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What Jonathan Smith said after Oregon State’s loss to Washington

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November 19, 2023

What Jonathan Smith said after Oregon State’s loss to Washington

The 11th-ranked Oregon State Beavers hung on until the final minutes but eventually fell short against No. 5 Washington Huskies on Saturday, losing 22-20 at Reser Stadium in Corvallis.

After the Beavers’ (8-3, 5-3 Pac-12 Conference) rain-sodden defeat, head coach Jonathan Smith talked to reporters about the game.

Here’s a transcript of Smith’s remarks, edited for brevity and clarity.

Smith: It was definitely a tough one to swallow, you know. I appreciate our guys, our effort. This crowd was awesome tonight again, the place was packed. We just came up a couple of points short. The weather was a huge factor, I thought in the first half – and give (Washington) some credit, I thought they handled the weather better in the first half – they scored some points … But I thought we regrouped at halftime and got the early score, got the early touchdown and then just kept on chipping away at it, played our brand of football … Time of possession was huge in our favor, the whole thing. But they had two more points than us.

Q: Do you think Washington’s defense is underrated?

Smith: No, they’re solid – they are. They got some good players over there, their scheme is solid. I do think elements helped the defensive side tonight, but no, that team just knows how to win. Obviously, this ain’t a fluke for how many wins they’ve ripped off in a row. I give them a bunch of credit.

Q: You’ve lost three games by a combined total of eight points. How do you feel like the season’s going to be remembered?

Smith: It’s tough to say right now. Anytime you lose and it’s close like this, there’s always a play or two that you’d rather have back or couldn’t make type of thing. Again, I appreciate this group, this senior class. I mean, 20-some-odd of those guys guys got here the same year I did. They’ve been through a lot and completely changed this place, so I’m really proud of this team.

Q: Do you think the weather was a factor in the passing game football teams?

Smith: Yeah, I think for both teams. I thought they made a couple plays catching it and they dropped a few balls just like we did. The ball was on the ground for both sides. It was wet. It was definitely wet the first half, I thought it cleaned up a little in the second.

Q: Were DJ Uiagalelei and Jack Velling on the same page for OSU’s final fourth down?

Smith: Yeah, Jack got on the backside of the play. We were looking at frontside progression, that was not there. DJ tried to move his feet a little bit, buy some time. I mean, again, that’s why I’m going back to “not just one play” … you know, (there’s) always a “could’ve been.”

Q: This was one of the program’s biggest games on paper. Did you have a moment to take that in?

Smith: I did think the atmosphere was awesome. These are the type of games we want to create – obviously, we want to come up on the other end of it. But we appreciate our crowd and the energy and we want to play big games in November but we came up two points short.

Q: The team struggled on third downs tonight. How do you clean that up?

Smith: Yeah, especially in the first half, I thought that was not the number we wanted. We gotta get into a better down distance, so 3rd and medium to short. We got in a couple of other ones that, especially with the elements in the first half, that was not gonna be in our favor.

Q: It looked like your defensive plan against Penix was to not rush for many blitzes and to play it straight and see what he could do. It seemed to be pretty effective?

Smith: We pressured him a few times on third down, that first and second down we are kind of doing what we do, counting on the crowd to help us. We got two false starts that way and those guys needed to tackle well – those (UW) guys made a few plays. But especially in the second half, it was a really good plan.

Q: Between the impact of the safety and Gould’s fumble, what was the magnitude of those two plays given the final score?

Smith: Again, there’s gonna be a few plays in a tight game we can point to. Obviously, we’re not trying to snap it over his head. I do think Josh Green did a good job by making it only two points, not seven and give some credit to the defense, I believe when we put the ball on the ground, we held them. And so that’s how we want to be responding. And there are multiple plays in this game that can result in two points.

Q: What was the strategy on the final offensive drive? Did you milk the clock a little too much?

Smith: Yeah, it’s too much when you don’t convert. There’s no question. But yeah, we would love the idea of finishing the game with that drive and the way we moved it, we started with bad field position and obviously want to just keep converting. A field goal wins the game, so it’s not like desperation. We had timeouts. We just didn’t get it converted on fourth down.

