Oregon State Halts Pac-12’s Bowl Losing Streak

A Pac-12 workforce received a bowl sport on Saturday, which is a much bigger accomplishment than you may assume.

Oregon State’s dominant 30-3 victory over Florida within the Las Vegas Bowl ended a run of seven straight bowl losses by Pac-12 groups. The convention hadn’t received a postseason sport because the 2019 season, having gone 0-2 in bowl video games within the pandemic-shortened 2020 season and 0-5 final yr. The Pac-12’s most up-to-date postseason win was Oregon’s one-point victory over Wisconsin within the Rose Bowl following the 2019 season.

The Beavers’ win was additionally a giant deal for the Oregon State soccer program. The Beavers finish the season with a 10-4 document, the primary time they’ve received at the least 10 video games since 2006 and solely the third time in Oregon State historical past that the Beavers had double-digit wins. The opposite time was 2000, when Jonathan Smith was the beginning quarterback for an Oregon State workforce that completed 11-1, together with a 41-9 victory over Notre Dame within the Fiesta Bowl.

On Saturday, Smith was the pinnacle coach of a Beavers workforce that almost ended Florida’s streak of 435 consecutive video games with out being shut out.  However the Gators prolonged it to 436 with an in any other case meaninless 40-yard area aim by Adam Mihalik with 37 seconds left within the sport.

The workforce Florida placed on the sector Saturday wouldn’t be in contrast with among the SEC’s highly effective squads, although. The Gators completed 6-7 for the second straight yr, the primary time since 1978-79 Florida had consecutive shedding seasons. These Gators went simply 3-5 within the SEC this season, they usually performed the Las Vegas Bowl with out quarterback Anthony Richardson, who’s projected to be an early NFL draft decide and opted out of the bowl sport.

As a substitute Florida’s beginning quarterback was Jack Miller III, which had not taken a single snap throughout the common season and seemed inexperienced whereas finishing 13-of-22 passes for 180 yards.

In the meantime, Ben Gulbranson was the Beavers’ beginning quarterback, however Smith gave backup Tristan Gebbia important enjoying time within the second quarter. Gebbia full 5-of-6 passes and Gulberson was 12-for-19 for 165 yards and a landing.

Standout Oregon State freshman working again Damien Martinez needed to go away the sport within the first quarter with obvious shoulder harm, however Deshaun Fenwick rushed for 107 yards in his absence.

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Cowl photograph by Lucas Peltier, USA TODAY Sports activities

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