I see Oregon State as overrated. They were a solid team, but not great. And adding DJ isn’t going to help the pass game. They run a complex passing system and he needs the game simplified.
They played USC, Utah, UW and Oregon and went 1-3. And their one win? It took a miracle vs an Oregon team who blew them out for three quarters. Oregon had come off a huge win (Utah) and was looking towards the conference title game, got up huge and relaxed.
Credit OSU for fighting and not giving up, but I don’t buy that game as any sort of proof or OSU’s greatness.
I could easily see them being 2-3 after their first five games.
The problem they have is a lack of talent. Yeah, they’ve improved from last year, but so has everyone else. Utah, Oregon, UW, USC are all better. I’d peg OSU at 7-5, 8-4.
A good team, but they won’t be competing for a conference title.
That being said, they could be 7-3 or 8-2 going into their last two games. They are so Utah 2014/2015. A good, solid team that lacks the depth to really compete for the conference.