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Oregon State - Stanford

by DC Trojan on Aug 28, 2008 10:04 PM PDT Comment 8 comments

I just spent a diverting couple of hours watching Stanford beat Oregon State. If memory serves, last season Oregon State opened or had an early game against Cincinnati in which they were just woeful. This was a different kettle of fish - most of the mistakes that they made seemed to be indicative of younger players still getting into the groove of actual game time. The defense was, for the most part, playing hard, but they were getting stymied by some of Stanford's option plays, and making mistakes in the secondary.The offense was very effective at short play drives, less so at longer attempts.

Stanford looked surprisingly good. They struck me as having a decent rather than great passing game, least so when Pritchard had to wait more than a couple of beats for a receiver to come open, or take off running. Their running game was sound though, and Gerhart was very effective. More impressive though was the improvement on their defense - fast, opportunistic, but smart rather than dominating.

If both of these teams develop on their first game, it's going to make for interesting trips to Corvallis and Palo Alto.

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Beavers should have won that game

It just goes to show you, that if you turn the ball over 4 times, Stanford can beat you.

by frak on Aug 29, 2008 9:42 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

twitch (nm)

by DC Trojan on Aug 29, 2008 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Guys have to protect the ball better

that was a repeat of the Cal game last year against Oregon??

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by Paragon SC on Aug 29, 2008 10:20 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Most surprising thing bout OSU-Stanford?

The fact that it was easily the most competitive and dramatic game yesterday, but the box score did not even make the front page of the College Football section of ESPN or SI.

by Laughing Stock on Aug 29, 2008 10:54 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

That was painful to watch

Beavers all in the 2nd half:

Lateral through the end zone for a safety
Interception in the red zone
Interception returned for a touchdown
Turnover on downs
Fumble through the end zone for a touchback

by frak on Aug 29, 2008 12:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Oregon State was extremely sloppy

I don’t think I have ever seen a forward pass thrown so badly that it was considered a backward lateral that ended up in their own endzone for a safety. Stuff like that is just straight up embarrassing. As for Stanford I think their stock is rising, and I do believe that Harbaugh is a competent coach and will work wonders for a team that won only 4 games last year.

by sharpie20 on Aug 29, 2008 2:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Although Stanford looked better than originally expected, I think the game said more about OSU than Stanford. OSU was expected to replace a lot of talent from its top ranked D last year. Yet, some random runningback was just running all over them. Terrible, terrible tackling on the OSU players’ pat.

So, while it was a very exciting game (esp. at the end there), I’m not as much scared of Stanford now, but less frightened of OSU. With Oregon having major QB problems, it makes me feel more confident about Cal’s potential chance of getting the Holiday Bowl (or Rose if USC goes to the NC Game, I mean lets be honest here). Then again, maybe I should speak AFTER our first game. ;)

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by TwistNHook on Aug 29, 2008 6:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs