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Purdue’s Track To Success: Oregon State

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5 days ago

September 21, 2024

Good morning and happy game day! Let’s take some of that Purdue Gold original colored Listerine and wash last weekend’s bad taste out of our collective mouth.

Your Purdue Boilermakers have a primetime game in a trip out west to face the Beavers of Oregon State. Both teams are coming off of big losses to teams they don’t get historically along with, so this matchup will serve as a huge rebound (wrong sport, sorry) for whichever team comes out on top.

The game will kick off at 8:30 ET in Corvallis, Oregon. One of those strange games broadcast on The CW, but still a primetime slot, baby!

Without reliving last week, in what areas do the Boilermakers need to tighten up in order to earn a big road win against one of the two best teams in the Pac-2?

Offense:

This is a painfully obvious one. Last week, Purdue’s offensive line had a dreadful performance. It goes without saying that you can’t give up that many sacks, you can’t look so disorganized, and a team is statistically very unlikely to win any game with well under 200 yards of total offense.

If Card can have even a little more time to go through his progressions…if Mockobee and Love can have just a little extra space, a little crease…this team has enough skill position players to keep drives going, score some points, and ideally not punt 10 times in a single game.

I’m not gonna sit here and say these guys are a bunch of bums or whatever. The main component of my disappointment is that I know they’re capable of allowing the team’s playmakers to make plays. Any showing greater than a C+ from the offensive line and I think the Boilers can out-skill position the Beavers in a tough road environment.

Another thing: Oregon State did not handle a pass-heavy Oregon team very well at all last week. If you can give Card more time to throw, that would be the one area I could see us truly exploiting the Beavers’ defense.

Defense:

Secondary play has to be better. Last week was a big yikes against a quarterback more known for being harder to tackle than for his passing. I expected better at safety specifically given how Ryan Walters made his name.

Tackle. So many missed tackles. I’m really at a loss of words when it comes to every facet of the defense that needs to improve from last week; it truly is just about every fundamental area of the defensive game. Out-talented or not, anything better than a B- effort is both welcome and encouraged.

I also request more pressure and gap-plugging from the defensive line. They simply looked outworked and eventually exhausted last week.

Special Teams:

The punting actually was impressive last week despite the previously mentioned TEN PUNTS OH MY GOSH YOU SHOULD NEVER NEED TO PUNT TEN TIMES.

So, no real suggestions here, but I am looking forward to seeing what kind of kicking situations into which freshman Spencer Porath is placed. He has not attempted a field goal this season since replacing Ben Freehill (who has been great on kickoffs thus far), but has gone a perfect 8/8 in PAT attempts. Eight consecutive points to start your college kicking career is not too shabby.

I’m just curious to see what head coach Ryan Walters will consider Porath’s range to be once the Boilermakers enter No Man’s Land just past midfield. I’d like to see what the new leg can do as none of us have really seen said leg tested yet.

I suppose I do have one suggestion: if a drive stalls, make sure it’s in field goal range because, again, I’m curious. Selfish reasons.

In Summary:

Yeah, last week was ugly, but let’s not hang our heads about the past. It happened. Oh well. The Boilermakers’ work is cut out for them and we’ll just have to see what they clearly worked on in practice this week.

It’ll be a less-than-easy task on the road, but I, for one, have faith.

Enjoy the day, eat some good food, enjoy your company, maybe get a nap in if you’re in the Eastern time zone, and buckle up. I doubt we’ll see anything less than a Purdue team motivated by being kind of mad at itself.

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College Football Games To Watch During Oregon State’s Bye Week

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7 hours ago

September 26, 2024

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College Football Games To Watch During Oregon State’s Bye Week

The Oregon State Beavers’ football team will be idle the weekend of September 28 after a 3-1 start to the season. Even though the Beavers won’t play a game, several of the opponents remaining on their schedule are active. Here’s how you can watch those games on Saturday and what you can expect to see.

