6:33 PM ET, Fri September 03, 2010

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Ex-Benson High star Alex Green scores in Hawaii's loss to USC

Portland Tribune — Oregon and Oregon State fans watched Pac-10 rival No. 14 USC defeat the Hawaii Warriors in Honolulu Wednesday night on national television. It wasn’t as bad a pouncing as most predicted – the final was 49-36 for the Trojans. The highlight of the night for many Portland sports fans ...

2 hours ago

Lots of facts about TCU, OSU

Portland Tribune — DALLAS — Greetings from muggy, overcast Big D on the eve of Saturday’s Texas Christian-Oregon State game at Dallas Cowboys Stadium. FACTS ABOUT TCU (ranked sixth by Associated Press, seventh by USA Today) we haven’t yet mentioned: • The Horned Frogs have won their last ...

2 hours ago

Video: James Rodgers and Jacquizz Rodgers, and coming to Oregon State

Behind The Beavers Beat | Oregonian — James Rodgers and Jacquizz Rodgers were unlikely recruiting targets targets for the Beavers, but came to Oregon State.

3 hours ago

Oregon State Beavers rundown: Distractions? What distractions?

Behind The Beavers Beat | Oregonian — There will be no distractions if Gary Patterson has anything to say about it, Katz is QB under most pressure this weekend as Beavers start killer non-conference schedule

5 hours ago

Oregon State Beavers comment of the day: Even a Duck can appreciate Quizz

Behind The Beavers Beat | Oregonian — When it comes to the littlest guy on the Oregon State football team, fans from all over the state can appreciate how special Jacquizz Rodgers is.

5 hours ago

BEVOS: Portland, Round Rock lose road finales; baseball's swan song at PGE Park next

Portland Tribune — RENO, Nev. – The Portland Beavers lost in the ninth inning Thursday night at Reno, but they remained two games ahead of the Round Rock Express in the two-team duel to avoid finishing with the worst record in the Pacific Coast League. The Express (55-85) lost 6-2 at Omaha, while Portland ...

6 hours ago

Oregon State-TCU: Gary Patterson wants no distractions, so (gasp) no cell phones Friday night

Behind The Beavers Beat | Oregonian — TCU's team hotel - across the street from Cowboys Stadium - is a BlackBerry-free zone on Friday night

8 hours ago

Oregon State football: The beat reporters' season predictions

Behind The Beavers Beat | Oregonian — Paul Buker and Lindsay Schnell pencil in the Beavers for a berth in the Alamo Bowl.

8 hours ago

A list of the Dallas bars/restaurants opening their arms to Beaver Nation

Behind The Beavers Beat | Oregonian — Don't want to run into unsightly TCU fans when you hit the Big D? Here's a list of OSU-friendly establishments

8 hours ago

Butler making his mark with Cowboys

Portland Tribune — DALLAS – Victor Butler made the most of his opportunities in the Dallas Cowboys’ 27-25 victory over Miami Thursday night at Dallas Cowboys Stadium, the final preseason game for both teams. The second-year outside linebacker from Oregon State was the defensive star for a Dallas team ...

14 hours ago

Oregon State Beavers merchandise

  • Kelemete looking forward to first start at left tackle Husky Football Blog | Seattle Times Of the many subplots in tomorrow's game. one of the more subtle is the first start for Senio Kelemete (pictured right) at one of the most important positions --- left tackle. The junior started last year at guard before making the move to tackle in the spring, and has performed so well in the run-up to the season that UW coach Steve Sarkisian has taken to referring to him as an "all-conference player,'' --- often not even making the qualifier that he has yet to earn those honors. It appeared for a while as if this might not be the optimum beginning for Kelemete when he suffered a high ankle ...
  • Arizona Wildcats at Toledo Rockets game chat Arizona Republic The Arizona Wildcats open their 2010 season on the road at the Toledo Rockets.
  • Defensive Issues Inside USC | Los Angeles Daily News You could argue it was a first game. In Hawaii. And the Warriors ran a spread-out offense. A less charitable view would be that USC's defense showed some disturbing tendencies that were peculiar to last season, especially in the Stanford...
  • Examining the Pac-10 football weekend Orange County Register It won't become the SEC or the Big Ten overnight. It can't yet rival the Big 12. It's closing in on the ACC and the Big East. And with several challenging contests in this opening weekend, the Pac-10 has a valuable opportunity to raise its national...
  • Football: Live chat reminder (again) BearTalk | Oakland Tribune Just a reminder that I will be resuming our live chat that I had to end early yesterday today at 1 p.m. I should be able to access all the questions I didn’t get to yesterday as well. Hope to see you there.