• Hi Guest, want to participate in the discussions, keep track of read/unread posts, upgrade to remove ads and more? Create your free account and increase the benefits of your BigSkyFans.com experience today!

Week 8 - (RV) SAC (4-3, 3-1 Big Sky) vs. (#4) Montana (7-0 3-0 Big Sky)

SochorField said:
This ^

The Chico and Stan St. kids aren't going to give a sh*t about the game....this is a free-bus-trip-to-Quavo thing for them.
Sac must be doing well financially as charter buses are expensive, if they are offering this as a free trip for students that aren't theirs?
Click to expand...
The current Chico State president was a long time provost at Sac State.
 
Hornet25 said:
I was trying to find a very recent Twitter post by a local media person. He may have deleted it. But he complained about how Dr. Wood was going about getting attention to fill the stadium tonight. Said should just win games like Troy Taylor. As if we averaged over 20k back then. The average attendance has not changed much at all.

To make a broad point on all of this, there is a lot of panic and exaggeration on social media.

Low interest in college sports is a CA problem. AI threatening jobs is a problem. FBS not wanting to expand is a problem. Funding stadium projects in CA combined with tarrifs/inflation is a problem. None of this was caused by Dr. Wood. Dr. Wood staying quiet will also NOT solve any of the problems.

I hope attendance is high tonight and people understand that they will not personally be hurt if Montana fans don't like us. Bad blood helps sports.
Click to expand...
Exactly. That magical '22 season should have had Hornet Stadium bursting at the seams for every game, but it was just a slight clip above the prior season from an average numbers standpoint. I think seeing the lackluster fan support of that season (considering how special that team was) was the kick in the ass admin need to go all in on FBS. Disagree with Dr. Wood's hype machine all you want but the prior approach of hoping the product on the field/court alone would drive attendance was proven to not get people through the gate on a consistent basis.

We got 16.8k through the gates tonight, which should have been better, but not too shabby considering the Kings had their home opener going on at the same time.
 
LoveSacState said:
Penalties in this game:

Montana: 0

Sac State: 8 for 60 Yards
Click to expand...

Finally tally was 10 for 80 versus 1 for 5.

Hard to beat anyone playing 18 on 11. Sure, the Hornets were undisciplined and committed many of their penalties, but there’s no chance Montana only committed one penalty all game. They just weren’t calling them tonight.

That said, the Hornets beat themselves with unforced error after unforced error.

The 3 plays that stood out most to me were the missed tackle by Rocha and Lee leading to UM’s first score, the holding penalty called on Sam Adams nullifying Hammond’s kick return (SAC ended up turning the ball over on downs on the failed punt fake), and, of course, the botched punt return by Fresques in a tie game just before half.

That’s a 21-point swing with just 3 plays.
 
SDHornet said:
We got 16.8k through the gates tonight, which should have been better, but not too shabby considering the Kings had their home opener going on at the same time.
Click to expand...

ESPN’s box score is reporting attendance as 18,029, but it surely wouldn’t be the first time they got something wrong.

SDHornet said:
Disagree with Dr. Wood's hype machine all you want but the prior approach of hoping the product on the field/court alone would drive attendance was proven to not get people through the gate on a consistent basis.
Click to expand...

There’s lots to dislike about Luke Wood IMO. But one thing I cannot fault him for is the full court press effort wrt athletics. And while there’s still been a lot of more talk than action to this point (wrt facilities) — he’s helped shine a spotlight on Hornets athletics more than any President before him.

If the attendance continues to trend upward and if all of the rhetoric results in the rise of the football and basketball programs at the FBS level over the next couple years — it’ll be hard to argue against how he got them there.

If nothing develops from all this —at least they took a big swing. That’s more than anyone else ever did.
 
35-49 Hornet loss. Hornets played up to the moment for much of the first half, until a muffed punt gave easy late 1st half points and all the momentum to Montana. The Griz took the opening kick down the field and essentially put the game away early in the 3rd quarter. Hornets needed to play a flawless game to have a shot and just made too many mistakes to pull off the upset.

Offensively, Cardell Williams (25/32, 332 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT, 15 car, 7 yds, 2 TD) made some good decisions through the air. It was noticeable that he took what was available on the check down routes when the routes down the field weren't open. Unfortunately the 6 sacks took a lot of momentum out of the passing game. Ernest Campbell (9 rec, 206 yds, 1 TD) had a big game as 3 others had 4 receptions. The Hornet ground game never got rolling. Credit to the Griz defense for keeping a lid on things. Rodney Hammon Jr (12 car, 54 yds, 2 TD, 4 rec, 14 yds) reached the endzone a few times but couldn't break more than a couple of chunk plays. Damian Henderson II (9 car, 50 yds, 1 rec, 4 yds) was limited as well. Lots of plays called back on penalties, but what else is new.

The Hornet defense was a mess, but that's not a performance that was out of the ordinary for this unit especially considering the playmakers they were up against. First half had critical mistakes that resulted in dumb penalties that kept some Montana drives alive that ended up in points. The Hornets just couldn't come up with enough stops in the 2nd half to keep the Hornets in the game. Anta'Veon McKenzie (7 tak, 0.5 TFL) and Alex Rocha (7 tak, 0.5 TFL) led the defense in tackles and Lamont Johnson-Burrell (3 tak, 0.5 TFL, 1 INT) had a pick late in the game.

Special teams was horrific. A house call from Hammond was called back on a questionable penalty and as mentioned the muffed punt that, IMO, was the game deciding play. The kick off coverage also gave up some big returns that gifted UM with good field position and not being ready for a fake punt marked a remarkably bad overall performance.

Lots of comments on the internets about the refs. I haven't seen any replays so I won't say much other than this has been the norm in these types of games. I'm not too surprised at the disparity in the flags that were thrown against the Hornets, especially considering that the Hornets are one of the most penalized teams in the FCS.

Hornets will need to find some answers as they hit the road for the next two games against very beatable opponents.

Stingers Up!
 
BuckeyeHornetFan said:
Finally tally was 10 for 80 versus 1 for 5.

Hard to beat anyone playing 18 on 11. Sure, the Hornets were undisciplined and committed many of their penalties, but there’s no chance Montana only committed one penalty all game. They just weren’t calling them tonight.

That said, the Hornets beat themselves with unforced error after unforced error.

The 3 plays that stood out most to me were the missed tackle by Rocha and Lee leading to UM’s first score, the holding penalty called on Sam Adams nullifying Hammond’s kick return (SAC ended up turning the ball over on downs on the failed punt fake), and, of course, the botched punt return by Fresques in a tie game just before half.

That’s a 21-point swing with just 3 plays.
Click to expand...
There was a terrible offsides on the prior play...a play in which the defense had a 3rd down stop.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Latest posts

Back
Top