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Sac State was 6-5 last season. They are not even a D-1 school. Really? WTF? Agnew ran for a large number(233), which is impressive for a frosh. Other stats in the game were good, but it didn't matter. The Beavers made mental error after mental error in key situations. This means they were not prepared, a consistent theme under Mike Riley. He can't get his teams ready for a season on time- EVER. Yes, OSU's players need to make plays, but when a team makes as many self inflicted wounds as the Beavers did today, it's not the players.
This game reminds me of 1990 against Montana. OSU just had a losing season, was supposedly rebuilding, had a cupcake opener and boom. Montana upset us. It was my first collegiate game, I had a few catches. One key first down catch I had in the 3rd quarter was called back because of a bonehead offensive lineman holding. We lost. It was so embarrassing, the team never recovered. Riley reminds me of Kragthorpe. Kragthorpe was the WORST motivator ever. His practice and pre-game speechs were horrible. They were actually de-motivating. Have you watched a Riley practice or pre-game speech on YouTube lately? It's beyond lame. What's going to happen the rest of the season for the Beavers? A lot of pain. It's going to be ugly, perhaps with some highlights sprinkled in. A losing season is damn near guaranteed.
The OSU players are not going to be able to get over this loss easily. They will be embarrassed on national TV, and the internet for losing to a FCS school for the week. Their lack of confidence is not good. Wisconsin is going to absolutely obliterate OSU unless they come out over confident and very sloppy, based on what I've seen from Wisconsin's coaching staff that is not likely. Box Score
5 comments:
Fickyfack Says:
Yep, you guys DO s_ck. Throughout the game, your fans just looked shell shocked. You're lucky Sac let you back into the game several times - it could have been real ugly. Big win for Sac, bigger loss for you...
Thanks for pointing out the obvious. If I was in the stands of this game, I don't know what I would have done. I probably would have gone back to parking lot at halftime and enjoyed adult beverages to the extreme....
It was a loss that the coaches created. Why do they seem to need 3-4 games to get ready? It`s going to be a long season.
Riley has a history of slow starts, albeit against better competition. This loss stings more than previous loses.
I don't see improvement with RIley. What is the administration at OSU going to do?
Again, I think the Beavers are having leadership problems. This same thing happened last year after James blew out his knee and his brother checked out mentally. We already know that Katz isn't a natural leader... I recall Riley saying something to the likes of, "Ryan tends to 'lead by example.'" In my mind, that means he is slow to speak up during adverse moments. Can you name an obvious leader on that roster who isn't suspended/injured? Poyer isn't getting it done on the field, Katz seems to be struggling with confidence... We need some older guys to step it up on the field, or this is going to be an awfully long year.
Someone WILL step up, eventually. It may have to be the younger guys like Mannion or Agnew. Either way, this is going to be a rough September... again.
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