Sacramento State Hornets vs San José State Spartans | Full Game 2nd | Aug 29,2024 | NCAA To day

ball T toer stopped at the line of scrimmage and now let's take a listen to Coach Ken coach what was your message to your offense after those difficult first two drives the ball we just got to take care of the football and what could you do defensively to win the line of scrimmage and slow down the Run well we just got to stay in our gaps we got to stay in our gaps we got to do a better job of that we got to get him down on third down we had some third Downs haven't been able to get him off the field appreciate your time coach good luck second and goal T toer he's already got two touchdowns and he's grinding see if the Spartans can come up with a play here and force a field goal attempt the Hornets have been great on third down four of five bring this up again K Bennett with the ball in his hands as a runner he's under Center and it's Cs and he is close waiting for a signal he is not in it's going to be fourth down call it call it a foot foot and a half what do you think I mean you you're the FCS team I think you go for it here you got on Ro here you're on the road you're already up one score and Co did not get in I am I will be very surprised if they don't give Kaden Bennett at least the option to run the football but he's outside he's got the tight tight end line up as a fullback will he just push him a little touch push know they give it to C and no place to go smartens come up with the stop goal line stand for San Jose State and we're finally seeing the physicality from the Spartans it took Coach Ken having a comment or two to get them rally to the ball but I I honestly I hate the call same play two times in a row it didn't work the first time and it didn't work the second time but your guy your stud kayen Bennett he's the one you want with the ball in his hands or at least to Oliver I just I don't like the call I'm with you tal Oliver has been so good I think you just keep feeding it so in the brown back back out there they've already made a change at the center position if you're just joining us they had a couple of high snaps one of them led to a turnover so Hudson Mesa 60 is in its Center they got to be careful here backed up brown to throw from deep in his own End Zone up the right side and there is contact looking for Justin Lockard no call great to see Justin Lockard out there missed all all of last year he's super duper fast he's their fast burner it looked like Johnson Burl got away with one there kind of grab it on that shoulder it seems from there we'll take another look he's got his hands on him like to see them play ball I wonder what chant Bailey's thought process is on that one but another big play I'm guessing when you guys were teammates for the Broncos you saw things a little differently just a tiny bit you're an offensive guy Brown and he saw there was nothing there and just got rid of the football but he had to be careful there because remember he already had an intentional grounding but that time I think he made sure that he was out of the pocket before releasing otherwise it could have been a safety and I can't stress throw scrimmage enough Ari well he didn't and that the Hornets are they're just winning it they're putting so much pressure on Brown he's going to be uncomfortable back there just doing a nice job of being more physical than their opponent right now third down for the Spartans Jabari Bates to the left of EMT Brown see whether they're aggressive or conservative here they will throw it by emit hanging in there knowing he's going to take a shot I mean brusso got home there I mean Nash right in the hands it looks like he might have taken his hand his eyes off the ball the last second before it got there you got to look that in what a missed opportunity for the Spartans after the goal line [Applause] stop perosa to punt we got a flag on the play game offense half a distance to the goal made fourth down it's going to make this even more challenging Anderson Grover is at the Spartan 40 yd line hoping for a chance at a return perosa boy he doesn't really have any room to work with's got to be smart here you cannot take a step back it's got to be a good long snap it is he gets it off decent punt Grover fair catch at the Spartan 45 yd Line San Jose State came up with that goal line stand but they can't move the football so Hornets football and a seven-point lead when we come back [Music] a Bennett was looking down the field so it's going to bring up second and 10 for the Hornets Hornet lead 14-7 they LED 14- nothing and we saw a real nice response from the Spartans a great drive that ended up with a Nick Nash touchdown I'm sort of scratching my head here already about the Hornets like they were running the football so well in the first quarter they just have gotten away from it this time they're able to complete it Jared Gibson makes the catch 5 y on the play want to say hello to everyone joining us Ari wolf Darius Walker upstairs jar Greenberg downstairs glad you're with us opening