Predicting Oregon State's 2018 Season
The first season of the Jonathan Smith era at Oregon State is almost here. The Beavers' 2018 season doesn't have high expectations, that's for sure. But what are the expectations of the team from the BeaversEdge.com staff? Brenden Slaughter and Mike Singer predict each game in the article below.
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September 1 - @ Ohio State - 9:00 AM PT
Brenden's Take: While the Beavers have shown signs of improvement under the tutelage of Jonathan Smith and Co., this is still Ohio State. The Buckeyes have superior talent in all phases of the game and while the Beavers might be able to keep it close early, Oregon State doesn’t have the depth and experience to go into one of the toughest environments in the country and pull a top-five upset.
Result: Loss
Record: 0-1
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Mike's Take: What Brenden said. Seriously though, this one won't be close. Hopefully, the Beavers can get out of Columbus healthy and never have to play in a body bag game like this again.
Result: Loss
Record: 0-1
September 8 - Southern Utah - 5pm PM PT
Brenden's Take: Jonathan Smith earns his first win as OSU’s head coach with a convincing victory over Southern Utah. One of the benefits against opening the season against Ohio State is that you’ll face perhaps the toughest competition college football has to offer in week one. It’s often said that teams make the biggest adjustments from week one to week two in any given college football season and that will benefit the Beavers’ greatly here as OSU will have faced a juggernaut in week one that will give them plenty of motivation to come out firing in week two.
Result: Win
Record: 1-1
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Mike's Take: Hopefully the Beavs have a better performance this year than they did last year in their game against an FCS opponent. Was that a low blow for bringing that game up? Sorry. Anyways, Oregon State will come out prepared to blow out Southern Utah. Coming out party for Artavis Pierce.
Result: Win
Record: 1-1
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