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Sac State Morning Wake-Up Call: Post-NAU Loss Edition

By on October 30, 2011 in Football, Men's basketball, Olympic sports

If you’re feeling like you’ve had a bad morning, remember it could be worse. Just ask the 3-5 Hornets who had two red-zone turnovers, personal foul penalties and missed kicks. We’ll try not to fumble the links:

Ron Nabity had his great array of photos from last night’s game at his website.You can’t buy them because of copyright laws, but take a look at what he shot last night:

In Hornets football news:

* Kyle Madson of SacStateSports.com wrote about how Zach Bauman (above) ran roughshod over the Hornets’ defense.

* Bill Bradley of SacStateSports.com had a opinion column about the kicking woes that hurt them the second consecutive game.

* The Sacramento Bee’s Dave Carpenter focused on all of the mistakes made by the Hornets on Saturday night.

* The Sacramento Bee’s Brian Baer had a photo gallery from the NAU game.

* The Arizona Daily Sun wrote about how close a call it was for the Lumberjacks despite Bauman’s 246 rushing yards. Continue Reading →

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Sac State Wake-Up Call: Basketball-Opens-Practice Edition

By on October 14, 2011 in Football, Men's basketball, Olympic sports, Women's basketball

The weather is still in the mid-80′s in Sacramento, but it feels like fall around Sac State.That’s because the men’s basketball team holds its first official NCAA-sanctioned practice today.

To get you in the mood for hoops, today’s video features highlights from one of last season’s seven victories, a win at home against Idaho State:

Reminder: About noon today, SacStateSports.com will publish its exclusive Q&A with Big Sky Commissioner Doug Fullerton.

In Hornets football/basketball news:

* The Sacramento Bee’s Dave Carpenter wrote about Todd Davis, who was the Big Sky Conference player of the week.

* SacStateSports posted this morning a Q&A with Sac State men’s basketball coach Brian Katz, talks about his expectations for the season.

* Today’s Oregon State Whine of the Day came from the Oregonian, which talks about the fans wanting Mike Riley’s job after losing to Sac State. (We’re not making this up – these stories pop up every day!). Continue Reading →

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Sac State Wake-Up Call: Post-Northern Colorado Edition

By on October 9, 2011 in Football, Olympic sports

Sac State may have taken an unconventional route to beat Northern Colorado, but a win is a win. It was all part of an odd day in college football. Here’s the latest for Hornetsland:

Sorry, no video. None has been posted by either school, media or fans.

What they’re saying about the game:

* Kyle Madson wrote his first game story for SacStateSports, taking the Mother Nature angle to cover the game.

* The Sacramento Bee hired a free-lancer to file this report on the game, also hitting the weather angle.

* The Greeley Tribune wrote about the game, but it’s angle is a secret because you have to pay for the story. Continue Reading →

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Sac State Morning Wake-Up Call: Northern Colorado GameDay Edition

By on October 8, 2011 in Football, Men's basketball, Olympic sports

It’s time to wake up to the fact that this is one of those must-win games for the Hornets today at Northern Colorado. Win and they keep their hopes alive. Lose and it would be tough for the NCAA selection committee to let them in – even with a  7-4 record – with a loss like this on their resume.

Today’s game is going to be rainy and muddy with 70 percent chance of precipitation and temperatures below 50 degrees. That means it’s going to be up to tailback Brian Hilliard to lead the Hornets. Today’s video shows how he did it against Montana a two weeks ago:

What they’re saying about today’s game:

* SacStateSports.com had its GameDay Preview Capsule this morning.

* The Greeley Tribune previewed today’s game, but it’s a subscription-required story. Continue Reading →

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Sac State Morning Wake-Up Call: Thursday Edition

By on October 6, 2011 in Football, Olympic sports

A little eggs, a little bacon and a few links today for Sacramento State sports fans. Here is what’s on the menu:

Our video today looks back at last year’s game between Sac State and Northern Colorado at Hornet Stadium, a 42-7 victory by the Hornets:

What they’re saying about the Sac State-Northern Colorado game on Saturday:

* SacStateSports’ John Parker featured DJ Maciel and his rise to become a starter for the Hornets.

* Sorry, nothing today from the Greeley Tribune on Northern Colorado.

* Northern Colorado wide receiver Patrick Walker talked about the upcoming game on the Big Sky’s podcast. Continue Reading →

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Sac State Morning Wake-Up Call: Wednesday Edition

By on October 5, 2011 in Football, Olympic sports

Ever have one of those mornings when you accidentally slept in and then woke up immediately. It’s that way today because the Wake-Up Call needed a wake-up call.

