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Week 3: Sac State at Weber State

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Week 3: Sac State at Weber State

Weber State (0-2) comes into this game following a rough start to the season. The Wildcats opened up with a game at Oregon State and played them close into the 4th quarter. Last week WSU travelled to Fargo to face North Dakota State and they got thumped pretty hard, losing 41-14 in a game that was never close after the first quarter.

WSU has yet to show much signs of life on offense. QB Jadrian Clark (28/58, 243 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT) has struggled, but he has found WR Cam Livingston (8 rec, 124 yds, 1 TD) who has so far been the only spark on offense. A lot of this can be contributed to the tough early schedule so I would expect WSU to have more success this week as the Hornet defense will be by far the weakest one they will have seen up to this point. Defensively WSU has given up a lot of points and yards, but they have been on the field for about 15 minutes per game more than their offense has. No defense is going to do well under those circumstances.

WSU Season Stats

This is a must win game for both teams as both teams are looking for their first D1 win of the season. Sears will have another chance to show up his former employer so there is that underlying headline as well. This game will give both sides a good feel for where they are at. I feel that the Hornets are a little further along in development than WSU is at this point in the season. The Hornet offense was solid in week 1 against weaker competition, and had limited success against a much more talented team last week at Washington. The Hornets will need to find a way to run the ball in this game.

Defensively the Hornets will need to do a better job of keeping the ball in front of them, but WSU has nowhere near the talent level on offense as Washington did. Even with that talent disparity of last weeks game, the Hornets were able to get pressure and force stops. If the Hornets can get pressure on Clark this week and keep tabs on Livingston, I think they can limit WSU’s offense and give themselves a good chance at the win. This game is a toss up, but I’m going with the Hornets on the road.

Go Hornets!!!
 
SDHornet said:
Week 3: Sac State at Weber State

Weber State (0-2) comes into this game following a rough start to the season. The Wildcats opened up with a game at Oregon State and played them close into the 4th quarter. Last week WSU travelled to Fargo to face North Dakota State and they got thumped pretty hard, losing 41-14 in a game that was never close after the first quarter.

WSU has yet to show much signs of life on offense. QB Jadrian Clark (28/58, 243 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT) has struggled, but he has found WR Cam Livingston (8 rec, 124 yds, 1 TD) who has so far been the only spark on offense. A lot of this can be contributed to the tough early schedule so I would expect WSU to have more success this week as the Hornet defense will be by far the weakest one they will have seen up to this point. Defensively WSU has given up a lot of points and yards, but they have been on the field for about 15 minutes per game more than their offense has. No defense is going to do well under those circumstances.

WSU Season Stats

This is a must win game for both teams as both teams are looking for their first D1 win of the season. Sears will have another chance to show up his former employer so there is that underlying headline as well. This game will give both sides a good feel for where they are at. I feel that the Hornets are a little further along in development than WSU is at this point in the season. The Hornet offense was solid in week 1 against weaker competition, and had limited success against a much more talented team last week at Washington. The Hornets will need to find a way to run the ball in this game.

Defensively the Hornets will need to do a better job of keeping the ball in front of them, but WSU has nowhere near the talent level on offense as Washington did. Even with that talent disparity of last weeks game, the Hornets were able to get pressure and force stops. If the Hornets can get pressure on Clark this week and keep tabs on Livingston, I think they can limit WSU’s offense and give themselves a good chance at the win. This game is a toss up, but I’m going with the Hornets on the road.

Go Hornets!!!
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I think this game is a tossup, the line in Vegas yesterday afternoon was WSU by 1point. WSU is a QB away from being a very solid team. It also hurts that WSU's starting RB hasn't played a snap yet this season due to knee issues.
As far as Sac goes, does Jody Sears still use that prevent defense most of the time like he did here at WSU?
I'm glad that Jody has a stable gig there in Sac, he is a hell of a nice guy who didnt get a fair shot here at Weber (in my opinion).
Safe travels, and here is to an injury free game. :coffee:
 
The Hornets use the 4-2-5, but that was in use before Sears came on. It hasn’t been very successful in recent years. Sears was in the right place at the right time when he got the HC nod, however he really brought this team together last season following the tumultuous 2014 offseason and definitely earned it.

This season a lot of young players (on both sides) are getting action which I didn’t expect as we did have some experienced seniors returning (especially on defense). It’s early but I think the defense hasn’t been too bad, just gave up a ton of big plays last week, but otherwise made UDub work for it and played with good effort and heart. This game will be a good indicator for both programs.

Do you expect your RB to be back this week?
 
