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I am pretty bumed I didn't attend the game, but the only tix available were in the corner of the endzone. I hung out with my two boys- Jake and Josh, 5-6 yrs old.


It was a great game for the Beav's! Afterwards, there were a lot of questions about next year....already!!!!! The press is all over the Beav's, which is great. OSU is a top tier program.

The line of discussion is not about a winning season anymore, expectations are way higher. The Beavers are about winning the Pac-10, and competing for the national championship.

Yes, I said it. The Beavers are all about winning the national championship.

10-4
9-4

2008 is the year.......assuming we can find a top-notch QB. Canfield and Moevoa are not the answer.

"They were a lot faster than we anticipated," Maryland senior defensive tackle Carlos Feliciano said, echoing the sentiments of most of his teammates.

Great quote from Maryland.......

Beavers win 21-14

They say Defense and a Running game wins championships, and perhaps for suspect QB play the Beaver's could've had a championship greater than the Emerald Bowl. The OSU defense and running game was superb this year. Major props to OSU's offensive line, they were incredible.

Yvenson Bernard played outstanding with over 177 yds rushing, and James Rogers followed up with 113 yds rushing and 2 TD's. OSU rushed for 273 yds in the game..fuck yeah.

3 turnovers was pathetic, and is not acceptable....unless you win! Go Beav's!

OSU's defense was unreal...again. OSU better give Mark Banker a pay raise. He did a great job. So did the kids who played for him this year.

Riley is 4-0 in bowls for the Beav's. Awesome.

9-4 this year with no QB and no All-American WR. Wow.

Derrick Doggett is probably one of the best LB's OSU has ever fielded. Darlin and La"Rock" ain't too bad either. These guys fly to the football on every play.

Maryland had 22 yds rushing and 204 yds passing for the night. 63 yds of passing came on one play.

I am tired....I will post more later....

3:01 till victory

James Rogers = Stud
Yvenson Bernard = Stud

Balling players.

21-14 Beavers take the lead

As I mentioned before, the OSU running game will be the determining factor. Yvenson Bernard fumbled after getting blasted and guess who picked up the ball and went into the endzone....James Rodgers.

OSU's defense is looking unreal. Derrick Doggett is going to be a first round draft choice, quote me know. This guy is all over the field. A complete freak.

Go Beav's.

OSU's defense is keeping them in the game

Maryland's offense has racked up -19 yards since the first quarter.

OSU's QBs are playing like crap.

14-14 at halftime

The story of the game is the potency of OSU's defense. Except for one big play, the OSU offense has been soley responsible for this close game. Both OSU QB's have sucked big time. Rogers fumble didn't help, but otherwise Canfield and Moevao have sucked.

OSU's QB look like JV talent

in the red zone Canfield threw a really stupid INT. Serna missed a FG prior. The Beav's are keeping the Terps in the game. OSU's defense is playing outstanding. 3 turnovers, but the Beav's have coughed it up 3 times too.

The only hope is the running game. Yvsenson has got carry us.

4.2 40 yrd dash means something Terps 14 Beavs 7

For some reason Riley has replaced Canfield with Lyle Moevoa. 4 and out.

Terps line up and go deep on one and one coverage. 63 yrd TD on Keenan Lewis.

Moevoa is back in. He better produce, Canfield looked good.

Rogers looks good as usual. OSU defense looks good except for the bomb.

Canfield is back 7-7

Skinny post to Rogers, Canfield delivers. Roughing the punter helped continue a drive where Moevoa got hurt.

7-0 Maryland

The Beav's went on Defense first and gave up an 80 yard drive to Maryland. The Terps look much bigger than the Beaver's. Louisville revisted?

It's early and the big guys tend to wear out in the 4th quarter, we will see...

Speed vs. Size

Maryland has some big guys on their squad. Check out BTD's report.

OSU is definitely smaller on defense, but they are faster. I tend to like the faster players myself. They can swarm around the ball and make plays. But big teams have given fits to the Beavers in the past-remember Louisville? They had a bunch of monsters and they punished the Beavers.

I will be posting live reports on the game tonight, so check back for OSUBB op/ed.

L8,

Emerald Bowl

I've been reading a lot of reports about OSU's upcoming game against Maryland, and I am predicting a close game. Maryland is no pushover.

I am predicting a game that goes into overtime. The Beavers will win.

Check out Building the Dam for a good preview

The Real Deal about OSU's Bowl Situation

It's been a long week. Having to hear how Mike Bellotti voted his sorry team ahead of OSU in the coaches poll was hard enough. That guy is a straight up a**hole. I hope we kick their asses for the next decade.

Message to Mike- watch the vid below you F**kin scrub:



But worse, I've had to read about all the bull***t about the Beaver's either getting screwed or not getting screwed on the bowl selection. It's overwhelming.

Here's is the bottomline regarding OSU getting screwed:

USC (10-2): vs. Illnois (9-3) in the Rose Bowl. Payout = $17 million.
Arizona State (10-2): vs. Texas (9-3) in the Holiday Bowl. Payout = $2.2 million.
Oregon State (8-4): vs. Maryland (6-6) in the Emerald Bowl. Payout = $750,000
Oregon (8-4): vs. South Florida (9-3) in the Sun Bowl. Payout = $1.9 million
UCLA (6-6): vs. Brigham Young (10-2) in the Las Vegas Bowl. Payout = $1 million
California (6-6): vs. Air Force (9-3) in the Armed Forces Bowl. Payout = $750,000

If you can't do math, OSU lost $1.15M dollars by not getting selected to the Sun Bowl, even though OSU was #3 in the conference.

Let me state this again, $1,150,000.00.

Do you really think the OSU administration gives a rats ass how many OSU folks attend the game? Hell no. It's not about ticket sales. That is a drop in the bucket. $1.15M is not chump change.

Yes, OSU got screwed.

Always follow the money.....the truth is waiting.....

Post Game Reactions

Riley and team broke the home team streak!!! Awesome. #3 in the Pac-10 is incredible given what he had to work with. It is amazing how close this team was to finishing 10-2 vs. 8-4. ASU and UCLA will haunt this team in a good way. OSU is the best 8-4 team in the nation if that means anything. I think it does. I think Riley has won me over for good. I think he has also built a program. A real college football machine capable of anything it imagines.

I want to start this post by apologizing for saying Lyle Moevao is not a Pac-10 QB. He is, and he deserves respect for what he accomplished. He improved tremendously this year. Winning the Civil War is huge. But he is not the QB I see taking OSU to a BCS bowl anytime soon.

Second, I want to apologize for saying Matt Sieverson was not on par with Clinton Polk. Matt played a great game. He was superb. He played with heart and showed the Ducks the back of his jersey all night.

Rogers was sensational. What a freshman season. Game winning TD in the Civil War.

Polk had one of the best TD runs I've seen in awhile too. Great job by the RB's.

OSU's offensive line was the real Offensive MVP. They are absolute studs. No sacks and 214 yds rushing. Are you kidding me? That is outstanding.

OSU's defense played great, except for a couple breakdowns. We gave up 195 yards rushing, which is way off our average. That said OSU's D was unreal when it needed to be. They are an awesome bunch.

Derrick Doggett is a freak. 18 tackles and a INT for TD(2nd time in a Civil War game). He won't last past the 2nd round of the NFL draft. He is a stud.

I am reading reports that Oregon's locker room comments after the game were about excuses, while the Beavers locker room comments were about heart and character. Bellotti is denying that he lost the game, literally and figuratively. He did. Now he's making excuses. What a pussy.

Now on to the Emerald Bowl in SF! My hometown.

OSU will be playing Maryland. Maryland ended the regular season tied for fifth in the Atlantic Division of the ACC and 6-6 overall with notable victories over then No. 8 Boston College and then No. 10 Rutgers.

Some other Beaver Bloggers have some great posts on the Civil War:

Beaver dam nation- In depth review on what OSU is all about
Jason Prothro's Blog- Great post about the game and why Bellotti is lame.
Brooks Hatch- The final points about Mike Riley are why he's a "players coach"