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Stanford Cardinal Football podcast with Jerry Feitelberg: Utes simply outplayed Cardinal in last game; Cardinal prepares for Thursday night in the desert with ASU

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On the Stanford Cardinal podcast with Jerry:

#1 The Stanford Cardinal took a tough home loss on October 6th to the Utah Utes 40-21.

#2 The Cardinal felt pretty good going into the game ranked #14, despite losing to Notre Dame 38-17 the week before.

#3 The Cardinal quarterback KJ Costello struggled. He threw an end zone pass that was an interception by the Utes’ Jaylon Johnson, who ran it back 100 yards fora pick six.

#4 The Utes dominated when Utes quarterback Tyler Huntley tossed a pass that was caught by Samuel Nacua for a touchdown.

#5 The Cardinal now play Thursday Night Pac-12 football at ASU. What are their chances?

Jerry Feitelberg does the Cardinal Football podcasts each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Jose sports podcast with Ana Kieu: Yet another loss for the Earthquakes…and SJSU

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On the San Jose sports podcast with Ana:

1. The San Jose Earthquakes wrapped up a friendly against Cruz Azul FC in a scoreless draw last Saturday. What are your three takeaways from the match?

2. The Quakes host the Colorado Rapids on Sunday and close out the season on the road against the Seattle Sounders the following Sunday. What do you see the Quakes doing and what are your score predictions for these matches?

3. The San Jose State Spartans suffered their sixth straight loss 52-3 to the Army Black Knights at Levi’s Stadium last Saturday. You already wrote your three takeaways from that tough loss, but what else can you say about this team?

4. There has been a lot of speculation from the fans and media that San Jose State’s only win will happen versus UNLV at CEFCU Stadium on October 27th. Do you agree with those folks?

Ana does the San Jose sports podcast each week for SportsRadioService.com

Brent Brennan talks San Jose State’s upcoming game at San Diego State

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By: Ana Kieu

SAN JOSE, Calif. — As you should already know, San Jose State got pummeled by Army 52-3 in a nationally televised game at Levi’s Stadium last Saturday afternoon. SJSU will hit the road to deal with a tough customer, San Diego State, at SDCCU Stadium this Saturday night at 7:30 pm PT on CBSS.

But, in the meantime, Spartans head coach Brent Brennan held his weekly press conference at Simpkins Stadium Center inside CEFCU Stadium on Monday afternoon. Brennan went over a lot of things with the media, but let’s just go over my Q&A with the second-year head coach.

1. Last week, San Jose State had a great week of practice, but it led to a letdown at Levi’s Stadium, which was disappointing to say the least. How will you, and the rest of the coaching staff, make sure that this week’s practice will be even greater?
That started yesterday. We started at six in the morning and brought everybody back early. It gave us a chance to address the issues that we were dealing with during the game and put that game to bed and turn our attention to San Diego State…They’ve been the top–or one of the top–programs in our conference for a long time and it’s a really good opportunity for us to get a start on them and get ready to go as they’ll present you with lots of different challenges because they’ve been so good and they’re so well-established and that’s why we play–we get a change to play with good people. We’re going to have a great week of practice…We had a great team meeting yesterday so that’ll give us a chance to get our team where we want them to go.

2. The Spartan offensive line has to improve in run blocking and pass protection, but what does the Spartan defense have to do in order to keep the team intact?
I think one of the things that was frustrating was late in that game it seemed like we didn’t tackle as well as we should’ve so obviously that’s a big focus for our staff. Our defensive staff right now has been talking about that. The flip side of that is the big picture as an offense you can’t turn the ball over four times in 10 plays and you can’t give them the ball on their side of the 50-yard line three times. We gave it to them on the 25, 25 and the 42…That’s asking too much of your defense to put them in that spot…We just gotta make sure that we’re tackling and getting everybody to the football.

