At last, offense! The ball journeyed to the end zone more than three occasions. Thank you, Jeff Horton. I know he called for a pass on the first play of the game to shame me. Nice try. I continue to call for more than 18 passing attempts from Christian Chapman. I want to see 200+ yards from Mr. Chapman. I’m greedy.
Speaking of greedy, the Aztec defense is phenomenal. San Jose is team #2 without a touchdown against the Red and Black. Three consecutive games result in a total of 13 points by UNLV, Fresno State and San Jose State. Impressive. Nine tackles for loss including five sacks against the Spartans (whose offense was rather spartan. Get it?). 209 yards allowed (San Jose rushed for less than 70 yards). Incredible.
Also incredible in these days of players running rampant with bad judgment and at times engaging in criminal behavior (yeah, I’m talking about you, Baylor University), Rocky means what he says and says what he means as he suspended PRIOR to the San Jose game, Derrick Babiash, Billy Vaughn, Jr. and Fred Melifonwu. Rare air for a division one coach of any sport. Hats off to Kalan Montgomery for taking Babiash’s spot without notice.
I applaud San Jose State’s defense for “holding” Donnel Pumphrey to 135 yards. I’m not mocking the Spartans. Truly, they did a fine job of containing Donnel, as much as Donnel can be contained. The flip side is Rashaad Penny averaged 11.7 yards per carry. Can’t stop everybody.
Finally, I was pleased to see second, third and fourth level guys on the field with nine minutes remaining. Valuable experience for Jeff Clay, Myles Cheatum, Troy Cassidy, Trenton Thompson, Kyahva Tezino, Kevin Walcott, Sam Tai, Chad Woolsey, Ryan Agnew, Ryan Simmons, Daishawn Dixon and Julian Rochelin.
6-1/3-0.
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