Beavs nearly beat top 10 team in overtime!

The Beavers took a top 10 team to overtime and almost won today! Unfortunately, it wasn't the football team.

The Oregon State Men's Soccer team took a 2-0 lead over the #1 ranked Indiana Hoosiers early in the second half only to watch them tie the game with about 5 minutes to go in the game. There were two overtime periods to try to get a winner, but the game ended in a 2-2 tie. The Beavers could have won if they would have netted their penalty kick with about 15 minutes to go. Good job Beavs!

OK, so after the Louisville game I needed some good news. I've almost blocked the game from my memory. Just a little venting will do it. The Beavers started well. Man, I was really impressed. Our running game looked good in the first quarter. We were making all the passes. How great was that. Well, it didn't last and we were quickly outmatched in the trenches. Once Matt Moore got hit a few times, he was feeling footsteps on every play and his effectiveness went way down. I felt we should have tried to run a bit more during that second quarter because Matt just wasn't getting it done by himself. Not a horrible game, but the sacks and fumbles really hurt. Even without the turnovers our coverage got killed pretty much all game. They were scoring at will. I just don't think a 5'9" CB should continue to be allowed to cover a 6'6" WR who is manhandling him. I want to see a bigger corner in there at least occasionally. Anyways, the defense needs to make some serious adjustments for ASU next week as that wasn't the only problem. As far as the offense, what happened to all of those roll out passes and shovel passes I saw in the PSU game? Those added a great wrinkle and could only help to neutralize the blitz.

In the "look on the bright side" department, Ryan Gunderson played better this week. He looked like he could be ok if he needs to go in an emergency. No QB controversy by any means. And Patrick Fuller got his first touchdown in mopup time.

So what about next week? Well, the crowd needs to BRING IT from the first kick off because our 'D' is going to need every decibel to stop ASU enough to win. The 'O' needs to get creative and stay creative all game. Oh, and we need to get better in the trenches.

Now erase that game from your memory and lets move on to league play.