3. Spartan nation watched a game that they’d rather forget. A couple of fans told me that the Spartans should do less fighting and more coaching and practicing of football. What do you have to say to the fans and the critics in general?
Fighting hasn’t been happening during the practices at all. I’d say that I understand the frustration and I’d hope that they’d understand mine. We’re working really hard to try and get on the right track. The best thing about that I can say is buy a ticket, come to a game, support the kids, take a leap of faith with our program and come support these kids who are working so hard.

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Cal Bears podcast with Morris Phillips: Winless UCLA Bruins (1-5) make great work of Cal in 37-7 pounding

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On the Cal podcast with Morris:

#1 UCLA came in 0-5 to Memorial Stadium in Berkeley and they were an angry bunch and hungry for a win and took it to the Cal Bears (3-3) in a 37-7 win.

#2 The Bruins Joshua Kelly carried for 157 yards and three touchdown quite and afternoon for Kelly, who went all out.

#3 The Bears quarterback Brandon McIlwain turned the ball over so many times that it played heavily into the Bears’ loss on Saturday.

#4 What does it mean for Cal dropping to 3-3 with six games left in the regular season?

#5 Oregon State (1-5) will host the Cal Bears next Saturday at 1pm the Beavers have also had their share of getting banged around dropping a game to Washington State Saturday by a huge deficit 56-37.

The Bears podcasts are heard with Morris each Monday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

NCAAFB podcast with Michelle Richardson: LSU proves to be dominate SEC school; Michigan #12 give no room for #15 Wisconsin; Colorado State just gets by New Mexico 20-18

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LSU Tigers safety Ed Paris (21) celebrates after a win against the Georgia Bulldogs at Tiger Stadium.(Photo: Derick E. Hingle, USA TODAY Sports)

On the NCAAFB podcast with Michelle Richardson:

#1 Is it true all roads go through LSU (6-1) to the SEC playoffs. LSU upset #2 Georgia (6-1) with a 36-16.

#2 No.12 Michigan (6-1) made work of No.15 Wisconsin (4-2) 38-13 with a 320 yard rushing attack 48 carries, Wolves quarterback Shea Patterson threw 14-20 passes.

#3 In the Mountain West Colorado State (3-4) just got by New Mexico (3-3) 20-18 Saturday for the Lobos quarterback Sheriron Jones 165 yards two touchdowns. For Colorado State quarterback KJ Carta-Samuels 311 yards and one touchdown.

Michelle Richardson does the NCAAFB podcast each Sunday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

Bye week aids Stanford’s recovery after rough loss to Utah

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By: Ana Kieu

The Stanford Cardinal suffered a rough 40-21 loss to the Utah Utes at Stanford Stadium last Saturday night. Obviously, the Cardinal was shook up following the home loss to Utah, who got an early lead and never looked back, despite the fact Stanford showed an ample amount of life in the third quarter.

The Cardinal will travel to Sun Devil Stadium to take on the Arizona State Sun Devils next Thursday at 6:00 pm PT on ESPN. As you can see, this will be a nationally televised game, so there’s a chance Stanford will unleash their anger on ASU, but then again it’s college football and we’ll never know what’s going to happen. All I can reassure you about is the fact that this likely will be a better game than the San Jose State Spartans facing a conference or non-conference team.

Anyhow, Stanford’s focused on their upcoming game. But, in the meantime, Stanford has been checking out their former standouts who currently play in the NFL.

Philadelphia Eagles tight end Zach Ertz continued his historic pace by having a day in the Eagles’ 23-21 loss to the Minnesota Vikings. Ertz caught his first touchdown of the season and led the Eagles in targets (11), receptions (10) and receiving yards (110) on 97% of offensive snaps with Carson Wentz targeting him on 35% of pass attempts. Since 2001, there have been three instances where a tight end has caught 10 or more passes three times in a game during a full season–Ertz has accomplished the feat in the last four weeks. Ertz, who’s on pace for 131 catches and nearly 1,400 yards, is one of four players in the league with at least 10 targets in every game so far. Ertz has joined the likes of Adam Thielen, Odell Beckham Jr. and DeAndre Hopkins.

