Wednesday, September 18, 2013

7th Best Beaver game is...

#10 Oregon State @ BYU

On October 8th 2012 Steve Fenk pulled Mike Parker aside during a commercial break of the Joe Beaver Radio Show and said that Head Coach Mike Riley would be making a serious announcement in regards to the Oregon State offense. That being said Jon Warren was curious so when it came time to do the post practice interview many of the media folks were ready for this announcement. Cody Vaz would be the starter against BYU because Sean Mannion had injured himself against Washington State. This went over the airwaves, over twitter, and I immediately posted it on facebook. Many people didn't want to believe my post and several people, unfortunately, ruled the Beavers 4-0 start down the toilet once this happened. But how wrong they were, I told many people who reacted negatively to the news who still attended classes on campus to go to practice and watch Vaz play, they did, and it gave them hope. On Friday October 12th The Barometer Newspaper posted a quarter sized page that said WE BELIEVE IN YOU CODY VAZ!

Once the game had started it was Oregon State receiving the ball first and they didn't disappoint. Vaz made several key throws and the Beavers were up 7-0 and the game continued to roll from there. The defense made several key stops and had a great interception. But the Cougars of BYU continued to show drive in the game. Tied 21 at the end of the third quarter the Beavers started to have some pretty dumb luck working in their favor.

To start the scoring off in the 4th quarter tight end Colby Prince reeled in his first touchdown pass of the season on a deflected pass from Cody Vaz. It went up into the air and he boxed out the defenders, like a basketball player, and came up with the ball. Watching this game on television I thought that the ball had been intercepted but watching the replay it was a touchdown. Then on a poorly thrown ball by Riley Nelson it tipped off of his receivers shoulder pads and went into the hand of Jordan Poyer who returned it for a touchdown. His second pick six on Riley Nelson in two years. The Beavers scored 21 points in that fourth quarter to show they were, indeed, for real as a contender for the National Championship, Rose Bowl, and most importantly contenders for anything and everything.

Without further ado here are some highlights to that game so you can relive the greatness of the Beavers winning:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHBYM1-oJcs

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