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that was functionally the second game of the year for them, since it seems like everything has changed after Anderson quit.

Outside of our performance, the comings and goings at OSU are rather fascinating.

This was a truly horrible team under Andersen. It's not just that they were losing, but they were not competitive against any FBS team.
Then Andersen left - quit? got fired? - nobody seems to quite know.

After departing, the players have mostly sounded supportive of him, some extremely loyal.
Yet, after he left this has become a completely different team. They may not exactly be good yet, but clearly competitive. Clearly energetic. And not excessively weak/slow in a way you would expect a team with such a record.

And Cory Hall comes in having barely coached, only two years as a DB coach at the college level - one at Weber State and one at OSU. The coordinators and more experienced coaches were notably passed over for this guy. And he comes in yelling and jumping up an down like a mad man. That sounds like a recipe for disaster, at least among the coaching staff. The senior guys were already outraged about Andersen's comments ("I hired the wrong guys" - but with profanity).

But then suddenly the results seem like a near miracle, at least to the extent one can excuse continuing to lose and still call it a miracle. But no doubt it looks like a completely different team.
And the change initially occurred over the course of a single week.


In a way its not completely surprising. That kind of energy pumps life into a depressed, moribund program. Whether it has substance and is sustainable is something I will be very interested to watch.

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that was functionally the second game of the year for them, since it seems like everything has changed after Anderson quit.

Outside of our performance, the comings and goings at OSU are rather fascinating.

This was a truly horrible team under Andersen. It's not just that they were losing, but they were not competitive against any FBS team.
Then Andersen left - quit? got fired? - nobody seems to quite know.

After departing, the players have mostly sounded supportive of him, some extremely loyal.
Yet, after he left this has become a completely different team. They may not exactly be good yet, but clearly competitive. Clearly energetic. And not excessively weak/slow in a way you would expect a team with such a record.

And Cory Hall comes in having barely coached, only two years as a DB coach at the college level - one at Weber State and one at OSU. The coordinators and more experienced coaches were notably passed over for this guy. And he comes in yelling and jumping up an down like a mad man. That sounds like a recipe for disaster, at least among the coaching staff. The senior guys were already outraged about Andersen's comments ("I hired the wrong guys" - but with profanity).

But then suddenly the results seem like a near miracle, at least to the extent one can excuse continuing to lose and still call it a miracle. But no doubt it looks like a completely different team.
And the change initially occurred over the course of a single week.


In a way its not completely surprising. That kind of energy pumps life into a depressed, moribund program. Whether it has substance and is sustainable is something I will be very interested to watch.