Atlanta Falcons tight end Austin Hooper had a career-high nine receptions in the Falcons’ 41-17 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Hooper also led the Falcons in targets (12) and receiving yards (77) on 76% of offensive snaps. Hooper’s 21 receptions rank second on the Falcons and ninth in the NFL among tight ends.

Green Bay Packers inside linebacker Blake Martinez finished with a career-high two sacks in the Packers’ 31-23 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Martinez finished with four solo tackles, four run stops and a 78.8 defensive grade from Pro Football Focus. According to PFF, Martinez ranks third in total defensive rating (86.8) and fifth in run stops (18) among qualified linebackers.

Houston Texans safety Justin Reid made his first career interception in the Texans’ 19-16 win over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night. Reid finished with two quarterback hurries and six tackles on 90% of defensive snaps, helping limit the Cowboys to 292 total yards in the overtime win. Reid has been one of the top rookie defensive backs in the NFL after five weeks.

Falcons safety Jordan Richards tied a career high with a team-high seven tackles on 77% of defensive snaps in Atlanta’s 41-17 loss at Pittsburgh. According to Pro Football Focus, Richards finished with three run stops while allowing two catches for 19 yards on four targets.

San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman continued his stellar season with another shutout performance in San Francisco’s 28-18 loss to Arizona. Sherman didn’t allow a catch on two targets while appearing on every defensive snap. Sherman missed Week 4 with a calf injury sustained in Week 3. On 146 coverage snaps in 2018, Sherman leads qualifying cornerbacks in fewest catches allowed (1) and passer rating allowed (39.6).

And, of course, Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey is currently leading the NFL in average yards from scrimmage/game, just a sliver ahead of Alvin Kamara and Todd Gurley.

Three takeaways from San Jose State’s blowout loss to Army

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By: Ana Kieu

A San Jose State Spartans football game versus the Army Black Knights? Yeah! There’s a first time for everything.

The Spartans played in a large stadium that’s also the home of the San Francisco 49ers. SJSU, however, got run over by Army 52-3. Bryce Crawford scored an early field goal, but that was all the home team got. The Black Knights basically took over from there.

Here are three takeaways from SJSU’s blowout loss to Army.

Inability to close out a game 
Once again, SJSU was unable to close out a game. As I’ve mentioned in the introduction, the first quarter belonged to SJSU. But, of course, a 3-0 lead wasn’t a comfortable one. Army scored two touchdowns in the second quarter to snatch a 14-3 lead at halftime.

The Spartans never re-energized and brought the fire to the Blue and Gold crowd unless if you’ll count the U.S. Army Officer Ceremony as well as the Spartan Cheer Squad and Spartan Marching Band.

Spartans head coach Brent Brennan said, “It’s really impressive to see where they were and where they came from. Early in the game, I thought our defense was playing great. We were moving the ball on the offense, but there were a couple of costly penalties that hurt our ability to stay on the field and keep their offense off the field, which was really disappointing. The hard part about that scheme was the consistent monotony of it and the infuriating intricacy of how different it was. In the third quarter–after our second or third or fourth turnover–I felt like the dam broke a little with our defense but they played pretty well until then.”

Repeat fumbles
The Spartans suffered from four fumbles, which was disappointing to say the least. Just moments after quarterback Michael Carrillo checked in to the position, a fumble occurred. Carrillo was then sacked from his blindside. Aaron went to the field in hopes of fixing things up for SJSU, but no, Aaron lost the ball at the end of a run.

Okay, the subtraction of these four fumbles wouldn’t have made a significant difference, but SJSU would’ve put up points on the board that they could’ve earned.