Q: You talked about this senior group. Some of these players you’ve been with since the entirety that you’ve been here with this program was watching this senior group move on to the last time at least a little bit more emotional from you, just considering how long you’ve been with them?

Smith: Oh, I definitely appreciate them. You’re just so locked in in this game and then you’re digesting … but it is special. It was special watching these guys run out to Reser before the games.

Q: It’s the final Pac-12 game here with the conference as we know it. How do you feel about all of that? Have you thought about it?

Smith: I really haven’t thought about it. I mean, 10 minutes from taking a loss with the guys and staff real quick, and so I’m sure I’ll get to a point of digesting all of that. I just haven’t put a lot of thought into it.

Q: If you could set the final score aside, would you say this is one of the better defensive performances you guys have had given who you were playing?

Smith: Well, given who we were playing, yeah. I’m not trying to downplay it, I do think the weather was a factor in this thing on both sides. We played good on defense, we tackled well, all of that and again, that is a potent offense — a potent passing offense, especially. Holding those guys to 22 points is huge.

– Nick Daschel reported from Corvallis, Ore.

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Oregon Ducks Five-Star Receiver Dallas Wilson To Decommit, Flip To Florida Gators?

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December 19, 2024

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Oregon Ducks Five-Star Receiver Dallas Wilson To Decommit, Flip To Florida Gators?

The Oregon Ducks 2025 recruiting class is losing the commitment of five-star receiver Dallas Wilson, who will reportedly flip to the Florida Gators. Wilson has been committed to Oregon coach Dan Lanning’s Ducks since January of 2023. The five-star prospect is ranked as the nation’s No. 2 wide receiver.

Wilson asked Oregon to be released from his financial affidavit and will sign with Florida upon release, according to a report from On3’s Gators Online.

Oregon Ducks recruiting target Dallas Wilson and coach Dan Lanning in Autzen Stadium. / . atr.dallas / Dallas Wilson / Instagram

Wilson spoke with Oregon Ducks on SI in an exclusive interview after he signed during the Early National Signing Period.

“My whole life I was like, if I ever get an offer from Oregon, I’ll commit,” Wilson said on December 6. “One day, I was talking to my Spanish teacher, and I’m like, if I ever get this offer from Oregon, I’ll commit. That same day, Coach [Adrian] Klemm came to talk to me. He was like, ‘Yeah, we’d like to offer you.’ And I was ecstatic. I think that same day, right when he left, I committed and had the whole coaching staff happy about me. It was just an amazing moment.”

“Dan Lanning is the coolest guy on earth” Wilson continued. “I think he’s one of the best head coaches in the nation, if not the best. He definitely knows how to talk to a player. He knows my background, my life, and I appreciate him taking the time to actually learn stuff about me because a lot of head coaches, they just want you to come to their schools and play for them and not care really, but Oregon’s been real since day one.”

Two weeks later, Wilson is flipping his commitment to Florida. Coach Billy Napier’s Gators and coach Mario Cristobal’s Miami Hurricanes were pushing for Wilson to flip later in the recruiting cycle.

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Florida Gators head coach Billy Napier participates during Gator Walk at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, FL on Saturday, November 23, 2024 before the game against the University of Mississippi. [Doug Engle/Gainesville Sun] / Doug Engle/Gainesville Sun / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Wilson is a 6-3, 195 pound receiver from Tampa, Florida and the pull to his hometown state made an impact. Wilson made a visit to the Swamp for the Gators’ 27-16 victory over LSU, which helped Florida’s case.

With Wilson flipping, Oregon will have three five-star recruits in it 2025 recruiting class, which ranked No. 2 in the nation before his decommitment. The Ducks five-star recruits are; wide receiver Dakorien Moore from Duncanville, Texas; cornerback Na’eem Offord from Birmingham, Alabama; safety Trey McNutt from Shaker Heights, Ohio.

Rounding out Oregon’s 2025 recruiting class is 15 four-stars players and two three-star players for a total of 21 new Ducks.

