker (particularly for teams that run the 3-4 defense) and possibly rise into the middle frames of the draft, if they can show well in workouts. As the article above notes, Norris is a little bigger than Butler, but both are listed (by scouts) running the 40 yard in around the 4.65 range, so they have the speed and agility teams look for at linebacker.


http://www.elpasotimes.com/sunbowlmania/ci_11327636

 

[celticdb15]

Ah i love Draft Daddy!

 

[whiteCB]

You just have to wince at the ignorance of the "journalists" who write these articles. To suggest that the white gut Norris has no shot at the NFL but the black guy Butler does, who only has three more career sacks and actually weighs 8 lbs lighter, is absurd. A pat on the back to draft daddy for sniffing out the bias in the article.