night of Mountain West football on TNT Sports we expected a close competitive game so far these two schools have delivered seems like the Spartans might have settled down a little bit we saw a lot of mistakes from them early starting to settle in the boy Sacramento State the story of the first half so far has been the line of scrimmage option play set up Benn it's going to keep a good decision and he picks up the first down he had to get to the 35 let's see now I'm wondering if he's going to be just shy we got a great look right down the line here we're at the 35 yline nice job with the reads here for Kaden Bennett able to knife that up inside and pick up some good yardage well it looked like he crossed the line there right I mean according to the replay he got across the 35 they may take another look at this too that that that spot is at least a half yard yeah we can take another look at this here too but I want to let everyone know so that comes from upstairs almost all the reviews we'll have in college football come from upstairs a coach can challenge but there's no reason for him to because he can lose lose a timeout almost all the replays in college football come from the replay official and I love to make sure that you get it right but we'll see Bennett here reading the outside of that line of scrimmage look at him get across he gets to the 35 music to come down here so we can hear him there we go has been confirmed down all right they confirmed the call so we saw them go for it on the goal line yep didn't get it well you didn't like the call on the goal the play call didn't like the play call before the goal line stand I say you go for it again but you got to keep the ball in number one's hand or tell toer I mean he's been a beast he's been incredible that's the thing thing they've gotten away from what worked in the first quarter which was running a football well molini is in there he is their short yardage back fourth down and inches and it in the shotgun it's molini he's got the first down and more picks up three yards on the play brought down at the 32 yd line do you like that call better I do he's running downhill there downhill you got a big body in front of him Jay Rudolph on the pull number 88 nice kick out block easy first down for the Hornets watch 88 coming in motion he's going to kick out I like the design of that having him on the Move coming in there to make the block a good scheme right there that's what really worked for the Hornets in the first quarter T toer Off to the Races and brought down at the 10 yd line it's going to bring up first and goal 22 yds on the carry Isaiah Rivas without him that would have been a touchdown he's just getting big chunk plays on the inside nice read with the cut back then getting it up field I mean they got to keep the ball in his hands keep feeding the Beast right here love to see him get those legs up at the end knowing that Defender is going to go low how about this Darius you're going to love this Sacramento State 22 carries 125 yards we still got 10 minutes left in the second quarter running back focused offense [Applause] here T toer and that time he's hit behind the line of scrimmage maybe Falls forward no [Applause] gain and I love the call from Dereck Odum the defensive coordinator for the Spartans here on defense he called an all out Blitz he's seeing what we're seeing they're going to continue to give the ball to number four let me just bring [Applause] everyone try to slow this guy down yeah pal made a real nice play there talk about he's a ascending player in that linebacker group look at those numbers for tal Oliver what a first half [Applause] Kaden Bennett in the shotgun second and goal on the slant oh timing was off there looking for Makai cope number 11 and all right I'm going back to the play call here just they spread them out go empty Back Field they've been running the football so effectively I just I don't understand why you get away from what's been working it's early in the in the series in terms of it being second down a great time just to keep the ball on the ground and let your offensive line continue to open up holes you got to stick with what works third and goal from the 10 Ben it with time got all day now he's going to move out to his right and he'll throw on the Run oh up in the air and incomplete terrific defense there there in the secondary that's DJ Harvey making the play for the Spartans good job by Bennett getting outside just trying to keep the play alive he's covered up moving to his right and that's a dangerous throw it really is a dangerous throw I know he's trying to make a play there harri's if Harvey's a step or two ahead that's a pick the Hornets are lucky Z Shredder 28 yd attempt from the left hashmark kick is on the way and it is good so the Hornet settle for three they extend their lead to 17-7 a real good drive there coach Thompson's got to be pleased with apology until this year no Tech was allowed on the sidelines this season we have Coach to player headset communication and for the first time