Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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BLUEGOLDONLINE.COM JANUARY 2024 35 BOWL PREVIEW: OREGON STATE Stuckey. We'll take the team whose head coach and coordinators are the same as the 12 regular- season games when comparing what these two programs are currently working with. Advantage: Notre Dame INTANGIBLES This is one of those wacky bowl games affected by opt-outs and transfer portal hysteria. It's a wash on that front. Oddly, even though the Beavers are down to a third-stringer, OSU has an experience edge at quarterback because Ben Gulbranson started eight games in 2022. Steve Angeli has never started a game for the Irish. But just as strangely, Notre Dame has a coaching experience advantage even though Marcus Free- man is only in his second season in charge. Oregon State has an interim in Kefense Hynson running things after Jonathan Smith left for Michigan State. The Irish should have more fans in attendance even if the game does not reach capacity in a smaller stadium. There won't be enough blue and gold in the stands to make it feel like South Bend, though, and there won't be enough orange and black to make it feel like Corvallis. All signs point to the intangibles being a toss-up. Advantage: Even OFFENSE Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. LT 67 Joshua Gray 6-4 305 R-Jr. 69 Jacob Strand 6-5 283 R-Fr. LG 58 Heneli Bloomfield 6-4 310 R-Sr. 78 Nathan Elu 6-5 297 R-Fr. or 79 Tyler Voltin 6-4 372 R-So. C 70 Jake Levengood 6-4 294 R-Sr. 57 Dylan Lopez 6-3 296 R-Fr. or 63 Luka Vincic 6-5 287 R-Fr. RG 61 Tanner Miller 6-1 287 R-Jr. 66 Grant Starck 6-4 298 Jr. RT 77 Flavio Gonzalez 6-5 301 R-Jr. or 73 Tyler Morano 6-7 277 R-So. TE 84 Jermaine Terry II 6-4 251 Jr. 89 Bryce Caufield 6-4 230 R-So. TE 82 Gabe Milbourn 6-4 252 R-So. or 83 Carter Neuman 6-4 241 R-So. or 87 Riley Sharp 6-6 248 R-Sr. WR 13 Jesiah Irish 5-11 174 R-Sr. 18 Jeremiah Noga 6-2 186 R-So. WR 8 Rweha Munygai Jr. 6-2 190 R-Sr. or 28 Trent Walker 6-2 188 R-So. WR 7 Silas Bolden 5-8 157 Jr. 12 Zachary Card 5-9 156 Fr. or 16 Jimmy Valsin III 6-2 195 R-So. QB 17 Ben Gulbranson 6-3 215 R-So. 15 Dom Montiel 6-2 197 R-Fr. or 4 Travis Throckmorton 6-1 202 R-Fr. RB 1 Deshaun Fenwick 6-2 222 R-Sr. or 9 Isaiah Newell 6-1 225 R-So. DEFENSE Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. DT 95 Joe Golden 6-5 290 R-Sr. or 99 Isaac Hodgins 6-0 270 R-Sr. 45 Semisi Saluni 6-3 286 Jr. or 97 Quincy Wright 6-2 313 R-Fr. DE 10 Andrew Chatfield Jr. 6-1 254 R-Sr. or 8 Sione Lolohea 6-3 266 Jr. 43 Takari Hickle 6-3 267 R-Fr. DT 52 James Rawls 6-2 284 R-Sr. 98 Thomas Collins 6-1 284 Fr. or 94 Tavis Shippen 6-4 300 R-Sr. ILB 44 Melvin Jordan IV 5-11 225 R-Fr. or 20 John Miller 6-1 237 Jr. ILB 2 Calvin Hart Jr. 6-0 226 R-Sr. 32 Isaiah Chisom 6-0 219 Fr. OLB 6 John McCartan 6-5 258 R-Sr. or 82 Cory Stover 6-6 248 R-Jr. 17 Nikko Taylor 6-5 247 Jr. CB 4 Jaden Robinson 6-0 190 R-Sr. or 19 Joe Swen 6-3 198 R-Fr. S 28 Kitan Oladapo 6-1 217 R-Sr. 24 Jack Kane 5-10 180 R-So. S 7 Alton Julian 6-2 210 R-Sr. 36 Drake Vickers 6-3 193 So. NK 1 Ryan Cooper Jr. 6-0 187 Sr. 30 Josiah Johnson 5-10 183 R-So. CB 25 Tyrice Ivy Jr. 6-3 201 Jr. 21 Noble Thomas Jr. 5-11 195 R-Fr. SPECIAL TEAMS Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. PK 35 Everett Hayes 6-0 208 Sr. P 37 Josh Green 6-1 218 R-Sr. 38 AJ Winsor 6-2 198 Fr. LS 48 Dylan Black 6-1 202 R-Jr. 33 Peyton Hogan 6-1 200 R-So. H 37 Josh Green 6-1 218 R-Sr. 38 AJ Winsor 6-2 198 Fr. KR 7 Silas Bolden 5-8 152 R-Fr. 13 Jesiah Irish 5-11 174 R-Sr. PR 7 Silas Bolden 5-8 152 R-Fr. or 13 Jesiah Irish 5-11 174 R-Sr. Oregon State Beavers Depth Chart (as of Dec. 12) Redshirt senior defensive end Andrew Chatfield Jr. leads the Beavers with 9 sacks this season. PHOTO COURTESY OREGON STATE ATHLETICS