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Civil War: Just the stats, and maybe a little spin

Noghri_ViR — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:14:34 -0000

With the game today, let's take a quick look at a few of the stats. All numbers were gather from the NCAA.org's Statistics and Records section and are current as of Today.

Individual Rushing Offense

Rank	Player	Pos	Cl	Gm	Carries	Net	TDs	Avg	Ydspgm
9	Jacquizz Rodgers, Oregon St.	RB	SO	11	239	1313	19	5.49	119.36
10	LaMichael James, Oregon	RB	FR	11	190	1310	11	6.89	119.09
84	Jeremiah Masoli, Oregon	QB	JR	10	105	619	12	5.90	61.90

Not too much to say here. The big thing that stands out that James and Masoli have a combined total of 23 touchdowns. What this also shows you is that Masoli seems to run just a little bit more once they get on the other side of the 50 yard line. The other stat that isn't shown here is that James leads all FBS players with 18 runs over 20 yards. Still, nothing to be too worried about.

Individual Passing

Rank	Player	Pos	Cl	Gm	Patt	Pcomp	Int	Comppct	Pyds	Ydsatt	YdsCmp	TDs	Compgm
10	Sean Canfield, Oregon St.	QB	SR	11	370	260	6	70.27	2797	7.56	10.76	19	23.64
67	Jeremiah Masoli, Oregon	QB	JR	10	264	154	4	58.33	1865	7.06	12.11	14	15.40

I think pretty much everyone has know that Canfield has a laser guided arm. Yea he has a few more interceptions the Masoli, but he's also has a 106 more passing attempts. Both QB's are throwing an interception once in every 60 passing attempts.

Receiving Yards Per Game

Rank	Player	Pos	Cl	Gm	Catches	Yds	TDs	Rec/Gm	Yds/Catch	Yds/Gm
31	James Rodgers, Oregon St.	WR	JR	11	77	865	8	7.00	11.23	78.64
76	Damola Adeniji, Oregon St.	WR	SR	11	47	672	4	4.27	14.30	61.09

Here's a surprising stat, no Duck receiver is in the top 100. We've got James in there which most Beaver fans wouldn't be surprised to see, but Adeniji being in there is a real surprise as he's really started to show up in the last half of the season

Team Rushing

Rank	Name	Games	Carries	Net	Avg.	TDs	Ydspg	Wins	Losses	Ties
8	Oregon	11	465	2545	5.47	32	231.36	9	2	0
59	Oregon St.	11	388	1647	4.24	23	149.73	8	3	0

Team Rushing Defense

Rank	Name	Games	Carries	Net	Avg	TDs	Ydspgm	Wins	Losses	Ties
13	Oregon St.	11	308	1083	3.52	13	98.45	8	3	0
40	Oregon	11	421	1437	3.41	14	130.64	9	2	0

I'd say these are pretty even matchups. The Ducks are averaging 80 more yards and have 10 more touchdown on the year then the Beavers. The Ducks are running for more yards, yet the Beavers are holding teams to less rushing yards. This should be one of the best part of the game to watch Thursday.

Team Passing

Rank	Name	Games	Patt	Pcom	Int	Papct	Yds	Ydsatt	TDs	Ydspgm	Intpct	Ydscmp	Wins	Losses	Ties
24	Oregon St.	11	395	273	6	69.11	2997	7.59	20	272.45	1.52	10.98	8	3	0
92	Oregon	11	297	174	5	58.59	2062	6.94	15	187.45	1.68	11.85	9	2	0

Team Pass Defense

Rank	Name	Games	Patt	Pcomp	Papct	Ydscmp	Int	Intpct	Yds	Ydsatt	TDs	Ydspgm	CM	Wins	Losses	Ties
29	Oregon	11	382	207	54.19	10.28	13	3.40	2127	5.57	14	193.36	0	9	2	0
92	Oregon St.	11	395	231	58.48	11.53	7	1.77	2663	6.74	19	242.09	2	8	3	0

We pretty much covered the passing portion earlier, but the interesting thing here is difference between the two defenses. If you recall we started off with a horrible passing defense and let UNLV, Cincy, and Arizona rack up some big games on us before we finally got things under control. Hell, don't tell anyone this but we let Portland State rack up 274 passing yards on us.....ouch. But over our last 3 games we've only allowed an average of 195. Things are a lot better here then they were at the beginning of this year.