teams are allowed to utilize up to 18 tablets to help with in-game adjustment something we've seen for years on NFL Sidelines it's something that every coach we've talked to this week has been really excited about Coach Ken from San Jose State in fact consulted with a few NFL coaches to figure out how to best take advantage of it coaches and players get to look at three different feeds of the game and that's it fellas no browsing the internet and no checking out darius's latest Instagram post oh I have to love that my problem would be buying shoes on that thing they have a lot of charges on that uh on that tablet but it's it is exciting at the college level we did we have seen it in the pros and what the difference is is you actually get to see live plays so you get to see live looks usually you'd have to go off to the sideline and someone would have to tell you what happened if you see still shots later they're getting it much faster now love them using the technology in the Collegiate game first and 10 for the Spartans from their own 25 yd [Applause] line brown to throw gets rid of it oh it's right off the hands there were two two receivers in the same place Tran hurry was right there with Nick Nash I guarantee you that was not the design of the play nice job by Brown getting the ball out but yeah it looked like that was going to Nick Nash and trean was just in the vicinity of the ball I mean Nash would have made an easy catch an easy catch for him sometimes it's tough though with those routes on the outside when you're close that's why the splits are so critical from the line of scrimmage second and 10 Brown coming out this time it is caught hurry with it and he's in a hurry gets in to Hornet territory 27 y on the throw and [Applause] catch easy pitching catch here for em and brown he throws the ball right out of the break that's a timing route Ari right out of the break that ball is in hurry's hands and up again the Spartans are trying to play fast they want to continue to play Fast they're right up on the line again trying to to snap the football as quickly as [Applause] possible brown with oh lost the football he just literally an empty hand it just came out he's really fortunate there the ball stay right there L of 13 yards on the play just don't normally see that happen not sure if the ball is slippery or what he's lucky to get on it and to regain in the first quarter for the Spartans they just continue it was the high snaps first and now these self-inflicted wounds are the problem in the story for the first half for the Spartans set up the screen here talk with it makes a guy Miss and he gets it to the 43 yard line gain of 17 nice job bringing it back to Third and manageable they haven't run the screen all day one of my favorite plays in all of the Playbook do you see Malik Williams there 70 that tackle you're a DB and you see him coming you might want to make a business decision he is a smart player and a physical player too Jabari Bates now in it running back this is a manageable third down now third and six Brown they bring pressure they pick it up brown and it's incomplete I believe the tight end fell down there not sure if there was contact in the middle of the field during the route I think that was Jackson Kanan 85 see Jackson he's going to come across the middle of the field running a crossing right he ran into the other the other linebacker there he got tripped up all right they're going to go for it here or they're at least going to show they're going to go for it on fourth down Brown looking to the sideline and they're going to use timeout they're going to talk this over go neam matalo wasn't sure what they wanted to do he says hey let's take a second let's catch our breath and decide if we want to go for on fourth down I wish they would have had you on hard KNX all right they decide to punt it and that is a good kick and it is going to be down at the 10 yd line best Logic the punter did a nice job there a little bit of spin on it 33 yds on the punts well the Spartans had a decent Drive working there it's stalls and now the Hornets with a 10-point lead and the football a little more than seven minutes to go in the first half I've been impressed with Kaden Bennett nine of 15 71 yards those nine completions have gone to five different receivers and Al Oliver 15 carries 88 yards and two touchdowns he has been the star for the Hornets so far he really has and if you're Donell pump Frey the running back coach for the Hornets you got to be excited about what your back is doing and that's a name we need to talk about cuz you and I have seen him that guy defense is to heck of a running back for San Diego State that's running back you Karan borders the ball carrier and he comes up with seven yards they continue to win the battle up front when they've wanted to run the football on first down they've had a lot of success it's such a luxury for an offensive coordinator and a signal caller when you can the Playbook has just open up because the the line of scrimmage you're winning it every time and