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Bill Oram @billoram.bsky.social · 19h

By waiting until now to fire Bray, with nothing left to salvage from the season and the fanbase openly hostile, Oregon State appears reactionary and panicked.

In selecting Bray's replacement, AD Scott Barnes must be intentional and aggressive.

Column, including names of some likely candidates:

Trent Bray’s downfall at Oregon State reveals the peril of small-time thinking| Bill Oram

A position he never aspired to was foisted on him in a moment of panic. Of course Bray failed.

www.oregonlive.com

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Bill Oram @billoram.bsky.social · 21h

Statement from Oregon State confirming Robb Akey will serve as interim head coach.

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Bill Oram @billoram.bsky.social · 21h

The likely choice for interim at Oregon State, per a source, is Robb Akey, who came on this year as a special asst to Trent Bray and became the interm ST coordinator last week. Former head coach at Idaho and DC at Central Mich and Washington St. OSU officials meeting at 10 a.m. to discuss options.

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Bill Oram @billoram.bsky.social · 22h

It had to happen.

Where Oregon State goes from here is what matters.

Ryan Clarke @ryantclarke.bsky.social · 22h

Oregon State football fires head coach Trent Bray: Report #GoBeavs

Oregon State football fires head coach Trent Bray: Report

With the Beavers sitting at 0-7, Bray's tenure as coach is over in his second season.

www.oregonlive.com

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Bill Oram @billoram.bsky.social · 1d

A live update from my Oregonian colleague @jamiehale.bsky.social at the war zone outside of Portland’s ICE facility

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Bill Oram @billoram.bsky.social · 1d

On Saturday, Curt Cignetti didn’t have to talk his talk. Mr. ‘Google Me’ didn’t have to boast, preen or relieve himself at the center of the giant ‘O.’ No, the Indiana coach and his team took care of all of that on the field.

Column from a day it rained inside Autzen Stadium:

Hoosier daddy? Oregon’s answer might be Curt Cignetti| Bill Oram

The boastful Indiana coach didn't need to talk his talk after the Hoosiers' 30-20 win at Autzen Stadium. His coaching took care of that.

www.oregonlive.com

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Bill Oram @billoram.bsky.social · 1d

This has just been a whale of a game.

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Bill Oram @billoram.bsky.social · 1d

OSU should have given Wake's backup QB $1.5 million.

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Bill Oram @billoram.bsky.social · 1d

Ryan Leaf on The CW after the Beavers last series:

"In and out of every week we just see some plays here or there where he’s just flippant with his technique and that’s what really costing this football team.”

Bill Oram @billoram.bsky.social · 1d

Keeping an eye on OSU-Wake from Eugene and, man, I'm not sure if I've ever seen a quarterback less accurate on short and medium throws than Maalik Murphy.

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Bill Oram @billoram.bsky.social · 1d

Keeping an eye on OSU-Wake from Eugene and, man, I'm not sure if I've ever seen a quarterback less accurate on short and medium throws than Maalik Murphy.

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Bill Oram @billoram.bsky.social · 1d

Oregon-Indiana is shaping up to be every bit the battle of heavyweights it was billed as.

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Bill Oram @billoram.bsky.social · 1d

Spectacular.

Big Sky Conference @bigskyconf.bsky.social · 1d

Cool atmosphere in Missoula 👀

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Bill Oram @billoram.bsky.social · 1d

Impressive sequence for the Oregon defense and the loud Autzen crowd. Indiana had third-and-1 from the 31. After two penalties and a sack, the Hoosiers end up punting out of their end zone.

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Bill Oram @billoram.bsky.social · 1d

Great crowd at Autzen today.

No. 3 and No. 7, coming up.

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Bill Oram @billoram.bsky.social · 1d

Washington State, in an unprecedented situation after losing its conference, coach and players, has a 14-10 second-half lead over No. 4 Ole Miss in Oxford.

No excuses. Just ball.

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Bill Oram @billoram.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing how a coaching change can invigorate a listless team.

Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 1d

UCLA DIRECT SNAP TD

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Bill Oram @billoram.bsky.social · 2d

Baseball is beautiful.

Congrats, Mariners. Good for Seattle. Great for the Northwest.

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Bill Oram @billoram.bsky.social · 2d

It's hard to nail a coaching hire better than Oregon did with Dan Lanning and Indiana did with Curt Cignetti. @jamescrepea.bsky.social lays out the ways their journeys echo each other — and the ways they're completely different. www.oregonlive.com/ducks/2025/1...

No. 3 Oregon, No. 7 Indiana meet in clash of Saban-influenced coaches

Lanning and Cignetti bring contrasting backgrounds but similar philosophies to Saturday's Big Ten showdown, with both teams looking to strengthen their playoff positioning.

www.oregonlive.com

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Bill Oram @billoram.bsky.social · 2d

A really nice read from @ryantclarke.bsky.social on one of the bright spots amid Oregon State's gloomy season. www.oregonlive.com/beavers/2025...

‘I feel like he’s with me’: How a U.S. Marine’s legacy fuels this Oregon State linebacker

Aiden Sullivan wears his grandfather's dog tags on his cleats.

www.oregonlive.com

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Bill Oram @billoram.bsky.social · 3d

I didn’t say it mattered. Just that it was an eye-popping number.

Bill Oram @billoram.bsky.social · 3d

I went to bed early last night. I saw what I needed to see from Shaedon Sharpe and Toumani Camara.

But the Warriors scored 51 POINTS in the fourth quarter???

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Joe Freeman @freemanjoe.bsky.social · 5d

From @matthewkish.bsky.social and @billoram.bsky.social: Tom Dundon says his group can buy the Blazers without money from the Cherng family »

www.oregonlive.com/sports/2025/...

Tom Dundon says his group can buy the Blazers without money from the Cherng family

Legal filings made public Tuesday suggest an investment from the deep-pocketed Panda Express founders isn’t critical to the sale.

www.oregonlive.com

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Bill Oram @billoram.bsky.social · 5d

Jake Dickert is the one coach to lose a game vs Oregon St in the last year.

He brings 3-2 Wake Forest to Corvallis on Saturday. He said "the narrative is wrong" on Trent Bray.

“I know exactly what he’s going through."

Disagree.

He would have had to stick it out at Washington St to truly get it.

Oregon State, Jake Dickert and the two kinds of survival after a nuclear explosion | Bill Oram

Dickert bailed on Washington State while Oregon State has had no choice but to sift through realignment's rubble.

www.oregonlive.com

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Bill Oram @billoram.bsky.social · 6d

That game was yet another example of Beavers failing with multiple chances to get just one yard.

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Bill Oram @billoram.bsky.social · 6d

I misread the Houston chart, so you're right. But I do think the point still stands: Had a golden chance to still win in overtime, came off with no points. If you want to say that was because they couldn't trust the special teams to make a FG, that's definitely fair.

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