Just over one-quarter of the way into its season, the 1999 Oregon State football team was already making history.
First-year head coach Dennis Erickson - he of those two national championships at Miami - had wasted no time in making his mark in Corvallis. After knocking off Nevada, Fresno State and Georgia Southern, the Beavers were off to a 3-0 start for the first time since 1967. Throw in 1998's season-ending Civil War win and OSU had won four straight games, the first time it had managed that since 1968.
Those three wins guaranteed the Beavers a perfect September, as the last Saturday of the month gave them a bye before heading into Pacific-10 play.