Total Offense

Rank	Name	Games	Plays	Yds	Avg	TDs	Ydspgm	Wins	Losses	Ties
26	Oregon St.	11	783	4644	5.93	43	422.18	8	3	0
31	Oregon	11	762	4607	6.05	53	418.82	9	2	0

Total Defense

Rank	Name	Games	Plays	Yds	Avg	TDs	Ydspgm	Wins	Losses	Ties
27	Oregon	11	803	3564	4.44	30	324.00	9	2	0
40	Oregon St.	11	703	3746	5.33	33	340.55	8	3	0

The numbers here are also pretty even. The only one that really stands out is the Offensive TD's where Oregon has 10 more then OSU. I think the most surprising thing here is that OSU has 37 more total yards then Oregon does, I expected to see Oregon a lot higher then us.

Scoring Offense

Rank	Name	Games	Points	Avg	TDs	Kxp	Oxp	Dkxp	Doxp	FG	Sf	Wins	Losses	Ties
7	Oregon	11	415	37.73	53	49	3	0	0	14	0	9	2	0
20	Oregon St.	11	356	32.36	43	40	1	0	0	18	1	8	3	0

Scoring Defense

Rank	Name	Games	TDs	Kxp	Oxp	Dkxp	Doxp	FG	Sf	Points	Ptspgm	Wins	Losses	Ties
39	Oregon St.	11	33	29	3	0	0	3	1	244	22.18	8	3	0
44	Oregon	11	30	24	1	0	0	14	1	250	22.73	9	2	0

Once again nothing here that hasn't been covered before.

In closing, nothing about these stats really has me too worried. Yea there's a few things that have stood out, but the Civil War has always been one of those games where you throw this stuff out the window and anyone could win. I believe that Thursdays game is going to come down to mistakes and heart. We're going to have to play a perfect game to beat Oregon and represent the Pac-10 in that bowl game who's name I won't mention for fear of jinxing it. With both the Rodgers brothers healthy, Canfield passing with the accuracy he's developed this year and spreading out the ball to all of his receivers I'm certain that we won't have that horrible game we had last year.

:) GO BEAVS!

Steven Jackson on Oregon v. Oregon State

Noghri_ViR — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:55:12 -0000

Here's a short little video from our own former Beaver, Steven Jackson talking about the rivalry between Oregon and Oregon State:

OSU Spring Football Game Report

Noghri_ViR — Wed, 06 May 2009 03:43:10 -0000

via Noghri_ViR's Spring Game Pictures)

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Note: Special thanks to Noghri_ViR for compiling his thoughts on Saturday's Spring Game. If you haven't seen it yet, check out my Press Box Report from yesterday's game between the Beavers and the Pilots, including quotes from Coach Casey. --jake

After diving into a deep sports depression with the Blazer loss earlier in the week, I went to the spring game looking for a pick-me-up. Driving into Corvallis and seeing the stadium once again was more then enough to put a smile back on my face. Seeing people out in the parking lot, tailgating for this was a fantastic feeling. Honestly, I would have been right out there with them if I even thought of it.

I got into the stadium about a half hour before the game started. The first thing I saw was James and Quizz throwing the ball back and forth. Neither one looked like they had shoulder or arm problems at all.

A few minutes later we got to see Moevao get out there and passed the ball about 10-15 times before calling it a day. From my spot in the stands, he looked like he had a full range of motion and didn't look to be in any pain throwing. Hopefully he'll have a full recovery from his surgery. From what he said during an interview at the game, he can start throwing again June 15^th.