especially on those first downs cuz like second down right now you could take a shot if you wanted to they're going to keep it on the ground and that's enough for a first down bord another carry the red shirt freshman from Sacramento if you're wondering how far apart Sacramento is from San J it's about a 2hour Drive Northeast of San Jose so a lot of these guys no each other from playing Pop Warner football playing youth football playing High School football Allstar camps cuz these two cities not very far apart and you have a lot of respect for the other guys too so you kind of understand Tendencies and know which guy goes to which High School Spartans are threatening to come and here they come Bennett with the pressure on him no place to go he'll be sacked a great Blitz that time Robert rahime another play the rocket he has made his presence felt in the first half he really does have some great closing speed but we've been waiting on the Spartans to dial up the pressure all out Blitz that time no one there to take on that's actually the running back Ari Karan borders number 14 he's got to be the last line of defense to give Bennett just a little bit more time sets up a second and long not a whole lot that an offensive coordinator can call at this stage set up the screen to borders and he has tripped up another great defensive play Rivas makes another play we've called his name several times loss of three on the play and I got a feeling they're going to be pretty conservative here on Third and 19 yeah not really much you could do with this days but to try to get back some of the yardage play the field position game but the aggressive nature of the Spartans on defense has changed in this series it's paying off for him across the middle it's Grover across the 20 and he's hit hard they get it just past the original line of scrimmage 11 yds on the play a good job there the pressure pressure from the Spartans they got the big play that pushed them way back and they have dialed up the pressure now you were talking about it early and it's had an impact it makes a massive difference on a lot of these series when in early Downs you put pressure on the quarterback just get them behind the chains you want him in second and long third and long the pressure sometimes can help you do that so great to see it if you're a Spartan fan they're dialing up the aggressions McGuff to punt Coleman Waits at his own 33 and a flag comes in before the start of the play I believe the play clock we're going to have delay a game delay game offense 5 y penalty made fourth [Applause] down really feels like the the Spartans could use some sort of spark some kind of turnover block the punt they need something to energize this team that's a really good punt Coleman all the way back to his own 30 gets a block trying to get to the outside and that abounds at the 32 yd line a 52 yard punt two yards on the return the commissioner of the mount West is here we're going to get a chance to talk to her there is Gloria navaris she's been on the job now for more than a year and a half just the second commissioner in the history of the conference Craig Thompson was the initial commissioner he decided to retire he was instrumental in trying to push for a college football playoff that involved more teams he'd been pushing for a 12 team playoff for more than a decade uh what a great leader he was for the conference but really excited to get a chance to talk to Gloria lots of exciting things happening with the conference and we'll talk with her about a lot of the new coaches and the opportunity for the Mountain West to get into the college football playoff we'll talk to her just before the start of the third quarter quter Jabari Bates and Bates makes a couple guys miss that's a terrific carry on first down gets it across the 40 picks up nine yards on first down watch the right tackle here AP poo number 79 does a lovely kickout block on the outside he's got his hands in front pushing his guy back love to see that textbook blocking big game for the Spartans they keep it on the ground uh-oh Ball's out Scramble for the football Bates was the ball carrier boy he is real lucky they'll play the lottery that's not usually way that works right there's see who gets a hand on the football theid nice job by Johnson Burell number 23 and you're right Bates is so lucky to get that that ball back after a nice run and a big game Brown going up over the top receiver's got a step tries to make a one-handed catch he can't do it that's Justin lockart the team's just so happy that that lockart is back and able to play this year his speed he can really affect the defense and it almost looked like that was a miscommunication there on what route Lockett was supposed to run Brown was expecting him to be on the outside and his body so far inside it just makes it a really tough catch but he was wide open wide open Miss chance there for the [Applause] Spartans keep it on the ground chalk he pies up a yard it'll bring up third and nine The Hornet continuing to win that line of scrimmage