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Oregon State to Meet Ohio State to Kick-Off 2018 Season

Ohio State has won both previous meetings in Columbus, 22-14 in 1984 and 51-10 in 1974.

(CORVALLIS, Ore. ) - The Oregon State Beavers and The Ohio State Buckeyes will open the 2018 football season in Columbus, Beaver Director of Athletics Bob De Carolis announced Thursday.

The game is set for Sept. 1 of Labor Day Weekend at Ohio Stadium, the fourth-largest venue in college football with a current capacity of 104,944.

Oregon 2014 Football Preview: Offensive Line Returns Five Starters

An area for improvement, in concert with the rest of the offense, will be red-zone efficiency.

(EUGENE, Ore. ) - All five starters are back, headlined by Hroniss Grasu, who might just be the best center in the country after spurning the NFL draft and remaining in school.

The bookend tackles, Jake Fisher and Tyler Johnstone, also are multi-year starters, and guards Hamani Stevens and Cameron Hunt are back after solidifying starting spots last season.

Oregon State Football Adds Five to Roster

Johnson, Kelsey, Kell and Ovgard are true freshmen while Pritchard is a post-graduate fifth-year senior from BYU.

(CORVALLIS, Ore. ) - Oregon State head football coach Mike Riley announced Tuesday the addition of five walkons to the 2014 football roster.

Joining the Beavers for the opening of practice Mon., Aug. 4 will be offensive lineman Mason Johnson, long snapper Connor Kelsey, fullback Iona Pritchard and wide receivers Drew Kell and Gabe Ovgard.

Oregon 2014 Football Preveiw: Mariota Leads Talented Crop of QB`s at Oregon

Into the mix comes true freshman Morgan Mahalak, an UnderArmour All-American who led his high school team to a 12-1 record while scoring 46.8 points per game last fall.

(EUGENE, Ore. ) - Perhaps the best player in the country leads Oregon into the start of preseason camp on Aug. 4.

There's nobody in the nation the Ducks would trade Marcus Mariota for, after he passed up the chance to be the possible No. 1 overall NFL draft pick this past spring by returning to school.

Oregon 2014 Football Season Preview: Running Backs

The other backs on the depth chart with extensive game experience are Kenny Bassett and Ayele Forde.

(EUGENE, Ore. ) - In junior Byron Marshall and sophomore Thomas Tyner, the Ducks boast what NFL.com calls the best running back tandem in the Pac-12 entering the 2014 season.

Marshall was Oregon’s leading rusher in 2013 with 1,038 yards, despite missing most of the final two regular-season games due to injury.

Beavers Mullaney Named to Biletnikoff Award Watch List

Oregon State is the only member of the Pac-12 Conference with more than one Biletnikoff Award recipient – Mike Hass (2005) and Brandin Cooks (2013).

(CORVALLIS, Ore. ) - Oregon State wide receiver Richard Mullaney has been named to the 2014 Biletnikoff Award Watch List, released Tuesday by the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation, Inc.

Mullaney, a native of Thousand Oaks, Calif., enjoyed a breakout year as a sophomore in 2013 starting at split end opposite last season’s Biletnikoff Award winner, Brandin Cooks.

Ducks LB Derrick Malone on Two Award Lists

The Butkus Award is given to the nation’s best linebacker, based on “athletic achievement and service to the community.”

(EUGENE, Ore. ) - Two major college football awards released preseason watch lists Monday, and both included Oregon senior linebacker Derrick Malone.

Malone, who led the Ducks with 105 tackles in 2013, was named to the watch lists of both the Butkus Award and the Rotary Lombardi Award.

Oregon Six Pack on Award Watch Lists

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(EUGENE, Ore. ) - Two awards watch lists released Thursday listed a total of six Ducks, including two making second appearances on the series of 2014 preseason watch lists being released this week and next.

Senior center Hroniss Grasu was one of three UO linemen named to the Outland Trophy watch list on Thursday, two days after Grasu received similar mention from the Rimington Trophy.

New Oregon Football Players Arrive on Campus

The new additions will also begin strength and conditioning work along with taking classes this summer.

(EUGENE, Ore. ) - Summer quarter began at the university on Monday, marking the first day as college students for most of Oregon's 2014 recruiting class and several other new additions to the roster.

Among the new faces is wide receiver Zac Schuller, a junior college transfer who recently signed a financial aid agreement with the Ducks.