CORVALLIS – Among things for Oregon State football to shore up in 2021: season openers. © Leon Neuschwander Oregon State quarterback Tristan Gebbia (3) gets wrapped up by Washington State’s Ron Stone Jr. (10) as the Oregon State Beavers take on the Washington State Cougars in the Pac-12 football season opener at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon, on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020. Photo by Leon Neuschwander for The Oregonian/OregonLive The Beavers are 0-3 in season openers under fourth-year coach Jonathan Smith. Some context is required. OSU opened the 2018 season at Ohio State, one of the country’s top teams. The Beavers kicked off 2019 against Oklahoma State, a top 25 team. But in 2020, Oregon State faced Washington State, a COVID-19 impacted program that lost three of its four games. The one win? Against Oregon State, a 38-28 decision in Reser Stadium that arguably was the Beavers’ worst performance of…
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