| From an Oregon State Perspective |
D carries the day
Oregon State’s defense came up big again Saturday, providing the foundation
of a much-needed 23-6 victory over Stanford at Reser Stadium.
But the big-picture news concerned the health of tailback Yvenson Bernard,
who left the game late in the second quarter with a left shoulder injury and
didn’t return ... more
from The Portland Tribune.
Beavers prove they have a backup plan
Even with starting tailback Yvenson Bernard being added to the list of injured
offensive players during Saturday's game, Oregon State continued to find ways
to grind out another conference win.
Led by another stellar performance by the defense and a seldom used running
back in Matt Sieverson, the Beavers shut down an improving Stanford squad, 23-6,
on homecoming weekend at Reser Stadium ... more
from the Mail Tribune.
Getting the job done
Ever since training camp opened in August, depth was supposed to be the strength
of the Oregon State football team.
Players and coaches kept saying that if someone were to go down, there would
be someone to step in and keep the Beavers moving forward ... more
from the Gazette Times | Sideline
Report
Sieverson steps up for injured Bernard
Sean Canfield didn’t know the Oregon State football team had lost starting
running back Yvenson Bernard until he was in the huddle late in the second quarter
of the Beavers’ 23-6 win over Stanford on Saturday afternoon.
Canfield looked to his right and there was Matt Sieverson instead of Bernard
... more
from the Gazette Times | Report
Card
Beavers use defense to fill the gaps against Cardinal
It’s how Oregon State has to do it these days.
Minus its leading rusher after Yvenson Bernard went out with a shoulder injury,
with a patched-together offensive line and inexperienced receivers, the Beavers
didn’t ask their offense to do too much, and it provided just enough for
a 23-6 thumping of Stanford on Saturday at Reser Stadium ... more
from the Register Guard | Game
Report
A win and loss: Bernard out with injury
Players keep falling by the wayside at Oregon State, for various reasons, but
it doesn't seem to matter. Somebody steps up, rises to the occasion, and the
Beavers charge forward.
When the unthinkable happened Saturday against Stanford -- almost indispensable
tailback Yvenson Bernard was knocked out of the game with a shoulder injury
-- little-used senior Matt Sieverson stepped in and helped OSU get an important
23-6 Pacific-10 Conference victory in front of an announced crowd of 42,089
at Reser Stadium ... more
from The Oregonian.
Sieverson ready for USC if Bernard out
Just before halftime of Oregon State's game against Stanford on Saturday, Matt
Sieverson was on the sideline, casually down on one knee, when he got the call:
Get in the game ... more
from The Oregonian.
Beavers get costly win against Stanford
The Pac-10 Conference's two giant killers got together to produce mostly a thud
with no national ranking in the matchup line.
The loudest and hardest in Oregon State's 23-6 win Saturday against Stanford
would be the loss of star running back Yvenson Bernard to an shoulder injury
that makes his status for next week's game at USC uncertain ... more
from the Statesman Journal.
Doggett dogs Stanford
Oregon State's stellar defensive performance Saturday in its 23-6 win against
Stanford could be summed up by one player -- Derrick Doggett.
The senior linebacker filled up the stat sheet in just about every facet possible
... more
from the Statesman Journal.
| From a Stanford Perspective |
Stanford football falls to Oregon State,
23-6
The importance of a running game was demonstrated in vivid Technicolor on Saturday
as Stanford fell to host Oregon State, 23-6, in a Pac-10 Conference contest.
The Beavers had a running game; the Cardinal (2-4, 3-5) did not. Oregon State
got into the end zone twice; Stanford not at all ... more
from PaloAltoOnline.com.
Negative experience for Stanford
Stanford's postseason hopes took a severe hit Saturday against Oregon State
because the Cardinal had one of its all-time worst rushing days and made too
many turnovers.
It was that simple ... more
from Mercury News.
Freshman fullback gets first carries
Owen Marecic has started every game in his freshman season and has been touted
by his coaches as a terrific blocker.
But the Stanford fullback had not been asked to run the ball —
until Saturday ... more
from Mercury News.
Road warriors no longer
Maybe Stanford's Pac-10 road magic ran dry. Or maybe it was just too hard, too
unrealistic to sustain it in the face of injuries, mistakes and an Oregon State
defense that just kept coming.
The hard-charging Beavers, two weeks removed from their upset of Cal in Berkeley,
pounced on the ailing Cardinal and made sure there would be no upset this time.
They clamped down on the Stanford run game and kept the Cardinal out of the
end zone by pressuring them into big mistakes ... more
from the San Franciso Chronicle.
Freshman Marecic in plus yards
Owen Marecic touched the ball for the first time in his college career Saturday
night at Reser Stadium, but it was a bittersweet experience.
Marecic, the true freshman from Tigard, Ore., has been Stanford's starting
fullback this season and served only in a blocking role thus far. But he had
his number called out of necessity against the Beavers. With injuries piling
up among the tailbacks, and starter Jeremy Stewart nursing a shoulder injury,
the Cardinal needed healthy bodies in the backfield ... more from the San Franciso Chronicle.