BEND — Oregon State players "maxed out" at the end of their summer workout program last week, when the Beavers hit the weight room and lined up for another round of sprints.
Coach Gary Andersen recently wondered aloud if the grind had become not only physically and mentally taxing, but slightly boring, by that point. Yet running back Ryan Nall offered a slightly different assessment of the summer.
"Going into fall camp, I feel like I'm in the best shape of my life, honestly," Nall said. "I feel like I can run 60 plays in a row, up-tempo, and come back and run another one.