Oregon State coach Gary Andersen joined me on the Bald Faced Truth radio show (12-3p weekdays on 750-AM and 102.9-FM) on Tuesday. Andersen won't give a prediction on how many games the Beavers win this season, but he will say whether he'd like to start on offense or defense on Thursday night.

"I'd rather be on defense," Andersen said. "Either way is fine with me. If they win the toss, they're going to take the ball, but I'll see what we do... if I had my druthers, I'd rather be on defense."

On why he stopped the practice of chopping down both goal posts with an axe as part of the Wisconsin vs. Minnesota rivalry (The battle for the "Axe"):

"I got in trouble because I put a stop to chopping down the goal posts... we decided to just maybe do it on your side of the stadium. It got fairly heated. I didn't think it was good for college football... running over and attacking another team's sideline was a little scary, a little bit of a problem."

On what he's telling his team as it heads to Minnesota:

"Are they ready for this moment? Do they feel like they can get into this moment? ... you can't really get coached between snaps in a football game. There's not a coach behind you telling you to line up a yard to your left... I want them to handle that."

Andersen on what Minnesota may do with a new offensive coordinator:

"We've studied all those films, probably too much. You're looking at every snap of a spring game... you just gotta adjust. But I really believe that you're going to see two offenses -- our offense and their offense -- that are very similar in mindset.

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