Oregon State has made Jonathan Smith the Beavers next head football coach.
The walk-on is now in charge.
That's a romantic story, isn't it?
Smith, 38, led the Beavers to a Fiesta Bowl win and that magical 11-1 season in 2000. And the hope here is that he's going to serve as a bridge back to that kind of greatness for OSU. Bring ex-coach Dennis Erickson as a consultant? Or even Mike Riley? (I'm told that Smith is interested in adding one of them, but not both to his staff). How about former Beavers lineman Kyle DeVan, Ball State's offensive line coach, on the staff?