Oregon State football working to plug holes as spring concludes

CORVALLIS — Oregon State football is back. The Beavers held their annual spring game April 25 on a cloudless Saturday afternoon at Reser Stadium to kickstart a new era of football with head coach JaMarcus Shephard at the helm. Saturday’s showcase scrimmage featured half an hour of drills before the offense, dressed in white led by quarterbacks in orange, took on the defense, draped in black.

The defense won the uniquely scored contest, scoring points for punts, stopped fourth downs, missed field goals, turnovers and three-and-outs. The Oregon State offense scored three touchdowns in total and went 2 of 4 on field goals. After the game Shephard discussed his thoughts about the afternoon and what he wants his Beavers to continue working on.

‘We’ve got to get stronger’ A running theme for over a year at Reser Stadium has been the size and production of the offensive line. The line is the engine that makes the offense run and to Shephard and the Oregon State coaching staff, the engine needs to get bigger, faster and stronger. “We didn’t block worth a plug nickel,” Shephard said after the spring game.

“I feel like we didn’t move the line of scrimmage at all. It’s a significant challenge for our offensive line … we’ve got to get stronger, more physical, more angry, more violent and have a chip on our shoulder every single day. ” Josiah Timoteo, Nathan Elu, Carter Guillaume, Will Larkins and Teko Shoats were the first offensive line unit to take the field.