Kevin Hogan starts for Stanford at Oregon State

The Cardinal scored on pass plays of 42 and 49 yards, and on a 65-yard run.

UNUSUAL PLAY: Last year’s meeting between the two teams featured one of the most unusual touchdowns in Oregon history: Utah’s Kaelin Clay dropped the ball just short of a Utes touchdown on a 79-yard pass play. If Hogan isn’t cleared to face Oregon State, either freshman Keller Chryst or sophomore Ryan Burns will get the nod.

Beating up on San Jose St. doesn’t hold much weight after the nightmare the Beavers suffered in Ann Arbor a week ago. “They pretty much took it to us when it counted most”. Stanford will get what could or should be a ranked Arizona team coming in necxt week. He is still searching for his first rushing TD in college.

He threw for 279 yards and two touchdowns, gritting out a 41-31 win that put Stanford back in the rankings. Wear them down so they’re not as physical in the fourth quarter. I’m an engineering major now; it’s not my job to remember these things.

Christian McCaffrey had 206 yards on the ground, with nothing longer than 33 – in other words: constant churn. But the combination of McCaffrey, Remound Wright and Barry Sanders, along with a powerful offensive line, is going to create headaches for everyone in Stanford’s path. “We just try to win football games”.

Last season five of OSU’s six home games were played at night. Quarterback Seth Collins actually had a decent game throwing the ball, and he will have to build on that.

The Stanford defense may have a few concerns but the Cardinal offense is firing on all cylinders.

But if Stanford can shed its perceived “underdog” persona and convincingly establish itself as the new powerhouse of the Pac-12 North, it would pay dividends in continuing to draw top recruits to The Farm and point the eyes of the nation out West to Stanford Stadium on game days.

Oregon State marched the ball right down the field scoring with relative ease tying the game at 7 with two and half left in the first quarter. “We need to make corrections”.

Stanford losing to Northwestern and then knocking down USC, Arizona State getting crushed by Texas A&M, Washington’s loss to Boise State in the Chris Petersen Bowl, Oregon’s loss to Michigan State – these early-season developments sapped the preseason suggestion the Pac-12 is ready to challenge the Southeastern Conference as the best in the country.

They have an attack that is capable of both grinding out yardage and exploding for the big play.

We know the Beavers have a young team, and it showed again in the second half of this game. “How we respond to adversity is very important”. All lines, courtesy of VegasInsider.com, are for entertainment purposes only, unless you don’t find them entertaining, in which case you can use them however you’d like. The games start time has yet to be announced. “We stuck to our plan, and the productive running game opened up the passing game”.