CORVALLIS, Oregon – Oregon State safety Omar Hicks-Onu lowered his shoulder to take out Spencer Sanders, but Sanders was having none of that in the second quarter. Not on this Friday night when he could do no wrong.
Sanders was feeling quite spry, both in deed and demeanor, having already carved up the Beavers, so when Hicks-Onu went down, Sanders went up. He hurdled the unsuspecting foe, and Edwin Moses would have been proud. Sanders cleared Hicks-Onu but didn’t stick the landing and tumbled out of bounds after a nine-yard gain.
No matter. Sanders had soared. So had the Cowboys.