College Football Previews

College football is slowly getting back on the radar. The Trib had a story about were the Beavers and Ducks are predicted to finish by the major magazines out there.

Portland Tribune - OSU and UO are hard to pin down

Here's the summary of predicted finishes. Read more in the article. It's a good read.

The Sporting News - 8th
Street & Smith’s - 5th
CBS Sportsline - 6th
The Gold Sheet - 8th
ATS Consultants - 2nd
Insiders - 7th

Looks like the Beavs are anywhere from 2nd to 8th. That probably pins down the range of possibilities that Beaver Nation believes as well.

I personally believe that the Beavs will be better that last year. How that transates into W/L, I don't know. The schedule is tougher but there's more games to work things out. I'm optimistic that Moore will be better and our secondary will be better. Assuming our recieving core isn't too much worse without Hass and the punting keeps up well with Loomis, the Beavers should be better. They return the entire O-line, RBs, and have great LBs waiting to play. But I'll reserve judgement for when fall camp starts.

Here's a couple of other previews that I found online that we'ren't mentioned in the Tribune article:

FOX Sports - COLLEGE FOOTBALL - 2006 Preview: Oregon State Beavers

realfootball365.com - In the Pac 10, this is the Year of the Quarterback

realfootball365.com - PAC 10 upsets? Leave it to Beavers