Pa'aluhi leaves OSU football team

THIS is not good news for the Beavers. The LB's in Mark Bankers offense are critical. I don't believe Pa'aluhi was an All-American, but his loss will hurt.

OSU is coming into spring practice with a bunch of inexperienced kids playing LB.

Linebackers call plays, stuff holes, and cover RB's and TE's. They have to be ballers.

As far as I can tell the Beav's don't have a stud waiting in the wings in the linebacking core.

Here is a video of the 2002 OSU team which had a bunch of pro players beating the Ducks into submission...gotta luv it!

This year's recruits

Here is my rating on this year's class of signee's- B-

Hits: Mannion

First off the misses-

Owamagbe Odighizuwa- He chose UCLA over Nebraska and OSU. He is from Portland Oregon. He is a punk. I hope we blast his punk ass all over the field someday.

As for the commits- I think it's a pretty standard class for Riley. I don't see any Steven Jacksons or Jaquizz Rodgers, but we will see if this class can produce some ballers. On defense, Riley pulled in some big d-lineman. According to the chart below, they might be able to run too.

SIGNED LETTER OF INTENT	Pos	Stars	Ht	Wt	40	RR			Hometown
Shaydon Akuna	LB		6-3	210	4.54	5.8			Kapolei, HI
Michael Bibbee	LB		6-3	225	4.71	5.5			Eugene, OR
Scott Crichton	DE		6-5	225	4.6	5.6			Tacoma, WA
Dominic Glover	DE		6-4	275	-	5.6			Mission Viejo, CA
Connor Hamlett	TE		6-7	230	4.75	5.3			Lynnwood, WA
Sean Mannion	QB		6-5	205	4.9	5.8			Pleasanton, CA
Malcolm Marable	RB		5-8	170	4.52	5.7			Mission Hills, CA
Thomas Molesi	DT		6-2	280	-	5.8			Oceanside, CA
Ryan Murphy	DB		6-2	190	4.42	5.5			Oakland, CA
Tyler Perry	TE		6-5	240	4.75	5.6			Ventura, CA
Trevor Romaine	K		6-0	185	-	5.5			Corona, CA
Roman Sapolu	OL		6-2	250	-	5.5			Huntington Beach, CA
Will Storey	DB		6-2	212	4.62	5.4			Lake Oswego, OR
Fred Thompson	DT		6-4	290	5.19	5.7			Oakland, CA
Mana Tuivailala	DT		6-4	288	4.95	5.6			Seaside, CA
Donell Welch	LB		6-2	205	-	5.7			Palm Desert, CA