The Oregon State Beavers resume their season this week after a bye allowed some rest following a 5-2 start to the campaign. JaMarcus Shephard's group will make the trip south for a date with the 4-3 Fresno State Bulldogs. It will be the first matchup between the two teams with both playing as members of the Pac-12 Conference.

During his media availability this week, Oregon State head coach JaMarcus Shephard noted that some of the things his team must improve before they face the Bulldogs, particularly after reviewing the film from their previous win over Washington State.

"Offensively, we wanna attack the drops, we'd been better over the previous few weeks than we were against Washington State. That also speaks to third down conversions and everything like that," Shephard noted." And on defense, it's making sure we have an answer to make sure that the quarterback doesn't get out of the pocket.…