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 $OOHQ ZLOO PLVV
IDOO FDPS %XW KH¶V JRW
D JRRG H[FXVH +H¶V DW
WKH 5LR 2O\PSLFV ZKHUH
KH¶V FRPSHWLQJ LQ WKH
110-meter hurdles. Allen
ZRQ D VSRW RQ WKH WHDP
in Brazil by winning the
HYHQW DW WKH 86 WUDFN
trials in Eugene.
+HOIULFK VDLG IRRWEDOO
is the furthest thing from
his mind when it comes
WR WKH VSHHG\ MXQLRU ³+LV
focus and our focus is him
winning the gold medal,
DQGZH¶OO¿JXUHLWRXWIURP
there,” the coach said.
+HOIULFKSODQQHGDWHDP
meeting — aka a watch
SDUW\ ² ZKHQ$OOHQ UXQV
in Rio.
ADDRESSING THE
D: +RNH LV LQVWDOOLQJ D
QHZVFKHPHKRSLQJWR
LPSURYHDXQLWWKDWJDYHXS
DQDYHUDJHRISRLQWV
a school record, and 485.3
\DUGVSHUJDPH
³2EYLRXVO\ IURP D
GHIHQVLYH VWDQGSRLQW ²
MXVW WRR PDQ\ SRLQWV WRR
many yards, too many
H[SORVLYH SOD\V´ +HOIULFK
said. “Our two big keys
DUH H[SORVLYH SOD\V DQG
taking care of the football
RQ RIIHQVH DQG H[SORVLYH
SOD\V DQG WDNLQJ WKH IRRW-
ball away on defense.”
SEASON OPENER:
+RVWLQJ8&'DYLVRQ6HSW
3.
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.
Along with Lynch’s retire-
ment came the challenge
RI WU\LQJ WR UHSODFH ZKDW KH
meant to the Seahawks in
terms of style and attitude.
“We’re not going to be
DEOH WR UHSODFH KLP 3RLQW
EODQN´ ZLGH UHFHLYHU 'RXJ
Baldwin said. “Not his
SHUVRQDOLW\ KLV DWWLWXGH KLV
OHDGHUVKLSLQWKHORFNHUURRP
DQG RQ WKH ¿HOG :H¶UH QRW
JRLQJ WR EH DEOH WR UHSODFH
that.”
Lynch was not an ordinary
UXQQLQJEDFN+HZDVDWWLWXGH
in green cleats. The Seattle
VZDJJHUWKDWOHGWRWZR6XSHU
%RZOWULSVZDVDPSOL¿HGE\
the likes of Richard Sherman
DQG%DOGZLQEXWLWZDV¿UVW
created by Lynch when he
DUULYHGYLDWUDGHHDUO\LQWKH
2010 season.
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.
Naturally, she was better.
7KHQ /HGHFN\ SOD\HG WKH
ZDLWLQJJDPHKDQJLQJRQWKHURSH
IRUDZKLOHWROHWWKHUHVWRIWKH¿HOG
¿QLVK
-D]] .DUOLQ ¿QDOO\ WRXFKHG LQ
WR FODLP WKH VLOYHU MXVW
DKHDGRI+XQJDU\¶V%RJODUND.DSDV
JUDEELQJWKHEURQ]HLQ
Some 23 seconds after Ledecky
touched the wall, the last of the eight
¿QDOLVWV FKXJJHG WR WKH HQG RI WKH
grueling race.
Ledecky was barely breathing
hard.
On the medal stand, though, the
HPRWLRQVVZHSWRYHUKHU
She broke down in tears,
UHOLVKLQJ KHU DFFRPSOLVKPHQWV DQG
surely thinking about all the work
VKHSXWLQWRPDNHLWWKHUH
³7KH2O\PSLFVDUHWKHSLQQDFOH
RI RXU VSRUW DQG , KDYH WR ZDLW
DQRWKHU IRXU \HDUV WR KDYH WKDW
PRPHQWDQG,MXVWZDQWHGWRHQMR\
it,” Ledecky said. “The memories
mean more than the medals to me.”
Rawls
Michael
rah-rah leader, he wasn’t
always saying stuff but when
KH VSRNH LW PHDQW YROXPHV
:H GRQ¶W UHDOO\ KDYH D JX\
like that who commands
WKH UHVSHFW DQG DWWHQWLRQ DW
WKDW OHYHO 7KHUH DUH RQO\ D
handful of guys in the league
ZKR GR DQ\ZD\ :H KDYH
the leaders like Richard
Sherman, like Russell Wilson
that can still carry that weight
across the team.”
