Yes, a classy move to put Gebbia in the game, and a classy back-and-forth between Gebbia and Gulbranson with the game ball. Culture wins out for sure. Great game, great result. Can't wait for next season.
“SEC honks are using the opt-outs as an excuse. I guess. But so what? Oregon State can’t control who shows up to play. The Beavers did exactly what they should have done to an inferior opponent — they flattened them. Give OSU’s players credit for showing up, in force, with purpose.”
Props to OSU for taking down an SEC blue blood under the bright lights. Funny things happen in bowls and even a wounded, floundering SEC team is loaded with talent, and dangerous when they have nothing to lose. As a Ducks fan, Oregon State makes me nostalgic. Before millions of dollars in facilities erections and renovations, and hyped recruits brought in by foreign coaches, the Ducks won with relative continuity and a blue collar culture. Here we sit a few years into watching both strategies unfold and we will be chasing an even record with the Beavers with a difficult win in the Holiday Bowl. As a football fan, you have to have great respect for what Jonathan Smith, his staff and players have done.
Your record is what it is. Nobody cares during the regular season if your best players are out due to injury, and nobody should care about opt outs either for bowl games. It’s actually interesting to see some teams like Oregon State leverage their culture and player loyalty, while at some other teams the player loyalty is clearly to oneself and getting to the NFL. Another reason why it’s not always the best thing to have a bunch of 4 and 5 stars unless you’re one of the truly elite teams.
Give the Beaver defense some love for holding the Gators to under 40 yds. In rushing. They camped in Florida’s backfield all day long. Was really rooting for the shutout because they earned it the right way - as a team, getting each others’ backs. Big props to Bray and crew for turning around a D that had more holes than Swiss cheese not too many years ago.
I noticed that and I'm really glad that someone in the media wrote about. Gebbia deserved that game ball for everything he has done for the team and Gulbranson knew it. Classy. That shows that during the off season, meetings, practices, travel and the like, those two guys are working and getting better for the good of the team and program, not just themselves. Good on both young men!
I get why they kicked the 3 at the end, could you imagine having to ALSO be the guy who broke the streak? But that doesn't make it less disgusting from the outside. They didn't even earn those 3 points in that game, they got flat out trampled. and realistically watching that game, beavs made plenty of mistakes. I could easily have been 40+ to 0 with one or two of those dropped ints.
Way to go beavers. Next year no one will remember who played in the game and who didn't for Florida, they will remember the beavers came to play and stomped em. Here is to smelling roses next year!!
Hats off to the Beavers and Coach Smith. 10-3 and oh so close to 12 and 1.
When have SEC fans ever suffered an out of conference loss with dignity?
Billy Napier has a long way to go to get this Gators team ready to open the 2023 season in Salt Lake City.
2023 conference title for the Beavs? Williams is back. Penix is back. Nix will likely engineer an improved NIL deal good enough to come back for 2023. UCLA just signed a very good transfer QB out of Kent State.
I think in 2023 the conference will finish with at least 5 teams ranked in PO Committee's final poll.
The usually reliable UF run game was rendered impotent by a fantastic effort from the Beavers D.
I saw that exchange between Ben and Gebbia and thought that's a TEAM right there. Smith is building a program that players will want to play for and for each other. I couldn't be a happier Beaver alumni.
OrSt won 10 games without a superstar QB. While I agree that competition improves results,, a "superstar" QB transfer does not necessarily equate to more wins. Team chemistry gets results. I think that was obvious this year. A new player needs to "fit". Anything other than looking for a diamond in the rough willing to earn his way the the QB job, would be foolish. If it ain't-broke-don't-fix-it and OrSt is not broken.
The Beavs biggest problem is that there's a team just like them but with better talent in almost all positions in Salt Lake City. Without getting a top-notch QB, it's hard to see how they challenge for the PAC-12 title. Also, next year they have to play away to Oregon, which isn't going to be a walk in the park.
Big Ute fan and former player. I like John Smith a great deal and I truly believe as long as he is at the helm, OSU will be a contender. Smith has admitted publicly on numerous occasions that he is patterning his program in a style and manner similar to what Coach Whit has done at Utah. In the end though he will be doing his own thing and his mark on the program will be by his own creation. With UCLA and SC leaving the conference, an enormous mistake by both schools, it is great to see OSU likely finishing higher in the polls than both of those schools. Assuming SC doesn’t show up against Tulane. Anyway great job in whipping the Gators. Something Utah shoulda and coulda but didn’t do.
I’m so excited about the future of the OSU program. Coach Smith has really built a solid and hardworking culture in Corvallis, and it’s going to be so much fun to watch over time.
Yes, a classy move to put Gebbia in the game, and a classy back-and-forth between Gebbia and Gulbranson with the game ball. Culture wins out for sure. Great game, great result. Can't wait for next season.
