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BEAVER FOES: Seattle wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh pushes off Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Sabby Piscitelli, who tries to push Houshmandzadeh out of bounds during the first half of the Buccaneers' 24-7 win at Seattle.

Atlanta tight end Justin Peelle played. Carolina tight end Dante Rosario started and had two catches for 11 yards.

Oregon will have to stop Oregon State quarterback Sean Canfield and the Beavers top-ranked passing offense.

Multi-dimensional UO quarterback Jeremiah Masoli makes the Ducks very hard to stop.

Atlanta tight end Justin Peelle started. Baltimore defensive lineman Haloti Ngata was not active.

Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller Here's a list of players: defensive end Dexter Davis and defensive tackle Lawrence Guy -- both from Arizona State -- Arizona defensive end Brooks Reed, California defensive end Cameron Jordan, Oregon State defensive tackle Stephen Paea and Washington defensive end Daniel Te'o-Nesheim. That is a stout crew.

Baltimore defensive lineman Haloti Ngata had three tackles including a tackle for loss.

Out of the team's 12 draft draft selections made this past April, the Dallas Cowboys picked up several players who converted from their original positions to outside linebacker.

Linebacker Victor Butler gets his big break late in Monday's game, makes two sacks and forces a fumble.

Over the first three games of the season, Victor Butler has been the Daniel LaRusso to DeMarcus Ware 's Mr.

CORVALLIS - They are lopsided statistics that don't bode well for Oregon State heading into Saturday's Pac-10 opener against Arizona.

In today's NFL, it pays to be versatile. Just ask Victor Butler. When Dallas drafted the Eisenhower High School graduate in the fourth round of April's draft, there were some questions about his chances of making the Cowboys' 53-man roster.

Oregon State linebacker Keaton Kristick is ready to let loose. Ditto for defensive tackle Stephen Paea.

CORVALLIS - One game down, about 50 more to go in the college football career of Oregon State's Michael Philipp.

ADD, TUESDAY .. Keaton Kristick, one of the top OLBs in the country, is considered the rock of the 2009 Beavers' defense along with DT Stephen Paea, but Kristick agrees with Clark.

Dallas linebacker Victor Butler, out of Oregon State, is one of 10 rookies from OSU and UO to make NFL rosters on Saturday.

Rolling out of bed at 4:55 a.m. six days a week has taken some adjusting, but Portland State defensive end Carl Sommer is starting to like the schedule.

Carl Sommer played football at OSU for two years before transferring to Portland State, where he now plays on the team and says he is much happier for the move.

Perhaps the most obvious sign that Oregon State's football culture is changing came late one recent Sunday night.

In his free time, Oregon State's Kevin Frahm likes to participate in a lot of non-football activities.