It is not lost upon the Oregon State fan base that the two best teams over the past 60 years in Corvallis haven't qualified for the Rose Bowl. Indeed, the last Beavers team to turn the trick did so in 1964, when Tommy Prothro's final OSU edition, which tied for the regular-season crown, was awarded a berth in Pasadena by a controversial vote that kept John McKay's USC at home. (Trust us, the Beavers were not deserving over the Trojans, as Michi gan reminded in the Rose Bowl by rolling to a 34-7 win). The most-memorable OSU team since was certainly the 1967 Dee Andros “Giant Killers,” who in one magical three-week stretch late in the season would beat a pair of top-ranked teams (Purdue and USC) and tie the second-ranked team (UCLA). By the end of that campaign, Oregon State, featuring a brawling defense and bullish FB Bill “Earthquake” Enyart, was arguably the nation's best team, but there was nowhere to go in the postseason in those days for a team that finished tied for second in the AAWU/Pac-8.'
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