A special weekend for Erickson, 2001 Fiesta Bowl champions
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A special weekend for Erickson, 2001 Fiesta Bowl champions

Last weekend was a special one for Dennis Erickson. But it was that way, too, for a lot of coaches and players who served under him during perhaps the most special season in Oregon State football history.

Erickson, six assistant coaches and 55 players were on hand in Corvallis to represent the 2001 Fiesta Bowl championship team that was inducted into the Oregon State Athletic Hall of Fame.

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On Oregon State’s historic takedown of Troy, along with a look at that win back in 1960, and a nod to the late Steve Hall
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On Oregon State’s historic takedown of Troy, along with a look at that win back in 1960, and a nod to the late Steve Hall

Pontificating on one of the biggest Oregon State football victories this century …

• Every 61 years, the Beavers beat Southern Cal on its home turf.

The way they did it Saturday night in a 45-27 dismantling of the Trojans in LA Memorial Coliseum was impressive.

This isn’t a great USC team, and it seems in some disarray following the Sept. 13 dismissal of Clay Helton as head coach.

That doesn’t lessen the impact that the victory has on Oregon State’s program in the fourth year under Coach Jonathan Smith.

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Wishing the best                       For two of the best                    In the SID business
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Wishing the best For two of the best In the SID business

The coronavirus pandemic has affected all of us, and in many ways.

At Oregon State, 23 positions in the athletic department were eliminated recently, including two of the five full-time members of the sports information staff.

These folks let go to help cut the department’s financial losses aren’t greenhorns. Steve Fenk had been a member of the SID staff since 1990, the head of the department since 2004. Jason Amberg, who had been on board as an assistant for 16 years, was Fenk’s first hire.

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Jonathan Smith: What to Expect in Year Three, by Jim Wilson
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Jonathan Smith: What to Expect in Year Three, by Jim Wilson

How do Smith’s first two years compare with previous Beaver head coaches?

Heading into Jonathan Smith’s third season, there is reason for genuine optimism as Oregon

State leap-frogged from a shaky 2-10 initial campaign to a 5-7 team one play away from earning a bowl berth in year two.

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