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Montana State Inches Closer To FCS Top Spot

By on November 7, 2011 in Football

Big Sky Conference leader Montana State inched closer to the Football Championship Subdivision No. 1 ranking in this week in The Sports Network Top 25, which was released today.

No. 2 Montana State (9-1), which already has clinched a share of the Big Sky title, 157 points of No. 1 North Dakota State (9-0) . The top-ranked team will likely be selected as the No. 1 seed in the FCS playoffs, which will be announced in two weeks.

The only other Big Sky school ranked was Montana (8-2), which moved up from No. 10 to No. 8.

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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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After EWU Loss, Sac State Sinking Fast In FCS Media Poll

By on October 24, 2011 in Football

Sacramento State’s loss at home to Eastern Washington on Saturday night not only hurt their FCS playoffs chances, it sunk them into obscurity in today’s latest media Top 25 poll.

The media poll, which is sponsored by the Sports Network, dropped the Hornets (3-3) to 47th among Football Championship Subdivision teams. Last week they had moved up to 30th.

As for other Big Sky Conference teams, Montana State (7-1) remained at No. 4 and Montana (6-2) moved up one spot to No. 11 after beating Northern Arizona, which will visit Sacramento State this Saturday. Georgia Southern remained No. 1 followed by Northern Iowa and North Dakota State.

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Sac State Morning Wake-Up Call: Friday Edition

By on October 21, 2011 in Football, Men's basketball, Olympic sports, Women's basketball

We’re a little late this morning, but we’ve already posted two important football stories. Time to get out the frying pan to serve up some links before Sac State’s game vs. Eastern Washington:

Our video of the day comes from Hornets quarterback Jeff Fleming. We haven’t seen him pass at home in a month, so here’s a refresher course with the Aggie Academy video he made when was at New Mexico State three seasons ago:

In Hornets football news:

* Breaking news: The Spokane Spokesman-Review just reported that Eastern Washington senior strong safety Matt Johnson is out for the season with a shoulder injury.

* SacStateSports posted our Sac State-Eastern Washington game preview focusing on how the Hornets secondary will stop Eagles quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell.

* Did you ever wonder how the Hornets game amped up for the game? SacStateSport’s John Parker has a playlist from some of Sac State’s top players.

* The Sports Network’s “In the FCS Huddle” preview calls Saturday’s game a “must-win” for the Hornets. Continue Reading →

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Sac State Inches Closer To Return To FCS Top 25

By on October 17, 2011 in Football

Despite having the week off, the Sacramento State football took a step toward returning to the Football Championship Subdivision Top 25 media poll Monday.

In the weekly media poll, which is run by the Sports Network, the Hornets moved up two spots among the teams that are  “others receiving votes.” The Hornets (3-3) now rank 30th in voting, still five spots and 366 points behind No. 25 South Dakota.

Sac State plays host to defending FCS national champion Eastern Washington (3-4) on Saturday night.

Oddly, the Big Sky Conference’s best team, Montana State, fell one spot to No. 4 even though it defeated league-foe Northern Arizona University. The Bobcats (6-1), who collected two first-place votes, now sit behind Georgia Southern, Northern Iowa and North Dakota State, which passed Montana State by seven points.

The only other Big Sky school in the poll, Montana (5-2), moved up two spots to No. 12. Future Big Sky member North Dakota (4-2) improved three spots to No. 20.

The poll, administered by The Sports Network, is used as an official tool by the NCAA Division I Football Playoffs Committee for determining the 20-team playoff field.

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Despite Bye, Sac State Still In Projected FCS Playoff Bracket

By on October 17, 2011 in Football

Sacramento State’s football team remained in the playoff field with five weeks left in the season, according to The Sports Network’s weekly Football Championship Subdivision Playoff projections.

The 20-team bracket has Sac State (3-3) playing a first-round game at Indiana State on Nov. 26. The winner would advance to a second-round game on Dec. 3 at No. 3 seed Montana State, which would have a first-round bye.

