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The most important player will always be the QB, so I certainly hope Dante is the player of the game. My second choice is Jerry Mixon. If we can't generate some disruption, turnovers, or even just get off the field on 3rd down, there aren't going to be enough opportunities for Moore to beat this PSU defense. I think linebackers are key to this and Jerry can do special things when he's around the ball.

I think Hill is significantly stronger and bigger than Riggs. But he hasn't learned how to pass block at the level needed to be an every down back. I expect to see Hughes get more touches against Penn State than any other game to date. Davidson will be short yardage, Noah and Jayden will be RB2 and 2. I think by the end of this season Jayden will be getting very few touches, and Riggs will have transferred out. And then after all that I forgot about Jay Harris, who I feel could be our most effective back at getting 3+ yards each carry against a Penn State front 7.

He made it to Tuesday. I guess it took a little bit to get all the ducks in a row. Ducks are certainly a problem for OkieSU..

Do you guys realize why PAC12 after dark games always were crazy is because strange things happen when you are playing your heart out physically around your usual bedtime. Mental and emotional regulation drops. These players don't have the luxury of staying up late like most students. To physically recovery at a elite level requires a good night sleep. Like 8.5 hours plus, and with full schedules they can't sleep in, so they have to go to bed at a reasonable hour. Oregon doesn't have to adjust to the new time zone. Go in your hotel room after sunset and stay up until your usual time. Let 7:30 feel like 4:30 for the game start, and then you don't have any reverse jet lag on the way back.

I'm curious about who gets play time as well. I don't expect to see as much run for Limar. I don't think he does as well in tight spaces as most of the others, and PSU's DL will keep spaces tight.

This. The Big House isn't listed as a very difficult place to play despite it's size. I think the white out atmosphere is likely more exciting than intimidating to the away team. Sure it's always tough on OLine communication like any loud stadium. Also I believe the start time is to our advantage. It'll be 4:30pm to our guys while 7:30 for PSU. Their players might be looking for a cot by the 4th quarter, having not played this late in about a year. So much like the bye week issue, the home field advantage issue isn't necessarily the big advantage it would seem on the surface. It could be a liability.

Our schedule difficulty looked pretty easy this year, but it could very well end up being harder than 2024. Penn State, IU, USC, Iowa and UW will all likely be ranked at the end of the season, with 3 of them in the top 15.

I'll have to politely disagree with Lanning teams playing to the opponent's level. I think they do it less than just about anybody else. Especially Mario Cristobal.

I think the coaching chess match between PSU and Oregon already started. PSU has been vanilla on offense. I also feel like Oregon gave PSU even less to look at this week than prior weeks. I even think Mixon hardly playing was our attempt to get PSU to forget about him so he can give Allar serious trouble. I feel like this will be a game that if you could repeat it multiple times you could get very different results. We'll play the game and players are going do what they do good or bad. Mistakes from the less experienced players are going to happen. Stein has to bring a plan that can succeed against Knowles' typical approach to suffocating our efficient short game. Lupoi has to do something different to shore up the run defense enough to get PSU off the field. I mean load up the box and force Allar and his WRs to beat our secondary consistently.

It feels like Texas Tech is going to put the game away here early in the 4th quarter, unless a miracle happens. Utah just can't do anything explosive in offense.

oregonliveOregon State Beavers mailbag: Is it time to abandon footb...Some spice and cynicism in the reader questions this week.https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/college/cowboys/2025/09/19/oklahoma-state-tulsa-game-score-updates-highlights-college-football/86243196007/ I watched the condensed version of the Tulsa game. The score does not reflect how much Tulsa dominated OSU. I knew they were bad, but they are worse than bad. Getting embarrassed by your runt little bro at home for the first time in 70 years is next level down stuff. I don't expect Gundy to survive the weekend let alone the week.

Any commitment from a player that has never even visited the campus is about as firm as a bowl full of Jell-O.

The Beavers don't have to worry about that this year.

No second half targeting penalties for the two deep.

Oregon 57-9 4 t/o 4 sacks 250 yards passing

I think a bye does more harm than good for us right now. We've been playing so many different players, I'd be surprised if the average number of snaps for starters is even half a game. Hopefully Oregon State will be another spread the wealth game, where everyone gets a chance to get some reps and keep their chops fresh. There is more risk with a bye to come out flat. Is it possible for PSU to come out slow for a white out game? It's possible. They could bring their emotions but still have their focus be absent, playing sloppy.

Starters need to take care of business and come out fast and focused, so we can pull them at halftime. That way they will be rested without being rusty. PSU has a bye week after all. Consider utilizing a gameplay completely the opposite of what you want to do vs. PSU. PSU will be watching this game closely.

If true they will just rest him for this game. And it wont matter. I'm not sure we even need to pass because their run defense is putrid.

Guys, the Whiteout is only the fans wearing white. The players wear their traditional dark navy tops they always wear for home games. We will be in typical away game white outfits.

What a boost he has been to the defense!

Since this is a career ending job, they need to be targeting a different demographic of coaches. A good head coach near retirement that always wanted to live in SoCal.

GOLD? Never seen that color on the ducks. It's disorienting. We look like UCF. Reminds me how the Webfoot unis were blue and made us look like Cal. I'm kind of glad we are wearing these for this game that nobody will be watching except Oregonians.

Charles OMG on the GIF..anyways..y is a loss I think it's a bit cat and mouse with the DL getting skinny trying to get into the backfield to be disruptive vs staying low and stonewalling and hogging OL at the LOS. We are really good at the former but not so great at the latter. If the other team can get 4-6 yards a carry, but every 3rd carry is a loss then maybe it's still worth it

Beavers are a special animal. Their ability to terraform land is second to none. Studies have shown the most effective solution to increase plant life and wetland in threatened habitats is to leave the construction equipment at home and just drop off a pair of beavers.

Jordon Scott may have been the most important defender on the 2019 defense, the way he could seemingly stonewall 3 OL at once and swipe away the ball from the center before it got to the QB at key moments. Definitely an unsung hero. We definitely don't have one of those guys on our team this year, 330+ with a low center of gravity and strong as an ox.