7KH SURFHVV RI ¿QGLQJ
/\QFK¶V UHSODFHPHQW EHJLQV
Saturday when the Seahawks
face Kansas City in their
SUHVHDVRQRSHQHU7KHH[SHF-
tation is that Thomas Rawls
Collins
will be Lynch’s heir based on
KLV SHUIRUPDQFH ODVW VHDVRQ
DV/\QFK¶VEDFNXS
Rawls rushed for 830
yards and four touchdowns,
DQG DYHUDJHG \DUGV SHU
carry last season, but suffered
a serious ankle injury in
December against Baltimore
that required surgery and a
lengthy rehab. Rawls was
RQO\ DFWLYDWHG IURP WKH
SK\VLFDOO\XQDEOHWRSHUIRUP
list earlier this week and may
QRWHYHQVHHWKH¿HOGGXULQJ
WKHSUHVHDVRQ
So while Rawls seems
WKHOLNHO\UHSODFHPHQWWKHUH
are questions surrounding
KLV KHDOWK OHDYLQJ WKH OLNHV
of Alex Collins, Christine
Michael, Zac Brooks and
RWKHUVWRVSHQGWKHQH[WIRXU
ZHHNV WU\LQJ WR WDNH DGYDQ-
WDJHRIWKHRSSRUWXQLW\
They all seem to know
what being a running back
for Seattle entails.
³,¶G VD\ GH¿QLWHO\ WRXJK-
ness. Our (running backs)
coach (Sherman Smith)
likes to look at it as we set
WKH WRQH DQG WKH WHPSR IRU
WKHWHDP(YHU\RQHIHHGVRII
the running backs,” Collins
VDLG³:H¶YHJRWWRUXQGRZQ
WKH¿HOGDQGJHWWKHGHIHQVH
chasing. You know, we set
WKH WRQH VR , HPEUDFH WKDW
DQGRXUJURXSHPEUDFHVWKDW
That’s just what we try to do
HYHU\GD\´
Seattle got a taste of life
without Lynch last season
when he missed nine games
due to hamstring and abdom-
LQDOLQMXULHV+HUHKDELOLWDWHG
away from the team for the
latter of the two injuries,
VSHQGLQJ WKH ¿QDO ZHHNV RI
the regular season mostly
absent from the team’s
facility.
'XULQJ WKDW SHULRG WKH
6HDWWOHRIIHQVHEHFDPHHYHQ
more about Wilson. That
HYROXWLRQ ZLOO FRQWLQXH WKLV
season because no one can
FRPSOHWHO\UHSODFH/\QFK
“Our style is who we are.
Marshawn just took that to a
ZKROHRWKHUOHYHO´RIIHQVLYH
line coach Tom Cable said.
³:KDW \RX KRSH LV 7KRPDV
(Rawls)
and
Christine
0LFKDHO DQG &- 3URVLVH
and Alex (Collins), all these
NLGV FDQ ¿QG WKHLU QLFKH LQ
it or their role in it or their
style in it if you will. But our
VW\OH LV ZKDW ZH KDYH KHUH
what coach has laid out, and
¿QGLQJ WKH UXQQHU WKDW FDQ
OLIW WKDW XS 7KDW¶V FHUWDLQO\
what Marshawn did.”
———
AP NFL website: www.
pro32.ap.org and www.
twitter.com/AP—NFL
FARM-CITY: 5RGHRFRQFOXGHVWRQLJKWDWSP
Continued from 1B
WXUQHGKLVVWHHULQWRPRYHLQWR
D WLH IRU IRXUWK LQ WKH ¿UVW URXQG
WKHQKDGDLQWKHSHUIRUPDQFH
WR JLYH KLP RQ WZR IRU D WLH
in fourth in the aggregate with Taz
2OVRQ&OD\WRQ+DVVFRQWLQXHGWR
lead with 10.3 on two head.
The leaderboards for each of
WKH EURQF ULGLQJ HYHQWV UHPDLQHG
largely intact as only bareback
ULGHU (YDQ -D\QH ZDV DEOH WR
SRVLWLRQ KLPVHOI IRU D FKHFN ZLWK
SRLQWVRQ&DOJDU\6WDPSHGH¶V
Walleye Rocket.
³, DVNHG VHYHUDO JX\V DQG KH
was just kind of this mystic horse
WKDWQRERG\FRXOGUHDOO\JLYH\RX
D VWUDLJKW DQVZHU RQ´ VDLG -D\QH
WKH ZRUOG¶V 1R EDUHEDFN ULGHU
IURP 0DUVHLOOH )UDQFH ³+H IHOW
DZHVRPH +H KDG D ORW RI WKLQJV
going on, and he just kind of let
you do your thing.”