SDHornet said:
The Hornets use the 4-2-5, but that was in use before Sears came on. It hasn’t been very successful in recent years. Sears was in the right place at the right time when he got the HC nod, however he really brought this team together last season following the tumultuous 2014 offseason and definitely earned it.

This season a lot of young players (on both sides) are getting action which I didn’t expect as we did have some experienced seniors returning (especially on defense). It’s early but I think the defense hasn’t been too bad, just gave up a ton of big plays last week, but otherwise made UDub work for it and played with good effort and heart. This game will be a good indicator for both programs.

Do you expect your RB to be back this week?
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Who on earth knows, the WSU coaches are VERY tight lipped about everything, and the local papers beat reporter is confused and thinks he works for WSU instead of the paper so he won't report any breaking news either.
 
Not sure if you noticed but Weber only had 49 plays last game and only 20mins of possession time. One of there scores vs Oregon State was a INT for TD. Our defense needs to show up and shut these guys down. Offense keep the ball and score points ST do not give up long runs on KO and get good field position. Hornets need to keep the ball possession will be key
 
Oldhornet23 said:
Not sure if you noticed but Weber only had 49 plays last game and only 20mins of possession time. One of there scores vs Oregon State was a INT for TD. Our defense needs to show up and shut these guys down. Offense keep the ball and score points ST do not give up long runs on KO and get good field position. Hornets need to keep the ball possession will be key
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I hope so. NDSU is known for its defense and a ground and pound offense so its no surprise they dominated TOP.

Hornetsports week 3 release is up. No significant changes in the depth chart.
 
Best of luck to the Hornets in Ogden.

The curse of Weber is off our back from two years ago as we won for the first time so that is history.

It's homecoming in Ogden and their first home game. But the Hornet program is very used to being the home opener for other Big Sky schools and very used to being the homecoming foe as most Big Sky schools schedule us for their homecoming.

Trust everything will come together for the Hornets and the offense will keep the green and gold on the field and grind it out down the field with all our weapons and skilled players as our line protects our quarterback.

And may our special teams step it up and protect against the big play.

And lets give our kicking game every chance to put points on the board when we can't punch it in.

Thinking our defense will be big time this game and come thru...
 
Anyone heading out to Ogden?

Looking forward to catching all the games this year, 2 for 2 so far.

Hoping the men learned a few things from the last two weeks showings. Lots of room for improvement, but should be OK.

Couple of possible lineup changes, not mentioned in the weekly depth chart, due to injuries suffered in Seattle, but overall we should be OK. Won't mention what I heard just to not tip anyones hand :)

Good luck and safe travels to all.
 
Well I hope the injuries aren't serious. I don't recall any stoppages of play at Udub. Hennie banged his leg but stayed in. Sorensen is listed as a starter now at DE. Sears said Kniffin is fine (doubt he was indicate otherwise regardless) in the State Hornet recap interview. State Hornet article for the WSU game also says Kniffin will play. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
 
I am very excited for this Hornet Game Day. We will get a real good idea on how the program is coming along tonight. As long as we take care of the ball and limit big plays from Weber we will be successful. Old Hornets that put on that uniform believe in the current Hornets. We also believe in Coach Sears go get them today
 
Must win game imo. I like our chances if we take care of the ball. We drop this one and we will be in for a long season.

Great, looks like the video stream is down. It's kickoff time and damn thing says available in 29 minutes. :thumbdown: :ohno:

Audio is cutting in and out too. :lol:
 
Try 1380am radio SDH; it's clear on that channel if you're not too far out. I'm in Rocklin and it's good. You could probably get that station online too.
 
The Green Hornet said:
Try 1380am radio SDH; it's clear on that channel if you're not too far out. I'm in Rocklin and it's good. You could probably get that station online too.
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Naw it's not 1950 anymore. No video means I won't follow it. I switched to the UM-Liberty game on the Ocho but have periodically checked the Hornet game on ESPN gamecast. Looks like Kniffin needs to get yanked. I can't see the game, but it's looking like that is a good thing. 9-0 Weebs after 1. :ohno:
 
Kniffin is hesitating and threw 2 picks.

This is what i was talking about during camp-he was slower on release and no zip on the ball and it is going to be a very long season :ohno:
 
The video keeps stopping, so it's not worth watching - plus it looks like they are starting from the 1st kick-off and the game is in the 2nd quarter - Hornets trail 12 to 0.
 
Anyone else getting about 5 seconds of live action followed by 20 seconds of buffering? God what a busch league operation.
 
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