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SPORTS Saturday, August 13, 2016 East Oregonian College Football Preview Page 3B College Football Preview OSU has high hopes with Garretson Freeman ready By ANNE M. PETERSON Associated Press After last season’s quar- terback carousel at Oregon State, Darell Garretson heads into this season as the established starter. Garretson sat out last season under NCAA rules after transferring from Utah State. For the Aggies in 2014, he threw for 1,140 yards and eight touchdowns LQ ¿YH JDPHV ZKHQ VWDUWHU Chuckie Keeton was injured. Garretson himself missed VHYHQ JDPHV WKDW VHDVRQ with a wrist injury. Garretson emerged in the %HDYHUV¶ VSULQJ JDPH DQG coach Gary Andersen didn’t waste time, naming him as starter shortly thereafter. ³2Q WKH ¿HOG , WKLQN KH KDQGOHG VSULQJ ZHOO +H¶V SURJUHVVHG +RZ JRRG D Pac-12 quarterback is he going to be? We’ll see. We’re not real interested in talking about a lot of things, we’re interested in getting out DQG H[HFXWLQJ DQG PRYLQJ forward,” Andersen said. Garretson said he felt the year off learning the system ZDVEHQH¿FLDO Seth Collins, Nick Mitchell and Marcus McMaryion all saw time DW VWDUWHU IRU WKH %HDYHUV who went 2-10 last season LQ $QGHUVHQ¶V ¿UVW ZLWK WKH team. Mitchell has since trans- ferred. Collins announced WKDW KH ZDV OHDYLQJ WRR but then returned to Oregon State. McMaryion remains, and looks to be Garretson’s EDFNXS KHDGLQJ LQWR WKH season. COLLINS’ RETURN: Collins started at quarter- EDFN LQ VHYHQ JDPHV ODVW season as a freshman but In this April 16, 2016, file photo, Or- egon State quarter- back Darell Garretson throws the ball during the spring game in Corvallis. to be Oregon’s HYHU\GRZQ running back By ANNE M. PETERSON Associated Press Godofredo Vasquez/ The Corvallis Gazette-Times via AP ZDV KDPSHUHG E\ LQMXU\ ,Q WKHVHDVRQHQGLQJ&LYLO:DU KH OLQHG XS DW TXDUWHUEDFN UHFHLYHUDQGUXQQLQJEDFN Collins announced after the season that he intended to transfer but he remained enrolled at Oregon State. 7KLV VSULQJ $QGHUVHQ VDLG &ROOLQV ZDV WDNLQJ VWHSV WR UHMRLQ WKH WHDP +H¶V OLVWHG DW UHFHLYHU IRU WKH %HDYHUV although Andersen said he FRXOG¿OODYDULHW\RIUROHV ³+H¶V GRQH D JUHDW MRE When he came back, it ZDV²KHZDVYHU\H[FLWHG WRJHWEDFNLQWRWKHPL[+H ZHQWWKURXJKWKHSURFHGXUHV that we laid out for him as a team to get him back into WKH PDLQVWUHDP +H DFFRP- SOLVKHG WKRVH JRDOV YHU\ quickly, in a timely manner,” Andersen said. SPEAKING OF CHUCKIE KEATON: Andersen has named Keaton to his coaching staff, along with former Aggies offen- VLYH OLQHPDQ )XQDNL $VLVL But they’re not the only newcomers. Oregon State’s QHZGHIHQVLYHFRRUGLQDWRULV .HYLQ&OXQHZKLOHWKHQHZ FRRIIHQVLYH FRRUGLQDWRUV DUH.HYLQ0F*LYHQDQG7- Woods. RECEIVERS: Face it, much of Garretson’s success LV JRLQJ WR GHSHQG RQ KLV UHFHLYHUV -RUGDQ 9LOODPLQ OHG WKH %HDYHUV ODVW VHDVRQ ZLWK \DUGVUHFHLYLQJDQG¿YH WRXFKGRZQV 9LFWRU %ROGHQ now a senior, caught 46 SDVVHV IRU \DUGV DQG three touchdowns while also VSHQGLQJ WLPH RQ VSHFLDO teams, where he was Oregon State’s go-to on kick returns with 580 yards and a score. %ROGHQ ZLOO ¿OO D VLPLODU role this season. ³, EHOLHYH KH ZLOO EH D difference-maker in this OHDJXH +H KROGV KLPVHOI at a high regard of being a WUHPHQGRXV SOD\HU ZLWKLQ RXU OHDJXH DQG KRSHIXOO\ elite within the country, and WKDW¶VKLVH[SHFWDWLRQVLIZH can get him the