OSU's 2011 Football Season in Call of Duty MW3

FYI- OSU is not Sandy Ravage, OSU is the other team getting pwned...

 

Time for change at OSU! Get fired up! OSU needs a new AD and Football coach!

WTF Video of the Day

Here's a video of Mike Riley explaining why OSU would lose to Sacramento State this year. If this doesn't make you puke, nothing will.

 

 Here's the highlight of what actually happened. Definitely puke worthy in my opinion.

 

WTF Quote of the Day

According to the Gazette Times Riley said there will be no changes to his coaching staff.

 “I’m not considering any,” Riley said Sunday night. “We have good coaches with a good solid background. They were consistent throughout the year with the adversity we faced. I have good people.”

  Read More This is really getting sad. Riley is in denial.

1990 part deux?

Riley has lost all credibility with his team and the fans. His kids play like idiots who haven't been coached before. 

Oregon wiped up the field with Oregon St today. It wasn't a game after the first embarrassing offensive series of the game. Final score was 49-21. Oregon racked up 670 yards on offense. 

There were so many mistakes by OSU coaches and players it's hard to analyze the game. 

One thing I can say was that the game today was an example of a "system coach" versus a "player's coach".  It was a fundamental battle. The players coach looked like a tool.

A system coached based football program puts the system above the player. If a player fails they are replaced until a competent replacement is found. In a players system, there is favoritism, undisciplined actions, and waves of success- if the program gets good players they win. 

Chip Kelly has a system, the players respond to the fact that they will be replaced if they don't execute. 

This is not the case with Oregon St. Sean Mannion should have been benched repeatedly this season and wasn't because "he is the future".  Sean wasn't the only inept player, and yes OSU had a lot of young players. But coaches know this, and they should scheme to manage this. OSU's coaches did nothing. They bungled the Katz to Mannion transition miserably.

Favorites in a program suck. Especially if they are freshman. This doesn't resonate with Seniors who have to live with a noob's mistakes and a team's poor record. 

Riley is flawed, and so is the program.  Riley tried to be a "players coach" in the NFL and failed miserably. He is failing now too.

I don't think the "players coach" model works in college. The system is tied to the program. The system is more important than the individuals who participate in the program. If the player is smart they will commit themselves to the system and succeed. This typically results in the team winning too.

OSU looked like buffoons on national TV today. If Ed Ray is not paying attention- he should. 

The next question is not about the players or the coordinators that should be fired, it's about who the next major OSU donor, who will step up like Al Reser and get rid of the current incompetent coaching staff.  Cash is the only carrot that works these days. It will take a lot of $$ to get rid of Riley- I think it's necessary. He could wipe out all of the success he helped create with continued failure.

* The 1990 reference in the title had to do with Dave Kragthorpe's last year when the OSU team was hopeless. I may post stuff on that season and the similarities to this year. 

Who cares about beating UW?

AP Photo/Greg Wahl-Stephens

The beavers pulled out a nice win versus a wounded opponent. At home. After watching Riley up close at the Cal game, I'm not psyched about the direction of the program, even with the win against UW. Sac State. Think about it.

The Civil Ware is looming. Will OSU keep it close?

I am going to the game today

I'm going to the OSU vs Cal game today. I plan to get my drink on before the game. The game is at ATT park which is an awesome baseball park, but not a good football venue. The facility is awesome for partying though. There are tons of bars surrounding the stadium. 

I have no expectations for the game, but I am going to place some bets against the spread with some of my Cal buddies.

BTW- I got the tix for the game from a Cal alum who couldn't make it due to the fact he had to go shopping for furniture with his girlfriend today. LOL.

Cal fans take apathy to a whole new level. They are hilarious folks. One time I went to a Cal vs OSU game with a Cal alum and he bet against Cal. He routed for OSU through out the game- which really annoyed me. I think he was trying to do that on purpose.

Anyway I will let you know how the game goes today.......