By then we started seeing Canfield throwing the ball. I've been reading articles from the Corvallis Gazette-times writer Cliff Kirkpatrick's and The Oregonians Paul Baker saying how Canfield has been having a great spring workout and how he looks like he's going to be able to beat out Moevao for the QB position in the Fall. Sorry guys but after Saturday's game, I'm not drinking the Kool-Aid.

Canfield wasn't as accurate as he should be. He kept throwing long or short of the receiver. In addition, I know this was non contact, but he didn't bother trying to scramble when the pocket collapsed. Yea, he had time to sit back there and wait for a route to open up and pass since he wasn't going to get physically sacked. But if you're not trying to scramble in a practice game, are you going to be doing it once you have to do it for real?

Saturday I figured out why I've never been happy with Canfield's passes. When throws a pass that's longer then 10 yards, his pass is a slow lob, that gets to the target, but it gives way too much time for a defender to figure out where it's going and make a move.

Watching Katz, his long passes were high enough to be out of jumping range of the defender, yet they got right where they needed to go with good speed on them. This kid has a cannon for an arm with great accuracy, and I feel he's going to be a good QB, he's just going to need some experience. After watching him play, I don't feel too worried if both Canfield and Moevao were knocked out for the season.

The running game was complete crap, but we didn't have 3 of the guys who carry the load for us playing. If Quiz and James go down this year we're going to be in big trouble. Stevenson looked decent but he wasn't up to the level we've come to expect from Quizz, Benard, Jackson and Simonton.

In the receiver department, Jordan Bishop looked great. With the way he played in the spring game, I wouldn't be surprised if we hear his name more and more in the fall. I also liked the way Catchings looked, he make a couple of nice moves to break open. He didn't have much in the way of numbers on the day but when he did get the ball he was a threat.

The defense was the bright spot on the day. They looked good all around and it seems that we're going to be able to fill the holes left by the departing starters. You didn't pay too much attention to them when the offense was running the ball since Quizz, James and McCants weren't playing. But from what you saw, they were covering the route. On passing they were getting in there and breaking up the pass and in a few cases getting interceptions (I think it was 5 on the day).

Overall, I feel good about the team next year, but the only part that really worries me is the QB position. I think that our defense will rise up once again, Bishop and Catchings will step up and hopefully our running backs stay healthy.

Also, I just threwall my pictures up on Flickr:

OSU Spring Game Pictures

GO Beavs!

Obama give his prediction for the Beavs next year

Noghri_ViR — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:20:37 -0000

From this article:

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/ncaatourney09/columns/story?columnist=katz_andy&id=3991859

The quote:

Craig Robinson, Obama's brother-in-law, is the coach at Oregon State and led the Beavers to seven Pac-10 wins in his first season, after OSU went winless in the league a year ago. Obama picked against five of the six Pac-10 schools in the first round, selecting 4-seed Washington (over 13-seed Mississippi State) as the one league team to advance.

"I want him to have an incentive, knowing that I think the rest of the Pac-10 can be taken next year," Obama said of Robinson's team, which earned a berth in the College Basketball Invitational with a 13-17 record. "I think the Beavers are on their way."

Bellotti Gone

Noghri_ViR — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:26:04 -0000

Read all about it here:

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3977901&campaign=rss&source=NCFHeadlines

http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=3383&SPID=233&ATCLID=3691955&DB_OEM_ID=500

Mike Bellotti, who has guided the University of Oregon football program to unprecedented success in his 14 seasons as the school’s head coach, will relinquish his duties to become the Ducks’ director of athletics beginning July 1, according to an announcement Friday by University President Dave Frohnmayer.

The school’s winningest football coach of all time (116-55) will replace Pat Kilkenny as head of the University’s athletics department at the beginning of Oregon’s next academic year as part of a succession plan previously announced on Dec. 2. Until that time, Bellotti will assume the title of senior counselor to Kilkenny, who was named to the department’s top post on Feb. 14, 2007.