Vanishing defense
The Spartans were unable to stop Black Knights quarterback Kelvin Hopkins, Jr., who had the best game of his career thus far. Hopkins, Jr. scored four touchdowns. Hopkins, Jr. also ran for 99 yards along with a season-high three touchdowns and threw for a fourth. It was the first time an Army quarterback has scored three rushing touchdowns in one game since A.J. Schurr had four against the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors on November 23, 2013.

As a result, Hopkins, Jr. exposed the Spartans’ defense as the Black Knights cruised to a blowout win.

“He made some good runs and yards after contact,” Black Knights head coach Jeff Monken told Fox Sports. “He’s been a much more effective runner than maybe we even anticipated. His physical maturity has helped him, too. He’s a lot stronger than he was a year ago.”

The Spartans took a tough loss from the Black Knights, but there’s nothing they can do about the final score other than to move forward. SJSU will travel to Southern California to take on SDSU next Saturday at 7:30 pm PT on CBSS.

San Jose State gets run over by Army 52-3

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By: Ana Kieu

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — If you’re a San Jose State football fan, chances are you’ve heard the term “revenue games.” SJSU, a FBS and Mountain West school, has relied on such games to fund its athletic departments. Saturday’s non-conference matchup was another example as the Spartans took on the Black Knights at Levi’s Stadium in a nationally televised game on ESPNU.

Sure, SJSU fans and media members were fired up for this game. After all, it was held in Levi’s Stadium–one of the best, high-end stadiums in the country–and the food has never skimped on flavor! But the Spartans were unable to achieve their goal of defeating the Black Knights.

The Spartans decided to start Montel Aaron as their starting quarterback.

The Spartans got on the board first as Bryce Crawford kicked in a 49-yard field goal for a 3-0 lead with 4:14 left in the opening quarter. SJSU led Army 3-0 at the end of the quarter.

The Black Knights immediately responded with a 41-yard passing touchdown from Jordan Asberry. Jordan Abercrombie kicked in the extra point for a 7-3 lead just seven seconds into the second quarter. The Black Knights struck with a late touchdown–a 1-yard rushing touchdown from Kelvin Hopkins, Jr.–and another extra point kick from Abercrombie with 12 seconds left in the quarter. Army carried a 14-3 lead to the locker room at halftime.

The Black Knights got off to a good start to open the second half. Hopkins, Jr. notched his second touchdown of the game–a 24-yard rushing touchdown–and Abercrombie kicked in the extra point for a 21-3 lead with 9:06 left in the third quarter.

Turnovers, however, affected the Spartans like in previous games. SJSU’s first turnover of the game led to an Army scoring drive. At the time, the Black Knights were unable to add a touchdown, but they settled for a 33-yard field goal from Abercrombie, who added to the scoreboard 24-3 with 7:39 left in the quarter.

But the Black Knights weren’t done yet. Darnell Woolfolk bowled into the end zone for a one-yard rushing touchdown and Abercrombie kicked in the extra point to expand Army’s lead 31-3 with 6:18 left in the quarter.

Hopkins, Jr. scored what appeared to be his third rushing touchdown of the game–a four-yard rushing touchdown–but the play underwent a review. After further review, the ruling on the touchdown stood and Abercrombie kicked in the extra point to enlarge the lead 38-3 with 1:44 left in the quarter.

Following the Army touchdown, Aaron returned to the field and replaced Michael Carrillo. Aaron completed a pass to Thai Cottrell for seven yards to the SJSU 39 for a Spartan first down and then completed another pass to Tre Walker for nine yards to the SJSU 32. The Black Knights led 38-3 at the end of the quarter.

The Spartans committed another turnover that led to a Black Knights touchdown–a 52-yard fumble touchdown from James Nachtigal–and a PAT kick from Abercrombie, who made it 45-3 just 28 seconds into the fourth quarter.

The Spartans opened the scoring, but the Black Knights took the lead and never looked back. Army defeated SJSU 52-3 and it wasn’t even close.

