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Oregon State Football: What We Learned From the Stanford Game?

Beavers are Still a Young Team

The Beavers had 9 penalties for 102 yards, which was one of the factors that contributed to the loss. False Starts, holding penalties, personal fouls, and pass interference calls destroyed the Beavers. Beavers need to cut down penalties if they want to win games. In addition, two interceptions by QB Marcus McMaryion hurt the Beavers, especially his second pick when the Beavers were only down by 9. On that particular play, Jordan Villamin was wide open but the ball was tipped at the line of scrimmage and intercepted by Stanford’s Mustafa Branch (awesome name!