Week 2 - #16/18 Sac State @ Nevada

[Kadeezy]

Time to shrug off the loss and make a statement!

Nevada's Board: https://247sports.com/college/nevada/board/the-den-wolf-pack-sports-forum-102569/

Nevada's GameNotes: https://nevadawolfpack.com/documents/2025/9/1/090625_SacState_GameNotes.pdf

 

[Kadeezy]

Nevada hosts Sacramento State in home opener after 21-year gap

The Wolf Pack returns to Mackay Stadium this Saturday for its 2025 home opener against a familiar FCS opponent.

www.2news.com

 

[the Rat]

Santoro: Pack must shut down Sac State’s tough-guy act

The Hornets think they belong in the FBS; Nevada must show them how wrong they are.

www.nevadaappeal.com

 

[Kadeezy]

Nevada

Santoro: Pack must shut down Sac State’s tough-guy act

The Hornets think they belong in the FBS; Nevada must show them how wrong they are.

www.nevadaappeal.com

LOL

 

[the Rat]

Nevada

LOL

Ramey: Nevada football goes from bull to matador flipping from Penn State to Sac State

The Nevada football team is not as good as the Penn State football team. Perhaps a game was not needed to determine this, but play it they did. Jolly good.

nevadasportsnet.com

"If the Hornets win, it will be (for them, anyway) proof positive they belong at the FBS level. A narrow defeat will also serve to bolster this argument, though less vigorously. A blowout loss to the home team Wolf Pack will provide smoking-gun-level evidence the Hornets are not who they think they might yet be, and are in fact in the correct division currently."

 

[Kadeezy]

Game Notes: https://hornetsports.com/documents/2025/9/2/SacNotes090625.pdf

Here are all of the changes I picked up on....

1. Changes to OL: Hays listed as starter over Herman at LT, no OR. Herman struggled run blocking against SDSU...
2. Rashada listed as starter at QB, no OR with Williams.
3. X. Williams moves from DT to starter at LE (where he started in the SDSU game). Deven Wright to backup.
4. Miles Bailey moves to a starting DT position, Swindle II 2nd string.
5. Syncere Massey to a starting DT position with XW moving to LE.
6. Hampsten leaps Cashiola at RE.
7. Former Walk-On Diego Davis leapfrogs Moore and Eskridge at one of the ILB spots (injuries?).
8. Higgins starter at SS, no more OR.

 

[Green Laser]

Ramey: Nevada football goes from bull to matador flipping from Penn State to Sac State

The Nevada football team is not as good as the Penn State football team. Perhaps a game was not needed to determine this, but play it they did. Jolly good.

nevadasportsnet.com

"If the Hornets win, it will be (for them, anyway) proof positive they belong at the FBS level. A narrow defeat will also serve to bolster this argument, though less vigorously. A blowout loss to the home team Wolf Pack will provide smoking-gun-level evidence the Hornets are not who they think they might yet be, and are in fact in the correct division currently."

Would a Hornet win or close loss indicate that Nevada doesn't belong in FBS?

 

[SochorField]

Ramey: Nevada football goes from bull to matador flipping from Penn State to Sac State

The Nevada football team is not as good as the Penn State football team. Perhaps a game was not needed to determine this, but play it they did. Jolly good.

nevadasportsnet.com

"If the Hornets win, it will be (for them, anyway) proof positive they belong at the FBS level. A narrow defeat will also serve to bolster this argument, though less vigorously. A blowout loss to the home team Wolf Pack will provide smoking-gun-level evidence the Hornets are not who they think they might yet be, and are in fact in the correct division currently."

Sac needs get up to speed quickly and go a convincing 10-2 to back up all the mess they've been talking.
*correction* all the mess Wood has been talking. Its basically been him.

 

[SDHornet]

Ramey: Nevada football goes from bull to matador flipping from Penn State to Sac State

The Nevada football team is not as good as the Penn State football team. Perhaps a game was not needed to determine this, but play it they did. Jolly good.

nevadasportsnet.com

"If the Hornets win, it will be (for them, anyway) proof positive they belong at the FBS level. A narrow defeat will also serve to bolster this argument, though less vigorously. A blowout loss to the home team Wolf Pack will provide smoking-gun-level evidence the Hornets are not who they think they might yet be, and are in fact in the correct division currently."

Does this mean all the current FBS that were FCS in the recent past that never won anything get relegated? Do our past wins over (old) Pac 12 programs not mean anything? Does our recent BSC threepeat not mean anything? Funny how the goalposts keep moving on what makes a program worthy of FBS status.

 

[SDHornet]

Nevada hung with top ranked Penn State for the first 20 minutes or so. The Wolf Pack defense held PSU to a lot of field goals until the dam eventually broke free. Respectable showing on the road by Nevada imo.

I might take a deeper dive into this matchup later in the week but at first glance SDSU is better in the trenches than Nevada. Nevada does have some talent on the offensive side of the ball with a true dual threat QB in Chubba Purdy (7/15, 97 yds, 1 INT, 14 car, 55 yds).

Hard to get a good read on the Nevada defense given the strength of PSU but former Hornet/Vandal safety Murvin Kenion III (8 tak) and linebacker Stone Combs (8 tak, 1 TFL) led the defense in tackles. Winnable game for the Hornets if the offensive line and Rashada can make some significant progress and get the Hornet offense moving. Regardless, this should be a Nevada win.

 

[Kadeezy]

One book has us at +13.5 and the O/U at 55.

Give me SAC +13.5 and Over 55. Sac 23 UNR 34