battle Mason brusso 95 the defensive tackle there want to remind everyone that college football has made a significant change they have added a two-minute timeout at the end of the second quarter and at the end of the fourth quarter that certainly will affect a lot of coaches thinking and using timeouts earlier in a half cuz they know that they're going to have this timeout so we're at the two-minute timeout we've got a good one tonight Spartans trying to Rally they're down 10 is he going to do the saua will Victor do the saua well he didn't score but we need Nash to score I think if Nick Nash scores he's doing yeah he's going has a touchdown yeah and he did you're right you're right I guess I'll have to be touchdown number two brown on Third and long he's got n he's open he's got the football makes the catch well done Nick Nash 23 yds on the play for Nash there's a lot of open players on this for brown Nash is going to make this move to the outside he had to wait on the ball a little bit Jacob Stewart number 81 the tight end was also streaking across the formation they're going to look at this because he does kind of Bobble it I do think he secured it while he still had his left foot there looks like he did but let's take another look at this all cuz watch 81 if we cue this up again Jacob Stewart on the other side and we'll take another look at the look at 81 he's going to be streaking across the formation Jacob Stewart Nash in motion and Nash he might throw it Nash to the end zone caught touchdown spart touchdown smartens Nash to lockart 26 [Applause] yards short kick play by one of the up guys for the Hornets he'll have pretty good field position and still a minute 46 seconds to work with there's the scoring drive six plays 68 yds a minute 53 off the clock Nash to Stewart for the touchdown what a fun play you love to see those calls double pass here and you don't hear this very often you'll love this G it's he's a wide receiver with his 11th career touchdown pass see what they can do here it's now suddenly a three-point game Bennett the throw and that is picked off Spartan football suddenly the Spartans making plays all over the field I believe that's Ethan Powell Ethan Powell 26 with the pick up the underneath up over the top nashes wide open goes get it boy that's interference and here comes the flag Nash versus Caleb Higgins there he's in the inside spot taking a slot taking a shot here got the defender this is just an underthrown Ball by EMT Bennett Nash doing a wonderful job of coming back still trying to make a play in the football as a Defender [Applause] CH with it and no place to go that is well defended by the [Applause] Hornets Alex Roa 33 there to make the [Applause] play you got to find number three here again Ari Nick Nash he's in the slot at the top of the screen he just has been running past [Applause] Defenders over there Brown he's going to scramble out to his right he's got a lot of room in front he's going to throw it on the run that was a great throw on the Run Justin lockart makes the catch nine yards on the play so one of the things that Coach Ken said they love about in the brown is his ability to get outside but also keep his eyes down field when a play breaks down nice job coming back with the catch third and short they throw it to the outside and it's incomplete decision time here Darius Walker 24 seconds you got fourth and short you look for the field goal and a tie game I think that probably makes the most sense tie the game up you got the momentum going into the second half anyway smart move by Coach K in my book Tyler Halverson will come on for the field goal attempt Halverson a senior from hanol Lulu last year 10 of 15 on field goal this to be a 39 yd attempt from the right hash [Applause] mark howon the kick is on the way and he missed it he hooked it to the left [Applause] he was kicking into the wind there that may have affected the [Applause] kick and the self-inflicted wounds continue for the Spartans had a good look good hole good snap just outside well thanks to Jared Greenberg he let us know there there is some wind down there that affected the kick I can't believe we've only seen a half of football there has been all kinds of has just been that the Spartans just don't don't feel like they can get in a rhythm they get in a rhythm they have a couple of good plays and then hurt themselves they keep it on the ground and that I think will be the final play of the first half here at seq Stadium Darius what's your takeaway from the first half well not surprising I think that Sacramento state has come in and played their brand of footall in the first half it is surprising that they're winning the line of scrimmage on both sides that's a surprise to me as far as this game goes but the second half I mean it's anybody's game San Jose stateus just got to clean it up they got to clean it up well they played a much better second quarter than they did the first quarter so the Hornets will take a three-point lead to the locker room we're going to send it to the studio after the