Scoreboard has ads and logo on it! Reser II looks ready

A quick peek at the web cam and a drive by last night revealed the new scoreboard in all it's glory.

Timelapse here...

A whole lot of constuction goin' on

In the midst of all the baseball excitement, they have been making progress on getting bigger and better facilities.

I found this on the pure-orange message board:

ARBUCKLE COSTIC ARCHITECTS, INC.



OSU Goss Stadium Expansion

Design is currently underway for an expansion to Oregon State University’s Goss Stadium. In 1999, the firm designed a completely new Goss Stadium with seating for 1,250 and upgraded Coleman Field, which is the oldest active baseball field on a college campus in the nation. Since the Beavers' baseball program won the NCAA World Series Championship in 2006, the University has decided to expand the baseball facilities to seat approximately 3,000 spectators. The design will include more seating down the right field and left baselines, a new booster sky box viewing area, and academic center for baseball athletes, and a reception/display area for baseball memorabilia and the NCAA World Series Championship trophy. Construction is scheduled to begin in July 2007 and the facilities are to be ready for the 2008 Baseball season.

Also, if you haven't looked at the web cam lately...



Scoreboard, baby.

BIG Scoreboard

Checked out the construction lately?

That scoreboard is going to be huge!

Stadium Construction

I finally made it to a football practice last Friday and snuck into the stadium to get a field level view of the new end zone construction. It's coming along fast. It is going to be very cool to have that bowl-like feel to the stadium.

For the latest progress check out the web cam: Reser Stadium Construction Web Cam


There sure is a lot of news from the athletic department these days. New logo's (I didn't realize we invented a font, now that's actually pretty cool), new uniforms (April 27th new FB unis), and new basketball players.

I actually admire what Jay is doing. The team has a 2 year window with Giles and he doesn't want to waste any time on players who won't get us to the next level. I'm a little bummed about losing Silvar because I think he had potential to be a really nice backup PG. Washington is a bummer because I like the kid, but he needed to get an outside shot or else just play point. Really, I could take or leave any of them. I'm glad they were Beavers and hope they had a good time while they were here. Jay wants a more athletic team. I can't argue with that. Let's run, have fun and win some games.

Now just pray for no rain this weekend becuase I've got baseball tickets!

End of March Musings

Spring is in the air! Anyone else out enjoying the sun the last couple of weekends? I love that little break in the weather just as spring starts, which then turns into another month and a half of rain. Makes it really hard to prepare for my roto baseball draft, watch NCAA tournament hoops, or update the blog...

...I did get to watch some Beaver baseball last weekend. The wife and I went on the best day, Sunday, when the atmosphere towards the end of the game was like a big Pac-10 game. Great crowd participation! I'm loving the new scoreboard. Although, I kept looking up there for replays of all the great plays only to be disappointed with an OSU player still staring at me (they have big videos of each player as the go up to bat). Apparently instant replay is a year away. Oh, and could they have had any more emotional extremes by putting getting Mike Stutes and Mia Longfellow to do ads for upcoming softball/baseball series? Stutes looked like he just woke up. In the future, I say let Mia do them all because she's a firecracker.

...The new turf was nice. However, it seemed to really cut down on our ability to bunt for base hits. OSU didn't have any bunt singles last Saturday out of five tries or so. I left wondering if the other team was that good defensively or if we were going to have to cut that element out of our game (at home at least). That could seriously hurt us as our trademark in recent years has been pitching, defense, and speed.

...Spring football is coming up. I started out trying to list every new 2007 recruit and get some news, photos, and videos about them. I'll continue that as the spring/summer goes on, but other pursuits (work, house, march madness) sort of got in the way. However, I'm going to try to take a look at last year's class and see who we should be watching from that class to make an impact next fall. And I'll be attending a few practices so I'll have some pictures to post.

...Basketball is still one of my favorite sports (how could int not be growing up in the 80's?) so I pay attention to the tournament even in years when my team isn't in it (in other words, every year). This year was particularly interesting with WSU and Oregon being so good. It's actually hard for me to root for either of these teams because A) WSU is where OSU should be darn it, and B) Oregon is Oregon. But I did pull for them as they advanced because I realized that if they do well, it will be good for the Pac-10 and thus good for OSU. Great job Ducks, Cougs, Trojans, Wildcats, and Trees. And go Bruins.

...Anyone else watching the Ducks game about halfway through the 2nd half think that the Pac-10 could have THREE teams in the final four? USC was up on UNC by double digits, the Bruins were in the great eight, and the Ducks were beating up on Kansas. Then USC collapsed and the Ducks couldn't get over the hump against Florida. That would have been wild if it could have happened.

Spring football starts next week! Get out and check out the team at least once and whole you're here take a look at the new Reser Stadium construction. It's coming along pretty well!

Reser Stadium Phase 2 Construction

Not much football going on since the Sun Bowl. Now we're marching toward signing day. Hopefully with the huge season we had we can get some great recruits and lay the foundation for the next few seasons. Especially now that we are the premier Pac-10 football team in the Northwest (Ken Goe, Bud Withers). At least for the next 8 months.

The only thing happening lately football-wise is the Phase 2 expansion of Reser. It's looking pretty flat. You can see a time lapse of the progress on the OSU webcam site here:

Reser Stadium Phase 2 expansion time lapse

I went ahead and snapped some photos from ground level: