Subscribe Feed (RSS)Forget about Saturday, Beaver fans, you lost that trip to the Rose Bowl somewhere else.
When you look back at it, man, losing to Stanford to open the season — that was the loss that buried you. A shame to have lost to that outfit. And after that, it’s very ironic to note that really the same thing happened to Oregon State this year that happened to Oregon last season — your big-time dreams limped off the field in Tucson, Ariz.
Funny how all the people — including a LOT of Duck fans — who complain about the spread offense are now talking about spending as much money as they need to in order to keep offensive coordinator Chip Kelly at Oregon. All of a sudden, he’s a mastermind and a genius.
Jaquizz Rodgers would have made a huge difference. Oregon State would have maintained better control of the game and the ball with him on the field. The other OSU running backs aren’t even close to his ability. It upset me when people said it wouldn’t matter that he was out — which didn’t give Rodgers a lot of respect. But you know, when there are 66 points on the scoreboard at the end of the night, you really can’t say a thing about injuries, officiating, bad breaks or anything else. You got pounded.
Speed kills. It all comes back to that in football over and over.
Ugh, the Sun Bowl. I’ve said this repeatedly but it’s a shame conferences don’t trade their bowl affiliations every three or four years. These teams are in a rut of playing in the same dull bowls every year. Look at me — I grew up in a time when bowl games were a once-a-decade experience in this state and I’m complaining about the same old bowl games every year!
I picked this game fairly accurately and some people are already figuring that I’m a “Duck fan” or something. I just pick them — and it doesn’t mean I’m happy if I’m right. On this one, I really hated to see the Beavers lose. A Rose Bowl would have made everyone around here feel a lot better.
Tags: Dwight Jaynes, Jaquizz Rodgers, Oregon Ducks, Oregon State Beavers, Rose Bowl, Sun Bowl
I had not expected that as you did. I figured typical end of season Riley does well, Belotti not so well..
Even in 2nd half I had hopes Riley had a few tricks left. but Ducks kept making those 30 yard plus plays. good defense does not allow that.
Had Beavs lost close, I might hope Bruins would take down SC. but Beavs do not deserve Rose Bowl. SC will do better sorry to say.
“your big-time dreams limped off the field in Tucson, Ariz.”
great line, love it.
Dwight- You do realize that USC still as to beat UCLA and I don’t care what anyone says, UCLA is going to fight hard in that game. You never know what may happen…..
Dwight, you are the first person I have seen anywhere that has noted OSU’s summer stumble in Palo Alto. Had the Beavs won that game, they would have clinched the Rose Bowl in Tucson, and the Civil War would have been irrelevant.