“I thought the personal foul at the end of the game was embarrassing and awful and wrong,” head coach Brent Brennan said. “I’ve already addressed it with the team as there’s no place for that.”

“This was a total gut punch for our program, Brennan added. “I thought we were making great progress and I was actually encouraged about our practices and what it shows is that we’re not ready to make the next move.”

Aside from Brennan, the Spartan players had other thoughts on this game.

“We’re ready to move on,” defensive lineman Bryson Bridges said. “We played to the best of our abilities.”

When asked about pursuing the next level, cornerback Dakari Monroe responded, “Yes. Definitely. Since I came here, I’ve always wanted to play at the next level. I definitely want to pursue that.”

Last but not least, running back Tyler Nevens closed out the postgame press conference. Nevens reflected on his injury, asserting the media members, “I’m feeling good. I’m feeling more comfortable. My injury took me a lot of time to heal and get back to being the football player that I am. I showed them what I got.”

Notes
The Spartans’ possible starters were JaQuan Blackwell, Jackson Snyder, Troy Kowalski, Trevor Robbins, Jake Colman, Deano Motes, Josh Oliver, Josh Love, Tyler Nevens, Thai Cottrell and Tre Hartley on offense and Bryson Bridges, Boogie Roberts, Sailosi Latu, Jesse Osuna, Kyle Harmon, Ethan Aguayo, Jamal Scott, Dakar Monroe, John Touissaint, Tre Webb and Jonathan Lenard, Jr. on defense.

Up Next 
The Spartans will travel to Qualcomm Stadium to take on the San Diego State Aztecs next Saturday at 7:30 pm PT on CBSS.

Stanford Cardinal Football podcast with Jerry Feitelberg: After two straight tough losses, can Stanford overcome ASU?

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On the Stanford Cardinal podcast with Jerry:

#1 The Stanford Cardinal came into last Saturday’s game and ranked #14 and then took a 38-17 loss by the Notre Dame Fighting Irish a week before coming home and getting crushed by the Utah Utes 40-21.

#2 The Utes running back Zach Moss scored two touchdowns–one was in the red zone from a pitch from the 10 that gave Utah a 7-0 lead.

#3 To make things worse, Stanford quarterback KJ Costello mastered getting the Cardinal into the red zone, but threw a pass into the end zone that was picked off by the Utes’ Jaylon Johnson, who ran it back 100 yards for a touchdown.

#4 The afternoon continued to look rough for Costello, who was sacked four times and picked off twice.

#5 The Cardinal head to Arizona State University for a Thursday night Pac-12 football game on October 18th. Join our very own Daniel Dullum for your Cardinal coverage that night.

Jerry Feitlelberg has your Stanford Cardinal podcasts each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Jose Earthquakes podcast with Ana Kieu: Not much left for San Jose to salvage

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On the San Jose Earthquakes podcast with Ana:

1. The Quakes lost to the Red Bulls 3-1 at Avaya Stadium this past Saturday. What are your three takeaways from San Jose’s loss to New York?

2. The #WondoWatch continues as Chris Wondolowski scored his 144th MLS goal in the Quakes’ loss to the Red Bulls. Wondo’s just two goals away from matching Landon Donovan’s career-scoring mark of 146 goals.

3. The Quakes host the Colorado Rapids this Saturday and wrap up the season on the road against the Seattle Sounders FC. What are your three keys to a Quakes win for the final two matches?

4. Time to flip the script to San Jose State football. The Spartans lost to the Colorado State Rams 42-30, despite putting up 30 unanswered points in the second half. With the loss, San Jose State lost its fifth straight game. What’s the bottom line for the Spartans?

5. The Spartans head to Levi’s Stadium to face off against the Army Black Knights this Saturday. What does going into a well-known stadium with five consecutive losses mean for San Jose State?

Ana does the San Jose Earthquakes podcasts each week for SportsRadioService.com