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Oregon St travels to Palo Alto to kick off the season with a Pac 10 Conference game with Stanford. Stanford gets Oregon St here at the right time. The Beavers are replacing their entire front 7 on defense. Oregon St usually starts slow and especially on the road. The Beavers are 0-6 straight up in their first road game in Mike Reilly’s last 6 seasons as head coach. Junior quarterback Lyle Moevao gets the start with Sean Canfield backing him up and hopefully their revamped offensive line can give them blocking. These two QB’s combined to lead the Pac 10 in interceptions the last season. The running back position is very inexperienced for the Beavers with two freshmen and a transfer in the backfield. Stanford beat USC and Cal last season and look for head coach Jim Harbaugh to have his Cardinal team sky high for this national TV appearance, which will help the program for recruiting purposes. Stanford needs this win with a road game at Arizona St and at TCU up next for Stanford. Take Stanford +3