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November 2, 2009

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OSU FOOTBALL

Beavers go around UCLA for crucial victory
Gazette-Times
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It should have been an easy contest, but where's the fun in that? The Oregon State football team played a well-rounded game for three-plus quarters Saturday afternoon, but still needed to rally for the win in the final seconds. James Rodgers scored the game-winning touchdown with 44 seconds left on a 17-yard end-around, and the Beavers defeated Pacific-10 Conference rival UCLA 26-19 before a crowd of 41,009 in Reser Stadium. "The guys did a great job up front blocking, and so did the receivers down field," Rodgers said. "Coach (Mike Riley) has been harping on that a lot, for the receivers to make touchdown blocks and we made some today."

Rodgers brothers do it all in victory over Bruins
Mail Tribune
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Given what the Rodgers brothers, James and Jacquizz, have accomplished in their season-and-a-half together at Oregon State, it's to imagine them finding more ways to make the Beavers' offense go. James, a junior wide receiver, went into Saturday's Pac-10 football game against UCLA leading the conference in receiving yardage and all-purpose yardage. Jacquizz, a sophomore running back, was second in rushing yardage and all-purpose yardage. But in the Beavers' 26-19 victory over the Bruins at Reser Stadium, the duo added some new wrinkles.

Mike Riley asks Quizz if he wants to warm up with quarterbacks but there would have been no joking if OSU had blown UCLA game
Oregonian
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Oregon State coach Mike Riley jokingly asked tailback Jacquizz Rodgers if he wanted to warm up with the quarterbacks on Sunday, seeing as how Quizz threw the first touchdown pass of his career less than 24 hours earlier, a 14-yarder to tight end Brady Camp out of the Wildcat formation.

OSU NOTES: Beavers have had Cal's number
Portland Tribune
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From the hard-to-believe statistical category: Oregon State has won four times in a row at Berkeley against California, the Beavers' opponent at 4 p.m. Saturday in Strawberry Canyon.

BEAVER SPORTS

Men's Basketball Cruises in Exhibition Opener
Official Site
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Four Oregon State players scored in double figures while the defense forced 22 Southern Oregon turnovers as the Beavers cruised to a 94-53 win over the Raiders in the men's basketball exhibition opener on Sunday. "It's nice to win the games you are supposed to win. Last year we had a tough time with our first exhibition game and this was a nice change from last year," head coach Craig Robinson said. "It was good to see the guys take the early part of this game very seriously. What you got to see today is that the depth is really going to help us this season." Oregon State cruised from the opening tip, scoring the first eight points of the contest. Southern Oregon cut the lead to 12-8 with 13:38 left in the first half; however, the Beavers would go on a 24-4 run over the next 10 minutes to put the game away. Omari Johnson led four Oregon State players in double figures with 16 points as the junior connected on 6-of-8 from the floor. Seth Tarver poured in 15 (4-of-5), Calvin Haynes had 13 (5-of-9) and Josh Tarver added 11 (4-of-6) as 12 played scored for Oregon State in the victory.

Oregon State begins Year Two under Craig Robinson with 94-53 exhibition win
Oregonian
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SUNDAY ... just watched Oregon State hammer Southern Oregon 94-53 at legendary Gill in the Beavers' first exhibition game. "It's nice to win the games you're supposed to win,'' said coach Craig Robinson . "Last year, if you remember, we had a pretty tough time with our first exhibition game. It was nice to see the guys take the early part of the game very seriously.''

Beavers Report Card
Gazette-Times
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Sean Canfield didn't start out as crisp as usual, but did what he needed. There were long passes and smart dump offs.

Bowl goal requires road map
Statesman Journal
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Still a win away from being bowl eligible, Oregon State's postseason destination will largely be determined on the road, where the Beavers will be playing three of their final four games of the regular season. While OSU coach Mike Riley said his thoughts won't stray far from preparing for Saturday's game at No. 23 California, "I did tell our team we can accomplish a lot (this season). Whatever that is depends on what we do each week.

Men's Soccer Blanks California, 1-0
Official Site
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Corvallis, Ore. - The Oregon State men's soccer shutout California 1-0 in a defensive masterpiece Sunday afternoon on senior day at Paul Lorenz Field.

Jacquizz Rodgers hits century mark, again, for Oregon State
Oregonian
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CORVALLIS - Jacquizz Rodgers rushed for 112 yards on 24 carries in Saturday's Oregon State victory over UCLA, his third consecutive 100-yard rushing game. The effort gave Rodgers, a sophomore, the 12th 100-yard game in his career, which ranks fifth all-time in OSU history. The Beavers improved to 10-2 in games Rodgers rushes for at least 100 yards.

Beavers to Wrap Up Fall Season in Hawai'i
Official Site
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The Oregon State women's golf team is set to wrap up its fall season at the Turtle Bay Resort College Invitational hosted by the University of Hawai'I, Mon.-Wed., Nov. 2-4.

What the soon-to-be Beavers did Friday night
Oregonian
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Just a couple days after I write that OSU fans need not worry about the future of the running back spot at Oregon State, Beavers commit Malcolm Marable scores four touchdowns as Bishop Alemany cruises to a 48-21 win over Chaminade. Marable carried 23 times for 188 yards and caught two passes for 65 yards. Thank you for not making me look like an idiot, Malcolm.

BEAVER BLOGS

Cliff: Sunday night football notes
Gazette-Times
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Oregon State football coach Mike Riley was in a good mood Sunday night, coming off the victory over UCLA on Saturday. The first thing he wanted to know about was how the men's basketball team looked in its first exhibition. Then he got into his team. WR James Rodgers bruised his foot in the game. He didn't work out with the team Sunday, but is expected to be in practice Tuesday. CB Tim Clark left the game late due to headaches, but it is not officially a concussion. OT Timi Oshinowo will try to return to practice this week, but is far from game ready. OT Wilder McAndrews (finger) returned late last week after his extended recovery from a wrist injury was put on pause.

Brooks Hatch: OSU men's soccer loses to Stanford; updated 10:15 p.m.
Gazette-Times
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Oregon State men's soccer coach Steve Simmons did not sugarcoat the two defensive lapses that led to two bad goals in the final 10 minutes that cost the Beavers in a very winnable game against Stanford on Friday night at Lorenz Field.

Exhibition Game 1 Recap: Beavers 93, Raiders 53
Building the Dam
Sound-off: The Lodge | Beaver Nation
The Beavers opened up the 2009-2010 campaign with a 94-53 exhibition win over the Southern Oregon Raiders. The 41 point victory was very different from last year's exhibition opener, when the Beavers only defeated Saint Martin's by four points. The game was played on a cloudy Sunday afternoon in Corvallis, in front of 2,745 people at Gill Coliseum.

Wild Flying Beaver Highlights First Half
Building the Dam
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The "Wild Flying Beaver" came out of mad scientist Mike Riley's lab on Halloween, and considering the Beavers were only able to get Justin Kahut field goal attempts out of five of their other six scoring opportunities, it turned out to be critical to Oregon State's 26-19 win over UCLA.

Football notebook: Cal's Riley could have a field day against Oregon State
Oregonian
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Oregon State's beleaguered secondary probably won't want to hear this, but California quarterback Kevin Riley is playing his best football. The junior from Beaverton High School threw for 351 yards Saturday in the Golden Bears' 23-21 victory at Arizona State, and engineered Cal's 74-yard, 11-play drive late in the fourth quarter to set up Giorgio Tavecchio's game-winning field goal.

Ranking the Pac
Seatte Times
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5, Oregon State --- UCLA win just about ensures another bowl game for the Beavers, who travel this week to Cal.