It was hard. First thing this morning I was informed that Peyton Manning had picked one of my favorite Teams, The Denver Broncos, as the team he wants to play for. Its not like Riley cant point to NFL guys from Oregon State. Nelson was the most prominent injury, but also going down were defensive tackle Mike Daniel (hamstring), receiver Randall Cobb (shoulder) and cornerback Davon House (quad). In many respects, the country has changed a lot since then partly…