Beavers get a big upset opportunity

Marcus Agnew ran for 223 yards and three touchdowns Saturday, but will miss this week's game due to a hamstring injury.

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The Oregon State Beavers saw how to react to a huge upset win Saturday on their home field, now it's their chance to capture the same feeling for themselves.

OSU lost to Sacramento State of the Big Sky Conference at Reser Stadium in overtime Saturday, and gets Big Ten favorite Wisconsin this weekend - in Madison, Wisc.

The Badgers, ranked 8th, enter the game at 1-0 after pummeling UNLV 51-7 Saturday.

Making the game even more of an upset opportunity is the loss of freshman running back Marcus Agnew to a hamstring injury suffered in practice. Agnew ran for 223 yards and three touchdowns against the Hornets, but will not play Saturday.

Senior James Rodgers also will not play.

The Beavers are still in limbo at quarterback, too, after Ryan Katz and Sean Mannion split time last week.

Game time is 9 a.m.

"We have obviously a big challenge ahead of us," Beavers coach Mike Riley said this week. "A lot of this will be a mental factor for our team. I think if we can, in some fashion, take that last game and learn a lot from it, and then focus, then we'll play a better football game."

The Beavers have the week off after Saturday to prepare for a home game against UCLA.