Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Possibly the lamest college football vid ever
This may be a new series for this site. Thank god it's about UofO and not OSU. Someone spent hours making this stupid song and video.
Monday, August 29, 2011
52% of you don't want to be Phil Knight's bitch any longer
The OSU Beaver Football Blog poll on whether or not OSU should drop Nike has closed.
46 visitors let their opinion be known! 52% are done with being Phil Knight's bitch- congrats to those with self-esteem! Unfortunately, I have no influence on OSU's supplier relationships..... maybe you do?
Keys to the OSU 2011 Football season
There are lots of bloggers providing detailed analysis for each position on the Beaver Football team, here is my view on the situation......
Key #1- Katz needs to play above his so-far demonstrated abilities. If the OSU QB is average or weak- it's going to be a long season.
Key #2- OSU has to be able to run the ball. Whoever carries the rock needs to produce a team average of 4 yds or better.
Key #3- OSU's O-line needs to over achieve. Why overachieve? Because they suck based on last year's performance.
Key #4- OSU's entire defense needs to over achieve. There has been tons of blabber about different players having different skills, but if the overall team defensive stats are weak- I don't care what Cameron Collins 40 time is. Or how many tackles he had in a particular game. If OSU's defense is not Top 20- who gives a s**t?
Key #5- OSU's coaches need to make chicken salad out of chicken shit this year. They have to call excellent games week in and week out. OSU's talent level does not grant the luxury of foolish mistakes. I am not as concerned about the bodies the coaches put out on the field as much as the schemes they use and the plays they call.
Key #6- Health. The Beavers are thin across the board. A couple key injuries could make this year a catastrophy. With injuries it won't matter what the coaches do as far as play calls and schemes.
Friday, August 12, 2011
Injuries and ho hum
I have not been interested in blogging about the Beavers football team for awhile. There just doesn't seem to be anything interesting going on with OSU. Maybe I am not interested because my gut tells me this season is going to either suck or be a big surprise. Maybe Katz/Wheaton will go on fire and become unstoppable. Someone is going to have to step up big time this year.
The Beavers really don't have any stars on the squad this year and the guys they have are banged up. There doesn't seem to be any major upgrades on the o-line, which is scarry considering how bad the unit was last year. The defense is small and unproven. Specifically we have a safety/LB starting at CB who got lit up like a xmas tree last season. We have a 5'11" 225lb OLB, who is supposed to be good, but come on. I don't care how fast you are, today's game is about match ups. A 6'3" fast/athlete is going eat up a small LB. I don't care if the LB has a 40" vertical. He could match up well with small/fast RB's out of the back field, but if an opponent has a halfway decent QB he will audible to attack the weak point with 6'4" 300lb OL and 250lb TE's and 220lb FB's.
Anyway, the DL is also a major question mark. Losing Paea is not a big deal to me, not having any producers besides him is. Everyone is a noob or historically a non-performer. There are a lot of negatives this team needs to overcome this season.
Oh yeah, their schedule is frickin' brutal too. See the side bar of this blog. I've been complaining about this since the Beavers beat Notre Dame in a bowl(2008?)
Based on the votes for my preseason fan prediction poll- the majority of you feel less than enthused about the Beavers prospects going into this year. I can't say I blame you.
As the first game gets closer I will post my prediction for the Beavers this season. Can you guess my prediction?
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