USC-Oregon State Live!

1:19 4th - that was quick. TD USC. 27-21. Big kickoff return and four passes from Sanchez and now SC has to onside kick. Oregon State recovers the onside kick. SC only has one TO left.

2:39 4th - TD Oregon State. It's 27-14 with 2:39 left. SC will need a minor miracle now. A quick TD and an onside kick. 186 yards for Jacquizz Rogers.

Side note: the eye black where the players get to write their own messages should be against the rules. Just cause I find them annoying.

2:43 4th - Sanchez overthows a WR and gets picked off. Returned all the way to the 2.

3:15 4th - Gotta love college football. Oregon State's punter is terrible. His last two punts have also been terrible. And both ahve somehow ended up inside the USC 5. Amazing, really.

4:01 4th - interesting strategy by USC to take its timeouts now instead of waiting until the last two minutes. third and 6 for the Beavers, and they run the ball. not a bad call. USC will get the ball back with about 3:30 to go.

4:48 4th - who in the FREAKING HELL is Jacquizz Rogers??? this kid's gotta have 170 yards rushing and he is the size of my ring finger. USC is taking timeouts. This is the part of the game that is greatly affected by the clock changes. the period from 5 minutes down to 2 minutes left. You can really take time off the clock now.

6:52 4th - Beavers waste a great drive with a blocked FG. Shockingly, I find myself agreeing with Craig James about running the fooball on third down. You take another minute off the clock with that and that RB has looked awfully slippery tonight.

12:51 4th - Oregon State finally holds. Gotta wonder if the Beavers can manage another score or if they're just going to have to hold on and run as much clock as possible.

2:56 3rd - and it's 21-14 as Sanchez hits Damian Williams for a TD. OSU has to take a shot downtown. SC is just going to continue to stack the box. It's not looking good for the Beavers though. SC seems to have found a little offensive rhythm.

7:21 3rd - Here comes SC. Sanchez hits a long TD pass after it appeared a penalty would push the Trojans out of range. Oregon State managed one first down, but had to punt. Big series coming up for the OSU defense.

Half - OSU 21, USC 0. Okay, I'm excited. But how in holy hades does USC run a direct snap to Joe McKnight on 3rd and 7? Poor play call. Nice call by Mike Riley to go ahead and go for the TD instead of settling for the FG right before the half. You've got #1 at home and you're up, you've GOT to be aggressive there. Sure, they got lucky. But, what the heck.
Actually, I should be angry, this game has now completely ruined my sleep plans.

7:38 2nd - I am STILL not getting excited, even though it's 14-0 Beavers. Great playcalling by OSU. This tiny, tiny RB of OSU is hard for USC's defense to even find much less to tackle. It looks like a bunch of giants chasing a jackrabbit. Looks like OSU's jet sweep motion is throwing off SC's defensive front. The Trojans look very tentative up front.

start of 2nd qtr: THIS is the somewhat shaky, inexperienced USC offense I was hoping to see two weeks ago in the Coliseum. Crap.

8:24 1st - I will not get excited about OSU's 7-0 lead.
I will not get excited about OSU's 7-0 lead.
I will not get excited about OSU's 7-0 lead.
I will not get excited about OSU's 7-0 lead.

(And forgive me if this isn't totally live. I gotta clean for a visit from my Dad.)