Oreg St at 3:30pm - Discussion

[boonetodd]

Team played ok. OSU is not a great team. The field storming was beyond cringe. Shows how far we have fallen. Could the team start coming out to cochise by audioslave like they used to. That song gets you pumped up. Our song choices are just really bad.

[Seattleapp]

TLDR, sorry if someone already posted this but what TF are we doing handing out rally towels and doing “Sandstorm”? Towels are a fine giveaway, but come on…are we really ripping off USC’s best known tradition? Small minds came up with that one.

kind of like roll neers

We’ll probably run out to enter sandman next home game. The funny thing is we had some pretty built in traditions of our own already and worked to shift from them. I guess back in black and hells bells were too Boomer

They can storm the field, pass out towels, play whatever kind of music they want to matters not to me. JUST WIN! I am a proud boomer, only thing I do miss is that buglers dream on kick offs has lost its pizzazz. Otherwise play on kids!

Obviously winning is the goal. That’s not really what we are talking about. We are taking about ripping off other school’s traditions. I love buglers dream and that’s my point. We have had some cool traditions. Flavor of the month erodes identity imo

[Saint3333]

Is Oregon State a better team than Southern Miss, I could make that argument.

[ASUFan4863]

Is Oregon State a better team than Southern Miss, I could make that argument.

Oregon State is one of the top 4 most talented teams we will face this season but one of the bottom 4 worst coached teams. The goal line stand was amazing for us but what coach runs the same play 3 times like that? Turning a 1 yard play into a 5 yard play 3 times is bonkers.

[Hudson2002]

Craziest thing to me is they have three plays inside the 3, two of which were inside the 1, and they don't run their 6'5 235 pound QB.

[AppGrad78]

I’m guessing an injury to the quarterback’s non-throwing hand played a role in that decision. He couldn’t grip the ball.

[ASUFan4863]

Craziest thing to me is they have three plays inside the 3, two of which were inside the 1, and they don't run their 6'5 235 pound QB.

Coaches make it more difficult than it needs to be sometimes. We did against Lindenwood at the 1. Up the gut from the 1 yard line is all that is needed 80% of the time.

[ASUTodd]

We have had many discussions over the years on this board about our QB's not being under center in short yardage situations.

[T-Dog]

I’m guessing an injury to the quarterback’s non-throwing hand played a role in that decision. He couldn’t grip the ball.

That's what I was told by Oregon State fans. His hand injury meant no under center snaps.

There was a study done this year about under center versus shotgun in short yardage scenarios and the conversion numbers were almost even.

[Bootsy]

TLDR, sorry if someone already posted this but what TF are we doing handing out rally towels and doing “Sandstorm”? Towels are a fine giveaway, but come on…are we really ripping off USC’s best known tradition? Small minds came up with that one.

You should add this to the “Gameday Operations” thread.

[AppWyo]

TLDR, sorry if someone already posted this but what TF are we doing handing out rally towels and doing “Sandstorm”? Towels are a fine giveaway, but come on…are we really ripping off USC’s best known tradition? Small minds came up with that one.

You should add this to the “Gameday Operations” thread.

Good artists create; great artists steal.

They should play Dragula and Sabotage.

[kornegaylw]

Every fan base has its problems that appear on their message board and I feel bad for being a lurker, but hear is an interesting quote from the Oregon State Message board, "Sweaty Beaver
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You wanna know why we lost this game? This game wasn’t lost today, and it wasn’t lost by athletes in uniforms. It’s much deeper than that.
Tiny App St… doesn’t accept losing.

Tiny. I dare say I am adequate.

I wouldn’t say we’re tiny…we’re smedium

...Never judge a man at parade rest...

FWIW OrSt has an enrollment of 38k, App 21k...by comparison JMU is 44k, GSU 52k, TxSt 41k...We've been beating them for years...so I guess what Im saying is its not about how big you are but rather how I you use it...

All of these teams have approximately 85 scholarship players so what difference does it make if there are 40,000 or 20,000 students? It’s more about budget size and of course, NIL.

Sir...you clearly did not get the joke

[ASU843]

I thought they did a good job of getting the fans engaged in the 4th quarter. It seems that the first half of every game we kill the crowd enthusiasm at timeouts and the quarter break with presentations. I am NOT saying that that those being honored don't deserve recognition. But, there is time pre-game and halftime for some of this. The video board could be used as well. We go up 17-0 and the stadium should not be calm and silent. Just my opinion.

[Bootsy]

I thought they did a good job of getting the fans engaged in the 4th quarter. It seems that the first half of every game we kill the crowd enthusiasm at timeouts and the quarter break with presentations. I am NOT saying that that those being honored don't deserve recognition. But, there is time pre-game and halftime for some of this. The video board could be used as well. We go up 17-0 and the stadium should not be calm and silent. Just my opinion.

Could it be that the fanbase was stunned because App was actually up 17-0? It isn’t something we’ve seen that often at KBS over the past few years.

[Bigdaddyg1]

Tiny. I dare say I am adequate.

I wouldn’t say we’re tiny…we’re smedium

...Never judge a man at parade rest...

FWIW OrSt has an enrollment of 38k, App 21k...by comparison JMU is 44k, GSU 52k, TxSt 41k...We've been beating them for years...so I guess what Im saying is its not about how big you are but rather how I you use it...

