CORVALLIS - The day after narrowly missing a monumental upset bid over No. 20 Stanford, Cory Hall was back recruiting in Los Angeles.
It was during this whirlwind period Friday, bouncing between high school football games on opposite ends of the sprawling city, that the Oregon State interim coach said he missed the online petition started by his players to make him the permanent head coach.
Hall expressed a mixture of emotions upon learning of the petition, acknowledging Monday at his weekly press conference that it was "a tough spot to be in.