Trent Bray’s Oregon State Beavers kept the spirit of #Pac12AfterDark alive on Saturday night with a roller coaster of a win over Colorado State that went to double-overtime. The Beavs managed to secure a 39-31 victory behind a career high in rushing yards for Anthony Hankerson (113). In total, the Beavs’ running game was once again the spark for the win, totaling 251 yards and five touchdowns.

While Gevani McCoy showed he still has plenty of room to grow in the passing game (16/28, 147 yards, one interception), his three rushing touchdowns and 91 rushing yards were critical in the win.

The Beavers are now 4-1 to start the season and 3-1 within the confines of Reser Stadium. They’ll try to move to 5-1 on October 12 against Jeff Choate’s Nevada rebounding team.

The Colorado State defense made an interception at the Oregon State 12-yard line on the Beavs’ first possession of the game. The Rams immediately capitalized with a 12-yard rushing touchdown by Justin Marshall. The Beavers tried to get back to business on their second possession, but lost a fumble by Jam Griffin.

Griffin would leave with an injury in the first quarter and did not return.

Gevani McCoy 29-yard touchdown run on an option to the right side to cap a ten-play, 82-yard drive on their opening drive of the second quarter.

CSU answered with a 25-yard field goal on the ensuing possession.

The Beavers were fortunate on the final possession of the second half, benefitting from two penalties on the Colorado State secondary inside the five-yard line, which gave them enough chances to eventually punch the ball in with Anthony Hankerson from one yard away. That made the score 14-10 heading into the break.

In the second half, the third quarter was a stalemate with the two sides trading punts. However, in the opening moments of the third quarter, McCoy scored his second rushing touchdown of the day: a seven-yard rush on fourth down that saw him run through multiple CSU defenders to make it 21-10.

For Colorado State, Tory Horton grabbed his first receiving touchdown of the season with eight minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. That came after a 14-play, 75-yard drive that took six minutes and 53 seconds off the clock. The Rams went for two and did not convert.

With two minutes remaining in the game, Avery Morrow was able to give CSU their first lead of the game on a one-yard touchdown rush after a direct snap from a wildcat formation. Horton converted the two-point attempt on a reverse.

OSU kicker Everett Hayes nailed a 44-yard field goal to tie the game at 24-24 with 26 seconds remaining. CSU then mounted a drive into OSU territory, but did not score, bringing on overtime.

On Colorado State’s first OT possession, the Rams needed six plays and help from a pass interference call on Sailasa Vadrawale to eventually set up a touchdown reception by Caleb Goodie. The Beavs answered with Gevani McCoy’s third touchdown run of the evening, this time from 19 yards away.

Hankerson quickly put the Beavers on top at the start of the second overtime with a 25-yard touchdown rush and McCoy hit Jermaine Terry for the two-point conversion. Then, once again, the Beavers appeared to have Colorado State stopped on fourth down, but OSU committed a blatant pass interference to set CSU up at the two-yard line. However, the Beavs’ defense managed to hold and keep the pass out of Horton’s hands on the final play to wrap things up.

Fans stormed the field in Corvallis in celebration as the Beavers improved to 4-1 on the season.

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The Colorado Avalanche lost to Utah in their sixth and final preseason game by a score of 2-1. Here are the game’s Studs & Duds.

Studs

Nikolai Kovalenko

The Tank rolls on as Kovalenko had another strong outing. His forechecking acumen is what is driving the majority of his success right now. There’s a little playmaking ability that is jumping off the ice and giving the Avs the hope that he could help in the top nine a bit to start the year.

I like all of those things, but it’s that physicality and tryhard that appeals the most to me at the moment. He once again played hard and made his bones by being a nuisance to Utah puck carriers.

Trying to predict what the Avs are up to on this roster is always tricky territory, but this guy has to be on the roster in my opinion. He has outplayed everyone in contention for jobs, from Cal Ritchie to Ivan Ivan to Chris Wagner and even Joel Kiviranta. He’s been better than all of them and should have a spot on the ice next week for opening night.

Ivan Ivan

This guy just will not quit. I’ve spent the last year heaping praise on the young Czech forward and he continues to justify the attached hope. He’s been nothing short of excellent this preseason.

His hockey IQ is awesome to watch. When he gets the puck, he already knows what he’s doing with it. He can play at NHL pace. I’m not sold on his skill level yet, but he’s always a step ahead of the game action and that allows him to max out his physical abilities.

He was given a look at center tonight and I thought he flourished. He scored Colorado’s only goal and had two other excellent scoring chances. Every time he’s on the ice, he’s causing headaches for the opposing team.

The only knock here is that he took another penalty, which has been an issue for him this preseason. We have seen that isn’t a disqualifying quality in previous years (remembering the four-penalty game by Sampo Ranta in the final preseason game).

