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While this post is about Edwards and the horrible situation he was in, Ostrander certainly gets honorable mention for the beatings he took. In addition to the 2004 Oregon State and Cal games and 2005 Cal and Notre Dame games in which Ostrander got the Edwards treatment, after Edwards' career ended Ostrander was then sacked six times by Arizona, four times by Washington, five times by Oregon State, and four times by Cal. All in all, in 2006 we gave up 50 sacks. 50!

And I'm sure you recall that the reason Tavita started in The Greatest Upset Ever was because Ostrander had taken a beating the previous week and had a seizure the following night at the Grolsch (sic?) brewery while dining with his parents.

Yes, indeed. At the beginning of that season Ostrander got sacked four times by UCLA, once by San Jose State, three times by Oregon, SEVEN times by Arizona State, and then the seizure in between that beating and USC. In the Greatest Upset Ever Pritchard got sacked four times. We went a long time without being able to keep a QB clean. Then in 2008 the Tunnel Workers Union started to show up and we got sacked 1.75 times per game. In 2009 we had arrived. In Luck's first year starting: eight sacks in 13 games. The worst team at protecting the QB in America from 2004-2007 had become #2 (#1 in Power Five) behind only Boise State.

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While this post is about Edwards and the horrible situation he was in, Ostrander certainly gets honorable mention for the beatings he took. In addition to the 2004 Oregon State and Cal games and 2005 Cal and Notre Dame games in which Ostrander got the Edwards treatment, after Edwards' career ended Ostrander was then sacked six times by Arizona, four times by Washington, five times by Oregon State, and four times by Cal. All in all, in 2006 we gave up 50 sacks. 50!

And I'm sure you recall that the reason Tavita started in The Greatest Upset Ever was because Ostrander had taken a beating the previous week and had a seizure the following night at the Grolsch (sic?) brewery while dining with his parents.

Yes, indeed. At the beginning of that season Ostrander got sacked four times by UCLA, once by San Jose State, three times by Oregon, SEVEN times by Arizona State, and then the seizure in between that beating and USC. In the Greatest Upset Ever Pritchard got sacked four times. We went a long time without being able to keep a QB clean. Then in 2008 the Tunnel Workers Union started to show up and we got sacked 1.75 times per game. In 2009 we had arrived. In Luck's first year starting: eight sacks in 13 games. The worst team at protecting the QB in America from 2004-2007 had become #2 (#1 in Power Five) behind only Boise State.