The Oregonian · Jun 19, 2018
Oregon State Beavers turning key recruits into believers: Commentary
Jonathan Smith at the Oregon State Beavers spring football game, Saturday, April 28, 2018, at Reser Stadium in Corvallis. Photo by Chase Allgood, for The Oregonian/OregonLive.(Awful. Embarrassing. Ugly.
For the past few years, the Oregon State Beavers football program's biggest claim to fame on the recruiting trail has been taking the Mountain West and Big Sky's top targets.
A Pac-12 Conference (recruiting) contender? Let's just say the results in the living rooms of 16-to-18-year-old kids have gone about as well for Oregon State as it did on the field last year.
But under coach Jonathan Smith, the Beavers have rebranded.
And it's working.