21-8 Cincy

Cincinnati is kicking the Beavers around. The Beavers O-line is getting manhandled by the front 7 from Cincy. It's ugly for the Beavers.

The sloppy play hasn't stopped for OSU. The last two offensive possessions returned -45 yds. Canfield has not time, and when he does the Bearcat DB's cover their man.

The only way the Beavers keep this close is with some defensive scoring. Right now, the Bearcats are better athletes- mentally and physically.

The Beavers had a whopping 121 yds of offense compared to Cincy's 229 in the first half.

14-8 Cincy in the 2nd

The Beavers are playing some sloppy ball against a good opponent. They aren't turning the ball over, but they are blowing assignments left and right. The offense and defense are making mental mistakes.

The Beavers are going to have to catch some lucky breaks to win this game.

Traitors

According to ESPN, TJ "Who's Your Mama?" and Chad "Vader" Johnson where spotted on the Cincinnati sidelines instead of the Beavers sidelines during the second half of the game last night.

WTF?

If find this appalling on a lot of levels. I am thinking about boycotting anything to do with those two clowns.

Do you think a USC WR would go stand with USC's opponent EVER???? Hell No.

Howabout UW or U 0f O? Hell No.

TJ and Chad are donkeys as far as I am concerned. Just WTF were they thinking?

Did I also mention that TJ and Chad blew off meeting the OSU team on Wed? They were supposed to talk to the team after practice. I guess there must of have been a "buy a beer, get a lap dance" special at the local Cincinnati strip club that afternoon or something.......

Those guys are punks.

Phil's OSU vs. Cincinnati Game Recap

Here are my thoughts on the disaster tonight:

QBs - Canfield - for the most part good choices. The main problem is that he is too SLOW. He had all the time in the world and was molasis in the backfield. His first pick was a crap read. His second was a good read (wide open corner route) just hit on the throw. The second half he was afraid to make mistakes instead of trying to make plays. He will still start and get the staps b/c Moevao was garbage.

Moevao - numbers looked ok, but should have had 4 picks. He stares the recievers down and throws bad balls usually into coverage. More mobile which just gives him more time to throw pick.

Bernard - the good - you have heart. You run hard every play. The holes were not there tonight. The bad - two hands!!! The cute one hand catches are rare and not the norm. You have to catch the ball to help the struggling offense/qb.

O-line - you looked tired and slow. Pass blocking was superb. Canfield and Moe had tons of time. BUT, you were embarrasing blocking for Bernard. 30 some odd yards are not going to cut it. It is your fault that he was shut down. Perry's absents was evident, but he is only one player. Maybe you should go with the "meat, leaves & berries" diet. Seemed to work for them.

Sammie - glad to see you back. Would have liked it better if you caught the first pass. I understand rust, that is your one and only drop. You're better than that. The dropped punt is on you, but you were bumped and the no call was crap.

Croom - the only bright light. Keep it up.

Young WRs - solid effort. Need improvement still. Keep up the good effort.

Defense - tough field position killed you. Run defense was solid. Pass rush was devastating. Other than the 4th quarter you owned their offense. Sacks are awesome, let's try for a few turnovers.

Serna - make the kick. Keep the momentum rolling. After a strong start punting you fell off the map. You need to get the ball off quicker and kick it higher, farther and straighter.

Powers - nice heart to come back from a nasty tackle. You will have a good year.

Mike - SHAVE. Beards are for winning streaks. You need the time to think about next week and the rest of the season.

Overall - dissappointing. The offense was pathetic and sad. I won't stand for this effort. This is embarassing on national TV. Being clowned by Flutie can NEVER happen again. The Defense was solid but can't play the whole game.

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7 Turnovers

The Beavers lost 34-7, and they are lucky it wasn't worse. It wasn't that Cincy was that great, their offense got throttled by OSU's defense. OSU's Offense and Special Teams were pathetic.

Both QB's stunk.

Moevoa cemented his status as the 2nd least effective quarterback tonight, throwing interception after interception, after the #1 least effective quarterback(Canfield) threw interception after interception.

OSU's defense played tough, but did not make one big play all night. I believe Cincy finished without a turnover. I feel bad for Oregon State's defense because they hung in there and made tons of great plays....mostly in the first half.

OSU's offensive line looked tired all night. They were slow and couldn't get off the ball. They looked weak and soft against an average defensive line.

OSU's offensive playbook looked slimmed down and easy to figure out. This is possibly due to the lack of brainpower inbetween Canfield and Moevoa- PineAppola.

Sammie Stroughter looked like a high school football player and Rogers/Catchings looked liked seniors.

Alexis Serna looked like a freshman out there too. There is no excuse for missing that field goal in the first quarter.

Oregon State's offense looked downright horrible tonight. They may have gotten more yards than Cincy, but the made more catastrophic mistakes.

I am wondering what the deal is with the rate of turnovers OSU quarterbacks continue to produce in Riley's offense. Anderson threw a bunch, Moore threw a bunch his first year, and a few less the his senior year, Canfield and Meebo are setting a new standard in ineptness.

I am also wondering why the Beavers even show up for an ESPN broadcast, seems like everytime they are on ESPN they tank.....wait it wasn't the Beavers that showed up tonight, it was the Banana Slugs from Cal St Fullerton.