Indiana State (5-2) has victories over Western Kentucky and Youngstown State. The Sycamores opened the season with a 41-7 loss at Penn State.

The predicted bracket has Montana also getting a first-round bye and playing No. 5 North Dakota State.

The FCS national championship game is scheduled for Jan. 7 at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas. The stadium is normally the home of the Major League Soccer FC Dallas.

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Sac State Morning Wake-Up Call: Bye-Day Edition

By on October 15, 2011 in Football, Men's basketball, Olympic sports

The Sacramento State Hornets football team has a bye today, but we still have football for breakfast at SacStateSports.com. We’ve got an early start with heaping helpings:

Today’s video is from the Big Sky Conference, which featured Hornets linebacker Todd Davis as one of its Players of the Week.

In Hornets football and basketball related news:

* In The Sports Network’s weekly Inside the FCS Huddle, Sac State’s Ryan McMahon is listed as one of the key FCS transfers this season. He came to the Hornets from USC.

* SacStateSports’ Kyle Madson featured the Hornets’ training staff, which may be the busiest people during the football bye week.

* In case you missed it, SacStateSports had a lengthy Q&A with Big Sky Conference Commissioner Doug Fullerton. You’ll learn his philosophy on everything from league expansion to the basketball tournaments.

* And the Sac State men’s basketball team opened practice Friday. SacStateSports’ photographer has a peek at what went on during the season’s first workout. Continue Reading →

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Sac State On The Board In Sports Network’s FCS Bracket Projection

By on October 11, 2011 in Football

And you thought “bracketology” was just a term used in the NCAA basketball tournaments.

The Sports Network, which sponsors the weekly Football Championship Subdivision media poll, this week ran its second FCS bracket projection of the season – and Sacramento State was part of it.

However, just because TSN runs the poll, doesn’t mean the poll runs the bracket. The Hornets, who are 3-3 and unranked, are projected by TSN to make the 20-team FCS playoff field. They are predicted to play a first-round game Nov. 26 at McNeese State.

The projected bracket has the winner playing No. 4 seed Wofford. Montana and Montana State are the only two other Big Sky Conference schools predicted to make the field.

The FCS national championship game is scheduled for Jan. 7 at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas. The stadium is normally the home of the Major League Soccer FC Dallas.

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Sac State Still On Outside Of FCS Top 25 Poll

By on October 10, 2011 in Football

Sacramento State remained seven spots out of the latest Football Championship Subdivision Top 25 poll, which was released this morning.

The Hornets had 128 votes, 178 votes out of the 25th spot, after defeating Northern Colorado 14-0 Saturday in a rain-drenched game that saw Sac State throw zero passes.

The Big Sky Conference kept two teams in the poll with Montana State (4-1) staying at No. 3 and Montana (4-2) moving up to No. 14. Future Big Sky member North Dakota (4-2) entered the poll at No. 23. Another future Big Sky school, Southern Utah, fell out of the Top 25.

Georgia Southern (5-0) remained at No. 1 for the fourth consecutive week.

The poll, administered by The Sports Network is used as an official tool by the NCAA Division I Football Committee for determining the 20-team playoff field.

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It’s Official: Sac State Falls Out of FCS Media Poll

By on October 3, 2011 in Football

Sacramento State, which returned to the FCS media poll last week at No. 25, was knocked back out of the poll Monday following its weekend 31-21 loss at Montana State.

The defeat, which leaves the Hornets with a 2-3 record this season, dropped them to 31st overall with 112 votes, just ahead of Portland State. The poll goes a long way in determining what 20 teams are selected for the NCAA FCS playoffs field, which is selected late next month.

The Big Sky Conference has only two teams  ranked in the Top 25, the first time in at least five years when there weren’t at least three league teams in the Top 25. Montana State moved up one spot to No. 3 and Montana improved three spots to No. 16.

Southern  Utah, which will join the Big Sky next season, fell to No. 22. The Thunderbirds handed Sac State its first loss of the season.

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