The Avs are in a strange roster spot right now. They released Pierre-Edouard Bellemare from his PTO and placed T.J. Tynan and Chris Wagner on waivers, removing three options for the fourth-line center job. That pretty much has left Ivan and Parker Kelly battling for that job, but there is a feeling something is coming because the team’s claim of defenseman John Ludvig from the waiver wire leaves them with nine defenders right now.

Anyway, until the team actually makes a final decision on this roster battle, Ivan has to continue being considered. The only player battling for a job that he has not outplayed is Kovalenko.

Parker Kelly

Speaking of that fourth-line center job, Kelly continues to impress me quite a bit. I liked the signing when it happened, but the move of him to center is not something I’m fully sold on just yet.

That said, the qualities that define his game are showing up consistently. He’s a worker from start to finish. The puck skills aren’t there for him to be a big difference-maker on the offensive side of the game, but his willingness to put on his hard hat and go to work every single shift is an excellent quality to have for a bottom-of-the-lineup player.

We’ll see about this center thing, but if that experiment ends and he moves back to wing, Kelly is set to be a strong addition to this lineup.

Duds

Waiting for the regular season

The Avs open their season on Wednesday and then don’t play again until next Saturday. Tonight’s game got me fully ready for real Avalanche hockey again and I’m annoyed we have to sit around and keep talking about roster spots for the next few days.

That second pairing

Both Sam Girard and Josh Manson made great plays during this game, but I have to nitpick a ‘Dud’ somewhere, so I’ll take this pairing.

They weren’t consistently poor by any means, but each made mistakes on the penalty kill that were frustrating. Girard’s was especially onerous as his failure to clear a puck that 100% should have been out of the zone turned into the game-winning goal a few seconds later.

That’s just not something you want to see from Girard. Manson also got caught puck-watching a bit too much on the PK and instead of working over the guys in front of the net, was witness to the scene unfolding. Lackluster work from both on that unit.

Unsung Hero

Easily easily easily easily it this woman.

That is her prosthetic leg she is holding in the air just a few moments after chugging a beer from it. That absolutely rules.

Will Rogers threw for 271 yards and a pair of first-half touchdowns, Jonah Coleman’s 1-yard TD with 6:22 left gave Washington the lead, and the Huskies beat No. 10 Michigan 27-17 on Saturday night in a rematch of last season’s College Football Playoff championship game.

This time around was far more competitive than that night in Houston last January when Michigan romped to its first national title since 1997. It also had a different outcome as the Huskies (4-2, 2-1 Big Ten) used an offensive outburst in the first half and two key turnovers in the fourth quarter to take down the Wolverines.

The loss snapped Michigan’s 24-game Big Ten regular season win streak.

Rogers threw touchdowns of 3 yards to Denzel Boston and 16 yards to Giles Jackson as the Huskies built a 14-0 lead early in the second quarter. That lead evaporated as Michigan (4-2, 2-1) finally found some offensive rhythm going to backup quarterback Jack Tuttle after Alex Orji was ineffective early in the game.

But Tuttle committed two turnovers in the final 10 minutes and Washington capitalized.

Tuttle fumbled with 8:02 left after being hit by Von Tunuufi and Logan Sagapolu recovered at the Michigan 32. Coleman rumbled 27 yards on the first play and three plays later scored from the 1 to give Washington a 24-17 lead.

On Michigan’s next possession, Tuttle was intercepted by Kamren Fabiculanan, one of the few returnees for Washington from the team that lost in January, with 3:24 remaining. The Huskies got a key pass interference call against Michigan and Grady Gross hit a 32-yard field goal with 1:06 left to put the final touches on the victory.

Rogers finished 21-of-31 passing and threw his first interception in more than a calendar year early in the fourth quarter. Rogers had gone 269 consecutive pass attempts without a pick before being intercepted by Ernest Hausman.

Coleman added 80 yards rushing.

Donovan Edwards rushed for 95 yards and his 39-yard TD run looked reminiscent of his two long scoring sprints he had in the championship against Washington. But leading rusher Kaleel Mullings was held in check and finished with just 49 yards on 14 carries.

The Wolverines were going nowhere with Orji at quarterback and were being outgained 163-47 midway through the second quarter when Tuttle took over. He finished just 10-of-18 passing for 98 yards, but did throw an 8-yard TD pass to Colston Loveland on the opening drive of the second half that gave Michigan a 17-14 lead.

The Takeaway

Michigan: Is Tuttle finally the answer at quarterback for Michigan? Just the threat of the downfield passing game with the grad transfer under center opened up the offense for the Wolverines, but the two turnovers in the fourth quarter can’t be minimized.

Washington: Clock management continues to be an issue for the Huskies. It popped up late in their loss to rival Washington State in the Apple Cup and emerged again late in the first half against Michigan. Washington badly handled the final seconds of the first half that helped lead to a blocked field goal.

Up Next

Michigan: After an open weekend, the Wolverines are at Illinois on Oct. 19.

Washington: At Iowa next Saturday.

Reporting by The Associated Press.

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