14-6 Halftime

UCLA has made some adjustments on offense. It's called the screen play. They also are using misdirection. Bottomline is that the OSU defense is really badass.

If Canfield can make some plays, and the WR's catch the ball, OSU could win.

1st Qtr Report - UCLA vs OSU

14-0 OSU leads.

Sammie Stroughter is out of the game with a bruised kidney. I think he is cursed this year.

The WR's look weak without Sammie.

OSU's defense is outstanding. The front four, whoever they are at any given point in time, is ferocious. 3 sacks in the 1st Qtr alone.

Sean Canfield is retarded. If anyone who attends classes with Sean can attest to his intelligence, please feel free to comment. He has 2 INT's already.

Bernard is running UCLA ragged. He has 62 yards already.

If Canfield can't get it together the Beavers could lose.......then again OSU's defense could win it for them too. Al Avalava scored on a fumble return already.

Listen to the game here

OSU vs. UCLA game info

Date: Saturday, September 29
Kickoff: 3:41 p.m.
Site: Corvallis, Oregon
Stadium: Reser Stadium (45,674)
Series: UCLA 38-13-4
Television: FSN and Fox College Sports
Television Replay: FCS (Midnight Sunday)/FSN 1:30 a.m. Sunday
Television Crew: Barry Tompkins, Petros Papadakis, Jim Watson
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)
3.5 hours prior on AM 860 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
Livestats: www.osubeavers.com

Special Programming

Riley Press Conference: FSN NW/FCS -- Sept. 26 (2:30 p.m.) -- osubeavers.com every Tuesday

Beaver Sports Talk: Every Tuesday 7-8 p.m.

(osubeavers.com/Beaver Radio Net.)

Beavers All-Access: FSN NW- Sept. 27 (2 & 5 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) -- KPAM 860

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Phil's UCLA vs. OSU Prediction

From Phil:

I was never able to see the ASU game.

Sounds like there was improvement on the Offense, but continued setbacks. Both Matt Moore and Derek Anderson threw tons of picks and they worked out eventually. The picks are a drag, but are growing pains. Getting Bernard back on track was a good sign. Not sure if the Line played well or is Bernard made the difference. Stroughter looks like he is heating up for another huge year.

My biggest concern is the DB's getting beat deep (64/43/48 yard tds). If we don't hold them we have to take more chances (Pass) and put us in a position to fail. Not sure about QB pressure, but 4 sacks are good.

This week should be interesting. Ben Olson needs to be pressured and hit. Sounds terrible, but he is coming off a headache/concussion week off. Their back up is the biggest scrub in the world that has never thrown a pass (Yes, worse than Moevao!). He handed off every play that he was in last week after their other "starter" was knocked out. Their Defense is good but not great. UW over threw pass after pass and still was in the game. If we can have 2 or less turnovers and maybe cause one on our end this game should not be as tough as everyone thinks it will be.

Prediction:

OSU 28 - UCLA 24 (Net one Turnover)

UCLA 48 - OSU 10 (Dipshit throws 5 more picks)

Lessons learned at ASU

#1- Sean Canfield should not have split time this past spring with Lyle Moevao. His lack of reps is his biggest problem. I think he has the physical tools, but his decision making is pitiful. A lot of those skills are developed by position coaches in the film room watching tons of reps. The only way to train quick thinking is reps...I blame Riley on this. The sad fact is that it's hard for a QB to get out of INT rut once they are in it. John Canzano at the Oregonian agrees with me. He also thinks Riley was severely "out-coached" by Erickson. I agree.

#2- The offense is actually pretty good. There were obvious break downs in the ASU game, but 98% were from the QB. The WR, RB's, TE's, and OL did a "winnable" job.

#3- OSU's defense has a really strong rotating front four. The LB's are ok. Where is Derrick Doggett BTW? The DB's are average and can be burned deep. Which is considered a cardinal sin for DB's. They should never get beat deep. Rudy Carpenter threw 4 TD's that were 25 yds or more.

#4- It's going to be a long season.

Interesting Factoid:
OSU has had more passes intercepted (13) than any Div. 1-A team in the country.

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