Offensive coordinator Chip Kelly will become the Ducks’ 30th head football coach in school history and only the third in the last 33 years when he officially takes over the reins of the program on March 30, which will mark Oregon’s first day of spring practice.

The 58-year-old Bellotti has navigated the university’s football program through its most successful era in school history, leading the Ducks to 12 bowl games in his 14 years at the helm while tallying eight or more wins in a single season nine times. Included was a single-season best 11 victories in 2001, capped by a 38-16 Fiesta Bowl win over Colorado and finishing the year ranked second in the country.

He became the first coach to lead Oregon to 10 victories in 2000 – a feat he would duplicate on three other occasions, including a 10-3 record and a 42-31 win over Oklahoma State in the Holiday Bowl in 2008.

His teams finished the season ranked among the nation’s top-25 six times in the past 10 years and in the top-10 on three occasions since 2000, including this past season when Oregon closed the year ranked ninth in the country in the final USA Today coaches poll and 10th by The Associated Press.

Since first becoming a part of the Oregon coaching staff as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach under Rich Brooks in 1989, the 36-year coaching veteran has been instrumental in assembling close to 28 percent of the school’s all-time victories (155 of 558).

Bellotti steps aside as the third-winningest football coach in the history of the Pacific-10 Conference in regards to league wins (72-43) – trailing only UCLA’s Terry Donahue (98-51-5, 1976-95) and Washington’s Don James (97-38-2, 1975-92) – and is 16th in all-time conference winning percentage (62.6%).

Kelly, 45, has engineered a dynamic offensive attack the past two seasons that has resulted in establishing school records in scoring, rushing yards and total offense in each of the last two years. The Ducks capped 2008 ranked second in the country in rushing (280.1-yard avg.), and seventh nationally in both total offense (484.9-yard avg.) and scoring (41.9 avg.).

Since joining the Ducks in 2007 following eight seasons as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of New Hampshire, Kelly has masterminded an offense that has accounted for 50 points or more in 10 games. His offensive attacks have been responsible for establishing no fewer than 24 school records during his brief Oregon tenure.

While the Oregon quarterbacks coach first grabbed the nation’s attention by molding an inconsistent Dennis Dixon into a Heisman Trophy contender in 2007, he expanded his persona by developing untested quarterbacks following Dixon’s season-ending injury as well as creating a system conducive to breeding confidence among his players. His ability to prepare Justin Roper for success in Oregon’s 56-21 Sun Bowl win over South Florida in 2007 was nothing short of amazing, while his role that led to the progression of newcomer Jeremiah Masoli was vital in the Ducks winning six of their last seven games a year ago.

The 19-year collegiate assistant coach earned his reputation as one of the nation’s most innovative offensive technicians at the Football Championship Subdivision level (formerly NCAA Division I-AA) as he was named the College Assistant Coach of the Year by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston following the 2005 season. In addition, he was selected as “one of college football’s hottest coaches” by American Football Monthly.

Coordinating offenses at New Hampshire, his teams averaged better than 400 yards of total offense in seven of eight seasons. In 2005, his offense finished second nationally in total offense (493.5 avg.), third in scoring (41.7 avg.) and fifth in passing (300.1 avg.), while the school recorded an 11-2 mark. The following year, quarterback Ricky Santos was the recipient of the Walter Payton Award as the Division I-AA’s best offensive player.

The Manchester, N.H., native and 13-year New Hampshire coaching veteran was elevated to offensive coordinator following two seasons as the Wildcats’ offensive line coach (1997-98) and three years coaching the school’s running backs (1994-96).

The 1990 physical education major returned to his alma mater following a one-year stint as defensive coordinator at Johns Hopkins University (1993).

He broke into the coaching ranks in 1990 at Columbia University before beginning his initial coaching stint as New Hampshire’s running backs coach in 1992.

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