I Know it's a Long Shot

At least Nebby wasn't afraid to fire someone after their embarrassing loss at home to an inferior team.  Not saying by any means that UW is inferior, just that they were willing to take action when the results on the field were unacceptable.  Some would argue the target of the firing missed the real target, but it did send a very clear message - losing at home to an inferior opponent will not stand.  Good thing for SMR our admin. doesn't take that kind of a stance!  But I guess, that is the problem here, isn't it?

Side note, I agree with Seastape that the defense was lights out the first half overall. Friends of ours that are husky fans were really nervous at the half.

I think if he isn't fired we are gonna see mass transfers. 

My thought is that if the decision is made (and frankly it should be already) you make the move, a bye week is a decent time.

Is this a defense of keeping Andersen?

He is gonna go 1-11, what exactly do we need to be careful about? Hiring someone that would go 0-12? 

I'll take my chances, frankly 1-11 might as well be 0-12 when the only win was vs. a bad Portland State team that frankly still out played OSU for the majority of that game. 

I'd take Pettibone over this disaster.....Pettibone wasn't all bad, actually...you could argue he set the table with the talent that Riley started to have some success with.  

But more importantly, those guys woulda ran through walls for Jerry......I don't get the sense there's a lot of mutual respect between players and coach on this squad.

Jerry Pettibone a big upgrade? 




1991 Oregon State 1–10 1-7 T–9th

1992 Oregon State 1–9–1 0–7–1 10th

1993 Oregon State 4–7 2–6 T–8th

1994 Oregon State 4–7 2–6 T–8th

1995 Oregon State 1–10 0–8 10th

1996 Oregon State 2–9 1–7 10th


No.  Failure is failure. 

The problem is you are comparing the pre-Riley era to the post Riley era.

The help Pettibone received from the school in recruiting?  A bronze beaver statue the players touched before games, or some kind of statue of the sort, I don't recall exactly.  Might have been made of plastic for that matter too.  Do you even remember the field we played on back then?  The indoor practice facility, valley center, stadium, training facility, and practice fields?  Nonexistent.

Yes granted the rest of the conference has made huge upgrades in facilities as well over the years, however OSU actually has a lot of recent success to point to when going after recruits.  Bowl game wins, two Bilitnikoff winners, All Americans, All Conference players, P12 record holders, several active pro players, etc...  Pettibone had nothing, zilch, nada, in both facilities and recent success of any kind to draw upon.  Oh, and it rained every single home game back in those days too, so getting recruits to commit while visiting a game with 12,009 people present, if lucky, during a loss was a lot more challenging than now with all the toys our coaches have to show off.  JP actually found and got some salty players for both the D and in the trenches with nothing to offer, but his vision. 

With JP I never questioned what his vision was, or his capability to execute that vision.  He was in a no win situation.  Without major changes(which came after him) OSU the program was no win program a below .500 program regardless of the coach.  Yet he made the most of it.  In comparison GA is in a winning situation, OSU is now a plus .500 program and has been for a decade and a half.  He's making the least of it with his hires, unclear sense of direction, and the lack of capability to formulate and execute both a short and long term plan for success.