The Oregon State football team was embarrassed over the weekend by Colorado State. The 58-27 beat down turned ugly in the second half when the Beavers defense could not stop Colorado State and the offense wasn’t doing them any favors. It would be easy to try and make excuses for the poor performance (heat, altitude, charged-up team opening a new stadium etc.) but Coach Andersen did not want to hear any excuses in his press conference yesterday.

Gary Andersen called for the Beavers to be more “edgy” and “to put on their big-boy pants.” He also encouraged them to be men and increase their level of toughness. Andersen took particular exception to Xavier Crawford’s post-game comment that Colorado State just came out hot in the second half and the Beavers weren’t ready for it. "If that's the way he feels, then he needs to look in the mirror and get his own a** ready to play.”