Oregon State wants a home-and-home deal with UH

Proposing a home-and-home scheduling arrangement with UH, Oregon State coach Mike Riley said:
"I'd be happy to play them home-and-home every year." (HA)

About playing Oregon State each year, JD said:
"it would be great for us and them, I think." (HA)

HA Note: "UH officials are expected to talk with Oregon State at Saturday's nonconference game in Corvallis."

Riley said he wants to play UH more:
"because we obviously recruit there. We also have a number of alums and boosters and friends over there." (HA)

HA Note: "The Beavers list 16 players with Hawai'i hometowns on their roster and have five coaches who are from here or have coached at UH. Prior to Saturday's game, Rockne Freitas, an NFL veteran and OSU Hall of Famer from Honolulu, will honored. Freitas is the Hawai'i Community College Chancellor."

About how playing UH makes sense for them, Riley said:
"So, I think for a nonleague game it makes a lot of sense to me. They are a good program, good team and I think because of our relationship with the State of Hawai'i and the ties that we have there it makes for always a big, emotional game. I think the atmosphere over there in Hawai'i a couple of years ago was awesome and it was the result of two pretty good teams playing at the end of the year." (HA)

About scheduling Oregon State (OSU has openings in 2010 and 2011 and UH has 2 openings in 2010), JD said:
"We would look at that (2010) and other opportunities in 2012 and beyond." (HA)