Beavers' QBs learn to brace themselves.(Sports)(Knee braces become standard equipment for OSU's spring practices)

Byline: Bob Rodman The Register-Guard

CORVALLIS - There's nothing surprising about Oregon State senior quarterback Matt Moore wearing a brace on his right knee after injuring it last season.

But the Beavers' other two quarterbacks - redshirt freshman Sean Canfield and junior Ryan Gunderson, both uninjured - also have been braced for spring practice.

Moore, a right-handed thrower like Gunderson, expects to shed the brace in the near future. Briefly.

"There's a new rule around here," Moore said, alluding to OSU's quarterbacks now being required to wear a knee brace on their plant leg - the left one for Moore and Gunderson, the right for …