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Oregon Lands Commitment From Massive Transfer OL Isaiah World

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December 19, 2024

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Oregon Lands Commitment From Massive Transfer OL Isaiah World

Nevada offensive line transfer Isaiah World has committed to Oregon. The 6-foot-8, 309-pounder was was on campus in Eugene for a visit with the Ducks that started on Monday evening.

World is the latest transfer portal commitment for Dan Lanning and the Ducks, who add the No. 7 offensive tackle in the transfer portal according to the On3 rankings.

The San Diego native entered the transfer portal earlier this month after spending the last four seasons in Reno. As a redshirt junior World has one year of eligibility remaining for the 2025 season.

He fills a major need for Oregon, who could lose both of their starting tackles following the 2024 season in Ajani Cornelius and Josh Conerly Jr. Oregon will also lose Marcus Harper II, who will exhaust his college eligibility following this year. World is the second offensive tackle commitment from the transfer portal for coach A’lique Terry, who also landed a commitment from former Texas State offensive tackle Alex Harkey on Wednesday.

Matthew Bedford, a former Indiana offensive lineman who transferred to Oregon last offseason, could have a potential to return after missing much of 2024 with an injury and appearing in just one regular season game.

World brings a strong track record with him to Eugene, having earned All-Mountain West honorable mention honors in the 2023 and 2024 seasons.

Prior to playing for the Wolfpack, World was a three-star (80.92 per On3 Industry) prospect from Lincoln High School in the 2021 recruiting class.

Fans should expect the Ducks to continue weighing their options along the offensive line in the transfer portal, as they’ve been linked to Vanderbilt transfer Gunnar Hansen and Texas State transfer Alex Harkey.

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Departures

-OL JacQawn McRoy (Arkansas)

-OLB Jaxson Jones (Utah)

-OLB Emar’rion Winston

-OLB Jaeden Moore

-DB Khamari Terrell

-DB Tyler Turner

Additions

–S Dillon Thieneman (Purdue)

-CB Theran Johnson (Northwestern)

-TE Jamari Johnson (Louisville)

-OT Alex Harkey (Texas State)

-OT Isaiah World (Nevada)

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Oregon man pleads guilty to stalking UConn basketball star Paige Bueckers

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December 18, 2024

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Oregon man pleads guilty to stalking UConn basketball star Paige Bueckers

An Oregon man pleaded guilty Wednesday in a Connecticut superior court to stalking and harassing University of Connecticut basketball star guard Paige Bueckers, ESPN reported.

Robert Cole Parmalee, 40, of Grants Pass, was arrested in September on charges of breach of peace, stalking and second-degree harassment of Bueckers.

A protective order will remain in place until 2064, according to court records.

Parmalee received a one-year suspended sentence and three years probation, during which time he is barred from Connecticut and any arenas, hotels or practice facilities where the UConn basketball team is present, according to ESPN.

UConn campus police became aware of Parmalee in June after he allegedly sent “rambling” emails to university staff that said he was trying to marry a member of the basketball team, according to ESPN. Parmalee also is identified as “Parmelee.”

Parmalee also posted on social media about wanting to marry Bueckers, including sharing a post with a fake wedding invitation and posting pictures of him with an engagement ring on his tongue. In an August TikTok post, Parmalee wrote, “I’m coming to UCONN Paige Madison Bueckers, I’ll be in Hartford tomorrow morning,” shared photos of himself at an airport with tickets.

Oregon court records show Parmalee has a history of criminal charges going back to 2002, including sexual abuse, harassment, driving under the influence and possession of methamphetamines.

In 2023, he was arrested after his roommates alleged he set the house on fire in Josephine County in order to get money for a bigger house, court records show. The case was dismissed after a certified mental health evaluator found him unable to aid and assist in his own defense.

The evaluator reported Parmalee appeared to be displaying a psychotic disorder and likely a schizophrenia spectrum disorder.

Isabel Funk covers breaking news and public safety for the Statesman Journal. Funk can be reached at ifunk@statesmanjournal.com or on X at @isabeldfunk

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