Oregon offensive line coach A’lique Terry wanted to be careful about how he said it.
What happened up at Oregon State last year? Nobody wants to see a program go through a midseason coach firing and a 2-10 record — even if it was a school once considered to be Oregon’s rival.
However, that season did happen, and at the end of the year, those on OSU’s staff did enter the proverbial transfer portal. And while this offseason wasn’t one of massive roster additions for Terry’s position group, he did see one key piece in Corvallis that he knew would make the 2026 Ducks better: Former Oregon State offensive line coach Mike Cavanaugh, a stalwart of the Beavers program who previously spent two seasons as an analyst with the Ducks earlier in Dan Lanning’s tenure in 2023 and 2024…