Washington State Cougars @ Boise State Broncos – 7 PM PT on FS1

Boise State made their way to #25 in the AP Poll this week after a 2-1 start. Running back Ashton Jeanty is second in the nation in rushing yards with 586 through three games. The 4-0 Washington State Cougars hope to slow him down, and continue to rack up points on the offensive end after averaging 46.2 points per game so far this year. WSU come to Corvallis November 23 and the Broncos host the Beavers on November 29.

Fresno State Bulldogs @ UNLV Rebels – 12:30 PM PT on FS1

UNLV has had one of the strangest starts to a season in modern college football history. While they are 3-0 and up to #23 in the USA Today Coaches Poll, their starting quarterback Matthew Sluka essentially quit the team this week over an unfulfilled NIL agreement. On top of that, they host a good Fresno State team whose only loss so far is at Michigan. UNLV make the trip to Reser Stadium on October 19. Fresno State aren’t part of the Beavers’ schedule this year, but are part of the group of seven Mountain West schools that will join the league in 2026.

Air Force Falcons @ Wyoming Cowboys – 7 PM PT on CBS Sports Network

These two Mountain West schools are off to disappointing starts to the year with Air Force at 1-2 and Wyoming at 0-4. Both the Falcons and the Cowboys are bottom of the conference in scoring offense and total offense. The Falcons are searching for their first win over an FBS team this season. Air Force host Oregon State on November 16.

Also…Ohio State Buckeyes @ Michigan State Spartans – 4:30 PM PT on Peacock

It’s probably fair to say that at least some Oregon State fans have a morbid curiosity about Jonathan Smith’s first season at Michigan State, along with the high number of former Beaver players on the Spartans’ roster. Michigan State are 3-1 to start the season after a four-point loss to Boston College last week. Now, the Spartans host the #3 team in the country with Ryan Day’s Ohio State Buckeyes.

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Oregon State Football Announces 2027-2028 Series With BYU

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17 hours ago

September 26, 2024

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Oregon State Football Announces 2027-2028 Series With BYU

The Oregon State football program announced Wednesday a series of games with the Brigham Young University Cougars. The new series will begin 2027 when the Beavers travel to Provo on September 25, 2027. The second game will take place September 9, 2028 in Corvallis.

The two teams have not met on the gridiron since 2012. Oregon State leads the all-time series 6-5.

BYU completed over a decade of FBS independence from 2011 to 2022. They recently moved to the Big 12 conference prior to the 2012 season. The Cougars are now in their ninth season under the leadership of head coach Kalani Sitake in 2024. Sitake has an overall record of 65-41 as the Cougars head coach.

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How Oregon State-Purdue fared for television viewership numbers

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1 day ago

September 25, 2024

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How Oregon State-Purdue fared for television viewership numbers

Oregon State’s Week 4 game against Purdue in Reser Stadium was viewed by 452,000 on The CW.

Three of OSU’s four televised games this season have been measured by rating service Nielsen. The three games – Idaho State, Oregon, Purdue – have averaged 1.21 million viewers. OSU’s two games on The CW are averaging 417,000.

The CW showed three football games last weekend. Friday night’s Washington State-San Jose State four-hour thriller was viewed by 542,000, while Texas Christian-SMU attracted 322,000.

Oregon State-Purdue had a kickoff time of 5:30 p.m. Other games that roughly started in that time slot were Tennessee-Oklahoma (6.27 million, ABC), Baylor-Colorado (3.64 million, Fox), Iowa-Minnesota (1.89 million, NBC), Portland State-Boise State (248,000, FS1), Akron-South Carolina (89,000, ESPNU) and Fresno State-New Mexico (55,000, truTV).

The most watched game last weekend was USC at Michigan, viewed by 6.32 million.

Oregon State’s next game is Oct. 5 against Colorado State, televised by The CW.

–Nick Daschel can be reached at 360-607-4824, ndaschel@oregonian.com or @nickdaschel.

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