Walleye Rocket came out of the
FKXWHZLWKDKXJHFURZKRSEHIRUH
settling into a steady rhythm of
high bucks.
³,W¶V ELJ DQG VKRZ\ DQG WKH
FURZG ORYHV LW DQG , EHOLHYH WKDW
WKHFURZGFDQKDYHVRPHLQÀXHQFH
on the judges,” he said. “That
KHOSHGRXWDVZHOO´
-D\QH LV LQ SXUVXLW RI KLV
second Wrangler National Finals
5RGHR TXDOL¿FDWLRQ DQG WRRN KLV
WKLUG YLFWRU\ ODS LQ +HUPLVWRQ IRU
SRVWLQJ WKH SHUIRUPDQFH¶V KLJKHVW
score.
+HH[SHFWVWRJHWEXPSHGGRZQ
the leaderboard during Saturday’s
IRXUWKDQG¿QDOSHUIRUPDQFH
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Steer wrestler Mike McGinn, of Haines, turns his steer in 4.1 sec-
onds Friday at the Farm-City Pro Rodeo in Hermiston.
³,¶OOFDWFKDFKHFNEXWORRNIRU
(Saturday) the scores to be out of
this world good,” he said. “There’s
a lot of good guys and a lot of good
horses (Saturday) so it’s not going
WRKROGIRUWKLUGEXWKRSHIXOO\LW¶OO
hold for a check.”
-DNH 9ROG¶V IURP 7KXUVGD\
continues to be the highest bronc
score of the week, and Sterling
Crawley and Tyrell Smith held
RQWRWKHWRSVSRWZLWK
-HVVH -DPHV .LUE\ RI 'RGJH
City, Kansas, and Layton Green
of Meeting Creek, Alberta, tied for
WKH WRS VDGGOH EURQF VFRUH LQ WKH
SHUIRUPDQFHZLWK
Tyler Prcin’s aggregate lead in
WLHGRZQ DOVR KHOG XS EXW
not without taking on a few serious
challengers.
5KHQ 5LFKDUG RI 5RRVHYHOW
8WDKKDGWKHTXLFNHVWSHUIRUPDQFH
WLPHZLWKDQWKDWKHSDLUHGZLWK
DQLQVODFNWRPRYHLQWRVHFRQG
SODFHLQWKHDJJUHJDWHZLWK
The 2014 Farm-City all-around
FKDPSLRQ ZDV ULJKW RQ WKH 1)5
bubble at No. 15 in the world
entering the week.
³,¶YH KDG D FUDSS\ ODVW FRXSOH
ZHHNVVR,QHHGWRJHWEDFNRQWKH
ZLQQLQJZD\VIRUVXUH´KHVDLG³,
GUHZ SUHWW\ JRRG KHUH « VR ,¶P
KRSLQJWRJHWDOLWWOHPRQH\LQHDFK
URXQGSOXVWKHDYHUDJH´
World No. 8 Reese Riemer of
Stinnett, Texas, had an 8.0 in his
VODFN UXQ WR WDNH RYHU WKH OHDG
in Round 1, but had 11.1 in the
SHUIRUPDQFH WR VOLGH LQWR WKLUG LQ
the aggregate.
7HDPURSLQJJRWDQHZRYHUDOO
leader when Arizona’s Erich
Rogers and Cory Petska caught
two steers in 10.4 seconds on
Friday.
The No. 13 team in the world
KDG D LQ VODFN WR PRYH LQWR
¿IWK LQ WKH ¿UVW URXQG WKHQ KDG
WKHIDVWHVWWLPHRIWKHSHUIRUPDQFH
with a 5.1 that is third in the second
round.
.LPPLH:DOO¶VFRQWLQXHV
WROHDGEDUUHOUDFLQJDVWKHSHUIRU-
PDQFH\LHOGHGQRWLPHVLQWKHWRS
six, and Garrett Smith’s 83 from
Thursday’s bull riding is the score
WREHDWLQWKDWHYHQW
Lon Daley of Tularosa, New
Mexico, had the highest score of
WKUHHTXDOL¿HGULGHVRQ)ULGD\ZLWK
D RQ .HVOHU 5RGHR¶V ([FHV-
VLYH)RUFH+H¶VWKLUG
———
Contact Matt Entrup at
mentrup@eastoregonian.com or
(541) 966-0838.