All of these teams have approximately 85 scholarship players so what difference does it make if there are 40,000 or 20,000 students? It’s more about budget size and of course, NIL.

Sir...you clearly did not get the joke

Ah..missed that one

[McLeansvilleAppFan]

I wouldn’t say we’re tiny…we’re smedium

...Never judge a man at parade rest...

FWIW OrSt has an enrollment of 38k, App 21k...by comparison JMU is 44k, GSU 52k, TxSt 41k...We've been beating them for years...so I guess what Im saying is its not about how big you are but rather how I you use it...

All of these teams have approximately 85 scholarship players so what difference does it make if there are 40,000 or 20,000 students? It’s more about budget size and of course, NIL.

Sir...you clearly did not get the joke

Ah..missed that one

A joke that is a few posters deep at that.

[Mikeyosef1]

I wasn't able to be at the game; sold all 4 of my tickets to support the wife at her 40 year reunion. I did watch the game twice or at least most of it twice. Our QB is definitely not our problem; he, whoever he is, is throwing to a weak group of WRs, mostly from a consistency standpoint. Some of the balls weren't perfect but OSs receivers caught the tough passes thrown to them while we frequently dropped catchable balls. We don't have a Thomas Hennigan or Corey Sutton on the team. We have potential at WR but those 50/50 throws are not going to end up being 50/50 with this crew, at least at this point in the season.

Now, I haven't read the whole thread so I may have missed something but I didn't see a lot of comments about our defense other than the goal-line stands. That is probably the biggest difference I see from last year. These guys are wrapping up on tackles for most part and bringing the wood. Not just the last play but throughout the game. DJ has them playing the way he did and that's going to pay dividends through the season. We're still weak at the corners but not like last year. God, I sat through that whole Clemson game last year praying they would have some mercy on our poor corners, to no avail. I think we have a chance in the East but let's take it one game at a time. Still, I like the direction we are headed.

[NattyBumppo'sRevenge]

...Never judge a man at parade rest...

FWIW OrSt has an enrollment of 38k, App 21k...by comparison JMU is 44k, GSU 52k, TxSt 41k...We've been beating them for years...so I guess what Im saying is its not about how big you are but rather how I you use it...

All of these teams have approximately 85 scholarship players so what difference does it make if there are 40,000 or 20,000 students? It’s more about budget size and of course, NIL.

Sir...you clearly did not get the joke

Ah..missed that one

A joke that is a few posters deep at that.

Not that deep

[AppWyo]

I wasn't able to be at the game; sold all 4 of my tickets to support the wife at her 40 year reunion. I did watch the game twice or at least most of it twice. Our QB is definitely not our problem; he, whoever he is, is throwing to a weak group of WRs, mostly from a consistency standpoint. Some of the balls weren't perfect but OSs receivers caught the tough passes thrown to them while we frequently dropped catchable balls. We don't have a Thomas Hennigan or Corey Sutton on the team. We have potential at WR but those 50/50 throws are not going to end up being 50/50 with this crew, at least at this point in the season.

Now, I haven't read the whole thread so I may have missed something but I didn't see a lot of comments about our defense other than the goal-line stands. That is probably the biggest difference I see from last year. These guys are wrapping up on tackles for most part and bringing the wood. Not just the last play but throughout the game. DJ has them playing the way he did and that's going to pay dividends through the season. We're still weak at the corners but not like last year. God, I sat through that whole Clemson game last year praying they would have some mercy on our poor corners, to no avail. I think we have a chance in the East but let's take it one game at a time. Still, I like the direction we are headed.

I like it too.

[NattyBumppo'sRevenge]

I wasn't able to be at the game; sold all 4 of my tickets to support the wife at her 40 year reunion. I did watch the game twice or at least most of it twice. Our QB is definitely not our problem; he, whoever he is, is throwing to a weak group of WRs, mostly from a consistency standpoint. Some of the balls weren't perfect but OSs receivers caught the tough passes thrown to them while we frequently dropped catchable balls. We don't have a Thomas Hennigan or Corey Sutton on the team. We have potential at WR but those 50/50 throws are not going to end up being 50/50 with this crew, at least at this point in the season.

Now, I haven't read the whole thread so I may have missed something but I didn't see a lot of comments about our defense other than the goal-line stands. That is probably the biggest difference I see from last year. These guys are wrapping up on tackles for most part and bringing the wood. Not just the last play but throughout the game. DJ has them playing the way he did and that's going to pay dividends through the season. We're still weak at the corners but not like last year. God, I sat through that whole Clemson game last year praying they would have some mercy on our poor corners, to no avail. I think we have a chance in the East but let's take it one game at a time. Still, I like the direction we are headed.

Agree on defense. Our coverage isn’t great but nice seeing everyone rush to the ball and not seeing 5 missed tackles on one play. Definitely better defense than last year. I think all our receivers have big play potential and can take it to the house, but agree that they are not as dependable as what we have been accustomed to. I’ve seen it mentioned before and I agree that we should be leaning on our run game more…and I’ll add that more TE plays would be an extension of that. I got really frustrated in the 2nd quarter on one drive where we threw the ball down field every single play on one drive. We have a RB getting 5.7 YPC. Shouldn’t over complicate things.