At the time, what is now known as the Pac-12 Conference was the Pacific Coast Conference.
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“We never got the run game going”, OSU senior center Josh Mitchell said. Barrs-Woods added four receptions for 42 yards.
Collins then threw an interception on a screen pass that leaping Anthony Fotu snagged, above, setting up a 1 yard touchdown run for Orlando Bradford, and it was suddenly 27-7 Arizona not 6 minutes into the second quarter. “I’m exhausted of saying it, but I got to be a better head coach”, Andersen said in his opening statement after the loss. Arizona has the receivers in Cayleb Jones and Samajie Grant, but if there isn’t a quarterback to throw them the ball then Arizona’s offense is one dimensional.
Solomon, back as the starting quarterback after concussion issues, “was pretty sharp” according to Rodriguez. “The coaches put their faith in me and coached me up all week”. Gary Andersen tied for third behind the likes of Nick Saban and Urban Meyer.
What a difference a week makes for the Arizona football team.
Cal has outscored its opponents 10-3 in the first half and eight members of the Golden Bears’ squad have found the back of the net.
UCLA sophomore striker Seyi Adekoya is getting hot quickly for the Bruin offense. The former QB also misfired on a fourth-and-1 fake-punt play from the OSU 45 in the third quarter. While comparing defenses, the Oregon State Beavers own the league’s No. 89 rank in terms of road run defense, allowing 225.0 yards per game.
The Beavers (2-3, 0-2) had a lot going for them before the game. He joins Jacquizz Rodgers (2008-10) as the only other 2,000 x 1,000 player in OSU history. “We’re trying to get a few of our better players on the field and play a few better defense”. The Cardinal had 314 yards rushing in the 55-17 win. Chappell didn’t draw much interest as a recruit out of high school so he went to Western Oregon, a Division II school.
Player of the game: Wilson missed a couple of series with what appeared to be a shoulder injury. It’s part of starting a true freshman quarterback.
Collins led Villamin into triple coverage, and Arizona’s Will Parks absolutely blew Villamin up.
Wilson returned and eventually finished with 78 yards and two touchdowns. Oregon State did run for 151 yards, with Woods accounting for 60 of them, and Collins close behind, with 58.
JS: Anu Solomon returning is the only way for Arizona to be relatively competitive this season.
Andi Sullivan and Haley Rosen scored a goal apiece in each game, while Kyra Carusa scored the game-winner against Arizona – her second game-winning goal in Pac-12 play this season. The call to the U-20’s represents the first such call-up to this level for both players. In goal, Jane Campbell has made 10 starts on the year.
The latest change-the-scheme round in the desert came after Arizona suffered consecutive blowouts to UCLA and Stanford.
The Beavers fell behind in the first half could not bounce back in a 44-7 Pac-12 loss.
They are a team at a crossroads, for this season, anyway.
Oregon State’s offensive and defensive units shared in the misery. This loss was just ugly, from start to finish, and it looks like the Beavers may be in line for a worse season than anyone imagined.
Reports say Solomon will play Saturday, but if he can’t go, the Wildcats will once again go with redshirt senior Jerrard Randall.
Five things we learned about the Beavers during Saturday’s game, as well as a by-the-numbers look at the loss.
Oregon State Beavers scored 23.0 points compared to allowed 26.3 points with point differential of -3.3.
Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez was so giddy he turned to UA athletic director Greg Byrne and jokingly asked if every game in Tucson could be at 1 p.m.in the heat.
The Oregon State Beavers truly believed they had a chance to knock off Arizona on Saturday.
But the defense alone can not bring the Bears a victory, especially against a fellow Pac-12 team. The Beavers are hitting just. That math computes to completing only 34% of the passes on the game. This century’s 100 victories were achieved in just over 13 seasons (168 games). But Oregon State was lined up in the neutral zone, so the play was nullified, and Skowron converted the extra opportunity. 356 while holding Oregon State to a. 175 clip.
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That also took the rushing game largely out of Oregon State’s game plan. Other episodes are scheduled for initial air dates as September 30, October 14, Oct. 21, October 28, November 4, Nov. 11, November 18, Nov. 25 and December. 2.
