A flurry of new OSU Beavers news

Some new news this week as I return from a long weekend in the Bay Area. I've been starved for football news so I thought I'd post the latest stuff. The Pac-10 media picked OSU 7th. I'll be taking a look at all the predictions from the various sites and posting them in another post. So look for that later.


The big news that probably doesn't really mean too much is that Matt Moore wins the starting quarterback job. This is a good move by Mike Riley to keep the press at bay and let everyone know where they are at going into the season. However, Gundy can easily get the starting job by simply working hard and Matt not performing that great. Remember, Riley put in a walk-on RS freshman halfway through the season in 1998 named Jonathan Smith. He will put the best lineup on the field.

Here's a good recent Portland Tribune article on Matt Moore: New Beaver quarterback is rarin’ to get going

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Joe Newton is on the watch list for the John Mackey Award. It goes to the best TE in D1. Joe should be an integral part of the passing offense again this year. It might help him if the running game gets going. Not sure if their blocking skills are taken into account.

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Interesting OSU Basketball story on a new team member that the team itself recruited to join the team as a walk on:

When the team recruits a walk-on