Kerry Eggers 10/8/23 Kerry Eggers 10/8/23

From Baker to Colletto to Fouts to Miller, thoughts on the Pac-2 madness, and other things

Not too long ago, college athletics were largely amateur.

Kerry Eggers 3/10/22 Kerry Eggers 3/10/22

Pros vs. Joes No. 10: Boca Raton is home for Yvenson Bernard, but Oregon State remains close to his heart

Yvenson Bernard is no longer an Oregonian, but he’ll always be a Beaver.

Kerry Eggers 11/28/21 Kerry Eggers 11/28/21

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.

Jim Wilson 4/7/21 Jim Wilson 4/7/21

‘The Whale’ spouts off on the great running backs in Oregon State history

By Jim Wilson

(Editor’s note: Oregon State’s spring practice began on April 6. To get Beaver Nation in football mode, radio analyst extraordinaire Jim “The Whale” Wilson offers his appraisal of the top five running backs in Beaver history.)

Jermar Jefferson officially ended his Oregon State career when he declared for the NFL draft in December 2020. That didn’t come as a surprise to most Beaver fans, but it does leave a huge vacancy in the Beaver backfield as Jefferson was one of the best to ever tote the football for the Orange and Black.

In three years — make that one full year and two partial seasons — Jefferson leapfrogged into the conversation as one of the top five running backs in Beaver history. He is fifth in career rushing yards behind a decorated group that includes Ken Simonton, Steven Jackson, Jacquizz Rodgers and Yvenson Bernard.

Kerry Eggers 11/28/20 Kerry Eggers 11/28/20

A game for the ages in the fog at Reser

Here is what’s on my mind after Friday’s epic 41-38 Oregon State victory over Oregon in the foggy, eerie solitude of Reser Stadium …

• The Beavers’ come-from-behind win over the ninth-ranked Ducks becomes an instant classic in this, the strangest of all football seasons in the most unsettling year of our lifetime.