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LARAMIE In just two seasons at the helm,
Dennis Erickson turned the Oregon State football program from the tattered doormat of college football into Fiesta Bowl champions.
The once toothless Beavers from Corvallis hadn t reached double-digit wins once in their 83 years of existence. Until Erickson arrived in 1999, OSU suffered a then-NCAA record 28 straight losing seasons.
My how the times have changed.
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To make things even sweeter, that 41-9 Bowl Championship Series rout in the Arizona desert came against one of the most storied programs in the sport, Notre Dame. We re a football program that is on the rise, A stoic Erickson told a television reporter on the field following the win. Hopefully we can continue to be. It s a program that is going to get better and better all the time. This will just help us get to the next level.