Some games are unwinnable

The Cincy game is looking like one. The referees suck, and continue to make a difference in continuing Cincy drives. It's the only way the can advance the ball on OSU.

OSU's offense looks horrible. The offensive line is sucking major wind. There is no running game. And Sean Canfield looks SOFT.

Cincy keeps fumbling, but hasn't lost the ball yet. 3 times it has happened.....

Cincy's freshman kicker just hit a 55 yarder.

Score is 20-3.

Sammie Stroughter fumbles, Cincy scores

The Beavers keep making mistakes on offense and special teams. Sammie was interfered with on a fair catch, and subsequently fumbled. This is a Big East referee team and it is showing.

The defense is playing great.

17-3 Cincinnati.

I really hate losing to this school.......

10-3 Halftime Score

Late in the second quarter Canfield threw his second interception tonight, giving Cincinnati great field position again at the OSU 30. It was not entirely his fault, he was hit while he was throwing causing the ball to flutter. 2 turnover on the road is a recipe for disaster. The offensive line for OSU is really dragging their asses. The humidity must be taking a toll.

OSU's defense is stiffling. Cincy has -21 rushing yards in the first half.

Bernard has 16 yds on 10 carries.

The score is 3-3. Check that it's about to be 10-3 Cincy. Yep, it's now 10-3.

BTW- Doug Flutie is a major league donkey and should give up broadcasting. Kirk Herbstreit is a minor league donkey.

OSU vs Cincinnati Broadcast Info

(photo source: Greg McKie/OSU Athletic Dept)

OSU Beaver Football Notes:

Oregon State (1-0) at Cincinnati (1-0)
Date: Thursday, September 6
Kickoff: 4:30 p.m. PDT (approx.)
Site: Cincinnati, Ohio
Stadium: Nippert Stadium (35,000)
Series: First Meeting
Television: LIVE -- ESPN
Television Crew: Chris Fowler, Craig James, Doug Flutie, Erin Andrews
Radio: Beaver Sports Network (osubeavers.com)
Radio Crew: Mike Parker, Jim Wilson, Todd Mansfield, Ron Callan, Steve Preece
Radio Broadcast: 4 hours prior on KEJO (1240 AM)
3 hours prior on 860 AM KPAM
2 hours prior on the entire Network
XM Radio: Pac-10 Channels 193-195
Spanish Radio: Churchill Media’s LaX Network
Spanish Crew: Juan De Dios Andrade, Javier Cervantes

Special Programming:

osubeavers.com/KEJO (1240 AM)
Beaver Sports Talk: Every Tuesday 7-8 p.m.
(osubeavers.com/Beaver Radio Net.)
Beavers All-Access: FSN NW - Sept. 5 (7:30 p.m.)/
Sept. 7 (12:30 p.m.). Replays on FCS
Joe Beaver Show: Daily (Noon-2 p.m.) -- KEJO (1240 AM)
Riley in the A.M. Every Mon. (8:08 a.m) -- 860 AM KPAM

Cincinnati Game Preview and Beaver Notes

HEAR ME NOW BELIEVE ME LATER: "Defense and a Running Game Wins Championships"

My Take on Cincinnati Bearcats:

They are good, but they played a garbage opponent in their first game. While Cincinnati might have good team speed, it's not Pac-10 team speed. OSU's defense is going to give Cincinnati all they can handle. SEMO ran for 170 yds against Cincinnati, so I don't think they will be able to stop our running game. By halftime of the game with SEMO, the Bearcats had 373 yards and led 19-3, they had a missed field goal, two missed extra points, a fumble and an interception which kept the score down. They won't be able to make those mistakes against Oregon St. and not pay for it. SEMO also had 6 turnovers in the game.

That said, Cincinnati is at home so I have a feeling that they will be charged up for the game. The Pac-10 is the best conference, so it's teams are always marked. I don't even know what conference Cincy is in. Ok, they are in the Big East. Thanks ESPN. They will play hard at first, but after our defense hits a couple of Cincy players into oblivion, they will start flinching just like Utah did.

Oregon St is currently favored by 3.5. The over/under is 110, which means Vegas thinks this is going to be a high scoring game. (check realtime odds here)

My prediction, 35-31 Beavers win.


Here are links to Cincinnati Bearcats Info:

Cincinnati vs SEMO game recap and video clip
Stats from the Cinci vs. SEMO


Riley's Take on Cincinnati:

“I think Cincinnati looks like a very good football team. They are fast. I think the speed of the game will go up a couple notches this week. They look active on defense. It’s going to be more of the same offensively as far as the spread and what they do out of it. They try to stretch your defense and you have to do a great job one-on-one. We’ve got to be able to use all of our speed in defending that team. You couple that with the trip and the different type of weather that we are going see, there’s a lot of stuff for our team here. We’re going to go a day early, leave after practice tomorrow and be there and practice in their stadium on Wednesday.”

More of the Mike Riley Press Conference

Beaver Notes:
Joe Newton was cut by the Seahawks
Matt Moore gets cut then picked up
Derek Anderson loses to Frye

Check out a killer highlight video from the Utah game: