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: