I don’t know if we are lucky or good. Maybe a bit of both. Nevertheless, this game was heavy to the yuck factor.
Thank God for John Barron. The game winner from 51 yards out (or 52 depending who you listen to) was the perfect final score to a game featuring incompetent offense. The Aztec offensive line was marginal. Far too much SJSU pressure was delivered to Ryan Agnew. He scrambled like eggs on a Saturday morning. The Spartan defense was camped in the Aztec backfield causing lost yards snap after snap on behalf of Chase Jasmin, Chance Bell and Kaegun Williams (don’t fumble and you get to play). Ryan Agnew was, again, pedestrian. His 7/11 featured a miraculous 12.3 yards per catch. How is that possible?
The Aztec defense saved the night. Especially holding San Jose State on 4th and 2 deep in the fourth quarter. Tariq Thompson’s interception highlight was the 41 yards he advanced the ball. SJSU averaged 1.8 yards per rush and registered only 295 total yards for the evening. Josh Love posted the most ineffective 26/36 effort of any quarterback this season. All for a paltry 215 yards passing. Without a touchdown. If Ryan Agnew or Christian Chapman ever threw the ball 36 times in a game, I would assume that Jeff Horton was not on the field.
A tip of the hat to Brandon Heicklen averaging 41.8 yards per punt. Sorely needed and thank you.
Congrats to Damon Moore, Tayler Hawkins, Connor Mitchell, Chance Bell (I like what I see. He should be “the guy” until Juwan Washington returns) and Daniel Bellinger logging minutes that mattered at game’s end.
6-1/3-0. Bowl eligible. Rocky coaches his 100th game as a head coach. And wins. Courtesy of a kicker he actually talks to on the sidelines.
“Can you make a fifty harder?”
“Sure.”
“Let’ go.”
Go, Aztecs.
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