Hey Hornet fans. Well it's that time of year again. I gotta say the Hornets appear to be one of the more improved teams in the conference this year. Is your transfer QB still playing or is he injured? I would wish you luck this week, but you know I would just be lying. Here's to a physical, injury free game for both squads this Saturday night in Spanos.
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Week 11: @ Cal Poly
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Phantom Hornet
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We're due against you guys. This series had been pretty even until the last few years. Hornets need this one.
Oldhornet23
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Polydad said:
We will see, we dominated Southern Utah
We crushed SUU, but the comparison with the CP game isn't a fair one. Patrick Tyler didn't play in our match-up so the SUU offense was very one dimensional without him. However the Hornets did play very well that game so I think it would have been a win regardless.
And welcome to the board Polydad. While you're at it, drag Slo over here as well. It's been a while since he has stopped by.
And welcome to the board Polydad. While you're at it, drag Slo over here as well. It's been a while since he has stopped by.
Oldhornet23
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SDHornet said:
Yeah and Tyler does not play defense
Poly might not be at full strength, but they are still extremely dangerous. We keep piling up injuries, curious to see what Huard comes up with, Poly will be geared up against the Sac run game.
Should be a good game. Poly still play on grass?
Should be a good game. Poly still play on grass?
Hornets head to SLO to face a Cal Poly (1-8, 1-5 BSC) team that finally found their first win of the season last week against PSU. The Mustangs are better than their record, but this is the weakest CP team the Hornets will have seen in the last decade (if not longer) mostly due to youth at key positions.
The Mustangs seem to be on a bit of an offensive surge with their triple option attack as they have racked up 63 points and 651 rushing yards in the last 2 games. CP even managed a staggering 212 passing yards 2 weeks ago. Redshirt freshman QB Jeffrey (30/69, 471 yds, 2 TD, 3 INT) will get his 4th start this week. Jeffrey has yet to get much production on the ground but he is quick on the lateral to the edge and has a good arm. FB Mohamed (215 car, 940 yds, 4 TD) has done well filling in for the injured Protheroe. He isn’t as explosive as Protheroe but does well enough to keep the defense honest on the dive. CP has a trio of RBs/WRs that are used on the pitch, all of which have good speed and are more than capable of breaking runs for good yardage.
Defensively CP lines up in a 3-4 and while they have had their struggles on the year, have defended the run very well (126 ypg, 1st BSC). CP has a big NT and their LBs are quick to the ball. The CP defense struggles to defend the pass (298 ypg, 13th BSC), and gave the PSU WRs plenty of space last week.
CP leads the BSC in net punting (39.4 ypp) and has only attempted 8 FGs on the season (only 1 in the last 4 games).
The annual game with CP means its assignment football time. This match-up will test the discipline of the Hornet defense. The Hornet defense should be able to keep everything in front of them unlike past years. Offensively the Hornets will have to not be afraid to pass the ball and take advantage of the soft Mustang coverage. I think the Hornets grind out a 10-point win in a close one. If Thomson plays then the Hornets should roll to a comfortable win.
Hornetsports preview.
The Mustangs seem to be on a bit of an offensive surge with their triple option attack as they have racked up 63 points and 651 rushing yards in the last 2 games. CP even managed a staggering 212 passing yards 2 weeks ago. Redshirt freshman QB Jeffrey (30/69, 471 yds, 2 TD, 3 INT) will get his 4th start this week. Jeffrey has yet to get much production on the ground but he is quick on the lateral to the edge and has a good arm. FB Mohamed (215 car, 940 yds, 4 TD) has done well filling in for the injured Protheroe. He isn’t as explosive as Protheroe but does well enough to keep the defense honest on the dive. CP has a trio of RBs/WRs that are used on the pitch, all of which have good speed and are more than capable of breaking runs for good yardage.
Defensively CP lines up in a 3-4 and while they have had their struggles on the year, have defended the run very well (126 ypg, 1st BSC). CP has a big NT and their LBs are quick to the ball. The CP defense struggles to defend the pass (298 ypg, 13th BSC), and gave the PSU WRs plenty of space last week.
CP leads the BSC in net punting (39.4 ypp) and has only attempted 8 FGs on the season (only 1 in the last 4 games).
The annual game with CP means its assignment football time. This match-up will test the discipline of the Hornet defense. The Hornet defense should be able to keep everything in front of them unlike past years. Offensively the Hornets will have to not be afraid to pass the ball and take advantage of the soft Mustang coverage. I think the Hornets grind out a 10-point win in a close one. If Thomson plays then the Hornets should roll to a comfortable win.
Hornetsports preview.
I think this is a up hill battle for Cal Poly. Cal Poly's D is stout against the run but I think Sac's QB will carve up our D. If we have a chance our offense will have to grind out the clock with time consuming SCORING drives. I think they are capable and we finally got the monkey off our back and got a win last week after a whole bunch of close losses so maybe they might have a little more confidence. I am hoping for a good game. Any of you making the trip down south to catch the game?
Phantom Hornet
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28-0 Hornets at the half, just simply overwhelming a young and inexperienced Cal Poly team.
We've gotten our ass kicked enough times down in SLO recently that I don't feel bad. Need to finish strong and stay injury free for the suddenly huge Causeway Classic.
We've gotten our ass kicked enough times down in SLO recently that I don't feel bad. Need to finish strong and stay injury free for the suddenly huge Causeway Classic.
Hornets win big 49-14. Got the score updates live, then watched the replay this evening. Very enjoyable to watch given our futility against CP in the last 10 years or so.
Hornet D was damn impressive in shutting down CP's triple option that had some momentum coming into this game. They teed off on the CP QB and just punished them on every play. Forced a fumble and scored on it, had an INT that led to a TD, 14 TFLs, 4 sacks. Pure domination.
Offense got it going early with a big play to Ratliff that set the tone early. Thomson had some rust early on but the offense got it going in the 2nd quarter. Hornets really poured it on in the 3rd quarter and turned this game into a statement win.
Special teams came up big. Game turned into a little bit of a lull late in the 1st quarter and CP found a little bit of a rhythm and worked its way into FG position. The blocked FG and subsequent TD return really took away any hope CP had of staying in the game.
Huge win and a perfect way to head into Causeway week. :clap:
Hornet D was damn impressive in shutting down CP's triple option that had some momentum coming into this game. They teed off on the CP QB and just punished them on every play. Forced a fumble and scored on it, had an INT that led to a TD, 14 TFLs, 4 sacks. Pure domination.
Offense got it going early with a big play to Ratliff that set the tone early. Thomson had some rust early on but the offense got it going in the 2nd quarter. Hornets really poured it on in the 3rd quarter and turned this game into a statement win.
Special teams came up big. Game turned into a little bit of a lull late in the 1st quarter and CP found a little bit of a rhythm and worked its way into FG position. The blocked FG and subsequent TD return really took away any hope CP had of staying in the game.
Huge win and a perfect way to head into Causeway week. :clap:
Phantom Hornet said:
You have nothing to feel bad about Phantom, congrats on the win. Sac State dominated the Mustangs this time. I've been proud of the way our team has continued to fight through a difficult season but I saw a number of guys quit last Saturday. Very disappointing. Good luck against the Aggies and in the playoffs.
GreenArmySwarm
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Took the Holiday Weekend off to travel down South to watch the boys play and let's just say it was totally worth it. There was a good number of the Sac State's fans/parents there which made the game even more exciting. Shout out to our O-line for playing an amazing game. Opening up holes and made Cal Poly looked like a JV team. It's time to carry this momentum to the Causeway because this game might* have playoffs implication (plus, I'm tired of losing to Davis).
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