Football News from the GT Blog

Cliff Kirkpatrick and Brooks Hatch have a nice little blog going. Yesterday they posted that CB Aaron Miller has left the team as well as a punter, Jake Harry.

Here's the details from their blog:

Gazette-Times OSU Blog - Football notes

The Oregon State football team recently put out an updated roster, and there are two names missing. Cornerback Aaron Miller and punter Jake Harry are gone.

Miller was a junior college transfer who played on special teams last season. He didn't pick up the coverage system fast enough to make an impact on defense, and wasn't happy with his playing time.

Harry was a walk-on who came here to be groomed to take over for Sam Paulescu. When the Beavers signed Roseburg's Kyle Loomis, Harry's long-term prospects didnÂ’t look good.

The only punters working out with the team this spring is walk-on Jon Strowbridge, a Corvallis High alum, and place-kicker Alexis Serna. Serna has been working on punting for emergency.

In scheduling news, the OSU-Wisconsin dates have been set. The Beavers play there on Sept. 10, 2011. The Badgers come to Corvallis on Aug. 31, 2013.

Also, it looks like last week they got an early scoop on the new Defensive Line coach. Apparently, it's going to be Joe Seumalo. He coached at San Jose State last season and before than he was the D-Line coach at Cal-Poly.

What's more interesting is that he has a Hawaii connection. Joe played at Hawaii from '85 to '88 and coached at the High School, College (GA) and Pro (indoor league) level in Hawaii. Looks like were really trying to mine that Hawaii connection.

Check out the details here: New defensive line coach?

Cal-Poly Bio

Maybe it's official according to the Advertiser (scroll to bottom)
Honolulu Advertiser - SEUMALO ON OSU STAFF

The Trib is reporting the same thing. Welcome Joe!