Today’s video is a promotional feature the university uses to convince recruits that Sac State is the place to be. It has heavy emphasis on The Well. And doesn’t the kid in the video look like Eli Manning?

What they’re saying about Hornets football:

* The Greeley Tribune wrote about kick returner Dominic Gunn (but a subscription is required).

* SacStateSports had its weekly scouting report to this week’s opponent, da Bears.

*  The State Hornet previewed Saturday’s game against Northern Colorado. Continue Reading →

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Hornets’ Morning Wake-Up Call: Monday Edition

By on September 12, 2011 in Football, Olympic sports

So far, there are no major injuries to report for Sac State, entering Saturday’s game at Weber State. We should find out more on  this at today’s QB Club luncheon at El Patron.

While you contemplate which Hornets will show up at in Ogden, Utah, this Saturday, take a look at the improvements made this offseason to the Wildcats’ Stewart Stadium.

Also,

* Some of the buzz around Weber State this weekend was the disappearance of their offense in the second half of their loss to Utah State, according to the Ogden Standard-Examiner. Sound familiar?

* After going 0-2, the Oregonian reports that Oregon State is still blaming Sac State for its troubles.

* Speaking of college football, forget Michigan’s last-second win over Notre Dame for the biggest story of the weekend. It’s the Pac-12 changing the final score of the USC win over Utah. The Los Angeles Times reported that the Las Vegas sports books are in a tizzy.

* In the latest battle between Oregon State and Sac State, the Beavers men’s soccer team won 4-2. The State Hornet reported on the agonizing ending (payback, huh?).

* The women’s soccer team team  got out of their funk and beat Creighton, 2-1.

* The State Hornet reports that Sac State finished third in its Hornet Jamboree cross country meet.

* A site worth watching is BigSkyBBall, which has updates on all things Big Sky hoops.

 

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Hornets’ Morning Wake-Up Call: Friday Edition

By on September 2, 2011 in Football, Olympic sports

A few stories with looking for those diehard Hornets fans. And we’re just a day away from the Hornets’ football opener.

* In case you missed it, SacStateSports.com’s John Parker previews Saturday’s game at Oregon State with a few lessons quarterback Jeff Fleming learned during last year’s opener at Stanford.

* The Salem Statesman-Journal is calling Saturday’s Oregon State-Sac State game a blowout. You can guess who it picks.

* The Oregonian picks the entire Oregon State schedule, including Saturday’s game. Aren’t they getting ahead of themselves?

* The Statesman-Journal also has a feature on how the Beavers are NOT overlooking the Hornets.

* The Oregonian’s Paul Buker asks if Oregon State Coach Mike Riley is too easy on discipline.

* The Oregonian reports next year’s FCS opponent will be Nicholls State.

* The Merced Sun-Star has a feature on wide receiver Zach Moreno, who is on the Hornets’ radar. Expect him to make a visit soon.

* The Sac State men’s soccer team fell to 1-1 with a 3-0 loss at UC Riverside. The Hornets play their home opener at 4 p.m. Sunday against San Francisco.

* The Sac State women’s volleyball team hosts the Sac State Invitational this weekend. This is truly a cool sporting event and it’s worth stopping by Hornet gym for at least one match. It starts at 5 p.m. today and runs through 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Here’s the schedule:

Friday, Sept. 2
5:00 p.m. – Marist vs. Cal State Northridge
7:30 p.m. – Fresno State vs. Sacramento State
Saturday, Sept. 3
10:00 a.m. – Fresno State vs. Cal State Northridge
12:30 p.m. – Sacramento State vs. Marist
5:00 p.m. – Marist vs. Fresno State
7:30 p.m. – Cal State Northridge vs. Sacramento State

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Photo courtesy Flickr.com

 

 

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Audio: Oregonian Columnist Canzano Talks About Hornets; Also Check Out Canzano’s Column On Masaniai

By on August 31, 2011 in Football

This is worth listening to: Oregonian sports columnist John Canzano, who is one of the best columnist in the country, talked about the Hornets on Wednesday with Corvallis Gazette-Times’ Oregon State beat writer Cliff Kirkpatrick on the “Bald-Faced Truth Show.”

Click here for link. Good stuff from Canzano.

Before I forget, Canzano also has a great column on Oregon State where he chastises Coach Mike Riley for lifting Castro Masaniai’s suspension this week. It is the best read out of Oregon this week, hands down.

 

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