ball the right way, he should do some fantastic things,” Andersen said. BIG REMODEL: This season will debut a $42 million remodel of WKH 9DOOH\ )RRWEDOO &HQWHU and the north end of Reser 6WDGLXP 7KH ³9LFWRU\ 7KURXJK 9DOOH\´ FDPSDLJQ H[SDQGHG WKH ORFNHU URRPV DQG RWKHU SOD\HU DQG FRDFK facilities, and created a new fan area called the Terrace which will highlight local food and drink. BEND VISIT: Because RI WKH FRQVWUXFWLRQ SURMHFW 2UHJRQ6WDWHPRYHGWKHVWDUW RI IDOO SUDFWLFH RII FDPSXV IRUWKH¿UVWWLPHHYHUWRWKH central Oregon city of Bend, about 125 miles southeast RI &RUYDOOLV 7KH %HDYHUV KDG WR JHW SHUPLVVLRQ IURP WKH 1&$$ WR KROG WKH ¿UVW VL[ GD\V RI IDOO SUDFWLFH DW 6XPPLW+LJK6FKRROEHIRUH UHWXUQLQJWRFDPSXVRQ$XJ 11. SEASON OPENER: 7KH%HDYHUVRSHQDW0LQQH- VRWDRQ6HSW PREDICTION: The %HDYHUV ZHUH SLFNHG WR ¿QLVK ODVW LQ WKH 3DF North in the conference’s SUHVHDVRQSROO Royce Freeman is understandably getting VRPH SUHVHDVRQ +HLVPDQ EX]]$VDVRSKRPRUHODVW season he broke LaMi- FKDHO-DPHV¶VLQJOHVHDVRQ rushing record with 1,836 \DUGV+H¶VFXUUHQWO\ \DUGV DZD\ IURP -DPHV¶ career record (5,082) at Oregon. ³,ZDQWWRPDNHELJJHU SOD\V DQG JR IRU ORQJHU rushes,” he said at the Ducks’ annual media day WRRSHQIDOOFDPS³,ZDQW WREHRXWWKHUHHYHU\GRZQ LI,FDQ´ BEST EXCUSE EVER: :LGH UHFHLYHU 'HYRQ $OOHQ ZLOO PLVV IDOO FDPS %XW KH¶V JRW D JRRG H[FXVH +H¶V DW WKH 5LR 2O\PSLFV ZKHUH KH¶V FRPSHWLQJ LQ WKH 110-meter hurdles. 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PREDICTION: Oregon has too many question marks — the FRPSHWLWLRQDWTXDUWHUEDFN and the adjustment to a QHZ GHIHQVLYH VFKHPH ² to suggest that they might RYHUFRPH 6WDQIRUG LQ WKH 3DF1RUWK%XWWKHYHU\ fact that the Ducks get both the Cardinal and Wash- ington at Autzen Stadium JRHVLQWKHLUIDYRUDWOHDVW in terms of conference SOD\ 2UHJRQ DJDLQ SOD\V a challenging non-confer- ence schedule, including D YLVLW WR 1HEUDVND /RRN IRUWKH'XFNVWR¿QLVK again. NFL Replacing Lynch about more than yards and TDs for Seattle By TIM BOOTH Associated Press RENTON, Wash. — When Marshawn Lynch SRVWHG WKDW SKRWR RI KLV cleats hanging from a wire, the Seattle Seahawks’ task became about more than ¿QGLQJ D UHSODFHPHQW IRU the yards and touchdowns he SURYLGHG RYHU WKH FRXUVH RI six seasons. 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Now the Seahawks go LQWRDVHDVRQIRUWKH¿UVWWLPH GXULQJ WKHLU ULVH WR SURPL- nence without Lynch on the URVWHU,WPD\VHHPDPLQXV- cule worry with all the other challenges the Seahawks face, but there is a lingering question about whether 6HDWWOH QHHGV WR UHSODFH WKH SHUVRQDOLW\/\QFKSURYLGHG “Who he was in the locker URRP LW¶V SHRSOH OLNH KLP that gel the team together. +HZDVJOXH+HGLGQ¶WVSHDN out, he wasn’t the guy to get in front and do rah-rah VSHHFKHV EXW WKH IHZ WLPHV KH GLG HYHU\RQH VKXW XS and listened because it was Marshawn Lynch,” Baldwin said. “To that degree it is ZKDW LW LV +H ZDVQ¶W WKH LEDECKY: to the Continued from 1B YLVLRQ WKDW%UXFHDQG,KDGWKUHH\HDUVDJR when we set these goals, and we ZHUHQ¶WJRLQJWRVWRSXQWLOZHPHW them.” As was the case in the 400 free, where she also broke her own world record, Ledecky was merely racing WKH FORFN DV VKH SRZHUHG DZD\ IURPWKH¿HOGWRWRXFKLQPLQXWHV VHFRQGVHFOLSVLQJWKHPDUNRI WKDWVKHVHWDWDJUDQGSUL[ PHHWLQ7H[DVEDFNLQ-DQXDU\ “The goal was 8:05 or better,” she said. 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