Previewing TCU's 2010 Opponents: Oregon State Beavers

by Jeremy Mauss on Jun 1, 2010 2:04 PM PDT in Football Comment 2 comments

The significance of this game is two fold; first it is being played in Jerry World just miles from TCU's campus, and second it might be the sight for Verba-Con 2010 (go listen to their podcast to get what that means). Oregon State lost their regular season game to Oregon in their annual Civil War game by a mere four points. That loss sent the Beavers from going to the Rose Bowl all they down to the Las Vegas Bowl where they were beaten by BYU and the wind.

The Beavers have had some legal troubles with some players stealing a golf cart and then crashing it. Other legal issues for the Beavers was with quarterback Peter Lalich received a boating DUI while in Shasta, California. That was his third alcohol related offense, and that lead to Lalich getting removed from Oregon State. Prior to arriving in Corvallis, Lalich was booted from Virginia for alcohol related offense.

The big off season issue is who will be the Beavers quarterback. Sean Canfield graduated and with Lalich kicked off of the team is leaving the Beavers with Ryan Katz who appeared in four games last year. Also, former starter Lyle Moevao was denied a sixth year of eligibility leaving Ryan Katz as the man. Having the new quarterbacks game against TCU in their backyard in the spaceship that doubles as a football stadium.

The familiar faces are the Rodgers brothers Jacquizz Rodgers and James Rodgers who will lead the offense as dynamic playmakers. The offense and defense returns severn starters each so they are experienced, but the quarterback play will determine how far the Beavers can go in the Pac-10.

If the Beavers had a solid showing at the quarterback position then they might have an outside shot at the Pac-10 title, but an eight win season looks to be in order for the Beavers.

THE BASICS

Coach: Mike Riley
Last season: 8-5 overall, 6-3 in the Pac-10. Lost to BYU in Las Vegas Bowl.

RETURNING STARTERS

(minimum of six starts)

Offense (7): TE Brady Camp, G Grant Johnson, C Alex Linnenkohl, T Michael Philipp, T Mike Remmers, TB Jacquizz Rodgers, WR James Rodgers.
Defense (7): S Cameron Collins, CB James Dockery, E Kevin Frahm, S Lance Mitchell, T Brennan Olander, T Stephen Paea, LB Dwight Roberson.
Special teams (2): P Johnny Hekker, K Justin Kahut.

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Just wanted to clarify the QB situation here at OSU because based on your preview (nice work, btw) you make it sound as if Lalich’s dismissal cleared the way for Katz.

Katz had actually beaten Lalich out for the #1 spot before the Spring and before his drunken boating incident, Lalich was duking it out with Cody Vaz, a redshirt frosh for the #2 spot, something neither had locked up until Lalich decided head down to Lake Shasta for some Mother’s Day mayhem.

Lalich’s only real upside was that he had game experience and some natural upside as a pocket passer. His on the field experience at Virginia wasn’t all that hot:

That’s right. In 2008, Lalich and Virginia got smoked by SC 52-7. A few weeks later, OSU beat that top ranked SC squad 27-21. This is pretty much an irrelevant stat, but it’s cute, isn’t it?

Anyway, Beaver fans are very excited about Katz. He finished Santa Monica HS early to join the team before his senior year was officially over and has given coaches, media and diehards who watch practices a lot to be excited about. He’s mobile with a cannon for an arm, simply lacking in experience. The feeling is that he’s not going to fold up at Jerry-World, but we’ll have to see. We all know TCU is a legitimate team up here, so we’re hopeful that our team shows up to play and our two native Texans, James and Jacquizz, put on a show.

Can’t wait for the freaking season to start!

GO BEAVS!

by ArbyOSU on Jun 2, 2010 8:04 AM PDT reply actions