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MINNEAPOLIS -- Tracy Claeys was a defensive coordinator for 15 years at four different schools before taking over as head coach at Minnesota, so he knows a thing or two about making adjustments to the game plan on the fly.Seeing three key members of a unit that is expected to lead the Golden Gophers to new heights be ejected for illegal hits? That was a new one even for him.Minnesota overcame the loss of linebackers Cody Poock and Jonathan Celestin and defensive end Taiyon Devers for targeting to beat Oregon State 30-23 on Thursday night.Im all for that rule, Claeys said. We just have to go back and look at the film and everyones got to lower their target down.Poock was flagged for a helmet-to-helmet hit on a receiver after a pass fell incomplete. Celestin launched himself head-first into sliding quarterback Darell Garretsons helmet and the freshman Devers came in high on Garretson on a late hit in search of his third sack of the game.It was kind of crazy and kind of nerve-racking seeing all of our starters go out like that, Minnesota defensive back Damarius Travis said.Rodney Smith rushed for 125 yards and two touchdowns, the last coming in the fourth quarter to put the Gophers in front 24-23, and the short-handed defense held the Beavers scoreless over the final 15 minutes to hang on for a tense victory in a game they were favored to win by 13 points.You try to educate and get the young men where they need to be to handle the scenarios, Oregon State coach Gary Andersen said of the targeting penalties. Its hard. The quarterback now, he starts sliding, hes protected, which we want to protect the players. Youve got to show the game tape. Theres not a lot of game tape on that.Mitch Leidner was erratic as ever in going 13 for 26 for 130 yards. But he rushed for 76 yard and two scores, the last a 1-yard run with 1:27 left to give the Gophers a seven-point cushion.Garretson threw for 228 yards and three touchdowns for Oregon State. The junior transfer lost two fumbles on crunching sacks by Devers in the first half, but Garretson bounced back to throw TDs to Noah Togiai, Victor Bolden and Tim Cook.They were strong. They were physical. They flew around, Garretson said. They knew what they were doing. They were comfortable. You could see. We put up a pretty good fight.THE TAKEAWAYOREGON STATE: After going 2-10 in Andersens first season last year, the Beavers were hoping Garretsons arrival would help speed the rebuilding process. The early returns are promising. He completed 25 of 40 passes and hung in there while being sacked four times.Youre not going to find a tougher kid than that, Andersen said. Hell stay in there and hell fight like crazy. He didnt just get hit. He got drilled numerous times.MINNESOTA: If the Gophers are truly going to contend in the wide-open Big Ten West, they will have to be much more disciplined and precise going forward. They had eight penalties for 70 yards. Center Tyler Moore snapped the ball over Leidners head twice, one resulting in a safety, and Leidner missed several open receivers down the field, an underwhelming performance all around.I think its a mixture of both being a little too amped and a little nervous, Leidner said. Unfortunately you dont get preseason games like the NFL does to get adjusted to things like that. But to be able to win a game and have some of that sloppiness, that will definitely help us moving forward.GOING FOR 2When the Gophers scored in the last 90 seconds to take a seven-point lead, Claeys elected to go for 2 to try to make it a two-score game. An extra point would have made it impossible for the Beavers to win the game in regulation.My opinion is 95 percent of the time those teams go down and score late, theyre going to kick the extra point and go to overtime, Claeys said. So I would rather take the chance on getting three yards and ending the game.UP NEXTOREGON STATE: The Beavers get next week off before hosting Idaho State for their home opener on Sept. 17.MINNESOTA: The Gophers host Indiana State on Sept. 10 for what should be an easy tune-up before they face Colorado State for a third straight home game. Kendrick Nunn Heat Jersey . The lawyers filed a 33-page amended complaint Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan, expanding on the suit originally filed Oct. 3 in New York Supreme Court. Arbitrator Fredric Horowitz last week refused to compel Selig to testify in the grievance, and Rodriguez then walked out of the hearing without testifying. Bam Adebayo Jersey .875,000, avoiding arbitration. 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A head knock forced Brisbanes Queensland winger Corey Oates off the field but Wayne Bennett might be nursing the biggest headache after the Broncos record 48-6 NRL loss to Melbourne at Suncorp Stadium.Only days out from Queenslands State of Origin III team being named, Oates lasted barely 20 minutes in Friday nights Storm try-scoring blitz which included a Suliasi Vunivalu hat-trick.Centre Cheyse Blair bagged a double as Melbourne inflicted Brisbanes biggest home loss in front of 44,519 fans.Oates came off second best with try-bound centre Ryan Morgan in the 18th minute and was soon escorted from the field in a concern for Queensland selectors.They name their Origin III team on Monday.However, Bennett might have the biggest worry with an injury-hit Brisbane suffering their sixth loss in eight games.Oates joined a Broncos injury list that already boasted Jordan Kahu, Jack Reed, Greg Eden and Tom Opacic.Then there is their defence.Brisbane have conceded 88 points in their past two games.Melbourne halfback Cooper Cronk inspired the Storms 10th win from 11 games in Brisbane, setting up five of their eight tries.Fijian flyer Vunivalu took his league-leading try tally to 16 from just 10 games.Melbourne have won 10 of their past 11 games against Brisbane including six straight at Suncorp.Somehow it could have been worse for Brisbane.Damaging fullback Cameron Munster failed to overcome an ankle complaint but Blake Green returned to pivot after missing three weeks with a calf injury.MMelbourne led 30-6 at halftime albeit after a slice of luck.ddddddddddddReplays showed Vunivalu appeared offside and impeded Kori Nikorima before pouncing on a Cronk kick in the 22nd minute.Five minutes later, officials missed Marika Koroibetes foot on the sideline in the build-up to Cheyse Blairs try.Brisbanes Kodi Nikorima dislocated his shoulder in the first half but played on as he tried to patch up a reshuffled backline.The diminutive bench utility was slotted first onto the wing and then at fullback but could not stop Melbourne taking full advantage of Oates absence, terrorising Brisbanes left edge.They (Storm) were very good. Thats all I can say but we knew that, Bennett said.We got the injury and they exploited that - there wasnt much we could do to fix it.Bennett played down Origin fears for Oates.Hes conscious now. Hes fine. He will be right in 10 days time or so (for Origin III on July 13), he said.Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy was just as surprised as anyone by the scoreline.I dont think anyone saw that coming. Its a bit surreal, he said.But Brisbane have too many quality players and too good a culture not to bounce back.Bellamy said the prognosis did not look good for forward Jordan McLean (ankle) who lasted 25 minutes on Friday night.He expected Munster to return to action in their next match against Newcastle on July 17 after a bye. ' ' '