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Cliff Kirkpatrick : Cliff: Pac-12 schedule (updated)

Fri, 5 Nov 2010 22:41:38 +0000

This schedule doesnt look too bad, honestly it will be a blessing not having to face usc, hopefully we can line up sacramento state or someone like that, San Jose State and UC Davis are already playing other pac 12 schools on 9/3

Cliff Kirkpatrick : Cliff: Washington game thread

Sun, 17 Oct 2010 00:08:30 +0000

You see Cal got worked by USC? They looked really bad. Hope the beavs do well today, how does the teams mood seem since losing J-Rod? And is it as cold as expected up there?

Cliff Kirkpatrick : Cliff: James Rodgers sighting

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:26:59 +0000

Here is the thing, even the most highly rated recievers have a lot of concerns if they are coming off an injury. So Riley will probably advise James that his draft position would be better if he came back for another year. He will wait and see though where he would be ranked among WR's for this year first. He is currently ranked as the #14 WR in the upcoming draft but that will probably move down now that he is injured.

Cliff Kirkpatrick : Cliff: Washington briefing

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 22:29:20 +0000

Next years team will be good if they have James back plus with Katz with a year of experience.

Cliff Kirkpatrick : Cliff: Arizona postgame (updated)

Sun, 10 Oct 2010 03:31:16 +0000

Great game by the beavs, both sides are really starting to come together, really need to work on stopping the big play still though, and stopping the other team on 3rd downs. I am starting to think that some of the supposed weaknesses of the team were due to such a hard schedule.

Cliff Kirkpatrick : Cliff: Arizona postgame (updated)

Sun, 10 Oct 2010 03:30:19 +0000

Couldnt agree more. I wondered where the flag for late hit was, why are you tackling someone who ran 5 yards into the endzone?

Cliff Kirkpatrick : Cliff: ASU fallout

Mon, 4 Oct 2010 22:20:09 +0000

I think people are really underestimating the strength of schedule that OSU has played so far. TCU and Boise state are legit top 10 teams and OSU hung with them for 4 quarters. Very tough games for Katz to learn a lot and he still has yet to throw an INT. Pretty impressed with him, glad we have him back next year too, a year of development will be great for his game.

Cliff Kirkpatrick : Cliff: Football uniform (updated)

Wed, 1 Sep 2010 23:18:31 +0000

I think the uniforms look much better on the Nike website. check out this link. http://www.nike.com/nikeos/p/usnikefootball/en_US... I think the skinny model wearing the Oregon state uniform is making it look worse than it is

Cliff Kirkpatrick : Cliff: Special uniform

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:48:56 +0000

I wouldnt be shocked if they are throw back unis for homecoming week. The osu book store and nike have a new line of throwback shirts and hats and they said it was the theme for homecoming this year.

Cliff Kirkpatrick : Cliff: Day 3 report

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:58:31 +0000

Not sure if it is just because I don't remember previous years but this seems to be a faster start to fall practice than normal. That is the team is putting in plays earlier and working a lot harder earlier.

Cliff Kirkpatrick : Cliff: Players to watch

Fri, 6 Aug 2010 16:00:30 +0000

This is the first time in a while I remember us having a stable of QB's that I actually feel good about, and that is with losing Lalich.

Cliff Kirkpatrick : Cliff: Players to watch

Thu, 5 Aug 2010 21:40:30 +0000

Does Sean Mannion get any reps in fall camp? I see him as being the next successor and if Katz stumbles this year I think he could be starting next year.

Cliff Kirkpatrick : Cliff: Big recruiting update

Fri, 2 Jul 2010 22:57:58 +0000

Are these more examples of Riley's staff really not caring what the scouting sites have to say about guys? Or is it bad recruiting? (I guess we have to wait a couple years to see)

Cliff Kirkpatrick : Cliff: Pac-16 bust

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:44:08 +0000

I personally think that Texas will be surprised when they realize how little their own network would bring in. You might be able to sell ads during football season but good luck running the network during the rest of the year. Plus all the really big games will be on ESPN, ABC, Fox and CBS. They are saying oh if we just get a dollar from each person that wants to watch it, well listen you arent going to get people to pay more for their cable, it just wont work out that way.

Cliff Kirkpatrick : Cliff: Riley on expansion, USC (update)

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:29:54 +0000

That wouldnt be nearly as bad, we would get annual trip to the bay area, and most likely every other year a trip to southern california. Every year you would be playing 4 teams from the other side of the conf. half would be home, half would be away, not so bad.

Cliff Kirkpatrick : Cliff: Riley on expansion, USC (update)

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:12:20 +0000

I agree, i think it is much weaker, i just dont see how else they could divide it up. I don't like the North / South thing, that is just what I imagine they would do. Only other thing i could see is instead of having Utah / Co. in the north they have Cal and Stanford.

Cliff Kirkpatrick : Cliff: Riley on expansion, USC (update)

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:00:31 +0000

What do you see the lineup looking like? I would think they might just do a North / South thing. North Washington Washington State Oregon Oregon State Utah Colorado South USC UCLA Arizona ASU CAL Stanford It would be a bummer to not play in California every year (especially since i live in NorCal) but it would make the most sense. Also that setup seems to make sense in that the schools are similar that are grouped together, you get your Cal schools and Arizona, then the northwest schools plus the new schools.

Cliff Kirkpatrick : Cliff: Riley on expansion, USC (update)

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:36:38 +0000

So in that scenario (pac 10 west) Oregon wouldnt be in the same division, so you would think they would be one of our out of conf. games, that would be interesting, why not keep the rivalry teams in the same conf? a league of Arizona, USC, Stanford, OSU, Washington and Utah. would be really tough for OSU to get out of.

Cliff Kirkpatrick : Cliff: Pac-10 expansion (video update)

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:04:07 +0000

Well Colorado is in. Let's see how long it takes for the rest of the chips to fall. I am all for this, more exposure, harder schedule for OSU but that isn't necessarily bad, and they wont have to play Oklahoma and Texas every year, it would actually be pretty rare, only every 3 - 4 years.

Cliff Kirkpatrick : Cliff: OSU female athlete of the year

Wed, 9 Jun 2010 22:17:37 +0000

Can we get your blog take on the state of the Pac 10 and the changes that may be coming with the Big 12?