Tag: Oregon State Beavers
-
State of the Program: Oregon State Beavers
Head Coach: Trent Bray is entering his 2nd season as the head coach of the Beavers with a 5-7 record. He took over a challenging situation with an uncertain future and it proved to be a challenging first year, but he did win a Pac-12 title! Now with an offseason to work on the roster…
-
FBS Roundup Week 9
I spent this Saturday at the Battle of I-75, it was a lot of fun going to one of the best MACtion rivalries. It was a great game especially with a wild first half. A game in the Glass Bowl is always a great environment. Toledo has one of the bigger fanbases in the MAC.…
-
FBS Roundup Week 8
This was a crazy weekend of football yet again, there was a lot of action everywhere. There’s a lot to unpack this week so let’s get after it. American The headliner game was Memphis vs North Texas. North Texas was able to keep pace with Memphis all game in a shootout but the Mean Green…
-
FBS College Football Roundup Week 7
I spent the weekend in the Denver area to catch Big 12 After Dark. It was a great time with great friends. There’s something special about attending a College Football game, and it’s even better with good company. If you’re reading this, you already love this sport, take the lesson from me, get together with…
-
FBS Roundup Week 6
Now that’s more like it, this Saturday was the most chaotic day of College Football we’ve seen in a long time. Not only did we see lots of massive upsets, there were also a lot of close games. I can run 8 screens at once and still didn’t have enough at times. American Army and…
-
College Football Roundup Week 3
This weekend was called a bad slate by many, but you can’t ever go in with that mindset this sport always delivers. American This hasn’t been a banner OOC performance by this conference and Saturday in particular was really rough. Yes, what appears to be the top 2 teams in the conference won Memphis and…
-
College Football Roundup Week 2
Now that was a wild weekend of College Football wasn’t it? That was a lot of fun. American: This was a solid weekend for The American, but it was so close to being a statement weekend for the conference. Tulane was so close, just so close to taking down Kansas State. Very heartbreaking. The Green…
-
College Football Roundup Week 1
Welcome! This is a new weekly article where I’ll break down some interesting results from each conference and break down what it means, without attempting to make any crazy “hot takes” (we’ll see how that goes.) I opened this year differently, most of the time I watch from home to begin the season or if…
-
State of the Program: Oregon State Beavers
Head Coach: Trent Bray is in his first year as the head coach of the Beavers program. He’s set to lead them into these uncertain times after Jonathan Smith left and dropped all his gear off at a local Goodwill. You can see his background and hire grade here: https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/02/20/college-football-coach-hire-grades-oregon-state/ Program Outlook: On the field,…
-
College Football Coach Hire Grades: Michigan State
Michigan State Spartans: Jonathan Smith Why the job was open: The Mel Tucker era at Michigan State was a strange one. It got off to a slow start in 2020 but thanks to his portal usage they had a great 2021 season that included beating Michigan and winning the Peach Bowl. It seemed like the…
Welcome to Updog Sports Talk 