Beavers have room for improvement with Cal coming in
By Cliff Kirkpatrick
Saturday night’s victory was important to the Oregon State football team, but the Beavers didn’t go into the night wildly celebrating. It was a dominating performance by the defense, shutting out Idaho 38-0, and the offense moved the ball well at times. However, concern comes from questions about starting senior offensive tackle Josh Linehan’s knee injury, suffered against the Vandals. He’ll have an MRI done today with results expected back as soon as Tuesday. “I don’t know how it happened, but it was on a block after the interception,” coach Mike Riley said Sunday night after looking at the video. “It must have been how he twisted. The block wasn’t down low.” The Beavers (2-1) have some depth on the offensive line with Andy Levitre who can fill in for Linehan. He started for left guard Jeremy Perry, who eased back into the game after minor knee surgery during the bye, and took over for Linehan when he went down.
After Levitre, however, offensive line coach Mike Cavanaugh hasn’t been confident with anyone else in pressure situations. “We don’t have ready-to-play depth,” Riley said. “We are developing some people. It’s hard to lose someone in your top six. I hope we haven’t lost him.” There were a few other minor injuries, but all the other players will be ready for practice this week, Riley said. Cornerback Keenan Lewis had cramps again, while linebacker Derrick Doggett has a bruised ankle and linebacker Keaton Kristick has a bruised knee.
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