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Week 1: Hornets @ UIW Game Thread
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superhornet
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Is it just me, or have the announcers been calling him "Snakey?"
Snakey, Aygood, Bonax, Misolanovick...worst announcers ever...I can forgive the simple math mistakes on FG lengths (they are a Bible school, no math required) but they can at least get the names right. I think they just pulled 2 random people out of the student section to call this game. C'mon UIW, you are D1 now. :thumbdown:Super Hornet said:
Easily the best decision of the day.SJHornet said:
Hornets are starting to go down with cramps. Time to empty the bench.
Wow announcers just said we took a bus from Sacramento...yeah time for the mute button.
Kniffin is in!!!
Drive ends inside the 5 on downs. Not sure why Sears goes for 4th and goal given the lopsided score.
superhornet
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Did I just hear an SH-bomb?
josephpoint
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Assume the IW announcers where students. Appreciate their effort as students. Messed up a lot but that is what being students and growing is all about.
Liked the IW stadium. Nice looking little stadium that looked like it was built with real concrete. Built from a donation from the New Orleans Saints owner. Sweet. Great to get a big time donor for Sac State to get us Div. I facilities.
On to Cal who had a quality win at Northwestern. Berkeley will be probably filled to capacity this upcoming Sat. when Hornets make the short trip down I-80.
Go Hornets!!1
Liked the IW stadium. Nice looking little stadium that looked like it was built with real concrete. Built from a donation from the New Orleans Saints owner. Sweet. Great to get a big time donor for Sac State to get us Div. I facilities.
On to Cal who had a quality win at Northwestern. Berkeley will be probably filled to capacity this upcoming Sat. when Hornets make the short trip down I-80.
Go Hornets!!1
superhornet
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I believe that you are correct about the announcers, Joseph. They were horrible ONLY in terms of their inexperience. We had announcers last season who were blatant homers, and these guys weren't really that. They merely don't know their craft, don't know all that much about the game, have a youngster's view of it, are stuck on the same metaphors, and (surprisingly for a Bible college) couldn't even apply the Red Sea analogy correctly.
If UIW has such a thing (Sac did during the Volek era), they should take a football coaching class. While the purpose of that class is really to install the offense and defense (it's a required class for players during the spring semester to prepare them for Spring Ball), it's generally open to the entire student body (very few non-players actually bother to take it). They would greatly benefit from that. "I'd just chuck it" just doesn't cut it from a coaching perspective, because there has to be a purpose for airing it out. From a West Coast perspective, that's generally to get the DBs to lay off so the short passing game and the running game have room to function. If all you do is "chuck it," you're going to go three-and-out every series and therefore lose. Again, this is strictly a function of age and familiarity with the game. Get them that coaching class and some mentoring by experienced play by play and color commentators, and they might make something of themselves. As frustrating as that was to hear, at least they weren't claiming we were cheating. I believe there actually WAS a set of announcers that alleged that last year (or something very similar).
If UIW has such a thing (Sac did during the Volek era), they should take a football coaching class. While the purpose of that class is really to install the offense and defense (it's a required class for players during the spring semester to prepare them for Spring Ball), it's generally open to the entire student body (very few non-players actually bother to take it). They would greatly benefit from that. "I'd just chuck it" just doesn't cut it from a coaching perspective, because there has to be a purpose for airing it out. From a West Coast perspective, that's generally to get the DBs to lay off so the short passing game and the running game have room to function. If all you do is "chuck it," you're going to go three-and-out every series and therefore lose. Again, this is strictly a function of age and familiarity with the game. Get them that coaching class and some mentoring by experienced play by play and color commentators, and they might make something of themselves. As frustrating as that was to hear, at least they weren't claiming we were cheating. I believe there actually WAS a set of announcers that alleged that last year (or something very similar).
josephpoint
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Loved the gold jerseys the team wore yesterday. Love to see Sac State move back to our school colors of green and gold. Seemed like gold disappeared for years an we looked like Portland State. Love to see all Hornet teams using the schools colors of green equally.
Go hornets!!
Go hornets!!
Green Laser
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josephpoint said:
Agreed, the green helmets, gold jerseys and white pants looked good. The radio crew said that the players were allowed to vote on the uniforms. Let's hope that they wear the same combo at Cal !
Very happy with the game, we looked solid, especially for the first game, regardless of the competition.
