With just 13 seniors, 2-5 OSU is the youngest team in the Pac-12. Thirty-two Beavers have played for the first time this year — 11th-most in the nation — and 18 have made their first career start — tied for seventh. Oregon State has gone from pro-style to spread, from a 4-3 front to a 3-4, and has changed everything from the players' routines to their tackling technique.
Andersen admitted on Tuesday's Pac-12 media conference call it's "probably a little bit more of a challenge than what I thought when I walked in."
But he still has a team full of Pac-12 athletes, hungry for its first conference victory.