Beavers’ new Quizz show stumps and thumps USC
CORVALLIS U SC didn’t recruit Jacquizz Rodgers. Didn’t visit him. Didn’t call him. The Trojans didn’t even send the little guy a form letter.
“No sir, not a thing,” he said on Thursday.
It was Oregon State 27, USC 21 at Reser Stadium. Also it was, “Whoooooo!!!” and “Yeeaaaaaaaah!!!” and “Yaaaaahoooooo!!!!” And man, oh man, given a shot, what would Rodgers and the Beavers have done to Ohio State?
Kidding.
Sort of.
Because here was Rodgers — barely 5-feet-7 inches and all the way sensational — with his helmet on after the game, trying to find a way off the field.
The guy with 186 yards and two touchdowns on 37 carries bobbed, darted and ducked. He pushed his way through a sea of celebrating black-and-orange clad OSU fans on the field, looking for a crack of daylight. And if you’d have been close enough to see the sides of Rodgers’ battered helmet as he brushed past, you might have noticed that the once-pristine Beavers decals were cut and torn, barely hanging on anymore.
Just like the Trojans, turns out.
oregonlive.com
9/26/08
Magnolia Tribune