“SEC honks are using the opt-outs as an excuse. I guess. But so what? Oregon State can’t control who shows up to play. The Beavers did exactly what they should have done to an inferior opponent — they flattened them. Give OSU’s players credit for showing up, in force, with purpose.”
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Props to OSU for taking down an SEC blue blood under the bright lights. Funny things happen in bowls and even a wounded, floundering SEC team is loaded with talent, and dangerous when they have nothing to lose. As a Ducks fan, Oregon State makes me nostalgic. Before millions of dollars in facilities erections and renovations, and hyped recruits brought in by foreign coaches, the Ducks won with relative continuity and a blue collar culture. Here we sit a few years into watching both strategies unfold and we will be chasing an even record with the Beavers with a difficult win in the Holiday Bowl. As a football fan, you have to have great respect for what Jonathan Smith, his staff and players have done.
Your record is what it is. Nobody cares during the regular season if your best players are out due to injury, and nobody should care about opt outs either for bowl games. It’s actually interesting to see some teams like Oregon State leverage their culture and player loyalty, while at some other teams the player loyalty is clearly to oneself and getting to the NFL. Another reason why it’s not always the best thing to have a bunch of 4 and 5 stars unless you’re one of the truly elite teams.
Give the Beaver defense some love for holding the Gators to under 40 yds. In rushing. They camped in Florida’s backfield all day long. Was really rooting for the shutout because they earned it the right way - as a team, getting each others’ backs. Big props to Bray and crew for turning around a D that had more holes than Swiss cheese not too many years ago.
Worth noting that OSU was not at full strength for the bowl game.
I noticed that and I'm really glad that someone in the media wrote about. Gebbia deserved that game ball for everything he has done for the team and Gulbranson knew it. Classy. That shows that during the off season, meetings, practices, travel and the like, those two guys are working and getting better for the good of the team and program, not just themselves. Good on both young men!
Nice win, classy programme. I am Ducks all the way but have much respect for Coach Smith and the team he has built.
I get why they kicked the 3 at the end, could you imagine having to ALSO be the guy who broke the streak? But that doesn't make it less disgusting from the outside. They didn't even earn those 3 points in that game, they got flat out trampled. and realistically watching that game, beavs made plenty of mistakes. I could easily have been 40+ to 0 with one or two of those dropped ints.
Way to go beavers. Next year no one will remember who played in the game and who didn't for Florida, they will remember the beavers came to play and stomped em. Here is to smelling roses next year!!
Hats off to the Beavers and Coach Smith. 10-3 and oh so close to 12 and 1.
When have SEC fans ever suffered an out of conference loss with dignity?
Billy Napier has a long way to go to get this Gators team ready to open the 2023 season in Salt Lake City.
2023 conference title for the Beavs? Williams is back. Penix is back. Nix will likely engineer an improved NIL deal good enough to come back for 2023. UCLA just signed a very good transfer QB out of Kent State.
I think in 2023 the conference will finish with at least 5 teams ranked in PO Committee's final poll.
The usually reliable UF run game was rendered impotent by a fantastic effort from the Beavers D.
I saw that exchange between Ben and Gebbia and thought that's a TEAM right there. Smith is building a program that players will want to play for and for each other. I couldn't be a happier Beaver alumni.
OrSt won 10 games without a superstar QB. While I agree that competition improves results,, a "superstar" QB transfer does not necessarily equate to more wins. Team chemistry gets results. I think that was obvious this year. A new player needs to "fit". Anything other than looking for a diamond in the rough willing to earn his way the the QB job, would be foolish. If it ain't-broke-don't-fix-it and OrSt is not broken.
The Beavs biggest problem is that there's a team just like them but with better talent in almost all positions in Salt Lake City. Without getting a top-notch QB, it's hard to see how they challenge for the PAC-12 title. Also, next year they have to play away to Oregon, which isn't going to be a walk in the park.
Great news from Damien Martinez. Great to see the players taking the 10th win seriously. They never let up.
Big Ute fan and former player. I like John Smith a great deal and I truly believe as long as he is at the helm, OSU will be a contender. Smith has admitted publicly on numerous occasions that he is patterning his program in a style and manner similar to what Coach Whit has done at Utah. In the end though he will be doing his own thing and his mark on the program will be by his own creation. With UCLA and SC leaving the conference, an enormous mistake by both schools, it is great to see OSU likely finishing higher in the polls than both of those schools. Assuming SC doesn’t show up against Tulane. Anyway great job in whipping the Gators. Something Utah shoulda and coulda but didn’t do.
I’m so excited about the future of the OSU program. Coach Smith has really built a solid and hardworking culture in Corvallis, and it’s going to be so much fun to watch over time.