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From Pac-12.com:

Oregon State was one of the biggest surprises in the Pac-12 last season with a record-setting turnaround in Corvallis leading to high expectations in 2013. Though the North Division should be one of the toughest in college football, the Beavers have plenty of pieces back and are primed for a run. Though it won’t be an exciting “game,” per Mike Riley, the OSU spring game should give us a glimpse of what the team will be like come fall camp. Here are a few things to watch out for when Pac-12 Networks televises the game on Friday, April 26 at 7 p.m. PT:

Quarterback reps

In all likelihood, the quarterback derby between Sean Mannion and Cody Vaz will continue through fall camp and may even spill over into the first game against Eastern Washington. It’s unlikely Mike Riley and offensive coordinator Danny Langsdorf (who just joined Twitter, by the way) will indicate which way they are leaning, but it’s worth keeping an eye on if one receives more reps than the other. It’s unlikely the first-string guys play all that much on Friday night, so it’s possible neither sees much action, but it will be curious to see who is the first guy on the bench.

Who fills Jordan Poyer’s spot?

The Beavers took a huge leap in pass defense last season and finished in the top 20 in the country, thanks in large part to ball-hawking corner Jordan Poyer. With his departure to the NFL Draft there are a number of candidates lining up to take his spot. So many, in fact, that Oregon State will likely play a lot of nickel/dime in trying to match up the right cover guy with a receiver. Transfer Steven Nelson and senior Sean Martin have the best chances to fill the starting spot, but don’t be surprised to see others on the field going forward.

Who emerges to rise up the two-deep

If you’re looking at what Oregon State returns from last year, you’ll notice they’re bringing back quite a bit from a team that should have had 10-plus wins. While one would think that the depth chart is pretty set in stone, according to coaches it isn’t and there are plenty of position battles all over the place. Take the offensive line, for example. Four of the five starters return from a unit that played well last season, but still gave up 10 sacks in the bowl game. Combine that with a number of talented players performing at a high level this spring and the two-deep is far from concrete. With starters unlikely to see a ton of playing time on Friday, don’t be surprised if someone emerges at some position thanks to the opportunity to impress coaches one more time this spring.

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2013 also brings the much talked about new branding. These new models in Mike Riley’s office look good, but they also make me believe BDC is going to be too stubborn about not mixing up extra combos. We saw a orange top with black pant look that is very traditional OSU also in the rebrand release images and unfortunately for me that is the only other combo I expect to see next year. I hope they don’t try to make the overall orange look too much of a special occasion thing. We need a bare bones minimum of atleast 3 looks in regular rotation. A poll in my last post shows that people like the orange the most, followed pretty closely by the black and with the white trailing. However, I think there should be some occasional nods to past looks including the white helmet with black jerseys at home that we used for quite a while during the JJ Young and Reggie Tongue era and the white jerseys with black helmet away look that we have used for a long time which just concluded last season.

These are still effective looks where we could honor those different generations of Oregon Staters respectively once a year with. Thus, I hope OSU uses its 3 main looks regularly with the occasional mix and match at anytime to keep fans wondering and maximally engaged. A key to the season will be Richard Mullaney, Obum Gwacham and Malik Gilmore stepping up as consistent contributors and with Cooks keeping the passing attack in peak shape. This with a steady, two pronged running game that could feature two 1,000 yard rushers with Woods and Ward both very capable, and OSU will have a strong offensive mix to keep the chains moving and score 30+ in the bulk of its games. OSU is a team that needs to score atleast 28 in the Pac-12 every game because our defense is pretty good but too often gives up 24+. Players like Steven Nelson and Tyrequek Zimmerman need to develop as leaders and be vocal on the field. Seumalo should be a great creator of running lanes and there is no justification to abandon running down the stretch with his ability and defenders getting tired late.

With Stanford, USC, and Washington at home in the 2nd half of the season, OSU has a schedule where it could finally make that breakthrough into the BCS if the players again get off to a fast start. There is a good chance OSU starts hot for a 2nd straight year as early on the toughest game is @Utah in the 3rd week. Win that and come through against the Aztecs in San Diego the following week and OSU could be 4-0 and at the head of the Pac-12 during the middle and end season where they should again get a game that if they win they can make a BCS Bowl and very possibly the Rose Bowl. Mannion seems like he should get the nod at QB and the line will just have to protect him better. When defenses pin their ears back and come at us all out we will have to adjust with a tight end or back aiding in the blocking. Sean’s ability to have less balls knocked down and to see over the line easier is the greater advantage. He must get smarter about making good decisions and knowing when to throw it away to avoid sacks that are too difficult for the offense to overcome. Do these things and the Civil War should be much more interesting this year with Chip Kelly gone.

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The note to the left which Lyles has says “Will, I really appreciate your help in getting Trovon, Dontae, and the whole crew here this past weekend. We’ll work on getting Lache out here soon too! Thanks for orchestrating everything and all your help with these guys. I hope you enjoyed the game … Go Ducks!  Chip Kelly”.

He admits to playing a “fixer” role in this process in the more than 5 hours of interview material he gave to Yahoo! Sports.  He also details many other activities he did to help recruits that seem like they would be non-sanctioned by the NCAA.  NCAA bylaw 13.02.14 defines a representative of athletic interests as someone “who is known [or who should have been known], by a member of the institution’s executive or athletics administration to be assisting or to have been requested [by the athletics department staff] to assist in the recruitment of prospective student-athletes.”

I encourage you to check out the complete Yahoo! story here. 

After reading it are you more convinced even “The Cleaner” can’t save Oregon?

Most fans seem to like the Orange and Black helmets of Oregon State the most followed by the White mainly because the new logo has some who like it and some who aren’t as wild about it. The orange helmet does have the new logo on the back of the helmet and a number on one side.  The black helmet has no logo and could get mildly boring over time.  Personally, I like what Nike did because as Nike frontman Todd Van Horne stated, Oregon State is the very first school to receive 3 unique helmets that are considerably different from one another.  I think the amount of use of the new logo on these uniforms overall is spot on and a ideal level for our overall enhanced new image.

All of this got me thinking that I wish Nike would also make hats with the new OSU font. BDC backtracked within a few days of the rebrand saying OS would continue to be available for store purchases in the next year or more and the reasoning I believe is because the animal logo although nice in certain areas isn’t enough to drive lots of sales for a purchase like a hat. You need multiple options here because people don’t want to all have the same hat and especially the same beaver whose strongest area isn’t on hats to begin with. However, keeping the OS around much longer seems like it would be confusing.

No doubt, over the last several years, having the OS available for certain clothing has boosted sales. The OSU could be used almost as effectively in certain areas where it is strong. A diagonal OSU may have had slightly more potential in my opinion for hats and sweatshirts and still be compelling. The flat OSU is good but needs just a little more life to it. The hat I designed here is far from perfect but I would like to see something like it that will be attractive to alot of people who aren’t ready to wear a beaver on their hat in large doses. There is room for both and I believe Oregon State can only maximize its sales if it also starts to incorporate OSU a little more in the stores if OS is now slowly being phased down and especially for official athletics.

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