The Beavers kick off their 2017 football season Saturday at Colorado State with the hopes of reaching a bowl for the first time in four years.
Read below as The Oregonian/OregonLive beat reporters Gina Mizell and Danny Moran break down the opportunities and potential pitfalls built within a challenging OSU schedule.
Mizell: Oct. 7 at USC. Maybe I’m a sucker for jumping aboard the USC bandwagon. It’s not just that the Trojans return bundles of talent, including Heisman frontrunner Sam Darnold, to make them a popular pick to make the College Football Playoff.